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Line Matrix Printers LG Programmer`s Reference Manual

1. 48 Graphic Size Selection GSS sse 49 Graphic Size Modification GSM sese 50 Setting Plot Density 51 Table of Contents Set Graphics Density DECSGD 52 SPACING 54 Spacing Pitch Increment SPI a 55 Select Vertical Line Spacing SVS 57 Set Vertical Pitch DECVERP sess 58 Select Horizontal Character Spacing SHS 59 Set Horizontal Pitch DECSHORP 60 Vertical Formal iut in edge ac et enc de 61 Load Vertical Format Unit VFU ooo eee ee sse 62 End Load VFU 2 ene e HERR ee eee 63 Channel Command I 64 og TR ID 66 Loading Forms Sequence DECLFM 67 FROMM LW POS S m 71 Start Forms Sequence DECIFM sene 72 Terminate Forms Sequence DECTFM _ 73 Delete Forms Sequence DECDFM 73 Forms Considerations a a 74 Request Forms Status DECFMSR 75 Form Status Report D
2. 283 uns tahu tataupa T Creating Block Characters Bar G0g6Sx r ee ce 1 Introduction About This Manual WARNING CAUTION IMPORTANT This manual is designed so that you can quickly find the information you need to program the Printronix DEC LG emulation that is provided with your printer Brief descriptions follow for each chapter in this book Chapter 1 Introduction Provides an overview of this book printer features and line matrix printing technology Chapter 2 LG Emulation Control Codes Describes the LG emulation control code commands that can be sent to the printer through the host data stream These commands allow you to send instructions to the printer and configure many LG emulation parameters Chapter 3 Character Sets Includes tables that list the hexadecimal and decimal codes for the foreign language and special character sets provided by the LG emulation Chapter 4 Bar Codes Lists and describes the LG emulation control codes used for printing bar codes Appendices Several appendices provide character set charts for the LG emulation and information on configuring the VMS operating system for use with the DEC LG printer How to Use This Manual You can locate information three ways Use the Table of Contents
3. Hebrew Supplemental Hebrew Supplemental GL 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 GR 8 9 A B C D E F 0 w 1 1 i t lt I U 2 2 5 A V 3 3 lt T H 4 H 9g 5 X dE oe N 6 v 8 9 5 7 5 4 n p 8 lt 9 8 1 y A a o n B lt gt 5 F C WwW 9v lt D W D lt E c m F 8 Turkish Supplemental Turkish Supplemental GL 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 GR 8 9 A B D E F 0 A di 1 i f 2 tf 3 3 amp 6 4 A 6 6 5 Y 6 m oc 7 8 8 9 6 1 u A a B lt gt 6 G C t i D Y y E t i S Tt F B I 261 Appendix A _LG Emulation 96 Character Sets LG Emulation 96 Character Sets The following pages show the 96 Character Set charts also referred to as code pages for the LG emulation The character sets are shown in Near Letter Quality NLQ print mode These character sets may be selected using the configuration menus described in the Setup Guide 262 ISO Latin 1 ISO Latin 1 nA O lt aa c Ha OO gt lt 263 Appendix _ 1 Emulation 96 Character Sets ISO Latin 2 ISO Latin 2 GL 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 GR 8 9 A B C D E F 0 9
4. lt L M A 2 N 245 Appendix 246 LG Emulation Character Set Charts Spanish Spanish GL 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 GR 8 9 A D E 0 0 5 P 1 1 A Q a 2 2 B R b 3 3 S 4 4 D T d 5 5 E U e 6 amp 6 F V f 7 7 W g 8 8 H X h 9 p 9 I Y i A J Z j B 5 K i K P lt EN l D M m E gt N n F O _ DEC Swedish DEC Swedish nA O lt aa coo Hx OO G W 7 X lt u 4 e a m 247 Appendix 248 LG Emulation Character Set Charts DEC Great Britain A m DEC Great Britain 0 1 2 3 4 8 9 A B C 0 1 2 B 3 C 4 D A S E amp 6 F 7 G 8 H 9 I J ar ud M gt N 7270 ISO Norwegian Danish ISO Norwegian Danish GL 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 GR 8 9 A B D E F 0 0 P p 1 1 A Q a q 2 2 B R b r 3 3 C S s 4 4 D T d t 5 5 E U e u 6 amp 6 F V f 7 7 G W g 8 8 H X Rh x 9 I Y 1 y A J Z j Z B K k C lt L 1 D M A m E gt N n F 1 70 _ 249 Appendix _ LG Emulation Character Set Charts DEC Dutch DEC Dutch GL 0 12 3 4 5 6 7 GR 8 9 A B C D E F 0 P p 1 1 A Q a q 2 2 B R b r 3 3 C S c s 4 4 D T d t 5 5 E U u 6 amp 6 F V f v
5. esses 249 DEG yaa us 250 DEG SWISS zat eode diete Needs 251 DEC Portuguese rennen snnt 252 253 DEG Supplemiental ua ete ttt eet e alas a 254 DEG oor ood nete uki 255 ISO oce cett tee 256 HeDrew s innert 257 FEE 258 Greek Supplemental sse 259 Hebrew Supplemental sse 260 Turkish Supplemental essssssseeeeeeees 261 LG Emulation 96 Character Sets 262 ISO bete MS 263 2 xo RT Aen 264 ISO Latin Si 265 m m eed ee mt huysa 266 iere dete EET 267 ISO Greek TE E eases eet 268 ISQ Bebtew iei eerie rie eter Ee aa fece 269 Table of Contents B Interface Configuration with the VMS Operating ae oe ee eoe a ha Serial InterfaGe a endet al asua C Type Family IDs Font IDs Font File IDs 273 Built In Font File IDs Font File ID Field Definitions Type Family DS etuer E en e rotta ere iv Pop as Font EileIDs i iid eren D Print Samples
6. 35H 38H 68H Entering this control code will select the Proprinter XL configuration for LinePrinter Plus Refer to the User s Manual for information on selecting a LinePrinter Plus protocol and configuring emulation parameters Once you have selected LinePrinter Plus using this control code you may enter the following LG compatible commands depending on which emulation is currently selected within LinePrinter Plus Ifyou are in Epson FX or P Series emulation mode you may exit back to the LG emulation by entering the RIS command see page 140 e Ifyou are in Proprinter XL emulation mode you may enter any of the following three commands to return to the LG emulation RIS DECSTR see page 140 or DECIPEM The DECIPEM escape sequence to exit from the Proprinter XL emulation follows ASCII ESC 5 8 1 Hex 1BH 5BH 35H 38H 6CH Do not use the CSI control code in the DECIPEM control sequence instead use its 7 bit equivalent of ESC Do not use any semicolons 141 Chapter 2 Enter Draft Mode Enter Draft Mode ASCII Code Hex Code Dec Code Purpose Discussion Exit Draft Mode ESC 3 1B 25 2F 33 27 37 47 51 Puts the emulation into high speed draft print mode All text following this command will be printed in the high speed draft font This mode is slightly faster than the normal printing mode because of the simplified font Only the ASCII character set is available in draft
7. 9 1 T L U A J 8 C 3 5 B x D K lt C t lt A n f D ia U gt E 2 gt A V F if v 255 Appendix _ LG Emulation Character Set Charts ISO Katakana ISO Katakana GL 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 GR 8 9 D E F 0 3 1 Y f 4 F 2 4 7 X 8 3 de u pa 670 06 4 v I de ox 5 2 6 92 525 I 3 7 X 5 R 8 U 9 gt F W 8 A J U B t D s v 7 7 xe lt D AN y FE E 3 t gt r F 9 7 256 7 Bit Hebrew 7 Bit Hebrew GL 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 GR 8 9 A B C D E F 1 1 A Q 1 w 2 2 B R 3 3 C S T q 4 s 4 D 93 5 5 E U 1 X 6 amp 6 F V 5 X 7 7 G W n p 8 L 8 H X u 9 9 I Y U A J Z q n B K J f di M gt N m 7 F f O _ 257 Appendix 258 LG Emulation Character Set Charts 7 Bit Turkish A m 7 Bit Turkish 1 2 3 4 9 A B C O 1 1 1 A 2 B 3 C 4 D 5 E 6 F 7 G 8 H 9 I J 5 K ys UE B M gt N O Greek Supplemental A m QQ Am Greek Supplemental 1 2 3 4 5 9 A B C D p L i t A TI r gt T Y H E Y 9 2 o 8 H X 259 Appendix 260 LG Emulation Character Set Charts
8. Backward Compatibility The page formats described in this section are compatible with previous LG printers That is the line home position is the first printable position on the left of the page and the page home line is the top line on the page Likewise the private PFS values 20 through 29 set the margins the line home position and the page home line to the edge of the printable area for compatibility with previous LG printers The PFS values depend upon the values in effect for character and line spacing 84 Set Lines Per Physical Page DECSLPP ASCII Code Hex Code Dec Code Purpose ESC Pn t 1B 5B Pn 74 27 91 Pn 116 Defines form length DiscussionA form s length equals the maximum distance the paper moves when a form feed command is issued Maximum form length is 33 inches DECSLPP sets the top margin to 1 and the bottom margin to the form length Form length limits the range of possible settings for the Set Top and Bottom Margins DECSTBM sequence Pn sets the form length subject to the limits discussed above If Pn is 0 or is greater than the maximum size for the paper and origin the form length will automatically be set to the maximum for the paper and origin Units of measurement are character cells decipoints or pixels Select the unit by using the Position Unit Mode PUM and Select Size Unit SSU sequences If you use character cells the height of each cell equals the current line h
9. The DEC ASCII and all language character sets and several fonts can be selected at the printer control panel see Chapter 4 of the Setup Guide You may select the language set and font style from the control panel as follows 1 Atthe control panel select the LG Font option then the Font Character set suboption Cycle through both GL Character Set and GR Character Set menus to select a current GL and GR Character Set 2 Selectthe LG Font option then the Font Style suboption Cycle through the font style options and select a font style OCR A and OCR B OCR print modes may also be selected from the configuration menus as described in Chapter 4 of the Setup Guide OCR print modes do not contain complete character sets Available OCR A standard characters are dictated by American National Standard Institute ANSI 4X3 17 1981 and OCR A international characters are in accordance with International Organization for Standardization ISO 44646 1973 Available OCR B standard and extended characters are dictated by ANSI X3 49 1975 Undefined OCR characters are replaced with spaces When an international language substitution is selected for a non existent character no substitution will occur 151 Chapter 3 152 Selecting the Character Set and Language ASCII Character Set Graphic symbols of the ASCII Character Set are listed in numeric order by hexadecimal address Included is the decimal code and the symbol s nam
10. The ratio of character height to character width See also compressed and expanded Instructions telling the printer how to construct a related group of printable characters including symbols punctuation numbers diacritical markings and alphabet characters Each character in a set is assigned a unique address in memory The degree of lightness and thickness of printed text For example Bold refers to a heavy or thick character weight Medium normal or book weight refer to the character weight used in this sentence Two or more bytes that instruct the printer to perform a special function A control sequence begins with the control sequence introducer CSI in an 8 bit data environment A control sequence can also be an escape sequence however because the 8 bit CSI control character can be represented by the 7 bit escape sequence ESC Refers to a typeface with a smaller than normal character width but no change to character height Abbrev for characters per inch a measurement of monospaced fonts indicating the horizontal character density For example 10 cpi is 10 characters produced in a one inch horizontal space Abbrev for Control Sequence Introducer A non printing control character decimal 155 hex 9B that is always the first byte of a control sequence in an 8 bit data environment See also Control sequence Binary information sent to the printer a character set grouping containing letters digits an
11. 487 anaon m mo gt lt n c I AN xx US DEL FNC3 FNC3 FNC2 FNC2 SHIFT SHIFT CODEC CODEC CODEB FNC4 FNC4 CODE A FNCI FNCI START CODE A START CODE B START CODE C Subset C Alternate 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 gt SP 65 gt 66 gt 67 gt 68 gt 5 69 gt 70 gt amp 71 gt 72 gt 73 gt 74 gt 75 gt 76 gt 71 gt 78 gt 79 gt 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 gt 1 96 gt 2 97 gt 3 98 gt 4 99 gt 5 CODE B gt 6 CODE A gt 7 FNC1 gt 8 gt 7 gt 6 gt 5 Used at the beginning of manual mode commands 225 Chapter 4 226 Code 128 USS Code 128 Examples The following commands generate the horizontal default ratio Code 128 bar code below in the automatic mode In the Start Bar Code sequence DECBARC SP represents the ASCII space character hex 20 ESC SPOABC123456ESC TOL ABC123456 The following command generated the Code 128 bar code below in the automatic mode using data of 22446688ABC123456 The bar code data begins in subset B and automatically switches to subset C for the numeric data In the Start Bar Code sequence DECBARC SP represents the ASCII space character hex 20 ESC SP022446688ABC123456ESC DUE e LLLI 22446688ABC123456 The command below generat
12. Page Format Select PFS ASCII Code Hex Code Dec Code ESC Ps SP J 1B 5B Ps 20 4A 27 91 Ps 32 74 Purpose Selects a page format from a list of predefined formats DiscussionPs selects one of 12 page formats Two kinds of format are Ps available normal and extended In the normal page format the page home line is 0 5 inches below the top margin and the page end line is 0 833 5 6 inches above the bottom margin Normal page formats are Format a amp Ps Portrait text communication default Landscape text communication Portrait A4 210 mm x 297 mm Landscape A4 Portrait North American NA letter Landscape North American letter In the extended page format the page home line is at the top margin and the page end line is at the bottom margin Extended page formats are Format 20 21 22 23 28 29 Portrait extended extend A4 format Landscape A4 Portrait North American LG private Landscape North American LG private Portrait A4 LG private Landscape A4 LG private Portrait line printer 11 inches high x 13 2 inches wide Landscape line printer 13 2 inches high x 11 inches wide 81 Chapter 2 _ Page Format Select PFS The line home and line end positions serve as the left and right edges of the printed page for justified text The line home position is the active position after a carriage return CR A carriage return may move the active position forwar
13. y NNIA N N C o ro o o1 24 31 25 19 32 26 1 33 27 N O onus 52 42 2A 53 Da NI Note The character examples provided herein are representative and not exact replications generated by the printer All characters are shown in 10 cpi not all FF CR m o C valjon jo Ilo 34 28 1C 35 29 1D E 37 31 0 1F lt gt gt lt Control Codes characters are available in all print modes 234 B 54 44 2 55 45 2 46 2E 57 47 2F NGIOOR I o IA 5 o U S ASCII CHARACTER SET KEY B6 BITS P5 B4 B3 B2 B1 OCTAL DECIMAL HEX CHARACTER Columns 8 and 9 can be converted to 7 bit Columns 10 thru 15 are Escape sequences only accessed in 8 bit mode i 220 wg 240 260 320 340 5 a 28 93 o 3 221 241 261 3 341 361 145 225 oo 8 SIS ot 161 A1 4 v4 9 222 242 146 162 92 2 1 302 Ww DJT m N N 8 s S3 N N 223 243 303 147 163 93 1 224 244 148 164 0 58 m RS 94 4 225 245
14. 300 3100 2000 10 0 420 3300 200 10 AAB 0 420 3500 200 10 1 1 420 3300 200 10 1 1 620 3300 200 10 1B 0 420 3600 200 101 1B 0 420 3800 200 10 1 1 420 3600 200 10 1 1 620 3600 200 10 0 420 3900 200 10 1B 0 420 4100 200 10 1B 1 420 3900 200 10 1B 1 620 3900 200 10 291 Appendix D 292 Forms 1B 0 300 4800 2000 10 1 2300 1B 4790d Date 1B 0 2600 4800 1000 10 1 1050 1 3050dTax Status 1B 650 1 3400dSingle 1B 650 1B 3700dMarried 1 650 1 4000dMarried higher single rate 1B 300 1B 5200dE mployee Signature 1B 2400 1B 5500d 1 00123456789 1 MB 470 1B 33504 1 1 1 1B 470 1B 36504 1 1 1 MB 470 1 39504 1 1 1 MB 300 1B 4790d 1 2700 1 4790d 0 ST CSI 18m CSI 70h DCS0 1268rPayroll STX John Q Smith Jan28 1995 ESC 1 PAYROLL DEDUCTIONS INSTRUCTIONS 1 Complete the Appropiate section s below 2 Be sure to sign date and write your employee number in each section you complete EMPLOYEES WITHHOLDING EXEMPTION Tax Status x Single single rate John Q Smith Date _ Jan 28 1995 Employee Signature 0123456789 Figure 10 Payroll Deduction Form 293 Appendix D _ Vertical Format Unit VFU Vertical F
15. DCSP1 amp rFormNameST ESC SP1 DCSPs amp CSI amp DCS amp sFormsStringST DCSP1 P2 amp tRecordST CSIPn amp CSIP1 P2Pn amp CSI p DCS amp wLogoStringST PAGE page 54 page 55 page 57 page 58 page 59 page 60 page 61 page 62 page 63 page 64 page 66 page 67 page 70 page 71 page 72 page 72 page 73 page 74 page 74 page 75 page 75 page 77 page 77 page 78 page 78 FUNCTION CODE PAGE Page Print Area and Margins page 79 Page Format Select PFS ESC PsSPJ page 81 Set Lines Per Physical Page DECSLPP ESC Pnt page 85 Set Top and Bottom Margins DECSTBM ESC Pn1 Pn2r page 86 Set Left and Right Margins DECSLRM ESC Pn1 Pn2s page 87 Active Column and Active Line Cursor Motion page 88 Forward Index IND ESCD page 88 Reverse Index RI ESCM page 89 Next Line NEL ESCE page 89 Horizontal Position Absolute HPA ESC Pn page 90 Horizontal Position Relative HPR ESC Pna page 90 Horizontal Position Backward HPB ESC Pnj page 91 Vertical Position Absolute VPA ESC Pnd page 91 Vertical Position Relative VPR ESC Pne page 92 Vertical Position Backward VPB ESC Pnk page 92 Cursor Up CUU ESC PnA page 93 Partial Line Up PLU Superscription ESC L page 93 Partial Line Down PLD Subscription ESC K page 94 Tab Stops page 94 Set Horizontal Tab Stops DECSHTS ESC Pn Pnu page 95 Horizontal Tab Stops HTS ESC H page 96 Set Vertical Tab Stops DECSVTS ESO Pn Pnv page 96 Vertical Tab Stops VTS ESC J
16. Note that all stored sixel data is printed before the printer exits Sixel Graphics mode State After Exiting Sixel Graphics Mode After exiting Sixel Graphics mode the printer returns to the following conditions e horizontal position before entering Sixel Graphics mode e horizontal pitch before entering Sixel Graphics mode The vertical position might be modified by control characters received while in Sixel Graphics mode e The vertical pitch is the same as before entering Sixel Graphics mode All SGR attributes are restored to the state before entering Graphics mode Additionally the first Text mode vertical motion command LF VT etc causes the printer to advance to the next Text mode line before executing the command Processing Unused Control Strings The printer ignores all unused control strings Unused control strings include all Operating System commands OSC Privacy Messages PM and Application Program commands APC as well as all Device Control strings DCS unless they are within Sixel Graphics mode The following table describes the different control strings Types of Control 8 bit 7 bit Strings Mnemonic HEX Mnemonic HEX Device Control Strings DCS ESC P 90H 1BH 50H Operating System OSC ESC Commands 9DH 1BH 5DH Privacy Messages PM ESC 9EH 1BH 5EH Application Program APC ESC Commands 9FH 1BH 5FH 134 Control string formats appear in th
17. d 1 A a K 2 x A M 8 3 L t X B8 6 4 A 6 6 5 Y L 6 I 6 amp 8 c 0 8 7 5 x que 8 6 h F 2 5 6 2 S s E Ue B t E i Y y E d T ft F z i1 b B 8 264 ISO Latin 5 ISO Latin 5 tm nA O 24 lt o 1 24 Ol ol gt lt 265 Appendix A _LG Emulation 96 Character Sets ISO Latin 9 ISO Latin 9 G G Ar Or gt Bj o 2 2 8 3 3 X 6 4 2 kK 6 H 6 5 gy 8 6 6 qv 7 8 e x 8 8 R g 9 0 i Q Q 6 u lt gt Q r 0 1 5 e Y i y e b i p T 1 B I y 266 ISO Cyrillic m QQ Am ISO Cyrillic E 2 73 9 A B A h B r r A S E I X f 3 J M b K H v n lt 267 Appendix 268 LG Emulation 96 Character Sets ISO Greek A m QQ Am ISO Greek 1 2 3 9 A B IE 2 3 B 8 H lt gt 0 k n tz ISO Hebrew ISO Hebrew nA O lt o o 24 OO x n nm Lt F c n n 9g m n OG m gt 3 x g
18. 180 decipoints or ten times the narrow bar whichever is greater This does not apply to all UPC EAN and Postnet bar codes P4 sets the width of the wide bars and wide spaces in units specified by the SSU code Default value 2 5 times the value of P2 Minimum value 2 4 times the narrow bar when the narrow bar is less than or equal to twelve pixels This does not apply to all UPC EAN Code 11 Code 128 and Postnet bar codes P5 sets the intercharacter gap in units specified by the SSU code Default value 2136 pixels This does not apply to the Interleaved 2 of 5 code or to all UPC Code 128 EAN and Postnet bar codes P6 sets the height of bars in units specified by the SSU code Minimum value 2144 pixels 173 decipoints Default value 2300 pixels 360 decipoints eP7 defines the control character encoding character CCEC Any character within a range of 2 0 through 7 15 indicates the start of control character encoding The CCEC is followed by a two digit hexadecimal number equal to the ASCII value of the character to be encoded To bar code the ESC character enter the CCEC then the ESC character s hexadecimal format The default is P7 0 P7 Function O missingn No encoding of control characters The decimal ASCII value representing the control character encoding character This only applies to Extended Code 39 eP8 sets the orientation for the bar codes Bar codes can be rotated to four
19. 3C 60 Uppercase Em 3D 61 Uppercase En 3E 62 Uppercase O 3F 63 Uppercase Pe 40 64 Uppercase Er 41 65 Uppercase Es 162 Additional ISO and Special Character Sets Table 43 ISO Cyrillic Character Set continued Ve ps Symbol Name 42 66 Uppercase Te 43 67 Uppercase U 44 68 Uppercase Ff 45 69 Uppercase Ha 46 70 Uppercase Tse 47 71 Uppercase Che 48 72 Uppercase Sha 49 73 Uppercase Shcha 4A 74 Uppercase Hard Sign 4B 75 Uppercase Yeru 4C 76 Uppercase Soft Sign 4D 77 Uppercase E 4E 78 Uppercase Yu 4F 79 Uppercase Ya 50 80 Lowercase A 51 81 Lowercase Be 52 82 Lowercase Ve 53 83 Lowercase Ghe 54 84 Lowercase De 55 85 Lowercase le 56 86 Lowercase Zhe 57 87 Lowercase Ze 58 88 Lowercase 59 89 Lowercase Kratkoe 5A 90 Lowercase Ka 5B 91 Lowercase El 5C 92 Lowercase Em 5D 93 Lowercase En 5E 94 Lowercase O 5F 95 Lowercase Pe 60 96 Lowercase Er 61 97 Lowercase Es 62 98 Lowercase Te 63 99 Lowercase U 163 Chapter 3 Selecting the Character Set and Language Table 43 ISO Cyrillic Character Set continued Bae pote Symbol Name 64 100 Lowercase Ef 65 101 Lowercase Ha 66 102 Lowercase Tse 67 103 Lowercase Che 68 104 Lowercase Sha 69 105 Lowercase Shcha 6A 106 Lowercase Hard Sign 6B 107 Lowercase Yeru 6C 108 Lowercase Soft Sign 6D 109 Lowercase E 6E 110 Lowercase Yu 6F 111 Lowercase Ya 70 112 Number Acronym 71 113 Lowercase lo 72 114 Lowercase Dje 73 115 Lowercase Gje 74
20. 49 73 Uppercase lota 4A 74 Uppercase Kappa 4B 75 Uppercase Lamda 4 76 Uppercase 4 77 Uppercase Nu 4E 78 Uppercase Ksi 4F 79 Uppercase Omicron 50 80 Uppercase Pi 51 81 Uppercase Rho 52 82 Space 53 83 Uppercase Sigma 54 84 Uppercase Tau 55 85 Uppercase Upsilon 56 86 Uppercase Phi 57 87 Uppercase Khi 58 88 Uppercase Psi 59 89 Uppercase Omega 5 90 Uppercase with Diaeresis 5B 91 Uppercase Upsilon with Diaeresis 5C 92 Lowercase Alpha with Rough 5D 93 Lowercase Epsilon with Rough 5E 94 Lowercase Eta with Rough 5F 95 Lowercase lota with Rough 60 96 Lowercase Epsilon with Umlaut and Rough 61 97 Lowercase Alpha 62 98 Lowercase Beta 63 99 Lowercase Gamma 64 100 Lowercase Delta 65 101 Lowercase Epsilon 166 Additional ISO and Special Character Sets Table 44 ISO Greek Character Set continued Ve puo Symbol Name 66 102 Lowercase Zeta 67 103 Lowercase Eta 68 104 Lowercase Theta 69 105 Lowercase lota 6A 106 Lowercase Kappa 6B 107 Lowercase Lambda 6C 108 Lowercase Mu 6D 109 Lowercase Nu 6E 110 Lowercase Ksi 6F 111 Lowercase Omicron 70 112 Lowercase Pi 71 113 Lowercase Rho 72 114 Lowercase Terminal Sign 73 115 Lowercase Sigma 74 116 Lowercase Tau 75 117 Lowercase Upsilon 76 118 Lowercase Phi 77 119 Lowercase Khi 78 120 Lowercase Psi 79 121 Lowercase Omega 7A 122 Lowercase lota with Y with Diaeresis 7B 123 Lowercase Upsilon with Diaeresis 7 124 Lowercase Omicron with Rough 7D 125 L
21. A row sequence has the following format r s n1 n2 where the following is true r height of the segment in mils S row starting color Defines whether the row starts with a white 0 or a black 1 segment Each subsequent segment will be the opposite color from the previous segment n1 n2 length of the segments in mils row terminator Note that none of the above parameters should exceed 65 535 in value Editing control characters such as CR and LF can be embedded within the logo record Select Logo Sequence DECILG ASCII Code CSI Pn amp Hex Code 9B Pn 26 7D Dec Code 155 Pn 38 125 Purpose Prints selected logos present in printer memory Discussion Pn defines the ID of the selected logo If no logo exists for that ID the sequence is ignored Logos are printed in the current page orientation and graphics density Before you select a logo sequence set the logo density with DECSGD and the orientation When the logo sequence is complete reset the density and set cursor position At the end of a Select Logo sequence the cursor remains in the starting position If the height of the segments is not an integral multiple of the density selected the size of the printed logo might change due to accumulated round off errors To maintain a uniform size print logos only in the densities for which they were designed Deleting Logos Sequence DECDLG ASCII Code CSI P1 P2 Pn amp
22. CSI Control String CSI introduces a sequence of one or 9 11 Introducer more bytes that define a control function ST String Terminator ST indicates the end of a device control 9 12 string DCS 9 DH 9 FH OSC PM lt APC gt See note below 26 Table 3 Equivalent 7 Bit and 8 Bit Additional Control Codes 8 Bit Character 7 Bit Sequence Name Column Row Column Row Index IND ESC D 8 4 1 11 4 4 Next Line NEL ESC E 8 5 1 11 4 5 Horizontal Tab Set HTS ESC H 8 8 1 11 4 8 Vertical Tab Set VTS ESCJ 8 10 1 11 4 8 Partial Line Down PLD ESC 8 11 1 11 4 11 Partial Line Up PLU ESC L 8 12 1 11 4 12 Reverse Index RI ESC M 8 13 1 11 4 14 Single Shift 2 SS2 ESC N 8 14 1 11 4 14 Single Shift 3 SS3 ESC 0 8 15 1 11 4 15 Device Control String DCS ESC P 9 0 1 11 5 0 Control String Introducer CSI ESC 9 11 1 11 5 12 String Terminator ST ESC 9 12 1 11 5 12 27 Chapter 2 28 Control Code Types 8 Bit to 7 Bit Control Code Conversion Convert 8 bit additional control codes to 7 bit escape sequences as follows Insert the ESC character Set the eighth bit of the final character to 0 and set its seventh bit to 1 NOTE Only control codes found in columns 8 and 9 of the character sets may be converted as shown Printable characters in columns 10 through 15 are not converted 7 Bit to 8 Bit Control Code Conversion Convert 7 bit escape sequences to 8 bit additional control codes as foll
23. Control Codes Index LG emulation 35 Converting Control Codes 28 CSI Control Sequence Introducer 29 Cursor Motion 89 Cursor Up CUU 94 CUU 94 Cyrillic Character Set ISO 162 D DA 102 104 DEC Supplemental Graphic Character Set 176 DEC Technical Character Set 183 DECATFF 110 DECAWM 43 DECBCS 138 DECBLOCKC 140 DECCRNLM 42 DECDFM 73 DECDLG 78 DECFMSR 75 DECFPM 47 DECFSR 115 DECIFM 72 DECILG 78 DECIPEM 142 DECLFF 113 DECLFM 67 DECLGSR 79 DECLLG 76 DECPSM 44 DECRFMS 75 DECRFS 114 DECRLGS 79 DECSGD 52 DECSHORP 60 DECSHTS 96 DECSLPP 86 DECSLRM 88 DECSPO 45 DECSTBM 87 DECSTR 141 DECSVTS 97 DECTFM 73 DECVEC 137 DECVERP 58 DEC Special Character Sets 161 Default Values and States LG emulation 146 Delete Forms Sequence DECDFM 73 Density Graphics setting 52 Density Plot setting 51 Device Control Strings 135 Device Status Requests DSRs and Printer Responses 105 Diagnostic features 16 Documentation overview of each chapter 13 Double Underlined Text 121 Draft Mode Enter 145 Exit 145 Drawing Vectors DECVEC 137 DSR 105 E EAN 13 216 EAN 8 215 End Load Vertical Format Unit 63 Escape Control Sequences 29 Sequences LG emulation 28 Sequences defined 28 Extended Code 39 211 Features list diagnostics 16 graphics and vertical formatting 16 printer emulations 15 text formatting and language options 15 Font Assign type fa
24. HT l l i LF J T IJ J J J VT K k K FF L L L L L CR M sz x M M m M SO N N N n N 5 O o O DLE P 0 0 P P p P DC1 Q 1 1 Q Q q Q DC2 R 2 2 R R r R DC3 s 3 3 S S S S DC4 T 4 4 T T t T NAK U 5 5 U U u U SYN V 6 6 V V V V ETB W 7 7 W W w W CAN X 8 8 X X x X EM Y 9 9 Y Y y Y SUB Z IZ Z Z 7 Z ESC FS lt L GS C M R RS D gt 9el S US E J ____ 0 DEL X Z Code 11 In the Code 11 style there are three dark bars and two light bars for a total of five bars Both light and dark bars are coded to define the character narrow light dark bar is assigned a binary 0 and a wide light dark bar is assigned a binary 1 Code 11 has the following characteristics Codabar Character set includes ten digits 0 9 and the dash character START and STOP codes No CENTER code Definable intercharacter gap Variable length characters per complete symbol Two checksums are computed automatically and embedded at the end of the bar code The checksum data is not printed as part of the human readable data field Codabar a t has four dark bars and three light bars for a total of seven bars Both light and dark bars are coded to define the character A narrow light dark bar is assigned a binary 0 and a wide light dark bar is assigned a binary
25. Hex Code 9B P1 3B P2 3B 2E2E2E 3B PN267C Dec Code 155 P1 59 P2 59 464646 59 PN38124 Purpose Deletes logos from printer memory DiscussionP1 defines the logos to be deleted P1 Function 0 Delete all logos whose IDs are listed 3 Delete all stored logos When P1 0 parameters P2 through P16 make up the ID of the logos to be deleted You can select up to 16 logo IDs to delete Deleting a logo within a form is not allowed 77 Chapter 2 Request Logo Status DECRLGS Request Logo Status DECRLGS ASCII Code csr p Hex Code 1B 27 70 Dec Code 27 39 112 Purpose Gives a Status report of the logos available for printing Discussion Invoke this request if you need to know what logos are available for printing Logo Status Report DECLGSR 78 ASCII Code DCS amp w LOGO STRING ST Hex Code 90 26 77 LOGO STRING 9C Dec Code 144 38 119 LOGO STRING 156 Purpose Reports the logo status in response to the DECRLGS sequence Discussion The logo string contains a list of all the valid logos loaded in the printer and their comment strings Each logo number and comment start on a new line separated by commas Several examples of logo IDs and comment strings are shown in the table below Logo Comment 1 Square 3 Rectangle 12 Rhombus Page Print Area and Margins The DEC LG Emulation has no print area limitations however smaller page areas can be selected by using the Page Format Select PFS sequence F
26. Input 9600 LFfill O Width 132 Parity None Output 9600 Page 66 Terminal Characteristics Echo Type ahead TTsync Lowercase Scope No Remote No Readsync Form No Local echo No Autobaud No DMA No Altypeahd Overstrike editing No Fallback No Disconnect No Pasthru No SIXEL Graphics Soft Characters No Printer Port No ANSI CRT No Edit mode 272 No Regis No Block mode No DEC CRT No DEC CRT Device spooled to DUAL Match baud rate to printer settings No Escape Tab No Fightbit Fulldup No Hangup Set speed No Dialup No Syspassword Numeric Keypad No Advanced video C Type Family IDs Font IDs Font File IDs Built In Font File IDs This appendix explains the values used in the font file identification strings IDs for the font files stored in the printer It also lists all the font file IDs available in LG emulation mode The Font File ID Field Definitions table on page C 3 lists and defines all the values in a font file ID The values are based on 36 possible values 0 9 A Z The table shows the relationship between type family IDs font IDs and font file IDs Notice for example that the 31 character font file ID also contains the type family ID and font ID The type family ID is field 1 the first 7 characters of the 31 character font file ID The font ID consists of fields 1 through 7 the first 16 characters of the 31 character font file ID 273 Appendix C
27. JIS Roman e DEC Norwegian Danish Spanish DEC Swedish 231 Appendix A LG Emulation Character Set Charts ISO Norwegian Danish DEC Portuguese The LG Emulation Languages Substitution Table page A 8 identifies specific character substitutions available in the selected language Hex addresses not shown on the substitution tables use the character in the hex address shown on the standard character set matrix 232 US ASCII Character Set 2 c x gt ea m o o oan gt an lo Note The character examples provided herein are representative and not exact replications generated by the printer All characters are shown in 10 cpi not all DECIMAL characters are available in all print modes HEX ASCII CHARACTER 233 Appendix B8 B7 B6 BITS 4 B3B2 B1 DEC Multinational Character Set 0 0 2 c r BD BS i 0 1 COLUMN 1 20 6 7 bit mode or bit 8 set to zero LG Emulation Character Set Charts o S gt 2 o DON o c 07 ESC on WIN ANIAN N o
