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1. 184 Set Absolute Horizontal Print Position in 1 60 Inch 185 Set Bit 7 of Incoming Data Bytes fo 185 Set Form Length in Inches pp 185 SetFormlLengthinlines m 186 Set Intercharacter Spacing in 1 120 Inch 186 Table of Contents Set Margin Left sisi alama aaa ia a Cs ERE ERR sl 186 Set Margin Right kukn 187 Set Relative Horizontal Print Position in 1 120 Inch 187 Set Vertical Tabs in Channels sss 188 Skip Over Perforation en 188 Skip Over Perforation Cancel 189 Superscript and Subscript Printing 189 Superscript and Subscript Printing Cancel 190 Underline oea nra i a 190 Unidirectional Printing 1 Ume pp 190 Unidirectional Printing SetReset rreren nnne 191 Vertical Tab Execute eere te n nd aei 191 Vertical Tab Set Cle at iii er ea eem ra da ds 192 6 raphi6S ee 193 OMV Wisin AA touto ka A dade uod 193 Bit IMage Graphics iii 193 Designing a Bit Image Pattern A 195 Bit Image Density pp 195 Bit Image Programming Format 196 Bit Image Sample Program 197 Plot M dena a aa aa aa a d aoaaa aiad 198 Plot Density oae ceat a a A eterne et 198 Plot Data Byte Format uu 199 Plot Data Line Format e 200 Plotting the Data 202 Exiting from P Series Plot Mode 203
2. 49 Display Functions Mode ppp 49 Horizontal MarginSelection m 50 Line Spacingi uite HERO RC EAR da 50 Logical Page Length Selection sse 51 Perforation Skip Mode 52 Print Mode Selection pp 52 Print Pitch Selection ee dit 53 Printing in the Hex 80 through Hex FF Region 53 PTX Linefeed EE 53 Programmable Reset AAA 54 Programmable VE 55 Table of Contents Raster Graphics iman dial 63 O c EHE ae Pe Dd Terre eed Eae 65 Standard Computed VFC Nt 65 Stroke Weight Bold 65 Switching Character Fonts 65 Text Length Vertical Margin Selection 66 Transparent Print Data m 66 Underline Mod rn anaa at ea nnne 66 Vertical Forms Control VFC sss 67 HP e3000 Information a 68 Feature Access and Transparent Modes 68 VFC Download with a Serial Interface 68 Carriage Control Directives nn 69 EE le 69 PrintinginthePerforationSkipRegion 69 HP 1000 Inforrmatiorni iet did ala e 70 Downloading VFO Ne 70 Perforation Skip Mode 70 3 P Series Printer Emulation 71 OTE EEE ee me epe e ee etes 71 P SeriesDefaultValuesandStates 72 Configuring the P
3. 60 h La 5E h Note Each digit is five bars with each printable character being two bars Thus C 2 1 2 characters are needed to print one digit To make the bar code scannable you must add frame bars and a check digit The check digit is calculated by adding all of the digits and subtracting the sum from the next highest multiple of ten Consequently the sum of the eleven digits and the check digit will be an even multiple of ten The printer does not calculate the check digit or automatically generate frame bars They must be generated by the computer resident software and sent to the printer To do this it is necessary to design a program that will convert a pair of digits into ten vertical bars 39 Chapter 2 Configuring the PCL II Emulation with Control Codes Follow the example below to convert a ZIP Code into a bar code 1 Calculate the check digit for the ZIP Code 45834 8844 70 a Add the digits of the ZIP code 4 5 8 3 4 8 8 4 4 7 0 51 b Subtract from the next highest multiple of ten 60 51 9 The check digit is 9 so the number for conversion is 45834 8844 709 Separate the ZIP Code digit into digit pairs 45834 8844 709 45 83 48 84 47 09 Convert the digit pairs into binary code Example 45 01001 01010 Convert the binary code into pairs 01001 01010 01 00 101010 Convert each pair into its text equivalent 01 00 10 10 10 f Add the frame bars This can be done in one of
4. The IBM Proprinter XL and the Epson FX emulations each contain a vertical tab table It is a set of programmed vertical tabs Various lines of the form are assigned vertical tabs which are then accessed by control code for rapid paper advancement to the tab position Two control codes are used for vertical tabbing ESC B sets single channel vertical tabs and VT executes a vertical tab These codes are described in Chapters 4 and 5 which cover the Proprinter and Epson emulations respectively The Epson emulation also has ESC to select one of eight tab channels and ESC b to set the tabs in a particular channel Executing Vertical Tabs The vertical tab execute code is VT hex OB It prints the contents of the print buffer if data are in the buffer and causes paper movement to the next predefined vertical tab position If a tab position is not defined the paper is moved to the next line at the current line spacing If a tab position is at the current line the paper is moved to the next tab position If no tab positions are defined between the current line and the end of the form the paper moves to the next TOF 208 Vertical Tab Positions Vertical Tab Positions Vertical tab positions are set by line number A maximum of 16 vertical tab positions can be set on the form A sample format is shown in Figure 14 The first vertical tab is set at line 6 for part number data a second tab is set at line 8 for part name data
5. M J m A M J m 2 E gt N n a 6 gt N e s v F y O o C y 7 0 _ o 2 284 Epson Set Norwegian 0 0 1 e Z 3 4 i 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F Cs 2 zh R uv m D OG Q D o D E poc Q a R b JS e T d U e V Ff W g X Y i Z J t k 7 J m n o 285 Appendix D Epson Set Danish H Epson Set Danish Il 0 a 8 0 E P e p 0 P p i e B 1 A Q a q B 1 A Q a q 2 2 B R p r uu 2 B F b rT 3 3 C S c s 3 C S c s 4 i 4 D T d t i 9 4 D T d t 5 g h 5 E U e u g X S E U e u 6 amp 6 F V F v amp 6 F V f v 7 A 7 G W g W i A 7 G W g w 8 8 H X h x amp G6 8 H X H x 9 9 I Y i y amp 9 I Y i y A a J Z j z A JE Jj 2 B K Ek 8 O K LL Kk tf lt L 1 g R lt L 1 f D E M A m A M F m E gt N n 6 gt N n E y O J o y 7 O o 8 286 Epson Set Spanish Il 0 5 0 P p 38 o a P 1 B 1 A Q a q 1 A Q 2 4 B R b r E 2 B R 3 3 C S c S e 4 3 C S 4 i s 4 D T d t i 8 4 D T 5 gt g 5 E U e u g X S E U 6 6 F V fF v amp 6 F V 7 k wo 7 G W g w iA 7 G W 8 8 H X h x 8 8 H X 9 9 I Y i y amp 9 I Y A a J Z j 2 d J B K i k DG 3 K Ct lt L XE R lt L CUM D M A m A M l E gt N n ua
6. ASCII Code Refer to the P Series VFU section in Chapter 7 Purpose Load and execute the VFU Discussion Refer to Chapter 7 for detailed information Vertical Tab ASCII Code VT Hex Code OB Dec Code 11 Purpose Prints the data in the buffer and advances the paper to the next vertical tab position Discussion If a vertical tab format is defined in the EVFU channel 12 and the VFU is enabled the paper is moved to the next vertical tab position If a vertical tab format is not defined the paper is advanced to the next line at the current line spacing More information on Vertical Tabs is provided in the EVFU section of Chapter 7 104 A Overview IBM Proprinter III XL Emulation This chapter describes the Proprinter IIl XL emulation host control codes Emulation refers to the ability of a printer to execute the commands of a particular printer control language A printer control language is the coding system used to convey manipulate and print data It contains character codes and command sequences that configure the emulation In this manual the terms emulation printer protocol and printer control language are synonymous In the Proprinter IIl XL emulation mode your printer can print files coded for the Proprinter III XL printer control language To select the Proprinter emulation as the active printer emulation select LinePrinter from the EMULATION menu and Proprinter III XL from the Printer P
7. CHANGEQ x to 01 This would replace the x with the unprintable ASCII 01 your escape sequence would appear one character shorter without DISPLAY FUNCTIONS mode turned on This could also be accomplished by changing the specific column to the ASCII character required It is important to specify the starting and stopping column or the CHANGE command will act as a column INSERT For Programmable VFC example if column 10 on line 2 is to be changed to an ASCII 04 you would type CHANGEQ 10 10 TO 04 IN 2 Note The is the single quote and not the prime character The HP e3000 Workstation Configurator allows entering the VFC data in an initialization string This is only applicable when using a printer with a serial interface and has some limitations The most significant limitation is that the initialization string can contain only 120 formatted compiled characters This limits use to VFCs of 57 lines or less 6 escape sequence characters 114 VFC data characters 120 Any other commands in the initialization string reduces this further Space available in the initialization string data entry field three lines is NOT an accurate indicator of the number of formatted characters careful counting is necessary Using VFC channels 8 and 16 is also not allowed due to a limitation of entering data with an octal value above 177 There are several methods to enter data in the Workstation Configurator Enterin
8. O o y Z O _ o 280 Epson Set Swedish lt Zi Th R a A m n m S q a E lt X E 281 Appendix D _ Epson Set Italian Epson Set Italian 0 5 O 0 P p 5 o 8 P p 1 B d 1 A Q a q SS 1 A Q y 2 2 B R b r u 2 B R b r 3 3 C S c s 3 C S c s 4 i 4 D T d t i 4 D T d t 5 9 A 5 E U e u g 5 E U e u 6 E amp 6 F V f v amp 6 F V f wv 7 A 7 G W g w i oA Z G W g w 8 8 H X h x 4 0 8 H X Rh x 9 U 9 I Y i y amp 9 T Y i y A J Z j z H 8 1 J Z j Z B K ka D K E k Oe de XC ME OE E e dm 7i D M m A amp M F m E gt N n i a 6 2 Z X F y 3 O o c y Z O _ o 282 Epson Set Spanish 0 1 0 8 i e B 2 3 4 1 3 a 5 H A 8 9 A B C D E e 3 Y R R 2 EI R w lt POR Q N X N 283 Appendix D _ Epson Set Japanese Epson Set Japanese 0 8 0 8 P p P o 8 P p i e B 1 A Q a q 1 A Q a q 2 2 B R b ru 2 B R b rT 3 3 C S c s s 3 C S c s 4 i 4 D T d t i 4 D T d t 3 5 E U e u g 4 3 E U e u 6 amp 6 F V f v amp 6 F V f v 7 A A 7 G W g w 1 A d G BF w 8 8 H X R x 8 H X Rh x 9 9 I Y i y a 9 I Y i y A a J Z j 2 A d J Z Jj Z B K E k Z 6 K K X C a lt L X IIG R us lt L A 11 D
9. 1 through 85 hex 01 through 55 All others are ignored Discussion When the SFCC A control sequence is received all line feed commands following an SFCC 2 sequence will be at n 72 inch line spacing until a new line spacing is selected or the printer is reset The control code line spacing selection will override the control panel line spacing setting The SFCC 2 sequence page 94 asserts the line spacing which was stored by the preceding SFCC A sequence Small values of n may result in overlapping lines Overlapping lines may also occur if print attributes such as Elongated Double High Superscript or Subscript characters are used on the same line Printing at different horizontal and vertical densities will not overlap Example The following example illustrates 20 72 inch line spacing Control code ESC A 20 sets line spacing at 20 72 inch increments for all subsequent lines until reset or another spacing is selected 96 Line Spacing n 216 Inch Line Spacing n 216 Inch ASCII Code SFCC 3 n Hex Code SFCC 33 n Dec Code SFCC 51 n Purpose Specifies the line spacing at n 216 inch increments where n 1 through 255 hex 01 through FF Discussion When the n 216 inch line spacing control code is received all line feeds following will be at n 216 inch line spacing until a new line spacing is selected or the printer is reset The control code line spacing selection will override the control panel line spacing sett
10. Purpose Prints the data in the buffer advances the paper position to the next top of form and moves the character position to the first character column Discussion The default forms length is determined by the printer configuration Forms length is set by using the control panel or forms length control codes Code FF cancels all single line only print attributes The default form length is 11 inches The Form Feed command will react differently when the VFU is active Refer to Chapter 7 Forms Length Set Inches ASCII Code SFCC INCHES n f Purpose Sets the length of forms paper in inches where n 1 through 24 hex 01 through 18 specify the number of inches on a page f fractional number in 5 inch increments minimum forms length is 5 inches Discussion Upon receipt of this code the current line becomes the first line of the form and the form length set becomes the current forms length Vertical tab positions set below the bottom of the form are cleared Forms length is defined in inches therefore subsequent line spacing changes do not affect the result of this command Increments of 5 inch can be specified for example sending the following command will result in a form length setting of 7 2 inches SFCC INCHES 7 5 The maximum forms length is 24 inches All other values are ignored In INCHES mode incorrect values will produce an error message Forms length can be set by the control panel The control c
11. Step 1 Before positioning and printing the bar code data the type of code height of the label and header placement may be specified Once this is done the succeeding labels will be printed using these specifications until a new type height or header control is specified In other words the bar code print specifications can be sent once and need not be sent again unless the printer is reset or new print specifications are desired The following example specifies the print specifications for bar codes that are 0 5 inches in height have a header above the label and are printed in the UPC A code ESC z8v5h1Q ESC z8v Select UPC A code 5h Label is to be 5 inches high 1Q Places header above bar code Notice that the last letter in the escape sequence Q is upper case while the other letters in the sequence v and h are lower case See Escape Sequences on page 25 for more information concerning combining two or more sequences Step 2 To print a bar code label the cursor must be placed in the desired position and the bar code data must be sent The following escape sequence moves the cursor to column 25 sends the data 1234567 to the printer and initiates printing ESC z25c lt 1234567 gt Z ESC z25c Places start of label at column 25 lt Indicates start of bar code data 1234567 Bar code data gt Signals end of bar code data Z Upper case Z initiates printing Note that an upper case Z terminator results in th
12. The EMULATION menu options are described in the User s Manual Host control codes can override many of the settings for these menu options Table 26 Proprinter III XL Menu Option Factory Settings Characteristic Default Setting Define CR Code Auto LF Define LF Code FF Valid at TOF Character Set Alt Char Set 20 CPI Condensed CR CR Enable LF LF Enable Code Page 437 Set 1 Enable Table 27 LinePrinter Menu Option Factory Settings Proprinter Ill XL Emulation Default Settings Characteristic Default Setting CPI LPI Typeface Proportional Spacing Bold Print Italic Print Slashed Zero Left Margin Right Margin Bottom Margin Perforation Skip Form Length Form Width Reset Cmd CFG Ld 10 0 6 0 Data Processing Disable Disable Disable Disable 0 columns 0 columns 0 lines Disable 11 0 inches 279 4 millimeters 66 lines 13 6 inches 345 4 millimeters 136 characters Disable 107 Chapter Configuring the Proprinter III XL Emulation with Control Codes Configuring the Proprinter Ill XL Emulation with Control Codes The remainder of this chapter describes the Proprinter printer control language codes that may be sent from a host computer attached to the printer in order to configure numerous Proprinter emulation parameters Format for Control Code Descriptions In this chapter the following information is listed for each control
13. 1 through 255 hex 01 through hex FF When the n 216 inch line spacing control code is received all line feeds following will be at n 216 inch line spacing until a new line spacing is selected or the printer is reset The control code line spacing selection will override the control panel line spacing setting The vertical character position moves only in multiples of the current dot row spacing If the distance to move is other than a multiple of the current dot row spacing the remainder is added to the next paper motion command Caution should be used when combining this control code with other print attributes such as Elongated Double High Superscript or Subscript overlapping lines may occur The following example illustrates n 216 inch line spacing Control code ESC 3 50 sets line spacing at 50 216 inch increments for all subsequent lines until reset or another spacing is selected 135 Chapter 4 Configuring the Proprinter III XL Emulation with Control Codes Margin Bottom ASCII Code ESCN n Hex Code 1B4En Dec Code 2778n Purpose Sets the bottom margin Discussion n defines the number of lines above the bottom of the form to set as the bottom margin n has a range from 1 through 255 hex 01 through hex FF The actual margin in inches is the quotient of n divided by the current lines per inch Ipi If a line feed command causes the active position to advance below the bottom margin the paper advances t
14. Double Wide Print 1 Line Only Cancel DC4 124 Emphasized Print ESC E 125 Emphasized Print Cancel ESC F 125 Overscoring ESC n 137 Print Mode ESC In 138 Print Quality ESC xn 139 Proportional Spacing ESC Pn 139 Select Attributes ESC n1 NUL NUL NUL n2n3 140 Superscript Subscript Printing ESCSn 141 Superscript Subscript Printing Cancel ESC T 142 Underline ESC n 145 Bit Image Bit Image Mode Single Density Normal Speed ESC K n1 n2 115 Bit Image Mode Double Density Half Speed ESC L n1 n2 116 Bit Image Mode Double Density Normal Speed ESC Y n1 n2 117 Bit Image Mode Quadruple Density Half Speed ESC Z n1 n2 118 Other Functions Bell BEL 114 Deselect Printer ESC Q 22 123 Escape Sequence ESC 108 Initialize Parameters ESC K n1 NUL n2 n3 n4 n5 128 Print All Characters ESC n1 n2 137 Print Next Character ESC n 138 Unidirectional Printing ESC Un 145 113 Chapter 4 Configuring the Proprinter III XL Emulation with Control Codes Backspace ASCII Code BS Hex Code 08 Dec Code 08 Purpose Moves the logical print head left one character space toward the first character column Discussion BS moves the character position indicator one character space to the left at the current character pitch setting This code is ignored if the logical print head is positioned at the first character column When the backspace code is received printing speed will be reduced If the printer is in double width mode the backspace code
15. Send the odd dot plot control code ENQ hex 05 and a second line of data followed by a line terminator a Aline feed hex OA used as the line terminator plots the contents of the buffer and advances the paper position a single dot row based on the vertical density of the current mode A CR if CR CR LF is configured may also be used with the same result b Aform feed hex OC used as the line terminator plots the data bytes and advances the paper position to the next TOF Regardless of which line terminator code is sent the emulation will default to the previously selected print mode unless further plot control codes are provided with the data 201 Chapter 202 6 DOT ROW Plot Mode Plotting the Data P Series Plot Mode plots the image from the horizontal bit pattern Figure 11 duplicates the pattern shown in Figure 6 but is modified for Odd Dot Plot Eight dot rows are required two characters per row six columns per character 1st 2nd 1st 2nd CHARACTER CHARACTER CHARACTER CHARACTER ODD COLUMNS ODD COLUMNS ASCII DECIMAL ASCII DECIMAL 1 3 5 79 1171 3 5 7 9 11 64 65 64 64 65 64 64 65 Figure 11 Odd Dot Plot Pattern Plan The following program uses the Odd Dot Plot control code to produce the image The image is printed 25 times as shown in Figure 12 An entire dot row is plotted in one printing pass Consequently the first row of all 25 images is printed in one pass followed by the secon
16. VFC Vertical Forms Control VFC Vertical forms control VFC is a feature which allows increased throughput by enabling the printer to skip to predetermined print locations Key page locations such as top of form half form double space and triple space are referred to as channels 0 through 16 and are stored in a VFC table The printer has both a standard computed VFC and a programmable VFC Note In most situations the printer s standard computed VFC page length setting as determined from the front panel meets the application requirements Refer to the User s Manual for information on setting the page length from the front panel Table 12 VFC Default Channel Definitions Prefix Parameter Terminator Explanation ESC amp I 0 v V Conditional Top of Physical Page 1 Top of Form first line of text 2 Bottom of Form last line of text 3 Single spacing 4 Double spacing 5 Triple spacing 6 Half form 7 Quarter form 8 Tenth line 9 Bottom of Form 10 Bottom of Form 1 11 Top of Form 1 12 Top of Form 13 Seventh line 14 Sixth line 15 Fifth line 16 Fourth line Al escape sequences except ESC amp IOV refer to the logical page rather than the physical page This escape sequence causes a skip to the top of the next physical page unless already at top of page These channels cause a move to the next double triple space line and therefore may not actually perform a double tr
17. control code LF VT etc as in the IBM Proprinter III XL T This control code doubles character width but does not double inter character spacing unlike the Epson FX 1050 The formulas for total character spacing are as follows Epson FX 1050 2 char 1 dot space Epson Emulation 2 char 1 dot space Example The following sample illustrates double wide print for one line only Control code SO selects expanded character printing for one line only Double Wide Print One Line Cancel ASCII Code DC4 Hex Code 14 Dec Code 20 Purpose Cancels the double wide print for one line only selected by SO or ESC SO Discussion This command cancels the double wide print selected by SO or ESC SO but does not cancel double wide printing selected by ESC W or ESC Emphasized Print Emphasized Print ASCII Code ESC E Hex Code 1B45 Dec Code 2769 Purpose Selects emphasized character print format Discussion Emphasized print makes text bolder by printing each dot twice the second dot offset to the right of the first by a distance equal to 1 2 the width of a dot This command is available in both DP and NLQ modes Example The following sample illustrates emphasized character printing Control code ESC E selects emphasized character printing Control code ESC F cancels emphasized character printing Emphasized Print Cancel ASCII Code ESC F Hex Code 1B 46 Dec Code 2770 Purpose Cancels emphas
18. gt N F y ue O 5 y Z O ou 287 Appendix D _ Epson Set Latin American Epson Set Latin American 0 8 0 06 P i p 0 80 P p 1 e p 1 A Q a q B l1 A Q a q 2 u 2 B R b r u f 2 B R b r 3 3 C S c s 3 C S c s 4 i 4 D T d t i Q 4 D T d t 5 g S8 E U e u g 4 3 E U e u 6 R 6 F V f v amp 6 F V f wv 7 A 7 G W g w A Z G M g Ww 8 L 8 H X h x G 8 H X x 9 9 I Y i y A U 9 I Y i y A a J Z J 2 A J Z J Z B K L k ZH 0 K Lt k C lt L amp 1 R lt L N 1 D M J m A M 1 m E gt N u n 4 6 gt N n F y O _ oO y Z O _ ox 288 Epson Set French Canadian 0 0 1 e 2 3 4 1 5 o 6 7 8 9 A B D E F gt 2 BI R m m o o a EC z lt 289 Appendix D Epson Set Latin American II Epson Set Latin American Il 0 5 0 P p 0 8 P p 1 e B 1 A Q a q B 1 A Q a q 2 2 B R b ru 2 B R b r 3 3 C S c s 3 C S c s 4 i 4 D T d t i 9 4 D T d t 5 g 5 E U e u g 4 S E U e u 6 amp 6 F V f v amp 6 F V f v 7 A 7 G W g w i A Z G W g w 8 8 H X h x 6 8 H X R x 9 9 I Y i y amp 9 I Y i y A a J Z j z FH J 2 J X B K i k QI K bo k f C lt L SS 1 f A L od i D M m A amp R M 1 m A E gt N
19. n n 0 through 11 to select the print mode pitch combinations available from Table 22 All other values will result in an error message where In SFCC nq n Print Mode Pitch code values other than those shown in Table 23 are ignored q Command sequence terminator where In SFCC X mn m Print Mode code n Pitch cpi An asterisk hex 2A may be substituted for m or n Whenever the asterisk replaces m or n its current value will not change Values other than those shown in Table 24 and Table 25 are ignored Note The print mode must be changed before the first printable symbol or space 1 of a print line or the command sequence is deferred until the next line Discussion P Series PMODE switches to the Primary Character Set and selects print mode and pitch Print mode and pitch can also be selected from the control panel The print mode pitch select control code from the host computer will override the control panel print mode setting and the print mode and pitch selection will be reflected on the message display If PMODE 7 through 11 are selected to enable upside down characters the printing is still left to right Even though characters are upside down you must reverse the order to read left to right A complete set of tables identifying print mode pitch and dot densities for all print modes follows 99 Chapter 100 3 Configuring the P Series Emulation with Control Codes Table 22 Print Mod
20. n Tipogr fica Neufville S A ITC Avant Garde Gothic ITC Benguiat ITC Bookman ITC Century ITC Cheltenham ITC Clearface ITC Galliard ITC Korinna ITC Lubalin Graph ITC Souvenir ITC Tiepolo ITC Zapf Chancery and ITC Zapf Dingbats are registered trademarks of International Typeface Corporation Albertus Gill Sans and Times New Roman are registered trademarks and Monotype Baskerville is a trademark of The Monotype Corporation Plc registered in the U S Pat and TM office and elsewhere Hiroshige and Marigold are trademarks of AlphaOmega Typography Inc Table of Contents fa rei teen EE 17 About this Guide nee 17 Warnings and Special Information pp 17 Related Product Information pp 18 Software Features enema 19 POLA it either tette ete ates 19 E 19 Proprinter IE XD iret ns re la bet dnd 20 EPSON FX 1050 Auen Vee ae 20 A e 21 Introductions one bu unu EE en iye 21 HP PCL II Emulation Default Settings 22 SwitchingbetweentiheEmulations 23 Configuring the PCL II Emulation with ControlCodes 23 Printer Feature Set Compatibility nn 23 General Information pp 24 Escape Sequences nenne 25 Bar CO dd 28 US Postnet Barcodes pp 38 Character Density Selection 42 Character Font Selection pp 45 Character Overstrike pp 47 Character Style Selectigon sse 47 Cursor Positioning
21. primary character set function 2 2 secondary character set By specifying the attributes of the desired fonts using escape sequences The list below contains the font attributes listed in order of descending priority Symbol Set ASCII Roman 8 Line Draw etc Pitch 10 12 13 3 15 16 67 20 Style Upright Italic Density High Speed Near Letter Quality The attributes are specified for both primary and secondary fonts so that you may switch between the primary and secondary fonts using the Shift Out SO and Shift In SI control codes Notice that the only difference between the primary and secondary font escape sequences is the direction of the parentheses The left parenthesis is used for primary fonts and the right parenthesis for secondary Upon receiving these font attribute commands the printer selects the best fitting font from those available It is not necessary to specify all four font attributes when selecting a font If any of the attributes are not specified the printer defaults to those attributes last specified or if none have been specified from the control panel default font For example if you wish to select a font without selecting a print pitch the print pitch last specified will be in effect If you had not previously specified a print pitch the printer will use the print pitch of the default font that was last specified from the control panel provided that the particular symbo
22. 232 y ij R I m lt I O Ze m ct o Ou Pr Multinational EBCDIC D ij D n 40 vn D I La 1w IO O Ze Kai T OH R 233 Appendix B ECMA Latin 1 Primary Subset ASCII USA P Series Emulation Character Sets 234 lt 0 o IJ ij Pe PI xl im lt I gt MW Ze mo CH Qt ECMA Latin 1 Primary Subset German EA D ij Pe al xl m lt IO gt Ya m Z m Fay 235 Appendix B P Series Emulation Character Sets ECMA Latin 1 Primary Subset Swedish 236 U ij Pe KA iw I IO gt Va m Ze gt m ECMA Latin 1 Primary Subset Danish 0 1 2 0 1 I 2 3 4 3 he 6 amp 7 i 8 8 A D B C D S E F 0 D ij P t im IO gt H 22 Kai P 237 Appendix B P Series Emulation Character Sets ECMA Latin 1 Primary Subset Norwegian 238 I ij Pe el im IO gt Y Ze m ox a o Q ECMA Latin 1 Primary Subset Finnish 0 1 2 Q 1 I 2 3 4 D 3 6 amp 7 S 8 9 A B c D E F J ij Pe I im I IO gt Ya Ze mM 239 Appendix B P Series Emulation Character Sets ECMA L
23. 39 French Canadian Spanish French Canadian 10 hex 3A Latin American Italian Dutch 11 hex 3B Norwegian Turkish Finnish 12 hex 3C Danish ll Japanese Swiss 13 hex 3D Spanish ll 14 hex 3E Latin American ll Table 19 International Language Select z x 0 hex 30 x 1 hex 31 X 2 hex 32 x 3 hex 33 S IBM PC Multinational ECMA Latin 1 DEC Multinational 0 hex 30 IBM PC 0437 Mult Extended Set Barcode 10 cpi DEC Mult Ext Set 1 hex 31 IBM PC 0850 Mult DP 10 cpi 2 hex 32 Mult DP 12 cpi 3 hex 33 Mult NLQ 10 cpi 4 hex 34 Greek DP 10 cpi 5 hex 35 Greek DP 12 cpi 6 hex 36 Greek NLQ 10 cpi 7 hex 37 Graphics DP 10 cpi 8 hex 38 Graphics NLQ 10 cpi 9 hex 39 Scientific DP 10 cpi 10 hex 3A Scientific DP 12 cpi 11 hex 3B Scientific NLQ 10 cpi 12 hex 3C Multinational at Primary set mode and pitch 83 Chapter 84 3 Configuring the P Series Emulation with Control Codes Character Set Select ECMA Latin 1 Extended ASCII Code SFCC OSET n Purpose Discussion Selects the print mode and pitch at which the extended characters will print OSET is valid only when the ECMA Latin 1 character set has been selected from the control panel OSET will be ignored if the IBM PC Multinational or DEC Multinational Character Sets are active n ranges from 0 through 12 hex 00 through OB to select the print mode pitch combinations available from Table 20 All other values wi
24. 6 F V f v 7 7 G W g w 8 8 H X R x 8 9 9 I Y i y A J Z j 2 B K A k i C lt L 8B 1 G 1 D M m i E gt N n B A F O o A 218 Al F 3 la Iv m 2 R di pus um 3 Iw IO L a B G B8B E IBM PC Primary Subset English UK R R Z im IO Y a r FE A 41 3 ms zb a mn iv l 219 Appendix B IBM PC Primary Subset Danish P Series Emulation Character Sets 220 R CH p im IO m F d ul mm g m ft a i H iv La IBM PC Primary Subset Swedish 0 R 2 105 IO lt gt HER rr E 4 dui n L 3 m i i Iv LA m 221 Appendix B IBM PC Primary Subset Italian P Series Emulation Character Sets 222 Pe m Ze Im IO lt gt rr F 4 4I y W LE zb 3 m I vw lA IBM PC Primary Subset Spanish Pe 2 it IO r F d Al wa m NN o H he lA 223 Appendix B IBM PC Primary Subset Japanese P Series Emulation Character Sets 224 0 0 Pe z iw IO m F 3 ul ws j Md bk 3 Vv l IBM PC Primary Subset French Canadian 0 1 2 0 1 2 3 4 5 ya 6 amp j 2 8 9 A B C D E E F
25. Chapter 150 5 Overview Epson Emulation Exceptions and Differences Because of mechanical differences between your line matrix printer and Epson printers moving printhead serial matrix printers some Epson features are approximated or not supported Epson codes that produce different behavior in your printer are indicated by a dagger in the Control Code Index The Epson emulation supports the following fonts DP NLQ Serif and Sans Serif Draft with 10 cpi 12 cpi and 15 cpi in either condensed or normal widths and OCR A and OCR B in 10 cpi Condensed printing at 10 cpi in DP quality maps to 17 1 cpi Character pitches other than 10 DP cpi map to 20 cpi in DP and 17 1 cpi in NLQ Epson bit image graphics are supported including all plotter and CRT densities Many character sets are available including IBM PC Graphics IBM Code Page 0437 and Epson You can configure the zero character to contain a slash or no slash The Double Wide print control codes ESC W SO double character width but not inter character spacing unlike the Epson FX 1050 The formulas for total character spacing are as follows Epson FX 1050 2 char 1 dot space Epson Emulation 2 char 1 dot space The Condensed Print SI control code condenses character width but not inter character spacing unlike the Epson FX 1050 which condenses both character width and spacing If one or more Backspace control codes follow directly afte
26. Code 19 Purpose Places printer in the deselected state Discussion The configuration parameter Printer Select must be set to Enable Refer to the User s Manual for information about this menu option When the printer receives this command it ignores data until a DC1 Printer Select command is received 179 Chapter 5 Configuring the Epson FX 1050 Emulation with Control Codes Reassign Graphics Mode ASCII Code ESC s m Hex Code 1B3Fsm Dec Code 2763sm Purpose Changes one graphics mode to another Discussion sis character K L Y or Z which is changed to mode m 0 7 from Table 42 page 181 Thereafter sending data to the bit image command makes the data print according to the graphics mode you select with m Remove Downloaded Characters ASCII Code ESC NUL n NUL Hex Code 1B 3A 00 700 Dec Code 27580n0 Purpose Erases all downloaded characters Discussion The printer ignores this command but removes all data sent 180 Select Graphics Mode Select Graphics Mode ASCII Code ESC m n1 n2 Hex Code 1B2A mn1n2 Dec Code 2742 moi n2 Purpose Turns on 8 pin bit image graphics mode m Table 42 charts the graphics modes available Discussion The total number of columns n1 256n2 n1 Number of DATA bytes 256 n2 remainder of division of number of DATA bytes by 256 sometimes referred to as MOD 256 n2 Number of DATA bytes 256 quotient of division This command does not suppress hexadec
27. Code 27 66 n1 n2 nk 0 Purpose Sets or clears vertical tab positions Discussion The physical position on the paper is defined by n and the current line spacing where n vertical tab setting in lines and k number of tabs possible The value of n can be defined in the range of 1 through 255 hex 01 through hex FF inclusive while k is defined in the range of 1 through 64 hex 01 through 40 Any value for k over 64 is ignored Subsequent line spacing changes affect the tab position If the value of n exceeds the forms length that tab position is ignored Vertical tab positions are set by the command ESC B and executed by the command VT The tab positions must be in ascending order or the emulation ignores the out of order symbols If the ESC B command is followed immediately by hex 00 the vertical tab positions are cleared Example The following sample illustrates Vertical Tab Setting To run the sample set your printer at top of form Line one The control code ESC B 5 10 0 sets a vertical tab at line 5 and at line 10 Control code VT moves paper to the next vertical tab Control code VT moves paper to the next vertical tab This is line ten Tabs Clear All Return to default ASCII Code ESC R Hex Code 1B52 Dec Code 2782 Purpose Clears all horizontal and vertical tab stops Discussion When ESC R is invoked horizontal tab stops reinitialize to every eight columns starting at column 9 9 17 25 In
28. Code Data Processing DP and Near Letter Quality NLQ Roman 8 8U 5 20 cpi in HS DP and NLQ Turkish 8 8T 5 20 cpi in HS DP and NLQ Arab 8 8V 5 20 cpi in DP and NLO 10 cpi in HS only Cyrillic 8R 5 20 cpi in HS DP and NLQ PC858 MitLi 13U 5 20 cpi in HS DP and NLQ MC Text 12J 5 20 cpi in HS DP and NLQ Roman 9 4U 5 20 cpi in HS DP and NLQ Latin 9 9N 5 20 cpi in HS DP and NLQ Win 3 0Lat 1 9U 5 20 cpi in HS DP and NLQ Japan Postnet 15Y 4 cpi in NLQ only Katakana Post n a 11 25 cpi in NLQ only ASCII OU 5 20 cpi in HS DP and NLQ Math Sym OA OM 5 20 cpi in HS DP and NLQ LineDraw OB OL 5 20 cpi in DP only ISO Den Nor 0D 5 20 cpi in HS DP and NLQ Roman Ext 0E 5 20 cpi in HS DP and NLQ ISO UK 1E 5 20 cpi in HS DP and NLQ ISO France OF 5 20 cpi in HS DP and NLQ ISO German 0G 5 20 cpi in HS DP and NLQ Hebrew 0H 5 20 cpi in HS DP and NLQ Japan ASCII OK 5 20 cpi in HS DP and NLQ Katakana 1K 10 cpi in DP and NLQ only Block Char 1L 5 20 cpi in DP only OCR A 00 10 cpi in OCR typeface only OCR B 10 10 cpi in OCR typeface only 43 Chapter 2 44 Configuring the PCL II Emulation with Control Codes Table 8 Available Symbol Sets continued CPI in High Speed HS Name Code Data Processing DP and Near Letter Quality NLQ ISO Swe Fin oS 5 20 cpi in HS DP and NLQ ISO Spai
29. Code Width Information The following paragraphs contain information concerning the size of the printed bar codes If you are designing a form that contains bar codes this information may prove useful in judging how much space the bar code will occupy The following table lists the number of characters sent by the user for each type of bar code Table 4 Bar Code Character Bar Code Number of Characters Sent Code 3 of 9 Variable Industrial 2 of 5 Variable Interleaved 2 of 5 Variable UPC A 11 UPC E 11 EAN 8 7 EAN 13 12 UCC EAN 128 19 Postnet 5 6 9 10 or 11 12 Royal Mail incl KIX Variable Note For Postnet Barcodes printed using the P8000 style if 5 9 or 11 digits are 1 sent your printer will automatically calculate and print the check digit Se If 6 10 or 12 digits are sent the printer will verify the check digit Should the check digit be inaccurate or an invalid bar code length is sent your P8000 printer will not attempt to print the invalid data 32 Bar Codes CODE 3 of 9 A variable length data string of up to 32 ASCII characters may be printed using the Code 3 of 9 bar code The string may be an odd or even length and may use any of the standard characters specified in MIL STD 1189 Ha non valid character is used in the string a blank non readable bar code will be printed non valid characters are not substituted or deleted Optional checksums are
30. ESC 6 control code 273 Appendix D 0437 PC Character Get 0437 PC Character Set 0 1 2 3 6 8 9 A B C D F 0 0 L 1 1 Q 4 l 1 a 2 id 2 e v res b e amp T T 2 3 y 3 c a 6 wu F L ES 4 4 d 4 0 1 E f S A 5 5 e 0 4 F J 6 4 amp 6 f a a 1 F T 7 i 7 g 9 4 S 8 8 h 8 y 3 Eb S 9 y de 59 1 e 0 r al P 4 A E pee or pe a B de om k i d or e A d e Br xt Ww 1 ox W J JE a n D e m i Y i d lI 2 E A 2 n A RS d F v o A f gt 4 m 274 0850 PC Multilingual al gt gt le 2 ip io uc B m OH Di Ce 275 Appendix D _ Epson Set ASCII USA Epson Set ASCII USA 0 a 8 0 80 P p o 80 P p 1 e p 1 A Q a q 1 A Q a q 2 S 2 B R b ru 2 B R b r 3 3 C S c s o 3 C S c s 4 i 4 D T d t i 2 4 D T d Ft S g h 5 E U e u g 3 E U e wu 6 amp 6 E V f v amp 6 F V f v 7 a 7 G W g Y i oA Z G W g w 8 8 H X R x GO 8 H X H x 9 9 I Y i y a 9 I Y i y A J Z j z AS J Z j Z B Te K tL k 4 B OG K t k C y XD 2 de Ro 3E A E O UE 4 D M J m A E M 1 m A E Lo N n a 6 gt N n F Y O 0 y 7 O _ eo 276 Epson Set French 2e 3 R HE Z A mm D lt D o 277 Appendix D _ Epson Set German Epson Set German 0 8 O 8 P p 8 0 8 P p 1 e p
31. FX 1050 Emulation with Control Codes Line Spacing n 72 Inch ASCII Code ESC An Hex Code 1B41n Dec Code 2765n Purpose Sets a line spacing of n 72 inch for subsequent line feeds where n 1 through 255 hex 01 through hex FF Discussion When this control sequence is received all subsequent line feeds are n 72 inch until a new line spacing is selected or the printer is reset This setting overrides line spacing set at the control panel Small values of n may result in overlapping lines Overlapping lines may also occur if print attributes such as Elongated Double High Superscript or Subscript characters are used on the same line If lines overlap printing speed is reduced Any values set by ESC 3 line spacing n 216 inch are replaced Example The following example illustrates 20 72 inch line spacing Control code ESC A 20 sets line spacing at 20 72 inch increments for all subsequent lines until reset or another spacing is selected Make Hex 80 9F Control Codes ASCII Code ESC 7 Hex Code 1B37 Dec Code 2755 Purpose Selects codes hex 80 9F in the character sets as control codes Discussion This is the default when the Epson character set is selected as the default set at the control panel Make Hex 80 9F Printable ASCII Code ESC 6 Hex Code 1B 36 Dec Code 2754 Purpose Selects codes hex 80 9F in the character sets as printable characters Discussion This is the default when the IBM PC character set
32. HS OCR A and OCR B Character Sets Forty seven character sets are available You can print the character sets in the different print modes OCR A and B character sets must be printed in OCR A and OCR B print modes Bar codes Several bar codes are available including Code 3 of 9 Industrial 2 of 5 Interleaved 2 of 5 UPC A EAN 8 EAN 13 UCC EAN 128 UPCE Royal Mail including KIX format Postnet 11 3 cpi and Postnet 4 cpi P Series The P Series emulation software provides the following features e Graphics and a selection of print densities You can enable graphics mode and specify a density mode dots per inch Print Attributes Characters can be bold double high double wide etc Page Formatting Commands allow you to set line spacing page length and vertical tabbing Font Typefaces Also referred to as print modes The five typefaces include Near Letter Quality NLQ with or without serifs Data Processing DP High Speed HS OCR A and OCR B e Different character sets are available You can print the character sets in the different print modes OCR A and B character sets must be printed in OCR A and OCR B print modes Chapter 1 20 Software Features Proprinter Ill XL The Proprinter emulation software provides the following features Graphics and print densities You can specify different graphics modes which use different dpi s dots per inch Print Attributes Ch