28. Make sure that you do not send a CR LF or CR LF in the middle of the VFU data To avoid having to send a Carriage Return CR while entering the Load VFU command you may wish to set a wide command line for your terminal device For example for VMS you may increase the command line width for the terminal device used to communicate with the printer to 132 characters via the command set term width 132 An example showing several VFU commands and the resulting output is provided on page 294 63 Chapter 2 _ Channel Command Channel Command ASCIICode ESC pl amp y Hex Code 1B 5B pl 26 79 Dec Code 27 91 pl 38 121 Purpose The channel commands control paper motion P1 consists of three digits nnn When the first n equals 9 reverse paper motion occurs If the first n equals any value other than 0 or 9 the entire sequence is ignored Table 12 gives the values of nnn for each channel Table 12 Channel Values p1 Move Forward Move Backward nnn to Channel to Channel 000 1 900 1 001 2 901 002 3 902 003 4 903 004 5 904 005 6 905 006 7 906 007 8 907 008 9 908 009 10 909 010 11 910 011 12 911 Selecting any other channel than those in this table results in a default to channel 12 64 Beware of the following conditions when the selected channel is in the forward direction elf you try to print text at a channel not previousl
29. START and STOP codes No CENTER code e Variable length characters per complete symbol e A checksum is calculated automatically then embedded at the end of the bar code The human readable data field is not printed Code 128 USS Code 128 includes three character subsets A B and C Code 128 UCC uses subset C only All contain the same bar patterns except for the unique start character that tells the bar code reader which subset is in use Special characters are available for switching between the subsets in order to generate the shortest possible bar code Only subset C is used for 128 UCC so mode selection is not allowed The Code 128 and 128 UCC structure is shown in and described on the following pages 220 CHECK DIGIT FIELD STARTING pee POSITION 4 Ll UPPER GUARD BAND qd START BATAEIELD STOP quiet ZONE CODE zoNe HEIGHT Kayqa EET ME I LOWER GUARD BAND TIN OWER GU de di OPTIONAL READABLE DATA FIELD Figure 3 Code 128 Structure Start Stop Codes Code 128 contains special characters which use unique start stop codes to identify the leading and trailing end of the bar code In the automatic mode start and stop codes are generated automatically In the manual mode you must supply the start code but the stop code is generated automatically Data Field Code 128 bar codes support a full ASCII character set Subset A pro
30. are sent when any reportable status or error condition occurs Unsolicited reports are initially disabled Printer responses to these commands are discussed on the following pages Printer Status Reports The printer sends a Device Status Report DSR to the host via the serial line when requested by the host DSR or when unsolicited reports have been previously enabled and a reportable status condition has occurred The host can request a brief or extended status report as follows NOTE The question mark character occurs only once per DSR sequence Brief Unsolicited Messages Enabled Request Sequence Printer Response CSI nin 1 3 Ifa malfunction is detected 1 0 After error condition has been corrected or if no malfunction exists 104 e Extended Unsolicited Messages Enabled Request Sequence Printer Response CSIOn CSI 20n After error condition has been corrected or if no malfunction exists CSI 3n CSI Pn Pnn If a malfunction is detected Pn Generic error code See Table 21 Pn n Specific error code See Table 21 Cursor Position Report The unit of measurement can be character cells decipoints or pixels It is selected by using the Position Unit Mode PUM and Select Size Unit SSU sequences Request Sequence Printer Response CSI Pn1 2 R is the active line pn2 is the active column Values of Pn up to three digits are defined i
31. 0 10 56 63 221 11 0 8 5 10 0 8 5 9 68 8 0 47 222 8 0 11 0 7 73 10 88 7 73 10 56 63 223 10 5 8 0 9 68 7 92 9 68 7 92 47 228 14 0 11 0 13 2 11 0 13 2 11 0 66 229 11 0 14 87 11 0 13 2 11 0 13 2 79 The number of lines available at the initial vertical spacing of 6 lines per inch 82 Table 14 shows the lines per page and the characters per line selected with the normal and extended PFS formats Table 14 Lines Per Page and Characters Per Line Using PFS Formats Ps Format Description Lines Per Page in Text Area Lines Per Inch Chars Per Line in Text Area Characters Per Inch 8 6 4 3 10 12 15 6 Normal Page Formats 0 Portrait text comm 73 59 36 27 72 86 108 43 1 Landscape text comm 50 38 25 19 100 120 115 60 2 Portrait A4 79 59 39 29 72 86 108 43 3 Landscape A4 50 38 25 19 105 126 157 63 4 Portrait NA letter 73 55 36 27 75 90 112 45 5 Landscape NA letter 52 33 26 19 100 120 150 60 Extended Page Formats 6 Portrait extended A4 88 66 44 33 72 86 108 43 7 Landscape A4 format 58 44 29 22 105 126 157 5 63 20 Portrait NA LG 85 63 36 27 80 96 120 48 21 Landscape NA LG 63 47 26 19 100 116 150 60 222 Portrait A4 Private LG 84 63 42 31 73 87 109 43 23 Landscape A4 Private 63 47 31 23 96 116 145 79 LG 28 Portrait line printer 88 66 44 33 132 158 198 79 229
32. 07B 123 Lowercase a with Grave Accent 07C 124 Lowercase o with Grave Accent 07D 125 Lowercase e with Grave Accent 07E 126 Lowercase i with Grave Accent 157 Chapter 3 Selecting the Character Set and Language Table 36 JIS Roman Character Set Symbol 05C 092 Yen Sign Table 37 DEC Norwegian Danish Character Set Vu poss Symbol Name 040 035 Uppercase A with Umlaut 05B 091 Uppercase AE Diphthong 05C 092 Uppercase O with Slash 05D 093 Uppercase A with Ring 05E 094 Uppercase U with Umlaut 060 096 Lowercase a with Umlaut 07B 123 Lowercase ae Diphthong 07C 124 Lowercase o with Slash 07D 125 Lowercase a with Ring 07E 126 Lowercase u with Umlaut Table 38 Spanish Character Set n Symbol 023 035 Pound Sign 040 064 Section Sign 05B 091 Inverted Exclamation Mark 05G 092 Uppercase N with Tilde 05D 093 Inverted Question Mark 07B 123 Degree Sign 07C 124 Lowercase n with Tilde 07D 125 Lowercase c with Cedilla 158 DEC Multinational Character Sets Table 39 DEC Swedish Character Set giis Symbol Name 040 064 Uppercase E with Acute Accent 05B 091 Uppercase A with Umlaut 05C 092 Uppercase O with Umlaut 05D 093 Uppercase A with Ring 05E 094 Uppercase U with Umlaut 060 096 Lowercase e with Acute Accent 07B 123 Lowercase a with Umlaut 07C 124 Lowercase o with Umlaut 07D 125 Lowercas
33. 1 Codabar has the following characteristics Character set includes ten digits 0 9 plus six characters Illegal characters are not processed and are ignored START and STOP codes No CENTER code Definable intercharacter gap Variable length characters per complete symbol If a checksum is required for bar code readability you must include it as part of the data 213 Chapter 4 _ b n Codabar b n Codabar c Codabar b n has four dark bars and three light bars for a total of seven bars Both light and dark bars are coded to define the character A narrow light dark bar is assigned a binary 0 and a wide light dark bar is assigned a binary 1 Codabar b n has the following characteristics e Character set includes ten digits 0 9 plus six characters e START and STOP codes No CENTER code Definable intercharacter gap e Variable length characters per complete symbol is required for bar code readability you must include it as part of the data 214 Codabar c has four dark bars and three light bars for a total of seven bars Both light and dark bars are coded to define the character A narrow light dark bar is assigned a binary 0 and a wide light dark bar is assigned a binary 1 Codabar c has the following characteristics e Character set includes ten digits 0 9 plus six characters e characters not
34. 100 A R and HGS 1 180 in 1 140 in maintain 250 100 A R and HGS 1 180 in 1 90 in maintain 250 100 A R and maintain HGS 1 90 in 1 70 in maintain 250 100 A R and change to HGS 1 90 in 1 35 in maintain 250 100 A R and change to HGS 1 90 in 127 Chapter 2 SixelGraphics Processing When the 200 100 aspect ratio is selected by Ps1 Pn3 must take on one of the following values 1 180 in change to 200 100 A R and maintain HGS 1 180 in 1 140 in maintain 200 100 A R and HGS 1 140 in 1 90 in maintain 200 100 A R and change to HGS 1 140 in 1 70 in maintain 200 100 A R and change to HGS 1 70 in 1 35 in maintain 200 100 A R and change to HGS 1 70 in When the 100 100 aspect ratio is selected by Ps1 Pn3 must take on one of the following values 1 180 in change to 200 100 A R and maintain HGS 1 180 in 1 140 in maintain 200 100 A R and change to HGS 1 140 in 1 90 in maintain 200 100 A R and change to HGS 1 140 in 1 70 in maintain 200 100 A R and HGS 1 70 in 1 35 in maintain 200 100 A R and change to HGS 1 35 in Pn is reserved for future use If parameters are received they will be ignored without terminating this sequence e The final character is designated by the lowercase letter q where q identifies the sequence as the sixel protocol selector and places the printer in Sixel Graphics mode Three control characters cause the Protocol Selector sequence to terminate and enter Text mode They are S
35. 151 Latin 2 Character Set ISO 170 Latin 5 Character Set ISO 173 Left and Right Margins Set 88 Line Feed New Line Mode LNM 41 Lines per minute lpm defined 16 LNM 41 Load 310 End VFU loading 63 Forms Sequence DECLFM 67 Vertical Format Unit VFU 62 Logos Print samples 287 Logos LG emulation Deleting Sequence DECDLG 78 Loading Sequence DECLLG 76 Select Sequence DECILG 78 Status Report DECLGSR 79 Status Request DECRLGS 79 Manual Mode 222 Margins Page Print Area and Margins 80 Set Top and Bottom 87 Mode manual Code 128 222 Multiply Character Width 118 N National Replacement Character 155 NEL 90 Next Line NEL 90 NRC 155 Numeric Character Location Listing 152 Numeric Parameters 134 O OCR A and OCR B 151 Operating System Commands 135 Overlined 122 P Page Format Select PFS 82 Page Print Area and Margins 80 Parameter Separator 134 Parameters Numeric and Selective Pn Ps 30 Parsing Requirements 32 Partial Line Down PLD Subscripting 95 Partial Line Up PLU Superscripting 94 PFS 82 PGL Printronix Graphics Language emulation 15 Pitch Select Mode DECPSM 44 PLD 95 Plot Density Setting 51 PLU 94 Pn Ps See Parameters 30 Position Unit Mode 46 Postnet 220 Print Area Changing the 81 Page 80 Printer Default Values and States LG emulation 146 emulations 15 Interface configuration with the VMS operating syste
36. 2 2 R b r 3 3 S c s 4 4 T d t 5 5 U e u 6 amp 6 V f 7 4 7 W g w 8 8 X h x 9 9 Y 1 y A Z j 2 B k C EE 1 D s m e E gt Aa 3 F 7 _ 0 DEC French Canadian m QQ Am DEC French Canadian 0 1 2 3 4 5 8 9 A B C D 0 a P 1 A Q 2 B R 3 C S 4 D T 5 E U amp 6 F V 7 G W 8 H X 9 I Y 2 lt L M 6 gt N i Ta 241 Appendix 242 LG Emulation Character Set Charts German German GL 0 1 2 3 5 6 GR 8 9 A B D E 0 0 P 1 1 Q a 2 2 R b 3 3 S c 4 4 T d 5 Z 78 U e 6 amp 6 7 27 W g 8 8 X h 9 9 Y 1 A Z j B ES s A K C lt 1 D gt 2S m E gt fe p _ ltalian m Italian m 243 Appendix _ LG Emulation Character Set Charts JIS Roman JIS Roman GL 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 GR 8 9 A B C D E F 0 0 P p 1 1 A Q a q 2 2 B R b r 3 3 C S c s 4 4 D T d t 5 5 E U e u 6 amp 6 F V f 7 7 G W g w 8 8 H X h x 9 9 I Y i y A J Z j Z B K k f C E e y CE 4 D M 1 m E gt N n F O 244 DEC Norwegian Danish A m tri QQ Ar DEC Norwegian Danish 0 1 2 3 4 5 8 9 A B C D 0 P 1 A Q 2 B R 3 C S 4 D T 5 U 7 G W 8 H X 9 I Y J 2
37. 3 Selecting the Character Set and Language Table 46 ISO Latin 2 Character Set Lin ea Symbol Name 21 33 Uppercase A with Ogonek 22 34 Breve 23 35 Uppercase L with Bar 24 36 Currency Sign 25 37 Uppercase L with Caron 26 38 Uppercase S with Acute 27 39 Section Sign 28 40 Diaeresis 29 41 Uppercase S with Caron 2A 42 Uppercase S with Ceqilla 2B 43 Uppercase T with Caron 2C 44 Uppercase Z with Acute 2D 45 Space 2E 46 Uppercase Z with Caron 2F 47 Uppercase Z with Dot 30 48 Degree 31 49 Lowercase A with Ogonek 32 50 Ogonek 33 51 Lowercase L with Bar 34 52 Acute Accent 35 53 Lowercase L with Caron 36 54 Lowercase S with Acute 37 55 Caron Mark 38 56 Cedilla 39 57 Lowercase S with Caron 3A 58 Lowercase S with Cedilla 3B 59 Lowercase T with Caron 3C 60 Lowercase Z with Acute 3D 61 D with Acute Accent 3E 62 Lowercase Z with Caron 3F 63 Lowercase Z with Dot 40 64 Uppercase R with Acute 41 65 Uppercase A with Acute 170 Additional ISO and Special Character Sets Table 46 ISO Latin 2 Character Set continued VE pies Symbol Name 42 66 Uppercase A with Circumflex 43 67 Uppercase A with Breve 44 68 Uppercase A with Diaeresis 45 69 Uppercase L with Acute 46 70 Uppercase C with Acute 47 71 Uppercase C with Cedilla 48 72 Uppercase C with Caron 49 73 Uppercase E with Acute 4A 74 Uppercase E with Ogonek 4B 75 Uppercase E with Diaeresis 4C 76 Uppercase E with Caron 4D 77 Uppercase with Acute 4E 78
38. 5 92 Katakana wa 5D 93 Katakana n m 5E 94 Katakana voiced sound symbol 5F 95 Katakana semi voiced sound symbol 60 7E 96 126 Reserved for future use 186 Additional ISO and Special Character Sets Table 52 7 Bit Hebrew Character Set i pas Symbol Name 20 32 Space 21 33 Exclamation Point 22 34 Quotation Marks 23 35 Number Sign 24 36 Dollar Sign 25 37 Percent Sign 26 38 Ampersand 27 39 Apostrophe 28 40 Open Parenthesis 29 41 Closed Parenthesis 2A 42 Asterisk 2B 43 Plus 2C 44 Comma 2D 45 Hyphen or Minus 2bE 46 Period or Decimal Point 2F 47 Slash 30 48 Zero Not Slashed 31 49 One 32 50 Two 33 51 Three 34 52 Four 35 53 Five 36 54 Six 37 55 Seven 38 56 Eight 39 57 Nine 3A 58 Colon 3B 59 Semicolon 3C 60 Less Than Symbol 3D 61 Equals Symbol 3E 62 Greater Than Symbol 3F 63 Question Mark 40 64 At Sign 187 Chapter 3 Selecting the Character Set and Language Table 52 7 Bit Hebrew Character Set continued a Symbol 41 65 Uppercase 42 66 Uppercase 43 67 44 68 Uppercase D 45 69 Uppercase 46 70 Uppercase 47 71 G 48 72 Uppercase H 49 73 Uppercase 4A 74 Uppercase J 4B 75 Uppercase K 4 76 Uppercase L 4D 77 Uppercase M 4E 78 Uppercase N 4F 79 Uppercase O 50 80 Uppercase P 51 81 Uppercase Q 52 82 Uppercase R 53 83 Uppercase S 54 84 Uppercase T 55 85 Uppercase U 56 86 Uppercase V 57 87 Uppercase
39. Character Set contains Greek letters mathematical symbols and logical symbols Additionally it contains characters that may be used to construct larger mathematical symbols on character cell devices such as large integral and summation signs Select this character set via the SCS control sequence as described on page 99 The technical character set is output to the terminal via software that responds to the ANSI ISO Single Shift 3 SS3 non locking shift control function SS3 is already terminal resident just enter the hex value from Table 50 to produce the appropriate character The set has no duplicate ASCII or DEC Supplemental characters Eleven positions are reserved for future standardization including the corners hex 20 and hex 7F The printer conforms to the following Responds to the escape sequence that determines the DEC Technical Character Set The printer cannot designate or invoke the DEC Technical Character Set by default Positions reserved for future standardization in the DEC technical set are imaged as the error character reverse question mark Component characters are imaged so that adjacent component characters form connected lines at all pitches 182 Additional ISO and Special Character Sets Table 50 DEC Technical Character Set ae pa Symbol Name Greek 44 68 Uppercase Delta 46 70 Uppercase Phi 47 71 Uppercase Gamma 4A 74 Uppercase Theta 4C 76 Uppercase Lambda 50 80 Up
40. DCMPRSS I 02S K 00 G G 00 ITR ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 1333 10 Hebrew Suppl DCMPRSS 1025 K 00 G G 00 1TG ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 133 10 Turkish Suppl DCMPRSS 4 02S K 00 G G 00 240 ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 167 10 U S ASCH DCMPRSS 5 02S K 00 G G 00010 7777027000 167 10 DEC Supp DCMPRSS 5 02S K 00 GG 00 010 ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 167 10 DEC tech DCMPRSS 5 02S K 00 G G 00010 ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 167 10 ISOLati 2 DCMPRSS 5 02S K 00 G G 00 GDE ZZZZ 02 Z 000 16 7 10 DCMPRSS 5 02 K 00 G 00 GDO ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 16 7 10 ISO Greek DCMPRSS 5 02S K 00 G G 00 GDI ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 16 7 10 ISOHebrw DCMPRSS 5 02S K 00 G G 00 ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 167 10 ISOLatin5 DCMPRSS 5 02S K 00 G 00 GDP ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 167 10 VT100 DCMPRSS 5 02S K 00 GG 00 01C ZZZZ 027 000 167 10 7 BitHebrew DCMPRSS 102 K 00 G G 00 24D ZZZZ 022 000 167 10 7 Bit Turkish DCMPRSS I 02S K 00 G G 00 242 ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 16 7 10 Greek Suppl DCMPRSS I 02S K 00 G G 00 ITR ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 16 7 10 Hebrew Suppl DCMPRSS I 02S K 00 G G 00 ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 167 10 Turkish Suppl DCMPRSS 4 02S K 00 G G 00 240 ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 6 Type Family Name High Speed Draft Print Type Family ID DDRAFTI 10 12 U S ASCII DDRAFTI J 03C K 00 G G 00010 ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 10 12 DEC Supp DDRAFTI J 03C K 00 G G 00 01O ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 NOTE The font file IDs are spaced for clarity The spaces are not part of the actual ID strir 281 Appendix C _ Font File IDs Type Character Font File ID entire string Pitch Size Set Font
41. Definition 126 Exit Sixel Mode 134 Picture Data 129 Print sample 288 Printable Characters 130 311 Index Processing 126 Protocol Selector 127 String Introducer 127 String Terminator 129 SOCS 143 Soft Terminal Reset DECSTR 141 Spacing Pitch Increment SPI 55 Spacing text 54 Special Graphic Character Set VT100 DEC 179 SPI 55 SSU 48 Start Forms Sequence DECIFM 72 States Default Values and LG emulation 146 Status Printer Requests and Reports 104 Stop Bar Coding 207 String Introducer 127 Subscripting 95 Superscripting 94 Supplemental Graphic Character Set DEC 176 SVS 57 T Tab Clear TBC 98 Stops 95 Stops Set 96 97 TBC 98 Technical Character Set DEC 183 Terminate Forms Sequence DECTFM 73 Text formatting and language options 15 Turkish Supplemental Character Set 198 Turn Off All Attributes 122 312 Underlined Text 123 Underlining 121 Unused Control Strings 135 UPC A 217 UPC E 218 UPS 155 User Preference Supplemental Character Set 155 V Values and States Default LG emulation 146 Vectors Drawing 137 Vertical Format 61 Vertical Format Unit VFU 294 Vertical Position Absolute VPA 92 Vertical Position Backward VPB 93 Vertical Position Relative VPR 93 Vertical Tab Stops 98 VFU End 63 VFU Load 62 VMS interface configuration 271 VPA 92 VPB 93 VPR 93 VTS 98 VT100 Special Graphic Character Set DEC 1
42. ESC 1 11 2 0 2 15 3 0 7 14 Escape Sequence Intermediate Final character Introducer character s After the escape sequence introducer ESC intermediate characters may or may not follow in the sequence These characters always come from the 2 0 through 2 15 column row range of the Digital Multinational Character Set page 21 The final character signals the end of the escape sequence and always comes from the 3 0 through 7 14 range of the Digital multinational character set For example if the intermediate character is SP hex 20 and the final character is G hex 47 the resulting escape sequence is ESC SP G hex 1B 20 47 This particular sequence tells the printer how to process data it sends back to the host computer send data in 7 bit form and send additional control characters as 7 bit escape sequences 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 Control Sequences Control sequences begin with the control sequence introducer CSI 9 11 in an 8 bit data environment They are also escape sequences however because the 8 bit CSI control character can be represented by the 7 bit escape sequence ESC Control sequences may contain variable parameters within the command sequence The format for control sequences is CSI P ESC 9 11 3 10 to 3 15 2 0 2 15 3 0
43. G 00010 ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 10 12 DEC Supp DBULTNI J 03C 00 G G 00 010 ZZZZ 02Z 0 0 0 10 12 DEC Tech DBULTNI J 03C 00 GG 00010 ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 10 12 ISOLatin2 DBULTN1 J 03C K 00 6 00 GDE ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 10 12 150 Cyrillic DBULTNI J 03C K 00 G G 00 GDO ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 10 12 ISO Greek DBULTNI J 03C K 00 G G 00 GDI ZZZZ 02Z 0 0 0 10 12 ISO Hebrew DBULTNI J 03C K 00 G G 00 7777027000 10 12 ISO Latin 5 DBULTNI J 03C K 00 G G 00 GDP ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 10 12 VT100 DBULTNI J 03C K 00 G G 00 01C ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 10 12 7 Bit Hebrew DBULTNI E 03C K 00 G G 00 24D 7777027000 10 12 7 Bit Turkish DBULTNI 03C K 00 G G 00 242 ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 10 12 Greek Suppl DBULTNI 03C K 00 G G 00 ITR ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 10 12 Hebrew Suppl DBULTNI 03C K 00 G 00 ITG ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 10 12 Turkish Suppl DBULTNI 03 K 00 G G 00 240 ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 continued on next page NOTE The font file IDs are spaced for clarity The spaces are not part of the actual ID stri 276 Type Pitch Size Character Set Font File ID entire string Font ID First 16 characters DEC Built in 1 continued Data Processing 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 U S ASCII DEC Suppl DEC Tech ISO Latin 2 ISO Cyrillic ISO Greek ISO Hebrew ISO Latin 5 VT 100 7 Bit Hebrew
44. HPB page 91 Vertical Position Absolute VPA page 91 Vertical Position Relative VPR page 92 Vertical Position Backward VPB page 92 Set Horizontal Tab Stops DECSHTS page 95 Set Vertical Tab Stops DECSVTS page 96 Drawing Vectors DECVEC page 136 Select Barcode Parameters DECSBCA page 203 Not affected by PUM setting 46 Force Plot Mode ASCII Code Hex Code Dec Code Purpose Reset Disable Set Enable ESC 7 0 41 ESC 7 0 h 1B 5B 3F 37 30 6C 1B 5B 3F 37 30 68 27 91 63 55 48 108 27 91 63 55 48 104 Forces the printer to enter or stay in Plotting mode Discussion The printer normally operates in Printing mode the default to achieve maximum throughput of standard fonts and spacing Plotting mode sacrifices speed but offers greater flexibility such as special fonts font sizes and character spacing Many of these features are available in print mode when the Print Mode option is set to Enable with the control panel Force Plot mode prevents accidental shifting between the printed and plotted fonts and can reduce unnecessary paper shift The default for DECFPM reset state For further information about plot mode see overview description on page 18 47 Chapter 2 Select Size Unit SSU Select Size Unit SSU 48 ASCII Code Hex Code Dec Code ESC Ps SP T 1B 5B Ps 20 49 27 91 Ps 32 3 Purpose Works with the Position Unit Mode PUM sequence to select a unit of me
45. ID First 16 characters 7 Type Family Name LG Near Letter Quality Type Family ID DLGNRLQ 7 18 U S ASCII DLGNRLQ G 050 00 G 00 01U ZZZZ 02 D 0 0 0 7 18 DEC Supp DLGNRLQ G 050 K 00 G G 00 010 ZZZZ 02 D 0 0 0 7 18 VT100 DLGNRLQ G 050 00 G G 00 01C ZZZZ 02 D 0 0 0 7 18 ISO Latin 1 DLGNRLQ G 050 K 00 G G 00 6DD ZZZZ 02 D 0 0 0 10 12 U S ASCII DLGNRLQ J 03C K 00 GG 00010 ZZZZ 02 D 0 0 0 10 12 DEC Supp DLGNRLQ J 03C K 00 G G 00 010 ZZZZ 02 D 0 0 0 10 12 DEC Tech DLGNRLQ J 03C K 00 G 00010 ZZZZ 02 D 0 0 0 10 12 VT100 DLGNRLQ J 03C 00 G G 00 01C ZZZZ 02 D000 10 12 ISO Latin 1 DLGNRLQ J 03C K 00 G G 00 6 ZZZZ 02 D 0 0 0 10 12 VT100 Italic DLGNRLQ J 03C K 01 GG 00 01C ZZZZ 02 D000 10 12 ASCII Italic DLGNRLQ J 03C 01 GG 00010 ZZZZ 02 9 000 10 12 DEC Supp Italic DLGNRLQ J 03C K 01 G G 00 010 ZZZZ 02 D 0 0 0 10 12 ISO Latin 1 Ital DLGNRLQ J 03C K 01 GG 00 6DD ZZZZ 02 D 0 0 0 14 1 5 VT100 DLGNRLQ N 01N 00 G G 00 01C ZZZZ 02 D 0 0 0 14 1 5 DEC Supp DLGNRLQ N 01N 00 G G 00010 ZZZZ 02 D 000 141 5 U S ASCII DLGNRLQ N 01N K 00 G G 00 01U ZZZZ 02 D 0 0 0 41 5 ISO Latin 1 DLGNRLQ 01N K 00 G G 00 6DD ZZZZ 02 D 000 8 Type Family Name Draft Plot Type Family ID 10 12 U S ASCII DDRAFT0 J 03 00 00 01U ZZZZ 02B 000 10 12 DEC Supp DDRAFTO J 03C 00 GG 00 010 ZZZZ 02 B 000 10 12 DEC Tech DDRAFTO J 03C 00 00010 ZZZZ02B 000 10 12 VT100 DDRAFTO J 03C 00 GG0001C ZZZZ 02 B 00 0
46. ISO Latin Greek Supplemental 1 F ISO Latin 9 1 b NOTE If values for Ps and D D are selected other than those in Table 2 19 this command will be ignored Ps Parameter Ps indicates whether the specified UPS set is a 94 character or a 96 character set Ps1 Function 0 94 character set 1 96 character set 101 Chapter 2 _ Assign User Preference Supplemental Set DECAUPSS D D Parameter D D is a string that contains the character set identifier See SCS in this chapter for a list of intermediate and final characters The identifier for the character set in this command is the same as the final character s in the identifier listed for the Select Character Set SCS sequence see page 99 Examples To assign LG Supplemental as the User Preference Supplemental character set use the following DECAUPSS command DCS 0 u 5 ST To assign ISO Latin 1 Supplemental as the User Preference Supplemental set use the following command DCS 1 uAST 102 Product Identification DA ASCII Code ESC c or ESC 0 c Hex Code 1B 5B 63 1B 5B 30 63 Dec Code 27 91 99 27 91 48 99 Purpose Shows the product identification Discussion When the host computer sends a device attributes DA sequence the printer immediately sends an answering sequence that identifies the printer The printer will answer as follows DEC LG Emulation Product ID ESC 45 c 1B 5B 34 35 63 Printer Status Reques
47. Sequences 113 Request Font Status DECRFS sse 114 Font Status Report DECFSR 115 Character Attributes 116 Character Expansion GSM sse 117 Bold Printingi Ote etd 119 Grossed Out Text iae ep Uie 120 Double Underlined Text 121 Kalie PUMIN Ere 121 uuu ur erret 122 Turn Off All Attributes 122 Underlined Text i i ecd deest 123 Justificatior JE Y i edet to e eren tet 124 Graphics Processing a 126 Character Processing in Sixel Graphics 130 Drawing Vectors 137 Block Characters nennen 138 Setting Block Character Parameters DECBCS 138 Start Block Character Mode DECBLOCKC 140 Stop Block Character Mode nee 140 Reset to Initial State RIS sss 141 Soft Terminal Reset DECSTR 1 sse 141 Selecting LinePrinter Plus Emulations via 142 Table of Contents Selecting LinePrinter Plus Emulations via SOCS 143 7 Bit and 8 Bit Transmissions and Interpretations 144 Draft r
48. Speed Bar Code Formatting Several LG emulation control codes that allow you to define and print bar codes are described in Chapter 4 Diagnostics The Setup Guide for these printers discusses the following diagnostic features in more detail Built in diagnostic self tests Configuration printout Data stream hexadecimal code printout Printing Speed 16 The speed at which text prints is measured in lines per minute lpm This speed is inversely proportional to the number of dot rows required to produce a character line regardless of the number of characters in the line More dot rows are required to print lowercase characters with descenders consequently those character lines print at a fractionally lower rate The DEC LG Emulation printer also prints dot addressable graphic images The speed at which graphics are plotted is measured in inches per minute ipm Unidirectional plotting produces slightly better print quality and takes about twice as long as bidirectional plotting You can select either plotting mode from the control panel Printing and plotting rates also vary according to the print quality you select Print quality refers to the way you instruct the printer to create characters If for example you select near letter quality NLQ the printer uses more dot rows to form characters than if you choose high speed HS print quality Character formation and print speed are faster in HS because the p
49. Vertical channels in the form are defined by downloading the Vertical Format Unit VFU from the host to the printer Subsequent data is then printed on the form at the specified channel These functions are achieved by using control sequences Two control sequences Load VFU and End VFU are used to enact the VFU load procedure Besides loading the VFU top of form is also defined Top of form is determined by the actual paper position when the load VFU command is sent to the printer therefore be sure to align the paper at the desired top of form before sending the LOAD VFU command An example showing several VFU commands and the resulting output is provided on page 294 NOTE In addition to using VFU commands you may also ensure faster text printing by selecting an appropriate font and character size setting with DECATFF SGR instead of the SHS command The SHS command can force the printer into plot mode If the page contains a dense concentration of text many text lines and many characters per line the SHS command will cause the DEC LG Emulationto pause a few seconds between pages 61 Chapter 2 Load Vertical Format Unit VFU Load Vertical Format Unit VFU ASCII Code ESC 1h Hex Code 1B 5B 3C 31 68 Dec Code 27 91 60 49 104 Purpose Downloads the VFU from the host to the printer DiscussionAll data following the begin load sequence is placed in VFU memory except ASCII control codes Any command entered during l
50. W 58 88 Uppercase X 59 89 Uppercase Y 5A 90 Uppercase Z 5B 91 Open Bracket 5C 92 Backslash 5D 93 Closed Bracket 5E 94 Circumflex 5F 95 Underline 60 96 Hebrew letter ALEPH 61 97 Hebrew letter BETH 62 98 Hebrew letter GIMMEL 188 Additional ISO and Special Character Sets Table 52 7 Bit Hebrew Character Set continued Ve pui Symbol Name 63 99 Hebrew letter DALETH 64 100 Hebrew letter HE 65 101 Hebrew letter WAW 66 102 Hebrew letter ZAYIN 67 103 Hebrew letter HET 68 104 Hebrew letter TETH 69 105 Hebrew letter YOD 6A 106 Hebrew letter KAPH Final Form 6B 107 Hebrew letter KAPH 6C 108 Hebrew letter LAMED 6D 109 Hebrew letter MEM Final Form 6E 110 Hebrew letter MEM 6F 111 Hebrew letter NUN Final Form 70 112 Hebrew letter NUN 71 113 Hebrew letter SAMEKH 72 114 Hebrew letter A YIN 73 115 Hebrew letter PE Final Form 74 116 Hebrew letter PE 75 117 Hebrew letter ZADIK Final Form 76 118 Hebrew letter ZADIK 77 119 Hebrew letter KOF KUF 78 120 Hebrew letter RESH 79 121 Hebrew letter SHIN SIN 7 122 Hebrew letter 7B 123 Open Brace 7 124 Solid Vertical Line 7D 125 Closed Brace 7 126 Tilde 7F 127 Delete 189 Chapter 3 _ Selecting the Character Set and Language Table 53 7 Bit Turkish Character Set Symbol 20 32 Space 21 33 Small Letter i Without Dot 22 34 Quotation Marks 23 35 Number Sign 24 36 Dollar Sign 25 37 Percent Sign 26 38 Smal
51. When enabled all characters and spaces following the code are overlined The values of Ps turn overlined printing on or off Ps Printer Action 53 Turn on overlined printing 55 Turn off overlined printing Overlined text is only applicable in Print mode Turn Off All Attributes ASCII Code Hex Code Dec Code Purpose ESC 0m 1B 5B 0 6D 27 91 0 109 Turns off all font attributes 121 Chapter 2 _Underlined Text Underlined Text ASCII Code ESC Ps m Hex Code 1B 5B Ps 6D Dec Code 27 91 Ps 109 Purpose Turn underlining on or off Discussion With underlining on the printer underlines all following printable characters including spaces Underlining remains in effect even across page boundaries until turned off Note that if you use a tab with underline enabled the space will be underlined The values of Ps turn underlining on or off Ps Printer Action 4 Turn on underlining 24 Turn off underlining This feature is available to all fonts and pitch settings Underlining is disabled when the printer is reset or powered off 122 Justification JFY ASCII Code ESC Ps SP F Hex Code 1B 5B Ps 20 46 Dec Code 27 91 Ps 32 70 Purpose Aligns text at left and right margins Discussion Justification changes the spacing between words With a justified line the first character of the first word is flush with the left margin or at the line home position if it differs from the margin set