33. L0000LL Ooxxe v i se Lot 1000001 ecocos i tz ee ol toooolo ecooco 09 96 on 0000011 OD e lor va oor 0000001 O e eds oz ze ovo 0000010 1628 1 zio gor OSY PEH oaa loo AuvNig ir IIosv xaH oad 190 AUVNI8 eri llosv xaH o3d 190 AbvNIg 205 Chapter 6 Combining Graphics and Text 206 7 Vertical Page Formatting Overview Rapid vertical paper movement is called slewing A vertical format unit VFU is a program you load into the printer that enables it to slew paper to preset locations on a page On your printer LF commands and other commands that produce blank lines are accumulated and moved in one efficient paper motion The VFUs are maintained for compatibility with earlier applications Following an introductory overview of how to plan a vertical page format the following two methods of vertical formatting are described in this chapter Vertical tab table The IBM Proprinter XL and the Epson FX emulations each contain a vertical tab table It is a set of programmed vertical tabs Electronic Vertical Format Unit EVFU Only the P Series emulation provides the EVFU capability Planning a Vertical Page Format Vertical page formatting with a VFU consists of four steps 1 Select the type of vertical format you want to use This is covered in the next section 2 Design the form determining the spacing and channel assignments for ever
34. LF the paper advances one line at the n line spacing setting and the logical print head is positioned at character column 1 The paper position moves only in multiples of the current dot row spacing If the distance to move is other than a multiple of the current dot row spacing the remainder is added to the next paper motion command Small values of n may result in overlapping lines Overlapping lines may also occur if print attributes such as Elongated Double High Superscript or Subscript characters are used on the same line Printing at different horizontal and vertical densities will not overlap The following example illustrates n 216 inch line spacing code ESC J 200 performs a 200 216 inch line feed function for one line only 131 Chapter 4 Configuring the Proprinter III XL Emulation with Control Codes Line Spacing 1 8 Inch 8 Ipi ASCII Code ESC 0 Hex Code 1B 30 Dec Code 2748 Purpose Specifies continuous line spacing at 1 8 inch increments 8 Ipi Discussion When the 1 8 inch line spacing control code is received all lines will be printed at 8 Ipi until a new line spacing is selected or the printer is reset Example The following example illustrates 1 8 inch line spacing Control code ESC O sets line spacing at 1 8 B 1pi inch for all subsequent lines until reset or another spacing is selected Line Spacing 7 72 Inch 10 3 Ipi ASCII Code ESC 1 Hex Code 1B31 Dec Code 2749 Purpose S
35. Print Mode Selection double size ESC amp k8S 52 PTX Linefeed ESC t 0 1 L 53 Programmable VFC ESCA amp I Zbytes W data 55 Raster Graphics Move raster lines ESC b Y 63 Raster Graphics Resolution ESC t 70 140 R 63 Raster Graphics Horizontal ResolutionESC r 60 70 120 140 L 63 Raster Graphics Vertical Resolution ESC r 72 144 V 63 Standard Computed VFC ESC amp I 0 16 V 67 Chapter 2 Configuring the PCL II Emulation with Control Codes Bar Codes To print bar codes escape sequences are sent to the printer specifying the type of code bar code height bar code header information placement information and bar code data The following five escape sequences are used for bar code printing ESC z V Bar Code Selection This sequence selects the type of bar code to be used in subsequent printing of bar code data If a number other than those available is selected the previously selected bar code type will be used The following table lists the bar code types available and their corresponding value field numbers Table 3 Bar Code Types Bar Code Type Character Length Value Field No Code 3 of 9 default Variable 0 Industrial 2 of 5 Variable 1 Interleaved 2 of 5 Variable 4 UPCA Fixed 8 UPCE Fixed 9 EAN 8 Fixed 10 EAN 13 Fixed 11 UCC EAN 128 Fixed 12 Postnet Fixed 13 14 Royal Mail including KIX format Variable 15 16 Note The Postnet Barcodes type 13 amp 14 print 24 bars
36. Proprinter control code 124 Standard PCL II 65 Storage of emulation configuration on diskette 23 Stroke Weight PCL II 65 Supplies Department 293 Switching character font PCL II 65 Switching emulations 23 Symbol set selection PCL II 46 Tabs vertical Epson FX 208 Proprinter Ill XL emulation 208 Terminator escape sequence PCL II 25 Text length selection PCL II 51 66 Throughput increased VFC PCL II 67 Transparent print data PCL II 66 Truncated Character Line 203 U UCC EAN 128 Bar Code 34 Underline 190 302 Underlining PCL II 66 Unidirectional Printing ESC U Proprinter control code 145 UPCA Bar Code width 33 UPCE Bar Code width 34 Upright character selection PCL II 47 US Postnet bar code 4 0 cpi 41 US Postnet barcode 38 check digits 38 V Vertical Format Unit VFU 207 characteristics 208 general programming information 207 Vertical formatting P Series EVFU 210 Vertical forms control PCL II 67 Vertical page format planning 207 Vertical tabbing example 209 Vertical tabs Epson FX 208 Proprinter III XL emulation 208 VFC Channel Definitions table 67 VT Tab Vertical Proprinter control code 143 257400 001A
37. Raster Graphics data ESC b W data 63 Raster Graphics end ESC rB 63 Self test ESCz 65 Stroke Weight Bold ESC s B 65 Underline Mode on ESC amp d DEFGLMNOTUVW 66 Underline Mode off ESC amp d CHIJKPQRSWXZ 66 PCL LEVEL II Character Font Selection ESCH ID 45 Cursor Control absolute row ESC amp a R 47 Cursor Control absolute column ESC amp a C 47 Cursor Control relative row ESC amp a R 47 Cursor Control relative column ESC amp al C 47 Horizontal Margin Selection Left ESC amp ajprint position L 50 Horizontal Margin Selection Right ESC amp a print position M 50 Horizontal Margin Selection Reset ESC9 50 Line Spacing ESC amp I 6 8 D 50 Logical Page Length Selection ESC amp I 1 128 P 51 Print Pitch Selection ESC s CpiH 53 Text Length Vertical Margin Selection ESC amp l 1 128 F 66 Transparent Print Data ESC amp p of bytes X 66 Escape Sequences 27 FUNCTION ASCII CODE PAGE PCL LEVEL Ill Character Density Selection ESC s 0 1 1 Q 42 Character Style Selection ESC s 0 1 S 47 Cursor Positioning horizontal ESC amp a H 49 Cursor Positioning vertical ESC amp a t V 49 Print Mode Selection 12 cpi ESC amp k4S 52 Raster Graphics start ESC r A 63 Additional Commands Bar Code Data ESC z bar code data gt Z 28 Bar Code Height ESC z H 28 Bar Code Header Control ESC z Q 28 Bar Code Label Placement ESC z C 28 Bar Code Selection ESC z V 28 Emulation Switching ESC 0000 0001 0002 X 23
38. Select 9 Pin Graphics Mode ESC m n1 n2 d1 dk 182 Miscellaneous Printer Control Bell BEL 157 Cut Sheet Paper Feed Control ESC EM n 161 Half Speed Mode On Off ESCsn 170 Initialize Printer ESC Q 172 Printer Select DC1 179 Printer Deselect DCH 179 Unidirectional Printing 1 Line ESC lt 190 Unidirectional Printing Set ResetESC U n 191 156 Backspace Backspace ASCII Code BS Hex Code 08 Dec Code 08 Purpose Moves the logical print head to the left one character space toward the first character column Discussion Assures that the previous printable characters will be printed then moves the logical print head one character space to the left at the current pitch setting which includes double wide and ESC SP If the logical print head bumps into the left margin it stops t When backspacing over proportionally spaced characters Epson printers move back the width of each proportional character this emulation moves back based on the current cpi setting as if proportional spacing is disabled T Ifone or more Backspace control codes follow directly after a Bit Image Graphics command ESC K ESC L ESC Y or ESC Z your printer will backspace into the graphic pattern the number of dots depending on the current cpi setting For an Epson FX 1050 printer one Backspace will send the logical printhead directly to the beginning of the graphics pattern Example If you were to print five T characters then two BS command
39. Superscript Subscript Printing Reset SFCCT 103 Underline SFCC n 104 Graphics Plot Even Dot High Density EOT 98 SFCC d Plot Odd Dot Normal Density ENQ 98 SFCCe Other Functions Bell BEL 79 Character Set Select SFCC I xyz 82 Character Set Select ECMA Latin 1 Extended SFCC OSET n 84 Character Set Select International Languages SFCCRn 85 SFCC PSET n Characters 80 9F Control Codes SFCC 7 86 Characters 80 9F Printable Symbols SFCC 6 86 Emulation Reset SFCC O 89 Extended Character Set SO 91 SFCC SO SFCCn SFCC 4 Extended Character Set Cancel SI 91 Primary Set Select SFCC SI SFCC o SFCC 5 78 Backspace Backspace ASCII Code BS Hex Code Dec Code Purpose Discussion Example Bell 08 08 Moves the logical print head to the left one character space toward the first character column When configured from the control panel for backspace BS moves the character position indicator the logical print head position one character space to the left at the current character pitch setting The code is ignored if the logical print head is positioned at the first character column If you were to print five T characters then two BS commands then two characters the output would look like the sample below TTTEF ASCII Code BEL Hex Code Dec Code Purpose 07 07 Sounds the printer s buzzer beeper Discussion The BEL function will sound the buzzer beeper for 0 2 seconds upon rece
40. This command is normally used to cancel 12 cpi Character Pitch 12 CPI ASCII Code ESC M Hex Code 1B4D Dec Code 2777 Purpose Sets character pitch to 12 characters per inch cpi Discussion This command is available in all print modes except OCR A and OCR B Character Pitch 15 CPI ASCII Code ESC g Hex Code 1B67 Dec Code 27 103 Purpose Sets character pitch to 15 characters per inch cpi Discussion This command is not defined in Epson FX printers It is included in this emulation for compatibility with the Okidata KX P1180 printer This command is available in all print modes except OCR A and OCR B 158 Character Set Select International Languages Character Set Select International Languages ASCII Code ESCR n Hex Code 1B52n Dec Code 2782n Purpose Specifies a language overlay that prints the characters shown in Table 40 when the specified code is invoked where n 0 through 15 hex 00 through OE to determine the language overlay shown in Table 40 below Epson only defines character sets through hex OC Table 40 Epson International Character Sets Hex Codes International Character Set Is 5C 5D 5E USA French German English UK Danish Swedish Italian Spanish Japanese Norwegian Danish Il Spanish II Latin American iw p grob Or D Dr D x TE mn E OD D en CD French Canadian Latin American H t t t d Rb HRH op t U9 tt D H mu
41. Values and States Table 14 LinePrinter Menu Option Factory Settings Characteristic Default Setting CPI LPI Typeface Proportional Spacing Bold Print Italic Print Slashed Zero Left Margin Right Margin Bottom Margin Perforation Skip Form Length Form Width Reset Cmd CFG Ld 10 0 6 0 Data Processing Disable Disable Disable Disable 0 columns 0 columns 0 lines Disable 11 0 inches 279 4 millimeters 66 lines 13 6 inches 345 4 millimeters 136 characters Disable 73 Chapter Configuring the P Series Emulation with Control Codes Configuring the P Series Emulation with Control Codes The remainder of this chapter describes the P Series printer control language codes that may be sent from a host computer attached to the printer in order to invoke and configure numerous P Series emulation functions Format for Control Code Descriptions The following information is listed for each code function where applicable Name The title or function of the command ASCII Code The ASCII mnemonic for the command is shown Command sequences are in 7 bit ASCII form Hex Code The code or command sequence in hexadecimal numbers Dec Code The code or command sequence in decimal numbers Purpose The function s of the control code Discussion A discussion of the uses of the code or command sequence including exceptions or limitations to its use Example A sample is provided for s
42. addition the vertical tabs are cleared Underline Underline ASCII Code ESC n Hex Code 1B2Dn Dec Code 2745n Purpose X Enables or disables automatic underlining of all characters Discussion When automatic underline is enabled all characters including spaces are underlined until disabled where n may range from 0 through 255 hex 01 through hex FF n 1 3 5 any odd value selects underlining n 0 2 4 any even value cancels underlining Example The following sample illustrates automatic underlining and underlining reset Control code ESC 1 enables automatic underlining Control code ESC 0 disables automatic underlining Unidirectional Printing ASCII Code ESCU n Hex Code 1B55n Dec Code 2785n Purpose Sets or cancels unidirectional printing While this feature reduces print speed by 1 2 the increased print quality will improve the readability of barcodes and graphics Discussion This code sets or cancels unidirectional printing as follows where n may range from 0 through 255 hex 00 through hex FF n 1 3 5 any odd value selects unidirectional text printing n 0 2 4 any even value cancels unidirectional text printing 145 Chapter 4 Configuring the Proprinter III XL Emulation with Control Codes 146 5 Overview Epson FX 1050 Emulation This chapter describes the Epson FX emulation host control codes Emulation refers to the ability of a printer to execute the commands
43. code where applicable Name The title or function of the command ASCII Code The ASCII mnemonic for the command is shown Command sequences are in 7 bit ASCII form Hex Code The code or command sequence in hexadecimal numbers Dec Code The code or command sequence in decimal numbers Purpose The function s of the control code Discussion A discussion of the uses of the code or command sequence including exceptions or limitations to its use Example A sample is provided when it is possible to illustrate the effect of a control code or if a specific syntax is required Note If you specify any parameters for a control code other than the ones that are defined in the control code description unpredictable results may occur The PI line is never recognized in Proprinter IIl XL Emulation mode Escape Control Codes Overview Printer capability is greatly increased by the use of escape control code sequences Escape sequences always begin with the ASCII escape sequence introducer ESC hex 1B Many of the ASCII control codes described in this chapter are escape sequences Note An Escape code can occur anywhere in the datastream and is acted upon immediately if it precedes a valid command An ESC sequence introducer in the data stream signals the printer to wait for special instructions even if it is ready and printing The character codes following the ESC character tell the printer what to do Note Fo
44. code page 0437 is selected as the default set at the control panel Figure 3 shows the hex 80 9F printable characters for the Epson character set and for the IBM PC graphic character set 176 B7 ce 8 BITS B4 B3 B2 B1 OCTAL DECIMAL HEX CHARACTER B8 5 B6 BITS B4 B3 B2 B1 200 0000 128 80 201 000 1 129 81 D 202 0010 130 A 82 203 001 1 181 83 204 0100 132 84 9 205 010 1 133 85 206 011 0 134 86 207 011 1 135 87 1000 pe 136 88 100 1 a 137 U 89 1010 ele 138 8A 101 1 E 139 8B 1100 110 1 al Epson USA Character Set 217 237 A 143 f 19 8F oF Make Hex 80 9F Printable o oz oo NSN m o 131 o m Y O N IBM 437 Code Page Figure 3 Epson Printable Codes Hex 80 9F 177 Chapter 5 Configuring the Epson FX 1050 Emulation with Control Codes Master Print Select ASCII Code ESC n Hex Code 1B21n Dec Code 2733n Purpose Selects or changes print attributes in a single command where n an 8 bit number with the bits set to specify print attributes as shown in Table 41 Table 41 Master Print Select Bit Values Bit No Bit 0 Bit 1 0 10 cpi t 12 cpi 1 Monospaced Proportional 2 Normal Condensed 3 Normal Emphasized 4 Normal t Double Strike 5 Normal Double Wide 6 Normal Italic 7 Normal Underlined Discussion Emphasized is substituted for
45. dot pattern bytes n1 Number of DATA bytes 256 n2 remainder of division of number of DATA bytes by 256 sometimes referred to as MOD 256 n2 Number of DATA bytes 256 quotient of division This code prints specified data as bit image graphics at double horizontal density 120 dots per inch horizontally and 72 dots per inch vertically By ignoring adjacent dots the print speed is not reduced from the normal density speed For more information see Bit Image Graphics on page 193 The following example produces a Double Density Normal Speed Bit Image graphics for the same pattern as in the Normal Single Density example Note that the amount of data must be doubled for double density the data is used 54 times rather than 27 Double Density Double Speed Bit Image Graphics N NN AAA ANNAN 117 Chapter 4 Configuring the Proprinter III XL Emulation with Control Codes Bit Image Mode Quadruple Density Half Speed ASCII Code ESC Z n1 n2 Hex Code 1B 5A n1 n2 Dec Code 27 90 n1 n2 Purpose Selects quadruple density bit image graphics where n1 256n2 defines the number of data bytes to follow DATA ASCII characters for the dot pattern bytes n1 Number of DATA bytes 256 n2 remainder of division of number of DATA bytes by 256 sometimes referred to as MOD 256 n2 Number of DATA bytes 256 quotient of division Discussion This code prints specified data as bit image graphics at quadruple den
46. double strike Graphics and grey scale characters are not underlined Proportional spacing overrides condensed or 12 cpi printing if both are selected Paper Out Detection Enable ASCII Code ESC 9 Hex Code 1B 39 Dec Code 2757 Purpose Asserts a paper out condition immediately when the end of the paper supply is sensed TDiscussion The printer decodes and ignores this command 178 Paper Out Detection Disable Paper Out Detection Disable ASCII Code ESC 8 Hex Code 1B 38 Dec Code 27 56 Purpose Enable printing to the end of the paper supply when a paper out condition is sensed Discussion The printer decodes and ignores this command Pass Bit 7 from Host ASCII Code ESC Hex Code 1B23 Dec Code 2735 Purpose Passes bit 7 the eighth and most significant bit whether it is 1 or 0 thereby cancelling ESC gt and ESC Discussion This command affects only text and control code data bit 8 of graphics data is always passed through Printer Select ASCII Code DC1 Hex Code 11 Dec Code 17 Purpose Places printer in the selected state Discussion The configuration parameter Printer Select must be set to Enable Refer to the User s Manual for information about this menu option This control code allows the printer to receive and print data from the host if it was deselected by DC3 If the printer was not deselected by DC3 this code is ignored Printer Deselect ASCII Code DC3 Hex Code 13 Dec
47. fonts Cursor Control Absolute and relative cursor control are provided for the printer Cursor moves are made in the current active pitch and current active vertical spacing The following escape sequences perform these functions Absolute Vertical Cursor Position in Rows ESC amp a R Move cursor to absolute vertical cursor position in rows where is an unsigned integer Relative Vertical Cursor Position in Rows ESC amp a R 47 Chapter 2 Configuring the PCL II Emulation with Control Codes Move cursor vertically in rows relative to the current position where is a signed only integer Absolute Vertical Cursor Position in Decipoints ESC amp a V Move cursor to absolute vertical cursor position in decipoints where x 720 inch increments Fractional decipoint values are not allowed Relative Vertical Cursor Position in Decipoints ESC amp al V Move cursor vertically in decipoints relative to the current position where is a signed integer at x 720 inch increments Fractional decipoint values are not allowed Absolute Horizontal Cursor Position in Columns ESC amp a C Move cursor to absolute horizontal cursor position in columns where is an unsigned integer Relative Horizontal Cursor Position in Columns ESC amp al C Move cursor horizontally in columns relative to the current position where is a signed integer Absolute Horizontal Cursor Position in Decipoints ESC amp a H Move curs
48. in inches The printer also allows you to set page length in lines per page The logical page length is that which is received via an escape sequence and is calculated in lines per page Therefore one physical page can contain more than one logical page The default logical page length is the physical page length In most cases formatting problems can be solved by changing the physical page length and using the default logical page length Note When loading a different size of form in the printer it is usually best to have the operator set the physical page from the control panel to the actual size of the paper rather than programmatically setting the logical page to match the length of the new form and leaving the physical page length at its previous value This practice avoids problems if a paper out occurs The logical page length is set using the ESC amp I 1 128 P sequence where the value field 1 128 is the desired number of lines per page This command also defaults the text length to be one inch less than the logical page length unless the logical page length is one inch or less in which case the text length is set equal to the page length Requests for a page length of zero cause the logical page length to equal the physical page length Requests for a page length greater than 128 are ignored Although the logical page is specified in number of lines this number represents the space occupied by that many lines usin
49. in detail N A means not applicable The rest of this chapter defines the control code functions for P Series Emulation mode The commands are listed in alphabetical order Note Some control code functions can be accomplished using another control code sequence or via control panel selection FUNCTION ASCII CODE PAGE Paper Motion Form Feed FF 92 Line Feed LF 93 Reverse SFCC n 102 Vertical Tab VT 104 Page Format Backspace BS 79 Carriage Return CR 81 Forms Length Set Inches SFCC INCHES n f 92 Forms Length Set Lines SFCC LINES n 93 Line Spacing 1 6 Inch 6 Ipi SFCC2 94 SFCC LPI Line Spacing 1 8 Inch 8 Ipi SFCC O 94 SFCC LPI Line Spacing 8 or 10 3 LPI ACK 95 1 line only SFCC f Line Spacing 7 72 Inch SFCC 1 95 Line Spacing n 72 Inch SFCC A 96 Line Spacing n 216 Inch SFCC 3 97 VFU Commands N A 104 Print Attributes Bold Print SFCC G 80 Bold Print 1 line only SFCC j 80 Bold Print Reset SFCC H 80 Elongated Double High Print One Line Only SFCC h 87 Elongated Double High Print Set Reset SFCC wn 88 Emphasized Print SFCC E 88 Emphasized Print Reset SFCC F 89 Expanded Print Double Wide One Line Only SFCC k 90 Expanded Print Double Wide SFCCW n 90 Overscoring SFCC n 97 Print Mode Pitch Selection SFCCXmn 99 SFCC PMODE n SFCC nq 77 Chapter 3 Configuring the P Series Emulation with Control Codes FUNCTION ASCII CODE PAGE Print Attributes continued Superscript Subscript Printing SFCC S n 103
50. kent CH Pr R Z iw IO gt sis rr E 4 ul e Mm f c 03 o I Iv La 225 Appendix B P Series Emulation Character Sets IBM PC Primary Subset Latin American 226 zh R R 2 im IO gt ds Ka Cete b r Fa dl g dg LH 3 H Iv IBM PC Primary Subset Danish Il Q Pe Ki Ze im IO lt gt SCH r E 4 8n MB E 3 Iv LA 227 Appendix B IBM PC Primary Subset Spanish Il P Series Emulation Character Sets 228 P 22 Im IO lt gt Z SS SL cd 5 m RA A wa m E a DL I Iv Lo IBM PC Primary Subset Latin American Il 0 1 2 0 T H 2 3 4 3 6 amp 7 8 9 A D B C D E E F R ze Im IO m Fa dI Tl L 3 E vw la 229 Appendix B P Series Emulation Character Sets IBM PC Extended Subset 0437 PC Character Set 230 D Pe lt gt IE ES m F 34 ul m g ms ft oa o F lA IBM PC Extended Subset 0850 PC Multilingual 0 0 L l L 2 2 3 3 4 4 D A 5 6 amp 6 7 7 8 8 9 8 A B C A lt D E gt F m 2 im io E Q Q 231 Appendix B Multinational ASCII USA P Series Emulation Character Sets
51. n u e gt N die OS E Y O 0 y 4 70 _ e 8 290 OCRA D D g P d p 1 tr L A 8 a a e 2 B R b r 3 3 C S c Ss o 4 5 4 Dp T d t Y 5 Z 5E Bou x R 8 b amp b F V f v 4 o e 7 6 M g vw B B H X h x Heu E q H I Y 1 y A J Z J 2 I E ra K k 1 I C yn lt L N 1 i p M I m 7 A J E gt N n F Q O 291 Appendix D OCRB OCR B 292 t4 EA E Contact Information Printronix Customer Support Center IMPORTANT Please have the following information available prior to calling the Printronix Customer Support Center Model number Serial number located on the back of the printer e Installed options e interface and host type if applicable to the problem e Configuration printout Thermal Printer See Printing A Configuration in the Quick Setup Guide Line Matrix Printer Press PRT CONFIG on the control panel then press Enter sthe problem with a new install or an existing printer Description of the problem be specific Good and bad samples that clearly show the problem faxing of these samples may be required Americas 714 368 2686 Europe Middle East and Africa 31 24 6489 311 65 6548 4114 China 86 800 999 6836 http www printronix com support aspx Asia Pacific Printronix Supplies Department Contact the Printronix Supplies Department for genuine Printronix supplies Americas 800 733 1900 Europ
52. of a particular printer control language A printer control language is the coding system used to convey manipulate and print data It contains character codes and command sequences that configure the emulation In this manual the terms emulation printer protocol and printer control language are synonymous In Epson FX emulation mode your printer can print files coded for the Epson FX printer control language To select the Epson FX emulation as the active printer emulation select LinePrinter Plus from the EMULATION menu and Epson FX from the Printer Protocol menu as described in the User s Manual The Epson FX emulation provides many configurable parameters The default parameter values for this emulation are shown in Table 37 You can modify these parameter values in two ways The Epson FX host control codes An extensive set of Epson FX control code commands can be sent to the printer from an attached host computer via the host data stream Most of this chapter is devoted to describing the Epson FX control code commands The printer configuration menus You can modify a subset of the Epson FX emulation parameters using the control panel switches and LCD display as described in the User s Manual A parameter value set by a host control code generally overrides a value set from the printer s control panel Note Configuration values selected from the menus or via host control codes can be saved to the printers NVRAM mem
53. s physical limit is specified the right or left margin will be set to the limits of the printer Power on and set the margins to the maximum limits Commands are ignored if the result would place the left margin to the right of the right margin The only way to move the current active position outside the margins is by using the escape sequences for horizontal cursor control To release the right margin use one of the following escape sequences ESC amp a132M for 10 cpi ESC amp a158M for 12 cpi ESC amp a175M for 13 3 cpi ESC amp a198M for 15 cpi ESC amp a220M for 16 7 cpi The ESC9 command resets the left and right margins The left margin is set to the left edge of the logical page column 0 and the right margin is set to the right edge of the logical page Line Spacing Vertical line spacing of 6 or 8 LPI lines per inch can be selected either from the control panel or remotely using the ESC amp I 6 or 8 D sequence When the printer is reset the vertical line spacing is as set from the control panel If a parameter other than 6 or 8 is entered the command is ignored and no line spacing change is made Note Changing the line spacing causes the standard VFC table to be C recalculated 50 Logical Page Length Selection Logical Page Length Selection PCL Level Il Two page length definitions exist for the printer physical page length and logical page length The physical page length is the length of the paper
54. selected from the control panel the ACK control code will set the line spacing to 10 3 Ipi 7 72 Example The following example illustrates printing a single line of text at 8 Ipi Control code ACK selects B lpi line spacing for one line only The default line spacing is then reselected automatically Line Spacing 7 72 Inch ASCII Code SFCC 1 Hex Code SFCC 31 Dec Code SFCC 49 Purpose Specifies the line spacing at 7 72 inch 10 3 Ipi increments Discussion When the 7 72 inch line spacing control code is received all lines will be printed at the 7 72 inch line spacing until a new line spacing is selected or the printer is reset The control code line spacing selection will override the control panel line spacing setting and the message display will reflect the line spacing as 10 3 lines per inch Caution should be used when combining this control code with other print attributes such as Elongated Double High Superscript or Subscript overlapping lines may occur Printing at different horizontal and vertical densities will not overlap Example The following example illustrates 7 72 inch line spacing Control code SR 1 sets 7798 ihef dE Si nescque lines 11 reset or ano int is selected 95 Chapter 3 Configuring the P Series Emulation with Control Codes Line Spacing n 72 Inch ASCII Code SFCC A n Hex Code SFCC 41 n Dec Code SFCC 65 n Purpose Stores a line spacing of n 72 inch increments where n
55. the six supported values is entered for the n2 parameter then the printer will reset to the factory default configuration Configuration parameters defined by command bytes n4 and n5 if present will override conflicting factory default values n3 Initialize Parameters Parameter n3 is provided for compatibility with the Proprinter Ill XL printer control language standard You may define any value for this parameter For Proprinters this bit must define the attached printer as either Proprinter value 03 or Proprinter III XL value 22 hex 16 n4 and n5 Parameter bytes n4 and n5 allow you to define several configuration parameters that will override conflicting factory default and memory based configuration values when the printer is reinitialized Possible values for n4 and n5 are listed in Table 30 and Table 31 respectively Note i In addition to the formatting from bytes n4 and n5 this command sets the current line as top of form It also clears vertical tabs and sets the horizontal tabs at every eight columns starting at column 9 Table 30 n4 Values n4 Bit Function OFF 0 ON 1 7 Process this byte Process Ignore 6 Reserved Reserved Reserved 5 n a n a n a 4 Line Feed LF LF CR add CR with each LF 3 Carriage Return CR CR LF add LF with each CR 2 Set forms length 11 inches 12 inches 1 Slashed Zero Disable Enable 0 Character set 1 A 2 B 129 Chapter 4 Configurin
56. these characters into the Programmable VFC escape sequence as the VFC data This data MUST be an even byte count and is CASE SENSITIVE upper lower As in all escape sequences do not include the brackets they are for clarification only 62 Raster Graphics 6 This escape sequence must be sent to the printer before the data by embedding in the application or as part of an initialization string A programmable or hardware RESET will clear the VFC RAM causing the printer to return to the default VFC Note If either the RS 232E or the RS 422B interface is installed in the printer the interface can be configured to have such things as STRIP NULLS AND DELETES The Null and or Delete character could be used as valid characters so the user must either combine other channels on the same line to generate another character or not configure the printer to strip these characters Another factor may be the use of 8 bit data If the user desires to use channels 8 and 16 then 8 bit data must be configured For more detail please refer to the User s Manual Raster Graphics Graphics are sent to the printer using the following escape sequences ESC t 70 140 RRaster graphics resolution ESC r L Horizontal raster graphics resolution ESC r V Vertical raster graphics resolution The ESC r L and ESC r V escape sequences allow you to set the horizontal and vertical raster graphics resolutions independently Valid raster graphics resolut
57. transparent or feature access mode In the transparent mode the printer prints but does not execute all data including control codes and escape sequences In the feature access mode the control codes and escape sequences are executed All configuration information is located in the DVC12 Graphics Printer Driver Reference Manual P N 92068 90022 For HP 1000 A Series information refer to the Driver Reference Manual P N 92077 90011 and the RTE A System Design Manual P N 92077 90013 To set transparent mode with the DVC12 driver the following command can be used where LU is the logical unit address of the printer CN LU 30B 20B Downloading VFC All information concerning downloading VFC files is contained in the DVC12 Graphics Printer Driver Reference Manual P N 92068 90022 B 4 Carriage Control Directives The HP 1000 software drivers allow users to embed the following carriage control directives in files ASCII SYMBOL CARRIAGE ACTION SE Single space with or without automatic page eject V Gk or No space return next printing at column 1 gt Triple space without automatic page eject o Double space without automatic page eject 1 Page eject form feed Selects VFC channel 1 The carriage control directive is placed in column 1 of the file and is executed but not printed when the file is printed When using this feature all other characters placed in column 1 are ignored not printe
58. um um D Wu OO oO mam A fg D m a TF ITF a fa ro toi am un ei ffi C C Pe bes n o D be bo La C un Lu cep oOo gt gt gt gt gt gt gt gt DC 22 31 e e 232 OO D O m fr CO O D D e re m D D re C OR rei 22 Z Z GAS Z 2 O D 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E ma A Am m O C O m m m B B ein C C C CC C Discussion This control code setting overrides a character set selection made at the control panel Example The following example illustrates international character selection using the IBM PC character set Control code ESC R 5 selects the Suedish character set shoun beneath the USA ASCII characters ABCDEV I 13 ABCDAHAU 6 464 1 r o B B 159 Chapter 5 Configuring the Epson FX 1050 Emulation with Control Codes Clear Bit 7 of Incoming Data Bytes to 0 ASCII Code ESC Hex Code 1B3D Dec Code 2761 Purpose Sets the most significant bit MSB of all incoming data to O Discussion The MSB is bit number 7 This command only affects text and control code data Graphics data passes through unchanged Some applications always set the MSB of print data to one 1 which results in italic or graphics printing in Epson printers This command overcomes the problem This command does not suppress hex FF from printing Condensed Print ASCII Code SI ESC SI Hex Code OF 1B OF Dec Code 15 27 15 Purpose Condenses print pitch as close
59. 00 or 30 turns half speed mode off n 0 or 48 hex 01 or 31 turns half speed mode on TDiscussion This is simulated in your printer by unidirectional printing 170 Horizontal Tab Execute Horizontal Tab Execute ASCII Code HT Hex Code 09 Dec Code 09 Purpose Moves the logical print head to the next horizontal tab stop Discussion Power on default horizontal tabs are set at every eighth character at the current character spacing Tab positions are not affected by a change of font or character width Blank spaces between HT stops are underlined in underline mode Horizontal Tab Set Release ASCII Code ESC D n1 nk NUL Hex Code 1B 44 n1 nk 00 Dec Code 2768n1 nk0 Purpose Sets up to 32 horizontal tab positions where n1 through n32 specify the character column of the tab positions NUL hex 00 is the sequence terminator ESC D 0 clears all tabs Discussion The values of n must be listed in ascending order or they are ignored Tabs greater than 32 or those positioned beyond the right margin are ignored The physical tab position is the product of n and the current cell width 1 pitch excluding double wide After the tabs are set HT moves the logical print head to the next tab stop Sending ESC initializes the printer and resets the tabs to every eighth character column which is the default In proportional mode the size of 10 CPI characters determines tab positions Example The following example illust
60. 1011 The following characters are a special control Sequence Escape Sequences An escape sequence consists of the ESC control code followed by one or more characters in succession Both two character and parameterized escape sequences control the printer Two character escape sequences take the form ESCX where X is a character from the ASCII table 0 through Parameterized escape sequences are structured in the following form ESCXy parameter Z This sequence is explained below ESCXy Prefix This part of the escape sequence indicates that the escape sequence is parameterized and also specifies which type of control is being performed X is referred to as the parameterized character y is referred to as the group character Parameter This string of ASCII characters specifies a value either numeric or alphanumeric Z Terminator This ASCII character indicates the function to which the previous parameter value applies If this character is lower case a b c etc it indicates a combined escape sequence meaning that more parameterized information will follow If the character is upper case A B C etc it terminates the escape sequence string Note Brackets are shown in many of the escape sequences for clarification purposes but are not actually part of the escape sequence For example the brackets in the escape sequence for selecting page length ESC amp I 1 128 P specify a range of values 1 through 128 for page len
61. 108n where n number of columns from the left edge of the physical page to the beginning of the print line n 1 through 232 hex 00 through hex E8 Purpose Sets the left margin to n columns in the current font Discussion Be sure to use the alphabetic lowercase L as in left rather than the numeral 1 one for this command The number of inches of margin does not vary if the font character width or horizontal dot density changes This command automatically clears and resets horizontal tabs to every eight characters The smallest possible space between the left and right margins is the 186 Set Margin Right width of one double wide 10 cpi character If a margin control code violates this minimum distance it is ignored Settings in proportional mode are treated as 10 CPI Set Margin Right ASCII Code ESC Qn Hex Code 1B51n Dec Code 2781n where n number of columns from the left edge of the physical page to the end of the print line n 1 through 232 hex 00 through hex E8 Purpose Sets the right margin to n columns at the current character width Discussion The number of inches of margin does not vary if the font character width or horizontal dot density changes This command automatically clears and resets horizontal tabs to every eight characters The smallest possible space between the left and right margins is the width of one double wide 10 cpi character If a margin control code violates this min
62. 1F 31 US 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 End Load X Undefined 0 or 1 1 High 0 2 Low 211 Chapter 7 P Series EVFU Electronic Vertical Format Unit Note The ESC code cannot be used simultaneously as the EVFU VT code and I the Special Function Control Code SFCC Refer to the appropriate Y protocol chapter for more information on the SFCC Clearing the EVFU Memory The following actions will reset clear the EVFU memory 1 Sending only the start load code 2 Sending a start load code followed immediately by an end load code 3 A second start load code is received resulting in reinitialization of the EVFU This allows the host data to be restarted When the EVFU memory is cleared the forms length returns to the previously set value and the current print position becomes the top of form TOF 212 Standard ASCH Character Set B7 B6 BITS P B4 B3 B2 B1 OCTAL DECIMAL HEX o o ba c Flo ooo el E m 3593 RE gt m 50 121 81 51 122 82 g CH N 22a Al N o m al N Eu O e O 5 m O A m k qo X RS alg o on loot o o C3 Lh cx go Ga ck meo o U m lt lt Ke S JA P 10 8 gt n N 5 213 Appendix A 214 B P Series Emulation Character Sets Introduction This appendix shows the character set charts also referred to as code pages