52. at the front of the manual Use the Index at the back of the manual for references to topics and tasks described in this manual Use the Glossary at the back of the manual to find definitions for commonly used terminology Warnings and Special Information Read and comply with all information highlighted under special headings Conditions that could harm you as well as damage the equipment Conditions that could damage the printer or related equipment Information vital to proper operation of the printer NOTE Information affecting printer operation Chapter 1 The DEC LG Emulation Line Matrix Printer Related Documentation Following is a list of related documentation for the DEC LG Emulation printer Printronix DEC LG Emulation Series Maintenance Manual Explains how to maintain and repair theDEC LG Emulation line matrix printer at the field service level of maintenance This manual covers alignments and adjustments preventive and corrective maintenance troubleshooting and basic principles of operation Printronix DEC LG Series Operator s Guide Describes the keys on the control panel and provides quick reference information on daily printer operations such as loading paper and replacing ribbons Printronix DEC LG Series Setup Guide Describes how to unpack install configure run diagnostics and clean the printer and how to troubleshoot simple fault conditions Printronix DEC LG Series LinePrinter Plus Progra
53. bars and three light bars for a total of five bars Parameters P2 through P5 and P7 are not applicable and will be ignored EAN 8 has the following characteristics e Ten digit character set 0 9 START and STOP codes e CENTER code e lntercharacter gap not definable Fixed length of seven characters per complete symbol The first digit is the number system code followed by six digits of data The printer computes the check digit automatically and embeds it in the bar code as the eighth digit All eight digits are encoded in the bar code symbol with four digits to the left of the CENTER code in odd parity and four digits to the right of the CENTER code in even parity f more or less than seven characters are used or if any of the characters used are illegal an error message is printed The minimum character height is set at 12 mm per ISO STD P6 limitation 215 Chapter 4 _EAN 13 EAN 13 EAN 13 has two dark bars and two light bars for a total of four bars Each light dark bar is 1 4 modules wide A module is the smallest increment that can represent data Zeros are represented by light modules and ones by dark modules Each character contains some combination of seven modules that total two dark bars and two light bars The above is always true except with the START STOP and CENTER character codes The START STOP character bar pattern consists of two dark bars and one light bar for a total of three bars Th
54. control codes In LG emulation three escape sequences enable the printer to print bar codes One escape sequence sets the bar code parameters another starts bar code production and the third sequence stops bar code printing Select Bar Codes Attributes Sequence DECSBCA ASCII Code ESC P1 P2 P9 q Hex Code 1B 5B P1 3B P2 3B P9 27 71 Dec Code 27 91 P1 59 P2 59 P9 39 113 Purpose Selects bar code type and orientation Discussion Once defined bar code parameters remain in effect until new bar code select parameter sequence is sent reset command returns settings to default values On power up the default values are set Bar code parameters are set according to the following choices P1 defines parameters for the various bar code styles 203 Chapter 4 204 Select Bar Codes Attributes Sequence DECSBCA P1 Function P1 Function O missing Code 39 default 8 Codabar b n 1 Interleaved 2 of 5 9 Codabar c 2 Code 39 10 Codabar d e 3 Extended Code 39 11 UPC A 4 EAN 8 12 UPC E 5 EAN 13 13 Postnet 6 Code 11 14 Code 128 7 Codabar a t 15 Code 128 UCC P2 sets the width for the narrow bars and spaces in units specified by the SSU code Default value 10 pixels 12 decipoints Minimum value 9 pixels 11 decipoints This does not apply to all UPC EAN and Postnet bar codes P3 sets the width for the quiet zone The printer s quiet zone is a constant pixel value of 150 pixels
55. currently active column Default value Pn 1 If Pn is less than the current active line the active line moves backwards on the current page If you try to move the active line below the bottom line the active position stops at the bottom 91 Chapter 2 _ Vertical Position Relative VPR Vertical Position Relative VPR ASCII Code ESC Pn e Hex Code 1B 5B Pn 65 Dec Code 27 91 Pn 101 Purpose Moves the active line to the corresponding horizontal position by adding Pn to the value of the currently active line DiscussionPn is the value added to the currently active line Default value Pn 1 If you try to move the active line below the bottom line the active position stops at the bottom line Vertical Position Backward VPB ASCII Code ESC Pn k Hex Code 1B 5B Pn 6B Dec Code 27 91 Pn 107 Purpose Moves the active position to the corresponding column at the preceding vertical position set by the Pn value DiscussionPn is the value subtracted from the currently active line Default value Pn 1 If you try to move the active line above the top line the active position stops at the top line 92 Cursor Up CUU ASCII Code ESC Pn A Hex Code 1B 5B Pn 41 Dec Code 27 91 Pn 65 Purpose Causes the active position to move to the corresponding column at the preceding vertical position set by the Pn value Discussion you try to move the active position above the top line the active pos
56. differs from the pattern on the right side This is possible because the digits to the left of the CENTER character code are usually coded in odd parity while the digits to the right of the CENTER bar are coded in even parity Quiet Zone Both ends of the bar code structure require blank quiet zones The quiet zones should be at least 0 25 inches wide and completely blank to ensure accurate reading of the START STOP codes and to prevent adjacent bar codes from overlapping The operator is responsible for providing sufficient space on the form for the quiet zones Intercharacter Gap The intercharacter gap separates the last bar in one character from the first bar of the next character The intercharacter gap is required in styles where each character begins and ends with a dark bar Number of Characters in a Bar Code There is no set number of characters for all bar codes Some styles have a specific number of characters necessary for making individual bar codes for example UPC A uses an 11 character symbol Code 39 however uses character symbols of variable length Checksums Checksums be included within the bar code symbol If a checksum digit is required for a particular style it is computed by the user and sent along with the rest of the characters that make up the bar code symbol The printer automatically computes the check digit and embeds it at the end of the bar code for the UPC EAN Code 11 Code 128 a
57. emulation See font proportional and font monospaced Abbrev for SuperSet Control Code It is of the form and is used to execute superset commands In serial data transfer a signal indicating the beginning of a character or data element In serial data transfer a signal indicating the end of a character or data element Two or more bytes of data or code treated as a unit 303 Appendix E _ Glossary 304 style type superset commands symbol set T type family type size type style typeface typographic font V VFU W weight write X off X on See type style Commands which are an extension to the base LinePrinter printer protocol such as the bar code commands for the Epson FX protocol See character set See typeface See point Refers to either the upright or italic character style in a specific font family Roman is upright italic is slanted A descriptive name or brand name that identifies a particular design of type Examples are Courier Helvetica and Swiss Also called type family See font proportional Abbrev for vertical format unit See character weight To store data to memory RAM or to mass storage hard disk floppy diskette etc A character transmitted by the printer announcing that the printer is off line or the buffer is almost full DC3 13 Hex A character transmitted by the printer announcing that the printer is on line or the b
58. mode you must supply the start code if no start code is provided the printer inserts a subset B start code Stop codes and check digits are generated automatically in the manual mode More information about Manual Mode is provided in the following section Code 128 Manual Mode Operation NOTE In the manual mode you are responsible for correct implementation of Code 128 in accordance with the Code 128 Standards Manual The Code 128 character set is shown in Table 60 The Alternate column identifies the special subset switch characters that switch the printer to the manual mode These gt characters are also horizontally aligned with functions also performed in the automatic mode For example gt represents SI in subset A o in subset B and value 79 in subset C Thus the following commands generate the same bar code using Alternate characters or subsets B or C Subset Switch Characters gt 7 gt gt gt gt Subset C gt 576777879 Subset B gt 6 Non ASCII characters specified by using the subset switch characters from gt 1 through gt 8 in the Alternate column on Table 60 which corresponds to your application The Value column is used when manually translating subset B and C bar codes into their briefest form NOTE The subset switch start codes gt 5 gt 6 and gt 7 have two functions At the beginning of a line they start manual mode data in subset C B or A respectively When these codes are used an
59. narrow Both light and dark bars are coded to define the character A narrow light dark bar is assigned a binary 0 and a wide light dark bar is assigned a binary 1 Code 39 has the following characteristics e Character set includes ten digits 0 9 uppercase letters A Z plus eight additional characters SP e START and STOP codes No CENTER code Definable intercharacter gap e Variable length characters per complete symbol lfachecksum is required for bar code readability you must include it as part of the data Extended Code 39 For printable characters Extended Code 39 prints like Code 39 With control characters Extended Code 39 decodes and prints the control characters as their combined printable codes See Table 58 for the Extended Code 39 ASCII character set Table 58 Extended Code 39 ASCII Character Set ASCII Code 39 ASCII Code 39 ASCII Code 39 ASCII Code 39 NUL U SP Space V W SOH A A A A a A STX B B B B b B ETX C D D D D d D ENQ E amp f F BEL G j G G G g G 211 Chapter 4 212 Extended Code 39 Table 58 Extended Code 39 ASCII Character Set ASCII Code 39 ASCII Code 39 ASCII Code 39 ASCII Code 39 BS IH H H h H
60. not received or if the parameter is 0 a value of 1 is assumed If the parameter is a value larger than the maximum value of 65535 the printer defaults to 65535 All decimal digits are processed as part of the count A repeat sequence is equivalent to receiving the printable character as many times as specified by the numeric parameter count A printable character ends the repeat sequence processing and causes the printer to print Set Raster Attributes Setting the raster attributes determines the size shape and position of the pixels to be drawn After entering Sixel Graphics mode a valid Set Raster Attributes sequence must be received before the first sixel printable character is received The Set Raster Attributes sequence effects all sixel data that follows If a Set Raster Attributes sequence is received after a sixel printable character is received the printer still recognizes the sequence but disregards all parameters and continues processing all sixel data and control codes that follow the sequence as if the sequence was never received If a Set Raster Attributes sequence is received after a sixel control code 21H 24H 2DH the printer processes the control code and recognizes but ignores all Set Raster Attributes sequences that follow If a Set Raster Attributes sequence is received after an unspecified LG control code 20H 25H 2CH 2EH 2FH 30H the printer ignores the code and processes the Set Raster Attri
61. page 97 Tab Clear TBC ESC Psg page 97 Character Set Selection SCS page 98 Select Character Set Sequences page 99 Assign User Preference Supp Set DECAUPSS DCS Ps uD DST page 101 37 Chapter 2 Control Code Index FUNCTION CODE PAGE Product Identification DA ESC c or ESC Oc page 103 Printer Status Requests and Reports page 103 Device Status Requests DSRs and Printer page 104 Responses Send Extended Status Report ESC n or ESC On page 104 Disable Unsolicited Status Reports ESC 1n page 104 Enable Unsol Brief Reports and Send Ext ESC 2n page 104 Report Enable Unsol Ext Reports and Send Ext ESC 3n page 104 Report Assigning and Selecting Font Files page 108 Assign Type Family or Font DECATFF DCSPs1 Ps2 DStringST page 109 Selecting Fonts for Printing SGR CSIPsm page 111 Deleting Fonts from RAM DECLFF DCSO 1 0yST page 112 Font Status Sequences page 112 Request Font Status DECRFS CSIPs Ps page 113 Font Status Report DECFSR DCSI StringST page 114 Character Attributes SGR ESC Psm page 115 Character Expansion GSM ESC Pn1 pn2SP B page 116 Bold Printing ESC Psm page 118 Crossed Out Text ESC Psm page 119 Double Underlined Text ESC Psm page 120 Italic Printing ESC Psm page 120 Overlined Text ESC Psm page 121 Turn Off All Attributes ESC Om page 121 Underlined Text ESC Psm page 122 Justification JFY ESC PsSPF page 123 38 FUNCTION CODE Sixel Graphics Processing Character Processing in Sixel Graphics Mode ESC P
62. processed and are ignored e START and STOP codes No CENTER code Definable intercharacter gap e Variable length characters per complete symbol is required for bar code readability you must include it as part of the data Codabar d e Codabar d e has four dark bars and three light bars for a total of seven bars Both light and dark bars are coded to define the character A narrow light dark bar is assigned a binary 0 and a wide light dark bar is assigned a binary 1 Codabar d e has the following characteristics e Character set includes ten digits 0 9 plus six characters START and STOP codes No CENTER code Definable intercharacter gap e Variable length characters per complete symbol is required for bar code readability you must include it as part of the data EAN 8 EAN 8 contains two dark bars and two light bars for a total of four bars Each light and dark bar is 1 4 modules wide A module is the smallest increment that can represent data Zeros are represented by light modules and ones by dark modules Each character contains some combination of seven modules that total two dark bars and two light bars The above is always true except with the START STOP and CENTER character codes The START STOP character bar pattern consists of two dark bars and one light bar for a total of three bars The CENTER character bar pattern has two dark
63. symbol plus any spacing between two or more symbols cannot exceed 13 2 inches If a bar code symbol exceeds the right margin the printable portion is printed and the remainder is truncated Vertical Spacing Between Horizontal Bar Codes The vertical limit is equal to the maximum allowable height for a bar code symbol 10 inches If the human readable line is printed then a 0 1 inch gap plus character size is added to compute a total vertical distance If the human readable line is printed a space the size of the intercharacter gap exists between the human readable line and the top of the bar code symbol on the next line plus any linefeeds you have specified If there is no human readable line the vertical spacing is dependent on the user for how many linefeeds have been specified 229 Chapter 4 230 Density and Spacing Between Bar Codes Vertical Bar Codes 90 and 270 Degree Rotation The width of the rotated bar code is close in size to the height of the original horizontal bar code they are not quite the same since the density changes If the human readable line is printed it is accounted for in the total horizontal distance travelled The vertical height of the rotated bar code includes the 0 25 inch leading space the light and dark bars that comprise the bar code symbol and the 0 25 inch trailing space Vertical bar codes are printed with a horizontal density of 100 and a vertical density of 100 DPI Horiz
64. the international character set P4 Function 0 missing 1 O C U S ASCII default Germany DEC Norway Denmark France United Kingdom Spain Sweden ltaly uses previous setting eP5 specifies the block character s orientation P5 Function 0 missing 1 2 3 4 Same as current orientation Portrait 0 degree rotation Landscape 90 degrees rotation Reverse landscape 270 degree rotation Portrait upside down 180 degree rotation NOTE When the sequence selects character rotation each character is rotated around its axis by the above specified degree 138 Start Block Character Mode DECBLOCKC ASCII Code ESC SP 1 Hex Code 1B 25 20 31 Dec Code 27 37 32 49 Purpose Generates the block characters from the characters that follow the sequence Discussion The block characters inherit the last set of parameters defined If no prior sequence exists the block characters are printed with 0 degree rotation eln the U S ASCII character set With a horizontal and vertical magnification factor of 2 With a white background Stop Block Character Mode ASCII Code ESC Hex Code 1B 25 40 Dec Code 27 37 64 Purpose Stops the generation of block characters DiscussionOnce the block character sequence is stopped the font attributes the CPI settings and the LPI settings are returned to their previous values 139 Chapter 2 Resetto Initial State
65. to 7 14 1 11 5 11 8 Bit Control Parameter Intermediate Final 7 Bit Escape Sequence character s character s character Code CSI Introducer equivalent Parameter characters modify the action or interpretation of the command sequence There may be up to but no more than 16 parameters per sequence The 3 11 semicolon character is the delimiter that separates parameters This delimiter must be used whenever there are multiple parameters in the control sequence 29 Chapter 2 30 Control Code Types Two kinds of parameters are used numeric and selective A numeric parameter represents a numerical value Numeric parameters are represented in this manual as Pn Pn1 Pn2 etc A selective parameter chooses an action associated with the parameter value Selective parameters are represented in this manual as Ps Ps1 Ps2 etc Parameters are interpreted as unsigned decimal integers with the most significant digit first Parameter values greater than the maximum allowable 65535 will be set to 65535 Do not use a decimal point in any parameter the printer will ignore the entire command If no value is specified zero 0 is assumed A value of zero or an omitted parameter indicates the printer default value should be used for that sequence If the printer receives the parameter characters or anywhere in the parameter string it performs no action until the final character is received then ignores the entire sequenc
66. 0 6 default to 1 140 in 0071 200 100 7 default to 1 140 in 0071 200 100 8 default to 1 140 in 0071 200 100 9 default to 1 70 in 0148 100 100 Macro values 2 3 and 5 through 8 are default definitions required by this printer If Ps1 is greater than 9 default to Ps1 0 Ps2is the background select parameter It is not used by this printer e Pn3selects horizontal grid size in decipoints 1 720in This parameter used with the aspect ratio defines grid size 126 The printer performs default horizontal grid sizes for some decipoint values The following table identifies the horizontal grid size used for each parameter value Decipoints 1 720 Horizontal Grid Size 0 or none No change to HGS defined by Ps1 1 2 3 1 180in 0056 in 4 1 180in 0056 in 5 1 180in 0056 in 6 default to 1 180in 0056 in 7 default to 1 180in 0056 in 8 1 180in 0056 in 9 default to 1 180in 0056 in 10 1 180in 0056 in 11 19 default to 1 180in 0056 in 20 1 180in 0056 in 21 22 etc default to 1 180in 0056 in If Pn3 is set to O or not present the horizontal grid size is determined by the macro parameter Ps1 Otherwise Pn3 overrides the Horizontal Grid Size HGS portion of the macro parameter while attempting to preserve the aspect ratio A R Therefore when the 250 100 aspect ratio is selected by Ps1 Pn3 must take on one of the following values 1 180 in maintain 250
67. 0 DCMPRSS W 02S K 00 G G 00 GDO ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 DCMPRSS W 02S K 00 G G 00 GDI ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 DCMPRSS W 025 K 00 G G 00 ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 DCMPRSS W 02S K 00 G G 00 GDP ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 DCMPRSS 4 025 K 00 G G 0001 ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 DCMPRSS I 02S K 00 G G 00 24D ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 DCMPRSS 025 K 00 G G 00 242 ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 DCMPRSS I 02S K 00 G G 00 1 ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 DCMPRSS I 02S K 00 G G 00 1TG ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 DCMPRSS 4 02S K 00 G G 00 240 ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 continued on next page NOTE The font file IDs are spaced for clarity The spaces are not part of the actual ID strine 280 Type Character Font File ID entire string Pitch Size Set Font ID First 16 characters Compressed Print continued Type Family ID DCMPRSS 13 3 10 U S ASCII DCMPRSS 4 02S 00 G G 00010 ZZZZ 027 000 13 3 10 DEC Supp DCMPRSS 4 02S 00 G G 00 010 ZZZZ 027 000 13 3 10 DEC Tech DCMPRSS 4 02S 00 GG 00 01Q ZZZZ 027 000 13 3 10 ISO Latin 2 DCMPRSS 4 02S K 00 G G 00 GDE ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 133 10 ISO Cyrillic DCMPRSS 4 025 K 00 G 00 GDO ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 133 10 ISO Greek DCMPRSS 4 02S K 00 G G 00 GDI ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 1333 10 ISO Hebrew DCMPRSS 4 02S K 00 G G 00 ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 133 10 ISO Latin 5 DCMPRSS 4 02S K 00 G 00 GDP ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 1333 10 VT 100 DCMPRSS 4 02S K 00 G G 00 01C ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 133 10 7 Bit Hebrew DCMPRSS I 02S K 00 G G 00 24D ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 13 3 10 7 Bit Turkish pCMPRSS 1025 K 00 G G 00242 ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 1333 10 Greek Suppl
68. 00GGO B 10 12 ISO Latin 1 DDRAFTO J 03C K 0 6DD ZZZZ 02 B 00 0 9 Type Family Name Low Density Plot Type Family ID DLODENS 10 10 U S ASCII DLODENS J 03C K 00 G 00 01U ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 10 Type Family Name Correspondence Plot Type Family ID DCRRSPL 10 10 U S ASCII DCRRSPL J 02S K 00 G G 00 01U ZZZZ 02 D 0 10 10 DEC Supp DCRRSPL J 02S K 00 G G 00 010 ZZZZ 02 DO 10 10 VT100 DCRRSPL J 02S K 00 G G 00 01C ZZZZ 02 D 0 10 10 180 Latin 1 DCRRSPL J 02S K 00 G G 00 6DD ZZZZ 02 D 0 10 10 VT100 Italic DCRRSPL J 02S K 01 GG 00 01C ZZZZ 02 D 0 0 0 10 10 DEC Supp Ital DCRRSPL J 02S K 01 G 00 010 ZZZZ02D 0 0 0 10 10 ASCI Italic DCRRSPL J 02S 01 00 01U ZZZZ 02 D000 10 10 ISO Latin 1 Ital DCRRSPL J 02S K 01 G 00 6DD ZZZZ 02 D 0 0 0 00 00 00 00 NOTE The font file IDs are spaced for clarity The spaces are not part of the actual ID strii 282 D Print Samples Introduction This appendix contains sample programs that illustrate how to use LG control sequences and bar code control sequences in applications LG control sequences are described in Chapter 2 LG Emulation Control Codes Bar code control sequences are described in Chapter 4 Bar Codes NOTE The print samples in this appendix were printed on a DEC LG Emulation printer Creating Block Characters The block character examples use the following escape sequences ESC P1 P2 r Set Block Character Parameters DECBCS ESCSSP1Start Block C
69. 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 U S ASCII U S ASCII DEC Supp DEC Tech ISO Latin 2 ISO Cyrillic ISO Greek ISO Hebrew ISO Latin 5 VT 100 7 Bit Hebrew 7 Bit Turkish Greek Suppl Hebrew Suppl Turkish Suppl U S ASCII DEC Supp DEC Tech ISO Latin 2 ISO Cyrillic ISO Greek ISO Hebrew ISO Latin 5 VT 100 7 Bit Hebrew 7 Bit Turkish Greek Suppl Hebrew Suppl Turkish Suppl Type Family ID ROCRA00 ROCRAO0 J 02S K 00 G G 00010 ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 Type Family ID ROCRBOO ROCRB00 J 02S K 00 G G 00 01U ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 Type Family ID DCMPRSS DCMPRSS 025 K 00 G G 00 01U ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 DCMPRSS 025 K 00 G G 00 010 ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 DCMPRSS 025 K 00 G G 00 01Q ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 DCMPRSS 025 K 00 G G 00 GDE ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 DCMPRSS 025 K 00 G G 00 GDO ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 DCMPRSS 025 K 00 G G 00 GDI ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 DCMPRSS 025 K 00 G G 00 GDK ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 DCMPRSS I 028 K 00 G G 00 GDP ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 DCMPRSS 4 025 K 00 G G 0001 ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 DCMPRSS I 02S K 00 G G 00 24D ZZZZ 022000 DCMPRSS 025 K 00 G G 00 242 ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 DCMPRSS I 02S K 00 G G 00 ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 DCMPRSS 025 K 00 G G 00 1TG ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 DCMPRSS 4 02S K 00 G G 00 240 ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 DCMPRSS W 02S K 00 G G 00 01U ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 DCMPRSS W 02S K 00 G G 00 01O ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 DCMPRSS W 02S K 00 G G 00 01Q ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 DCMPRSS W 02S K 00 G G 00 GDE ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0
70. 116 Lowercase le 75 117 Lowercase Dze 76 118 Lowercase 77 119 Lowercase Yi 78 120 Lowercase Je 79 121 Lowercase Lje 7A 122 Lowercase Nje 7B 123 Lowercase Chje 7 124 Lowercase Kje 7D 125 Section Sign 7 126 Lowercase Short 7F 127 Lowercase Dze 164 Additional ISO and Special Character Sets Table 44 ISO Greek Character Set ne pus Symbol Name 21 33 Grave Mark 22 34 Single Quotation Mark 23 35 Pound Sign 24 25 36 37 Space 26 38 Broken Bar 27 39 Section Sign 28 40 Diaeresis 29 41 Copyright 2A 42 Space 2B 43 Left Angle Quotation Mark 2C 44 Not Sign 2D 2E 45 46 Space 2F 47 Horizontal Bar 30 48 Degree Sign 31 49 Plus or Minus Sign 32 50 Superscript Two 33 51 Superscript Three 34 52 Rough 35 53 Diaeresis Accent Mark 36 54 Uppercase A with Rough 37 55 Small Dot 38 56 Uppercase Epsilon with Rough 39 57 Uppercase Eta with Rough 3A 58 Uppercase lota with Rough 3B 59 Right Angle Quotation Mark 3C 60 Uppercase Omicron with Rough 3D 61 Fraction One Half 3E 62 Uppercase Upsilon with Rough 3F 63 Uppercase Omaga with Rough 40 64 Lowercase lota with Rough amp Diaeresis 41 65 Uppercase Alpha 42 66 Uppercase Beta 43 67 Uppercase Gamma 165 Chapter 3 Selecting the Character Set and Language Table 44 ISO Greek Character Set continued e Symbol 44 68 Uppercase Delta 45 69 Uppercase Epsilon 46 70 Uppercase Zeta 47 71 Uppercase Eta 48 72 Uppercase Theta
71. 149 Y 165 5 7 IN E ES p M EH E 226 246 15 166 0 96 1 7 7 53 227 247 267 183 9 A B7 230 250 270 152 168 184 98 A8 _ B8 151 167 s oN os 231 251 271 153 169 1 185 99 9 232 154 w 252 272 170 9 186 9A AA BA 233 253 273 CSI 155 lt lt 171 187 9B AB BB Y 234 254 274 140 156 172 188 PLU 8 ST 9C BC D w N N c Y Ex DC 335 215 235 255 275 ON BIDS 2M s m KG cum yrs erl L ger a K et Note The character examples provided herein are representative and not exact replications generated by the printer All characters are shown in 10 cpi not all characters are available in all print modes KEY B7 B BITS 55 B4 B3 B2 B1 33 X OCTAL 27 K DECIMAL HEX CHARACTER Each shaded box B print as a reverse question mark 235 Appendix _ LG Emulation Character Set Charts LG Emulation Languages Substitution Table Hex Address LANGUAGE 0023 0040 005B 005 005D 005 005 0060 0078 007C 007D 007E USASCH Great Britian S 5 French x German A i B Italian A 5 i JIS Roman y A R l Spanish i A 5 me
72. 25 37 Yen Sign 26 38 Reserved for Future Use 27 39 Section Sign 28 40 General Currency Sign 29 41 Copyright Sign 2A 42 Feminine Ordinal Indicator 2B 43 Left Angle Quotation Mark 2C 2F 44 47 Reserved for Future Use 30 48 Degree Sign 31 49 Plus or Minus Sign 32 50 Superscript Two 33 51 Superscript Three 34 52 Reserved for Future Use 35 53 Micro Sign 36 54 Paragraph Sign Pilcrow 37 55 Middle Dot 38 56 Reserved for Future Use 39 57 Superscript 1 3A 58 Masculine Ordinal Indicator 3B 59 Right Angle Quotation Mark 3C 60 Fraction One Quarter Mark 3D 61 Fraction One Half Mark 3E 62 Reserved for Future Use 3F 63 Inverted Question Mark 40 5F 64 95 Reserved for Future Use 60 96 Hebrew letter ALEPH 61 97 Hebrew letter BETH 62 98 Hebrew letter GIMMEL 196 Additional ISO and Special Character Sets Table 55 Hebrew Supplemental Character Set continued Ve pua Symbol Name 63 99 Hebrew letter DALETH 64 100 Hebrew letter HE 65 101 Hebrew letter WAW 66 102 Hebrew letter ZAYIN 67 103 Hebrew letter HET 68 104 Hebrew letter TETH 69 105 Hebrew letter YOD 6A 106 Hebrew letter KAPH Final Form 6B 107 Hebrew letter KAPH 6C 108 Hebrew letter LAMED 6D 109 Hebrew letter MEM Final Form 6E 110 Hebrew letter MEM 6F 111 Hebrew letter NUN Final Form 70 112 Hebrew letter NUN 71 113 Hebrew letter SAMEKH 72 114 Hebrew letter A YIN 73 115 Hebrew letter PE Final Form 74 116 Hebrew letter PE 75 117 Hebrew letter ZADIK Final F
73. 32 Character Processing in Sixel Graphics Mode Table 24 Aspect Ratios Supported by the DEC LG Emulation 2 5 1 Full 1 180 in 1 1 72 in 1 2X 1 90 in 2 1 36 in 2 2 1 Full 1 140 in 1 1 72 in 1 2X 1 70 in 2 1 36 in 2 1 1 5 1 140 in 1 1 144 in 1 2 Full 1 70 in 1 1 72 in 1 2X 1 35 in 2 1 36 in 2 When other aspect ratios A R are requested they are processed in the following manner An aspect ratio of less than 1 5 1 uses 1 1 A R An A R equal to or greater than 1 5 1 but less than 2 25 1 uses 2 1 A R An A R equal to or greater than 2 25 1 uses 2 5 1 A R When determining pixel size the printer will attempt to preserve the A R without exceeding the selected HGS Therefore note the following When 2 5 1 A R is selected and the HGS is 1 180 in the printer maintains a 2 5 1 A R and a HGS of 1 180 in 1 140 in the printer maintains a 2 5 1 A R and a HGS of 1 180 in 1 90 in the printer maintains a 2 5 1 A R and changes HGS to 1 90 in 1 70 in the printer maintains a 2 5 1 A R and changes HGS to 1 90 in 1 85 in the printer maintains a 2 5 1 A R and changes HGS to 1 90 in Pixel Aspect Ratio x HGS Ideal VGS When 2 1 A R is selected and the HGS is 1 180 in change the printer to 2 5 1 A R and HGS to 1 180 in 1 140 in the printer maintains a 2 1 A R and a HGS of 1 140 in 1 90 in the printer maintains a 2 1 A R and a HGS of 1 140 in 1 70 in the printer maintains a 2 1 A R and c
74. 6 Lowercase u with Umlaut Table 32 DEC French Character Set ae eds Symbol Name 023 035 Pound Sign 040 064 Lowercase a with Grave Accent 05B 091 Degree Sign 05C 092 Lowercase c with Cedilla 05D 093 Section Sign 07B 123 Lowercase e with Acute Accent 07C 124 Lowercase u with Grave Accent 07D 125 Lowercase e with Grave Accent 07E 126 Diaeresis Trema Umlaut 156 DEC Multinational Character Sets Table 33 DEC French Canadian Character Set E Symbol Name 040 064 Lowercase a with Grave Accent 05B 091 Lowercase a with Circumflex Accent 05G 092 Lowercase c with Cedilla 05D 093 Lowercase e with Circumflex Accent 05E 094 Lowercase i with Circumflex Accent 060 096 Lowercase o with Circumflex Accent 07B 123 Lowercase e with Acute Accent 07C 124 Lowercase u with Grave Accent 07D 125 Lowercase e with Grave Accent 07E 126 Lowercase u with Circumflex Accent Table 34 German Character Set ed mn Symbol Name 040 064 Section Sign 05B 091 Uppercase A with Umlaut 05C 092 Uppercase O with Umlaut 05D 093 Uppercase U with Umlaut 07B 123 Lowercase a with Umlaut 07C 124 Lowercase o with Umlaut 07D 125 Lowercase u with Umlaut 07E 126 Sharp S Table 35 Italian Character Set Mie pea Symbol Name 023 035 Pound Sign 040 064 Section Sign 05B 091 Degree Sign 05C 092 Lowercase c with Cedilla 05D 093 Lowercase e with Acute Accent 060 096 Lowercase u with Grave Accent
75. 7 7 G W w 8 8 H X h x 9 9 I Y i y A J Z j z B 5 K y lt L 10 f D M m 4 E gt N n F f O _ o 250 DEC Swiss DEC Swiss vA O a lt Ha OO D T 4 G W g 7 A m 251 Appendix 252 LG Emulation Character Set Charts DEC Portuguese A m QQ Am DEC Portuguese 0 1 2 3 8 9 A B 0 1 2 3 4 5 amp 6 27 8 9 3 lt gt 9 VT100 Graphics VT100 Graphics GL 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 GR 8 9 A B D E F 0 P 1 1 A m 2 2 B R w L 3 3 C St _ 4 4 D T 5 5 E U 6 6 F V L 7 to X xy M e 8 8 H X x 9 9 I Y lt A J Z 2 B K r C E UE eec D _ M J gt N F 70 2x 253 Appendix _ LG Emulation Character Set Charts DEC Supplemental DEC Supplemental GL 0 1 2 3 4 GR 8 9 A B C L iE 1 i 2 2 A 3 3 amp 4 5 Y 6 7 5 gt amp H 9 6 1 K A a B lt gt 4 I D k f E e 2 F 254 DEC Technical DEC Technical GL 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 GR 8 9 A D E F 1 J U a y 2 r o B P 3 Z X G 4 f 5 J 8 E amp 6 i f 7 T Q u 8 L 7 E n
76. 7 Bit Turkish Greek Suppl Hebrew Suppl Turkish Suppl U S ASCII DEC Supp DEC Tech ISO Latin 2 ISO Cyrillic ISO Greek ISO Hebrew ISO Latin 5 VT 100 7 Bit Hebrew 7 Bit Turkish Greek Suppl Hebrew Suppl Turkish Suppl Type Family ID DBULTN1 DBULTNI L 03C K 00 GG 00 01U ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 DBULTNI L 03C K 00 G G 00 010 ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 DBULTNI L 03C K 00 G G 00 01Q ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 DBULTNI L 03C K 00 G G 00 GDE ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 DBULTNI L 03C K 00 G G 00 GDO ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 DBULTNI L 03C K 00 G G 00 GDI ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 DBULTNI L 03C K 00 G G 00 GDK ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 DBULTNI L 03C K 00 G G 00 GDP ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 DBULTNI L 03C K 00 G G 0001C ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 DBULTNI E 03C K 00 G G 00 24D ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 DBULTNI E 03C K 00 G G 00 242 ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 DBULTNI E 03C K 00 G G 00 ITR ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 DBULTNI E 03C K 00 G G 00 1TG ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 DBULTNI E 03C K 00 G G 00 240 ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 DBULTNI 02S K 00 G G 00 01U ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 DBULTNI 02S K 00 G 00010 ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 DBULTNI O 02S K 00 G G 00 01Q ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 DBULTNI O 02S K 00 G G 00 GDE ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 DBULTNI O 02S K 00 G G 00 GDO ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 DBULTNI O 02S K 00 G G 00 GDI ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 DBULTNI O 02S K 00 G G 00 GDK ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 DBULTNI O 02S K 00 G G 00 GDP ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 DBULTNI O 02S K 00 G G 00 01C ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 DBULTNI E 03C K 00 G G 00 24D ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 DBULTNI E 03C K 00 G G 00 242 ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 DBULTNI E 03C K 00 G G 00 ITR ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 DB
77. 77 Chapter 3 Selecting the Character Set and Language Table 48 DEC Supplemental Character Set continued Bae Symbol 61 97 Lowercase a with Acute 62 98 Lowercase a with Circumflex Accent 63 99 Lowercase a with Tilde 64 100 Lowercase a with Diaeresis 65 101 Lowercase a with Ring 66 102 Lowercase ae Diphthong 67 103 Lowercase c with Cedilla 68 104 Lowercase e with Grave 69 105 Lowercase e with Acute 6A 106 Lowercase e with Circumflex Accent 6B 107 Lowercase e with Diaeresis 6C 108 Lowercase i with Grave 6D 109 Lowercase i with Acute 6E 110 Lowercase i with Circumflex Accent 6F 111 Lowercase i with Diaeresis 70 112 Reserved for Future Use 71 113 Lowercase n with Tilde 72 114 Lowercase o with Grave 73 115 Lowercase o with Acute 74 116 Lowercase o with Circumflex Accent 75 117 Lowercase o with Tilde 76 118 Lowercase o with Diaeresis 77 119 Lowercase oe Ligature 78 120 Lowercase o with Slash 79 121 Lowercase u with Grave 7A 122 Lowercase u with Acute 7B 123 Lowercase u with Circumflex Accent 7 124 Lowercase u with Diaeresis 7D 125 Lowercase y with Diaeresis 7E 126 Reserved for Future Use 7F 127 Delete 178 Additional ISO and Special Character Sets VT100 Graphics Character Set The VT100 Graphics Character Set contains ASCII and special graphic symbols Several characters in this set that are also found in the DEC Technical Character Set or the DEC Supplemental Character Set Line drawing
78. 79 Warning notice description 13 Z 7 Bit and 8 Bit Transmissions and Interpretations 144 7 Bit Hebrew Character Set 187 7 Bit Turkish Character Set 190 257401 001A
79. 8 56 Reserved for Future Use 39 57 Superscript 1 3A 58 Masculine Ordinal Indicator 3B 59 Angle Quotation Mark Right 3C 60 Fraction One Quarter Mark 3D 61 Fraction One Quarter Mark 3E 62 Reserved for Future Use 176 Additional ISO and Special Character Sets Table 48 DEC Supplemental Character Set continued Ve pud Symbol Name 3F 63 Inverted Question Mark 40 64 Uppercase A with Grave Accent 41 65 Uppercase A with Acute Accent 42 66 Uppercase A with Circumflex Accent 43 67 Uppercase A with Tilde 44 68 Uppercase A with Diaeresis 45 69 Uppercase A with Ring 46 70 Uppercase AE Diphthong 47 71 Uppercase C with Cedilla 48 72 Uppercase E with Grave 49 73 Uppercase E with Acute 4A 74 Uppercase E with Circumflex Accent 4B 75 Uppercase E with Diaeresis 4C 76 Uppercase with Grave 4D 77 Uppercase with Acute 4E 78 Uppercase with Circumflex Accent 4F 79 Uppercase with Diaeresis 50 80 Reserved for Future Use 51 81 Uppercase N with Tilde 52 82 Uppercase O with Grave 53 83 Uppercase O with Acute 54 84 Uppercase O with Circumflex Accent 55 85 Uppercase O with Tilde 56 86 Uppercase O with Diaeresis 57 87 Uppercase OE Ligature 58 88 Uppercase O with Slash 59 89 Uppercase O with Grave 5A 90 Uppercase U with Acute 5B 91 Uppercase U with Circumflex Accent 5C 92 Uppercase U with Diaeresis or Diaeresis 5D 93 Uppercase Y with Diaeresis 5E 94 Reserved for Future Use 5F 95 Sharp S 60 96 Lowercase a with Grave 1
80. 9 STOP Code Characters 209 Block Character Mode Start 140 Stop 140 Block Characters 138 Print samples 283 Bold Printing 119 120 C Carriage Return New Line Mode DECCRNLM 42 Caution notice description 13 Channel Command 64 Character Attributes 116 Character Expansion multiply width 118 Character Expansion GSM 117 Character Set Selection 99 151 Character Set Sequences Select 100 Character Set DEC Multinational DEC British 155 307 Index DEC Dutch 156 DEC Finnish 156 DEC French Canadian 157 DEC Norwegian Danish 158 160 DEC Portuguese 160 DEC Swedish 159 DEC Swiss 159 French 156 German 157 Italian 157 JIS Roman 158 Spanish 158 Character Sets 231 LG emulation character set charts 231 LG Special Character Sets and ISO Charts 237 262 Characters Building Mathematical 201 Control 23 Parameter 29 Printable 20 Clear Tab 98 Codabar a t 213 Codabar b n 214 Codabar c 214 Codabar d e 215 Code V printer emulation 15 Code 11 213 Code 128 automatic mode 222 manual mode 222 manual mode operation 222 mode selection 222 subset A 224 subset B and C 223 Code 128 UCC 228 Code 128 USS 220 Code 39 211 Codes Additional Control Codes 23 ASCII Control 23 308 Control Code Conversion 28 Control defined 23 Control How Described in This Manual 34 Index LG emulation 35 Control Code Conversion 28 Codes How Described in This Manual 34 Sequences 29
81. 90 0000 9 X X X9 94 XXXXI1 0000 5 X X X X15 X X Xx XXXX9 0000 9 X X X X99 NOTE X may range from 0 to 9 219 Chapter 4 _Postnet Postnet Print mode text and graphic elements print at different densities When the two are mixed a paper reversal can occur because of the different densities When the Plot Mode option is set to Enable from the control panel Postnet barcodes are printed in a Data Processing density 120 x 75 dpi in the following printing conditions 1 Printer is currently in print mode 2 Current density is 120 x 75 dpi 3 Printer is in the portrait orientation Printing in Data Processing density speeds applications which use Postnet barcodes and text It reduces the chances of reverse motion and improves throughput If the Plot Mode option is disabled Postnet barcodes are printed in a Graphic density via Plot Mode as dictated by the DECSGD command The Postnet bar code has two tall bars and three short bars for a total of five bars These five bars represent a numeric digit with valid values from O to 9 The above is always true except with the START STOP character codes The START character bar pattern has one tall bar and one space The STOP character has one space and one tall bar Parameters P2 through P5 P7 and P9 are not applicable and are ignored Postnet has the following characteristics e Ten digit character set 0 9 e llegal characters are not processed and are ignored
82. BS moves the active horizontal position 0 8 back one Horizontal Advance Increment 25 Chapter 2 Control Code Types Table 2 Additional Control Codes Mneumonic Function IND Index IND moves the active position down to 8 4 the same position on the next line If the new position is below the bottom margin the active position moves to the top of the next page NEL Next Line NEL moves the active position to the left 8 5 margin on the next line If the new position is below the bottom margin the active position moves to the top of the next page HTS Horizontal Tab Set HTS sets a horizontal tab at the active 8 8 column VTS Vertical Tab Set VTS sets a vertical tab at the active line 8 10 PLD Partial Line Down PLD moves the active position down 8 11 one hall line The distance moved is specified as a parameter of the font not by vertical spacing escape sequences PLU Partial Line Up PLU moves the active position up one 8 12 half line The distance moved is specified as a parameter of the font not by vertical spacing escape sequences RI Reverse Index RI moves the active line position up to 8 13 the same position on the preceding line SS2 Single Shift 2 SS2 moves character set G2 into Gl to 8 14 print one character SS3 Single Shift 3 SS3 moves character set G3 into Gl to 8 15 print one character DCS Device Control String DCS introduces a device control string 9 0
83. C Norwegian Danish Spanish DEC Swedish DEC Swiss DEC Portuguese ISO Norwegian Danish The following tables list the replacement characters for the U S ASCII set used to make up language specific symbols Language symbol characters National Replacement Characters or NRCs are substituted for the U S ASCII set at a maximum of twelve locations The U S ASCII and multinational sets may be selected via the front panel configuration menus or the SCS control code sequence described on page 99 NOTE Appendix A provides graphic representations of the character set matrices Table 29 DEC Great Britian Character Set Hex Dec Value Code Symbol Name 23 35 Pound Sign 155 Chapter 3 Selecting the Character Set and Language Table 30 DEC Dutch Character Set oa pal Symbol Name 023 035 Pound Sign 040 064 Fraction Three Quarter 05B 091 Lowercase y with Umlaut 05C 092 Fraction One Half 05D 093 Solid Vertical Bar 07B 123 Umlaut 07C 124 Lowercase f with Fallback for Florin 07D 125 Fraction One Quarter 07E 126 Acute Accent Table 31 DEC Finnish Character Set Md scis Symbol Name 05B 091 Uppercase A with Umlaut 05C 092 Uppercase O with Umlaut 05D 093 Uppercase A with Ring 05E 094 Uppercase U with Umlaut 060 096 Lowercase e with Acute Accent 07B 123 Lowercase a with Umlaut 07C 124 Lowercase o with Umlaut 07D 125 Lowercase a with Ring 07E 12
84. Character Sets Table 51 ISO Katakana Character Set ne pis Symbol Name 21 33 Katakana full stop 22 34 Katakana opening bracket 23 35 Katakana closing bracket 24 36 Katakana comma 25 37 Katakana conjunctive symbol 26 38 Katakana wo 27 39 Katakana small a 28 40 Katakana small i 29 41 Katakana small u 2A 42 Katakana small e 2B 43 Katakana small o 2C 44 Katakana small ya 2D 45 Katakana small yu 2E 46 Katakana small yo 2F 47 Katakana small tsu 30 48 Katakana prolonged sound symbol 31 49 Katakana a 32 50 Katakana i 33 51 Katakana u 34 52 Katakana e 35 53 Katakana o 36 54 Katakana ka 37 55 Katakana ki 38 56 Katakana ku 39 57 Katakana ke 3A 58 Katakana ko 3B 59 Katakana sa 3C 60 Katakana shi 3D 61 Katakana su 3E 62 Katakana se 3F 63 Katakana so 40 64 Katakana ta 41 65 Katakana chi 185 Chapter 3 Selecting the Character Set and Language Table 51 ISO Katakana Character Set continued eR pha Symbol Name 42 66 Katakana tsu 43 67 Katakana te 44 68 Katakana to 45 69 Katakana na 46 70 Katakana ni 47 71 Katakana nu 48 72 Katakana ne 49 73 Katakana no 4A 74 Katakana ha 4B 75 Katakana hi 4G 76 Katakana fu 4D 77 Katakana he 4E 78 Katakana ho 4F 79 Katakana ma 50 80 Katakana mi 51 81 Katakana mu 52 82 Katakana me 53 83 Katakana mo 54 84 Katakana ya 55 85 Katakana yu 56 86 Katakana yo 57 87 Katakana ra 58 88 Katakana ri 59 89 Katakana ru 5 90 5 91 Katakana
85. ECRFMS 75 LOQOS aaa e edens 76 Loading Logos Sequence DECLLG 76 Select Logo Sequence DECILG 78 Deleting Logos Sequence DECDLG 78 Request Logo Status DECRLGS sese 79 Logo Status Report DECLGSR 79 Page Print Area and Margins see 80 Changing the Print Area I 81 Page Format Select PFS 82 Set Lines Per Physical Page DECSLPP 86 Set Top and Bottom Margins DECSTBM 87 Set Left and Right Margins DECSLRM 88 Active Column and Active Line Cursor Motion 89 Forward Index IND uuu a add asss 89 Reverse Index Ry uuu qaqaqa 90 Next Line i iie SD Ata va DB ers 90 Horizontal Position Absolute 91 Horizontal Position Relative HPR 91 Horizontal Position Backward HPB _ 92 Vertical Position Absolute V
86. Font File ID Field Definitions Font File ID Field Definitions Field 1 Font ID C5 a 10 11 12 13 14 15 Bytes 1to7 9 to 11 12 13 to 14 15 16 17 to 18 19 to 21 22 to 25 26 to 27 28 29 30 31 Field Name Type family ID Spacing Type Size Scale Factor Style Weight Proportion Rotation Character Set Character File encoding Resolution Reserved Reserved Reserved Value ao ACTCNCSO MO N 050 00 01 00 01C 010 01Q 010 GDE GDI GDK GDO GDP 24D 242 1TR 1TG 240 ZZ S ONU W 0 Meaning Registered internationally or in the public domain DIGITAL reserved 5 pitch 6 pitch 7 pitch 8 33 pitch 10 pitch 10 3 pitch 12 pitch 13 3 pitch 13 6 pitch 15 pitch 16 7 pitch 10 point 12 point 18 point No scaling 1 1 Normal Italic Regular Regular No rotation VT100 DEC Supplemental DEC Technical U S ASCII ISO Latin 2 ISO Greek ISO Hebrew ISO Cyrillic ISO Latin 5 7 Bit Hebrew T Bit Turkish Greek Supplemental Hebrew Supplemental Turkish Supplemental Full character set subset Binary See NOTE below 100 dots per inch 200 dots per inch Other Reserved Reserved Reserved NOTE This field is used only for the file name and not to distinguish between a sixel file and a binary file 274 Type Family IDs The type families available in LG emulation mode have
87. Form ID is a string of 1 99 printable characters IDs exceeding 10 characters are truncated eThe CNTL encoding character The CNTL encoding character indicates the start of control character encoding The character is always in the 2 0 through 7 14 range and is followed by a two digit hexadecimal number equivalent to the ASCII value of the control character to be encoded Every control character must be entered in its hexadecimal format and preceded by the control character Do not embed a control character 0 0 through 1 15 in the form string The following control characters and their hexadecimal values are allowable Control Char Hex Code COD Hex Code Char BEL 07 ESC 1B BS 08 IND 84 HT 09 NEL 85 LF 0 HTS 86 VT 0B VTS 87 FF 0C PLD 8A CR 0 PLU 8B SO OE RI 8 Sl OF SS2 BE CAN 18 SS3 8F SUB 1A CSI 9B All printable characters except control characters are encoded in the same manner For example to embed the control sequence ESC 100 CSI 100 into the form replace ESC with the control character encoding character and the hexadecimal value for ESC 1B The form s sequence is 1 100 68 Data Switch Character designates the insertion of the form s fill in data The character considered a field indicator character is always in a range from 2 0 through 7 14 The form data switch character must be different from the control chara
88. G 00 01C ZZZZ 02 2 0 0 0 DCRRSPN E 02S K 00 G G 00 24D ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 DCRRSPN E 02S K 00 G G 00 242 ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 DCRRSPN E 02S K 00 G G 00 ITR ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 DCRRSPN E 02S K 00 G G 00 1TG ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 DCRRSPN E 02S K 00 G G 00 240 ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 continued on next page NOTE The font file IDs are spaced for clarity The spaces are not part of the actual ID strii 278 Type Pitch Size Character Set Font File ID entire string Font ID First 16 characters Correspondence Print continued 12 10 12 10 12 10 12 10 12 10 12 10 12 10 12 10 12 10 12 10 12 10 12 10 12 10 12 10 15 10 15 10 15 10 15 10 15 10 15 10 15 10 15 10 15 10 15 10 15 10 15 10 15 10 15 10 U S ASCII DEC Supp DEC Tech ISO Latin 2 ISO Cyrillic ISO Greek ISO Hebrew ISO Latin 5 VT 100 7 Bit Hebrew 7 Bit Turkish Greek Suppl Hebrew Suppl Turkish Suppl U S ASCII DEC Supp DEC Tech ISO Latin 2 ISO Cyrillic ISO Greek ISO Hebrew ISO Latin 5 VT 100 7 Bit Hebrew 7 Bit Turkish Greek Suppl Hebrew Suppl Turkish Suppl Type Family ID DCRRSPN DCRRSPN L 025 K 00 G 00010 ZZZZ 02 Z 000 DCRRSPN L 02S K 00 G G 00 010 ZZZZ 02 Z 000 DCRRSPN L 025 K 00 G G 00 01Q ZZZZ 02 Z 000 DCRRSPN L 02S K 00 G G 00 GDE ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 DCRRSPN L 025 K 00 G G 00 GDO ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 DCRRSPN L 02S K 00 G G 00 GDI ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 DCRRSPN L 02S K 00 G G 00 GDK ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 DCRRSPN L 02S K 00 G G 00 GDP ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 DCRR
89. G3 character set becomes the 1BH 7CH active GR character set 98 Select Character Set Sequences SCS The Select Character Set Sequence SCS assigns a character set to the GO G1 G2 or G3 character set designators Table 17 gives the sequences that select the available 94 Character Sets Table 18 gives the sequences that select the available 96 Character Sets Table 17 Selecting 94 Character Sets Using Single and Locking Shifts Character Set GO G1 G2 G3 U S ASCII ESC B ESC B ESC B ESC B DEC Finnish ESC 5 ESC 5 ESC 5 ESC 5 French France ESC R ESC R ESC R ESC R DEC French Canadian ESC 9 ESC 9 ESC 9 ESC49 German ESC K ESC K ESC K ESC K Italian ESC Y ESO Y ESC Y ESC Y JIS Roman ESC J ESC J ESC J ESC J DEC Norwegian Dutch ESC 6 ESC 6 ESC 6 ESC 6 Spanish ESC Z ESC Z ESC Z ESC Z DEC Swedish ESC 7 ESC 7 ESC 7 ESC 7 DEC Great Britain ESC A ESC A ESC A ESC A ISO Norwegian Danish ESC ESC ESC ESC DEC Dutch ESC 4 ESC 4 ESC 4 ESC 4 DEC Swiss ESC ESC ESC ESC DEC Portuguese ESC 6 ESC 6 ESC 6 ESC 6 VT100 Graphics ESC 0 ESC O ESC 0 ESC 0 DEC Supplemental ESC 5 or ESC 5 or ESC 965 or ESC 5 or ESC ESC lt ESC lt ESC lt DEC Technical ESC gt ESC gt ESC gt ESC gt ISO Katakana ESC I ESO I ESC I ESC I 7 Bit Hebrew ESC ESC ESC ESC 7 Bit Turkish ESC 2 ESC 2 ESC 2 ESC 2 Greek Supplement
90. II input If paper length is exceeded during printing the bar code symbol prints as far as possible then terminates A LG Emulation Character Sets Introduction This appendix contains character address charts for the LG emulation which are available with the DEC LG Emulation printer The first two tables show the character sets available in the Proprinter emulation mode They can be selected at the control panel or by control codes from the host computer These character sets are not available in LG emulation The LG character sets are available only in LG emulation mode The LG Emulation Languages Substitution Table page 236 identifies specific character substitutions available in the selected language For example if you select the U S ASCII character set 023 hex represents the number sign If you then select DEC Dutch 023 hex represents the English pound symbol instead of the number sign For each language only the characters that may differ from the ASCII character set are shown If a character is not shown on the LG Emulation Languages Substitution Table itis the same as in the ASCII character set LG Emulation Character Set Charts The following languages comprise the multinational character sets These languages are only available in the LG emulation Included are the following e U S ASCII DEC British DEC Dutch DEC Finnish French DEC French Canadian German e italian
91. Landscape line printer 105 79 52 39 110 132 165 66 83 Chapter 2 _ Page Format Select PFS Table 15 shows the printable area extending beyond the text area when working in normal and extended PFS formats Table 15 Printable Area Extending Beyond Text Area in PFS Formats Lines Per Page in Text Area Chars Per Line in Text Area is Format Description Lines Per Inch Charcters Per Inch 8 6 4 3 10 12 15 6 Normal Page Formats 0 Portrait text comm 4 6 3 5 2 3 1 2 5 2 6 2 7 3 3 0 1 Landscape text comm 4 6 3 5 2 3 1 2 5 2 6 2 7 3 3 0 2 Portrait A4 46 3 5 2 3 1 2 5 2 6 2 7 3 3 0 3 Landscape A4 46 3 5 2 3 12 52 6 2 7 3 3 0 4 Portrait NA letter 46 3 5 2 3 12 52 6 2 7 3 3 0 5 Landscape NA letter 4 6 3 5 2 3 1 2 5 2 6 2 7 3 3 0 Extended Page Formats 6 Portrait extended A4 4 6 3 5 2 3 1 2 5 2 6 2 7 3 3 0 7 Landscape A4 format 4 6 3 5 2 3 1 2 5 2 6 2 7 38 3 0 20 Portrait NA LG 00 00 00 00 0 0 0 0 21 Landscape NA LG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 Portrait A4 Private LG 0 0 00 00 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 Landscape A4 Private LG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 Portrait the printer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 Landscape line printer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NOTE After a power up or reset sequence no page format is selected Reset the printer with the Soft Terminal Reset DECSTR or the Reset to Initial State RIS sequence
92. Lowercase e with Acute 6A 106 Lowercase e with Circumflex Accent 6B 107 Lowercase e with Diaeresis 6C 108 Lowercase i with Grave 6D 109 Lowercase i with Acute 6E 110 Lowercase i with Circumflex Accent 6F 111 Lowercase i with Diaeresis 70 112 Small Letter g With Breve 71 113 Lowercase n with Tilde 72 114 Lowercase o with Grave 73 115 Lowercase o with Acute 74 116 Lowercase o with Circumflex Accent 75 117 Lowercase o with Tilde 76 118 Lowercase o with Diaeresis 77 119 Lowercase oe Ligature 78 120 Lowercase o with Slash 79 121 Lowercase u with Grave 7A 122 Lowercase u with Acute 7B 123 Lowercase u with Circumflex Accent 7 124 Lowercase u with Diaeresis 7D 125 Lowercase y with Diaeresis 7E 126 Small Letter s With Cedilla 7F 127 Delete 200 Additional ISO and Special Character Sets Building Large Mathematical Symbols Table 57 shows how to build large mathematical symbols The characters are designed to connect to adjacent character cells at 10 cpi and 6 Ipi to form technical characters that can occupy several vertically adjacent and or horizontally adjacent character positions To use Table 57 find the character you want to build along the top of the table On the left side of the table are various pieces of the characters needed to create the whole Follow the top row choice say Integral all the way down the table Designate the hex value called out beside the symbol names For example to build an oversize integra
93. Name 41 65 Uppercase A with Acute Accent 42 66 Uppercase A with Circumflex Accent 43 67 Uppercase A with Tilde 44 68 Uppercase A with Diaeresis 45 69 Uppercase A with Ring 46 70 Uppercase AE Diphthong 47 71 Uppercase C with Cedilla 48 72 Uppercase E with Grave 49 73 Uppercase E with Acute 4A 74 Uppercase E with Circumflex Accent 4B 75 Uppercase E with Diaeresis 4C 76 Uppercase with Grave 4D 77 Uppercase with Acute 4E 78 Uppercase with Circumflex Accent 4F 79 Uppercase with Diaeresis 50 80 Capital Letter G With Breve 51 81 Uppercase N with Tilde 52 82 Uppercase O with Grave 53 83 Uppercase O with Acute 54 84 Uppercase O with Circumflex Accent 55 85 Uppercase O with Tilde 56 86 Uppercase O with Diaeresis 57 87 Uppercase OE Ligature 58 88 Uppercase O with Slash 59 89 Uppercase O with Grave 5A 90 Uppercase U with Acute 5B 91 Uppercase U with Circumflex Accent 5C 92 Uppercase U with Diaeresis or Diaeresis 5D 93 Uppercase Y with Diaeresis 5E 94 Capital Letter S With Cedilla 5F 95 Sharp S 60 96 Lowercase a with Grave 61 97 Lowercase a with Acute 62 98 Lowercase a with Circumflex Accent 199 Chapter 3 Selecting the Character Set and Language Table 56 Turkish Supplemental Character Set continued Sd Esa Symbol Name 63 99 Lowercase a with Tilde 64 100 Lowercase a with Diaeresis 65 101 Lowercase a with Ring 66 102 Lowercase ae Diphthong 67 103 Lowercase c with Cedilla 68 104 Lowercase e with Grave 69 105
94. O Greek ISO Hebrew ISO Latin 1 e ISO Latin 2 e ISO Latin 5 ISO Latin 9 SOKatakana DEC Supplemental e VT100 Graphics DEC Technical 7 Hebrew 7 Bit Turkish Greek Supplemental Hebrew Supplemental Turkish Supplemental The Numeric Character listings for each character set follow Appendix provides graphic representations of the character set matrices NOTE The Katakana character set is available only in DP font 10 CPI pitch and NLQ font 10 CPI pitch The DECAUPSS sequence page 101 may be used to assign the following character sets to the User Reference Supplemental set DEC Supplemental ISO Latin 1 Supplemental ISO Latin Hebrew Supplemental DEC Technical ISO Latin Greek Supplemental ISO Latin 9 161 Chapter 3 _ Selecting the Character Set and Language ISO Character Sets Table 43 ISO Cyrillic Character Set yan Symbol Name 21 33 Uppercase lo 22 34 Uppercase Dje 23 35 Uppercase Gje 24 36 Uppercase le 25 37 Uppercase Dze 26 38 Uppercase 27 39 Uppercase Yi 28 40 Uppercase Je 29 41 Uppercase Lje 2A 42 Uppercase Nje 2B 43 Uppercase Chje 2 44 Uppercase Kje 2D 45 Space 2E 46 Uppercase short u 2F 47 Uppercase Dze 30 48 Uppercase A 31 49 Uppercase Be 32 50 Uppercase Ve 33 51 Uppercase Ghe 34 52 Uppercase De 35 53 Uppercase le 36 54 Uppercase Zhe 37 55 Uppercase Ze 38 56 Uppercase 39 57 Uppercase Kratkoe 3A 58 Uppercase Ka 3B 59 Uppercase El
95. Ox Figure 6 Code 39 Bar Code 286 Logos The following command sequences create the logo graphic shown in Figure D 4 DCS0 1 amp t400016Square00086 250 1 1500 333 1 250 1000 250 333 1 250 333 333 333 250 333 1 250 1000 250 250 1 1500 ST 511 amp Figure 7 Box Logo 287 Appendix D Sixel Graphics Sixel Graphics The command sequences listed below create the sixel graphics output shown in Figure D 5 ESCP 6q 12007 200 2007 12007 200 7 2007 120071200 200 1200 20071200 1200 12007 200 1200 12007 200 12007 200 2007 1200719027118 7 90 2007 12007 12002 12007 1200 2007 200 1200 120071200 1200 2007 200 12007 200 7 2007 12007 200 2007 12007 200 7 2007 ST Figure 8 Sixel Graphic 288 Forms The memo form shown in Figure D 6 was created with the program illustrated below ESCcDCS0 3 amp p04Memo 00234 1B 2g 1B 111 1B 5 127s 1B 2 66r 1B 45u ck kk k ck ck k kk k k k k k X kk SOD SO0A digital 09INTEROFFICE MEMOS0D 0A ck kk ck kk k kk k k k k k k kX SOD S0AS0A 09 09 9 09EXT 09LOC MAIL STOP SO9ENG NET S1B SUBJECT 0D 1B 5 DCS0 64 amp rMemoSTTest and Verification 20 March 1995 Jane Doe Engineering 555 0009 ENG HDO NODE SMITHDCSO amp qMemoST LG PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS Please do a perfo
96. PA sese 92 Vertical Position Relative VPR 93 Vertical Position Backward VPB 93 Table of Contents Cursor Up GUI i usu asia ert tton 94 Partial Line Up PLU Superscripting 94 Partial Line Down PLD Subscripting 95 Tab Stops iia eed e E der te Ane 95 Set Horizontal Tab Stops DECSHTS 96 Horizontal Tab Stops HTS 97 Set Vertical Tab Stops DECSVTS 97 Vertical Tab Stops VTS 98 Tap Glear T BG 98 Character Set Selection 99 Select Character Set Sequences SCS 100 Assign User Preference Supplemental Set DECAUPSS 102 Product Identification DA 104 Printer Status Requests and Reports 104 Device Status Requests DSRs and Printer Responses 105 Assigning and Selecting Font Files 109 Assign Type Family or Font DECATFF 110 Selecting Fonts for Printing 112 Deleting Fonts from RAM DECLFF 4 eem 113 Font Status
97. PRINTRONIX Line Matrix Printers LG Programmer s Reference Manual Line Matrix Printers LG Programmer s 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 2000 2012 PRINTRONIX INC All rights reserved Trademark Acknowledgements ANSI is a registered trademark of American National Standards Institute Inc Code V is a trademark of Quality Micro Systems Chatillon is a trademark of John Chatillon amp Sons Inc ENERGY STAR is a registered trademark of the United States Environmental Protection Agency As an ENERGY STARQO Partner Printronix has determined that this product meets the ENERGY
98. RIS Reset to Initial State RIS ASCII Code ESC c Hex Code 1B 63 Dec Code 27 99 Purpose Resets the value or state of several operating features Discussion This sequence resets the printer to a set of operating values and conditions similar to the factory default settings The operating feature values after a reset are shown in Table 26 see page 147 This sequence and the DECSTR reset sequence have the same function Soft Terminal Reset DECSTR ASCII Code ESC p Hex Code 1B 5B 21 70 Dec Code 27 91 33 112 Purpose Resets the value or state of several operating features Discussion After receiving a DECSTR the printer positions itself at the next top of form then resets the value or state of several operating features The operating feature values after a reset are shown in Table 26 see page 147 An event occurs when more than two intermediate characters are received by the printer The printer notes this event waits for the final character then ignores the entire sequence Another way to reset the printer is via the RIS code 140 Selecting LinePrinter Plus Emulations via DECIPEM The DEC LG emulation is the default when printer power is turned on but you can select the LinePrinter Plus emulation via the DECIPEM control code sequence The SOCS control code sequences described on the following page accomplish the same result The syntax for this sequence follows ASCII CSI 5 8 h Hex 9BH
99. SPN L 025 00 G G 00 01C ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 DCRRSPN E 02S K 00 G G 00 24D ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 DCRRSPN E 02S K 00 G G 00 242 ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 DCRRSPN 02S K 00 G G 00 ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 DCRRSPN E 02S K 00 G G 00 1TG ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 DCRRSPN E 02S K 00 G G 00 240 ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 DCRRSPN O 02S K 00 G G 00 01U ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 DCRRSPN O 02S K 00 G G 00 010 ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 DCRRSPN O 02S K 00 G G 00 01Q ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 DCRRSPN O 02S K 00 G G 00 GDE ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 DCRRSPN O 02S K 00 G G 00 GDO ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 DCRRSPN O 02S K 00 G G 00 GDI ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 DCRRSPN O 02S K 00 G G 00 GDK ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 DCRRSPN O 02S K 00 G G 00 GDP ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 DCRRSPN 02S K 00 G G 00 01C ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 DCRRSPN E 02S K 00 G G 00 24D ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 DCRRSPN E 02S K 00 G G 00 242 ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 DCRRSPN E 02S K 00 G G 00 ITR ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 DCRRSPN E 02S K 00 G G 00 1TG ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 DCRRSPN E 02S K 00 G G 00 240 ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 NOTE The font file IDs are spaced for clarity The spaces are not part of the actual ID stri 279 Appendix C _ Font File IDs Type Character Pitch Size Set Font File ID entire string Font ID First 16 characters 3 Type Family Name OCR A 10 10 U S ASCII 4 Type Family Name OCR B 10 5 Type Family Name Compressed Print 6 67 6 67 6 67 6 67 6 67 6 67 6 67 6 67 6 67 6 67 6 67 6 67 6 67 6 67 8 33 8 33 8 33 8 33 8 33 8 33 8 33 8 33 8 33 8 33 8 33 8 33 8 33 8 33 10 10 10