63. 20 0 H Select print pitch for secondary character font When specifying a pitch if no font with the exact size specified is available the next larger pitch will be designated If a larger pitch does not exist the pitch will be set to 16 67 Only one pitch per line may be selected The default print pitch is that of the primary font specified from the control panel Note Refer to the User s Manual to see which pitches are available for different symbol set and typeface combinations Printing in the Hex 80 through Hex FF Region The P8000 printer exhibits different behaviors as it processes characters in the hex 80 through FF range Behavior is based upon the symbol set of the active font If the symbol set of the active font is 7 bit characters in the hex 80 through FF range will be ignored If the symbol set is 8 bit the printer will attempt to process the characters There are two different types of 8 bit sets Some have characters that are printable in the hex 80 through 9F region while others do not If the active symbol set does not have printables in the hex 80 through 9F range the characters are ignored To determine symbol set properties perform a symbol set print from the PCL menu 7 bit sets print only one line of characters while 8 bit sets print two 8 bit sets with printables in the hex 80 through 9F range print characters in the space below the control code on the first line Those without printables in that
64. 28 Greek n a 5 20 cpi in HS DP and NLQ Greek 3 n a 5 20 cpi in HS DP and NLQ ABY Greek n a 5 20 cpi in HS DP and NLQ ABG Greek n a 5 20 cpi in HS DP and NLQ ELOT 927 Greek n a 5 20 cpi in HS DP and NLQ Greek 437 n a 5 20 cpi in HS DP and NLQ Greek 8859 7 n a 5 20 cpi in HS DP and NLQ NOTES 5 20 cpi 5 10 12 13 3 15 16 67 20 cpi n a not applicable There is no designated code for this font you can select it only from the control panel Character Font Selection The printer can print several different character sets fonts By performing a printer self test you can see which fonts are installed in your printer You may specify any of these fonts from an application On the self test printout each available character font is printed along with a parameter number to the left of the printed font Note Many earlier models of HP printers could not select certain combinations of character sets Your P8000 printer does not have this limitation The P8000 printer produces different characters than the previous models and your application may be requesting the old character set You will need to modify your application s settings to prevent it from selecting the old character set 45 Chapter 2 Configuring the PCL II Emulation with Control Codes There are two ways to select a font from those available By entering the parameter number via the control panel function 1
65. 8 F sequence Perforation skip mode defaults as configured from the control panel When the perforation skip mode is disabled the printer will print in the margin space below the desired bottom of text This can be avoided if a VFC select to the next Top of Form is performed immediately following the last desired line of text on the page Note Many systems perform an automatic page eject which overrides the 1 printers perforation skip mode Ifthe user desires to print in the perforation e skip region the system s automatic page eject must be disabled Print Mode Selection The standard compressed and double high double wide print modes are selected using the ESC amp k 0 2 4 8 S sequence as shown in the following table This escape sequence affects both the primary and secondary character fonts The default print mode is that of the default font specified from the control panel Only one print mode is allowed per line Table 9 Print Mode Selection Mode Horizontal Pitch Vertical Pitch in characters inch in lines inch 0 10 0 60r8 2 16 67 60r8 4 12 0 60r8 8 5 0 3or4 Dependent on current line spacing Double high double wide character set selection 52 Print Pitch Selection Print Pitch Selection Print pitch is specified using the following escape sequences ESC s 5 10 12 13 3 15 16 7 20 0 H Select print pitch for primary character font ESC s 5 10 12 13 3 15 16 7
66. 8 Inch 8 Ipi Line Spacing 7 72 Inch Line Spacing n 216 Inch Line Spacing n 72 Inch Paper Out Detection Enable Paper Out Detection Disable Select Vertical Tab Channel Set Form Length in Inches Set Form Length in Lines Set Vertical Tabs in Channels Skip Over Perforation Skip Over Perforation Cancel Vertical Tab Execute Vertical Tab Set Clear Horizontal Motion Backspace Carriage Return Character Pitch 10 cpi Character Pitch 12 cpi Horizontal Tab Execute Horizontal Tab Set Release Select Deselect Proportional Spacing Set Absolute Horizontal Print Position in 1 60 Inch Set Intercharacter Spacing in 1 120 Inch Set Margin Left Set Margin Right Set Relative Horizontal Print Position in 1 120 Inch ASCII CODE ESC C NUL n ESC Cn ESC b cn1 n2n3 n16NUL ESCNn ESC O VT ESC B n1 n2 nk NUL BS CR ESCP ESCM HT ESC D n1 nk NUL ESCpn ESC n1 n2 ESCSP n ESCIn ESCQn ESC n1 n2 PAGE 158 167 173 173 174 174 175 175 176 178 179 184 185 186 188 188 189 191 192 157 158 158 158 171 171 183 185 186 186 187 187 Emphasis T Condensed Print Condensed Print Reset Double High Print Set Reset Double Strike Double Strike Cancel Double Wide Print Double Wide Print One Line Double Wide Print One Line Cancel Emphasized Print Emphasized Print Cancel Italic Printing Italic Printing Cancel Superscript and Subscript Printing Supers
67. 90 Extended Character Set SO SFCC SO 91 Extended Character Set Cancel SI SFCC SI 91 Form Feed FF 92 Forms Length Set in Inches SFCC INCHES 92 Forms Length Set in Lines SFCC LINES 93 Line Feed LF 93 Line Spacing 1 6 Inch SFCC A 94 Line Spacing 1 8 Inch 8 Ipi SFCC LPI 94 Line Spacing 7 72 Inch SFCC 1 95 Line Spacing 8 or 10 3 Ipi 1 line only ACK 95 Line Spacing n 216 Inch SFCC 3 97 Line Spacing n 72 Inch SFCC A 96 Overscoring SFCC 97 Plot Even Dot P Series High Density Graphics EOT 98 Plot Odd Dot P Series Normal Density Graphics ENQ 98 Print Mode Pitch Selection SFCC PMODE 99 Superscript Subscript Printing SFCC S 103 Superscript Subscript Printing Reset SFCC T 103 Underline SFCC 104 Vertical Tab VT 104 VFU Commands 104 P Series emulation extended and multinational character sets 82 P Series EVFU 210 211 channel assignment 210 clearing the memory 212 end load code 210 start load code 210 P Series features 19 PTX Linefeed 53 Raster graphics PCL II 63 Resetting PCL II 54 Royal Mail barcode 34 S Save Custom Sets menu option 23 Selecting fonts attributes 45 Self test PCL II 65 Serial Interface 68 Set and reset codes Epson FX 1050 emulation 153 SFCC P Series 75 SFCC 1 Character Set Select P Series control code 82 SI ESC SI Condensed Print Proprinter control code 122 301 SO Double Wide Print One Line Only
68. A bar code The string must have a length of 11 and may use any of the standard characters O through 9 If a non valid character or string length is used a blank non readable bar code will be printed non valid characters are not substituted or deleted The width of the printed bar code does not vary and is 1 56 inches 33 Chapter 2 Configuring the PCL II Emulation with Control Codes UPCE A fixed length data string of 11 ASCII characters may be printed using the UPC E bar code The string length must be 11 and may use any of the standard characters O through 9 however the data pattern must meet the format of UPC E bar codes UPC E is a shortened version of very specific patterns printable with UPC A If a non valid character or string length is used a blank non readable bar code will be printed non valid characters are not substituted or deleted For UPC E a zero 0 is required in the first position of the bar code data the number system character The width of the printed bar code is not variable and is 0 81 inches EAN 8 A fixed length data string of 7 ASCII characters may be printed using the EAN 8 bar code The string length must be 7 and may use any of the standard characters O through 9 If a non valid character or string length is used a blank non readable bar code will be printed non valid characters are not substituted or deleted The width of the printed bar code is not variable and is 1 25 inches EAN 13 A fixed
69. B 1 A Q a q B 1 A Q a q 2 2 BR b ru 2 B R b r 3 3 C S c s g 3 C S c s 4 i 4 D T d t i OQ 4 D T d t 3 g 9 E U e u g 4 5 E U e u 6 amp 6 F V f v amp 6G F V f v 7 A 7 G W g W A Z G W g w 8 8 H X h x 8 H X H x 9 9 I Y i y 8 06 9 S I Y i y A a JI Z j 2 A J Z Ff z B K A k B Q 0 K L k f C 152 lt L O n R P ws 7X vw Uk GRE wi D M m A M F m J E gt N n B gt WC S F y O _ o y O _ o 278 Epson Set English UK 0 1 2 Q a 8 1 e B 2 j 3 4 i 3 4 6 amp 7 A 8 8 A a B C D E F Y ts a zh R un Aa D om pp a E z lt D E pos Q a R b S C T d U e V f H g X P Y i a J tf k 41 J m n o 279 Appendix D _ Epson Set Danish Epson Set Danish 9 8 0 P p 5 0 0 P p H B 1 A Q a q e B lA Q a q 2 2 BR b r u amp 2 B R b r 3 3 C S c s e 3 C S c s 4 i 4 D T d t i g 4 D T d t 3 4 5 E U e u g X 3 E U e u 6 amp 6 F V Ff v amp 6 F V f wv 7 A 7 G W g w tf A Z G W g Ww 8 8 H X Rh x 0 0 8 H X x 9 9 I Y i y amp 9 I Y i y A 8 J Z J z A Ss J Z Jj Z B K k zg Wo D o rp EZ Kk Y C lt L 1 g R lt L NN 1 D M A m A M J m E gt N n a 6 gt N v Xp o us E Y
70. C 52 Purpose Accesses the extended character set in the range hex AO through FF using codes 32 through 127 hex 20 through 7F Discussion Used in 7 bit systems as if data bit 8 was set to 1 For example sending code hex 20 accesses the symbol at code point hex AO If a printable symbol is not available at the code point a space is printed SFCC 4 is not cancelled by the next paper motion command SO SFCC SO and SFCC n are cancelled by paper motion Example The following sample illustrates the Extended Character Set and Extended Character Set Cancel see page 91 control codes Control code ESC 4 selects the extended character set and ESC 5 selects the primary character set uhich is displayed beneath the extended character set THEI ABCDEFGH Extended Character Set Cancel Primary Set Select ASCII Code SI SFCC SI SFCC o SFCC 5 Hex Code OF SFCC OF SFCC 6F SFCC 35 Dec Code 15 SFCC 15 SFCC 111 SFCC 53 Purpose Cancels Extended Character Set as selected by SO SFCC SO SFCC n and SFCC 4 and selects the Primary Character Set Discussion Used in 7 bit systems If data bit 8 is disabled this control code selects the range as if data bit 8 is set to 0 and data is printed as characters from 32 through 127 hex 20 through 7F Example Refer to the Extended Character Set example on page 91 91 Chapter 3 Configuring the P Series Emulation with Control Codes Form Feed ASCII Code FF Hex Code OC Dec Code 12
71. Chapter 4 Configuring the Proprinter III XL Emulation with Control Codes Cancel ASCII Code CAN Hex Code 18 Dec Code 24 Purpose Clears the print buffer of all symbols since the last paper motion command was received Discussion The CAN command cancels all characters sent to the printer after the last paper motion command This command will cancel the double wide attribute if set by SO No other print attributes are affected Carriage Return ASCII Code CR Hex Code OD Dec Code 13 Purpose Returns the logical print head to the first character column resets the pointer to the first character position May be configured to include a line feed Discussion The CR code is configured via the ESC 5 code or via the control panel menus described in the User s Manual The CR CR configuration causes the character position indicator to be positioned at character column one subsequent printable data preceding a paper motion command overstrikes previously printed data The CR CR LF configuration causes the CR code to perform a carriage return plus a line feed The CR code also cancels expanded double wide print when set by code SO single line printing attribute 120 Carriage Return Set Carriage Return Set ASCII Code ESC 5 n Hex Code 1B35n Dec Code 2753 n Purpose Defines the result from the Carriage Return CR code where n may range from 0 through 255 hex 00 through hex FF If n 0 2 4 any even va
72. Combining Graphics and TeXt 204 Plot Data Byte Dot Patterns A 205 7 Vertical Page Formatting 207 207 Planning a Vertical Page Format pp 207 VEU Characteristics AAA 208 Proprinter and Epson VerticalTabrTable 208 Executing Vertical Tabs A 208 VerticalTabPositions 209 P Series EVFU Electronic Vertical Format Unit 210 Start Load Code Hex TEN 210 Channel Assignment nee 210 End Loads Hex Esa an a aaa sufa 210 Using me EV P erk a a e Dua ek Ma a 211 Clearing the EVFU Memory pp 212 Table of Contents A Standard ASCII Character Set 213 B P Series Emulation Character Sets 215 Introduction at aetatis 215 IBM PC Primary Subset ASCIT USAD 216 IBM PC Primary Subset French 217 IBM PC Primary Subset German 218 IBM PC Primary Subset English UK 219 IBM PC Primary Subset Dantsh nono 220 IBM PC Primary Subset Swedish pp 221 IBM PC Primary Subset Italian pp 222 IBM PC Primary Subset Spanish nn 223 IBMPC PrimarySubset Japanese 224 IBM PC Primary Subset French Canadian 225 IBM PC Primary Subset latinAmerican 226 IBM PC PrimarySubset Danishll 227 IBM PC Primary Sub
73. I USA ASCII USA ASCII USA ASCII USA 1 German French EBCDIC French 2 Swedish German German 3 Danish English UK English UK 4 Norwegian Danish Norw Danish 5 Finnish Swedish Swedish 6 English UK Italian Italian 7 Dutch Spanish Spanish 8 French Japanese Japanese 9 Spanish French Canadian French Canadian 10 Italian Latin American Dutch 11 Turkish Danish ll Finnish 12 Japanese Spanish ll Swiss 13 Latin American ll 14 15 16 17 currently undefined 18 19 20 21 85 Chapter 3 Configuring the P Series Emulation with Control Codes Discussion The international character set can also be selected from the control panel via the Print Language option however the control code setting will override the control panel character set selection Values other than those selectable from Table 21 will be ignored Example The following example illustrates international character selection using the IBM PC character set Control code ESC R 5 selects the Swedish character set shown beneath the USA ASCII characters BCDLUN1 15 BCDAHBAU 645 a4 1 1 6 A A Characters 80 9F Control Codes ASCII Code SFCC 7 Hex Code SFCC 37 Dec Code SFCC 55 Purpose Selects hex codes 80 through 9F in the character sets as control codes Cancels the command SFCC 6 Discussion This control code overrides the control panel setting Characters 80 9F Printable Symbols ASCII Code SFCC 6 Hex Code SFCC 36 Dec Cod
74. If a tab position is on the current line the paper is moved to the next tab position If there are no tab positions between the current line and the end of the form the paper is moved to the top of the next form This code cancels all one line only emphasis and font controls double wide from SO and ESC SO and unidirectional printing from ESC 191 Chapter 5 Configuring the Epson FX 1050 Emulation with Control Codes Vertical Tab Set Clear ASCII Code ESC B n1 n2 n3 nk NUL Hex Code 1B 42 n1 n2 n3 nk 00 Dec Code 2766 n1 n2 n3 nk0 Purpose Sets up to 16 vertical tab positions where n 1 through 255 hex 01 through FF k 1 through 16 hex 01 through 10 n1 through nk specify the line numbers for the vertical tab s up to a maximum of 16 tab positions NUL must end the sequence To clear the tab settings send ESC B NUL 1B 42 00 Discussion The values of n range from 1 through 255 hex 01 through FF and must be in ascending order The distance of each tab stop from TOF is the current line spacing times the number of lines given in n If the value of n exceeds the form length commands to move to that tab position are ignored If values of n are not in ascending order the sequence up to and including the out of sequence number is ignored and the rest of the load is processed Skip over perforation is ignored This command always sets channel 0 You can clear channel 0 by sending ESC B NUL See also the chann
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76. Line 14 T Line 15 1 Line 16 1 Line 17 1 d Line 18 1 Line 19 1 Line 20 1 1 Line 21 1 1 57 Chapter 2 Configuring the PCL II Emulation with Control Codes Note A 1 corresponds to a hole punched in a physical paper tape 58 Notice that for each line channel 3 is selected this would select a single space advance A 1 could be placed in any or all other channels and the VFC would still be valid since the printer will only look at the channel selected and advance to the next line that contained a 1 in that channel For example if the printer was on line 2 and channel 7 was selected the printer would advance or slew down to line 20 which is the first line where there is a 1 in channel 7 The next step would be to convert the above VFC definition into the escape sequence format The VFC data portion of the escape sequence reverses the order of the channels Once reversed the 16 bits are then divided into two 8 bit bytes with channel 16 being the Most Significant Bit MSB of the word and channel 1 the Least Significant Bit LSB of the word Refer to Table 10 Since the escape sequence requires the VFC data to be in ASCII format this binary data must be converted to ASCII As in our example many characters may convert to unprintable ASCII characters below ASCII OCTAL 037 Refer to the ASCII Symbol Set chart in Appendix A Entering unprintable data can be done in several ways The easiest and prefe
77. O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O A O O O O O O O O O O Oo O O O o O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O Octal MSB LSB 000 005 000 004 000 004 000 004 000 004 000 004 000 01 4 000 004 000 004 000 024 000 004 000 004 000 004 000 004 000 004 000 004 000 044 000 004 000 004 000 104 000 006 ASCII MSB LSB NulEnq NulEot NulEot NulEot NulEot NulEot NulFF NulEot NulEot NulDc4 NulEot NulEot NulEot NulEot NulEot NulEot Nul NulEot NulEot NulD NulAck CTL MSB LSB E D D D D D L D D T D D D D D D D D D F DO NOT depress the Control Key on these BOLDFACE characters since they are printable characters This VFC data can now be entered into the escape sequence in an ASCII file or programmatically and be either embedded into the application or merged with the spool file Programmable VFC Example VFC Data Entry Methods The example escape sequence may be created while the DISPLAY FUNCTIONS key has been enabled as shown below Top of Form Bottom of Form Single Spacing Double Spacing Triple Spacing Half Form
78. PRINTRONIX Line Matrix Printers PCLS II LinePrinter Plus Programmer s Reference Manual Line Matrix Printers PCLS II LinePrinter Plus Programmers Reference Manual PRINIRONIX Printronix Inc makes no representations or warranties of any kind regarding this material including but not limited to implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose Printronix Inc shall not be held responsible for errors contained herein or any omissions from this material or for any damages whether direct indirect incidental or consequential in connection with the furnishing distribution performance or use of this material The information in this manual is subject to change without notice This document contains proprietary information protected by copyright No part of this document may be reproduced copied translated or incorporated in any other material in any form or by any means whether manual graphic electronic mechanical or otherwise without the prior written consent of Printronix Inc COPYRIGHT 2001 2012 PRINTRONIX INC All rights reserved Trademark Acknowledgements IBM and Proprinter are registered trademarks and PC DOS is a trademark of International Business Machines Corporation Centronics is a registered trademark of Genicom Corporation ENERGY STAR is a registered trademark of the United States Environmental Protection Agency As an ENERGY STARO Partner Printronix has determin
79. Q Select High speed Draft Printing 12 x 6 dot matrix 120 x 48 dpi for the primary font Secondary Selection ESC sOQ Select Standard Density 12 x 9 dot matrix 120 x 72 dpi for the secondary font ESC s1Q Select High Density 18 x 12 dot matrix 180 x 96 dpi for the secondary font ESC s 1Q Select High speed Draft Printing 12 x 6 dot matrix 120 x 48 dpi for the secondary font The default density is that of the default font specified from the control panel If the symbol set selected is not available in the requested density the printer will print blank space However OCR A OCR B and Postal Barcodes force density changes to ensure scanability When draft printing is selected the printer prints less dots vertically 5 dots This reduction in dots results in an increase in print speed of up to 30 ESC OUESC s10h0s 1Q To cue high speed draft with Roman Extension ESC OEESC s10h0s 1Q 42 Character Density Selection The following table lists all the Symbol Sets available to the PCL Il Emulation Each Symbol Set is followed by its selection Code and the Characters Per Inch CPI available in it With the exception of OCR A and OCR B selecting a symbol set in a CPI combination not listed in the chart below will result in spaces being printed in place of the desired character Table 8 Available Symbol Sets CPI in High Speed HS Name
80. Quadruple Density Proprinter control code 118 ESC Z control code quadruple density bit image graphics 196 Escape ESC control codes overview IBM Proprinter III XL 108 Escape ESC sequences Epson FX 1050 152 Escape sequences PCL II 25 EVFU Electronic Vertical Format Unit 210 EVFU Electronic Vertical Formatting Unit channel assignment 210 clearing the memory 212 end load code 210 P Series 210 start load code 210 using the EVFU 211 F Factory settings Epson FX 1050 emulation 148 PCL II 22 Proprinter III XL emulation 106 P Series emulation 72 Feature access transparent mode 68 FF Form Feed Proprinter control code 126 Font selection 11 3 cpi US Postnet 38 G General information PCL II 24 Graphics 69 Graphics and text combining 204 Graphics control codes overview IBM Proprinter IIl XL 109 Graphics Mode 8 Pin 181 Graphics printing overview 193 Proprinter and Epson bit image graphics 193 Graphics resolution table 63 H Horizontal margin selection PCL II 50 HP 1000 information PCL II 70 HP 3000 information PCL II 68 HT Tab Horizontal Proprinter control code 142 Ignored and reserved control codes Proprinter III XL emulation 110 Image printing overview 193 Industrial 2 of 5 Bar Code width 33 Interleaved 2 of 5 Bar Code width 33 International character sets Epson FX 1050 159 Italic character selection PCL II 47 K Proprinter control codes Initial
81. Quarter Form Tenth Line Bottom of Form Bottom of Form 1 Top of Form 1 Top of Form Seventh Line Sixth Line Fifth Line Fourth Line Channels 1 2 3 4 5 6 T 8 9 10 LE 12 3 14 15 16 Line 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Line 2 1 Line 3 1 gt 1 Line 4 1 1 Line 5 a E 1 1 Line 6 1 1 Line 7 LE 1 1 Line 8 1 Line 9 Ll ok i 1 1 Line 10 T p Line 11 1 1 1 1 Line 12 Line 13 1 1 1 T Al Line 14 al 1 Line 15 1 T 1 1 1 Line 16 Line 17 Line 18 Line 19 Line 20 Line 21 1 This sample shows a 21 line VFC table at 6 LPI The text ends at line 14 leaving 6 blank lines one inch at the bottom of the page These channels cause a move to the next double triple space line Press the CONTROL key before each letter of the VFC data except for the two BOLDFACE characters ESC amp 142W E D D D D D GL D D T D D D DeD D D D F VFC data This would display the corresponding ASCII character i e the Nul for CTL 61 Chapter 2 Configuring the PCL II Emulation with Control Codes Another method using a text editor would be to do a CHANGE command replacement to convert the characters to ASCII characters This is shown as ADD 1 1 ESC amp 142WabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJ 21 CHANGEQ 7 7 TO 00 CHANGEQ 8 8 TO 05 CHANGEQ 9 9 TO 00 CHANGEQ 48 48 TO 06 This could also be input by not entering the letters but simply changing the specific column to the desired ASCII character I
82. S Postnet Barcodes The P8000 printer can print barcodes in three different formats The default 24 bars per inch uses the same syntax as the other barcodes It is suggested to use the ESC ZOQ command to disable placement of a header on postal barcodes The P8000 printer will also print barcodes using the 256X format for 20 and 22 5 bars per inch postal barcodes See the section on 256X US Barcodes for more details P8000 style Postnet barcodes will automatically require the host to generate the check digit If a non valid character or string length is used a blank non readable bar code will be printed non valid characters are not substituted or deleted The width of the printed bar code is not variable and is 1 33 5 digit 2 17 9 digit or 2 59 11 digit inches 256X US POSTNET BAR CODE The US POSTNET Bar Code is an HP character set which meets the US Postal Office specifications for Postnet bar coding including the latest Delivery Point Bar Code or DPBC US POSTNET Bar Codes print at 4 0 cpi 20 bars per inch and 11 3 cpi 22 5 bars per inch Both bar codes are printed by replacing normal printable characters with vertical bars Both options use different characters to represent the desired bar codes as a result the methods by which they are produced are incompatible 11 3 CPI 22 5 bars per inch US POSTNET BAR CODE Font Selection You may select either of the US POSTNET character sets from either the front panel or thro
83. Series Emulation with Control Codes 74 Format for Control Code Descriptions 74 SwitchingBetweentheEmulations 74 Special Function Control Code SFCC Header 75 SFCC Command Line Nt 75 AttributeSetandResetCodes 76 NE ee 76 Print Modes Supported for Character Sets 76 The Control Codes pp 77 lee TE 79 elt s O E 79 Bold Pride ee ore 80 Bold Print ReS t EE 80 Carriage Return s a a euet dae e E dena ead 81 Character Set Select A 82 Character Set Select ECMA Latin 1 Extended 84 Character Set Select International Languages 85 Characters 80 9F Control Codes 86 Characters 80 9F Printable Symbols ssseeseeeeeeeeeeeeeeereeeenene 86 Elongated Double High Print One Line Only 87 Table of Contents Elongated Double High Print Set Reset 88 Emphasized Print u us aa awas kasa rre 88 Emphasized Print Reset m 89 Emulation Reset tie ient RR Ct ee cin 89 Expanded Print Double Wide One Line Only 90 Expanded Print Double Wide Set Reset 90 Extended Character Set 91 Extended Character Set Cancel Prima
84. Sets single space option without automatic page eject 66 lines per page The carriage control directive is placed in column 1 of the file and is executed but not printed when the file is printed When using this feature all other characters placed in column 1 will be ignored not printed When using the carriage control directives the application must use carriage control and CCTL must be included in the file equation as shown in the following example file filename dev device number cctl Graphics When using graphics the line feed generated by the driver must be suppressed or there will be 1 6 or 1 8 spacing between raster lines One way to do this is to add a to the front of the file as carriage control the file equation must have CCTL Printing in the Perforation Skip Region When using the HP e3000 an automatic page eject occurs when the perforation skip region is entered There are three ways to avoid a page eject and allow printing in the perforation skip region Set the text length logical page length physical page length on the front panel Use carriage control with a C in column 1 the application must use carriage control Set the carriage control to null no CR LF at end of line and programmatically add a CR LF to the end of each record 69 Chapter 2 HP 1000 Information HP 1000 Information 70 The P8000 printer may be commanded in either
85. Spacing 1 6 Inch 6 Ipi ASCII Code ESC 2 Hex Code 1B 32 Dec Code 2750 Purpose Sets the line spacing to 1 6 inch 6 Ipi for subsequent line feeds Discussion The 2 is ASCII character 2 not hex 02 When ESC 2 is received all lines are printed at 6 Ipi until a new line spacing is selected or the printer is reset This control code overrides line spacing set at the control panel Example The following example illustrates 1 6 inch line spacing Control code ESC 2 sets line spacing at 6 Ipi for all subsequent lines until reset or another spacing is selected Line Spacing 1 8 Inch 8 Ipi ASCII Code ESC 0 Hex Code 1B 30 Dec Code 27 48 Purpose Sets the line spacing to 1 8 inch 8 Ipi for subsequent line feeds Discussion The 0 is ASCII character O zero not hex 00 When ESC O is received all lines are printed at 8 Ipi until a new line spacing is selected or the printer is reset This control code overrides line spacing set at the control panel Example The following example illustrates 1 8 inch line spacing Control code ESC O sets line spacing at 1 8 B Ipi inch for all subsequent lines until reset or another spacing is selected 174 Line Spacing 7 72 Inch Line Spacing 7 72 Inch ASCII Code ESC 1 Hex Code 1B31 Dec Code 27 49 Purpose Sets the line spacing to 7 72 inch 10 3 Ipi for subsequent line feeds Discussion All lines are printed at the 7 72 inch line spacing until a new line spacing i
86. Table 5 for more detail 34 Table 5 UCC EAN 128 Application Identifiers Bar Codes Ae Content Format 00 Serial Shipping Container Code n2 n18 02 Item Num of Goods Within Another Unit n2 n14 10 Batch or Lot Number n2 an 20 11 5 Production Date YYMMDD n2 n6 13 5 Packaging Date YYMMDD n2 n6 15 Sell By Date Quality YYMMDD n2 n6 17 5 Expiration Date Safety YYMMDD n2 n6 20 Product Variant n2 n2 21 Serial Number n2 an 20 22 HIBCC Quantity Date Batch and Link n2 an 29 23 Lot Number Transitional Use n3 n 19 240 Additional Product ID Assigned By Manufacturer n3 an 30 250 Secondary Serial Number n3 an 30 30 Quantity n2 n 8 310 Net Weight Kilograms n4 n6 311 Length or 1st Dimension Meters n4 n6 312 Width Diameter or 2nd Dimension Meters n4 n6 313 Depth Thickness Height or 3rd Dimension Meters n4 n6 314 Area Square Meters n4 n6 315 Volume Liters n4 n6 316 Volume Cubic Meters n4 n6 320 Net Weight Pounds n4 n6 321 Length or 1st Dimension Inches n4 n6 322 Length or 1st Dimension Feet n4 n6 323 Length or 1st Dimension Yards n4 n6 324 Width Diameter or 2nd Dimension Inches n4 n6 325 Width Diameter or 2nd Dimension Feet n4 n6 326 Width Diameter or 2nd Dimension Yards n4 n6 327 Depth Th
87. XT N 110 DATA 73 146 36 255 36 146 73 120 LPRINT Single Density Bit Image Graphics Figure 7 Sample Single Density Bit Image Graphics 197 Chapter 6 Plot Mode Plot Mode 198 Plot mode is available for the P Series protocol only This subsection describes the P Series compatible odd even dot Plot mode of operation The P Series plot has a rigid format wherein each line of data contains a plot command code the plot data and an LF code hex OA The P Series codes hex 04 and 05 respectively can be placed anywhere on the command line When P Series Plot mode is enabled by an EOT hex 04 or ENQ hex 05 code all control codes except LF CR and FF are ignored Any control sequence parameter prior to a plot code is acted upon immediately If any combination of EOT hex 04 or ENQ hex 05 code is received in a single line the priority of action is EOT hex 04 takes priority over ENQ hex 05 ENQ has the same priority level and is acted upon in the order received A printable symbol is defined as any character or command that might cause the head of a serial printer to move away from character column one Plot Density Plot density refers to the number of dots per inch dpi printed in a single dot row Two types of plot density are available with P Series Plot mode graphics normal density and high density The densities can be mixed within the printed page on a dot row by row basis but the tw
88. acters are not Example The following sample illustrates underlining Control code ESC 1 enables automatic underlining Control code ESC 0 disables automatic underlining Unidirectional Printing 1 Line ASCII Code ESC lt Hex Code 1B 3C Dec Code 2760 Purpose Causes printing to occur from left to right for one line only Discussion Printing normally occurs in both directions of shuttle movement This command causes the printer to print from left to right for one line The command is cancelled by a CR 190 Unidirectional Printing Set Reset Unidirectional Printing Set Reset ASCII Code ESC U n Hex Code 1B55n Dec Code 2785n Purpose Causes printing to occur in only one direction of shuttle movement left to right where n NUL hex 00 or 0 hex 30 to turn off unidirectional printing n SOH hex 01 or 1 hex 31 to turn on unidirectional printing Discussion Printing normally occurs in both directions of shuttle movement Unidirectional printing slows the printer down approximately 5096 but is sometimes used when very accurate dot placement is desired in graphics Vertical Tab Execute ASCII Code VT Hex Code OB Dec Code 11 Purpose Advances the logical print head to the next vertical tab position selected by ESC Discussion If no vertical channel was selected channel 0 is used If no vertical tabs were set the paper advances one line The logical print head moves to the left margin
89. al SOH G 01 47 01 71 ETX G 03 47 03 71 ESC G 1B 47 27 71 AG 5E 47 94 71 G 7E 47 126 71 SFCC Command Line Print format print mode or international language selection can be controlled by a longer sequence known as a command line Command lines are string type commands placed between complete lines of text and affect the text which follows The protocol has six command lines PMODE OSET PSET LPI LINES and INCHES Each of these command lines is discussed in this chapter under the appropriate Control Code function For example the forms length in inches can be set using the following command line SFCC INCHES n f where nis the whole number of inches and fis the fractional increment in 0 5 inch increments When using the SFCC in a command line the SFCC must be the first non blank symbol in the line space hex 20 is a blank symbol In addition characters following spaces other than a valid line terminator in a command line are ignored so that user comments can be included on the command line The valid line terminators are Form Feed FF Line Feed LF and Carriage Return CR however when used in the command line these line terminators do not cause any paper motion If a command line contains an error the command will not be executed 75 Chapter Configuring the P Series Emulation with Control Codes Attribute Set and Reset Codes Certain print attributes are set and reset turned on or off by using
90. among other things setting initialization strings flow control and VFC Workstation Configurator has a terminal type file that is used for certain functions and a VFC file that is used for setting the initialization strings and the VFC These files are not in the same format as the HPIB VFC file and must be created using Workstation Configurator When using the VFC file created using Workstation Configurator the user must specify the terminal type file in the HP e3000 I O Configuration or by referencing it with the ENV parameter of the FILE statement The DOWNLOAD command will NOT operate in this configuration If the ENV parameter of the FILE statement is used the associated terminal type file that has been configured with the printer will still be sent to the printer first and the terminal type file that has been specified with the ENV parameter will be sent NEXT This does not create any problems it just should be noted when using a datascope or analyzing a spool file Carriage Control Directives Carriage Control Directives The HP e3000 software drivers allow users to embed the following carriage control directives in files ASCII SYMBOL CARRIAGE ACTION d Single space with or without automatic page eject p No space return next printing at column 1 gt Triple space without automatic page eject o Double space without automatic page eject 1 Page eject form feed Selects VFC channel 1 C
91. ancels the condensed print mode set by SI ESC SI or the control panel Discussion This returns the printer to the font that was active before condensed print occurred Other print attributes are not affected Example See the Condensed Print control code page 160 for an example of Condensed Print Reset Cut Sheet Paper Feed Control ASCII Code ESC EM n Hex Code 1B 19n Dec Code 2725n Purpose This code controls the paper feed mechanism on Epson printers 1Discussion The printer ignores this command Define a Download Character ASCII Code ESC amp Hex Code 1B26 Dec Code 2738 Purpose Defines a download character Discussion The printer ignores this command and removes all downloaded font data from the data stream Delete Character ASCII Code DEL Hex Code 7F Dec Code 127 Purpose Deletes the previous character on a line Discussion This command is ignored if it occurs immediately after a CR or a paper motion command Characters truncated due to line length restrictions are not affected by this code 161 Chapter Configuring the Epson FX 1050 Emulation with Control Codes Double High Print Set Reset ASCII Code ESC wn Hex Code 1B77n Dec Code 27119n Purpose Turns double high character printing on and off Double high characters are standard width but twice as high where n 1 or 49 hex 01 or hex 31 turns double high printing on n 0 or 48 hex 00 or hex 30 turns double high printin
92. and a third tab is set at line 14 for quantity data The ESC B code assigns the vertical tabs to the lines of the form Once the tab positions are set sending the vertical tab execute code VT causes the paper currently at the top of form position to advance to the first tab position for PART NUMBER data Sending another VT moves the paper to the second tab position for PART NAME followed by a third VT to access the third tab position for QUANTITY data Form Data Form Line Number Vertical Tabs 1 Top of Form 2 3 4 5 PART NUMBER 6 Tab 1 7 PART NAME 8 Tab 2 9 10 11 12 13 QUANTITY 14 Tab 3 15 20 Figure 14 Example of Vertical Tab Positions 209 Chapter 7 P Series EVFU Electronic Vertical Format Unit P Series EVFU Electronic Vertical Format Unit The EVFU may be selected in P Series protocol The EVFU provides 14 channels to identify up to 192 lines depending on the paper instruction The programming sequence is 1 start load code 2 line identification code and 3 end load code Start Load Code Hex 1E The start load code clears and initializes the EVFU memory for the memory load program The start load code is hex 1E Channel Assignment The EVFU memory has the capacity for 192 line forms The first line identification code channel code in the memory load program defines the first line on the form the second line identification code defines the second line on the form etc Each line m
93. anel Paper moves to the next Top of Form position if not currently at Top of Form Data buffer is printed and then the buffer is cleared Standard VFC channel assignments selected as defined by physical page length Margins set at maximum limits and or Left margin set at first column 0 Physical page length remains as configured from the control panel Logical page length physical page length Text length logical page length minus one inch All character font attributes symbol set pitch style and density default to the character font configured from the control panel Display functions off and Underline enhance disabled Perforation skip mode as configured from the control panel Enable Disable Label Card as configured from control panel Printronix linefeed emulation as configured from control panel Raster graphics horizontal resolution as configured from the control panel Vertical resolution set to 72 dots per inch The Reset Command can also be set to Disable Current Config or Factory Config See the User s Manual for more information Programmable VFC Programmable VFC Programmable VFC allows the user to specify paper movement information other than the standard VFC definitions shown in Table 12 VFC information is stored in the memory RAM table just as the standard VFC is only the bytes of information are loaded into RAM using the following escape sequence ESC amp l byte count W VFC data Th