100. STAR guidelines for energy efficiency Ethernet is a trademark of Xerox Corporation IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation IGP is a registered trademark of Printronix Inc Intelligent Printer Data Stream and IPDS are trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation LinePrinter Plus is a registered trademark of Printronix Inc MS DOS is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation PC DOS is a trademark of International Business Machines Corporation PGL is a registered trademark of Printronix Inc PrintNet is a registered trademark of Printronix Inc Printronix is a registered trademark of Printronix Inc PSA is a trademark of Printronix Inc QMS is a registered trademark of Quality Micro Systems RibbonMinder is a trademark of Printronix Inc SureStak is a trademark of Printronix Inc Thermaline is a registered trademark of Printronix Inc Torx is a registered trademark of Camcar Textron Inc Utica is a registered trademark of Cooper Power Tools Table of Contents u FUP 13 About This Mantala sensa y w R nete e a o tene 13 How to Use This Manual a 13 The LGplus Line Matrix 14 Printer Eeatures iste eatem 15 Printer 1 enne 15 Text Formatting and Language Options 15 Bar Gode Formatting ree
101. Teleia 38 56 Reserved for Future Use 39 57 Superscript 1 3A 58 Masculine Ordinal Indicator 3B 59 Right Angle Quotation Mark 3C 60 Fraction One Quarter 3D 61 Vulgar Fraction One Half 3E 62 Reserved for Future Use 3F 63 Inverted Question Mark 40 64 Small Greek Letter lota with Diaeresis 193 Chapter 3 Selecting the Character Set and Language Table 54 Greek Supplemental Character Set continued Ba hd Symbol Name 41 65 Capital Greek Letter Alpha 42 66 Capital Greek Letter Beta 43 67 Capital Greek Letter Gamma 44 68 Capital Greek Letter Delta 45 69 Capital Greek Letter Epsilon 46 70 Capital Greek Letter Zeta 47 71 Capital Greek Letter Eta 48 72 Capital Greek Letter Theta 49 73 Capital Greek Letter lota 4A 74 Capital Greek Letter Kappa 4B 75 Capital Greek Letter Lamda 4 76 Capital Greek Letter Mu 4D 77 Capital Greek Letter Nu 4E 78 Capital Greek Letter Ksi 4F 79 Capital Greek Letter Omicron 50 80 Reserved for Future Use 51 81 Capital Greek Letter Pi 52 82 Capital Greek Letter Rho 53 83 Capital Greek Letter Sigma 54 84 Capital Greek Letter Tau 55 85 Capital Greek Letter Upsilon 56 86 Capital Greek Letter Phi 57 87 Capital Greek Letter Khi 58 88 Capital Greek Letter Psi 59 89 Capital Greek Letter Omega 5 90 Small Greek Letter Alpha with Accent 5B 91 Small Greek Letter Epsilon with Accent 5C 92 Small Greek Letter Eta with Accent 5D 93 Small Greek Letter lota with Accent 5E 94 Reserved for Future Use 5F 95 S
102. Text ASCII Code ESC Ps m Hex Code 1B 5B Bs 6D Dec Code 27 91 ps 109 Purpose Turns double underlining on or off Discussion With double underlining on the printer double underlines all following printable characters including spaces Double underlining remains in effect even across page boundaries until turned off Note that if you use a tab with double underline enabled the space is doubly underlined Ps turns double underlining on or off Ps Printer Action 21 Turn on double underlining 24 Turn off double underlining This feature is available to all fonts and pitch settings only when the printer is in Print mode and portrait Double underlining is disabled when the printer is reset or powered off Italic Printing 120 ASCII Code ESC Ps m Hex Code 1B 5B Ps 6D Dec Code 27 91 Ps 109 Purpose Turn italic printing on or off Discussion Text prints in italics only when OCR A or OCR B fonts are not in use and italic printing is selected The values of Ps turn italic printing on or off When the Print Mode option is set to Enable with the control panel print mode fonts except for OCR will be italicized when selected If set to Disable underlining is substituted Ps Printer Action 3 Turn on italic printing 23 Turn off italic printing Overlined ASCII Code Hex Code Dec Code Purpose Discussion ESC Ps m 1B 5B Ps 6D 2h 911 PS 109 Turn overlined printing on or off
103. The default value is Ps 0 The selective parameters indicate the following Ps Function 0 Portrait Page orientation is in line with the paper feed direction 1 Landscape Page orientation is perpendicular to the paper feed direction 45 Chapter 2 Position Unit Mode PUM Position Unit Mode PUM Set Enable Reset Disable ASCII Code ESC 1 1 h ESC 1 1 1 Hex Code 1B 5B 31 31 68 1B 5B 31 31 6C Dec Code 27 91 49 49 104 27 91 49 49 108 Purpose Selects a unit of measurement used with the escape sequences that control spacing parameters Discussion When Position Unit mode is enabled set it selects either decipoints or pixels depending on the setting of the Select Size Unit SSU sequence When Position Unit mode is disabled reset it selects a spacing unit equal to one character position called a character cell The width and height of the cell is equal to the currently selected horizontal and vertical spacing increment Power up default is PUM reset Table 5 lists the escape sequences affected by the PUM and SSU settings Table 5 Escape Sequences With Spacing Parameters Sequence Name DEC Mnemonic Page No Spacing Pitch Increment SPI page 55 Set Lines Per Physical Page DECSLPP page 85 Set Top and Bottom Margins DECSTBM page 86 Set Left and Right Margins DECSLRM page 87 Horizontal Position Absolute HPA page 90 Horizontal Position Relative HPR page 90 Horizontal Position Backward
104. UB CAN and ESC After the sequence is terminated and Text mode is entered the process SUB CAN or ESC enacts All other codes if received within the Protocol Selector sequence are honored without terminating the sequence All C1 control codes received while you are defining the Protocol Selector sequence cause the sequence to terminate and the printer to exit from sixel character processing C1 control codes applicable to this printer are then processed Picture Data Picture data is made up of sixel printable characters and sixel control characters All picture data is processed while in Sixel Graphics mode In this mode instead of standard ASCII Text mode processing characters processed by the printer as sixel data and a graphic image prints String Terminator When the Device Control String parameters have been entered exit Sixel Graphics mode using the String Terminator ST control code Exit always returns the printer to normal text processing 128 Character Processing in Sixel Graphics Mode In Sixel Graphics mode characters are made up of standard ASCII text processed as sixel printable characters and sixel control characters Sixel Printable Characters Sixel printable characters are GL characters in the 3F 7E hex range decoded as printable characters Each of these 64 values represent an encoding of six vertical pixels to be printed The actual pixel size is defined by the Horizontal Grid Size para
105. ULTNI E 03C K 00 G 00 ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 DBULTNI E 03C K 00 G G 00 240 ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 NOTE The font file IDs are spaced for clarity The spaces are not part of the actual ID stri 277 Appendix C _ Font File IDs Type Character Pitch Size Set Font File ID entire string Font ID First 16 characters 2 Type Family Name Correspondence Print Un CA CA A A A A A A A oe O O O O O O O O O O O 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 U S ASCII DEC Supp DEC Tech ISO Latin 2 ISO Cyrillic ISO Greek ISO Hebrew ISO Latin 5 VT 100 7 Bit Hebrew 7 Bit Turkish Greek Suppl Hebrew Suppl Turkish Suppl U S ASCII DEC Supp DEC Tech ISO Latin 2 ISO Cyrillic ISO Greek ISO Hebrew ISO Latin 5 VT 100 7 Bit Hebrew 7 Bit Turkish Greek Suppl Hebrew Suppl Turkish Suppl U S ASCII DEC Supp DEC Tech ISO Latin 2 ISO Cyrillic ISO Greek ISO Hebrew ISO Latin 5 VT 100 7 Bit Hebrew 7 Bit Turkish Greek Suppl Hebrew Suppl Turkish Suppl Type Family ID DCRRSPN DCRRSPN E 02S 00 G G 00010 ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 DCRRSPN E 02S K 00 G G 00 010 ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 DCRRSPN E 02S K 00 G G 00 01Q ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 DCRRSPN E 02S K 00 G G 00 GDE ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 DCRRSPN E 02S K 00 G G 00 GDO Z
106. Uppercase with Circumflex 4F 79 Uppercase D with Caron 50 80 Uppercase D with Stroke 51 81 Uppercase N with Acute 52 82 Uppercase N with Caron 53 83 Uppercase O with Acute 54 84 Uppercase O with Circumflex 55 85 Uppercase O with Acute 56 86 Uppercase O with Diaeresis 57 87 Multiply Sign 58 88 Uppercase R with Caron 59 89 Uppercase U with Ring Above 5 90 Uppercase U with Acute 5B 91 Uppercase U with Acute 5C 92 Uppercase U with Diaeresis 5D 93 Uppercase Y with Acute 5E 94 Uppercase T with Cedilla 95 Sharp S 60 96 Lowercase R with Acute 61 97 Lowercase A with Acute 62 98 Lowercase A with Circumflex 63 99 Lowercase A with Breve 171 Chapter 3 Selecting the Character Set and Language Table 46 ISO Latin 2 Character Set continued a pay Symbol Name 64 100 Lowercase A with Diaeresis 65 101 Lowercase L with Acute 66 102 Lowercase C with Acute 67 103 Lowercase C with Cedilla 68 104 Lowercase C with Caron 69 105 Lowercase E with Acute 6A 106 Lowercase E with Ogonek 6B 107 Lowercase E with Diaeresis 6C 108 Lowercase E with Circumflex 6D 109 Lowercase with Acute 6E 110 Lowercase with Circumflex 6F 111 Lowercase D with Caron 70 112 Lowercase D with Stroke 71 113 Lowercase N with Acute 72 114 Lowercase N with Caron 73 115 Lowercase O with Acute 74 116 Lowercase O with Circumflex 75 117 Lowercase OD with Acute 76 118 Lowercase O with Diaeresis 77 119 Divide Sign 78 120 Lowercase R with Caron 79 121 Low
107. ZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 DCRRSPN E 02S K 00 G G 00 GDI ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 DCRRSPN E 02S K 00 G G 00 GDK ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 DCRRSPN E 02S K 00 G G 00 GDP ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 DCRRSPN E 02S K 00 G G 00 01C ZZZZ 02Z 0 0 0 DCRRSPN E 02S K 00 G G 00 24D ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 DCRRSPN E 02S K 00 G G 00 242 ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 DCRRSPN E 02S K 00 G G 00 ITR ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 DCRRSPN E 02S K 00 G G 00 1TG ZZZZ 02 Z 000 DCRRSPN E 02S K 00 G G 00 240 ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 DCRRSPNIO2S 00 G G 00 01U ZZZZ 02 2 0 0 0 DCRRSPN I 02S 00 G G 00 010 ZZZZ 02 2 0 0 0 DCRRSPN102S 00 G G 00010 ZZZZ 02 2 0 0 0 DCRRSPN I 02S K 00 G G 00 GDE ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 DCRRSPN I 02S K 00 G 00 GDO ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 DCRRSPN I 02S K 00 G G 00 GDI ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 DCRRSPN I02S K 00 G G 00 GDK ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 DCRRSPN I 02S K 00 G G 00 GDP ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 DCRRSPN I 025 K 00 G G 00 01C ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 DCRRSPN E 02S K 00 G G 00 24D ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 DCRRSPN E 02S K 00 G G 00 242 ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 DCRRSPN E 02S K 00 G G 00 ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 DCRRSPN E 02S K 00 G G 00 1TG ZZZZ 02 Z 000 DCRRSPN E 02S K 00 G G 00 240 ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 DCRRSPN J 02S 00 G G 00 01U ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 DCRRSPN J 02S K 00 GG 00 010 ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 DCRRSPN J 02S K 00 G G 00010 ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 DCRRSPN J 02S K 00 G G 00 GDE ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 DCRRSPN J 02S K 00 G G 00 GDO ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 DCRRSPN J 02S K 00 G G 00 GDI ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 DCRRSPN J 02S K 00 G G 00 GDK ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 DCRRSPN J 02S K 00 G G 00 GDP ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 DCRRSPN J 02S 00 G
108. ZZZ 02 Z000 5 12 ISO Greek DBULTNI E 03C K 00 G G 00 GDI ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 5 12 ISO Hebrew DBULTNI E 03C 00 G G 00 ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 5 12 ISO Latin 5 DBULTNI E 03C K 00 G G 00 GDP ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 5 12 VT 100 DBULTNI E 03C 00 GG 00 01C ZZZZ 02Z 0 0 0 5 12 7 Hebrew PDBULTNI E 03C K 00 G 00 24D 7777027000 5 12 7 Bit Turkish DBULTNI E 03C K 00 G G 00 242 ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 5 12 Greek Suppl DBULTNI 03C K 00 GG 00 ITR ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 5 12 Hebrew Suppl DBULTNI 03C 00 G 00 ITG ZZZZ 02 Z000 5 12 Turkish Supp DBULTNI E 03C K 00 G G 00 240 ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 6 12 U S ASCII DBULTNI I 03C K 00 GG 00 01U ZZZZ 02 Z000 6 12 DEC Supp DBULTNI1 I 03C K 00 G 00 010 ZZZZ 02 Z000 6 12 DEC Tech DBULTN1103CK 00 G G 00 01Q ZZZZ 02 Z000 6 12 ISO Latin 2 DBULTNI I 03C K 00 G G 00 GDE ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 6 12 ISO Cyrillic DBULTN1103C K 00 G G 00 GDO ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 6 12 ISO Greek DBULTNI I 03C K 00 G 00 GDI ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 6 12 ISO Hebrew DBULTN1103C K 00 G G 00 ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 6 12 ISO Latin 5 DBULTNI I 03C K 00 G G 00 GDP ZZZZ 02Z 0 0 0 6 12 VT 100 DBULTNI I 03C 00 GG 00 01C ZZZZ 027 000 6 12 7 Bit Hebrew DBULTNI E 03C K 00 GG 00 24D 7777027000 6 12 7 Bit Turkish DBULTNI E 03C K 00 G G 00 242 ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 6 12 Greek Suppl DBULTNI 03 K 00 G G 00 ITR ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 6 12 Hebrew Suppl DBULTNI E 03C K 00 G 00 1 ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 6 12 Turkish Supp DBULTNI 03C K 00 G G 00 240 ZZZZ 02 Z 0 0 0 10 12 U S ASCII DBULTNI J 03C K 00 G
109. a moving printhead uses pins to form whole characters one at a time and one after the other The pins print dots according to programmed matrix patterns Although data are sent to the printer interface either a serially or in parallel the printhead receives the data serially in order to form each character The DEC LG Emulation printer also forms characters with dots in matrix patterns but it feeds print data in parallel to many hammers mounted on a rapidly oscillating shuttle The hammers fire simultaneously to print entire lines at a time A short line stemming from and at an angle to the upper or lower end of the stroke of a letter or number character A Z serif To turn on activate invoke or enable Abbrev for special function control character The first character in a printer command sequence In P Series emulation mode you can select one of five characters as the SFCC In Epson FX and Proprinter emulation mode the SFCC must always be the ASCII ESC character See also command sequence and escape sequence A typeface with a heavy line thickness produced by doublestriking The printer forms a character then prints it again but fractionally offset from the first position See also bold character weight A vertical column consisting of six pixels and treated as a unit in graphics applications See point Rapid vertical paper movement Select Other Coding System A control sequence that allows you to enable another
110. able from the control panel Ps will change the character size with respect to the selected pitch If set to Disable only the white space between characters varies Ps Horizontal Pitch 0 10 characters inch 1 10 inch 1 12 characters per inch 1 12 inch 2 15 characters inch 1 15 inch 3 6 characters per inch 1 6 inch NOTE If the Print Mode option is set to Disable with the control panel the SHS command can force the printer into plot mode If the page contains a dense concentration of text many text lines and many characters per line the SHS command will cause the DEC LG Emulation to pause a few seconds between pages To ensure faster text printing select an appropriate font and character size setting with DECATFF SGR instead of SHS If the Print Mode is set to Enable with the control panel this command will not force the printer into plot mode and there should be no pause between pages 59 Chapter 2 Set Horizontal Pitch DECSHORP Set Horizontal Pitch DECSHORP 60 ASCII Code Hex Code Dec Code Purpose ESC Ps w 1B 5B Ps 77 27 91 119 Selects the character spacing for monospaced fonts This sequence selects the number of characters printed per horizontal inch on a line If the Print Mode option is set to Enable with the control panel the character size will change to match the selected pitch If Print Mode is set to Disable only the white s
111. al ESO ESC ESC Hebrew Supplemental ESC 4 ESC 4 ESC 4 ESC 4 Turkish Supplemental ESC 0 ESC 0 ESC 0 ESC 0 NOTE Any other character following the above escape sequences causes the entire sequence to be ignored 99 Chapter 2 Select Character Set Sequences SCS Table 18 Selecting 96 Character Sets Using Single and Locking Shifts Character Set G0 G1 G2 G3 ISO Latin 1 ESC A ESC A ESC A ISO Latin 2 ESC B ESC B ESC B ISO Latin 5 ESC M ESC M ESC M ISO Latin 9 ESC b ESC b ESC b ISO Cyrillic ESC L ESC L ESC L ISO Greek ESC F ESC F ESC F ISO Hebrew ESC H ESC H ESC H NOTE Any other character following the above escape sequences causes the entire sequence to be ignored 100 Assign User Preference Supplemental Set DECAUPSS ASCII Code DCS Ps u ST Hex Code 90 ps 21 75 9C Dec Code 144 ps 33 117 156 Purpose Assigns a particular character set to the User Preference Supplemental UPS set Discussion Assigns several of the ISO and special character sets to the User Preference Supplemental set Before selecting one of the character sets in Table 19 via the SCS code you may first assign it to the UPS set using this control code Table 19 UPS Character Sets Character Set Ps D D DEC Supplemental 0 5 ISO Latin 1 Supplemental 1 A ISO Latin Hebrew Supplemental 1 H DEC Technical 0 gt
112. al numbers FUNCTION CODE PAGE Set Reset Mode ESC Psh ESC Psl page 40 Line Feed New Line Mode LNM ESC 20h page 41 Carriage Return New Line Mode DECCRNLM ESC 40h page 42 Autowrap Mode DECAWM ESC 7h page 43 Pitch Select Mode DECPSM ESC 29h page 44 Set Page Orientation DECSPO ESC Ps amp z page 45 Position Unit Mode PUM ESC 11h page 46 Force Plot Mode DECFPM ESC 70h page 47 Select Size Unit SSU page 48 Graphic Size Selection GSS ESC PnSPC page 49 Graphic Size Modification ESC Pn1 Pn2SPB page 50 Setting Plot Density page 51 Select Graphics Density DECSGD ESC Psh Psv page 52 35 Chapter 2 Control Code Index FUNCTION Spacing Spacing Pitch Increment SPI Select Vertical Line Spacing SVS Set Vertical Pitch DECVERP Select Horizontal Character Spacing SHS Set Horizontal Pitch DECSHORP Vertical Format Load Vertical Format Unit VFU End Load VFU Channel Command Forms Loading Forms Sequence DECLFM Form Types Start Forms Sequence DECIFM Terminate Forms Sequence DECTFM Delete Forms Sequence DECDFM Forms Considerations Request Forms Status DECRFMS Form Status Report DECFMSR Logos 36 Loading Logos Sequence DECLLG Select Logo Sequence DECILG Deleting Logos Sequence DECDLG Request Logo Status DECRLGS Logo Status Report DECSLGS CODE ESC Pn1 Pn2SPG ESC PsSPL ESC Psz ESC Psw ESC Psw ESC 1h ESC 11 ESC pl amp y DCSP1 P2 amp pRecordsST
113. ame basic format as the select font sequence This type of sequence is called a Select Graphic Rendition SGR sequence ESC Ps m You can select more than one character attribute in the same sequence by including several Ps values separated by semicolons ESC Ps Ps Ps Once set a character attribute remains active until you turn it off or reset the printer Ps 0 zero turns off all character attributes 115 Chapter 2 Character Expansion GSM Character Expansion GSM 116 ASCII Code ESC Pnl n2 SP B Hex Code 1B 5B Ps1 3B n2 20 42 Dec Code 27 91 Ps1 109 n2 32 66 Purpose 1 multiplies height n2 multiplies width Discussion The Character Expansion control sequence allows characters to be multiplied in both height and width Multiply Height The printer prints double and triple height characters by expanding the single height character matrix to produce twice or three times the number of vertical dots per character respectively Blank lines are expanded to either twice or three times the normal height equal to the height requested To alter character height choose from the following options Current Pn1 200 Pn1 300 Vertical Pitch Double Height Triple Height LPI LPI LPI 2 1 3 1 5 4 2 5 2 5 1 7 6 3 2 8 4 2 7 10 5 3 3 12 6 6 When double triple height mode is selected the printer expands vertical print until the feature is disabl
114. are the only numbers that you need to specify the printer generates the other elements of the bar code automatically Check Characters The 128 UCC Serial Shipping Container Code uses two check characters The first is a modulo 10 check digit generated from your input data and printed in human readable characters The second is the normal Code 128 modulo 103 check character The printer calculates both of these numbers automatically Stop Code This is the normal stop code used in the Code 128 bar code This character is automatically generated by the printer Code 128 UCC Example A Code 128 UCC bar code created on the printer is shown below The label data are 11223344556677889 The DESBCA sequence selects UCC 128 with P1 15 and P9 2 for human readable characters The DECBARC command starts the bar coding and ROCS stops the bar coding Notice that the printer automatically generated the start code the qualifier the check digits and the stop code ESC SP011223344556677889ESC Start Code StartC Func1 Stop Code III 00 1 1223344 556677689 9 Qualifier Data Check Digit Density and Spacing Between Bar Codes The following subsections describe the spacing between different combinations of horizontal and vertical spacings between the bar codes Horizontal Bar Codes 0 and 180 Degree Rotation The width of a horizontal bar code is a function of the n
115. asurement for spacing parameters Discussion When PUM is enabled set Select Size Unit selects either decipoints or pixels as the spacing unit depending on the parameter settings shown below If the printer receives an SSU while PUM is disabled reset the selected unit will take effect when PUM is set and will then remain in effect until the printer receives either another SSU or a reset sequence Default value at power up or reset is decipoints The printer will ignore all Ps values other than 2 or 7 Ps Spacing Unit 2 Decipoint 1 720 inch 7 Pixel 1 600 inch The printer converts decipoints D into pixel P values by using the formula shown below and rounding off the result to the nearest integer _ Dx5 im 6 All arithmetic operations are performed using integer instructions For example the formula above converts decipoints to the nearest pixel NOTE If you select decipoint units do not use horizontal position relative HPR and vertical position relative VPR sequences Using these commands with decipoint units produces cumulative positioning errors because they are rounded off NOTE The JIS Katakana character set is only available in the 10 CPI font size The GSS and SSU control codes can only be used with these character sets if 10 CPI is specified Graphic Size Selection GSS ASCII Code Hex Code Dec Code ESC Pn SP C 1B 5B Pn 20 43 27 91 32 67 Purpose Sets the height and widt
116. ation is transferred Baud rate is the reciprocal of the length in seconds of the shortest pulse used to carry data For example a system in which the shortest pulse is 1 1200 second operates at 1200 baud On RS 232 serial lines the baud rate equals the data flow rate in bits per second bps To communicate properly a printer must be configured to operate at the same baud rate as its host computer Contraction of binary digit A digit in the binary base 2 number system 0 or 1 A bit is the smallest unit of storage in a digital computer where 0 and 1 are represented by different voltages Groups of bits form other units of storage called nibbles bytes and words A dark thick character weight produced by a double strike print method See also shadow printing character weight 295 Appendix E _ Glossary 296 Boot up buffer C character cell character proportion character set character weight control sequence compressed cpi CSI D data bits decipoint The start up procedure which causes a computer operating system to be loaded into main memory A reserved area in printer memory that data is written to and read from during data transfers The invisible rectangular space occupied by a character including the white space around the character Used as a unit of spacing The height of a cell is equal to the current line spacing and the width of a cell is equal to the current character spacing
117. ault 110 120 130 140 150 200 Table 8 Y Density Values Psv Portrait dflt Y Density Dots Inch O OI ON O No change 100 default 120 150 200 53 Chapter 2 Spacing Spacing 54 The five spacing sequences covered in this section affect the spacing of lines and characters Horizontal pitch affects character spacing in characters per inch CPI Vertical pitch affects line spacing in lines per inch lpi DECSHORP and SHS affect character size in addition to spacing if Print Mode is set to Enable with the control panel Table 9 Line and Character Spacing Sequences Sequence Name DEC Mnemonic Page No Spacing Pitch Increment SPI page 55 Select Vertical Spacing SVS page 57 Set Vertical Pitch DECVERP page 58 Select Horizontal Spacing SHS page 59 Set Horizontal Pitch DECSHORP page 60 Horizontal and vertical pitch values can be changed by using the Select Horizontal Spacing SHS and Select Vertical Spacing SVS sequences or the Spacing Pitch Increment SPI sequence These sequences can accept two spacing units decipoints or pixels To select the unit of measurement use the Position Unit Mode PUM and Select Size Unit SSU sequences Alternatively you can use Set Horizontal Pitch DECSHORP and Set Vertical Pitch DECVERP sequences to alter spacing Except for DECSHORP all spacing commands are acted upon as soon as they a
118. bute sequence that follows Because of this you can specify a future control code to be received first and it will be ignored without consequence to the Set Raster Attributes sequence until the code is recognized by the printer If a Set Raster Attributes sequence is received before any other sixel control code the sequence is processed The protocol selector has the following format ASCII Code Pn1 Pn2 Pn3 Pn4 This selector is defined as follows e The double quote sets the raster attributes control characters Pnisets the pixel aspect ratio numerator Pn2sets the pixel aspect ratio denominator Pn1 and Pn2 are numeric parameters A numeric parameter is a string of characters in the 30H 39H range that is evaluated by the printer as a decimal number If the parameter is a value larger than the 65535 maximum the printer defaults to 65535 The pixel aspect ratio defines the shape of the pixel needed to reproduce the picture without distortion This ratio is defined by two numbers a numerator Pn1 and a denominator Pn2 It is the ratio of the vertical to the horizontal shape of the pixel For example an aspect ratio of 2 1 or 200 100 represents a pixel twice as high as it is wide The aspect ratio multiplied by the Horizontal Grid Size HGS yields the ideal Vertical Grid Size VGS That is Pixel Aspect Ratio x HGS Ideal VGS Table 24 gives the aspect ratios supported by the printer 131 Chapter 2 1
119. ceptable for this function You can change the SPI setting for vertical spacing in two ways Use a Set Vertical Spacing SVS sequence Use a Set Vertical Pitch DECVERP sequence NOTE If Pn1 or Pn2 is 0 or omitted the printer defaults to the font file pitch setting If you set the Print Mode option to Enable with the control panel this command will not force the printer into plot mode The current print font will be used and throughput will be at its maximum If the Print Mode option is set to Disable this command forces the printer into plot mode 55 Chapter 2 _ Spacing Pitch Increment SPI If a position command does not precede the printable graphic character the printer will place that character to the right of the previously received character The distance between characters depends on the values of Pn1 and Pn2 in the most recent SPI SHS or DECSHORP sequence If you set the Pn1 or Pn2 values to 0 or if you do not send an SPI sequence the printer uses the default horizontal and vertical spacing for the font currently in use Horizontal spacing is the same for all font styles 56 Select Vertical Line Spacing SVS ASCII Code Hex Code Dec Code Purpose ESC Ps SP L 1B 5B Ps 20 4C 29 91 BS 32 76 all fonts Selects the vertical spacing pitch between lines that is used by DiscussionPs selects the vertical pitch and vertical character position unit SVS does not affect the vertica
120. ch the width of the character cell varies with the width of the character For example i takes less space to print than m Using proportional fonts generally increases the readability of printed documents giving text a typeset appearance This manual is printed in proportional fonts See character weight The measurement of the width of a character cell in dots Graphic left Graphic left characters map half of the character set table The GL characters reside at 0 127 hex and comprise the ASCII portion of the table Graphic right Graphic right characters map half of the character set table The GR characters reside at 128 255 hex and comprise the LG portion of the table H hex codes hex dump HGS host computer Hz IIGP interface invoke ipm italic L landscape LCD LED logical link Ipi lpm Codes based on a numeral system with a radix of 16 A hex dump is a translation of all host interface data to its hexadecimal equivalent A hex dump is a printer self test typically used to troubleshoot printer data reception problems Abbrev for Horizontal Grid Size The host computer stores processes and sends data to be printed and which communicates directly with the printer The term host indicates the controlling computer since modern printers are themselves microprocessor controlled computer systems Abbrev for Hertz Cycles per second a measure of frequency Intelligent G
121. characters are identified in Table 49 by an asterisk after the hex value NOTE This character set is available in DP font 10 CPI pitch only NOTE Denotes those characters used for line drawing Denotes characters also found in the DEC Technical Character Set Denotes characters also found in the DEC Supplemental Character Set Table 49 VT100 Graphics Character Set ics Symbol 20 32 21 33 Exclamation Point 22 34 Double Quotation Mark 23 35 Number Sign 24 36 Dollar Sign 25 37 Percent Sign 26 38 Ampersand 27 39 Single Quotation Mark 28 40 Open Parenthesis 29 41 Closed Parenthesis 2A 42 Asterisk 2B 43 Plus 2C 44 Comma 2D 45 Hyphen or Minus 2E 46 Period or Decimal Point 2F 47 Slash 30 48 Zero Not Slashed 31 49 One 32 50 Two 33 51 Three 34 52 Four 35 53 Five 36 54 Six 37 55 Seven 38 56 Eight 179 Chapter 3 Selecting the Character Set and Language Table 49 VT100 Graphics Character Set continued a poe Symbol Name 39 57 Nine 3A 58 Colon 3B 59 Semicolon 3C 60 Less Than Symbol 3D 61 Equals Symbol 3E 62 Greater Than Symbol 3F 63 Question Mark 40 64 At Sign 41 65 Uppercase A 42 66 Uppercase B 43 67 Uppercase C 44 68 Uppercase D 45 69 Uppercase E 46 70 Uppercase F 47 71 Uppercase G 48 72 Uppercase H 49 73 Uppercase 4A 74 Uppercase J 4B 75 Uppercase K 4 76 Uppercase L 4D 77 Uppercase M 4E 78 Uppercase N 4F 79 Uppercase O 50 80 Uppercase P 51 81 U
122. code parameter remains unchanged 206 Start Bar Coding DECBARC ASCII Code ESC SP Hex Code 1B 25 20 30 Dec Code 27 37 32 48 Purpose Generates bar codes using data that follow the sequence Discussion Bar code parameters are defined by the last DECSBCA sequence The printer continues to encode bar codes until it receives the Stop Bar Code sequence The printer begins to generate a bar code at the upper left hand corner of the left quiet zone and ends at the lower right hand corner of the right quiet zone Bar codes that extend beyond the margins are truncated Stop Bar Coding Return from Other Coding System ROCS ASCII Code ESC Hex Code 1B 25 40 Dec Code 27 37 64 Purpose Stops bar code printing Discussion Once bar coding is stopped the font selection and associated attributes are restored to the conditions prevailing prior to bar code printing 207 Chapter 4 _ Bar Code Characteristics Bar Code Characteristics The printer supports fifteen bar code styles Code 39 default or user selectable settings Extended Code 39 Interleaved 2 of 5 EAN8 EAN 13 Code 11 Codebar a t Codebar b n Codebar c Codebar d e e UPC A UPC E Postnet e Code 128 USS regular e Code 128 UCC serial shipping container code All bar code styles differ though the differences can be subtle or obvious The following subsections discuss bar co
123. cter encoding character The form data switch character is not printable within the form and should not be used in any control sequence in the form Form length is a five digit number 00001 through 65 535 that defines the length of the string to follow The string count includes all characters other than uncoded control characters 0 0 through 1 15 Form Data String is the constant portion of the form the data Form data is a string of text and command sequences with encoded control characters Terminate the string with an ST command Uncoded control characters other than ESC act as formatting characters for editors Though you can embed them in the form data string they are not part of the form For more information refer to Appendix D 69 Chapter 2 Form Types Form Types A form can be printed in Print mode in Plot mode or in a combination of Print and Plot mode n Plot mode all positioning should be fully specified by the LG positioning commands The entire form is plotted if the following conditions exist Contains any graphics block characters bar codes vectors logos The pitch of the font does not exist in print mode The form uses justified text e Print mode all positioning is controlled by the CR LF and tabs control characters The entire form is printed if It contains justified text and no font changes occur within a line It does not violate any other conditions of Print mode 70 Sta
124. ctive position to move to the following line s corresponding horizontal character position Discussion Pn specifies the active position Attempts to move the cursor below the bottom margin cause the cursor to move to the corresponding horizontal position on the first printable line of the next form In 8 bit mode the Forward Index 8 bit control code can be used for this function refer to Control Code Types on page 23 88 Reverse Index RI ASCII Code ESC M Hex Code 1B 4D Dec Code 27 77 Purpose Causes the active position to move to the corresponding character position of the preceding line DiscussionPn specifies the active position The Reverse Index command causes the active position to stop at the top margin In 8 bit mode the Reverse Index 8 bit control code can be used for this function refer to Control Code Types on page 23 Next Line NEL ASCII Code ESC E Hex Code 1B 45 Dec Code 27 69 Purpose Causes the active position to move to the first character position on the following line Discussion you try to move the cursor past the bottom margin the cursor moves to the first character position on the first printable line of the next form In 8 bit mode the Next Line 8 bit control code can be used for this function 89 Chapter 2 Horizontal Position Absolute HPA Horizontal Position Absolute HPA ASCII Code ESC Pn Hex Code 1B 5B Pn 60 Dec Cod
125. d 34 y 12 A a W 7 Digital x 2 2 Finnish A A 6 a Digital French n 2 Canadian a a i a Digital Norwegian i N Danish A U L a o u Digital E Portuguese A O Digital N x A Swiss u a a o Digital z 2 2 Swedish E A U ISO Norwegian A s Danish e A A 236 LG Emulation 94 Character Sets The following pages show the 94 Character Set charts also referred to as code pages for the LG emulation The character sets are shown in Near Letter Quality NLQ print mode These character sets may be selected using the configuration menus described in the Setup Guide 237 Appendix _ LG Emulation Character Set Charts U S ASCII U S ASCII GL 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 GR 8 9 A B D E F 0 0 P p 1 1 A Q a q 2 2 B R b r 3 3 C S c s 4 4 D T d t 5 5 E U e u 6 amp 6 F V F v 7 7 G W g w 8 8 H X h x 9 9 I Y i y A J Z j 2 B eo ORC E Xe ce M J m E po N ux F 70 _ o 238 DEC Finnish DEC Finnish nA O e aa Hx OO G W g w 7 239 Appendix 240 LG Emulation Character Set Charts French French 0 1 2 3 5 6 7 8 9 A B D E F 0 0 P p 1 l i Q a q
126. d or backward in order to reach the line home position The page home line is the active line after a form feed FF The index IND next line NL and carriage return characters cause a form feed when they pass the page end line Use the vertical position absolute and relative VPA and VPR sequences to move below the page end line If a line feed passes the page end line the printer prints the current page and performs a form feed to get to the next page Ps parameters 0 through 7 are public ANSI parameters ASCII values 0 through 7 The other six Ps parameters are defined by LG and are called LG private parameters These always start with the 3 15 character The kind of parameters used affect page format If you chain commands do not mix LG private parameters with public parameters Table 13 shows the printable area selected with each PFS format Text area is for justified text Table 13 Paper Dimensions Using PFS Formats Minimum Paper Dimensions Print Area Text Area Default P s Width Length Width Length Width Length Lines Normal Page Formats 0 8 5 11 0 7 7 10 5 7 2 9 7 55 1 11 0 8 5 10 5 7 7 10 0 6 34 38 2 8 0 11 5 7 7 11 0 7 2 9 83 59 3 11 5 8 0 11 0 7 67 10 5 6 33 4 4 8 5 11 0 8 0 10 5 7 5 9 17 5 11 0 8 5 10 5 8 0 10 0 6 5 Extended Page Formats 6 8 0 11 0 7 7 11 0 7 2 11 0 66 7 11 0 7 5 11 0 7 33 10 5 7 33 44 20 8 5 11 0 8 0 10 56 8
127. d punctuation marks to be printed or control codes to move paper or position the text on the page One tenth of a point A unit of measurement equal to 1 720 inch See also point default diagnostic DIP DIP switch disable DP E EIA TIA Elite Em emulation En enable escape sequence expanded F false family or type fixed pitch fonts A value parameter attribute or option assigned by a program or system when another is not specified by the user Pertains to the detection and isolation of printer malfunctions or mistakes Dual In line Package a method of packaging semiconductor components in rectangular cases with parallel rows of electrical contacts A DIP equipped with toggle switches To deactivate or set to OFF Abbrev for data processing font see HS Abbrev for Electronics Industries Association A name indicating a monospaced font with 12 cpi pitch and usually 10 points in height A font width term equal to the maximum character width obtainable in a given font Derived from the width of an uppercase M usually the widest character in a set Refers to the ability of a printer to execute the commands of another printer language or protocol A font width term equal to one half em To activate or set to ON Two or more bytes that describe a specific printer control function In an escape sequence the first byte is always the ASCII ESC character decimal 27 hex 1B Se
128. de characteristics that are pertinent to printing readable bar codes Number of Bars per Character Each bar code style is made up of a specific number of light and dark bars Dark bars are the inked machine readable lines light bars are the unprinted spaces between the dark bars Several styles of light and dark bar combinations exist For example e Inthe Code 39 style both light and dark bars are encoded to define single character Inthe Interleaved 2 of 5 style the light bars decode one character while the dark bars decode another character The light bars and dark bars can also be narrow or wide These width variations are unique to each bar code style Bar Code Character Set Different bar code styles allow certain parts of the ASCII character set to be used Some styles allow only the numerals 0 9 while others allow the full ASCII character set and still others allow variations in between 208 START STOP and CENTER Code Characters The START STOP characters identify the beginning and end of the bar code symbol to the bar code reader The START code is at the left end of the symbol next to the most significant character The STOP code is at the right end of the symbol next to the least significant character Some bar code styles have a CENTER character code This code divides the characters so that a digit that appears on both sides of the CENTER code can have a certain bar pattern on the left side that
129. different positions though any characters beneath them are printed only in portrait or landscape orientations The default is P8 0 P8 Function 0 missing Same as current page orientation 1 Horizontal portrait 2 Vertical rotation of 90 landscape 3 Vertical rotation of 90 landscape 4 Horizontal upside down rotation of 180 P9 Function 0 missing No human readable characters printed 1 2 No human readable characters printed human readable characters printed in current font human readable characters printed in OCR A human readable characters printed in OCR B 205 Chapter 4 _ Select Bar Codes Attributes Sequence DECSBCA NOTE When printing the human readable line for any rotations other than zero degrees horizontal portrait mode the special bar code font is used regardless of how the P9 parameter is set 2 3 or 4 OCR A and OCR B are available only in portrait orientation This does not apply to the Postnet bar code IMPORTANT Ifthe printer s logical form length setting DECSLPP or DECSTBM or the control panel form length setting does not match the physical form length of the paper in use then bar codes located near on or across the logical perforation will not print correctly Make sure that the forms length setting matches the physical form and do not print bar codes on or across the perforation If an illegal parameter sequence is requested the sequence is ignored and the last bar
130. dscape orientation and select a font the printer creates a rotated font in RAM The RAM may fill if you create a number of fonts The following command sequence lets you delete fonts from RAM NOTE This command is also used in the LN03 printer for loading font files This function is not present in DEC LG series printers Font Status Sequences Font status sequences help the host computer control and manage font memory The host sends a request font status sequence and the printer responds by sending a font status report The font status report tells the host which fonts are currently available in the printer 112 Request Font Status DECRFS ASCII Code CSI Bs Ps Hex Code 9B Ps 3B ps 22 7B Dec Code 155 Ps 59 Ps 34 123 Purpose The host computer sends this sequence to request a report of the fonts available for printing the memory bytes available for loading new fonts or both NOTE This command works only when the printer is connected to the host through the serial interface Discussion The Ps parameter selects the type of font status requested Ps Function 0 Send both reports same as 1 and 2 default 1 Send status of fonts 2 Send amount of RAM available for rotating fonts forms and logos 113 Chapter 2 _ Font Status Report DECFSR Font Status Report DECFSR The printer uses this sequence to report the font status requested by the DECRFS sequence page 113 There is a separate repo
131. duces the chances of reverse motion and improves throughput If the Plot Mode option is disabled Postnet barcodes are printed in a Graphic density via Plot Mode as dictated by the DECSGD command Character Printing Print data sent to the printer consist of two types of character codes Printable Characters are codes representing alphabet characters punctuation marks and graphic symbols Control Codes are one or more bytes that instruct the printer how to process and print characters and graphics The DEC LG Emulation processes the character codes of the DEC Multinational Character Set page 21 Characters and codes from this chart are identified and located by their column and row numbers For example the ASCII character SUB is identified as 1 10 which means that it is located at column 1 row 10 You may send data from the host computer in either 7 bit or 8 bit form The conversion processes from 7 bit to 8 bit form and vice versa are described on page 28 Chapter 2 Character Printing Printable Characters Columns 0 through 7 of the DEC Multinational Character Set page 21 are the standard ASCII printable character set used in a 7 bit environment If you choose an 8 bit environment the printable character set expands to include columns 8 through 15 If word length is 7 bits printable characters are only generated from columns 2 through 7 If word length is set at 8 bits printable characters can be generated
132. e Table 28 Graphic Symbols for the ASCII Character Set 2d pd Symbol Name 20 32 Space 21 33 Exclamation Point 22 34 Quotation Marks 23 35 Number Sign 24 36 Dollar Sign 25 37 Percent Sign 26 38 Ampersand 27 39 Apostrophe 28 40 Open Parenthesis 29 41 Closed Parenthesis 2A 42 Asterisk 2B 43 Plus 2C 44 Comma 2D 45 Hyphen or Minus 2E 46 Period or Decimal Point 2F 47 Slash 30 48 Zero Not Slashed 31 49 One 32 50 Two 33 51 Three 34 52 Four 35 53 Five 36 54 Six 37 55 Seven 38 56 Eight 39 57 Nine 3A 58 Colon 3B 59 Semicolon 3C 60 Less Than Symbol 3D 61 Equals Symbol ASCII Character Set Table 28 Graphic Symbols for the ASCII Character Set continued ind ded Symbol Name 3E 62 Greater Than Symbol 3F 63 Question Mark 40 64 At Sign 41 65 Uppercase A 42 66 Uppercase B 43 67 Uppercase C 44 68 Uppercase D 45 69 Uppercase E 46 70 Uppercase F 47 71 Uppercase G 48 72 Uppercase H 49 73 Uppercase 4A 74 Uppercase J 4B 75 Uppercase K 4 76 Uppercase L 4D 77 Uppercase M 4E 78 Uppercase N 4F 79 Uppercase O 50 80 Uppercase P 51 81 Uppercase Q 52 82 Uppercase R 53 83 Uppercase S 54 84 Uppercase T 55 85 Uppercase U 56 86 Uppercase V 57 87 Uppercase W 58 88 Uppercase X 59 89 Uppercase Y 5 90 Uppercase Z 5B 91 Open Bracket 5C 92 Backslash 5D 93 Closed Bracket 5E 94 Circumflex 5F 95 Underline 153 Chapter 3 Selecting the Character Set and Language Table 28 Graphic S
133. e GSM always changes the current pitch according to the newly selected font In Plot mode the pitch is changed only if Pitch Select mode is set The GSM sequence is effective until the printer receives another GSM or GSS sequence NOTE The GSM command will only work if the base font is DP 10 See the DECATFF command 50 Setting Plot Density The printer can plot in several different densities dots per inch or dpi from 30 dpi to 200 dpi The Plot mode fonts contain the information for the vertical and horizontal densities they use Determine non text imaging densities for sixels bar codes by using these innate commands Default values for both the vertical and horizontal densities for graphic work are 100 While density changes can occur anywhere on a page they can also cause vertical negative paper motion while printing Judicious planning minimizes this effect Plot speed is adversely affected by changes in density the higher the density the slower the speed Hence plotting in 50 x 50 density is four times faster than plotting in 100 x 100 If speed is a consideration select lower density plotting The lowest density plot font available is the 60 x 75 density 51 Chapter 2 _ Set Graphics Density DECSGD Set Graphics Density DECSGD ASCII Code ESC Psh Psv amp Hex Code 1B 5B Psh 3B Psv 26 7B Dec Code 27 91 Psh 59 Psv 38 123 Purpose Sets the darkness of drawn images Discussion DECSGD cont
134. e These parameter characters are sixel control codes and must not conflict with CSI sequences A CSI sequence containing one or more group s of invalid parameters is still processed but only the valid parameters are used If all parameters ina sequence are out of range or invalid the printer waits for the final character then ignores the entire sequence Intermediate and final characters define the control function For example the sequence ESC 3 m hex 1B 5B 33 6D turns italic printing on This sequence uses one selective parameter 3 no intermediate characters and the final character m The DEC LG Emulation processes control sequences with one intermediate character only If more than one intermediate character is received the printer waits for the final character then ignores the entire control sequence If no intermediate characters are in the sequence the final character determines the control function Device Control Strings The format of a device control string is DCS P P 1 1 F D D F 9 0 3 0 to 3 15 2 0 to 2 15 3 0 to 7 14 9 12 8 Bit Device Parameter Intermediate Final Data 0 or more String Control String character s character s character characters Terminator Introducer Introducer Protocol Selector The DCS control character is the Device Control String introducer DCS has an 8 bit code of 9 0 This is equivalent to the escape sequence consisting of the ESC 1 11 and P 5 0 characters Both encodi
135. e host computer and prints the data immediately On line appears on the message display and the control panel status lamps illuminate continuously A switch on the operator control panel that toggles the printer between the on line and off line states P parity check parsing PCBA pel PI Pica pin configuration pitch pixel point port printer configuration printer interface protocol Parity checking is the addition of non data bits to data resulting in the number of 1 bits being either always even or always odd Parity is used to detect transmission errors Parity represents the value in the check digit of the received or transmitted data Parsing is the process of separating a programming statement into basic units that can be translated into machine instructions A printer can recover from an erroneous code sequence by performing as much of the function as possible or parsing the valid parameter from the invalid Abbrev for printed circuit board assembly See pixel Paper instruction A signal from the host with the same timing and polarity as the data lines A name indicating a monospaced font with a pitch of 10 cpi and usually a 12 point height Pica is also used in typography as a unit of measurement 1 pica 1 6 inch Establishes the physical attachment and protocol conversion connections for the host interface The number of text characters printed per horizontal inch Specif
136. e requested using the font status sequences see page 112 if you have a serial connection to the printer In print mode the DEC LG Emulation can print only the set of print fonts This mode is often preferable because it is very fast and optimized for printing text The quality of the print font determines the print density in this mode Plot mode handles graphic elements such as vectors and bar codes as well as many built in DEC plot fonts Because graphic elements and built in DEC fonts are plotted this mode is much slower than printer mode The printer will automatically switch between print mode and plot mode depending on the current print requirements The default mode is print mode but the printer will often switch to plot mode when various densities are needed to plot graphic elements For instance the DECSGD command will allow many different combinations of horizontal and vertical densities that cannot be used in print mode Plot mode is performed in graphic passes In other words all elements in a given density are printed in the same paper motion If the user chooses ten elements in one density and then changes to another density the ten previous elements are printed and the paper moves forward in one pass The elements printed at the new density may cause reverse paper motion depending on where they are to be printed Therefore the user should consider this when combining elements of various densities on a form Wh
137. e 27 91 Pn 96 Purpose Selects the active column on the active line Discussion Pn value specifies the new active column Default value Pn 1 If you try to move the active column to the right of the last position on the line the active position stops at the last position on the line Horizontal Position Relative HPR ASCII Code ESC Pn a Hex Code 1B 5B Pn 61 Dec Code 27 91 Pn 97 Purpose Moves the active column by adding the value Pn to the currently active column Discussion Pn is the value added to the currently active column Default value Pn 1 If you try to move the active column to the right of the last position on the line the active position stops at the last position on the line 90 Horizontal Position Backward HPB ASCII Code ESC Pn j Hex Code 1B 5B Pn 6A Dec Code 27 91 Pn 106 Purpose Moves the active column backward by subtracting the value Pn from the currently active column Discussion Pn is the value subtracted from the currently active column Default value Pn 1 If you try to move the active column to the left of the first position on a line the active position stops at the first position on that line Vertical Position Absolute VPA ASCII Code ESC Pn d Hex Code 1B 5B Pn 64 Dec Code 27 91 Pn 100 Purpose Causes the active position to be moved to the corresponding horizontal position at vertical position Pn Discussion Pn is the new active line at the
138. e CENTER character bar pattern has two dark bars and three light bar for a total of five bars Parameters P2 through P5 and P7 are not applicable and will be ignored EAN 13 has the following characteristics e Ten digit character set 0 9 START and STOP codes CENTER code lntercharacter gap not definable Fixed length of twelve characters per complete symbol The first digit is the number system code followed by eleven digits of data then the check digit Only twelve of the digits the second through the thirteenth are encoded in the bar code symbol with six digits to the left of the CENTER code and six to the right of it An EAN 13 number can have three different bar patterns depending on its position and number system code The printer computes the check digit automatically and embeds it in the bar code as the thirteenth digit All thirteen digits are printable in the human readable line f more or less than twelve characters are used or if any of the characters used are illegal an error message is printed The minimum character height is set at 12 mm per ISO STD P6 limitation Interleaved 2 of 5 The bar code symbol uses a series of wide and narrow bars and spaces to represent numeric characters The structure is 2 wide elements bars or spaces and 3 narrow elements In the bar code two characters are interleaved paired bars are used to represent the first character in the pair and spaces are us
139. e a with Ring 07E 126 Lowercase u with Umlaut Table 40 DEC Swiss Character Set end pea Symbol Name 023 035 Lowercase u with Grave Accent 040 064 Lowercase a with Grave Accent 05B 091 Lowercase e with Acute Accent 05C 092 Lowercase c with Cedilla 05D 093 Lowercase e with Circumflex Accent 05E 094 Lowercase i with Circumflex Accent 05F 095 Lowercase e with Grave Accent 060 096 Lowercase o with Circumflex Accent 07B 123 Lowercase a with Umlaut Mark 07C 124 Lowercase o with Umlaut Mark 07D 125 Lowercase u with Umlaut Mark 07E 126 Lowercase u with Circumflex Accent 159 Chapter 3 Selecting the Character Set and Language Table 41 DEC Portuguese Character Set peg Symbol Name 05B 091 Uppercase A with Tilde 05C 092 Uppercase C with Cedilla 05D 093 Uppercase O with Tilde 07B 123 Lowercase a with Tilde 07C 124 Lowercase c with Cedilla 07D 125 Lowercase o with Tilde Table 42 ISO Norwegian Danish Character Set h C Symbol Name 05B 091 Uppercase AE Diphthong 05C 092 Uppercase O with Slash 05D 093 Uppercase A with Ring 07B 123 Lowercase ae Diphthong 07C 124 Lowercase o with Slash 07D 125 Lowercase a with Ring 160 Additional ISO and Special Character Sets Additional ISO and Special Character Sets The printer can print sixteen character sets in addition to the OCR A OCR B U S ASCII and DEC multinational character sets These are ISO Cyrillic IS
140. e also contro sequence Refers to larger than normal character width with no change in character height Off or zero Compare true A set of all variations and sizes of a type style See font monospaced 297 Appendix _ Glossary font font name font pattern font landscape font monospaced font portrait font proportional font weight font width G GL Characters GR Characters The complete set of a given size of type including characters symbols figures punctuation marks ligatures signs and accents To fully describe a font seven characteristics are usually specified 1 Type family 2 Spacing proportional or monospaced 3 Type size 12 point 14 point etc 4 Scale factor character height width ratio 5 Type style 6 Character weight 7 Character proportion normal condensed expanded See typeface A font pattern is the matrix of pels which represents a character symbol or image A font printed parallel to the long edge of a page ora font capable of being produced on a landscape page orientation Also called fixed pitch fonts Every character regardless of actual horizontal size occupies the same amount of font pattern space All monospaced fonts use specific pitch size settings Monospaced fonts are sometimes used when strict character alignment is desired tables charts spreadsheets etc A font printed parallel to the short edge of a page A font in whi
141. e following ways Data String DCS P P L I F D D ST OSC D D ST PM D D ST APG D D ST In the above table P parameters 1 intermediate characters F final character D data and ST string terminator 9CH Process unused control strings as follows After DCS begins processing the introducer sequence it will 1 enter Sixel Graphics mode if the final character is a q 2 process any applicable CO received 3 enter Text mode if ESC CAN SUB ST or a C1 is received 4 ignore any GL or GR code received After OSC receives an ESC CAN SUB ST or C1 it will 1 enter Text mode 2 ignore any other characters After PM receives an ESC CAN SUB ST or C1 it will 1 enter Text mode 2 ignore any other characters After APC receives an ESC CAN SUB ST or C1 it will 1 enter Text mode 2 ignore any other characters 135 Chapter 2 _ Drawing Vectors DECVEC Drawing Vectors DECVEC ASCII Code ESC Pn1 Pn2 Pn3 Pn4 Pn5 Hex Code 1B 5B Pnl 3B Pn2 3B Pn3 3B Pn4 3B Pn5 3B 21 7C Dec Code 27 91 Pnl 59 Pn2 59 Pn3 59 Pn4 59 Pn5 59 33 124 Purpose Draw horizontal or vertical lines with length and width Discussion Margins do not affect line drawing so you can draw lines to the physical limits of the page The DECVEC command sequence draws vectors without changing the currently active position Use the Pn parameters to select the length width and direction of th
142. e line An incorrect Pn value cancels the entire sequence Pn1 Operation 0 Draw an x line that is horizontal with respect to page orientation 1 Draw a y line that is vertical with respect to page orientation ePn2 selects the x start position on the page in decipoints Pn3 selects the y start position on the page in decipoints Pn4 Selects the line length in the x direction for an x line For a y line it specifies the y direction length 0 value is equal to a line one decipoint in length Pn5 Selects the line width in the y direction for an x line For a y line it specifies the x direction width 0 value is equal to a line one decipoint in length For an x line Pn4 specifies the length in the x direction and Pn5 specifies the width in the y direction For a y line Pn4 specifies the length in the y direction and Pn5 specifies the width in the x direction 136 Block Characters The block character sequences define the parameters of the block characters initiate the generation of block characters and return the printer to normal printing The following subsections describe how to enact these features Setting Block Character Parameters DECBCS ASCII Code ESC P1 P2 P5 Hex Code 1B 5B Pl 3B P2 3B P5 27 72 Dec Code 27 91 P1 59 P2 59 P5 39 114 Purpose Defines the parameters for block characters Discussion The Pn parameters define the height width background color and charac
143. e to a DECFMSR sequence Discussion The status string contains a list of all valid forms loaded in the printer Each form name starts on a new line and is separated by commas Logos A logo is a graphic image stored in the printer Once a logo is downloaded it can be printed repeatedly by referring to its identifying number Up to 16 logos can reside in the printer with a maximum size of 65 535 bytes per logo The following subsections explain various ways in which to utilize the logo feature For an example of commands and output for creating a logo see page D 6 Loading Logos Sequence DECLLG ASCII Code Hex Code Dec Code Purpose DCS P1 P2 amp t RECORD ST 90 P1 3B P2 26 74 RECORD 9C 144 P1 59 P2 38 116 RECORD 156 Loads logos into printer memory Discussion Pn parameters select the format and the logos to be deleted before loading this logo eP1 specifies the logo file indicator that chooses the logo file format used in the command string The indicator number must be 0 and the file must be in the DEC LG series printer logo file format If not the entire load logo set is ignored Default P1 0 eP2 lists the logos to be deleted P2 Function 0 Delete all logos Others Delete any logo with the same Logo ID as this one Logos can be loaded at any time except during another download operation and during a form printing operation When loaded they are available for selection until A lo
144. ead from or written to at any time RAM is also termed volatile because whatever information is in RAM is lost when power is turned off or interrupted See also ROM To retrieve data from memory or mass storage hard disk floppy diskette RAM etc To turn off deactivate disable or return to a previous state A measure expressing the number of component units in a given range used to create an image in printing expressed as the number of dots per inch dpi horizontally and vertically Return from Other Coding System A control sequence that allows you to return the printer to the previous emulation from any point in the printer s configuration Acronym for read only memory Programs instructions and routines permanently stored in the printer Information in ROM is not lost when power is turned off ROM cannot be written to hence the term read only See also RAM A type style in which characters are upright This sentence is printed in a roman type style Compare Italic A typeface or font in which the characters do not have serifs This font is sans serif serial communicationsThe sequential transmission of data in which each element bit is transferred in succession serial matrix serif set SFCC shadow printing sixel size type slewing SOCS spacing SSCC start bit stop bit string Refers to the manner in which text characters are printed In a serial matrix printer
145. ed This feature can be combined with double width characters Mixing single double and triple height characters on the same horizontal line is allowable Multiply Width The printer prints double width characters by expanding the single width character matrix to produce twice the number of horizontal dots per character When double width characters are selected the Space character also expands to twice the normal width To double character width invoke the following CPI Current Width Double Width CPI 10 5 12 6 13 3 6 6 15 7 5 16 7 8 3 NOTE The OCR A and OCR B fonts cannot be enlarged If multiplication escape sequences are used with them the escape sequence is ignored Double width characters are considered one column wide by the printer Therefore existing tab stops are positioned with respect to double width columns When double width characters are disabled the tab stops reposition to normal width columns A default of 100 is used if no values are set for Pn1 or n2 When vertical expansion is selected blank lines are also expanded by the appropriate factor Likewise when double width characters are selected spaces are expanded to the appropriate factor Pn1 and n2 may both be set to 50 or 75 if a size reduction is desired 117 Chapter 2 Bold Printing Bold Printing 118 ASCII Code Hex Code Dec Code ESC Ps m 1B 5B Ps 6D 27 91 109 Purpose Turn bold printing on