94. aracters can be bold italic double high double wide etc Page Formatting Commands allow you to set line spacing page length and vertical tabbing Font Typefaces Also referred to as print modes The five typefaces include Near Letter Quality NLQ with or without serifs Data Processing DP High Speed HS OCR A and OCR B Numerous character sets are available You can print the character sets in the different print modes OCR A and B character sets must be printed in OCR A and OCR B print modes Epson FX 1050 The Epson emulation software provides the following features Graphics and print densities You can enable graphics mode and specify a density mode dots per inch Print Attributes Characters can be bold italic double high double wide etc Page Formatting Epson commands allow you to set line spacing page length and vertical tabbing Font Typefaces Also referred to as print modes The five typefaces include Near Letter Quality NLQ with or without serifs Data Processing DP High Speed HS OCR A and OCR B Character Sets Thirty character sets are available You can print the character sets in the different print modes OCR A and B character sets must be printed in OCR A and OCR B print modes 2 Introduction HP PCL II This chapter describes the HP PCL II emulation host control codes that are supported for your P8000 printer Emulation refers to the ability of a printer to e
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96. assigned to n rather than interpreting the code value as a command Discussion This command may appear anywhere in the data stream and will be acted upon immediately Valid numerical parameters are in the range O through 255 hex 00 through hex FF Print Mode ASCII Code ESC I n uppercase i Hex Code 1B49n Dec Code 2773n Purpose Selects a print mode Discussion This control code selects a print mode from among the choices listed in Table 33 Table 33 Print Mode Values n Hex Function 00 DP 10 cpi 01 HS 12 cpi 02 NLQ Sans Serif 10 cpi 03 NLQ 10 cpi 04 DP 10 cpi 05 HS 12 cpi 06 NLQ Sans Serif 10 cpi 07 NLQ 10 cpi 0B NLQ Italic Proportional OF NLQ Italic 10 cpi There are several duplicate function values that select the same print quality These are provided for compatibility with the Proprinter III XL standard Note If you specify any value other than the ones shown in Table 33 u unpredictable results may occur 138 Print Quality Print Quality ASCII Code ESC x n Hex Code 1B78n Dec Code 27120 n Purpose This code selects a print quality where n 0 or 48 hex 00 or hex 30 selects DP print quality n 1 or 49 hex 01 or hex 31 selects NLQ print quality n 2 or 50 hex 02 or hex 32 selects HS print quality n 3 or 51 hex 03 or hex 33 selects OCR A print quality n 4 or 52 hex 04 or hex 34 selects OCR print quality Comment When you select NLQ the font is serif Pri
97. atin 1 Primary Subset English UK 240 U ij Pe peri I ito lt H IO gt Ze kal Fei ECMA Latin 1 Primary Subset Dutch 0 1 2 0 1 I 2 3 4 D Y 6 2 7 8 9 A B C D x E F l ij Pe lt Si iw I IO gt Hi 2 us m m 241 Appendix B ECMA Latin 1 Primary Subset French P Series Emulation Character Sets 242 vey U ij R Iw lt I IO gt Ya gt gt H 2 Foi ECMA Latin 1 Primary Subset Spanish O Era 0 1 I 2 3 R 4 3 V 6 amp 7 8 9 A a D C D E F Ze Di R Q l ij R r n Wm KI i im I IO gt Ya m 2 Kai L2 243 Appendix B ECMA Latin 1 Primary Subset Italian P Series Emulation Character Sets 244 D ij Pe aj I I IO gt Y Ze 22 R ECMA Latin 1 Primary Subset Turkish 0 1 2 0 1 2 3 4 1 D 6 amp 7 2 8 9 A B C D E E A sN D ij Pr KA i lt H io H 2 T 245 Appendix B ECMA Latin 1 Primary Subset Japanese P Series Emulation Character Sets 246 U ij Pe x Dn 0 Ka Iw H M IO m m ECMA Latin 1 Extended Subset Multinational U
98. b Vertical VT 143 Tabs Clear All ESC R 144 Underline ESC 145 Proprinter III XL emulation character set control codes 110 configuring via control codes and menus 105 control code description format 108 ESC Escape control codes overview 108 factory settings 106 148 graphics control codes overview 109 ignored and reserved control codes 110 overview 105 vertical tabs 208 Proprinter III XL features 20 P Series emulation 71 configuring via control codes and menus 21 71 control code description format 74 control codes 77 factory settings 22 72 high density plot sample 199 normal density plot sample 198 plot data byte format 199 plot density 198 plot mode 202 plot mode graphics 198 P Series emulation control codes Backspace BS 79 Bell BEL 79 Bold Print SFCC G 80 Bold Print Reset SFCC H 80 Carriage Return CR 81 Character Set Select SFCC 1 82 Character Set Select ECMA Latin 1 Extended SFCC OSET 84 Character Set Select International Languages SFCC PSET SFCC R 85 Characters 80 9F Control Codes SFCC 7 86 Characters 80 9F Printable Symbols SFCC 6 86 Elongated Double High Print 1 Line Only SFCC h BS 87 Elongated Double High Print Set Reset SFCC w 88 Emphasized Print SFCC E 88 Emphasized Print Reset SFCC F 89 Emulation Reset SFCC 0 89 Expanded Print Double Wide SFCC W 90 Expanded Print Double Wide 1 Line Only SFCC k
99. cal Tabs in Channels ESC b 188 Skip Over Perforation ESC N 188 Skip Over Perforation Cancel ESC O 189 Superscript and Subscript Printing ESC S 189 Superscript and Subscript Printing Cancel ESC T 190 Underline ESC 190 Unidirectional Printing 1 Line ESC 190 Unidirectional Printing Set Reset ESC U 191 Vertical Tab Execute VT 191 Vertical Tab Set Clear ESC B 192 Epson FX 1050 features 20 ESC Character Pitch 12 cpi Proprinter control code 121 ESC Underline Proprinter control code 145 ESC Print All Characters Proprinter control code 137 ESC Print Next Character Proprinter control code 138 ESC _ Overscoring Proprinter control code 137 ESC 0 Line Spacing 1 8 Inch 8 Ipi Proprinter control code 132 ESC 1 Line Spacing 7 72 Inch 10 3 Ipi Proprinter control code 132 ESC 2 Line Spacing n 72 Inch Executes Proprinter control code 133 ESC 3 Line Spacing n 216 inch Proprinter control code 135 ESC 4 Set Top of Form Proprinter control code 141 ESC 5 Carriage Return Set Proprinter control code 121 ESC 6 Character Set Select Set 2 B Proprinter control code 121 ESC 7 Character Set Select Set 1 A Proprinter control code 121 ESC A Line Spacing n 72 Inch Storage Proprinter control code 134 ESC B Tab Set Clear Vertical Proprinter control code 144 ESC C Forms Length Set in Lines Proprinter control code 127 ESC C 0 Forms Length Set in Inches Proprinter contro
100. can be saved to memory so that they will not be lost when you power off the printer The menu selection for saving a configuration to memory is described in the User s Manual 21 Chapter 2 22 Introduction HP PCL II Emulation Default Settings The factory settings for the PCL II emulation menu options are shown in Table 1 Host control codes can override the settings for these menu options Table 1 PCL II Menu Option Factory Settings Parameter Default Setting Primary Secondary Character Set ID Symbol Set Pitch Density Page Length Representation Face CPI Delay Graphics Density Max Line Width Perforation Skip Display Functions LF after CR CR after LF CR after FF CR after VT PTX Linefeed LPI Adjust Page L Lines Page L Inches Reset Cmd CFG Ld 0 Roman 8 8U 10 0 cpi Data Processing Inches Page Enable 60 dpi 13 2 inches Disable Disable Disable Disable Disable Enable Disable 6 LPI 66 lines 11 Inches Power Up Config The Reset Command can also be set to Disable Current Config or Factory Config See the User s Manual for more information Switching between the Emulations Switching between the Emulations The printer supports four emulations PCL II the default LinePrinter Plus Code V and IGP PGL The LinePrinter Plus has three protocols from which to choose P Series Proprinter III XL and Epson FX 1050 You can switch between PCL II and an
101. cancel code CAN or ESC W double wide print Example The following sample illustrates Expanded Print for one line only Control code S0 selects expanded character printing for one line only Double Wide Print One Line Only Cancel ASCII Code DC4 ESC DC4 Hex Code 14 1B 14 Dec Code 20 27 20 Purpose Cancels double wide print if it was set by command SO Discussion The DC4 code cancels Double Wide Print command SO If Double Wide Print is not enabled the DC4 code is ignored A DC4 code can occur at any place in the datastream and is acted upon immediately 124 Emphasized Print Emphasized Print ASCII Code ESC E Hex Code 1B45 Dec Code 2769 Purpose X Selects emphasized character print format Discussion When the emphasized print command is received all characters will be printed in emphasized bold print until reset by the Emphasized Print Reset command or printer reset Emphasized print reduces the current print speed Note The ESC G page 119 and ESC E commands are equivalent they produce the same print effect Example The following sample illustrates emphasized character printing Control code ESC E selects emphasized character printing Control code ESC F cancels emphasized character printing Emphasized Print Cancel ASCII Code ESC F Hex Code 1B 46 Dec Code 27 70 Purpose Cancels emphasized character printing Discussion The emphasized print reset command only reset
102. chapter ESC z Q Bar Code Header Control This sequence specifies the placement of the bar code header A number 1 in the value field specifies that a header will be printed above the bar code label and a 2 specifies that it will be placed below the bar code A zero in the value field specifies that no header will be printed The printer default places the header above the bar code ESC z lt Bar Code Data gt Z Bar Code Label Data This sequence sends the bar code label data in the form of an alphanumeric string enclosed in angled brackets The header if enabled will print in the location specified by the bar code header control sequence Note Upon termination of the bar code label data escape sequence the printer will print all buffered bar code data and generate a carriage return The printer automatically formats the bar code inserts start and stop bits and calculates and inserts the checksum if applicable not for Code 3 of 9 Industrial 2 of 5 or Interleaved 2 of 5 For UPC E bar codes a zero 0 must be in the first position of the bar code data 29 Chapter 2 Configuring the PCL II Emulation with Control Codes Printing Bar Codes Generally sending bar code information to the printer is performed in two steps Step 1 Selecting the bar code printing specifications bar code type height and header control information Step 2 Moving the cursor to the desired label location and sending the bar code data
103. code is always configured for LF CR LF in the P Series protocol In the P Series Even Dot Plot mode high density graphics the LF code does not cause paper position motion the data in the buffer is plotted and the logical print head is positioned at character column 1 in anticipation of the Odd Dot Plot control code to complete high density graphic plotting In the P Series Odd Dot Plot mode normal density graphics the LF code plots the data in the buffer advances the paper position a single dot row at the current vertical dot density and positions the logical print head at character column 1 93 Chapter 3 Configuring the P Series Emulation with Control Codes Line Spacing 1 6 Inch 6 Ipi ASCII Code SFCC 2 SFCC LPI n Hex Code SFCC 32 Dec Code SFCC 50 Purpose Sets line spacing to 6 Ipi or as set by SFCC A page 96 Discussion For SFCC LPI n the value of n can be 6 or 8 only If n 6 this command sets line spacing to 1 6 inch Values of n other than 6 or 8 will cause an error message SFCC 2 asserts n 72 inch line spacing as set by SFCC A page 96 If no distance has been set by SFCC A the distance is 1 6 The control code line spacing selection will override the control panel line spacing setting Example The following example illustrates 1 6 inch line spacing and assumes that a distance has not been set by ESC A Control code ESC 2 sets line spacing at 6 Ipi for all subsequent lines until reset or a
104. cript and Subscript Printing Cancel Underline Print Quality Control n n Character Pitch 15 cpi Define a Download Character Master Print Select SI or ESC SI DC2 ESC wn ESC G ESC H ESCW n SO or ESC SO DC4 ESCE ESCF ESC 4 ESC5 ESCSn ESC T ESC n ESC y ESC amp ESC n Remove Downloaded CharactersESC NUL n NUL Select Print Quality Select Serif or Sans Serif Font Select User Defined Font Character Set Manipulation Character Set Select International Languages Enable Printing Hex Codes 00 1F and 80 9F Make Hex 80 9F Control Codes Make Hex 80 9F Printable Select Italic Character Set Data Manipulation Cancel Line Clear Bit 7 of Incoming Data Bytes to 0 Delete Character Pass Bit 7 from Host Set Bit 7 of Incoming Data Bytes to 1 ESCxn ESCkn ESC n ESCRn ESCIn ESC 7 ESC 6 ESCtn CAN ESC DEL ESC ESC gt The Control Codes 160 161 162 162 163 163 164 164 165 165 172 172 189 190 190 158 161 178 180 183 184 184 159 165 176 176 182 157 160 161 179 185 155 Chapter 5 Configuring the Epson FX 1050 Emulation with Control Codes Graphics Graphics Standard Density ESC K n1 n2 167 Graphics Double Density ESC L n1 n2 168 Graphics Double Density Double Speed ESC Y n1 n2 169 Graphics Quadruple Density ESC Z n1 n2 170 Reassign Graphics Mode ESC sm 180 Select Graphics Mode ESC m ny n2 181
105. d Perforation Skip Mode To override the HP 1000 driver s automatic page eject see the Control Requests section of the DVC12 Graphics Printer Driver Reference Manual P N 92068 90022 3 Overview P Series Printer Emulation This chapter describes the P Series emulation host control codes Emulation refers to the ability of a printer to execute the commands of a particular printer control language A printer control language is the coding system used to convey manipulate and print data It contains character codes and command sequences that configure the emulation In this manual the terms emulation printer protocol and printer control language are synonymous In the P Series emulation mode your printer can print files coded for the P Series printer control language To select the P Series emulation mode as the active printer emulation select LinePrinter from the EMULATION menu and P Series from the Printer Protocol menu as described in the User s Manual The P Series emulation provides many configurable parameters The default parameter values for this emulation are shown in Table 13 You can modify the emulation parameter values in two ways The P Series host control codes An extensive set of P Series control code commands can be sent to the printer from an attached host computer via the host data stream Most of this chapter is devoted to describing the P Series control code commands The printer config
106. d The first line of text is printed at the Top of Form position The physical page length minus the text length defines the total vertical margin top plus bottom margin for the page If a text length of zero is received the text length defaults to one inch less than the logical page length The default text length which is invoked any time the logical page length is changed is one inch less than the logical page length If the logical page length is one inch or less the text length is set equal to the logical page length Transparent Print Data This feature allows the printing of binary data which is required in certain applications The escape sequence ESC amp p of bytes X enables the printer to print data as in the display functions mode except that no control codes or escape sequences including CR and ESCZ are executed The number specified in the value field is the exact number of bytes that will be interpreted as binary Underline Mode The ESC amp dD sequence enables the automatic underlining mode In this mode each printed character and space is underlined until the printer receives an ESC amp d sequence The underline enhancement is disabled in the default state Underlining only affects forward horizontal movement such as SP space DATA or forward horizontal cursor moves reverse movements such as BS backspace CR carriage return and negative horizontal cursor moves are not affected Vertical Forms Control
107. d Mode On Off pp 170 Horizontal Tab Ex Cute me 171 Horizontal Tab Set Release 171 Initialize Printer c A 172 Italic Printing u y l l dete et ehe 172 Italic Printing Cancel 172 Line Feed nnne an ee 173 Line Feed n 216 Inch aa 173 Line Spacing 1 6 Inch 6 Io 174 Line Spacing 1 8 Inch 8 Io 174 Line Spacing 7 72 1nch 175 Line Spacing n 216 Inch sss 175 Line Spacing Ti 72 Inch peret iecit 176 MakeHex80 9FControlCodes 176 Make Hex 80 9F Printable 176 Master Print Select a 178 Paper Out Detection Enable pp 178 Paper Out Detection Disable 179 Pass Bit 7 from Host 179 Printer Selecione 179 Printer Deselect 5 oen dies 179 Reassign Graphics Mode pp 180 RemoveDownloadedCharacters 180 Select Graphics Mode pp 181 Select Italic Character Set 182 Select 9 Pin Graphics Mode ppp 182 Select Print Quality nar rcanannnnnns 183 Select Deselect Proportional Spacing 183 Select Serif or Sans Serif Font eneee 184 Select User Defined Font 4 184 Select Vertical Tab Channel
108. d row etc until all rows have been printed 10 LPRINT Odd Dot Plot 20 FOR I 1 TO 8 30 READ R1 40 READ R2 50 LPRINT CHR 5 60 FOR N 1 TO 25 70 LPRINT CHR R1 CHR R2 80 NEXT N 90 LPRINT 100 NEXT I 110 DATA 42 64 73 65 92 64 42 64 73 65 92 64 42 64 73 65 120 LPRINT Odd Dot Plot GEEEEEEEEEEKEEEEEEEEEEEEEEZ Figure 12 Sample Odd Dot Plot Exiting from P Series Plot Mode Exiting from P Series Plot Mode When returning to the print mode from the P Series Plot Mode an extra line feed should be included in the data stream to maintain proper print line registration relative to the last line of plot graphics If the extra line feed is not included the first character line after the graphics data may be truncated as shown in Figure 13 Em plot data w m plot data m ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQR A text line follows plot data A text line follows plot data but is preceded by a single line preceded by an additional line terminator code Text characters terminator or LF code Characters may extend into the range of the are printed at full height previously printed plot line and appear truncated Figure 13 Truncated Character Line Note Adding the additional line terminator will cause the text lines for the I remainder of the document to be shifted down from the text lines above the 9 plot dot rows plotted into the last character row 203 Chapter 6 Combining Graphics and Text Combinin
109. dot positions As shown in Figure 10 a dot is printed at the location addressed by each of bits 1 to 6 in the data byte that is set 1 or true 199 Chapter 6 Plot Mode 200 EVEN DOT PLOT DATA BYTE B BIT2 BITS BIT4 BIT5 BIT6 BIT7 BIT NOTE BIT 6 AND OR BIT 7 MUST BE 1 FOR PLOT MODE DOT COLUMN 1 OF NEXT CHARACTER COLUMN DOT COLUMN 12 OF PREVIOUS CHARACTER COLUMN NOTE IN ACTUAL PRINTING THESE TWO ROWS MERGE TO PRINT ON THE SAME ROW NOT USED 7A BIT2 BITS BT4 BT5 BT6 BIT7 MEE ODD DOT PLOT DATA BYTE Figure 10 P Series Plot Data Byte Format Plot Data Line Format A plot data line may contain the following plot data bytes When using 132 column paper the maximum bytes are 132 for a horizontal dot density of 60 dpi or 198 bytes for a horizontal dot density of 90 dpi If Auto Line Feed is disabled any bytes over the maximum are lost If the maximum is exceeded and Auto Line Feed is enabled a Line Feed LF is forced and the remaining plot data is printed as text on the next line The plot mode control code may occur anywhere in the line prior to the line terminator but plot speed may decrease if it is not at the beginning of the line Plot Data Line Format Normal Density Plot For normal density plot the plot line contains Control Code hex 05 plot data bytes and a Line Terminator hex OA or hex 0C The control sequence for sending the P Series Normal Density Plot is a
110. e HT 171 Horizontal Tab Set Release ESC D 171 Initialize Printer ESC 172 Italic Printing ESC 4 172 Italic Printing Cancel ESC 5 172 Line Feed LP 173 Line Feed n 216 Inch ESC J 173 Line Spacing 1 6 Inch 6 Ipi ESC 2 174 Line Spacing 1 8 Inch 8 Ipi ESC 0 174 Line Spacing 7 72 Inch ESC 1 175 Line Spacing n 216 Inch ESC 3 175 Line Spacing n 72 Inch ESC A 176 Make 80 9F Hex Control Codes ESC 7 176 Make 80 9F Hex Printable ESC 6 176 Master Print Select ESC 178 Paper Out Detection Disable ESC 8 179 Paper Out Detection Enable ESC 9 178 Pass Bit 7 from Host ESC 179 Printer Deselect DC3 179 Printer Select DC1 179 Proportional Spacing Select Deselect ESC p 183 Reassign Graphics Mode ESC 180 Remove Downloaded Characters 180 Select 9 Pin Graphics Mode ESC 182 Select Graphics Mode ESC 181 Select Italic Character Set ESC t 182 Select Print Quality ESC x 183 Select Serif or Sans Serif Font ESC k 184 Select User Defined Font ESC 184 Select Vertical Tab Channel ESC 184 Set Absolute Print Position in 1 60 Inch ESC 185 Set Bit 7 of Incoming Data Bytes to 1 ESC gt 185 Set Forms Length by Lines ESC C 186 Set Forms Length in Inches ESC C 0 185 Set Intercharacter Spacing in 1 120 Inch ESC SP 186 Set Margin Left ESC I 186 Set Margin Right ESC Q 187 Set Relative Horizontal Print Position in 1 120 Inch ESC 187 Set Verti
111. e Middle East and Africa 33 0 1 46 25 19 07 Asia Pacific 65 6548 4116 or 65 6548 4182 China 86 400 886 5598 India 800 102 7869 http www printronix com supplies parts aspx 293 Appendix E _ Corporate Offices Corporate Offices 294 Printronix Inc 15345 Barranca Parkway Irvine CA 92618 U S A Phone 714 368 2300 Fax 714 368 2600 Printronix Inc c o Printronix Nederland BV Bijsterhuizen 11 38 6546 AS Nijmegen The Netherlands Phone 31 24 6489489 Fax 31 24 6489499 Printronix Schweiz GmbH 42 Changi South Street 1 Changi South Industrial Estate Singapore 486763 Phone 65 6542 0110 Fax 65 6546 1588 Printronix Commercial Shanghai Co Ltd 22F Eton Building East No 555 Pudong Av Shanghai City 200120 P R China Phone 86 400 886 5598 Fax 86 21 5138 0564 Visit the Printronix web site at www printronix com Numerics 11 3 CPI US Postnet Bar Code 38 A ASCII Character Set 213 Attribute set and reset codes P Series 76 Available symbol sets table 43 B Bar Code US POSTNET 256X US POSTNET Bar Code 38 Bar codes PCL II 28 printing 30 types table 28 BEL Bell Proprinter control code 114 Binary data printing PCL II 66 Bit image density selection 195 Bit image graphics bit pattern from ASCII character 194 for Proprinter and Epson emulations 193 sample program 197 Bit image pattern procedure for designing 195 Bit image programming forma
112. e 35 Select Attributes n2 Values n2 Hex Function 00 No change 01 Set single height characters 02 Set double height characters 10 Set single line spacing 11 Set single height characters and single line spacing 12 Set double high characters and single line spacing 20 Set double line spacing 21 Set single height characters and double line spacing 22 Set double high characters and double line spacing 140 Set Top of Form Parameter n3 defines the width attributes as follows Table 36 Select Attributes n3 Values n3 Hex Function 00 No change 01 Set single wide characters 02 Set double wide characters An ESC Q code can occur at any place in the datastream and is acted upon immediately All numerical parameters are in the hex 00 through FF range unless stated otherwise Set Top of Form ASCII Code ESC 4 Hex Code 1B34 Dec Code 2752 Purpose Sets the current paper position as the top of form Superscript Subscript Printing ASCII Code ESCS n Hex Code 1B53n Dec Code 2783n Purpose Selects superscript or subscript printing where n may range from 0 through 255 hex 00 through hex FF n 1 3 5 any odd value selects subscript printing n 0 2 4 any even value selects superscript printing Discussion When the super subscript command is received all characters will be superscript or subscript until reset by the super subscript reset command or printer reset Sup
113. e SFCC 54 Purpose Selects hex codes 80 through 9F in the character sets as printable symbols Cancels the command SFCC 7 Discussion This control code overrides the control panel setting 86 Elongated Double High Print One Line Only Elongated Double High Print One Line Only ASCII Code SFCC h BS Hex Code SFCC 68 08 Dec Code SFCC 104 08 Purpose Selects elongated double high character printing for one line only Elongated characters are approximately double height but standard width Discussion The elongated character control code is a line by line print attribute when the control code is received one entire line of elongated characters is printed and then automatically reset When configured for double high print the P Series control code BS Hex 08 also selects elongated character printing for a single line When using this feature with relative line slewing the paper will be moved n 1 lines rather than n lines Refer to Vertical Page Formatting on page 207 for more information on relative line slewing When using small line spacing and the lines overlap an unexpected print format may result Example The following sample illustrates elongated character printing Control code ESC h selects elongated character printing for one line only 87 Chapter Configuring the P Series Emulation with Control Codes Elongated Double High Print Set Reset ASCII Code SFCC w n Hex Code SFCC77n Dec C
114. e and Pitch SFCC PMODE n Print Mode and Pitch o a O QO wm N X DP 10 cpi DP 12 cpi DP 15 cpi NLQ 10 cpi HS 10 cpi OCR A 10 cpi OCR B 10 cpi DP 10 cpi upside down DP 12 cpi upside down DP 13 cpi upside down DP 15 cpi upside down DP 17 cpi upside down Table 23 Print Mode and Pitch SFCC nq n Print Mode and Pitch 1 hex 31 NLQ 10 cpi 2 hex 32 DP 10 cpi 3 hex 33 HS 12 cpi 4 hex 34 DP 12 cpi 5 hex 35 DP 13 cpi Print Mode Pitch Selection Table 24 Horizontal and Vertical Dot Density SFCC X m Hex SE Vertical Density Print Mode 0 30 120 dpi 72 dpi DP 1 31 180 dpi 96 dpi NLQ 2 32 120 dpi 48 dpi HS 3 33 120 dpi 48 dpi HS 4 34 120 dpi 48 dpi HS 5 35 120 dpi 144 dpi OCR A 6 36 120 dpi 144 dpi OCR B 7 37 180 dpi 96 dpi NLQ2 8 38 180 dpi 96 dpi NLQ2 The hex values shown e 0 and 30 are equal Either value can be used in your program expression Table 25 Print Mode and Character Pitches SFCC X Characters Per Inch value of n value of m Print Mode DP NLQ HS HS HS OCR A OCR B NLQ2 NLG2 0 30 1 31 2 32 3 33 4 34 5 35 6 36 7 37 8 38 0 30 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 1 31 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 2 32 13 13 13 13 13 _ 13 13 3 33 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 4 34 17 17 17 17 17 e 17 17 5 35 20 17 20 20 20 17 17 The hex values
115. e bar code being printed and an automatic carriage return CR being executed 30 Bar Codes Printing Multiple Labels on the Same Line Printing more than one label on the same line involves no more than positioning the cursor and sending the data for each label to be printed Since the termination of the bar code data sequence signalled by an upper case Z causes the bar code to be printed and a carriage return to be executed all of the label information must be sent in the same escape sequence The following example shows an escape sequence used to print three labels on a single line ESC z5c lt label1 gt z20c lt label2 gt z35c lt label3 gt Z ESC z5c Moves cursor to column 5 lt label1 gt Bar code data z20c Moves cursor to column 20 lt label2 gt Bar code data z35c Moves cursor to column 35 lt label3 gt Bar code data Z Initiates printing Printing Bar Codes with Text When printing bar codes with text since the printer automatically generates a carriage return and line feed at the end of the terminating character upper case Z potential problems exist As a general rule for each line of bar code mixed with text send the text information first followed by a carriage return without a line feed ASCII 13 and then overlay the bar code The carriage return is required so that the bar code cursor position will be correct The following example illustrates how to print text and bar codes on the same line This example i
116. e byte count parameter specifies the number in decimal O 255 of VFC data bytes to expect immediately following the termination of the escape sequence Note An even byte count must be indicated If an odd byte count is indicated the VFC table in RAM will not be overwritten and the data bytes following the ESC sequence are read and discarded VFC data is the binary data which is loaded into the VFC table in RAM These 8 bit bytes are sent in the following order following the ESC sequence terminator the most significant byte of the first word followed by the least significant byte of the first word followed by the most significant byte of the second word etc The most significant bit of each word is channel 16 and the least significant bit of each word is channel 1 VFC Data MS byte LS byte MS byte LS byte word 1 line 1 word 2 line 2 Once the VFC has been loaded into the RAM table the VFC channels are selected using the ESC amp I O through 16 V sequence in the same manner as the standard VFC The standard and programmable VFC both use the same table in RAM Resetting the printer causes the standard VFC to be recalculated using the current page and text form length and a new table to be overwritten in RAM The VFC table is also recalculated when the line spacing text length or page length changes Note If the 1 O is configured for 7 bit data channels 8 and 16 cannot be downloaded with confidence
117. ed then the ASCII data prints with a carriage return and line feed following If the value of is 1 then the graphics will start at the current horizontal position If no value is entered for then 0 is assumed The ESC b W binary data sequence actually sends the raster data to the printer This escape sequence must be sent for each raster line to be printed The of bytes parameter is the decimal number of bytes of binary graphics data to be sent to the printer The binary data consists of a 1 for every dot to be printed and a 0 for every blank space The ESC b Y escape sequence allows you to skip multiple adjacent blank lines The of raster lines parameter is the decimal number of blank raster lines to skip The size of the blank raster line to be skipped is equivalent to the currently set vertical raster graphics resolution The advantage of using this escape sequence over sending multiple raster data transfer escape sequences containing blank raster lines is the escape sequence is processed faster and the paper is moved faster The ESC rB sequence informs the printer that all the raster data has been transferred The following example illustrates how to send three lines of raster graphics to the printer ESC rAESC b2WDc ESC rA Prepares printer for raster graphics ESC b2W Indicates two bytes of data to follow D First byte of graphics data C Second byte of graphics data ESC b2WLO ESC b2W Indicates two bytes of data to follo
118. ed Subset Greek sss 249 ECMA Latin 1 Extended Subset Graphic 250 ECMA Latin 1 Extended Subset Scientific 10 cpi 251 DEC Multinational ASCI USAD 252 DEC Multinational French 253 Table of Contents DEC Multinational German 254 DEC Multinational English UK 255 DEC Multinational Norwegian Danish pp 256 DEC Multinational Swedish et 257 DEC Multinational Italian a a 258 DEC Multinational Spanish pp 259 DEC Multinational Japanese Nt 260 DEC Multinational French Canadian 261 DEC Multinational Dutch 262 DEC Multtinational Finnish e 263 DEC Multinational Sw SS eee 264 OCR Arsene slam yaninizda cientes 265 OCR EE 266 Proprinter Emulation Character Sets 267 Introduction nee Latte Due Ret e 267 0437 PG Character EE 268 0850 PC MultiingUal esses 269 Ee eoe Aid EE 270 OCR B Sais ER een naui amine 271 Epson Emulation Character Sets 273 edel del DEE 273 0437 PC Character Get 274 0850 PC Multilingual eese 275 Epson Set ASCII USA 276 Epson Set Ere nclis usc coe o ec eevee AS 277 Epson Sel Ga 278 Epson Set English UK 279 Epson Set Dantseh utana saus 280 Epson Set Gwecdteh eene 281 Ep
119. ed that this product meets the ENERGY STARO guidelines for energy efficiency Epson is a registered trademark of Seiko Epson Corporation Hewlett Packard HP and PCL are registered trademarks and LineJet is a trademark of Hewlett Packard Company IGP PGL LinePrinter Plus and Printronix are registered trademarks of Printronix Inc Magnum and QMS are registered trademarks and Code V is a trademark of Quality Micro Systems Inc Microsoft MS Windows and MS DOS are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation PKUNZIP is a registered trademark of PKWARE Inc Postnet is a registered trademark of the United States Postal Service This product uses Intellifont Scalable typefaces and Intellifont technology Intellifont is a registered trademark of Agfa Division Miles Incorporated Agfa CG Garth Graphic Intellifont and Type Director are registered trademarks and Shannon and CG Triumvirate are trademarks of Agfa Division Miles Incorporated Agfa CG Bodoni CG Century Schoolbook CG Goudy Old Style CG Melliza Microstyle CG Omega and CG Palacio are products of Agfa Corporation CG Times based on Times New Roman under license from The Monotype Corporation Plc is a product of Agfa Univers is a registered trademark of Linotype AG and or its subsidiaries Letraset is a registered trademark and Aachen Revue and University Roman are trademarks of Esselte Pendaflex Corporation Futura is a registered trademark of Fundici
120. el selection command ESC and the channel loading command ESC b 192 6 Graphics Overview This chapter explains how the printer produces graphic images The quickest way to produce graphic images is to use one of the many graphics software applications available Any graphics program that is compatible with the Epson FX Proprinter XL or P Series emulation should provide excellent results You can also use the Intelligent Graphics Processor IGP Printronix emulation or the Code V Printronix emulation Both allow you to create and store forms generate logos bar codes expanded characters and other graphics Printing text and characters is the default mode of operation However your printer can print graphics e When the emulation is in the Proprinter XL or Epson FX protocol mode Bit Image graphics is used for graphics printing When the emulation is in the P Series protocol mode Odd Even dot plotting is used for graphics printing Each line of graphics data must include a graphics control code to enable the emulation for the desired graphics mode of operation Bit Image Graphics When the printer uses the IBM Proprinter XL or Epson FX emulation it creates graphics by accepting bit image graphics data Note Text and graphics can be mixed on the same line when the printer plots bit u images in the Epson or Proprinter XL emulation Bit image graphics are created by vertically printing the bit patte
121. elected for x the character set will not change If is the value selected for y or z the previously selected international language and or extended character set for the selected character set will be used The character set international language and extended character set can also be selected from the printer control panel via the Character Set and Print Language options however the control code setting will override the control panel selection Except for the asterisk value discussed above values other than those shown in the tables will result in the control sequence being terminated Table 16 on page 76 provides detailed notes on print mode support for each character set Table 17 Character Set Select x x Character Set 0 hex 30 IBM PC 1 hex 31 Multinational 2 hex 32 ECMA Latin 1 3 hex 33 DEC Multinational 82 Character Set Select Table 18 International Language Select y X 0 hex 30 x 1 hex 31 x z 2 hex 32 x z 3 hex 33 IBM PC Multinational ECMA Latin 1 DEC Multinational O hex 30 ASCII USA ASCII USA ASCII USA ASCII USA 1 hex 31 French EBCDIC German French 2 hex 32 German Swedish German 3 hex 33 English UK Danish English UK 4 hex 34 Danish Norwegian Norwegian Danish 5 hex 35 Swedish Finnish Swedish 6 hex 36 Italian English UK Italian 7 hex 37 Spanish Dutch Spanish 8 hex 38 Japanese French Japanese 9 hex
122. ension Yards Logistics n4 n6 350 Area Square Inches n4 n6 351 Area Square Feet n4 n6 352 Area Square Yards n4 n6 353 Area Square Inches Logistics n4 n6 354 Area Square Feet Logistics n4 n6 355 Area Square Yards Logistics n4 n6 356 Net Weight Troy Ounce n4 n6 357 Net Volume Ounces n4 n6 360 Volume Quarts n4 n6 361 Volume Gallons n4 n6 362 Gross Volume Quarts n4 n6 363 Gross Volume Gallons n4 n6 364 Volume Cubic Inches n4 n6 365 Volume Cubic Feet n4 n6 366 Volume Cubic Yards n4 n6 367 Gross Volume Cubic Inches n4 n6 368 Gross Volume Cubic Inches n4 n6 369 Gross Volume Cubic Inches n4 n6 37 Quantity of Units Contained For Use With Al 02 Only n2 n 8 400 Customer s Purchase Order Number n3 an 30 401 Consignment Number n3 an 30 410 Ship To Deliver To Location Code Using EAN 13 n3 n13 36 Table 5 UCC EAN 128 Application Identifiers continued Bar Codes Anen Content Format 411 Bill To Invoice To Location Code Using EAN 13 n3 n13 412 Purchase From Location Code of Party From Whom Goods Are n3 n13 Purchased 413 Ship For UCC EAN Location Code n3 n13 414 EAN Location Code For Physical Identification n3 n13 420 Ship To Deliver To Postal Code Within a Single Postal Authority n3 an 20 421 Ship To Deliver To Po
123. er Example than the normal characters Subscript prints full sized characters with a baseline lower than the normal characters When the control code is received all characters are superscript or subscript until reset by ESC T or printer reset This differs from the Epson standard which utilizes half size characters for superscript and subscript printing You can print both superscript and subscript characters in the same character column by using the Backspace BS control code but these characters will not print when double high printing is in effect If Superscript Subscript is combined with Double High ESC w printing only Double High printing will occur The following sample illustrates superscript and subscript printing CONTROL CODE ESC S 0 SELECTO ER R d Ad ndun ob CONTROL CODE ESC 1 SELECTSsunsceter CONTROL CODE ESC T CANCELS SUPERSCRIPT SUBSCRIPT PRINTING 189 Chapter 5 Configuring the Epson FX 1050 Emulation with Control Codes Superscript and Subscript Printing Cancel ASCII Code ESC T Hex Code 1B54 Dec Code 2784 Purpose Cancels superscript and or subscript printing as set by ESC S n Underline ASCII Code ESC n Hex Code 1B2Dn Dec Code 2745n Purpose Turns automatic underlining on and off where n NUL hex 00 or 0 hex 30 to turn off underlining n SOH hex 01 or 1 hex 31 to turn on underlining Discussion Spaces are underlined but graphics and grey scale char
124. er subscript print modes are not available for the double high attribute You can print both superscript and subscript characters in the same character column by using the Backspace BS control code but these characters will not print when double high printing is in effect Note Superscript and subscript characters print at the same size as the current C font shifted up or down relative to the print line 141 Chapter 4 Configuring the Proprinter III XL Emulation with Control Codes Example The following sample illustrates superscript subscript printing CONTROL CODE ESC S 0 SELECTS TIFERSCRIF A pisc CONTROL CODE ESC gt 1 SELECTSsupseetpr CONTROL CODE ESC T CANCELS SUPERSCRIPT SUBSCRIPT PRINTING Superscript Subscript Printing Cancel ASCII Code ESC T Hex Code 1B54 Dec Code 2784 Purpose Cancels superscript and subscript printing as set by ESC S This code can occur at any place in the datastream and is acted upon immediately Tab Horizontal ASCII Code HT Hex Code 09 Dec Code 09 Purpose Moves the logical printhead right to the next horizontal tab stop Discussion Power on default horizontal tabs are set at every eighth character starting at position 9 9 17 25 If there are no horizontal tabs set or the logical printhead is located at the last character column the code is ignored and no movement occurs If double wide double high attributes are enabled single wide character spacing is u
125. esult of this command If the forms length is set smaller than the line spacing a form feed advances the paper position to the next top of form position Forms length in inches can also be set at the control panel via the LinePrinter Form Length menu option refer to the User s Manual However this host control code overrides the control panel setting 126 Forms Length Set in Lines Forms Length Set in Lines ASCII Code ESC C n Hex Code Dec Code Purpose where Discussion 1B43n 27 67 n Sets the length of a form paper in lines n 1 through 168 hex 01 through hex A8 to specify the number of lines per page at the current line spacing The forms length is defined in inches as the quotient of n divided by the current lines per inch Ipi setting Once the forms length has been set subsequent line spacing changes do not affect the result of this command If the forms length is set smaller than the line spacing a form feed advances the paper position to the next top of form position If the forms length derived from the quotient of n lines divided by lines per inch is not an exact multiple of the printer dot resolution the value is adjusted down until the forms length and dot resolution distance match Forms length can also be set at the control panel via the LinePrinter Form Length menu option refer to the User s Manual However this host control code overrides the control panel setting 127 Chapte
126. for the P Series emulation The character sets are shown in Near Letter Quality NLQ They may be selected using the configuration menus described in detail in your User s Manual There are also several control codes that allow you to select different character sets described in Chapter 3 of this book These include SFCC SFCC OSET SFCC R and SFCC PSET The maximum set of printable symbols is shown for columns hex 80 9F selected via the ESC 6 control code 215 Appendix B IBM PC Primary Subset ASCII USA P Series Emulation Character Sets 216 Pe Z ID IO lt gt AL de 1 m pa A E wg a mn Iv N IBM PC Primary Subset French 0 0 P p 8 L H a 1 1 A Q a q 83 i B t 2 2 B R b r e E o E rm r 2 3 3 C S c s 8 6 x UL x 4 s 4 D T qt 6 H SS 5 5 E U e u 4 F J 6 amp 6 F V f v 8 G F r B 7 7 GW gw Da fp T 8 8 H X h x 8 gt Sa E id 9 9 I Y i y r d F J 8 e A Jj Z j z 8 UU i 1t r Q o B K k 1 Sa A G lt L 1 u i 4 3 F m n D M 8 m i Y i 4 E gt N n A fk lt d T E a F O _ o 0 A f gt n 217 Appendix B P Series Emulation Character Sets IBM PC Primary Subset German 0 0 5 P p 1 l A Q a q ut 2 i 2 B R b r 3 3 C S c s a8 4 4 D T d t S S E U e u 6 amp
127. g ESC G 119 Bold Printing Cancel ESC H 119 Cancel CAN 120 Carriage Return CR 120 Carriage Return Set ESC 5 121 Character Pitch 12 cpi ESC 121 Character Set Select Set 1 A ESC 7 121 Set 2 B ESC 6 121 Condensed Print SI ESC SI 122 Condensed Print Cancel DC2 ESC DC2 122 Deselect Printer ESC Q 123 Double Wide Print ESC W 123 Double Wide Print One Line Only Cancel DC4 ESC DC4 124 Double Wide Print One Line Only SO 124 Emphasized Print ESC E 125 Emphasized Print Cancel ESC F 125 Form Feed FF 126 Forms Length Set in Inches ESC C 0 126 Forms Length Set in Lines ESC C 127 grouped by function 112 Line Feed LF 130 300 Line Feed n 216 Inch One Line Only ESC J 131 Line Spacing 1 8 Inch 8 Ipi ESC 0 132 Line Spacing 7 72 Inch 10 3 Ipi ESC 1 132 Line Spacing n 216 Inch ESC 3 135 Line Spacing n 72 Inch Executes ESC 2 133 Line Spacing n 72 Inch Storage ESC A 134 Margin Cancel Bottom ESC O 136 Margin Bottom ESC N 136 Margins Horizontal ESC X 136 Overscoring ESC_ 137 Print All Characters ESC 137 Print Mode ESC 1 138 Print Next Character ESC 138 Print Quality ESC x 139 Proportional Spacing ESC P 139 Set Top of Form ESC 4 141 Superscript Subscript Printing ESC S 141 Superscript Subscript Printing Cancel ESC T 142 Tab Set Clear Horizontal ESC D 142 Tab Set Clear Vertical ESC B 144 Tab Horizontal HT 142 Ta
128. g Graphics and Text The LinePrinter Plus Emulation is capable of combining graphics and characters text on the same page in two ways Use Bit Image graphics or P Series Plot mode to produce characters as well as graphics A combination of text not plot and graphics can be mixed on the same page within all protocols Text and graphics can be mixed on the same line however only by using the Bit Image graphics in the Epson FX or Proprinter XL protocols Any character or symbol can be created in the Plot mode or with Bit Image graphics simply by addressing and plotting the appropriate dot positions Either Bit Image or Plot mode graphics can be mixed with text within the page on a line by line basis Each line of graphics data must include a graphics control code or the emulation will automatically default to the print mode Using Bit Image graphics it is possible to use the print mode to produce text on one print pass followed by a print pass to produce graphics on the same line however text characters can be affected by the Bit Image data when combined on the same line The plot data byte dot patterns shown on page 205 are referenced in the description of P Series plot mode on page 200 204 Plot Data Byte Dot Patterns Plot Data Byte Dot Patterns 90089 228120 2 ZZL 221 LLLLLLL cesese ds js6 Zel LLLL
129. g blank dot columns The following example produces a double density double speed graphic image of the pattern used in the standard density example The amount of data must be doubled for double density the data are used 54 times rather than 27 Double Density Double Speed Bit Image Graphics 169 Chapter 5 Configuring the Epson FX 1050 Emulation with Control Codes Graphics Quadruple Density ASCII Code ESC Z n1 n2 Hex Code 1B5Amn1n2 Dec Code 2790 n1 n2 Purpose Selects Quadruple Density Bit Image graphics of 240 dpi horizontally and 72 dpi vertically where n1 256n2 defines the number of data bytes to follow DATA ASCII characters for the dot pattern bytes n1 Number of DATA bytes 256 n2 remainder of division of number of DATA bytes by 256 sometimes referred to as MOD 256 n2 Number of DATA bytes 256 quotient of division Discussion This mode is similar to ESC L except that four dot columns are printed in the space normally taken by two columns You can change graphics density with the ESC command Example The following example produces quadruple density graphics of the pattern used in the standard density example The amount of data must be quadrupled for quadruple density the data are used 108 times rather than 27 Guad Density Bit Image Graphics Half Speed Mode On Off ASCII Code ESC s n Hex Code 1B73n Dec Code 27115n Purpose Reduces printer speed 50 where n 1 or 49 hex
130. g data as a decimal number i e 13 for a carriage return Asan OCTAL number one byte at a time by preceding the number with the sign Asatwo or three character mnemonic such as BS or DC1 see Appendix B of the Workstation Configuration manual By entering the control characters with the up arrow or circumflex character preceding the character i e a backspace would be an H By entering the actual ASCII character within single quotes i e A would equate to an OCTAL 96101 Each character entered with the exception of multiple ASCII characters within the single quote MUST BE separated by commas An example would be ESC amp 16W 96101 ABC BS 13 Note i Only one byte may be specified at a time in OCTAL thus allowing a maximum of OCTAL 377 which would place a 1 in columns 1 8 59 Chapter 2 Line 1 Line 2 Line 3 Line 4 Line 5 Line 6 Line 7 Line 8 Line 9 Line 10 Line 11 Line 12 Line 13 Line 14 Line 15 Line 16 Line 17 Line 18 Line 19 Line 20 Line 21 60 Most Significant Byte Configuring the PCL II Emulation with Control Codes Table 10 Converting VFC Format to VFC Data Least Significant Byte 161514131211109 8 765 4 3 2 1 O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O EO O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O CO O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O o O O O O
131. g off Discussion The OCR A and OCR B fonts cannot be printed in double high Note It is recommended to use double Line Feeds and Carriage Returns when double high character printing is on after an ESC w control code has been sent or else the printer will overstrike text that has already printed 162 If Superscript Subscript ESC S or Condensed Print SI is combined with Double High printing only Double High printing will occur Example The following sample illustrates double high character printing Control Code ESC u Selects Double High printing Cancels Double High printing Double Strike ASCII Code ESC G Hex Code 1B 47 Dec Code 27 71 Purpose Makes text bolder by double printing each dot twice Discussion This command makes text bolder by printing each dot twice the second dot offset to the right of the first by a distance equal to 1 2 the width of a dot the same as with ESC E Example The following sample illustrates double strike character printing Control code ESC G selects bold character printing for example A amp aBbCcDdEeF GgHhIiJjKAkL1MmNn oPp Control code ESC H cancels bold character printing Double Strike Cancel Double Strike Cancel ASCII Code ESC H Hex Code 1B 48 Dec Code 2772 Purpose Turns off the double strike printing set by ESC G or ESC Discussion This control code resets only the double strike print attribute Other print attributes such as d
132. g the Proprinter III XL Emulation with Control Codes Table 31 n5 Values n5 Bit Function OFF 0 ON 1 7 Process this byte Process Ignore 6 Code page 437 850 5 Unidirectional Bidirectional Unidirectional Printing 4 12 cpi compressed 20 12 to 20 3 n a n a n a 2 Form feed at TOF Enable Ignore 1 Print Width 13 2 inches 8 inches 0 Sheet feeder n a n a Line Feed ASCII Code LF Hex Code 0A Dec Code 10 Purpose Prints the data in the buffer if any and advances the paper one line at the current line space setting Discussion If configured for LF equals new line LF CR LF the logical print head is positioned at character column 1 of the new line Otherwise the logical print head does not move when configured for LF function only LF LF only The LF function cancels double wide expanded characters if set by the SO command Line feed can occur at any place in the datastream and is acted upon immediately 130 Line Feed n 216 Inch One Line Only Line Feed n 216 Inch One Line Only ASCII Code ESC J n Hex Code Dec Code Purpose where Discussion Example Control 1B4An 2774n Advances the vertical character position n 216 inch for one line only n 1 through 255 hex 01 through hex FF The n 216 inch line feed control code is effective for one line only All single line only print attributes are canceled If the emulation is configured for LF equals newline LF CR
133. g the line spacing that was effective at the time the logical page length was specified Therefore if a logical page length of 66 lines is specified and the line spacing is currently at 6 LPI the logical page length is 11 inches If the line spacing is changed to 8 LPI in the middle of the page the actual length of the page would still be 11 inches but the number of print lines would be 88 8 LPI x 11 inches Before changing the page length it is recommended that a VFC select of channel 0 be performed This will bring the printer to the top of the next physical page unless the printer is already at the top of the physical page Changing the logical page length changes the standard VFC table 51 Chapter 2 Configuring the PCL II Emulation with Control Codes Perforation Skip Mode PCL Level l When perforation skip is enabled the printer skips to the next Top of Form if the bottom margin is entered following a line feed The following escape sequences enable and disable the perforation skip mode ESC amp HL Enable perforation skip mode ESC amp IOL Disable perforation skip mode If a programmable VFC is enabled the end of text is determined by the first occurrence of channel 2 If channel 2 is completely clear the end of text is the end of the page that is there is no perforation region The text length defaults to one inch less than the logical page length unless the text length has been specified with the ESC amp I 1 12
134. gth To specify a page length of 35 lines the escape sequence ESC amp I35P would be sent to the printer 25 Chapter 2 26 Configuring the PCL II Emulation with Control Codes Combining Escape Sequences Parameterized escape sequences can be combined to save keystrokes Combining sequences involves adding the parameter value and terminator of one or more sequences to another escape sequence Parameterized sequences can be combined only if their prefixes are identical When a parameter terminator of one sequence is added to another sequence all of the terminators except the last should be lower case For example to set the left and right margins using two separate escape sequences the following two sequences would be sent Set left margin at position 10 ESC amp a10L Set right margin at position 99 ESC amp a99M Using one combined escape sequence the following would be sent to the printer ESC amp a10199M The list below shows the escape seguences you can use with the printer Note that the brackets used in these escape seguences are for clarification purposes only the brackets are not actually part of the commands FUNCTION ASCII CODE PAGE PCL LEVEL I Display Functions Mode on ESCY 49 Display Functions Mode off ESCZ 49 Perforation Skip Mode on ESC amp HL 52 Perforation Skip Mode off ESC amp IOL 52 Print Mode Selection 10 16 67 cpi ESC amp k 0 2 S 52 Programmable reset ESCE 54 Raster Graphics start ESC rA 63
135. gth in number of lines A VFC channel contains a 1 in this table on every line it can access If the VFC channel cannot access the line a O is placed on that line for that channel For example to specify a skip to the next half form a program would specify VFC channel 6 Notice in the sample on page 61 that 1 s are placed in the table at the half form position lines 1 and 9 Then for example if the printer has finished printing line 2 and channel 6 is selected the paper will be advanced to line 9 To use the standard VFC perform the ESC amp I 0 16 V sequence using the appropriate parameter number listed in Table 12 Stroke Weight Bold The Stroke Weight command designates the thickness of the strokes that compose the characters of a font ESC s B Primary stroke weight ESC s B Secondary stroke weight The value field must be 0 for standard stroke weight or 3 for bold stroke weight Switching Character Fonts Character fonts can be accessed using the Shift In Shift Out SI SO control codes The SO CTRL N control code is sent to the printer to access the secondary font the SI CTRL O control code is sent to select the primary font 65 Chapter 2 66 Configuring the PCL II Emulation with Control Codes Text Length Vertical Margin Selection PCL Level Il The length of a form within a logical page is set using the ESC amp I 1 128 F sequence where the number of lines desired 1 128 is specifie
136. hasized character printing Control code ESC F cancels emphasized character printing Emphasized Print Reset Emphasized Print Reset ASCII Code SFCC F Hex Code SFCC 46 Dec Code SFCC 70 Purpose Resets emphasized character printing Discussion The emphasized print reset control code only resets the emphasized print character attribute Example See the Emphasized Print control code example for an example of Emphasized Print Reset Emulation Reset ASCII Code SFCC Hex Code SFCC 40 Dec Code SFCC 64 Purpose Initializes all print mode related parameters to their factory default or power up configuration values Discussion Print mode line spacing international language selection margins form length skip over perforation and character pitch are reset to their selected power up configuration values Character by character and line by line attributes are canceled The vertical format unit is cleared The current line is set to the top of form position Interface parameters and printer protocol selection are not affected If the menu option Reset Cmd CFG Ld is disabled the factory default configuration is loaded If it is enabled the power up configuration is used The default is the factory default 89 Chapter 90 3 Configuring the P Series Emulation with Control Codes Expanded Print Double Wide One Line Only ASCII Code SFCC k Hex Code SFCC 6B Dec Code SFCC 107 Purpose X Selects expanded do
137. ical Pages The limits of the logical page determine the area in which printing can take place Logical page length is set programmatically in lines per page Physical page length is set via the control panel and indicates the actual size of a single page The physical page length cannot be changed programmatically Refer to the Quick Reference Guide for more information Table 2 Control Codes Function Symbol Binary Level Description Backspace BS 1000 II Move one column left Horizontal HT 1001 V Move the current active position to the next Tab tab stop on the current line The tab stops are at the left margin and every 8th column between the left and right margins If new position crosses the right margin the new position is set to the right margin Line Feed LF 1010 Move to next print line while maintaining current column position Form Feed FF 1100 Move to first line at top of the next page while maintaining current column position Carriage CR 1101 Move to the left margin on current print line Return 24 Escape Sequences Table 2 Control Codes Function Symbol Binary Level Description Shift Out so 1110 Select following characters from the current secondary character font until receipt of a Shift In Shift In SI 1111 Select following characters from the current primary character font until receipt of a Shift Out Escape ESC 1
138. ickness Height or 3rd Dimension Inches n4 n6 328 Depth Thickness Height or 3rd Dimension Feet n4 n6 329 Depth Thickness Height or 3rd Dimension Yards n4 n6 330 Gross Weight Kilograms n4 n6 331 Length or 1st Dimension Logistics n4 n6 332 Width Diameter or 2nd Dimension Meters Logistics n4 6 333 Depth Thickness Height or 3rd Dimension Meters Logistics n4 n6 35 Chapter 2 Configuring the PCL II Emulation with Control Codes Table 5 UCC EAN 128 Application Identifiers continued SEA Content Format 334 Area Square Meters Logistics n4 n6 335 Gross Volume Liters n4 n6 336 Gross Volume Cubic Meters n4 n6 337 Kilograms Per Square Meter n4 n6 340 Gross Weight Pounds n4 n6 341 Length or 1st Dimension Inches Logistics n4 n6 342 Length or 1st Dimension Feet Logistics n4 n6 343 Length or 1st Dimension Yards Logistics n4 n6 344 Width Diameter or 2nd Dimension Inches Logistics n4 n6 345 Width Diameter or 2nd Dimension Feet Logistics n4 n6 346 Width Diameter or 2nd Dimension Yards Logistics n4 n6 347 Depth Thickness Height or 3rd Dimension Inches Logistics n4 n6 348 Depth Thickness Height or 3rd Dimension Feet Logistics n4 n6 349 Depth Thickness Height or 3rd Dim
139. ics information the Bit Image graphics protocol allows an image block to be printed When using the Bit Image protocol you can mix text and graphics on the same line Setting Bit Image Modes via Control Codes Control codes select bit image modes The following bit image modes can be mixed on the same line as text characters Table 28 Bit Image Modes Control Code Bit Image Mode ESC K n1 n2 data Normal Density ESC L n1 n2 data Double Density ESC Y n1 n2 data Double Density Double Speed ESC Z n1 n2 data Quadruple Density Parameters n1 and n2 together represent a 16 bit hexadecimal unsigned number of the quantity n1 256n2 which equals the number of bit image characters i e data bytes to follow If n1 and n2 are programmed so that data extends past the last character position the data is truncated at the last character position If n and n2 are both zero the ESC sequence is ignored See Chapter 6 for details on bit image graphics 109 Chapter Configuring the Proprinter III XL Emulation with Control Codes Dot Density Versus Printing Speed When you select ESC K normal density the dot columns are printed at 60 dots per inch dpi horizontally and 72 dpi vertically This does not decrease printing speed If ESC L double density is selected the dot columns are printed at 120 dpi horizontally and 72 dpi vertically Double density reduces printing speed by one half With ESC Y double densit
140. idth 34 EAN 8 Bar Code width 34 Emulation switching 23 Epson FX vertical tabs 208 Epson FX 1050 emulation 147 character sets 151 configuring with control codes 152 control code description format 152 control codes index 154 ESC Escape sequences 152 exceptions 150 296 factory settings 148 Set and Reset codes 153 Epson FX 1050 emulation control codes Backspace BS 157 Bell BEL 157 Cancel Line CAN 157 Carriage Return CR 158 Character Pitch 10 CPI ESC P 158 Character Pitch 12 CPI ESC M 158 Character Pitch 15 CPI ESC g 158 Character Set Select International Languages ESC R 159 Clear Bit 7 of Incoming Data Bytes to 0 ESC 160 Condensed Print SI ESC SI 160 Condensed Print Reset DC2 161 Cut Sheet Paper Feed Control ESC EM 161 Define a Download Character ESC amp 161 Delete Character DEL 161 Double High Print Set Reset ESC w 162 Double Strike ESC G 162 Double Strike Cancel ESC H 163 Double Wide Print 1 Line Cancel DC4 164 Double Wide Print ESC W 163 Double Wide Print 1 Line SO 164 Emphasized Print ESC E 165 Emphasized Print Cancel ESC F 165 Enable Printing Hex 00 1F and 80 9F ESC I 165 Form Feed FF 167 Graphics double density ESC L 168 Graphics double density double speed ESC Y 169 Graphics quadruple density ESC Z 170 Graphics standard density ESC K 167 Half Speed Mode On Off ESC s 170 Horizontal Tab Execut
141. ij a xl w lt Ki E Kai gt zh 247 Appendix B P Series Emulation Character Sets ECMA Latin 1 Extended Subset Barcode 10 cpi G e P p i t A Gana Fog E 2 B R b r j 3 amp 3 C 8 c s H H 4 4 D T d t dg gd 4 5 E U e u ow IH HM H 7 7 G W gu Lu 8 HX x org 9 EE edo H OH A ESTE dog H Il B yk eee s NEM C E No A HH D Mod m I W H E ON Pg od F 7 0 o 8 B B 248 Tri ECMA Latin 1 Extended Subset Greek 0 0 P p t K B G 1 toi A Q a q A t A Y G 2 2 B R b r E M amp T 3 3 C S c s H N e y 4 4 D T d t T u E amp mg D 5 E U e u I O nx 6 amp 6 F V f v T H 3 7 7 G W g w VD A P G 8 8 H X h x T B Z K 9 9 I Y i y T Yr TA A J Z j Z T A T H B K C k n E v E pd es H a Z X E D M 1 m H Y o E gt N n n 8 Q m F Q o Lt I a p 249 Appendix B P Series Emulation Character Sets ECMA Latin 1 Extended Subset Graphic 0 0 P p l 1 1 A Q a q 4 2 2 B R b r or 3 3 C S c s j F 4 S 4 D T d t gd 4 5 8 E U e u 8 4 6 amp 6 F V f v b 7 7 G W g w 8 8 H X h x t B 9 9 I Y i y t A 1 A J Z j ox amp 0 4 B K K e C n E E D M J m A E gt N n F Z O o Ya L L 250 IF Hou A o ECMA Latin 1 Extended Subset Scientific 10 cpi 0 0 e P p k x J 1 Lo 1 A Q a q 7 y f 2 2 B R b
142. imal FF from printing Table 42 Epson Graphics Modes n Option Alternate Density Resolution Code dots per inch dots per inch 0 Single density ESCK 60 120 1 Double density ESCL 120 120 2 High speed double density ESC Y 60 120 3 Quadruple density ESCZ 120 2401 23 4 CRT none 80 160 5 Plotter 1 1 none 72 144 6 CRT Il none 90 180 7 Double density plotter none 144 1441 Prints at half speed Data can be sent incorrectly In these modes no dots can be closer horizontally than the current font dot density Sending incorrect data does not damage the printer 3 240 dpi is simulated by combining the dots from two adjacent columns into one 120 dpi dot column Number of horizontal dots per inch the printer can make Number of dot columns available 181 Chapter 5 Configuring the Epson FX 1050 Emulation with Control Codes Select Italic Character Set ASCII Code ESCt n Hex Code 1B74n Dec Code 27116n Purpose Selects the italics characters from hex 80 through hex FF or selects the graphics characters from hex 80 through hex FF where n hex 01 selects the graphics character set n hex 00 selects the italics character set Discussion The graphics character set is the IBM Graphics Code Page 437 Select 9 Pin Graphics Mode ASCII Code ESC m n1 n2 d1 dk Hex Code 1B5Emn1n2d1 dk Dec Code 2794mn1n2d1 dk Purpose Turns on 9 pin bit image graphics mode Discussio
143. imum distance it is ignored Settings in proportional mode are treated as 10 CPI Set Relative Horizontal Print Position in 1 120 Inch ASCII Code ESC V n1 n2 Hex Code 1B5Cn1n2 Dec Code 27 92 n1n2 Purpose Moves the logical print head to a relative horizontal print position using 1 120 inch increments Discussion Adds n1 256n2 120 inches to the horizontal position of the logical print head The number sent is two s complement with negative numbers moving to the left The command is ignored if it would move the logical print head beyond the page margins 187 Chapter 5 Configuring the Epson FX 1050 Emulation with Control Codes Set Vertical Tabs in Channels ASCII Code ESC b c n1 n2 n3 n18 NUL Hex Code 1B62cn1n2n3 n1600 Dec Code 2798cn1n2n3 n160 Purpose Assigns vertical tabs to channels selected by ESC where c 0 through 7 n 0 through 255 hex 00 through FF n1 through nk specify the line number for the vertical tab s up to a maximum of 16 tab positions NUL must end the sequence Discussion Channels are selected by ESC The distance of each tab stop from TOF is the current line spacing times the number of lines given in n If paper movement is commanded to a value of n greater than the page length the paper movement command is ignored The values of n must be in ascending order If they are not the sequence up to and including the out of sequence number is ignored The rest of the load is pr
144. ing The vertical character position moves only in multiples of the current dot row spacing If the distance to move is other than a multiple of the current dot row spacing the remainder is added to the next paper motion command Caution should be used when combining this control code with other print attributes such as Elongated Double High Superscript or Subscript overlapping lines may occur Printing at different horizontal and vertical densities will not overlap Example The following example illustrates n 216 inch line spacing Control code ESC 3 50 sets line spacing at 50 216 inch increments for all subsequent lines until reset or another spacing is selected Overscoring ASCII Code SFCC o Hex Code SFCC5Fn Dec Code SFCC95n Purpose Enables or disables automatic overscoring of all characters where n SOH hex 01 or 1 hex 31 selects overscore print n NUL hex 00 or O hex 30 resets overscore print Discussion When automatic overscore is enabled all characters including spaces will be overscored until disabled Example The following sample illustrates automatic overscoring and overscoring reset Control code ESC 1 enables automatic overscoring ontro code disables automatic overscoring 97 Chapter 3 Configuring the P Series Emulation with Control Codes Plot Even Dot P Series High Density Graphics ASCII Code EOT SFCC d Hex Code 04 SFCC 64 Dec Code 04 SFCC 100 Purpose Print
145. inter uses the Printer Control Language which standardizes printer features and user access of these features providing compatibility between HP printers Printer Control Language structure consists of five feature levels Levelli Print and Space Level II EDP Level Ill Word Processing Level IV Page Formatting Level V Enhanced Page Formatting 23 Chapter 2 Configuring the PCL II Emulation with Control Codes Each PCL level supersedes features of the levels below it The P8000 printers are Level Il printers meaning that all applications for Level and II printers will operate correctly on your printer with no modifications In addition to supporting Level and Level Il features the printer supports a limited set of additional features that may not be supported by other HP products Applications written using these additional features may not operate as intended on other Hewlett Packard printers which do not have these capabilities General Information Programmatic Printer Control Control codes multi character escape sequences and parameterized escape sequences are all used to control the printers The printers execute parameters sequentially in the order they are received Therefore the order of the parameters is significant Unrecognized escape sequences are ignored in their entirety and may cause erroneous printing since the printer may be unable to perform the requested operation Logical and Phys
146. inting or paper motion depending on the Define CR Code value defined in the configuration menus If the Define CR Code submenu displays Define CR Code CR CR The characters following the CR are printed over the previous characters on the line If identical characters are placed in the same position on the line those characters will be printed in emphasized print when the Overstrike mode is enabled from the control panel The CR CR configuration causes subsequent printable data to overprint previous data at half speed if Overstrike is enabled from the control panel and prints somewhat faster if Overstrike is disabled unless an intervening paper motion command is received If the Define CR Code submenu displays Define CR Code CR CR LF Control code CR is converted to perform a carriage return and line feed function 81 Chapter 3 Configuring the P Series Emulation with Control Codes Character Set Select ASCII Code SFCC xyz lowercase L Hex Code SFCC 6C xyz Dec Code SFCC 108 xyz Purpose Selects the character set extended character set and the international language for a specific character set where X is the character set Table 17 y is the international language for the selected character set Table 18 zis the extended character set for the selected character set Table 19 Discussion An asterisk hex 2A may be submitted for x y or z If the asterisk is the value s
147. ion 0A 10 Prints the data in the buffer if any and advances the vertical character position a distance of one line at the current line spacing The logical print head keeps the same distance from the margin The current line is printed and the logical printhead moves down a distance equal to the current line spacing If there are no dots paper moves and no printing occurs When possible successive line feeds are accumulated and moved at once This code cancels all one line only emphasis and font selections double wide from SO and ESC SO and unidirectional printing from ESC Line Feed n 216 Inch ASCII Code ESC J n Hex Code 1B4An Dec Code 2774n Purpose Immediately advances the paper n 216 inch where n 0 through 255 hex 00 through hex FF Discussion Example n 0 is ignored Paper movement occurs in multiples of 3 216 inch This command produces an immediate line feed but does not affect line spacing or produce a carriage return Any one line only print attributes in effect are canceled Small values of n may result in overlapping lines Overlapping lines may also occur if print attributes such as double high superscript or subscript characters are used on the same line The following example illustrates n 216 inch line spacing Control code ESC J 200 performs a 200 216 inch line feed function for one line only 178 Chapter 5 Configuring the Epson FX 1050 Emulation with Control Codes Line
148. ions are 70 DPI by 72 DPI 140 DPI by 72 DPI 70 DPI by 144 DPI and 140 DPI by 144 DPI The following table lists the graphics resolution and the corresponding escape sequence used to select that graphics resolution There are many different valid ways to select a given graphics resolution The following table lists only one of the many valid ways The ESC t R escape sequence allows you to select a graphics resolution of either 70 x 72 dots per inch default or 140 x 144 dots per inch high resolution For example to specify high resolution you would send the ESC t140R escape sequence to the printer Using the standard resolution the maximum amount of graphics data that can be printed is 115 5 bytes versus 231 bytes for high resolution Table 11 Graphics Resolution Horizontal DPI Vertical DPI Escape Sequence 70 72 ESC r70172V 140 72 ESC r140172V 70 144 ESC r701144V 140 144 ESC r1401144V 63 Chapter 2 64 Configuring the PCL II Emulation with Control Codes ESC rA or ESC ritA Prepare for raster graphics PCL Level III ESC b of bytes W binary data Raster data transfer PCL Level I ESC b of raster lines Y Move paper number of raster lines ESC rB Raster graphics complete PCL Level I The ESC rA or ESC r A sequence informs the printer that a raster graphics dump is to follow the sequence If value of is O and the printer has received a partial line of ASCII data before this sequence is receiv
149. iple space 67 Chapter 2 HP e3000 Information HP e3000 Information 68 This section contains information which is specific to HP e3000 users It explains the use of the feature access and transparent modes environment files downloading VFC files carriage control perforation skip mode and discusses recoverability Feature Access and Transparent Modes During system device configuration the P8000 printer is configured to default to either the transparent or feature access mode In the transparent mode the printer prints but does not execute all data including control codes and escape sequences In the feature access mode the supported control codes and escape sequences are executed The user can access the non default mode using either the FDEVICECONTROL intrinsic for programs or an environment file VFC Download with a Serial Interface Typically VFC download was only possible for 256X and HP 2300 Series printers with an HPIB interface using the CIPER driver MPE V E T MIT and above support a software product called Workstation Configurator that allows serial printers to download VFC by placing the VFC escape sequence in an initialization string instead of embedding them within the application The process of downloading VFC using Workstation Configurator is different than when using an HPIB printer Workstation Configurator has a utility that allows modification to two different files that allow for
150. ipt of this command 79 Chapter 3 Configuring the P Series Emulation with Control Codes Bold Print ASCII Code SFCCG SFCCj Hex Code SFCC 47 SFCC 6A Dec Code SFCC71 SFCC 106 Purpose Selects bold character printing Discussion When the bold character printing control code is received all characters are printed in bold until reset by the bold print reset control code or printer reset Bold Print is the same as emphasized printing When SFCC j is used bold printing is selected for one line only and reset by the bold print reset control code emulation reset or a paper motion command Example The following sample illustrates bold character printing Control code ESC G selects bold character printing for example A amp aBbCcDdEeFfGgHhIiJjAkL1MmNnDOoPp Control code ESC H cancels bold character printing Bold Print Reset ASCII Code SFCC H Hex Code SFCC 48 Dec Code SFCC 72 Purpose Resets bold character printing Discussion This control code resets the bold print character attribute Other print attributes such as double wide printing are not affected Example Refer to the Bold Print control code for a sample of bold character print set and reset 80 Carriage Return Carriage Return ASCII Code CR Hex Code 0D Dec Code 13 Purpose Returns the logical print head to the first character column Discussion resets the pointer to the first character position The CR code may or may not cause pr
151. ize Parameters ESC 128 L Labels multiple printing 31 Levels compatible 23 LF Line Feed Proprinter control code 130 Line spacing PCL II 50 Manuals related 18 Margins Horizontal ESC X Proprinter control code 136 Moving paper VFC PCL II 55 O Odd Dot plot pattern plan 202 Odd Dot plot sample 202 P Paper slewing 207 Parameter escape sequence PCL II 25 PCL II 21 default settings 22 levels of compatibility 23 Perforation skip mode 69 PCL II 52 PI Line not used by Proprinter emulation 108 Plot density P Series emulation 198 Plot mode data byte format sample 200 data line format 200 double density plot 201 high density plot sample 199 how to exit 203 normal density plot 201 normal density plot sample 198 Odd Dot pattern plan 202 Odd Dot sample 202 plot data byte format 199 Truncated Character Line 203 Plot mode graphics P Series emulation 198 Prefix escape sequence PCL II 25 Primary symbol set PCL II 46 299 Print mode selection PCL II 52 Print pitch selection PCL II 53 Printing bar codes 30 Printing hex values 53 Programmable reset PCL II 54 Programmable VFC PCL II 55 Proprinter control codes Backspace BS 114 Bell BEL 114 Bit Image Mode Double Density Half Speed ESC L 116 Bit Image Mode Double Density Normal Speed ESC Y 117 Bit Image Mode Quadruple Density ESC Z 118 Bit Image Mode Single Density ESC K 115 Bold Printin
152. ized character printing selected by ESC E or ESC Discussion This command is available in both DP and NLQ modes Enable Printing Hex Codes 00 1F and 80 9F ASCII Code ESC I n uppercase i Hex Code 1B49n Dec Code 2773n Purpose Permits you to print hex codes 00 1F and 80 9F where n 1 allows hex codes 00 1F and 80 9F to be printable and to be used for user defined characters n 0 returns hex 00 1F and 80 9F to control codes Discussion The printable characters that are included in hex codes 00 through 1F and 80 through 9F are usually not printable in the default state on Epson printers Sending ESC I 1 enables you to print characters in this range Sending ESC I 0 returns the codes to non printable status Figure 2 shows the types of characters and their addresses it is not a sample of printer output 165 Chapter 5 Configuring the Epson FX 1050 Emulation with Control Codes B7 B6 BITS P5 B4 B3 B2 B1 OCTAL DECIMAL HEX B8 0 B7 oe 0 0 B7 56 B5 0 BITS COLUMN BITS 0 B4 B3 B2 B1 B4 B3 B2 B1 e ooo Figure 2 Epson Printable Codes Hex 00 1F and 80 9F 166 Form Feed Form Feed ASCII Code FF Hex Code OC Dec Code 12 Purpose Prints the data in the buffer if any then moves the paper to the top of the next form Discussion The logical print head moves to the left margin This code cancels all one line only emphasis and font controls double wide fro
153. j Z B VT ESC K k a 6 K k C FF gt lt L Pt j lt L I I D CR _ M m _ M m E SO gt N A n gt N n Ke SI X O E o DEL y O o 9 The international characters in hex 00 1F and hex 80 9F can be printed when you invoke control code ESC 1 see page 165 You may use the Epson configuration menus described in the User s Manual or the ESC R control code to select an international character set Normally these characters are either blank or control codes The implementation is that the control codes hide the non italic international characters even in hex 00 through 1F and DEL DEL conceals the non italic slashed zero 151 Chapter Configuring the Epson FX 1050 Emulation with Control Codes Configuring the Epson FX 1050 Emulation with Control Codes The remainder of this chapter describes the Epson printer control language codes that may be sent from a host computer attached to the printer in order to invoke and configure numerous Epson emulation functions Format for Control Code Descriptions The following information is listed for each control code where applicable Name The title or function of the command ASCII Code The ASCII mnemonic for the command is shown Command sequences are in 7 bit ASCII form Hex Code The code or command sequence in hexadecimal numbers Dec Code The code
154. l code 126 ESC D Tab Set Clear Horizontal Proprinter control code 142 297 ESC E Emphasized Print Proprinter control code 125 ESC F Emphasized Print Cancel Proprinter control code 125 ESC G Bold Printing Proprinter control code 119 ESC H Bold Printing Cancel Proprinter control code 119 ESC I Print Mode Proprinter control code 138 ESC J Line Feed n 216 Inch One Line Only Proprinter control code 131 ESC K Bit Image Mode Single Density Proprinter control code 115 ESC K control code single density bit image graphics 195 ESC L Bit Image Mode Double Density Half Speed Proprinter control code 116 ESC L control code double density bit image graphics 196 ESC N Margin Bottom Proprinter control code 136 ESC O Margin Cancel Bottom Proprinter control code 136 ESC P Proportional Spacing Proprinter control code 139 ESC Q Deselect Printer Proprinter control code 123 ESC R Tabs Clear All Proprinter control code 144 ESC S Superscript Subscript Printing Proprinter control code 141 ESC T Superscript Subscript Printing Cancel Proprinter control code 142 ESC U Unidirectional Printing Proprinter control code 145 ESC W Double Wide Print Proprinter control code 123 ESC x Print Quality Proprinter control code 139 298 ESC Y Bit Image Mode Double Density Normal Speed Proprinter control code 117 ESC Y control code double density bit image graphics 196 ESC Z Bit Image Mode
155. l set selected is available in the current pitch The escape sequences used for specifying the character font attributes are explained in the following paragraphs Symbol Set Selection The printer allows you to select a symbol set A symbol set is a set of characters that are mapped to certain locations in the printer s memory Symbol sets differ from one another in the characters contained in the set and in their locations within memory The default symbol set is that of the default font specified from the control panel The following escape sequences are used to specify the primary and secondary symbol sets ESC ID Select symbol set for primary character font ESC D Select symbol set for secondary character font Table 8 lists the codes needed to select each symbol set For example to select the Roman 8 symbol set for the primary font you would send the ESC 8U escape sequence To select OCR B for the secondary font you would send ESC 10 to the printer 46 Character Overstrike An ASCII symbol set table is provided in Appendix A Note Any number of fonts may be printed on each line but to do this each font must be the same pitch and typeface That is only one print pitch or typeface is allowed per line Character Overstrike To create special symbols and underline selected portions of your output one character maximum may be printed over another on a character by character or line by line basis A cha