146. ed to represent the second character in the pair The above is always true except with the START and STOP character codes The START character bar pattern consists of two dark bars and two light bars for a total of four bars The STOP character bar pattern has two dark bars and one light bar for a total of three bars This style includes the following characteristics e Ten digit character set 0 9 START and STOP codes 216 UPC A e lllegalcharacters are not processed and are ignored No CENTER code e lntercharacter gap not definable Avariable length of characters per complete symbol If an odd number of input digits is sent the printer inserts a leading 0 to the data stream This encodes in the bar code symbol and prints in the human readable line lfachecksum is required for bar code readability you must include it as part of the data UPC A has two dark bars and two light bars for a total of four bars Each light dark bar is 1 4 modules wide A module is the smallest increment that can represent data Zeros are represented by light modules and ones by dark modules Each character contains some combination of seven modules that total two dark bars and two light bars The above is always true except with the START STOP and CENTER character codes The START STOP character bar pattern consists of two dark bars and one light bar for a total of three bars The CENTER character bar pattern has two dark bars and th
147. eight setting You can change line height by changing the vertical spacing Initial value Pn 0 If a Pn value is not set the form length is set to 66 lines Other control sequences are specified in Forms page 66 85 Chapter 2 Set Top and Bottom Margins DECSTBM Set Top and Bottom Margins DECSTBM 86 ASCII Code Hex Code Dec Code Purpose ESC Pnl Pn2 1B 5B 1 Pn2 72 27 91 PAL 59 Pn2 114 Sets the top and bottom margins and the page home line These settings are relative to the current origin point for page coordinates Refer to Page Format Select on page 86 DiscussionPn1 sets the top margin and the page home line Pn2 sets the bottom margin If the first parameter is greater than the second parameter the printer will ignore the sequence The unit of measurement can be character cells decipoints or pixels Select the unit by using the Position Unit Mode PUM and Select Size Unit SSU sequences If you use character cells the height of each cell equals the current line height setting Change line height by changing the vertical spacing The top vertical margin defines the first printable line on a page The bottom vertical margin defines the last printable line These are called hard margins because you cannot print outside the area defined by the margins The page home line is the position of the first printable line on the page after a form feed FF Margins settings
148. en choosing print or plot fonts via the SGR command the user should also be aware that these fonts will only be used in their respective mode For instance if the printer is in print mode a selection of a plot font will not be chosen until the printer is forced into plot mode Likewise if the printer is in plot mode and a print font is chosen this font will not be active until the printer returns from plot mode to print mode 18 Optimizing Print Mode When you send a command such as SPI DECSHORP SHS and SGR to the printer to alter character spacing font size and font attributes the printer will switch to plot mode causing the density to change and the printer throughput to decrease To optimize print mode set the Print Mode option to Enable with the control panel The switch to plot mode will be avoided and printer throughput will be increased considerably Optimizing Plot Mode Print mode text and graphic elements print at different densities When the two are mixed a paper reversal can occur because of the different densities When the Plot Mode option is set to Enable from the control panel Postnet barcodes are printed in a Data Processing density 120 x 75 dpi in the following printing conditions 1 Printer is currently in print mode 2 Current density is 120 x 75 dpi 3 Printer is in the portrait orientation Printing in Data Processing density speeds applications which use Postnet barcodes and text It re
149. equences If you select character cells the height of each cell equals the current character line height setting Character height is determined by setting the vertical spacing The printer sets vertical tab stops at positions you select New tab stop values are added to the current tab stop list starting with the lowest value to be added If the number of tab settings exceeds the number of available positions the printer ignores any tab stop after the 67 values are stored 96 Vertical Tab Stops VTS ASCII Code ESC J Hex Code 1B 4A Dec Code 27 74 Purpose Causes a vertical tab stop to be set at the current position DiscussionA vertical tab stop can also be achieved in 8 bit mode by sending the HTS 8 bit control code Tab Clear TBC ASCII Code ESC Ps g Hex Code 1B 5B Ps 67 Dec Code 27 91 Ps 103 Purpose Clear one or all horizontal or vertical tab stops Discussion Ps selects which tab stops to clear Ps Tab Clear Action 0 Clear one horizontal tab stop at the active position 1 Clear one vertical tab stop at the active line 2073 Clear all horizontal tab stops 4 Clear all vertical tab stops 97 Chapter 2 Character Set Selection Character Set Selection To make a character set available for printing you must designate the set as either GO G1 G2 or G3 The designated set is then invoked into GL or GR using single or locking shift and can be used for printing National Replacement Cha
150. ercase E with Grave 49 73 Uppercase E with Actue 4A 74 Uppercase E with Circumflex 4B 75 Uppercase E with Diaeresis 4 76 Uppercase with Grave Mark 4D 77 Uppercase with Acute 4E 78 Uppercase with Circumflex 4F 79 Uppercase with Diaeresis 50 80 Uppercase G with Breve 51 81 Uppercase N with Tilde 52 82 Uppercase O with Grave 53 83 Uppercase O with Acute 54 84 Uppercase O with Circumflex 55 85 Uppercase O with Tilde 56 86 Uppercase O with Diaeresis 57 87 Multiply Sign 58 88 Uppercase O with Slash 59 89 Uppercase U with Grave 5A 90 Uppercase U with Acute 5B 91 Uppercase U with Circumflex 5C 92 Uppercase U with Diaeresis 5D 93 Uppercase with Ring Above 5E 94 Uppercase S with Cedilla 5F 95 Sharp S 60 96 Lowercase A with Grave 61 97 Lowercase A with Acute 62 98 Lowercase A with Circumflex 63 99 Lowercase A with Tilde 174 Additional ISO and Special Character Sets Table 47 ISO Latin 5 Character Set continued Ve psa Symbol Name 64 100 Lowercase A with Diaeresis 65 101 Lowercase A with Ring Above 66 102 Lowercase AE Diphthong 67 103 Lowercase C with Cedilla 68 104 Lowercase E with Grave 69 105 Lowercase E with Acute 6A 106 Lowercase E with Circumflex 6B 107 Lowercase E with Diaeresis 6C 108 Lowercase with Grave 6D 109 Lowercase with Acute 6E 110 Lowercase with Circumflex 6F 111 Lowercase with Diaeresis 70 112 Lowecase G with Breve 71 113 Lowercase N with Tilde 72 114 Lowercase O with G
151. ercase U with Ring Above 7A 122 Lowercase U with Acute 7B 123 Lowercase UD with Acute 7 124 Lowercase U with Diaeresis 7D 125 Lowercase Y with Acute 7E 126 Lowercase T with Cedilla 7F 127 Superscript Dot 172 Additional ISO and Special Character Sets Table 47 ISO Latin 5 Character Set ae ponis Symbol Name 21 33 Inverted Exclamation Mark 22 34 Cent Sign 23 35 Pound Sign 24 36 Currency Sign 25 37 Yen Sign 26 38 Broken Bar 27 39 Section Sign 28 40 Diaeresis 29 41 Copyright Symbol 2A 42 Feminine Ordinal Indicator 2B 43 Left Angle Quotation Mark 2C 44 Not Sign 2D 45 Space 2E 46 Registered Trade Mark 2F 47 Macron 30 48 Degree Sign 31 49 Plus or Minus Sign 32 50 Superscript Two 33 51 Superscript Three 34 52 Single Quotation Mark 35 53 Lowercase Mu 36 54 Paragraph Sign 37 55 Small Dot 38 56 Cedilla 39 57 Superscript One 3A 58 Masculine Ordinal Indicator 3B 59 Right Angle Quotation Mark 3C 60 Fraction One Quarter 3D 61 Fraction One Half 3E 62 Fraction Three Quarters 3F 63 Inverted Question Mark 40 64 Uppercase A with Grave 41 65 Uppercase A with Actue 173 Chapter 3 Selecting the Character Set and Language Table 47 ISO Latin 5 Character Set continued Symbol 42 66 Uppercase with Circumflex 43 67 Uppercase A with Tilde 44 68 Uppercase A with Diaeresis 45 69 Uppercase A with Ring 46 70 Uppercase AE Diphthong 47 71 Uppercase C with Cedilla 48 72 Upp
152. es Escape sequences that include two or more bytes of control code information The following topics describe single byte control codes and Escape sequences in detail Control Codes A control code is a single one byte non printing character that instructs the printer to perform a specific operation When the printer receives a control character it immediately performs the control operation instead of printing a graphic character The DEC LG Emulation printer recognizes two sets of control characters e ASCII control codes 7 bit codes e Additional control codes 8 bit codes ASCII Control Codes Table 1 defines the ASCII control codes recognized by the printer in LG emulation mode These codes are located in columns 0 and 1 of the Digital Multinational Character Set page 21 and the column row coordinates from this chart are printed beneath the Mnemonic category in Table 1 These control codes are available in a 7 bit data environment or in an 8 bit environment if bit 8 is set to 1 NOTE On many computers an ASCII control code can be sent from the input keyboard by holding down the CTRL key while depressing the key specified in Table 1 Additional Control Codes The additional control codes are 8 bit control characters defined by ANSI and LG unique sequences and are available in an 8 bit data environment when bit 8 is set to 1 Table 2 defines the additional control codes recognized by the printer in LG emulation mode T
153. es the following vertical Code 128 bar code with data of 123 25 in manual mode subset A In the Start Bar Code sequence DECBARC SP represents the ASCII space character hex 20 14 2 9 5 0 gt 7123 25 The command below generates the same vertical Code 128 bar code in the automatic mode subset B Because less than 4 consecutive numeric digits were provided in the data no subset switching occurred and the bar code remained in subset B In the Start Bar Code sequence DECBARC SP represents the ASCII space character hex 20 14 2 9 ESC SP0123 25 ESC 227 Chapter 4 Code 128 UCC Code 128 UCC 228 The 128 UCC Serial Shipping Container Code is a restricted subset of the Code 128 USS standard It is used as a standard for labeling shipping containers The 128 UCC Serial Shipping Container Code has the following parts Start Code The 128 UCC Serial Shipping Container Code consists of numeric data only so the start code is always Start C This is followed by the function code 1 character which is part of the 128 UCC standard These are automatically generated by the printer Qualifier This 2 digit number helps identify the symbol as a 128 UCC Serial Shipping Container Code It is always 00 and uses one character subset C symbol This is automatically generated by the printer Data 17 numbers you choose to describe a particular shipping container These
154. eter is 0 Parameter Separator The parameter separator is used to separate a series of numeric parameters If a number does not precede the separator or does not follow the separator the printer assumes a value of zero ASCII Control Characters In Sixel Graphics mode the printer ignores all C0 control characters received except CAN SUB and ESC When printer receives CAN control character it terminates Sixel graphics mode A SUB control character is processed as 3FH one sixel space which limits the effect of some communication line errors An ESC character terminates Sixel Graphics mode but the printer still processes the ESC character In Sixel Graphics mode all C1 control codes terminate Sixel Graphics mode then process the C1 control code if it is recognized by the printer Graphic Substitute In Sixel Graphics mode the SUB character is interpreted as an error character The printer remains in Sixel Graphics mode and processes SUB as a sixel space 3FH If a repeat sequence is processing when SUB is selected the number of sixel spaces required by the repeat count is printed Exit Sixel Graphics Mode The printer exits Sixel Graphics mode when CAN ESC or ST are received CAN causes the printer to exit Sixel Graphics mode ESC causes the printer to exit Sixel Graphics mode and begin processing the ESC sequence ST terminates Sixel Graphics mode 133 Chapter 2 Character Processing in Sixel Graphics Mode
155. from columns 2 through 7 and columns 10 through 15 Note that in an 8 bit environment columns 0 through 7 have the 8th bit set to zero while columns 8 through 15 always have the 8th bit set to 1 NOTE The actual characters printed may not always be those shown in the DEC Multinational Character Set because printable characters in the column row positions vary depending upon the character set used 20 DEC Multinational Character Set 195 H310VHVHO 23a lt gt lt 13S H319VHVHO IIOSV S n 5 Jeuonippv H310VHVHO X3H IVWIO3G Tv190 ic OSA 0 apow 119 8 ui 55 pesseooe Ajuo 18 2858 v8 GL nay 01 L _ SLId 0 0 98 18 0 es AJM 0192 0 195 8 4q 10 s ou nb s edeos3 19 0 peueAuoo aq ued 6 pue 8 Jag jeuoneunin 23d 19 caed slid 98 18 21 Chapter 2 Selecting Graphic Character Sets Selecting Graphic Character Sets Several graphic character sets reside in DEC LG Emulation including U S ASCII DEC Supplemental DEC Technical and VT100 Graphics Graphic character sets are selected for printing as follows 1 Designate the set as one of the log
156. g components make up the complete Device Control String for the sixel protocol String Introducer Protocol Selector Picture Data e String Terminator The Device Control String is assembled as follows DCS Psl Ps2 Pn q lt Sixeldata gt ST c Protocol Selector Picture Data String String Introducer Terminator 125 Chapter 2 SixelGraphics Processing String Introducer The String Introducer Control code DCS identifies the start of the sixel protocol The DCS code is 90H in 8 bit mode In 7 bit mode itis 1BH 50H Protocol Selector The protocol selector consists of a string of zero one or more numeric parameters each separated by the parameter separator character semicolon 3BH A valid numeric parameter consists of zero one or more digits in the range of 30H 39H The protocol selector has the following format ASCII Code Ps1 Ps2 Pn3 Pn q This selector is defined as follows Set Ps1 to zero and explicitly define the Horizontal Grid Size with the Pn3 parameter Set the aspect ratio numerator and denominator using the Pn1 and Pn2 parameters in the Sixel Data Control sequence Set Raster Attributes on page 131 f 0 or none 1 140 in 0071 200 100 1 1 140 in 0071 200 100 1 1 140 in 0071 200 100 2 default to 1 180 in 0056 250 100 3 default to 1 180 in 0056 250 100 4 1 180 in 0056 250 100 5 default to 1 140 in 0071 200 10
157. go into effect as soon as they are received The printer will set the margins where specified except in the following cases elf Pn1 0 or is omitted the top margin is unchanged elf Pn2 0 or is omitted the bottom margin is unchanged elf Pn2 is greater than the form length the bottom margin is Set at the bottom of the form elf the active position is less than the new top margin the active position is set to the new top margin If the active line is greater than the new bottom margin the next printable character causes a form feed FF elf the sequence sets the top margin below the bottom margin the command is ignored The printer does not permit any part of the character box to be greater than the bottom margin line or less than the top margin line If the form length is changed the printer sets the top margin to line 1 and the bottom margin to the form length Set Left and Right Margins DECSLRM ASCII Code Hex Code Dec Code Purpose ESC Pnl Pn2 s 1B 5B Pn1 Pn2 73 27 91 1 59 Pn2 115 Sets the left and right margins DiscussionPn1 sets the left margin and the line home position Pn2 sets the right margin If the first parameter is greater than the second parameter the printer will ignore the sequence The unit of measurement can be character cells decipoints or pixels The maximum allowable value of the Pn1 parameter is always one less than the Pn2 parameter The left horizontal ma
158. go with the same number is loaded the new logo though the same number will replace the old System power is turned off all loaded logos are lost The logo record includes all data after the final character t and up to the string terminator as well as the logo header portion and the row data strings portion The logo header contents identify the logo and the size number of characters of the row data string The logo record variables include eID Length is a one digit number 1 through 4 that defines the length of the logo ID 75 Chapter 2 76 Loading Logos Sequence DECLLG eLogo ID is a string of one to four numerals that identify the logo Length is a one digit number 0 through 7 that defines the length of the comment field The comment field provides additional logo information and appears in the status report however it is not part of the logo identification Also listed on the status report are the IDs and the comment field of the logos available in the printer Logo Length is a five digit number 00001 through 65 535 that defines the length of the logo record The logo length includes all characters other than CO control characters 0 0 through 1 15 The row data string consists of one or more row records describing the format of the logo image Within this string is a row record which is a sequence of parameters that define the height and length of the black and white segments in mils
159. h forms to delete Forms can be loaded at any time except during another download operation or while a form is printing Once loaded forms are selectable until eNew forms are loaded with the P2 3 replace all forms command Another form with the same number is loaded replacing the old form eSystem power is turned off all loaded forms are lost P1 and P2 can be defined as follows P1 is the form file indicator that specifies the form file format used in the command string The value must be 0 and the file must be in the form file format otherwise the entire load form sequence is ignored P1 Function 0 DEC LG series printer form file format Other Sequence is ignored P2 defines the replacement action which forms to delete before the new form is loaded If you choose to replace all forms note that the forms are deleted even if the new form is not successfully loaded P2 Function 0 Missing Replace the named form 3 Replace all forms The form record includes a form header that defines form parameters and size and the form data string It is constructed as follows 67 Chapter 2 _ Loading Forms Sequence DECLFM IDlength Form ID gt lt CNTL encoding character gt lt Form data switch character gt lt Form length gt lt Form data string gt These form record fields are described in detail below eID length is a two digit number 01 99 that defines the length of the form ID e
160. h Character Set continued e gs Symbol Name 63 99 Lowercase c 64 100 Lowercase d 65 101 Lowercase e 66 102 Lowercase f 67 103 Lowercase g 68 104 Lowercase h 69 105 Lowercase i 6A 106 Lowercase j 6B 107 Lowercase k 6C 108 Lowercase 6D 109 Lowercase m 6E 110 Lowercase n 6F 111 Lowercase o 70 112 Lowercase p 71 113 Lowercase q 72 114 Lowercase r 73 115 Lowercase s 74 116 Lowercase t 75 117 Lowercase u 76 118 Lowercase v 77 119 Lowercase w 78 120 Lowercase x 79 121 Lowercase y 7A 122 Lowercase z 7B 123 Small Letter s With Cedilla Below 7 124 Small Letter o With Diaeresis 7D 125 Small Letter c With Cedilla Below 7E 126 Small Letter u With Diaeresis 7F 127 Delete 192 Additional ISO and Special Character Sets Table 54 Greek Supplemental Character Set ae ponia Symbol Name 20 32 Reserved for Future Use 21 33 Inverted Exclamation Point 22 34 Cent Sign 23 35 Pound Sign 24 36 Reserved for Future Use 25 37 Yen Sign 26 38 Reserved for Future Use 27 39 Paragraph Sign 28 40 General Currency Sign 29 41 Copyright Sign 2A 42 Feminine Ordinal Indicator 2B 43 Left Angle Quotation Mark 2C 44 Reserved for Future Use 2D 45 Reserved for Future Use 2bE 46 Reserved for Future Use 2F 47 Reserved for Future Use 30 48 Degree Sign 31 49 Plus or Minus Sign 32 50 Superscript Two 33 51 Superscript Three 34 52 Reserved for Future Use 35 53 Micro Sign 36 54 Paragraph Sign Pilcrow 37 55 Middle Dot Ano
161. h of all characters in the selected font DiscussionPn that start after the control sequence is a decimal value that species the height of the font in units determined by the Select Size Unit SSU sequence The width of the font is implicitly defined by the height For example the width of a 10 point font is 10 pitch The initial value for Pn is Pn 100 If the desired font height cannot be matched exactly the next smallest available font is selected The GSS sequence remains in effect until the printer receives another GSS sequence or a Graphic Size Modification GSM sequence NOTE The JIS Katakana character set is only available in the 10 CPI font size The GSS and SSU control codes can only be used with these character sets if 10 CPI is specified 49 Chapter 2 Graphic Size Modification GSM Graphic Size Modification GSM ASCII Code ESC Pnl Pn2 SP B Hex Code 1B 5B Pnl 3B Pn2 20 42 Dec Code 27 91 1 59 Pn2 32 66 Purpose Modifies the height and width for all designated fonts as set by the GSS sequence DiscussionPn1 is decimal value that specifies the height of the font as a percentage of the height set by the GSS sequence Pn2 isa decimal value that specifies the width as a percentage of the width set by the GSS sequence Data processing fonts can be modified by two or three times their default height and two times their default width GSM affects only the current print or plot mode In Print mod
162. hanges HGS to 1 70 in 1 35 in the printer maintains a 2 1 and changes HGS to 1 70 in When 1 1 A R is selected and the HGS is 1 180 in the printer maintains a 1 1 A R and a HGS of 1 180 in 1 140 in the printer maintains a 1 1 A R and changes HGS to 1 140 in 1 90 in the printer maintains a 1 1 A R and changes HGS to 1 140 in 1 70 in the printer maintains a 1 1 A R and a HGS of 1 70 in 1 85 in the printer maintains a 1 1 A R and changes HGS to 1 35 in Graphic Carriage Return The Graphic Carriage Return GCR control code causes the active position to move back to the furthest left position where the first sixel data was printed after entering Sixel Graphics mode GCR allows sixel data to overprint lines by consecutively starting at the same horizontal position For example if the first sixel data prints at column 10 the GCR causes the next line of sixel data to start at column 10 and not at the left margin Graphic New Line The Graphic New Line GNL control code initiates printing causes the active position to move to the furthest left position and advances paper by one sixel height Numeric Parameters 0 9 Some graphic control codes may be followed by a numeric value that is encoded as an ASCII decimal number 0 9 in the 30 39 hex range A numeric value is terminated by any non digit specifically another control code or a graphics printable character The default for any numeric param
163. haracter Mode DECBLOCKC ESC Stop Block Character Mode The following command sequences create the block characters shown in Figure D 1 Black Characters White Background CS13 3 0 0 0 r ESC 1BLOCK CHARACTERSESC White Characters Black Background CSI4 2 1 0 0 r ESC 1BLACK BACKGROUNDESC Landscape Character Orientation CSI2 4 0 0 2 r ESC 1LANDSCAPEESC 283 Appendix D Creating Block Characters BLOCK CHARACTERS LANDSCAPE Figure 4 Block Characters 284 Bar Codes Bar code escape sequences determine the type of bar code its attributes and start and stop bar code printing Bar code escape sequences are defined in Chapter 4 The bar code examples in this section use the following escape sequences CSIP1 P2 P9 q Select Bar Code Attributes DECSBCA ESC SPO0 Start Bar Coding DECBARC ESC Stop Bar Coding Interleaved 2 of 5 The following command sequences create the bar code shown in Figure D 2 The bar code is oriented portrait and coded to include human readable characters in the OCR A font ESC 00123456789ESC 012385578 Figure 5 Interleaved 2 of 5 Bar Code Code 39 The following command sequences create the bar code shown in Figure D 3 This bar code is rotated 90 degrees for landscape orientation and is coded to include human readable characters in the currently active font CSI2 2 2 q ESC 00123456789ABCESC 285 Bar Codes Appendix D xzOHV9SPEZT
164. haracters are processed 129 Chapter 2 130 Character Processing in Sixel Graphics Mode Table 23 Assigned Control Characters Hex Code ASCII Symbol Action 21 Repeat Introducer 22 Set Raster Attributes 24 Graphic Carriage Return 2D Graphic New Line 30 39 0 9 Numeric Parameters 3B Parameter Separator A Sixel Graphics Mode sequence begins with a sixel control character 30H 39H 3BH exclusive and ends with a printable character or another sixel control character If the following data is received l 200 the printer ignores the repeat control character processes the Graphic New Line ignores 200 it is meaningless by itself and prints the tilde character once Any unassigned control characters parameters or parameter separators are ignored by the printer until the next valid control character or ST is received Repeat Introducer and Sequence A repeat sequence allows repetition of certain characters when a valid printable character follows an exclamation point the repeat introducer symbol For example the following sequence 10 21H 31H 30H 3FH is interpreted to mean repeat 10 graphic spaces The numeric parameter specifies the number of times to print the character that follows the repeat introducer The numeric parameter is a string of characters in the 30H 39H range which is evaluated as a decimal number If a numeric parameter is
165. he maximum allowable value for that parameter If a CO 7 bit control character is received within a control sequence the control character is executed by the printer as if it was received before the control sequence Parsing then resumes The exceptions to this rule follow When the control character is lt CAN gt 18 hex or lt SUB gt 1A hex the sequence is aborted and the control character processed e control character is ESC 1B hex the sequence is aborted and a new sequence begins e lfacC1 8 bit control character is received within an escape or control sequence the sequence is aborted and the C1 control character is then processed if it is applicable to the printer If not it is ignored e When the hex character is received within a control sequence it is processed as a Space 20 hex character and parsing then resumes e If character FF hex is received within a control sequence it is processed as a DEL 7F hex character then parsing resumes e When a GR character is received during a control sequence the eighth bit is ignored The remaining seven bits define a GL character The following messages explain error codes that might arise when using the single shift control character e C1 control character is received after a single shift control character SS2 8E hex or lt SS3 gt 8F hex the control character is processed and the single shift flag remains set If a c
166. he vendor number the last two characters of the product number then a 3 Therefore the sequence of digits taken is 1st 2nd 3rd 9th 10th 3 e vendor number ends 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 or 90 the product number must fall between 00000 and 00009 The six digits that make up the bar code symbol are the first four characters of the product number followed by a 4 Therefore the sequence of digits taken is 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 10th 4 If the vendor number does not end in a zero the product number must fall between 00005 and 00009 The six digits that make up the bar code symbol are all five digits of the vendor number followed by the product number s last character Therefore the sequence of digits taken is 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 10th If the digit input does not fall into one of the above four categories it is considered invalid and an error message is printed The printer computes a modulo 10 checksum digit so that the six digits to be encoded in the bar code symbol are selected correctly However the check digit is not encoded as part of the bar code symbol and is not printed in the human readable line Table 59 UPC E Number Pattern Sequences Then the Encoded If the Vendor And the Product UPC E Bar Code Number is Number is Symbol is XX000 00 000 XX0000 XX100 Di XX H XX200 00999 X X 9 9 0 B XX300 000 00 X X 3 003 3 XX900 000 99 X X9 9 9 3 XXX10 00000 XXXI 04 4 XXX
167. hese codes are in columns 8 and 9 of the Digital Multinational Character Set page 21 and the column row coordinates from this chart are printed beneath the Mnemonic category in Table 2 The 8 bit additional control codes may be sent in 7 bit form as equivalent escape sequences Equivalent 7 bit escape sequences for the 8 bit additional control codes are listed in Table 3 Control code conversion from 7 bit to 8 bit data environments and vice versa is discussed on page 28 23 Chapter 2 Control Code Types Table 1 ASCII Control Codes Mnemonic Key Pressed Column Row with CTRL BEL Bell G When a lt BEL gt control code is received 0 7 the printer produces a short audible tone HT Horizontal Tab HT advances the active tab position to 0 9 the next horizontal tab stop on the line or to the right margin if there are no more tab stops The printer initially sets a horizontal tab stop every eight characters Tab stops may be located either at column numbers or at physical positions on the page LF Line Feed J LF advances the active line vertically by 0 10 one line If less than one vertical line space remains on the page LF sets the active line to the first line on the next page If line feed new line LNM is set LF also advances the active column to the left margin VT Vertical Tab K VT moves the active line to the next 0 11 vertical tab stop The DEC LG Emulation printer initially se
168. ical G0 G1 G2 or G3 sets 2 Map invoke one of the G sets into the graphic left GL or graphic right GR logical set In a 7 bit environment only the GL set is available Figure 1 shows the process of designating and invoking character sets The Select Character Set SCS command designates the graphic character set see page 99 The Locking Shift and Single Shift commands map the logical sets into the GL or GR set See Locking and Single Shifts in this chapter When you select the character set using the control panel it is done in two sections Under the GL menu selecting a different character set will put it in the logical G0 and G1 sets GL is then mapped to G0 Under the GR menu choosing a character set will put it in the logical G2 G3 and User Preference Supplemental Set GR is then mapped to G2 ban tso usi co 552 Invoking s 152 LS1R L Invoking Sequences ssa Locking Shift or Single Shift 152 or Announcers O tsar or Sequences Designating Selecting v 22 Sequences 5 5 or Announcers 94 Char Graphic Repertory 96 Char Graphic Repertory Figure 1 Designating and Invoking Character Sets Control Code Types Control codes do not print they drive printer activity The printer recognizes two kinds of control codes Single byte control cod
169. ied in characters per inch or cpi Acronym of picture element or picture cell Also called a pel The smallest displayable picture element on a video monitor or printable unit in a printer A unit of measure in printing and typography used to specify type sizes heights of font characters etc There are 72 points in a vertical inch thus one point equals 1 72 inch or approximately 0 0138 E pote Examples riisisepointype This is 11 point type his IS 16 point type A channel used for receiving data from or transmitting data to one or more external devices The operating properties that define how the printer responds to signals and commands received from the host computer These properties are set to match the operating characteristics of the host computer system The point where the data line from the host computer plugs into the printer A set of rules or conventions governing the exchange of information between computer systems For computer printers a protocol is the coding convention used to convey and print data A printer protocol 301 Appendix _ Glossary 302 RAM read reset resolution ROCS ROM roman S sans serif includes character codes printer function codes and machine to machine communication codes Acronym for random access memory Also called main memory or working memory RAM is the active memory of a printer into which programs are loaded This memory can be r