156. length data string of 12 ASCII characters may be printed using the EAN 13 bar code The string length must be 12 and may use any of the standard characters O through 9 If a non valid character or string length is used a blank non readable bar code will be printed non valid characters are not substituted or deleted The width of the printed bar code is not variable and is 1 56 inches Royal Mail A variable length data string may be printed using the Royal Mail 4 State Customer Code The string may use any character from 0 through 9 and alpha characters A through Z A complete bar code consists of a set of distinct bars and spaces for each character followed by a checksum character and enclosed by a unique start bar stop bar and quiet zone A second version of the Royal Mail barcode prints with no stop bar start bar or checksum character The KIX format for Royal Mail does not include the start stop code or the check digit but will allow lowercase alpha characters a through z UCC EAN 128 The UCC EAN 128 bar code contains special characters which use unique codes to identify the leading and trailing end of the bar code EAN UCC 128 supports a full ASCII character set and provides standard alphanumeric keyboard characters and control and special characters The EAN UCC 128 data structure requires an Application Identifier Al at the beginning of barcode data Each Al determines the format and length of the data which follows Refer to
157. ll result in an error message Extended characters will print at the print mode and pitch selected by the OSET command even if that mode and pitch differs from the currently selected print mode and pitch If the print mode differs between the extended and primary characters the first character in the data stream selects the print mode at which that line will print Different pitches can be printed on the same line Table 20 Print Modes Pitches Available Using P Series OSET ECMA Latin 1 Extended Character Set Only Print Mode Pitch Select ON O QO GQ N O 5 Nm 5 Barcode DP 10 cpi Multinational DP 10 cpi Multinational DP 12 cpi Multinational NLQ 10 cpi Greek DP 10 cpi Greek DP 12 cpi Greek NLQ 10 cpi Graphics DP 10 cpi Graphics NLQ 10 cpi Scientific DP 10 cpi Scientific DP 12 cpi Scientific NLQ 10 cpi Multinational at Primary Character Set Mode and Pitch Character Set Select International Languages Character Set Select International Languages ASCII Code SFCC PSET n SFCCRn Hex Code SFCC 52n Dec Code SFCC82n Purpose Specifies the international language set identified by n in the basic character set selected from the control panel ECMA Latin 1 IBM PC Multinational and DEC Multinational where n specifies a language as shown in Table 21 Table 21 International Character Sets Character Set Selected PSET ECMALatin IPM d or Multinational e 0 ASCI
158. lue then CR CR the default If n 1 3 5 any odd value then CR CR LF Discussion This command overrides the configuration menu setting CR CR default configuration causes the character position indicator to be positioned at character column one Subsequent printable data preceding a paper motion command overstrikes previous printable data CR CR LF configuration causes the CR code to perform a carriage return plus a line feed Character Pitch 12 cpi ASCII Code ESC Hex Code 1B3A Dec Code 2758 Purpose Sets character pitch to 12 cpi Discussion An ESC code overrides any control panel setting Character Set Select Set 1 A ASCII Code ESC 7 Hex Code 1B37 Dec Code 2755 Purpose Selects hex codes 80 through 9F in the character sets as control codes Cancels the command ESC 6 Discussion This code overrides the control panel setting Alt Char Set Character Set Select Set 2 B ASCII Code ESC 6 Hex Code 1B 36 Dec Code 2754 Purpose Selects hex codes 80 through 9F in the character sets as printable symbols Cancels the command ESC 7 Discussion This control code overrides the control panel setting Alt Char Set Appendix C shows the printable symbols for hex codes 80 through 9F 121 Chapter 4 Configuring the Proprinter III XL Emulation with Control Codes Condensed Print ASCII Code SI ESC SI Hex Code OF 1B OF Dec Code 15 27 15 Purpose Sets condensed print Discussio
159. m SO and ESC SO and unidirectional printing from ESC Graphics Standard Density ASCII Code ESC K n1 n2 Hex Code 1B 4B n1 n2 Dec Code 2775 n1 n2 Purpose Selects normal density bit image graphics of 60 dots per inch horizontally and 72 dots per inch vertically where n1 256n2 defines the number of data bytes to follow DATA ASCII characters for the dot pattern bytes n1 Number of DATA bytes 256 n2 remainder of division of number of DATA bytes by 256 sometimes referred to as MOD 256 n2 Number of DATA bytes 256 quotient of division Discussion You can change graphics density with the ESC command Example The following example produces a pattern of standard density bit image graphics The 9 data bit pattern is repeated 27 times Compare this example to the double density and quadruple density examples Single Density Bit Image Graphics PPPE 167 Chapter 5 Configuring the Epson FX 1050 Emulation with Control Codes Graphics Double Density ASCII Code ESC L n1 n2 Hex Code 1B4Cn1n2 Dec Code 2776n1n2 Purpose Selects double density bit image graphics of 120 dots per inch horizontally and 72 dots per inch vertically where n1 256n2 defines the number of data bytes to follow DATA ASCII characters for the dot pattern bytes n1 Number of DATA bytes 256 n2 remainder of division of number of DATA bytes by 256 sometimes referred to as MOD 256 n2 Number of DATA bytes 256 quotie
160. mmand by function ASCII mnemonic and the page where the command is explained in detail The rest of this chapter defines the control code functions for Proprinter III XL emulation mode The commands are listed in alphabetical order FUNCTION ASCII CODE PAGE Paper Motion Form Feed FF 126 Line Feed LF 130 Line Feed n 216 Inch One Line Only ESCJn 131 Tab Vertical VT 143 Tab Set Clear Vertical ESC B n1 n2 nk NUL 144 Tabs Clear All ESCR 144 Format Backspace BS 114 Cancel CAN 120 Carriage Return CR 120 Carriage Return Set ESC5n 121 Forms Length Set in Inches ESC C NUL n 126 Forms Length Set in Lines ESCCn 127 Margin Bottom ESCNn 136 Margin Cancel Bottom ESCO 136 Margins Horizontal ESCXnm 136 Set Top of Form ESC 4 141 Tab Horizontal HT 142 Tab Set Clear Horizontal ESC D n1 n2 nk NUL 142 Tabs Clear All ESCR 144 Line Spacing Line Spacing 1 8 8 Ipi ESCO 132 Line Spacing 7 72 10 3 Ipi ESC 1 132 Line Spacing n 72 Inch Executes ESC 2 133 Line Spacing n 72 Inch Storage ESCAn 134 Line Spacing n 216 Inch ESC3n 135 Selection of Alternate Character Set 80 9F Character Set Select Set 1 A ESC 7 121 Character Set Select Set 2 B ESC 6 121 112 The Control Codes FUNCTION ASCII CODE PAGE Print Quality Bold Printing ESC G 119 Bold Printing Cancel ESC H 119 Character Pitch 12 cpi ESC 121 Condensed Print SI 122 Condensed Print Cancel DC2 122 Double Wide Print ESC Wn 123 Double Wide Print 1 Line Only SO 124
161. moves the print head left two normal character spaces Example If you were to print five T characters then two BS commands then two characters the output would look like the sample below TTTER Bell ASCII Code BEL Hex Code 07 Dec Code 07 Purpose Sounds a buzzer beeper Discussion The BEL function will sound one beep upon receipt of this command 114 Bit Image Mode Single Density Normal Speed Bit Image Mode Single Density Normal Speed ASCII Code ESC K n1 n2 Hex Code Dec Code Purpose where Discussion Example 1B 4B n1 n2 27 75 ni n2 Selects single normal density bit image graphics n1 256n2 defines the number of data bytes to follow DATA ASCII characters for the dot pattern bytes n1 Number of DATA bytes 256 n2 remainder of division of number of DATA bytes by 256 sometimes referred to as MOD 256 Number of DATA bytes 256 quotient of division This code prints specified data as bit image graphics at normal density 60 dots per inch horizontally and 72 dots per inch vertically For more information see Bit Image Graphics on page 193 The following example produces a pattern of Single Density Bit Image graphics The 9 byte bit pattern is repeated 27 times Compare this example to the double density and quadruple density examples Single Density Bit Image Graphics PIELES PTS ISSN 115 Chapter 4 Configuring the Proprinter III XL Emulation with Contr
162. n 1S 5 20 cpi in HS DP and NLQ ISO Italian ol 5 20 cpi in HS DP and NLQ ISO Portugu 4S 5 20 cpi in HS DP and NLQ Latin 1 ON 5 20 cpi in HS DP and NLQ Latin 2 2N 5 20 opi in HS DP and NLQ Latin 5 SN 5 20 cpi in HS DP and NLQ Latin 6 6N 5 20 cpi in HS DP and NLQ Baltic 19L 5 20 cpi in HS DP and NLQ PC8 DanNor WU 5 20 cpi in HS DP and NLQ PC8 Cd437 10U 5 20 cpi in HS DP and NLQ PC850 MtLi 12U 5 20 cpi in HS DP and NLQ PC851 LtGk 12G 5 20 cpi in HS DP and NLQ PC852 Lat2 17U 5 20 cpi in HS DP and NLQ PC Turkish 9T 5 20 cpi in HS DP and NLQ PC Hebrew 15H 5 20 cpi in HS DP and NLQ PC Lat Ara 10V 5 20 cpi in DP and NLQ 10 cpi in HS only PC Cyrillic 3R 5 20 cpi in HS DP and NLQ Win3 1Lat1 19U 5 20 cpi in HS DP and NLQ Win3 1Lat 2 9E 5 20 opi in HS DP and NLQ Win3 1Lat 5 ST 5 20 cpi in HS DP and NLQ Math 8 8M 5 20 cpi in DP and NLQ only PS Math DM 5 20 cpi in DP and NLQ only Greek 7 12N 5 20 cpi in HS DP and NLQ Postnet4 15Y 4 cpi in NLQ only Postnet11 25 1K 11 25 cpi in NLQ only Greek 8 8G 5 20 cpi in HS DP and NLQ Hebrew 8 8H 5 20 cpi in HS DP and NLQ Character Font Selection Table 8 Available Symbol Sets continued CPI in High Speed HS Name Code Data Processing DP and Near Letter Quality NLQ Katakana 8 8K 10 cpi in DP and NLQ only DEC 256 Greek n a 5 20 cpi in HS DP and NLQ ELOT 9
163. n If the emulation is set at 5 cpi it is changed to 8 55 cpi If the emulation is set at 10 cpi itis changed to 17 1 cpi If the emulation is set at 12 cpi it is changed to 20 cpi If the emulation is set at NLQ 12 cpi it is changed to 17 1 cpi You may enable disable condensed print using the control panel the default is Enable Once you enable condensed print using the control panel this control code sets condensed print to enabled until it is canceled by control code DC2 a printer reset or a new print mode ESC control code Example The following sample shows condensed character printing and reset Control code SI selects condensed character printing Control code D resets condensed character printing Condensed Print Cancel ASCII Code DC2 ESC DC2 Hex Code 12 1B 12 Dec Code 18 27 18 Purpose Cancels condensed character printing and sets pitch to 10 cpi Discussion The Condensed Print Cancel command sets the character pitch to 10 cpi or 5 cpi if printing is set for double wide Example See the SI control code above for an example of Condensed Print Cancel 122 Deselect Printer Deselect Printer ASCII Code ESC Q 22 Hex Code 1B51 16 Dec Code 278122 Purpose Stops the printer from processing data received from the host computer Discussion This code is for diagnostic use it instructs the printer to stop processing data received from the host system In order to resume processing data the prin
164. n m defines the plot density as shown in Table 42 on page 181 n1 256n2 The total number of columns n1 Number of DATA bytes 256 n2 remainder of division of number of DATA bytes by 256 sometimes referred to as MOD 256 n2 Number of DATA bytes 256 quotient of division This mode requires two bytes of graphic data for every column of print Each column is sent as a pair d1 d3 d k 1 set the top 8 bits of a normal dot column just like ESC K a2 d4 dk set the ninth dot in the column the most significant bit just below the bottom most dot of columns d1 d3 a k 1 182 Select Print Quality Select Print Quality ASCII Code ESC x n Hex Code 1B78n Dec Code 27120n Purpose Selects print quality where n may be in the range from 0 through 4 Values in the range 5 255 are invalid n 0 or 48 hex 00 or hex 30 selects DP print quality n 1 or 49 hex 01 or hex 31 selects Near Letter Quality NLQ n 2 or 50 hex 02 or hex 32 selects HS print quality n 3 or 51 hex 03 or hex 33 selects OCR A print quality n 4 or 52 hex 04 or hex 34 selects OCR B print quality Discussion This command overrides control panel print quality selections Note Some print attributes such as condensed double wide etc may not return to their previous setting when changing from OCR A or OCR B back to another Print Quality For guaranteed results all print attributes should be set after the Print Quality i
165. n of number of DATA bytes by 256 sometimes referred to as MOD 256 n2 Number of DATA bytes 256 quotient of division DATA the dot pattern bytes The syntax of the bit image expression must be correct The number of data bytes and the n1 n2 definition must be equal Any characters following n1 and n2 are interpreted and plotted as data until the n1 n2 definition is satisfied If n1 2 n2 0 then control codes K L Y or Z are ignored The maximum number of data bytes that can be included in the DATA portion of the program statement when using 132 column paper varies according to the dot density At 60 dpi single density 792 bytes double density 2 1584 bytes quadruple density 2 3168 bytes Bit Image Sample Program Data that go past the right margin are discarded if automatic line feed is disabled If automatic line feed is enabled data that go past the right margin trigger an automatic line feed LF and are printed on the next line Bit Image Sample Program The program below written in BASIC produces the single density bit image pattern shown in Figure 7 The 7 byte pattern is repeated 40 times Depending on the host computer system it may be necessary to add a width statement to the BASIC program 10 WIDTH LPT1 255 20 LPRINT Single Density Bit Image Graphics 30 LPRINT CHR 27 K CHR 24 CHR 1 40 FOR N 1 TO 40 50 RESTORE 60 FOR l 1 TO 7 70 READ R 80 LPRINT CHR R 90 NEXT I 100 NE
166. n the above example the abc HIJ would not be entered and the CHANGE command would be used as follows CHANGEQ 7 TO 00 CHANGEQ 8 TO 05 An example for the Workstation Configurator might be input in several formats An example showing the various formats is shown below ESC amp 142W NUL ENQ D 00 04 0 4 0 6 As you can see the escape sequence for the Programmable VFC can be quite complicated This should only be used after attempting to satisfy VFC requirements using the standard computed VFC and the TEXT and PAGE LENGTH escape sequences The most common errors in successfully implementing the Programmable VFC escape sequence usually involve improper VFC byte counting or attempting to manipulate unprintable characters and getting confused Converting these unprintable characters to printable ones is the easiest way to avoid data entry confusion Summary of Recommended Steps to Implement Programmable VFC 1 Layout the required VFC in a standard channel 1 16 format 2 Reverse the resulting bit image so that channel 1 is now where channel 16 was and channel 16 is now where channel 1 was 3 Divide this 16 bit image into two 8 bit bytes Decode these 8 bit bytes into ASCII characters using the chart in Appendix A If the corresponding decoded character is not a printable character below 37 it is highly suggested to convert to one by using a dummy channel 7 and or 15 5 Enter
167. nd 0 as hexadecimal codes 01 and 00 or as the ASCII codes for the numerals 1 and O hexadecimal 31 and 30 NUL Code NUL Hex 00 is ignored by the printer and can be used as a fill character however it can not be used to add blank spaces since it is not a space character NUL can also be used as a parameter terminator for the Set Horizontal Tabs page 171 or Set Vertical Tabs multibyte control code page 192 Note Hex 80 in the 0437 PC Character Set and hex 7F in the 0850 PC Character Set are treated as a NUL however these two controls can not be used as parameter terminators Switching Between the Emulations The printer supports several different emulations PCL II is the default P Series Proprinter IIl XL and Epson FX 1050 are all a part of the LinePrinter Plus emulation The following command switches from PCL II to Epson ESC 00002X To switch from Epson to PCL II send the following command to the printer ESCI KD 153 Chapter 154 5 Configuring the Epson FX 1050 Emulation with Control Codes The Control Codes The following index lists the control codes by function ASCII mnemonic and page number Some control code functions can also be selected at the control panel Produces non Epson behavior in your printer FUNCTION Vertical Motion and Print Execution Carriage Return Form Feed Line Feed Line Feed n 216 Inch Line Spacing 1 6 Inch 6 Ipi Line Spacing 1
168. nge from 0 through 255 hex 00 through hex FF n 0 2 4 disables automatic overscoring any even value from hex 00 through hex FE n 1 3 5 enables automatic overscoring any odd value from hex 01 through hex FF Discussion When automatic overscore is enabled all characters including spaces are overscored Full height graphics characters are not overscored Example The following sample illustrates automatic overscoring and overscoring reset Control code ESC _ 1 enables automatic overscoring ontro code disables automatic overscoring Print All Characters ASCII Code ESC V n1 n2 Hex Code 1B5Cn1n2 Dec Code 27 92 n1 n2 Purpose Prints the characters assigned to code points as characters rather than interpreting the code values as commands where n1 256n2 defines the number of data bytes to follow n1 Number of DATA bytes 256 n2 remainder of division of number of DATA bytes by 256 sometimes referred to as MOD 256 n2 Number of DATA bytes 256 quotient of division Discussion The number of data bytes specified by n1 256n2 will print as text Valid numerical parameters are in the range 0 through 255 hex 00 through hex FF Data values that do not correspond to standard ASCII codes will print as spaces 137 Chapter 4 Configuring the Proprinter III XL Emulation with Control Codes Print Next Character ASCII Code ESC n Hex Code 1B5En Dec Code 2794n Purpose Prints the graphic character
169. not inserted in the bar code The width of the printed bar code can be approximated by the following equation Width in inches number of characters 3 14 0 50 INDUSTRIAL 2 of 5 A variable length data string of up to 32 ASCII characters may be printed using the Industrial 2 of 5 bar code The string may be an odd or even length and may use any character from 0 through 9 If a non valid character is used in the string a blank non readable bar code will be printed non valid characters are not substituted or deleted Optional checksums are not inserted in the bar code The width of the printed bar code can be approximated by the following equation Width in inches number of characters 3 7 0 38 INTERLEAVED 2 of 5 A variable length data string of up to 32 ASCII characters may be printed using the Interleaved 2 of 5 bar code The string may be an odd or even length However if the string is an odd length a leading zero will be inserted to make a string of an even length Valid data characters are O through 9 If a non valid character is used in the string a blank non readable bar code will be printed non valid characters are not substituted or deleted Optional checksums are not inserted in the bar code The width of the printed bar code can be approximated by the following equations Width in inches even number of characters 6 25 0 15 UPCA A fixed length data string of 11 ASCII characters may be printed using the UPC
170. nother spacing is selected Line Spacing 1 8 Inch 8 Ipi ASCII Code SFCC 0 SFCC LPI n Hex Code SFCC 30 Dec Code SFCC 48 Purpose Specifies continuous line spacing at 1 8 inch increments 8 Ipi Discussion When the 1 8 inch line spacing control code is received all lines will be printed at 8 Ipi until a new line spacing is selected or the printer is reset The control code line spacing selection will override the control panel line spacing setting For SFCC LPI n the value of n can be 6 or 8 only If n 8 this command sets line spacing to 1 8 inch Values of n other than 6 or 8 will cause an error message Example The following example illustrates 1 8 inch line spacing Control code ESC O sets line spacing at 1 8 8 Ipi inch for all subsequent lines until reset or another spacing is selected 94 Line Spacing 8 or 10 3 Ipi 1 Line Only Line Spacing 8 or 10 3 Ipi 1 Line Only ASCII Code ACK SFCC f Hex Code 06 SFCC 66 Dec Code 06 SFCC 102 Purpose Selects line spacing of 8 or 10 3 Ipi for the current line only Discussion The default line spacing is reselected automatically after one line Line spacing may be selected either through the control panel or by line spacing control codes The control code setting will override the control panel line spacing setting If the alternate line spacing selected from the control panel is 8 Ipi the ACK control code will set the line spacing to 8 Ipi If 10 3 Ipi was
171. nt of division Discussion Double density printing reduces print speed to half that of normal density printing You can change graphics density with the ESC command This feature is widely used to move the print head precisely by printing blank dot columns Example The following example produces double density bit image graphics of the pattern used in the standard density bit image mode example The amount of data must be doubled for double density the data are used 54 times rather than 27 Double Density Bit Image Graphics NNSNNSNNNNSNNNNSNSSNNNNNSSNNNISSSNSSNNSNNSNSSNSNNSSRNNNSNSNNSNNSNSN 168 Graphics Double Density Double Speed Graphics Double Density Double Speed ASCII Code ESC Y n1 n2 Hex Code Dec Code Purpose where Discussion Example 1B 59 n1 n2 27 89 n1 n2 Selects double density double speed bit image graphics of 120 dpi horizontally and 72 dpi vertically n1 256n2 defines the number of data bytes to follow DATA ASCII characters for the dot pattern bytes n1 Number of DATA bytes 256 n2 remainder of division of number of DATA bytes by 256 sometimes referred to as MOD 256 n2 Number of DATA bytes 256 quotient of division This mode prints double density with no adjacent dots It is similar to ESC L except that if the graphics data contain horizontally adjacent dots the data may print incorrectly This feature is widely used to move the print head precisely by printin
172. nt qualities selected with this command override control panel selections Selecting an OCR print quality overrides any character attributes already set such as condensed double wide etc These attributes will not return when another print quality is set Character attributes set when OCR is selected will be ignored Proportional Spacing ASCII Code ESC P n Hex Code Dec Code Purpose where Comment 1B 50 n 2780n Enables disables proportional spacing of characters n may range from 0 through 255 hex 00 through hex FF n 1 3 5 any odd value enables proportional spacing n 0 2 4 any even value disables proportional spacing This command is ignored when a non proportional font is used 139 Chapter 4 Configuring the Proprinter III XL Emulation with Control Codes Select Attributes ASCII Code ESC n1 NUL NUL NUL n2 n3 Hex Code 1B 5B 40 n1 00 00 00 n2 n3 Dec Code 279164n1000n2n3 Purpose Selects double high and double wide attributes and single or double high line spacing Discussion Parameter n1 selects the attributes from n2 and n3 as follows Table 34 Select Attributes n1 Values n1 Hex Function 03 Set character height and line feed settings according to the value of n2 If n1 2 03 there is no n3 04 Set character height line feed and character settings according to the values of n2 and n3 Parameter n2 defines the height attributes as follows Tabl
173. ntrol Codes a 112 Backepace a u in ERENNERT EE A EENEG 114 BEN red S 114 Bit Image Mode Single Density Normal Speed 115 Bit Image Mode Double Density Half Speed 116 Table of Contents Bit Image Mode Double Density Normal Speed 117 Bit Image Mode Quadruple Density Half Speed 118 Bold Printing amam aa is A de eie dae iet 119 Bold Printing Cancel 119 enl 120 Carriage Return sse ener 120 Carriage Return Gei 121 Character Pitch 12 CPi ete e e ayle etg 121 Character Set Select Set A A 121 Character Set Select Set 2 D 121 Condensed Print m 122 Condensed Print Cancel 122 NS 123 Double Wide Print A 123 Double Wide Print One Line Only nn 124 Double Wide Print One Line Only Cancel 124 Emphasized Print ps 125 Emphasized Print Cance pp 125 Form Feed tg ge e og beg ed 126 Forms Length Set in Inches pp 126 Forms Length Set in Lines pp 127 Initialize Parameters Ne 128 LT 130 Line Feed n 216 Inch One Line Only 131 Line Spacing 1 8 Inch 8 Io 132 Line Spacing 7 72 Inch 10 3 Ipi 132 Line Spacing n 72 Inch Executes 133 Line Spacing n 72 Inch Storage 134 Line Spacing n 216 Inch sss 135 Margin Bott
174. nvolves a three line bar code and three escape sequences as shown below ESC z0v25c1q lt 12345 gt Z ESC zOv Selects Code 3 of 9 25c Moves cursor to column 25 1q Specifies header placement above label 12345 Bar code data Z Enables printing this portion of the bar code ESC z75CThis is textCRESC z0q25c lt 12345 gt Z ESC z75C Moves cursor to column 75 This is text Text for right of bar code CR Carriage return without a line feed ESC zOq Disables header for this portion 25c Moves cursor to column 25 12345 Bar code data Z Initiates printing this portion ESC z25c0q lt 12345 gt Z ESC z25c Moves cursor to column 25 0q Disables header for lower portion lt 12345 gt Bar code data Z Initiates printing for lower portion of label 31 Chapter 2 _ Configuring the PCL II Emulation with Control Codes Note When a header is enabled sending one line of information causes the 1 printer to print two lines one line containing the header along with any text you may have sent in that line and one line containing the bar code label When a header is enabled no information can be printed on the same line as the bar code label However if the header is disabled text can be placed next to the bar code label For example if you want a label and also wish to enclose the bar code with a box you may not use automatic headers Instead you may set the height of the bar code to the text height and manually print the header Bar
175. o Oo 259 Appendix B DEC Multinational Japanese P Series Emulation Character Sets 260 IO Ze DEC Multinational French Canadian B J e 0 1 I 2 3 4 3 Ye 6 amp 7 8 9 A a D C D E F yay E tm lt i IO gt H 22 m m R 261 Appendix B DEC Multinational Dutch P Series Emulation Character Sets 262 gt ge Im I Ze wee m DEC Multinational Finnish 0 1 2 0 1 I 2 T 3 4 D 3 Ta 6 amp 7 E 8 9 A B C D E F iw lt H IO gt Ya Ya H 22 263 Appendix B DEC Multinational Swiss P Series Emulation Character Sets 264 im 10 gt W Ve Hi Ze o DH e R OCRA D D g P d p 1 tr L A 8 a a e 2 B R b r 3 3 C S c Ss o 4 5 4 Dp T d t a Y ri 5 Z 5E Bou x amp 3 h amp b F Y f v 4 o e o 7 6 M g vw B B H X h x Heu E q H I Y 1 y A J Z J 2 I E ra K k 1 I f C yn lt L N 1 i p M I m 7 A J E gt N n F Q O 265 Appendix B OCRB P Series Emulation Character Sets 266 t4 EA C Proprinter Emulation Character Sets Introduction This appendix shows the character set charts also referred to as code pages for the Proprinter emulation The character sets are shown in Near Letter Quali
176. o densities cannot be mixed on the same dot row Normal density plotting is selected with the odd dot plot control code ENQ hex 05 The odd numbered dot columns are addressed to produce a vertical density that varies based on the font selected 72 dpi vertical for Letter Gothic DP and 144 dpi vertical for Courier NLQ Figure 8 illustrates normal density dot plot Figure 8 Normal Density Plot Plot Data Byte Format High density plotting is selected with the even dot plot control code EOT hex 04 in conjunction with the odd dot plot control code ENQ hex 05 The odd and even numbered dot columns are addressed to double the horizontal density The vertical density remains the same in normal and high density plotting though vertical density is based on the current print mode Figure 9 illustrates high density plotting Figure 9 High Density Plot Plot Data Byte Format In P Series Plot Mode the format is as follows 1 Each data byte specifies six out of twelve plot dot columns 2 Using odd dot plot mode bits 1 to 6 of the data byte address the odd numbered dot columns using even dot plot mode bits 1 to 6 of the data byte address the even numbered dot columns 3 Bit 6 and or bit 7 of the data byte must be a 1 or true bit in the Plot mode Bit 8 of the data byte is not used in the Plot mode and may be 1 or 0 The binary equivalent of the plot data bytes must be known to accurately address specific
177. o the top of the next form If the bottom margin set is equal to or greater than the form length printing is only allowed on the top line of each page If the forms length is changed by the ESC C code Forms Length sequence the bottom margin is set to zero The bottom margin setting can also be selected from the control panel however the host control code will override the control panel setting Any vertical tabs set within the bottom margin zone will be ignored Margin Cancel Bottom ASCII Code ESC O Hex Code 1B4F Dec Code 2779 Purpose Resets the bottom margin to zero Margins Horizontal ASCII Code ESC X n m Hex Code 1B58nm Dec Code 2788nm Purpose Sets left and right margins in character positions where n left margin position m right margin position Discussion The values of n and m must be in the range from 0 through 255 hex 00 through hex FF The margins are measured in character positions at the current characters per inch cpi nis the column number from the left edge of the paper For example n 5 means that the line starts at column number 5 Therefore it has a left margin of 4 mis the column number from the right edge of the paper For example m 56 means that the line ends on column 80 if the form width is 136 136 Overscoring Overscoring ASCII Code ESC _ n Hex Code 1B5Fn Dec Code 2795n Purpose Enables or disables automatic overscoring of all characters where n may ra
178. ocessed Skip over perforation is ignored You can clear any channel by sending ESC b c NUL where c is the channel number Skip Over Perforation ASCII Code ESCN n Hex Code 1B4En Dec Code 2778n Purpose Selects the number of lines at the current line spacing for the paper to skip at the bottom of the page where n 1 through 127 hex 01 through 7F Discussion n is the number of lines skipped between the last line printed on one page and the first line on the next page The actual distance set is the product of n and the current line spacing If the value of n exceeds the current form length the skip is set to one line smaller than the form length or to 0 whichever is greater Skip over perforation set by this command overrides control panel settings This feature is canceled by ESC O ESC C ESC CO 188 Skip Over Perforation Cancel Skip Over Perforation Cancel ASCII Code ESC O Hex Code Dec Code Purpose 1B 4F 27 79 Cancels the skip over perforation set by ESC N and resets the bottom margin to zero Discussion O is ASCII uppercase o not zero 0 Superscript and Subscript Printing ASCII Code ESC S n Hex Code Dec Code Purpose where 1B53n 27 83 n Selects superscript or subscript printing n NUL hex 00 or O hex 30 to enable superscript printing n SOH hex 01 or 1 hex 31 to enable subscript printing Discussion Superscript prints full sized characters with a baseline high
179. ode forms length setting from the host computer will override the control panel setting If the VFU is enabled and loaded this command is ignored 92 Forms Length Set Lines Forms Length Set Lines ASCII Code SFCC LINES n Purpose Sets the length of a form paper in lines where n 1 through 192 hex 01 through CO specify the number of lines per page at the current line spacing Discussion The forms length is set to the number of lines defined by the quotient of n and the current line spacing so that the units are in inches In LINES mode the maximum form length is 24 inches and n values in excess of 24 inches will cause an error message If the calculated forms length in lines is not an exact multiple of the target machine dot size the forms length value will be adjusted down to the next possible multiple If the VFU is enabled and loaded this command is ignored Line Feed ASCII Code LF Hex Code 0A Dec Code 10 Purpose Prints the data in the buffer if any and advances the vertical character position one line at the current line space setting Discussion lf configured for LF equals new line LF CR LP the logical print head is positioned at character column 1 of the new line Otherwise the logical print head does not move when configured for LF function only LF LF ONLY The LF function cancels all single line print attributes such as double high elongated and double wide expanded characters This
180. ode SFCC 1197 Purpose Turns double high character printing on and off Double high characters are standard width but twice as high where n 1 or 49 hex 01 or hex 31 turns double high printing on n 0 or 48 hex 00 or hex 30 turns double high printing off Discussion The OCR A and OCR B fonts cannot be printed in double high Note It is recommended to use double Line Feeds and Carriage Returns when double high character printing is on after an SFCC w control code has been sent or else the printer will overstrike text that has already printed 88 If Superscript Subscript SFCC S is combined with Double High printing only Double High printing will occur Example The following illustrates double high character printing Control Code ESC u Selects Double High printing Cancels Double High printing Emphasized Print ASCII Code SFCC E Hex Code SFCC 45 Dec Code SFCC 69 Purpose Selects emphasized character print format Discussion When the emphasized print control code is received all characters will be printed in emphasized print until reset by the emphasized print reset control code or printer reset The emphasized print attribute is implemented by horizontal shadow printing Emphasized print is ignored during superscript or subscript printing and when 15 20 cpi characters have been selected Example The following sample illustrates emphasized character printing Control code ESC E selects emp
181. odes The control codes recognized by the Proprinter IIl XL emulation software are described in this chapter Control codes not described in this chapter are undefined and ignored In addition codes that represent printable characters hex 10 11 15 21 7E and 80 FF are not available as Proprinter III XL control codes Note Entering control codes that are not defined in this chapter may produce unpredictable results 110 The ASCII control code ETX hex code 08 or 1B 03 is ignored as a Proprinter III XL control code but is valid for the Serial Interface Protocol Switching Between the Emulations Reserved Codes The Download Characters control code ASCII code ESC hex code 1B 3D is a reserved code It is not implemented at this time When implemented this code is usually followed by large blocks of data The Proprinter III XL emulation will currently ignore this control code and any data applicable to it Switching Between the Emulations The printer supports several different emulations PCL II is the default P Series Proprinter IIl XL and Epson FX 1050 are all a part of the LinePrinter Plus emulation The following command switches from PCL II to Proprinter ESC 6 00001X To switch from Proprinter to PCL II send the following command to the printer ESCIEKD 111 Chapter 4 Configuring the Proprinter III XL Emulation with Control Codes The Control Codes This index lists each printer co
182. ol Codes Bit Image Mode Double Density Half Speed ASCII Code ESC L n1 n2 Hex Code 1B4Cn1n2 Dec Code 2776 n1n2 Purpose Selects double density bit image graphics where n1 256n2 defines the number of data bytes to follow DATA ASCII characters for the dot pattern bytes n1 Number of DATA bytes 256 n2 remainder of division of number of DATA bytes by 256 sometimes referred to as MOD 256 n2 Number of DATA bytes 256 quotient of division Discussion This code prints specified data as bit image graphics at double horizontal density 120 dots per inch horizontally and 72 dots per inch vertically This code causes print speed to be reduced by half from normal density speed For more information see Bit Image Graphics on page 193 Example The following example produces Double Density Bit Image graphics of the pattern used in the Single Density Bit Image Mode example Note that the amount of data must be doubled in order to produce this pattern for double density the data is used 54 times rather than 27 Double Density Bit Image Graphics 116 Bit Image Mode Double Density Normal Speed Bit Image Mode Double Density Normal Speed ASCII Code ESC Y n1 n2 Hex Code Dec Code Purpose where Discussion Example 1B 59 n1 n2 2789 n1 n2 Selects double density bit image graphics at single density speed n1 256n2 defines the number of data bytes to follow DATA ASCII characters for the
183. olumns The following example illustrates horizontal tab setting and accessing r code ESC D CHR 42 CHR 10 CHR 0 sets tab stops at columns 4 and 10 Control code HT accesses the tab stops as follous column 4 column 10 Tab Vertical ASCII Code VT Hex Code Dec Code Purpose Discussion 0B 11 Prints the data in the buffer and advances the paper to the next vertical tab position In the Proprinter III XL emulation vertical tab positions are set by control code ESC B and executed by control code VT In this mode if vertical tabs are loaded the paper position moves to the next vertical tab position If a vertical tab format is not defined the paper position is advanced to the next line at the current line spacing If a vertical tab format is defined but no vertical tab positions are set between the current print position and the end of the form the paper position is advanced to the top of the next form The VT code resets all single line print attributes More information on vertical tabs is provided in the Chapter 7 If configured for LF CR LF LF equals new line the character position indicator is positioned at character column 1 of the new line Otherwise the character position indicator does not move 143 Chapter 4 Configuring the Proprinter III XL Emulation with Control Codes 144 Tab Set Clear Vertical ASCII Code ESC B n1 n2 nk NUL Hex Code 1B 42 n1 n2 nk00 Dec
184. om AAMAMMAe e e e e e m m gt m mmI gt nennen nennen 136 MarginCancel Bottom 136 Margins Florizonital u n u S umu au au 136 Overscoring nn nano c cnn nn ran n rn nennen nnne nnne 137 Print All Characters a SW na ei aiii 137 Print Next Character isped oen aeniea eriat i naniii 138 Pr dee 138 Print Quality EE 139 Proportional Spacing 139 Select Attrib tes 111001 ara ilini al anla 140 Set Top sofsFO fTf u u a te e bep kile qt 141 Superscript Subscript Printing sese 141 Superscript SubscriptPrinting Cancel 142 Table of Contents Tab Horizontal dad da 142 Tab Set Clear Horizontal a r raasaaaaaaaa 142 Tab Verical ee 143 Tab Set Clear Vertical Ge 144 Tabs Clear All Return to default 144 Uriderlitie scien uD ua cz 145 Unidirectional Printing AAA 145 5 Epson FX 1050 Emulation 147 UE 147 Epson FX 1050 Default Values and States 148 Epson Emulation Exceptions and Differences 150 Epson Character Sets Ne 151 Configuring the Epson FX 1050 Emulation with Control Codes 152 Format for Control Code Descriptions 152 E
185. ome control codes when it is possible to illustrate the effect of a control code or if a specific syntax is required to complete the program statement i e Horizontal Tab set Vertical Tab set clear Note If you specify any parameters for a control code other than the ones that are defined in the control code description unpredictable results may occur 74 Switching Between the Emulations The printer supports several different emulations PCL II is the default P Series Proprinter IIl XL and Epson FX 1050 are all a part of the LinePrinter Plus emulation The following command switches from PCL II to P Series ESC 00000X To switch from P Series to PCL II send the following command to the printer ESCIE KD Special Function Control Code SFCC Header Special Function Control Code SFCC Header A Special Function Control Code SFCC is used to extend the control code protocol The SFCC is the control code introducer or header it is the first input in the sequence of parameters The general control code sequence is SFCC parameter 1 parameter 2 parameter n P Series codes can be configured to use any value from 1 through 127 hex 01 through hex 7F as control code introducers For example bold print could be configured to be enabled in the P Series protocol using any of the control code introducers listed in Table 15 Table 15 SFCC Example Bold Print ASCII Hex Decim
186. or command sequence in decimal numbers Purpose The function s of the control code Discussion A discussion of the uses of the code or command sequence including a description of exceptions or limitations to normal use Example A sample is provided when it is possible to illustrate the effect of a control code or if a specific syntax is required t dagger This symbol means the code produces non Epson behavior in your printer Note If you specify any parameters for a control code other than the ones that are defined in the control code description unpredictable results may occur 152 Escape Sequences An Epson control code consisting of more than one character is called an escape sequence because the first character in the sequence is always the ASCII ESCape character ESC alerts the printer that a special function command not printable characters follows The format for an Epson escape sequence is ESC parameter 1 parameter 2 parameter n For example to select emphasized offset print send the ESC character immediately followed by the E character do not add a space character ASCII ESC E Hex 1B 45 Attribute Set and Reset Codes Attribute Set and Reset Codes Set and reset are another way of saying turn on and turn off select and deselect or enable and disable Some printer features are set and reset with an escape sequence and the numbers 1 or 0 In such cases you can represent 1 a
187. or to absolute horizontal cursor position in decipoints where x 720 inch increments Fractional decipoint values are not allowed Relative Horizontal Cursor Position in Decipoints ESC amp al H Move cursor horizontally in decipoints relative to the current position where is a signed integer at X 720 inch increments Fractional decipoint values are not allowed Note A plus or minus sign in front of the value indicates that the new 1 position is relative to the current active position A sign means the new k position is to the right horizontal or that paper motion is forward vertical A sign means that the new cursor position is to the left horizontal or backwards vertical The paper cannot be moved backwards past the top of form The vertical cursor positioning commands move the current active position to the same column on a new line the vertical movement is based on the active vertical line spacing or x 720 inch line spacing The horizontal cursor positioning commands move the current active position to a new column on the same line the horizontal movement is based on the active horizontal print pitch or x 720 inch horizontal spacing 48 Cursor Positioning The first column row within a line page is column row zero Therefore the upper left most position is position 0 0 This escape sequence ignores margins and can therefore be used to set the current active position to any loca
188. ory so that they will not be lost when you power off the printer or reset it to the factory defaults The menu selection for saving a configuration to memory is described in the User s Manual 147 Chapter 148 5 Overview Epson FX 1050 Default Values and States The factory settings for the Epson FX 1050 emulation menu options are shown in Table 37 Table 38 lists additional factory settings for parameters provided by the LinePrinter formatting menus The EMULATION menu options are described in the User s Manual Host control codes can override many of the settings for these menu options Table 37 Epson Emulation Menu Option Factory Settings Characteristic Default Setting Define CR Code Auto LF Define LF Code Printer Select Character Set 20 CPI Condensed Alt Set 80 9F CR CR Enable LF LF Disable Epson Set Enable Control Code Table 38 LinePrinter Menu Option Factory Settings Epson FX 1050 Default Values and States Characteristic Default Setting CPI LPI Typeface Proportional Spacing Bold Print Italic Print Slashed Zero Left Margin Right Margin Bottom Margin Perforation Skip Form Length Form Width Reset Cmd CFG Ld 10 0 6 0 Data Processing Disable Disable Disable Disable 0 columns 0 columns 0 lines Disable 11 0 inches 279 4 millimeters 66 lines 13 6 inches 345 4 millimeters 136 characters Disable 149
189. ouble wide printing are not affected Double Wide Print ASCII Code ESC W n Hex Code 1B57n Dec Code 2787n Purpose Turns double wide print on and off where n 1 or 49 hex 01 or hex 31 turns double wide print on n 0 or 48 hex 00 or hex 30 turns double wide print off Discussion When ESC W is received all characters are printed twice as wide until reset This command overrides SO ESC SO and DC4 The OCR A and OCR B fonts cannot be printed in double wide T This control code doubles character width but does not double inter character spacing unlike the Epson FX 1050 The formulas for total character spacing are as follows Epson FX 1050 2 char 1 dot space Epson Emulation 2 char 1 dot space Example The following sample illustrates double wide character printing Control code ESC W 1 selects expanded Control character printing code ESC W OF resets expanded character printing 163 Chapter 164 Configuring the Epson FX 1050 Emulation with Control Codes Double Wide Print One Line ASCII Code SO ESC SO Hex Code OE 1B OE Dec Code 14 27 14 Purpose Selects double wide print for one line only Discussion This control code is a line by line print attribute when SO or ESC SO is received the characters on the current line print twice as wide then automatically reset This control code is cancelled by the DC4 code or by a CR code as in the Epson FX 1050 It is a so cancelled by a paper motion
190. pecifies the line spacing at 7 72 inch 10 3 Ipi increments Discussion When the 7 72 inch line spacing control code is received all lines will be printed at the 7 72 inch line spacing until a new line spacing is selected or the printer is reset The control code line spacing selection will override the control panel line spacing setting and the message display will reflect the line spacing as 10 3 lines per inch Caution should be used when combining this control code with other print attributes such as Elongated Double High Superscript or Subscript overlapping lines may occur Example The following example illustrates 7 72 inch line spacing Control code ESC 1 sets i spaci at 7798 ats n all her quent io s e 11 reset or ano is selected 132 Line Spacing n 72 Inch Executes Line Spacing n 72 Inch Executes ASCII Code ESC 2 Hex Code 1B32 Dec Code 2750 Purpose ESC 2 sets line spacing to 6 Ipi or as set by ESC A Discussion ESC 2 asserts n 72 inch line spacing as set by ESC A page 134 If no distance has been set by ESC A the distance is 1 6 inch The control code line spacing selection will override the control panel line spacing setting Example The following example illustrates 1 6 inch line spacing and assumes that a distance has not been set by ESC A Control code ESC 2 sets line spacing at 6 Ipi for all subsequent lines until reset or another spacing is selected 133 Chapter 4 Configu
191. per inch See the section I on 256x Postal Barcodes for information on the 20 bars per inch and 22 5 Y bars per inch Postal Barcodes 28 ESC z H Bar Code Height This escape sequence defines the height of the bar code label in tenths of an inch as specified in the value field To specify a bar code height of 8 inches the ESC z8H escape sequence would be sent to the printer A zero in the value field specifies that bar code height is determined by the current line spacing 1 6 or 1 8 inch for 6 8 LPI respectively or 1 3 or 1 4 inch for double high double wide The default bar code height is 0 6 inches Bar Codes ESC z C Bar Code Label Placement This escape sequence specifies the horizontal starting location of a bar code by specifying the column number based on the currently active print pitch The value field indicates the absolute column position the bar code will begin printing A plus or minus sign in the value field is ignored A value field whose position is less than the current active printing position is illegal and causes the cursor to move to the next column position to the right of the current active printing position When printing bar codes always allow at least 1 4 inch margin in all directions from each bar code This will limit the interference from other characters and help readability If you need to print text and bar codes on the same line see the Printing Bar Codes With Text discussion later in this
192. r Configuring the Proprinter III XL Emulation with Control Codes Initialize Parameters ASCII Code ESC K n1 NUL n2 n3 n4 n5 Hex Code 1B 5B 4B n1 00 n2 n3 n4 n5 Dec Code 27 91 75 n1 0 n2 n3 n4 n5 Purpose Sets the printer s initial condition Discussion This command causes the printer to reset and defines the configuration that will be loaded to the printer during the reset Several variables must be specified to define the load configuration as described below Note An ESC K code can occur at any place in the datastream and is acted upon immediately All numerical parameters are in the hex 00 through FF range unless stated otherwise Only specified parameters are supported Other values may be ignored or cause unpredictable results and should be avoided n1 The value of n1 defines which of the following n bytes will be included in the command line as shown in Table 29 Table 29 n1 Values n1 Hex Value Function 1 One byte follows n2 3 Three bytes follow n2 n3 and n4 4 Four bytes follow n2 n3 n4 and n5 Note Specifying any value for n1 other than 1 3 or 4 may cause unpredictable results and should be avoided 128 n2 The 2 digit hexadecimal value for n2 defines the load configuration for the printer The Proprinter III XL supports six values for this parameter 00 01 04 05 254 and 255 hex 00 01 04 05 FE and FF Any other value will be ignored If any of
193. r A V A Y C 3 3 C S c s v d v wu 4 4 4 D T d t n a amp f X 3 A 5 E U e u U B f D 6 amp 6 F V f v gt Y m o l 7 7 G W g w C r H V 1 8 8 H X Rh x lt 8 p 8 4 9 9 I Y i y gt A G L A J Z j 2 NA E Z Z lt B K x k Se E 3 C lt L N 1 i n u 2 D M J m gt e T lt E gt Nt pe c 8 3 f F O o 2 L 2 251 Appendix B DEC Multinational ASCII USA P Series Emulation Character Sets 252 im ze m kent e DEC Multinational French 0 i 2 0 1 I 2 3 4 D 6 amp 7 8 9 A B C D pi E F Im IO gt Ya a ro z R 253 Appendix B P Series Emulation Character Sets DEC Multinational German 254 im I IO gt m e 3 DEC Multinational English UK 5 iw PA IO gt Ya Hi Ze a e R 255 Appendix B DEC Multinational Norwegian Danish P Series Emulation Character Sets 256 0 im H io Va 2 us 3 DEC Multinational Swedish 1w lt IO gt m 2 ra R 257 Appendix B P Series Emulation Character Sets DEC Multinational Italian 258 D i I IO gt Hi Z Lan m CH Rr DEC Multinational Spanish iw lt I m 2 m ra m O
194. r a Bit Image Graphics command ESC K ESC L ESC Y or ESC 2 the printer will backspace into the graphic pattern the number of dots depending on the current cpi setting For an Epson FX 1050 printer one Backspace will send the logical printhead directly to the beginning of the graphics pattern When backspacing over proportionally spaced characters Epson printers move back the width of each proportional character this emulation moves back based on the current cpi setting as if proportional spacing is disabled Epson Character Sets Epson Character Sets Epson printers use five character sets The IBM PC code page OCR A OCR B and an extensive array of print language sets may be selected from the configuration menus In addition there is a unique Epson character set The Epson character set shown in Table 39 is the ASCII character set with the upper non ASCII set defined as italics and the usually unprintable codes designated as international characters Table 39 Epson Character Set 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F 8 SP 0 P p a SP 0 e P p e B 1 A Q a q B 1 A Q a q DC2 E 2 B R b r 2 B R b r DC3 3 C s c s e A 3 C S C s 1 DC4 4 D T d t g 4 D T d t S 5 E U e u 9 5 E U e u amp 6 F V f V amp 6 F V f V BEL i 7 G w g w i 7 G W g w BS CAN 8 H X h x 2 8 H X h x 9 HT U 9 Y i y N 9 1 Y i y A LF a E J Z j z J Z
195. r readability code sequences appear in this manual with spaces inserted between command elements Do not insert spaces between code characters when you are programming unless the ASCII space character SP is part of a code sequence For example a code sequence printed in this manual as ESC 1 is programmed as ESC 1 108 Graphics Control Codes Overview An escape sequence uses two or more bytes to define a specific printer control function The format for an escape sequence is ASCII ESC X n Hex 1B 00 7F 0 FF Escape Sequence Character s Numerical Introducer parameter s After the ESC character are one or more characters which indicate the action of the control code One or more numerical parameters may in turn follow these characters For example the sequence ESC S n tells the printer to begin the superscript print attribute if n is an even number or to begin the subscript attribute if n is an odd number If the characters following the ESC code are not within the defined ranges or if they are within the defined ranges but not recognized as a function of this printer the entire sequence is ignored Graphics Control Codes Overview The individual control codes that set graphics print quality are described starting on page 115 Some additional background information about graphics printing for the Proprinter IIl XL emulation is provided here The Proprinter IIl XL emulation provides one data protocol for printing graph
196. racter overstrike is accomplished using either the backspace control code or a carriage return with no line feed The overstrike print line will be held in the print buffer and will be merged with the next line to form a single printed line with superimposed characters Attempting to print more than two characters in any one print location will result in a loss of data integrity Only the last two characters received will be retained When the automatic underlining enhancement is used ESC amp dD the underlined character is not considered an overstrike character Therefore if the underlining enhancement was used to underline a character another character could still be printed over it without risking data loss Character Style Selection The printer has two types of character styles upright and italic The following escape sequences select either the upright or the italic print style for the primary and secondary character fonts ESC sOS Selects the upright style for the primary font ESC s1S Selects the italic style for the primary font ESC sOS Selects the upright style for the secondary font ESC s1S Selects the italic style for the secondary font Italics cannot be selected or saved from the control panel The printer will default to the upright style when the printer is first powered on Changing emulations loading a configuration or sending the ESCE command to the printer will cancel the italic style for the primary and secondary
197. range leave the area under the control codes blank PTX Linefeed Determines the vertical text alignment when a Linefeed command is sent ESC tiL Enabled ESC tOL Disabled When PTX Linefeed is enabled the Linefeed moves to the next line as calculated from the Top of Form position thereby retaining vertical text alignment When printing graphics or bar codes you may want to set the PTX Linefeed parameter to Enable to maintain text alignment When PTX Linefeed is disabled the Linefeed is to be performed as calculated from the bottom of the graphics or barcode thereby disrupting the vertical text alignment See Figure 1 for an example of this parameter enabled and disabled 53 Chapter 2 54 PTX Linefeed Enabled Configuring the PCL II Emulation with Control Codes PTX Linefeed Disabled LINE 1 LINE 1 LINE 2 Linefeed LINE 2 Linefeed LINE 3 LINE 3 Figure 1 PTX Linefeed Programmable Reset The programmable reset escape sequence ESCE causes the printer to eject paper to the top of form position 0 0 if not already at top of form This command resets all current printer configuration values to the following states The printer remains on line after a programmable reset When the printer is reset it is set to a known state as follows Primary and secondary character sets fonts as configured from the control panel Vertical line spacing 6 8 LPI as configured from the control p
198. rates how to set horizontal tabs Control code ESC D CHR 4 CHR 102 CHR CO sets tab stops at columns 4 and 10 Control code HT accesses the tab stops as follows column 4 column 10 171 Chapter 5 Configuring the Epson FX 1050 Emulation with Control Codes Initialize Printer ASCII Code ESC O Hex Code 1B40 Dec Code 27 64 Purpose Resets all print related parameters to the power up configuration Discussion Restores the power up values and clears the print buffer of printable data on the line preceding the command Current position is set as top of form Font international language selection forms length skip over perforation and character pitch are reset to their power up values Character by character and line by line attributes are canceled All channels of the vertical format unit are cleared This command resets the horizontal tabs to every eighth character column Interface parameters and printer protocol selection are not affected Italic Printing ASCII Code ESC 4 Hex Code 1B 34 Dec Code 2752 Purpose Turns on italic character printing Discussion Character graphics IBM graphic set hex BO through DF and FO through FE cannot be italicized Italic printing will reduce throughput Italic Printing Cancel ASCII Code ESC 5 Hex Code 1B 35 Dec Code 27 53 Purpose Turns off italic character printing 172 Line Feed Line Feed ASCII Code LF Hex Code Dec Code Purpose Discuss
199. rforming a call to CH3 within each section To do this the manufacturer highly recommends following these guidelines e CH1 should always define TOF and must be present for a valid load e CH2 should always define BOF allowing for vertical margin if any and must be present for valid paper out conditions e CH3 should be present for any potential print line except in the vertical margin area if any For this example CH1 will occur at line 1 and is aligned with the Company Name We will arbitrarily assign CH4 to occur at line 7 Opening Line CH5 to occur at line 10 Body CH6 to occur on line 17 Closing Line and CH7 to occur on line 20 P S Line With the above channel assignments in mind the programmer would call CH1 to begin the letter After printing the name and address using calls to CH3 to move to each line the programmer would call CH4 to skip to line 7 and print the opening line Next a call is made to CH5 to skip to line 10 and print the body CH6 to print the closing and CH7 to print the P S line This gives each section flexibility by allowing variable sizes limited by the physical room available before interfering with the next section and avoiding the drudgery of line count The above VFC would look like Channel 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1011 12 13 14 15 16 Line 1 1 1 Line 2 1 Line 3 1 Line 4 1 Line 5 1 Line 6 pi Line 7 I E Line 8 T Line 9 1 Line 10 1 1 Line 11 1 Line 12 1 Line 13 1
200. ring the Proprinter III XL Emulation with Control Codes Line Spacing n 72 Inch Storage ASCII Code ESCA n Hex Code 1B41n Dec Code 2765n Purpose Stores a line spacing of n 72 inch increments where n 1 through 255 hex 01 through hex FF All others values are ignored Discussion This control code stores a value for line spacing of n 72 inch The ESC 2 control code described on page 133 executes the line spacing stored by the preceding ESC A until a new line spacing is selected or the printer is reset A control code line spacing overrides a control panel line spacing setting The control panel display shows line spacing in lines per inch Small values of n may result in overlapping lines Overlapping lines may also occur if print attributes such as Elongated Double High Superscript or Subscript characters are used on the same line Common values of n are listed in Table 32 Table 32 Line Spacing values n Line Spacing 24 3 Ipi 18 4 Ipi 12 6 Ipi 9 8 Ipi 8 9 Ipi 6 12 Ipi Example The following example illustrates 20 72 inch line spacing Control code ESC A 20 sets line spacing at 20 72 inch increments for all subsequent lines until reset or another spacing is selected 134 Line Spacing n 216 Inch Line Spacing n 216 Inch ASCII Code ESC 3 n Hex Code Dec Code Purpose where Discussion Example 1B33n 2751n Specifies the line spacing at n 216 inch increments n
201. rint Position in 1 60 Inch Set Absolute Horizontal Print Position in 1 60 Inch ASCII Code ESC n1 n2 Hex Code 1B24n1n2 Dec Code 27 36 n1n2 Purpose Moves the logical print head to an absolute horizontal print position using 1 60 inch increments where n1 256n2 60 the unsigned distance in inches from the left margin n1 Number of DATA bytes 256 n2 remainder of division of number of DATA bytes by 256 sometimes referred to as MOD 256 n2 Number of DATA bytes 256 quotient of division Discussion H the distance goes beyond right margin the sequence is ignored Set Bit 7 of Incoming Data Bytes to 1 ASCII Code ESC gt Hex Code 1B3E Dec Code 27 62 Purpose Sets the most significant bit MSB of all incoming data to 1 Discussion The MSB is bit number 7 This command only affects text and control code data Graphics data pass through unchanged Set Form Length in Inches ASCII Code ESC C NUL n Hex Code 1B4300n Dec Code 27670n Purpose Sets form length to n inches where n whole numbers from 1 through 24 to specify the number of inches on a form Discussion Upon receipt of this code the current line becomes the first line of the form and the form length set becomes the current forms length Vertical tab positions set below the bottom of the form are ignored Forms length is defined in inches therefore subsequent line spacing changes do not affect the result of this command Value
202. rm Note The TEXT LENGTH command could be used in conjunction with the I standard VFC and accomplish the above requirements The assumption is there are reasons to use a customized VFC this example has been simplified for clarification purposes First establish the VFC length with a 3 5 form and 6 LPI print we have 21 potential lines of print 3 5 x 6 21 Refer to the following figure for an example of the desired finished output There are many methods to accomplish this task The simplest way is to provide a 1 in CH3 Channel 3 for all possible print lines and simply call CH3 for each line including blank lines This is called line counting and leaves the burden of positioning with the programmer adding or deleting a line causes an adjustment elsewhere to be made EXAMPLE FORM Line 1 Company name Line 2 Street address Line 3 Line 4 Line 5 Line 6 Line 7 Opening line Line 8 Line 9 Line 10 Body Line 11 Body Line 12 Body Line 13 Line 14 Line 15 Line 16 Line 17 Closing line Line 18 Line 19 Line 20 P S line Line 21 56 Programmable VFC A second method involves only providing a 1 in CH3 where print will occur The programmer then simply calls CH3 and the blank lines are skipped There still is no flexibility for adding or deleting lines without VFC modification but line counting is minimized A third method involves assigning VFC channels to each section of the letter and pe
203. rn of a series of data bytes For example the bit pattern of the ASCII character A hex 41 decimal 65 is shown in Figure 4 If we rotate this data byte 90 degrees clockwise we have a vertical data byte with the most significant bit MSB at the top If we then print each 1 true bit as a dot the result is a bit image plot of the ASCII character A 193 Chapter 6 Bit Image Graphics ASCII character A Hex 41 Binary 01000001 MSB Most Significant Bit MSB MSB O 1 OJOJOJO O I 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 ME O o o l Jelo olo o o Figure 4 Vertical Data Byte Pattern The relationship between the ASCII character its decimal value and its bit image plot is shown in Figure 5 All 8 bits of the data byte are used in all fonts but some fonts have taller and shorter characters You may have to adjust the line spacing in order to print without horizontal gaps Data bytes are identified by their binary octal hexadecimal or decimal equivalents These numeric equivalents are combined in data streams to form graphic patterns such as the one illustrated in Figure 6 Binary Vertically Printed ASCII Decimal Code to Rotated Data Bit Image Character Value Equivalent Byte 128 MSB O 64 e 32 O 16 O A 65 8 O 4 O 2 O 1 o Figure 5 Bit Image Pattern from an ASCII Character Bit Image plotting is not limited to printable ASCII characters You can print Bit Image patterns for any 8 bit data byte
204. rotocol menu as described in the User s Manual The Proprinter IIl XL emulation provides many configurable parameters The default parameter values for this emulation are shown in Table 26 You can modify these parameter values in two ways The Proprinter IIl XL host control codes An extensive set of Proprinter III XL control code commands can be sent to the printer from an attached host computer via the host data stream Most of this chapter is devoted to describing the Proprinter IIl XL control code commands The printer configuration menus You can modify a subset of the Proprinter III XL emulation parameters using the printer configuration menus control panel keys and LCD as described in the User s Manual Control codes sent from a host system generally override previous settings that result from the configuration menus Note Configuration values selected from the menus or via host control codes can be saved to the printers NVRAM memory so that they will not be lost when you power off the printer or reset it to the factory default configuration The menu selection for saving a configuration to memory is described in the User s Manual 105 Chapter 106 4 Overview Proprinter Ill XL Emulation Default Settings The factory settings for the Proprinter III XL emulation menu options are shown in Table 26 Table 27 lists additional factory settings for parameters provided by the LinePrinter formatting menus
205. rred method involves using dummy VFC channels to cause the converted character to become a printable one For example always have bit 7 and bit 15 a 1 thus adding 90100 to the unprintable character and eliminating the confusion of entering unprintable data Do not call the corresponding channel bit 7 or 15 or else improper spacing will occur Ifthe VFC channels that bits 7 and 15 represent must be used these unprintable characters must be manipulated for data entry In most cases this can be dealt with by using the DISPLAY FUNCTIONS mode of your terminal Type in the ESC amp l byte counfW followed by the ASCII characters using the CONTROL key with the corresponding letter Since the CONTROL key subtracts 100 100 OCTAL simply add 96100 to the unprintable character For example 00000101 converts to 5 adding 100 gives you a 105 which is an E therefore pressing a CONTROL E gives the desired result If your terminal doesn t have a DISPLAY FUNCTIONS mode some EDITOR programs allow entering the OCTAL equivalents Some editors do not allow the user to directly enter OCTAL numbers In this case a dummy character would be entered as the VFC data Next the EDITOR CHANGE command would be used to change the dummy character to the desired ASCII character For example place an x as a dummy character in the VFC data and use the CHANGE command to replace the x with an ASCII 01 SOH character by typing
206. rt Load and End Load codes End Load Hex 1F The end load code terminates the memory load program The end load code is hex 1F Channel codes in excess of 192 channels received prior to the end load code are discarded 210 Using the EVFU Using the EVFU Once the EVFU program has been enabled and loaded sending the appropriate channel code to the printer will cause any data in the buffer to print and will position the paper to the next line on the form having the specified channel number assigned in EVFU memory For a data byte to be recognized as an EVFU instruction the following criteria must be met Data bit 5 must be 1 set e Data bits 6 8 must be 0 not set Given these conditions the lower four bits of a byte will specify the EVFU channel number Table 43 lists the EVFU channels and their equivalent data bytes Table 43 P Series EVFU Codes ASCII Data Bits Channel Hex Dec Code 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 10 16 DLE 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 TOF 11 17 DC1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 12 18 DC2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 13 19 DC3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 14 20 DC4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 5 15 21 NAK 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 6 16 22 SYN 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 7 17 23 ETB 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 8 18 24 CAN 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 9 19 25 EM 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 10 1A 26 SUB 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 11 1B 27 ESC 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 12 VT 1C 28 FS 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 13 1D 29 GS 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 14 1E 30 RS 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 O Start Load
207. ry Set Select 91 FormiE6eed initio nni a 92 Forms Length Set Inches crac 92 Forms Length Set ines 93 BIER 93 Line Spacing 1 6 Inch 6 loi 94 Line Spacing 1 8 Inch 8 Io 94 Line Spacing 8 or 10 3 Ipi 1 Line Only nn 95 Line Spacing 7 72 Inch ano nnrnnnc cnn a aus 95 Line Spacing n 72 Inch nano cn naar 96 Line Spacing n 216 Inch nn ncn nano cnn 97 OVetSCOtilig eoe Ene a a ekledi 97 Plot Even Dot P Series High Density Graphics 98 Plot Odd Dot P Series Normal Density Graphics 98 Print Mode Pitch Selection pp 99 KE 102 Superscript Subscript Printing sees 103 Superscript SubscriptPrintingReset 103 Underline eiecti cec beeen ce e ce Ee la EEN 104 VEU Commands ion ct C e he Ee tl 104 Vertical Tab u lk Ee dub t Ua 104 4 IBM Proprinter Ill XL Emulation 105 VBeIVieW so a HE alen at CREE e Gia LL 105 Proprinter IIl XL Emulation Default Settings 106 Configuring the Proprinter Ill XL Emulation with Control Codes 108 Format for Control Code Descriptions 108 Escape Control Codes Overview 108 Graphics Control Codes Overview 109 Switching Between the Emulations 111 The Co
208. s then two characters the output would look like the sample below TTTER Bell ASCII Code BEL Hex Code 07 Dec Code 07 Purpose Sounds the printer s buzzer beeper Discussion The BEL function will sound the buzzer beeper for 0 2 seconds upon receipt of this command Cancel Line ASCII Code CAN Hex Code 18 Dec Code 24 Purpose Clears all unprinted data from a line but does not affect control codes Discussion You can use this control code to delete a line but do so with caution to avoid possible misprinting This control code cancels the double wide attribute set by SO No other print attributes are 157 Chapter 5 Configuring the Epson FX 1050 Emulation with Control Codes affected The logical print head goes to the print position it had after the last CR or paper motion command Carriage Return ASCII Code CR Hex Code OD Dec Code 13 Purpose Prints the data in the buffer then returns the logical print head to the left margin Discussion Subsequent data are shifted 1 2 dot position to the right A line feed will be appended if the printer is configured from the control panel for CR CR LF When CR CR LF this code cancels all one line only emphasis and font controls double wide from SO and ESC SO and unidirectional printing from ESC Character Pitch 10 CPI ASCII Code ESC P Hex Code 1B50 Dec Code 27 80 Purpose Sets character pitch to 10 characters per inch cpi Discussion
209. s dots at the even numbered dot columns Discussion The even dot plot code is used for programming high density graphics and must be used in conjunction with the Odd Dot Plot code hex 05 Refer to the Plot Mode section in Chapter 6 for detailed plot mode information Example Print two high density plot boxes using odd and even dot plot for high density graphics Compare the example below to the normal density odd dot plot example EVEN AND ODD DOT PLOT Plot Odd Dot P Series Normal Density Graphics ASCII Code ENQ SFCCe Hex Code 05 SFCC 65 Dec Code 05 SFCC 101 Purpose Prints dots at the odd numbered dot columns Discussion This is the P Series programming normal density graphics control code The ENQ code should occur before any printable data in the data stream For high density graphics the Even Dot Plot code 04 hex must be used in conjunction with and precede the Odd Dot Plot code Refer to the P Series Compatible Plot mode section in Chapter 6 for detailed plot mode information Example Print two normal density plot boxes using odd dot plot Compare the odd dot plot example below to the high density Even Dot Plot example ODD DOT PLOT 98 Print Mode Pitch Selection Print Mode Pitch Selection ASCII Code SFCC PMODE n SFCCX mn SFCC nq Hex Code SFCC 58 mn SFCC 5Bn71 Dec Code SFCC 88 mn SFCC 91 n113 Purpose Selects the print mode and character pitch in characters per inch cpi where In SFCC PMODE
210. s follows 1 2 3 Send the plot command code ENQ hex 05 Send the plot data bytes refer to page 205 Send a line terminator either a Line Feed LF hex 0A or a Form Feed FF hex OC A Carriage Return CR may also be used instead of the LF code provided the Carriage Return has been configured for Carriage Return Carriage Return Line Feed CR CR LP a Aline feed hex OA used as the line terminator plots the contents of the buffer and advances the paper position a single dot row based on the vertical density of the current mode b Aform feed hex OC used as the line terminator plots the contents of the buffer and advances the paper to the next TOF Regardless of which line terminator code is sent the emulation will default to the previously selected print mode unless further plot control codes are provided with the data Double Density Plot For double density plot the plot line contains Control Code hex 04 plot data bytes a Line Terminator hex OA or hex OC Control Code hex 05 plot data bytes and a Line Terminator The control sequence for sending P Series Double Density Plot is as follows 1 Send the even dot plot control code EOT hex 04 followed by plot data bytes refer to page 205 Send a line terminator which causes the emulation to plot the data bytes the paper position is not advanced in Double Density Plot the emulation now waits for the second plot command and plot data bytes
211. s of n greater than 24 are ignored When forms length is set by an ESC C sequence the skip over perforation set by ESC N is cancelled This control code overrides forms length set at the control panel 185 Chapter 5 Configuring the Epson FX 1050 Emulation with Control Codes Set Form Length in Lines ASCII Code ESC C n Hex Code 1B43n Dec Code 2767n Purpose Sets the form length by lines where n 1 through 192 hex 01 through CO to specify the number of lines per form at the current line spacing Discussion The forms length is set to the number of lines defined by the quotient of n divided by the current lines per inch so that the units are in inches The current line becomes the first line of the form The forms length is always defined in inches therefore changing the Ipi after this control code has been issued does not change the forms length If the calculated forms length in lines is not an exact multiple of the target machine dot size the forms length value will be adjusted down to the next possible multiple When forms length is set by an ESC C sequence the skip over perforation set by ESC N is cancelled Set Intercharacter Spacing in 1 120 Inch ASCII Code ESC SP n Hex Code 1B20n Dec Code 2732n Purpose Permits character spacing adjustments in 1 120 inch increments where n 0 through 127 hex 00 through 7F Set Margin Left ASCII Code ESC I n lowercase L Hex Code 1B6Cn Dec Code 27
212. s selected Selecting an OCR print quality overrides any character attributes set such as condensed double wide etc Setting character attributes when OCR is set may cause unexpected results T Draft OCH A and OCH B print qualities n 2 3 or 4 are not defined in Epson FX printers Select Deselect Proportional Spacing ASCII Code ESC p n Hex Code 1B70n Dec Code 27112n where n 0 Off n 1 On Purpose Turns proportional mode on and off 183 Chapter 5 Configuring the Epson FX 1050 Emulation with Control Codes Select Serif or Sans Serif Font ASCII Code ESC k n Hex Code 1B6Bn Dec Code 27107 n Purpose Selects an NLQ font where n may range from 0 through 255 hex 00 through hex FF n 0 2 4 any even value the font selected is a serif NLQ font Courier instead of standard Epson Roman n 1 3 5 any odd value the font selected is a sans serif NLQ font Select User Defined Font ASCII Code ESC n Hex Code 1B25n Dec Code 2737 n Purpose Selects a user defined font TDiscussion The printer ignores this command and removes all font data sent from the data stream Select Vertical Tab Channel ASCII Code ESC c Hex Code 1B2Fc Dec Code 2747c Purpose Selects a vertical tab channel set by ESC b where c 0 through 7 Discussion Subsequent VT Hex 0B commands use tab table specified by C If no tab table is selected channel O is used 184 Set Absolute Horizontal P
213. s selected or the printer is reset This control code overrides line spacing set at the control panel Printing speed is reduced if printed lines overlap Example The following example illustrates 7 72 inch line spacing Control code ESC 1 sets 2798 IRR Bona epbeeguent lines 1 ng selected Line Spacing n 216 Inch ASCII Code ESC 3 n Hex Code 1B33n Dec Code 2751n Purpose Specifies the line spacing at n 216 inch increments where n 1 through 255 hex 01 through hex FF Discussion All line feeds following receipt of this code are at n 216 inch line spacing until a new line spacing is selected or the printer is reset Line spacing set by this control code overrides line spacing setting set at the control panel The vertical character position moves only in multiples of the current dot row spacing If the distance to move is other than a multiple of the current dot row spacing the remainder is added to the next paper motion command Paper movement occurs in multiples of 3 216 only Use caution when combining this control code with other print attributes such as Elongated Double High Superscript or Subscript overlapping lines may occur Print speed is reduced if lines overlap Example The following example illustrates n 216 inch line spacing Control code ESC 3 50 sets line spacing at 50 216 inch increments for all subsequent lines until reset or another spacing is selected 175 Chapter 5 Configuring the Epson
214. s the emphasized print character attribute See Example for using ESC E combined with ESC F 125 Chapter 4 Configuring the Proprinter III XL Emulation with Control Codes Form Feed ASCII Code FF Hex Code OC Dec Code 12 Purpose Prints the data in the buffer advances the paper to the next top of form and moves the logical printhead to the first character column Discussion Forms length is set by using the control panel or forms length control codes This code cancels double wide expanded characters if set by the SO command The Form Feed command will react differently when the VFU is active Refer to Chapter 7 in this manual for further information The Form Feed command will react differently when the control panel selection FF Valid at TOP is disabled Refer to the User s Manual for further information Forms Length Set in Inches ASCII Code ESC C NUL n Hex Code 1B4300n Dec Code 27670n Purpose Sets the length of forms paper in inches where n whole numbers from 1 through 21 hex 01 through hex 15 to specify the number of inches on a page All larger values are ignored Discussion Upon receipt of this code the current line becomes the first line of the form and the forms length set becomes the current forms length Vertical tab positions set below the bottom of the form are ignored in addition once a new forms length is set the bottom margin is set to zero Line spacing changes do not affect the r
215. scape Sequences sse 152 AttributeSetandResetCodes 153 NUL Code voii rap W a ita 153 SwitchingBetweenthekEmulations 153 TheControlCodes 154 lee LEET 157 Bells tnit RU I Ido rd 157 Cancel Lidia den 157 Carriage Return is 158 Character Pitch 10 CH 158 Character Pitch 12 CH 158 Character Pitch 15 CPI 158 Character Set Select International Languages 159 Clear Bit 7 of Incoming Data Bytes to 0 160 Condensed Print m 160 Condensed Print Reset A 161 Cut Sheet Paper Feed Control 161 Define a Download Character Nt 161 DeleteCharacter 161 Double High Print Set Reset pp 162 Double Strike eere ci 162 Double Strike Cancel 163 Double Wide Print 1 gt u 163 DoubleWidePrint Oneline 164 Double Wide Print Oneline Cancel 164 Emphasized Print ANNER 165 Emphasized Print Cance 165 Table of Contents Enable Printing Hex Codes 00 1Fand80 9F 165 FOr FOC A ME 167 Graphics Standard Density pp 167 Graphics Double Density pp 168 Graphics Double Density Double Speed 169 Graphics Quadruple Density pp 170 Half Spee
216. sed Horizontal tabs are stored as a relative position therefore character pitch changes will change horizontal tab positions Refer to the ESC D control code description page 142 to set new tab positions Tab Set Clear Horizontal ASCII Code ESC D n1 n2 nk NUL Hex Code 1B 44 n1 n2 nk 00 Dec Code 2768 n1 n2 nk 0 Purpose Sets up to 28 horizontal tab positions Discussion n1 n2 up to nk denote character column positions for tab stops at the current character pitch where n1 and n2 represent the 142 Example Control Tab Vertical first two tab stops and nk is the final tab stop You may specify from 1 up to 28 tab stops all parameters after 28 are ignored The leftmost character column position is 1 The value for each tab stop can range from 1 through 255 hex 01 through hex FP inclusive and all tabs must be specified in ascending order Any out of order symbols are ignored though the remainder of the sequence is processed If you are defining a sequence of tabs terminate the string with a OOH notan ESC D 00H If you want every column to be set with a horizontal tab use ESC D 00H If only one tab position is set and it is beyond the right margin then every column is also set as a horizontal tab Any change in character pitch within a line changes the tab positions for the entire line All control codes that define horizontal distance expressed in units of characters are stored internally in character c
217. set Spanish 228 IBM PC Primary Subset Latin American ll 229 IBM PC Extended Subset 0437 PC Character Set 230 IBM PC Extended Subset 0850 PC Multilingual 231 Multinational ASCI USA a 232 Multinational EBCDIC eee 233 ECMA Latin 1 Primary Subset ASCII USA 234 ECMA Latin 1 Primary Subset German 235 ECMA Latin 1 Primary Subset Swedish pp 236 ECMA Latin 1 Primary Subset Danish 237 ECMA Latin 1 Primary Subset Nonweotan 238 ECMA Latin 1 Primary Subset Finnish 239 ECMA Latin 1 Primary Subset English UK 240 ECMA Latin 1 Primary Subset Dutch 241 ECMA Latin 1 Primary Subset French 242 ECMAlLatin1 PrimarySubset Spanish 243 ECMA Latin 1 Primary Subset Italian 244 ECMA Latin 1 Primary Subset Turkish 245 ECMA Latin 1 Primary Subset Japanese pp 246 ECMA Latin 1 Extended Subset Multinattonal 247 ECMA Latin 1 Extended Subset Barcode 10 cpi 248 ECMA Latin 1 Extend
218. shown e O and 30 are equal Either value can be used in your program expression The value of mis represented by the font choice line 101 Chapter 3 Configuring the P Series Emulation with Control Codes Note The character set used when OCR A or OCR B is selected depends on I the Standard character set currently selected The character set can be Y changed by using SFCC or by using the front panel Example Any of the BASIC expressions listed below will select the DP print mode at 17 cpi where m print mode SOH hex 00 or O hex 30 n pitch EOT hex 04 or 4 hex 34 CHR 1 X CHR 0 CHR 4 CHR 1 X CHR 30 CHR 34 CHR 1 X04 Reverse ASCII Code SFCC n Hex Code SFCC 7D 3B n Dec Code SFCC 125 59 n Purpose Moves the logical print head up Discussion If n is L the print head moves up one line Reverse line feed If n is P the print head moves up to the previous top of form Reverse form feed 102 Superscript Subscript Printing Superscript Subscript Printing ASCII Code SFCC S n Hex Code SFCC 53n Dec Code SFCC 83n Purpose Selects superscript or subscript printing Discussion An SFCC S code can be set for superscript or subscript printing as follows where n SOH hex 01 or 1 hex 31 enables subscript printing n NUL hex 00 or 0 hex 30 enables superscript printing When this control code is received all characters will be superscript or s
219. since the eighth bit is used for the communication protocol Selecting channels 8 or 16 for 7 bit data is not recommended Special VFC Considerations Before loading a VFC table it is recommended that a VFC select of channel O be performed This will bring the printer to the top of the physical page When a programmed VFC is loaded into RAM the logical page length is automatically calculated using the following formula Logical Page Length in number of lines 2 byte count 2 The example on page 61 shows a VFC table which uses standard VFC definitions and also illustrates a programmable VFC Example Defining a 3 5 inch form at six lines per inch 1 inch 6 lines x 3 5 inches 21 lines 55 Chapter 2 Configuring the PCL II Emulation with Control Codes Programmable VFC Using PCL Programmable VFC s using PCL seem to cause a lot of problems and misunderstandings Most of the misunderstanding concerns the use of the escape sequence used to set the VFC file This escape sequence is used to override the default VFC of the printer This escape sequence can be hard coded into a program or ASCII file VFC s are best understood by reviewing an actual example of how to implement them For this discussion the example consists of a 3 5 inch form at six lines per inch with several different channels defined for use on the form to be printed 1 inch 6 lines per inch x 3 5 inches 21 lines therefore this would be a 21 line fo
220. sity 240 dots per inch horizontally and 72 dots per inch vertically This code causes print speed to be reduced by half For more information see Bit Image Graphics on page 193 Example The following example produces quadruple density graphics of the pattern used in the Single Density Bit Image Mode example Note that the amount of data must be quadrupled for quadruple density the data is used 108 times rather than 27 Guad Density Bit Image Graphics 118 Bold Printing Bold Printing ASCII Code ESC G Hex Code 1B 47 Dec Code 27 71 Purpose Selects bold character printing Discussion When this command is received all characters are printed in bold until reset by the Bold Print Reset control code or printer reset The bold print attribute is implemented by increasing the dot density for the bold text with a result similar to emphasized printing Bold printing reduces the current print speed by one half Note The ESC E page 125 and ESC G commands are equivalent they produce the same print effect Example The following sample illustrates bold character printing Control code ESC G selects bold character printing for example AaBbCcDdEeFf GgHhIiJjAkL1MmNnOoPp Control code ESC H cancels bold character printing Bold Printing Cancel ASCII Code ESC H Hex Code 1B 48 Dec Code 2772 Purpose Cancels bold printing Discussion No other print attributes are changed 119
221. son Set Italian nennen 282 EpsonSet Spanishl a huaska qen 283 Epson Set Japane Se A 284 Epson Set Norwegian pp 285 Epson Set Danish Mii 286 Epson Set Spanish llu uuu a i un nennen 287 Epson Set Latin American ssssssseseereseretreertrrrestterrterrrrenerrnnsrer e 288 Epson Set French Canadian 289 Epson Set Latin American Il sssesssseseeseseeereererrresrrtrterrrrenererrsree e 290 OCR A viii da 291 Table of Contents E Contact Information 293 Printronix Customer Support Center 293 Printronix Supplies Department 293 Corporate Offlces conan nnonn cnn nn rara 294 1 Introduction About this Guide This manual explains how to work with the standard emulations provided with your printer so that it works properly and efficiently The Technical Reference Manual is designed so that you can quickly find the information you need to use and configure your Printronix P8000 Series printer Warnings and Special Information Read and comply with all information highlighted under special headings Warning Warning messages call attention to situations that could hurt you or Y damage the equipment Caution Conditions that could damage the printer or related equipment Note A note gives you helpful hints about printer operation and maintenance Chapter 1 _ About this Guide Related Product Information Refer to
222. stal Code With 3 Digit ISO Country Code Prefix n3 n3 an 9 8001 Roll Products Width Length Core Diameter Direction and Splices n4 n14 8003 UPC EAN Number and Serial Number or Returnable Asset n4 n14 an 16 8004 UCC EAN Serial Identification n4 an 30 8005 Identifies the Price Per Unit of Measure n4 n6 8006 Component of an Article n4 n14 n2 n2 8018 Service Relation Number n4 n18 8100 Coupon Extended Code Number System Character and Offer n4 n1 n5 8101 Coupon Extended Code Number System Character Offer and End of Offer n4 n1 n5 n4 8102 Coupon Extended Code Number System Character Preceded by Zero n4 n1 n1 90 Mutually Agreed Between Trading Partners n2 an 30 91 Intra Company Internal n2 an 30 92 Intra Company Internal n2 an 30 93 Intra Company Internal n2 an 30 94 Intra Company Internal n2 an 30 95 Internal Carriers n2 an 30 96 Internal Carriers n2 an 30 97 Intra Company Internal n2 an 30 98 Intra Company Internal n2 an 30 99 Internal n2 an 30 To indicate only year and month DD must be filled with 00 Plus one digit for length indication Plus one digit for decimal point indication Data Value Representation a alphabetic characters an alpha numeric characters an 3 up to 3 alpha numeric characters n numeric characters n 3 up to 3 numeric characters n3 3 numeric characters fixed length 37 Chapter 2 Configuring the PCL II Emulation with Control Codes U
223. t 196 Bold PCL II 65 BS Backspace Proprinter control code 114 Index C CAN Cancel Proprinter control code 120 Carriage control directives 69 Carriage Return Epson FX 1050 158 Proprinter emulation 120 Character density selection PCL II 42 Character font selection PCL II 45 Character overstrike PCL II 47 Character sets ASCII 213 Epson FX 1050 international overlays 159 Proprinter III XL control codes 110 P Series international overlays 85 Character style selection PCL II 47 Clearing horizontal margins PCL II 50 Code selection Bar Code table 28 Configuration report printing PCL II 65 Configuring PCL II 23 Contact information 293 Control code description format Epson FX 1050 152 Proprinter Ill XL 108 295 Control codes P Series emulation description format 74 P Series emulation index 77 P Series header 75 table 24 Control codes index Epson FX 1050 154 Proprinter emulation 112 Cursor control PCL II 47 Customer Support Center 293 D Dagger symbol non standard Epson code 150 DC2 ESC DC2 Condensed Print Cancel Proprinter control code 122 DC4 ESC DC4 Double Wide Print Cancel Proprinter control code 124 Default values Epson FX 1050 emulation 148 PCL II 22 Proprinter Ill XL emulation 106 P Series emulation 72 Density selection for bit images 195 Diskette storage of emulation configuration 23 Display functions mode PCL II 49 E EAN 13 Bar Code w
224. ter must be reset from the host system Double Wide Print ASCII Code ESC W n Hex Code 1B57n Dec Code 2787n Purpose Selects or cancels double wide expanded print where n may range from 0 through 255 hex 00 through hex FF If n2 1 3 5 any odd value double wide print is selected If n 0 2 4 any even value double wide print is cancelled Discussion An ESC W code sets or cancels double wide print as follows When expanded print using ESC W is received all characters print double wide until cancelled by an even parameter hex code Double wide print can also be set via the command SO and ESC SO double wide print for one line only An ESC W code overrides these settings Example The following sample illustrates expanded character printing and expanded character printing reset Control code ESC W 1 selects expanded character printing Control code ESC W O resets expanded character printing 123 Chapter 4 Configuring the Proprinter III XL Emulation with Control Codes Double Wide Print One Line Only ASCII Code SO ESC SO Hex Code OE 1B OE Dec Code 14 27 14 Purpose Selects double wide print for one line only Discussion This expanded print command is a line by line print attribute when the SO or ESC SO command is received the current line will be printed double wide and automatically reset This command can be reset by a paper motion command FF LF VT CR by the DC4 double wide
225. the appropriate SFCC code sequence and the numbers 1 or 0 These may be either the hexadecimal code 01 and 00 or the ASCII code for the printable symbols of decimal 1 and O hexadecimal code 31 and 30 respectively Expanded Print Super Subscript Print and Underline are attributes that are set reset this way NUL Code NUL hex 00 is ignored by the printer and can be used as a fill character however it can not be used to add blank spaces since it is not a space character Note Hex 80 in the 0437 PC Character Set and hex 7F in the 0850 PC Character Set are treated as a NUL however these two controls can not be used as parameter terminators 76 Print Modes Supported for Character Sets All print modes are supported for all character sets however for the character sets listed in Table 16 only the print modes listed are supported Table 16 Print Modes Supported Character Set Mode Pitch Barcode 10 cpi DP 10 Multinational DP 10 cpi DP 10 Multinational DP 12 cpi DP 12 Multinational NLQ 10 cpi NLQ 10 Greek DP 10 cpi DP 10 Greek DP 12 cpi DP 12 Greek NLQ 10 cpi NLQ 10 Graphic DP 10 cpi DP 10 Graphic NLQ 10 cpi NLQ 10 Scientific DP 10 cpi DP 10 Scientific DP 12 cpi DP 12 Scientific NLQ 10 cpi NLQ 10 OCR A OCR A 10 OCR B OCR B 10 The Control Codes The Control Codes This index lists each printer command by function ASCII mnemonic and the page where the command is explained
226. the following books for printer operation P8000 Users Manual Provides configuration instructions and descriptions and troubleshooting guidelines e P8000 Quick Setup Guide Describes the keys on the control panel and provides quick reference information on daily printer operations such as loading paper and replacing ribbons Italian French German and Spanish are included e P8000 Maintenance Manual This manual is not shipped with the printer but can be ordered It explains how to maintain and repair the LineJet printer at the field service level of maintenance This manual covers alignments and adjustments preventive and corrective maintenance troubleshooting and basic principles of operation BCL A Software Features This section outlines many of the features available with the software described in this manual Note For software installation instructions refer to the User s Manual PCL II The PCL II emulation software provides the following features Graphics and a selection of print densities You can enable graphics mode and specify a density mode dots per inch Print Attributes Characters can be bold italic double high double wide etc Page Formatting PCL II commands allow you to set line spacing page length and vertical forms control Font Typefaces Also referred to as print modes The five typefaces include Near Letter Quality NLQ Data Processing DP High Speed
227. ting in high speed draft mode display function characters will not be printed 49 Chapter 2 Configuring the PCL II Emulation with Control Codes Horizontal Margin Selection Absolute left and right margin selection is accomplished using the following escape sequences ESC amp al print position Set left margin ESC amp ajJprint position M Set right margin The print position specified indicates a decimal number in the range 0 through 131 10cpi 0 65 for Double size 5 cpi 0 219 for compressed 16 67 cpi The print position represents the column using the print pitch active when the margin is set For example if the character pitch is 10 characters inch and the left margin is set to column 20 the left margin will be two inches from the left physical limit of the printer If the pitch is then changed to 5 characters inch the left margin would still be in the same logical position but column 20 would be four inches from the left physical limit of the printer instead of 2 inches Margins can be set at any column regardless of the present printing position If the new margin selected is to the right of the current print position then the new setting takes effect immediately If the new margin setting is to the left of the current print position then the new setting does not take effect until the cursor is reset to zero The first column within a line is designated column O If a print position greater or less than the printer
228. tion within the printer s physical limits If a request is made for a location outside the printer s physical limits the current active position is moved to the appropriate limit Cursor Positioning The Cursor Positioning commands are used to move the cursor horizontally or vertically in 1 720 inch increments Absolute and relative positions are supported but not fractional decimals Do not use Cursor Positioning commands to go beyond page boundaries Horizontal ESC amp a H Vertical ESC amp a t V Reverse paper motion may occur if vertical positioning is set to a value higher than the current position Note After a Cursor Positioning command the backspace commands do not function Display Functions Mode PCL Level l The display functions mode can be entered using the ESCY sequence In the display functions mode the printer prints representative character symbols for the control code characters instead of actually executing the control characters In this mode the carriage return CR control character will cause a CR symbol to be printed and an actual carriage return and line feed to be performed The display functions mode can be exited by sending an ESCZ sequence The ESCZ will be printed before the mode is terminated Display Functions Mode off is the printer default state Note The system driver may only allow the printer to print one line in the display functions mode When the printer is prin
229. to 60 of the former character width as possible up to 20 characters per inch Discussion The condensed print command affects all subsequent characters After the printer receives code SI all characters are printed condensed approximately 60 per cent of the width of normal characters until the printer is reset by ESC M ESC P DC2 a printer reset or a new print mode control code SI code hex OF is equivalent to the ESC SI code If condensed print is not allowed in the current font this code is ignored Proportionally spaced text cannot be condensed Proportional spacing overrides condensed printing When condensed print is selected the following character pitches go into effect DP 10 cpi condenses to DP 17 1 cpi NLQ 10 12 and 15 cpi condense to NLQ 17 1 cpi Draft 10 cpi condenses to Draft 17 1 cpi DP 12 and 15 cpi condense to DP 20 Draft 12 and 15 cpi condense to Draft 20 T This control code condenses character width but notinter character spacing An actual Epson FX 1050 printer condenses both character width and spacing If Condensed Print is combined with Double High ESC w printing only Double High printing will occur Example This sample shows condensed character printing and reset Control code SI selects condensed character printing Control code DC2 resets condensed character printing 160 Condensed Print Reset Condensed Print Reset ASCII Code DC2 Hex Code 12 Dec Code 18 Purpose C
230. two ways Method 1 Table 6 uses the frame bars as separate characters and Method 2 Table 7 links the frame bars to the first and last characters Table 6 Method 1 ZIP Code digit Frame Bar Binary Text Converted ZIP Code Code Equivalent Text To Printer Digit Pairs Conversion Frame Bar 1 45 0100101010 f 83 1001000110 45 83 48 84 47 09 48 0100110010 SOVJ U0 30 0 00 Y HS 84 1001001001 47 0100110001 09 1100010100 Frame Bar 1 A Note SO Shift Out hex OE and SI Shift In hex OF 40 US Postnet Barcodes Table 7 Method 2 ZIP Code digit Frame Bar Binary Symbol Converted ZIP Code Code Equivalent Text To Printer Digit Pairs Conversion Frame Bar 4 10 10 01 58 01 01 01 00 10 34 00 11001001 45 83 48 84 47 09 88 1001010010 SON 0001 0 0 7 C OI 44 01 00 10 1001 79 1000 11 1000 9 Frame Bar 10 10 01 Note SO Shift Out hex OE and SI Shift In hex OF 4 0 CPI 20 bars per inch US POSTNET Bar Code Font Selection You may select either of the US POSTNET character sets from the front panel or through escape sequences Refer to your User s Manual for details on front panel menus The following escape sequence will configure the 4 0 cpi POSTNET BAR CODE as a secondary font ESC OK Compatible
231. ty NLQ They may be selected using the configuration menus described in detail in your User s Manual The maximum set of printable symbols is shown for columns hex 80 9F selected via the ESC 6 control code 267 Appendix C 0437 PC Character Set 0437 PC Character Set 0 1 2 3 6 8 9 A B C D F 0 0 L 1 1 Q 4 l 1 a 2 id 2 e v res b e amp T T 2 3 y 3 c a 6 wu F L ES 4 4 d 4 0 1 E f S A 5 5 e 0 4 F J 6 4 amp 6 f a a 1 F T 7 i 7 g 9 4 S 8 8 h 8 y 3 Eb S 9 y de 59 1 e 0 r al P 4 A E pee or pe a B de om k i d or e A d e Br xt Ww 1 ox W J JE a n D e m i Y i d lI 2 E A 2 n A RS d F v o A f gt 4 m 268 0850 PC Multilingual al gt gt le 2 ip io uc B m OH Di Ce 269 Appendix C OCRA OCRA 270 Zl OCR B t4 EA 271 Appendix C OCRB 272 D Epson Emulation Character Sets Introduction This appendix shows the character set charts also referred to as code pages for the Epson emulation The character sets are shown in Near Letter Quality NLQ They may be selected using the configuration menus described in detail in your User s Manual The international character sets may be selected using the ESC R n control code see page 159 The maximum set of printable symbols is shown for columns hex 80 9F selected via the ESC or
232. uble wide print for one line only Discussion This expanded print control code is a line by line print attribute when the SFCC k control code is received the current line is printed double wide and then automatically reset This control code can be reset by a paper motion control code LF VT CR etc SFCC Q printer reset CAN or SFCC W double wide print Example The following sample illustrates Expanded Print for one line only Another example of expanded printing is shown for Expanded Double Wide Print SFCC W on page 90 Control code S0 selects expanded character Printing for one line only Expanded Print Double Wide Set Reset ASCII Code SFCC W n Hex Code SFCC 57n Dec Code SFCC87n Purpose Selects or resets expanded double wide print where n SOH hex 01 or 1 hex 31 selects expanded print n NUL hex 00 or O hex 30 resets expanded print Discussion When expanded print using SFCC W is received all characters will be printed double wide until reset by the expanded print reset control code or a printer reset Example The following sample illustrates expanded character printing and expanded character printing reset Control code ESC W 1 selects expanded character printing Control code ESC WY O resets expanded character printing Extended Character Set Extended Character Set ASCII Code SO SFCC SO SFCCn SFCC 4 Hex Code OE SFCC OE SFCC 6E SFCC 34 Dec Code 14 SFCC 14 SFCC110 SFC
233. ubscript until reset by the super subscript printing reset control code SFCC T or printer reset Use caution when combining this command with other print attributes arbitrary combinations might yield unexpected results Note Superscript and subscript characters print at the same size as the current font They are shifted up or down one half of a line Example The following sample illustrates superscript subscript printing CONTROL CODE ESC 8 0 SELECT SSUFERSCRIFT ABC CONTROL CODE ESC S 1 SGELECTSsimSCRIPT CONTROL CODE ESC T CANCELS SUPERSCRIPT SUBSCRIPT PRINTING Superscript Subscript Printing Reset ASCII Code SFCC T Hex Code SFCC 54 Dec Code SFCC 84 Purpose Resets superscript and subscript printing Example See the Superscript Subscript Printing command example 103 Chapter 3 Configuring the P Series Emulation with Control Codes Underline ASCII Code SFCC n Hex Code SFCC 2D n Dec Code SFCC 45 n Purpose Enables or disables automatic underlining of all characters where n SOH hex 01 or 1 hex 31 enables automatic underlining n NUL hex 00 or 0 hex 30 disables automatic underlining Discussion When automatic underline is enabled all characters including spaces will be underlined until disabled Example The following sample illustrates automatic underlining Control code ESC 1 enables automatic underlining Control code ESC 0 disables automatic underlining VFU Commands
234. ugh escape sequences Refer to the User s Manual for details on front panel menus The following escape sequence will configure the 11 3 cpi POSTNET BAR CODE as a secondary font ESC 1KESC s11 3H The sequence above sets the secondary font symbol set to 11 3 cpi POSTNET BAR CODE and sets the pitch to 11 3 cpi Once the Secondary character set is configured for 11 3 cpi Postnet Bar Codes the Shift Out command can be used to activate the bar codes Shift Out hex OE After the bar code is printed the normal print mode is activated by using the Shift In commana Shift In hex OF Note It is recommended setting the US POSTNET Bar Code character set as C the secondary set with the normal operation mode as the primary font 38 US Postnet Barcodes Printing 11 3 CPI US POSTNET Bar Code Information The US POSTNET BAR CODES represent digits O 9 with five vertical bars Each digit consists of two long bars 1 s and three short bars 0 s The Delivery Point Bar Code font is designed to be printed only at 11 3 cpi or 22 5 bars per inch A Delivery Point Bar Code is an eleven digit postal code For five or nine postal bar codes use the 4 0 cpi US POSTNET Bar Code The eleven numeric characters are ZIP 4 2 Frame Correction Frame Bar Digit Bar 5 6 7 8 9 1 11000 00011 00101 00110 01001 01010 01100 10001 10010 10100 00011 sn scil cepi sol V 5C h II 7E h il 7D h li 7B h
235. uration menus You can modify a subset of the P Series emulation parameters using the printer configuration menus control panel keys and LCD as described in the User s Manual A parameter value set by a host control code generally overrides a value set from the printer s control panel Note Configuration values selected from the menus or via host control codes can be saved to the printers NVRAM memory so that they will not be lost when you power off the printer or reset it to the factory defaults The menu selection for saving a configuration to memory is described in the User s Manual 71 Chapter 72 3 Overview P Series Default Values and States The factory settings for the P Series emulation menu options are shown in Table 13 Table 14 lists additional factory settings for parameters provided by the LinePrinter formatting menus The EMULATION menu options are described in the User s Manual Host control codes can override many of the settings for these menu options Table 13 P Series Default Settings Characteristic Default Setting Control Code 06 Control Code 08 Define CR Code Auto LF Overstrike Define LF Code Select SFCC EVFU Selected Alternate Set 80 9F Character Set Primary Subset Extended Subset SFCC d Command 8 0 LPI Elongated CR CR Disable Enable LF CR LF 1 Enable Control Code IBM PC ASCII USA Code Page 437 Even Dot Plot P Series Default
236. ust have a line identification code Filler channel codes are used for lines that will not be accessed by the print program Any channel code can be used as a filler except channel code 1 which is reserved for the top of form and channel code 12 which is reserved as the vertical tab channel The same filler channel code can be repeated as necessary for any number of lines Channel 1 The top of form code reserved as the first line on the form or the first line printed top of form position The operating program sends the channel 1 code to advance to the top of the next form After the memory is loaded a Form Feed code FF hex OC will move the paper to the next channel 1 top of form Channels 2 through 11 13 and 14 Used as general channel codes line identification codes or filler channels Each line on the form must be identified by a channel code When the operating program sends the channel code the paper advances to the line identified by the channel code Lines not used by the operating program must be identified by filler channels unused channel codes Channel 12 Reserved as the Vertical Tab channel The Vertical Tab code VT hex 0B prints any data in the print buffer and rapidly slews the paper to the next line identified by the channel 12 code If channel 12 is not loaded in the EVFU memory a single line feed will be executed when a VT code is sent Channel 15 and 16 The codes for Channels 15 and 16 function as the Sta
237. w L First byte of graphics data Second byte of graphics data ESC b2W ESC rB ESC b2W Indicates two bytes of data to follow First byte of graphics data Second byte of graphics data ESC rB Raster graphics complete Many systems perform an automatic line feed after each line of data The system s automatic line feed must be suppressed or else the raster lines will not be adjacent to each other A file equation which specifies the line length for example RESC 219 may be used to suppress the automatic line feed along with carriage control directives such as Self test Graphics files must be raster graphics files in the format described here in order to print on the printer To print vector graphics files such as graphics files created for plotters a vector to raster conversion must be performed on the data Vector to raster conversion is NOT a standard feature of the printer Text and graphics cannot mix on the same line due to grid conflicts Raster graphics use 8 bit data Self test PCL Level l ESCz prints the PCL II configuration report which shows available character sets symbol sets bar codes etc Standard Computed VFC The printer VFC uses the logical page and form length text length to calculate the distance to be skipped for each VFC channel This information is then loaded into the printer s VFC table The table is 16 channels wide and n lines long where n is the logical page len
238. with 256XC series printers ESC OKESC s4 0H Compatible with C235XA series printers The sequence above sets the secondary font symbol set to 4 0 cpi POSTNET BAR CODE and sets the pitch to 4 0 cpi Once the Secondary character set is configured for 4 0 CPI Postnet Bar Codes the Shift Out command can be used to activate the bar codes Shift Out hex OE After the bar code is printed the normal print mode is activated by using the Shift In command Shift In hex OF Note i It is recommended setting the US POSTNET Bar Code character set as the secondary set with the normal operation mode as the primary font 41 Chapter 2 Configuring the PCL II Emulation with Control Codes Perform the following steps to determine the check digit for 45834 8844 70 1 Calculate the check digit Add the digits of the postal code 4 5 8 3 4 8 8 4 4 7 0 51 2 Subtract from the next highest multiple of ten 60 51 29 The check digit is 9 3 Text sent to Printer SONUL458348844709 SI SO Shift Out hex OE NUL Nul hex 00 SI Shift In hex OF Character Density Selection PCL Level Ill Standard density print high density print and high speed draft printing can be specified using the following escape sequences Primary Selection ESC s0Q Select Standard Density 12 x 9 dot matrix 120 x 72 dpi for the primary font ESC s1Q Select High Density 18 x 12 dot matrix 180 x 96 dpi for the primary font ESC s 1
239. with decimal values ranging from O through 255 The ASCII character set is charted in Appendix A 194 Designing a Bit Image Pattern Designing a Bit Image Pattern A Bit Image pattern is produced in four steps 1 Ona quadrille pad or graph paper lay out the graphic pattern you want to print See Figure 6 2 Determine the decimal equivalent of each vertical data byte in your pattern The sum of the decimal equivalent of each true bit in the vertical data byte is the decimal equivalent of the data byte Write a program to generate the pattern Enter and run the program on the host computer 1st Bit Image Data Byte 2nd Bit Image Data Byte Decimal Weights 7th Bit Image Date Byte MSB 128 64 32 16 8 4 2 LSB 1 Decimal ZS 146 e 255 ee 146 is Equivalents Figure 6 Bit Image Pattern Plan Bit Image Density You can print bit image graphics in different dot densities Select dot densities by sending a control code in the data stream Note Every line of graphics data must include the necessary plot mode command so the printer can perform the chosen graphics functions Single Density Mode ESC K Single density bit image graphics in a Data Processing DP print quality are printed at 60 dots per inch dpi horizontally and 72 dpi vertically For NLQ print quality the horizontal dot density is 90 dpi and vertical dot density is 96 dpi For High Speed HS draft print quality horizontal dot densit
240. xecute the commands of a particular printer control language A printer control language is the coding system used to convey manipulate and print data It contains character codes and command sequences that configure the emulation In this manual the terms emulation printer protocol and printer control language are synonymous In the HP PCL II emulation mode your printer can print files coded for the HP PCL II printer control language To select the PCL II emulation mode as the active printer emulation select PCL II in the ACTIVE EMULATION menu and then the PCL II menu will appear under the EMULATION menu as described in the User s Manual The PCL II emulation provides many configurable parameters The default parameter values for this emulation are shown in Table 1 You can modify the emulation parameter values in two ways e The PCL II host control codes An extensive set of PCL II control code commands can be sent to the printer from an attached host computer via the host data stream Most of this chapter is devoted to describing the PCL II control code commands The printer configuration menus You can modify a subset of the PCL II emulation parameters using the printer configuration menus and control panel keys as described in the User s Manual A parameter value set by a host control code overrides a value set from the printer s control panel Note Configuration values selected from the menus or via host control codes
241. y double speed dot columns are printed at 120 dpi horizontally and 72 dpi vertically but adjacent dots are not printed Double density double speed does not decrease printing speed When ESC Z quadruple density is selected the dot columns are printed at 240 dpi horizontally and 72 dpi vertically Quadruple density reduces printing speed by one half All line by line character print attributes are ignored in Bit Image graphics The most significant bit for each data character is the uppermost dot position in the vertical dot image pattern A bit value of 1 indicates a dot a value of 0 indicates a blank In 7 bit RS 232E serial interface protocol the most significant bit bit 8 is cleared to O Code Page and Character Set Control Codes A code page is a set of symbols consisting of letters numbers and graphic elements For the Proprinter IIl XL emulation your printer supports characters from IBM s Code Page 0437 and Code Page 0850 among an extensive array of different print quality and print language sets The print language sets are selected using the Print Language configuration menu option which is described in detail in your User s Manual Two columns of characters hex 80 through 9F may be configured as either control codes or printable symbols Control code ESC 7 selects Character Set 1 hex 80 9F configured as control codes Control code ESC 6 selects Character Set 2 hex 80 9F configured as printable symbols Ignored C
242. y is 60 dpi and vertical dot density is 48 dpi 195 Chapter 196 6 Bit Image Graphics Double Density Mode ESC L Double density mode prints up to twice the number of dots per inch horizontally in the same space used for single density The vertical dot density remains the same as in single density mode Double horizontal density requires twice the number of input data bytes to print the same length line as single density Printing double density reduces the printing speed by half Double Speed Double Density Mode ESC Y When the double density double speed control code is received data bytes print at double the current horizontal dot density but adjacent dots are not printed Since double density graphics are printed at half speed double speed double density graphics are printed at the same speed as single density graphics This mode is often used to position a simulated print head precisely by sending blank dot columns Quadruple Density Mode ESC Z When printing quadruple density graphics the printer combines adjacent quadruple density bit image bytes The compounded data are then printed in double density mode Bit Image Programming Format The bit image command format is ESC CC n1 n2 DATA where ESC the serial matrix SFCC CC K L Y or Z to select dot density K single L double Y double density double speed Z quadruple density n Number of DATA bytes 256 n2 remainder of divisio
243. y line Channel assignments are discussed in the VFU sections 3 Determine the programming sequence The format of the sequence depends on the type of VFU you select and is discussed in each VFU section of this chapter 4 Send the programming sequence to the printer in the host data stream This loads the VFU program 207 Chapter 7 Proprinter and Epson Vertical Tab Table VFU Characteristics Keep in mind the following information when programming and using a VFU Elongated Characters You can use elongated double high characters in VFU programs The VFU automatically counts one line of elongated characters as two character lines VFU Not Loaded If the VFU is not loaded the printer performs a single line feed in response to VFU commands Paper Runaway Protection If the VFU memory is loaded and a channel code is sent that was not previously loaded the printer moves the paper a single line feed Line Spacing The printer can use either 6 or 8 lines per inch Ipi spacing These VFUs calculate the forms length by line density selected The 6 and 8 Ipi spacing may be mixed on the same form but should be done carefully Form Feed A form feed sent from the control panel or a command from the host moves the paper to the first channel 1 which is the top of form Vertical Tab A VT command moves the paper to the next channel 12 If a channel 12 is not loaded a line feed will occur Proprinter and Epson Vertical Tab Table
244. y of the LinePrinter Plus protocols by sending one of the following commands ESC 00000X Switches from PCL II to P Series ESC 00001X Switches from PCL II to Proprinter III XL ESC 00002X Switches from PCL II to Epson FX 1050 SFCCI KO Switches from any of the LinePrinter Plus emulations to PCL II Note The SFCC is the Special Function Control Code From the P Series 1 protocol this code is selectable from the front panel The default value is hex 01 For the Proprinter and Epson emulations the SFCC is always the ESC hex 1B character Configuring the PCL II Emulation with Control Codes The remainder of this chapter describes the PCL II printer control language codes that may be sent from a host computer attached to the printer The escape ESC control code is used to select most of the programmable features Commands and control codes sent from a host system override settings in the configuration menus However any configuration settings from host control codes will be gone once the printer is powered off or reset to the default values Host control codes are never reflected in the PCL II configuration menu In order to save a configuration it is necessary to select the desired options from the front panel and save the options to one of the printers eight user selectable configurations The User s Manual describes the menu option for saving changes to the printer memory Printer Feature Set Compatibility The pr

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