170. igure 2 shows the two types of page orientation portrait and landscape for normal and extended page formats If you use the default font 10 cpi 6 Ipi the print areas are Normal Page Format Extended Page Format Portrait font 59 lines per page 66 lines per page 72 characters per line 132 characters per line Landscape font 38 lines per page 79 lines per page 100 characters per line 110 characters per line Origin et 5 gt GG Portrait 11 5 22 Y as n Origin 8 5 a Normal Page Format 8 5 x 11 Inches Origin A Portrait H 11 Y a Z 4 3 Origin b Extended Page Format 14 x 11 Inches Figure 2 Page Printing Orientations 79 Chapter 2 Changing the Print Area In portrait mode text or graphics prints horizontally across the paper loaded in the printer In landscape mode text or graphics prints vertically from bottom to top of the paper loaded in the printer Changing the Print Area You can change the print area two ways 1 Set printed page to one of the predefined formats using the Page Format Select PFS sequence see page 81 PFS permits you to set page format with one command 2 Change the page margins and the number of lines per page with these sequences a Set Lines Per Physical Page DECSLPP b Set Top and Bottom Margins DECSTBM Set Left and Right Margins DECSLRM 80
171. it algorithm For 128 UCC the modulo 10 and 103 check digits are automatically calculated and inserted in the bar code symbol The check digit verifies accurate scanning 221 Chapter 4 222 Code 128 USS Code 128 Mode Selection The printer generates Code 128 bar codes in one of two modes automatic or manual Automatic Mode The printer creates the shortest possible bar code by automatically sending the subset switch character to switch from subset B into subset C whenever strings of four or more consecutive numeric characters are detected in the input data As long as the data includes ordinary keyboard characters and no subset switch the printer switches in and out of subsets B and C automatically before and after numeric character strings Start codes stop codes and check digits are generated automatically NOTE You must use gt 0 to represent the gt character The printer recognizes gt 0 as the greater than character gt on a standard ASCII chart Manual Mode Manual mode is selected by inputting a subset switch character characters preceded by gt anywhere in the bar code data In the manual mode you must insert the special codes into the bar code to switch to another subset When the printer finds a special code in the data all automatic switching features are suspended the readable data field option is cancelled and the printer expects you to provide all special code switching commands In manual
172. ition stops at the top line Pn is the number of lines that the active line moves up at the current active column Default value Pn 1 Partial Line Up PLU Superscripting ASCII Code ESC L Hex Code 1B 4C Dec Code 27 76 Purpose Print superscripted characters Discussion This sequence moves the active position up a distance equal to 1 12 The Partial Line Down PLD sequence returns the active position to the previous baseline The printer prints superscripted characters that go over the top page margin without disrupting the baseline of the superscripted characters If PLU occurs while the active position is over the top margin it has no effect however other active line affecting control functions still produce their distinctive effect For example if the active line is over the top margin a carriage return CR places the active line at the top of the margin and characters are imaged as superscript until disabled If the active line is below the bottom margin a carriage return CR performs a form feed and characters are imaged as superscripts until disabled 93 Chapter 2 _ Partial Line Down PLD Subscripting Partial Line Down PLD Subscripting ASCII Code ESC K Hex Code 1B 4B Dec Code 27 75 Purpose Print subscripted characters Discussion This sequence moves the active position down 1 12 The Partial Line Up PLU sequence returns the active position to the previous baseline The p
173. k bars and three light bars for a total of six bars Parameters P2 through P5 and 7 are not applicable and ignored UPC E has the following characteristics e Ten digit character set 0 9 START and STOP codes No CENTER code e Intercharacter gap not definable Fixed length of eleven digits per complete symbol The first character of the data field is interpreted as the number system code and must always equal 0 The next five digits represent the vendor number and the last five represent the product number f more or less than eleven characters are used or if any of the characters are illegal an error message is printed Six of the eleven digits are encoded into the bar code symbol These six digits are taken from the eleven digit UPC input code as follows e Ifthe vendor number the first five digits after the number system code ends in 000 100 or 200 the product number the second five digits must fall between 00000 and 00999 The six digits that make up the bar code symbol are the first two characters of the vendor number the last three characters of the product number and the third character of the vendor number in that order Therefore the sequence of digits taken is 1st 2nd 8th 9th 10th 3rd fthe vendor number ends 300 400 500 600 700 800 or 900 the product number must fall between 00000 and 00099 The six digits that make up the bar code are the first three characters of t
174. l you will need a top integral hex 24 bottom integral hex 25 and vertical connector hex 26 Table 57 Component Characters Symbol Name Hex Value Radical Integral Square Bracket Curly Bracket Parenthesis Summations Left Radical 21 Top Left Radical 22 Horizontal Connector 23 Top Integral 24 Bottom Integral 25 Vertical Connector 26 Top Left Square Bracket 27 Bottom Left Square Bracket 28 Top Right Square Bracket 29 Bottom Right Square Bracket 2A Top Left Parenthesis 2B Bottom Left Parenthesis 2C Top Right Parenthesis 2D Bottom Right Parenthesis 2E Left Middle Curly Brace 2F Right Middle Curly Brace 30 Top Left Summation 31 201 Chapter 3 Selecting the Character Set and Language Table 57 Component Characters continued Symbol Name Square Curly Hex Value Radical Integral Bracket Bracket Parenthesis Summations Bottom Left X Summation 32 Top Vertical X Summation Connector 33 Bottom Vertical X Summation Connector 34 Top Right X Summation 35 Bottom Right X Summation 36 Right Middle X Summation 37 202 4 Bar Codes Bar Codes A bar code is a graphic representation of alphanumeric characters that can be read by a scanning device This chapter describes how to print bar codes using LG emulation
175. l Letter g With Breve 27 39 Apostrophe 28 40 Open Parenthesis 29 41 Closed Parenthesis 2A 42 Asterisk 2B 43 Plus 2 44 2D 45 Hyphen or Minus 2E 46 Period or Decimal Point 2F 47 Slash 30 48 Zero Not Slashed 31 49 One 32 50 Two 33 51 Three 34 52 Four 35 53 Five 36 54 Six 37 55 Seven 38 56 Eight 39 57 Nine 3A 58 Colon 3B 59 Semicolon 3C 60 Less Than Symbol 3D 61 Equals Symbol 3E 62 Greater Than Symbol 3F 63 Question Mark 40 64 Capital Letter With Dot Above 190 Additional ISO and Special Character Sets Table 53 7 Bit Turkish Character Set continued Ve puis Symbol Name 41 65 Uppercase A 42 66 Uppercase B 43 67 Uppercase C 44 68 Uppercase D 45 69 Uppercase E 46 70 Uppercase F 47 71 Uppercase G 48 72 Uppercase H 49 73 Uppercase 4A 74 Uppercase J 4B 75 Uppercase K 4 76 Uppercase L 4D 77 Uppercase M 4E 78 Uppercase N 4F 79 Uppercase O 50 80 Uppercase P 51 81 Uppercase Q 52 82 Uppercase R 53 83 Uppercase S 54 84 Uppercase T 55 85 Uppercase U 56 86 Uppercase V 57 87 Uppercase W 58 88 Uppercase X 59 89 Uppercase Y 5A 90 Uppercase Z 5B 91 Capital Letter S With Cedilla Below 5 92 Capital Letter O With Diaeresis 5D 93 Capital Letter C With Cedilla Below 5E 94 Capital Letter U With Diaeresis 5F 95 Underline 60 96 Capital Letter G With Breve 61 97 Lowercase a 62 98 Lowercase b 191 Chapter 3 Selecting the Character Set and Language Table 53 7 Bit Turkis
176. l size of the selected font Ps Vertical Pitch 0 6 lines per inch 1 6 inch default 1 4 lines per inch 1 4 inch 2 3 lines per inch 1 3 inch 3 12 lines per inch 1 12 inch 4 8 lines per inch 1 8 inch 5 5 lines per inch 1 5 inch 9 2 lines per inch 1 2 inch 10 10 lines per inch 1 10 inch 57 Chapter 2 Set Vertical Pitch DECVERP Set Vertical Pitch DECVERP ASCII Code ESC Ps z Hex Code 1B 5B Ps 7A Dec Code 27 91 Ps 122 Purpose Selects the number of lines printed per inch on the page DiscussionSelects the line spacing vertical pitch used with all fonts Ps selects the vertical pitch lines per inch Ps Vertical Pitch 0 6 lines per inch current default 2 8 lines per inch 7 10 lines per inch This setting is accomplished by reversing the paper Changing vertical pitch to 8 Ipi or 10 Ipi alters the physical size of the form since form length is specified in terms of lines per page Vertical tab stops are not affected by changes to vertical pitch For example a vertical tab at line 15 remains set even if you change vertical pitch from 6 Ipi to 10 Ipi 58 Select Horizontal Character Spacing SHS ASCII Code ESC Ps SP K Hex Code 1B 5B Ps 20 4B Dec Code 27 91 Ps 32 75 Purpose Selects character spacing horizontal pitch DiscussionPs selects the horizontal pitch and the horizontal character position unit If Print Mode is set to En
177. ll feed at 3 hertz intervals after a half second pause Whether Line Feed New Line mode is enabled or disabled a Carriage Return lt CR gt control code is interpreted according to the DECCRNLM mode in use See Carriage Return New Line Mode page 42 LNM remains as selected from the last power on session Factory default is LNM reset 41 Chapter 2 Carriage Return New Line Mode DECCRNLM Carriage Return New Line Mode DECCRNLM Set Enable Reset Disable ASCII Code ESC 4 0 h Esc 4 0 1 Hex Code 1B 5B 3F 34 30 68 1B 5B 3F 34 30 6C Dec Code 27 91 63 52 48 104 27 91 63 52 48 108 Purpose Defines printer response to the Carriage Return CR character Discussion When the printer receives the CR character with Carriage Return New Line Mode enabled set it returns the active column to the left margin and advances paper one line When the printer receives the CR character with Carriage Return New Line Mode disabled reset it returns the active column to the left margin without advancing the active line LNM remains as selected from the last power on session The factory default is LNM reset 42 Autowrap Mode DECAWM Set Enable Reset Disable ASCII Code ESC 7 h ESC 7 1 Hex Code 1B 5B 3F 37 68 1B 5B 3F 37 6C Dec Code 27 91 63 55 104 27 91 63 55 108 Purpose Determines what happens when text exceeds the right margin of the page DiscussionWhen autowrap is enabled set and text
178. m 271 Reset 141 speed 16 Status Requests and Reports 104 Printer emulations Epson FX 1050 15 LG emulation 15 PGL 15 Proprinter XL 15 P Series 15 VGL 15 Printer Reset 141 Printer Status Reports 105 Printing Bold 119 120 Italic 17 18 121 Privacy Messages 135 Product Identification DA 102 104 Protocol Selector 127 PUM 46 Q Quiet Zone Setting Bar Codes 204 R Raster Attributes Set 132 Rates printing and plotting 16 Repeat Introducer and Sequence 131 Report Printer Status 105 Request Forms Status DECFMSR 75 Request Logo Status DECRLGS 79 Reset Terminal Soft DECSTR 141 Reset to Initial State RIS 141 Reset Printer 141 Response Printer to DSR 105 Reverse Index RI 90 RI 90 Right and Left Margins Set 88 RIS 141 S SCS 100 Select Character Set Sequences SCS 100 Select Horizontal Character Spacing SHS 59 Select Size Unit SSU 48 Select Vertical Line Spacing SVS 57 Selecting Character Sets 99 Selecting Graphic Character Sets 22 Set Graphics Density DECSGD 52 Set Horizontal Pitch DECSHORP 60 Set Left and Right Margins DECSLRM 88 Set Lines Per Physical Page DECSLPP 86 Set Page Orientation DECSPO 45 Set Top and Bottom Margins DECSTBM 87 Set Vertical Pitch DECVERP 58 Set Vertical Tab Stops DECSVTS 97 Setting Block Character Parameters DECBCS 138 Set Reset Mode 40 SGR 112 SHS 59 Sixel Graphics Control Codes 130
179. mall Greek Letter Omicron with Accent 60 96 Small Greek Letter Upsilon with Diaeresis 61 97 Small Greek Letter Alpha 62 98 Small Greek Letter Beta 194 Additional ISO and Special Character Sets Table 54 Greek Supplemental Character Set continued Ve pud Symbol Name 63 99 Small Greek Letter Gamma 64 100 Small Greek Letter Delta 65 101 Small Greek Letter Epsilon 66 102 Small Greek Letter Zeta 67 103 Small Greek Letter Eta 68 104 Small Greek Letter Theta 69 105 Small Greek Letter lota 6A 106 Small Greek Letter Kappa 6B 107 Small Greek Letter Lambda 6 108 Small Greek Letter Mu 6D 109 Small Greek Letter Nu 6E 110 Small Greek Letter Ksi 6F 111 Small Greek Letter Omicron 70 112 Reserved for Future Use 71 113 Small Greek Letter Pi 72 114 Small Greek Letter Rho 73 115 Small Greek Letter Sigma 74 116 Small Greek Letter Tau 75 117 Small Greek Letter Upsilon 76 118 Small Greek Letter Phi 77 119 Small Greek Letter Khi 78 120 Small Greek Letter Psi 79 121 Small Greek Letter Omega 7 122 Small Greek Letter Zeta 7B 123 Small Greek Letter Upsilon with Accent 7 124 Small Greek Letter Omega with Accent 7D 125 Accent Tonos 7E 126 Reserved for Future Use 195 Chapter 3 Selecting the Character Set and Language Table 55 Hebrew Supplemental Character Set ne Esa Symbol Name 20 32 Space 21 33 Inverted Exclamation Mark 22 34 Cent Sign 23 35 Pound Sign 24 36 Reserved for Future Use
180. meter and the pixel aspect ratio For each bit set to 1 a corresponding print element or group of elements in double scale is activated to form a dot The least significant bit 0 is associated with the top print element or group of elements An offset of 3FH is subtracted from each graphics printable character received This produces a binary value in the 00 3F hex range The 6 bit binary value obtained after this subtraction represents a six pixel column definition Note that GR characters in the BF FE hex range are processed as GL characters by setting the eighth bit to 0 Table 22 shows the binary values for six pixel column definition Table 22 Six Pixel Column Definition HEX Code ASCII Symbol Binary Value Pixels Action 000000 Advance by sixel space 40 000001 Top Print top pixel only 5F 100000 Bottom Print bottom pixel only 7 111111 All Print one full column If you try to print past the furthest right position the printer will truncate all remaining sixel data until the next Graphics Carriage Return or Graphics New Line Sixel Control Codes Sixel control codes are GL characters in the 20 3E hex range The parameter separator 3B hex and the parameter digits 30 39 hex are also included in this range GR characters in the AO BE hex range are processed as GL characters by setting the eighth bit to 0 Table 2 23 show how the assigned control c
181. mily or font 110 Assigning and selecting font files 109 Deleting fonts from RAM 113 Font status report 115 Request font status 114 Selecting fonts for printing 112 Status sequences 113 Type family font and font file IDs 273 Force Plot Mode DECFPM 47 Form Status Report DECRFMS 75 Form Types 71 Format Vertical 61 Forms 66 Print samples 289 Form Data String 70 Forward Index IND 89 G GCR 134 Glossary 295 GNL 134 Graphic Carriage Return GCR 134 Graphic New Line 134 Graphic Size Modification GSM 50 Graphic Size Selection GSS 49 Graphic Substitute 134 Graphic Symbols for ASCII Character Set 152 Graphics and vertical formatting 16 Greek Character Set ISO 165 Greek Supplemental Character Set 193 GSM 50 117 GSS 49 H Hebrew Character Set ISO 168 309 Index Hebrew Supplemental Character Set 196 Horizontal Tab Stops Set 96 97 Horizontal Position Backward HPB 92 Relative HPR 91 HPA 91 HPB 92 HPR 91 HTS 97 IBM Proprinter Emulation Select via DECIPEM 142 Select via SOCS 143 Identification Product 102 104 Important notice description 13 IND 89 Interfaces VMS configuration 271 Interleaved 2 of 5 216 ISO Character Sets 161 ISO Cyrillic 162 ISO Greek 165 ISO Hebrew 168 ISO Latin 2 170 ISO Latin 5 173 ISO Katakana Character Set 185 Italic Printing 17 18 121 J JFY 124 Justification JFY 124 L Language Selection
182. mmer s Reference Manual Describes the host control codes and character sets available with the LinePrinter Plus printer control language Printronix DEC LG Series IGP VGL Programmer s Reference Manual Provides information used with the optional Code V Printronix emulation enhancement feature The Code V Printronix emulation allows you to create and store forms generate logos bar codes and expanded characters create other graphics and merge graphics with alphanumeric data as a document is printed Printronix DEC LG Series IGP PGL Programmer s Reference Manual Provides information used with the optional IGP PGL Printronix emulation enhancement feature The IGP Printronix emulation allows you to create and store forms generate logos bar codes and expanded characters create other graphics and merge graphics with alphanumeric data as a document is printed The DEC LG Emulation Line Matrix Printer 14 The Printronix DEC LG Emulation printer is a line matrix printer It uses a variable speed shuttle micro step paper feed control and multi phase hammer firing to generate a wide range of horizontal and vertical dot densities with no speed penalties Printer Emulations Printer Features Several standard features are provided with the Printronix DEC LG Emulation printer as described below Printer Emulations Six printer emulations or protocols are selectable at the control panel e LG emulation P
183. mode However if high speed draft is selected via the control panel or the SGR command multinational character sets are also available The high speed draft font can also be selected using the operator s control panel Refer to the User s Manual 144 ASCII Code Hex Code Dec Code Purpose Discussion ESC 1B 25 40 27 37 64 Exit high speed draft mode Upon receipt of this command the printer returns to the previously selected font and resumes printing or plotting 7 Bit and 8 Bit Transmissions and Interpretations This section explains how to select 7 bit or 8 bit encoding of control strings Select 7 Bit C1 Transmission S7C1T The sequence below causes the printer to use 7 bit encoding for all C1 control characters transmitted All C1 characters are then represented as two character ESC sequences ASCII ESC SP F Hex 1BH 20 46 Select 8 Bit C1 Transmission S8C1T The sequence below causes the printer to use 8 bit encoding for all C1 control characters transmitted All C1 characters are then represented as one character CSI sequences ASCII ESC SP G Hex 1BH 20 47 Select 7 Bit Code S7C1R In a 7 bit environment this sequence allows receipt of 7 bit control strings only ASCII ESC SP 6 Hex 1BH 20 4A Select 8 Bit Code S8C1R In an 8 bit environment this sequence allows receipt of 8 bit control strings only ASCII ESC SP 7 Hex 1BH 20 37 143 Chapter 2 Enter Draft Mode E
184. n page 107 Printer status codes are reported in pairs a generic error code first then a specific error code A hardware failure consists of any errors listed in Self test error messages and Font Checksum Errors found at Initialization 105 Chapter 2 Device Status Requests DSRs and Printer Responses 1 Communication failures are usually attributed to parity errors framing errors or receipt of an erroneous character 2 Failures designated as events are reset only when an extended report is sent If set for solicited reports the events are reset only after the report is requested and reported If set for unsolicited reports the report is immediately sent and the event cleared 3 RIS and DECSTR reset any event not reported All non events are not latched but continuously reflect the current state of the relevant parameter 106 Table 21 Printer Status Error Codes Generic Fault Codes Specific Number LCD Message Codes 21 134 Req Font Deleted 24 125 Off Line 25 Paper Jam 26 Cover Open 27 206 Paper Out 31 Emul Switch Err 32 216 Paper Fault 36 220 Platen Open 37 222 Bad Font Data 38 229 Ribbon Stall 40 124 Char Not In Font 41 101 Page Too Complex 41 102 Margins Exceeded 41 105 Page Too Big 41 108 Out of Form Mem 42 112 Font Load Fault 43 116 Invalid Params 44 103 Too Many Fonts 44 108 Too Many Forms 44 109 Too Man
185. nd Postnet bar codes Parity You can use odd or even parity to send an individual character in styles EAN 8 EAN 13 UPC A and UPC E The individual digits 0 through 9 since these are the only allowable characters in these styles might have different bar patterns depending on whether the character is coded in odd or even parity 209 210 Chapter 4 Code Characteristics Multiple Bar Codes The printer can print multiple bar codes on the same line To do this use the following sequence POSITION START Print Stop POSITION Start next Print Stop VPA bar code bar code bar code VPA bar code bar code bar code The above method prints multiple bar codes on one line by means of multiple passes For example the printer will print the first bar code reverse the paper then print the next bar code on the same line The sequence for printing multiple bar codes is shown below implemented via control codes described on the indicated pages lt esc gt 3d lt gt 0 data lt esc gt p esc 3d lt esc gt 0 data lt esc gt 14 4d ROCS VPA DECBARC ROCS Bar Code Styles Code 39 The following sections discuss the bar codes the printer can make The characteristics of bar code styles P1 P9 values and their defaults are also discussed In the Code 39 style there are five dark bars and four light bars for a total of nine bars Three bars are wide and the other six are
186. ngs are recognized as DCS After DCS is received all characters received up to and including the String Terminator ST are not printed but are stored as part of the control string The protocol selector consists of parameter characters P P intermediate characters 1 1 and the final character These characters are processed identically to the format of a control sequence see previous section The intermediate characters if any and the final character specify the meaning of the data If present the parameter string can further elaborate the interpretation of the data If the protocol selector is parsed but not recognized all data that follows is ignored until it is either terminated by ST or aborted 31 Chapter 2 Special Parsing Requirements Special Parsing Requirements Parsing is the process of separating a programming statement into basic units that can be translated into machine instructions Special parsing requirements are necessary when invalid parameters are specified when invalid control functions are specified and when control characters are embedded in control functions Generally the printer recovers from these conditions by performing as much of the function as possible or parsing the valid parameter from the invalid When control sequences are not recognized by the printer or when selective parameters are invalid the printer ignores them Parameter values greater than the specified limit are set to t
187. nments for 10 to 19 If you want to print more than 10 fonts or type families on a page you must reassign other IDs to these SGR numbers If you select a specific font all seven font attributes are already assigned If you select a type family you have two choices for the other six font attributes type size spacing etc you can use the default values for those attributes or you can change one or more attributes with control sequences Thus selecting a type family gives you more options You can use the select font sequence anywhere in the data stream The selected font remains in effect until the printer receives another select font sequence or a Reset to Initial State RIS sequence After a power up RIS sequence the printer uses SGR number 10 for print mode and SGR number 19 for plot mode If you send an assign type family or font DECATFF sequence for the current SGR number the sequence takes effect immediately You do not have to select the current SGR number Ifyou select an SGR number that does not have a type family ID or a font ID assigned and you try to plot the filled rectangle will print 111 Chapter 2 _Deleting Fonts from RAM DECLFF Deleting Fonts from RAM DECLFF ASCII Code pcs 0 1 Oy ST Hex Code 90 30 3B 31 3B 30 79 9C Dec Code 144 48 59 49 59 48 121 156 Purpose Deletes fonts from RAM DiscussionLG printer emulation fonts are in portrait orientation by default Each time you request a lan
188. nter Draft Mode ASCII Code Hex Code Dec Code Purpose ESC 3 1B 25 2 33 27 37 47 51 Puts the emulation into high speed draft print mode DiscussionAll text following this command will be printed in the high speed Exit Draft Mode draft font This mode is slightly faster than the normal printing mode because of the simplified font Only the ASCII character set is available in draft mode However if high speed draft is selected via the control panel or the SGR command multinational character sets are also available The high speed draft font can also be selected using the operator s control panel Refer to the User s Manual 144 ASCII Code Hex Code Dec Code Purpose FSC 1B 25 40 27 37 64 Exit high speed draft mode Discussion Upon receipt of this command the printer returns to the previously selected font and resumes printing or plotting Default Values and States The printer stores a set of typical operating states and conditions The first time you power up the printer the factory settings in Table 25 are automatically invoked Table 25 Factory Settings Selectable Parameter Control Function Factory Set Condition Printing Status Horizontal Pitch Vertical Pitch Font Forms Length Active Position Top Margin Bottom Margin Left Margin Right Margin Underlining Bolding Italics Double Underline Overline Expansion GL Character Set GR Character Se
189. 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 306 Index A Active Column and Active Line Cursor Motion 89 Application Program Commands 135 ASCII Control Characters 134 Control Codes 23 Attributes Character 116 Turn Off All 122 Autowrap Mode DECAWM 43 B Backward Compatibility 85 Bar Code Characteristics 208 Bar Code Styles 211 Codabar a t 213 Codabar b n 214 Codabar c 214 Codabar d e 215 Code 11 213 Code 128 UCC 228 Code 128 USS 220 Code 39 211 EAN 13379 216 8 215 Extended Code 39 211 Interleaved 2 of 5 216 Postnet 220 UPC A 217 UPC E 218 Bar Codes 203 CCEC 205 CENTER Code Character 209 Checksums 209 Control Character Encoding Character 205 DECBARC 207 DECSBCA 203 207 Density and Spacing 229 Intercharacter Gap 209 Multiples 210 Parity 209 Print samples 285 Quiet Zone 209 Return from Other Coding System 207 ROCS 207 Select Bar Codes Attributes Sequence 203 Start Bar Coding 207 START Code Character 20
190. oad VFU is ignored except the End Load sequence All data must be in the VFU load format If an error occurs during the load the load is cancelled If a load overruns the maximum forms length the load is cancelled and any remaining VFU data is printed Cancelled loads default to the current form length setting as set from the control panel or with the DECSLPP escape sequence VFU load format consists of 2 bytes one byte pair for each line on the page The structure of each byte follows Table 10 Byte 1 Structure First Character of Pair Bits 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Value X 1 C6 C5 C4 2 1 Table 11 2 Structure Second Character of Pair Bits 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Value X 1 C12 11 10 C9 8 7 The variables in the two bytes are defined as follows C1 C12 represent channels 1 through 12 with binary 1s and 0s C1 identifies the top of form TOF C12 identifies the bottom of form BOF Bit 7 for each byte is not used Bit 6 for each byte is always 1 NOTE An example showing several VFU commands and the resulting output is provided on page 294 62 End Load VFU ASCII Code Hex Code Dec Code Purpose lt de 1B 5B 3C 31 6C 27 91 60 49 108 Ends the Vertical Format Unit load Discussion When all VFUs are loaded enact End Load VFU and the form length set is complete NOTE Load VFU is a long control string format
191. off Discussion This sequence causes the printer to print bold text in the same font currently selected The values of Ps turn bold printing on or off If the currently selected type family does not have a bold font the printer will double strike with a slight offset shadow print when you turn on bold printing Printing speed is reduced during shadow printing because each character is created twice Note that bolding is not available for OCR A and OCR B fonts Ps Printer Action 1 Turn on bold printing 22 Turn off bold printing 0 Turn off all character attributes If the Print Mode option is set to Enable with the control panel bold printing will occur with the current print mode font with maximum printer throughput If Print Mode is set to Disable a plot mode font is used Crossed Out Text ASCII Code ESC Ps m Hex Code 1B 5B Bs 6D Dec Code 27 91 Ps 109 Purpose Turn crossed out printing on or off Discussion When enabled one or more characters print with a cross through mark Ps Printer Action 9 Enables crossed out text 29 Disables crossed out text Note that crossed through text printing is not available for OCR A and OCR B fonts If the Print Mode option is set to Enable with the control panel crossed out text will print with the current print mode font with maximum printer throughput If set to Disable a plot mode font is used 119 Chapter 2 Double Underlined Text Double Underlined
192. ontal Spacing Between Vertical Bar Codes The horizontal limit is the width of the paper or 13 2 inches The following equation applies with rotated bar codes where N equals the number of bar code symbols to be printed and HEIGHT equals the height parameter entered for the original bar code N HEIGHT any spacing between two or more symbols must be less than or equal to 13 2 inches Ensure proper horizontal spacing between two vertical bar codes Note that the leading and trailing spaces rotate with the vertical bar codes The space character 20H and the horizontal tab character 09H produce the white spaces horizontally across the page just as they do for the horizontal bar codes The comma delimiter does not separate bar code symbols on the paper Therefore if a line of input is rotated with the comma as the delimiter the bar code symbols are printed one against another You must use either the space character 20 hex or the horizontal tab character 09 hex to keep this from occurring If a human readable line is printed its 0 1 inch gap is computed into the total horizontal distance Vertical Spacing Between Vertical Bar Codes Vertical spacing is achieved via user supplied linefeeds The vertical limit of any vertical bar code 90 or 270 degree rotation is the current forms length The encoded bar code symbols including quiet zones must be less than or equal to the current printable forms length for a given line of ASC
193. ontrol sequence is received after SS2 8E hex or SS3 8F hex the sequence is processed and the single shift flag remains set When the characters SP 20 hex or DEL 7F hex are received after an SS2 or SS3 the following occurs Ifthe 94 character set resides the set being accessed either G2 or G3 the Space or DEL keys are processed and the single shift flag remains set Ifthe 94 character set resides the set being accessed either G2 or G3 the printer images the corresponding character of that set A0 hex or FF hex then resets the single shift flag ifa GR character is received after an 552 or 553 sequence the eighth bit is ignored The single shift function then applies the remaining seven bits to define a GL character 32 NOTE An error condition exists any time a GR character follows an SS2 or SS3 sequence The software should never send a GR character after an SS2 or SS3 character If either A0 hex or FF hex are received after SS2 or SS3 the following occurs The DEC LG Emulation prints the error character a reverse question mark and resets the single shift flag when a 94 character resides in the set being accessed either G2 or G3 fa 96 character resides in the set being accessed either G2 or G3 the printer images the corresponding character AO hex or FF hex of that set then resets the single shift flag 33 Chapter 2 Control Code Desc
194. orm 76 118 Hebrew letter ZADIK 77 119 Hebrew letter KOF KUF 78 120 Hebrew letter RESH 79 121 Hebrew letter SHIN SIN 7A 122 Hebrew letter TAF 7B 123 Reserved for Future Use 7C 124 Reserved for Future Use 7D 125 Reserved for Future Use 7E 126 Reserved for Future Use 7F 127 Delete 197 Chapter 3 Selecting the Character Set and Language Table 56 Turkish Supplemental Character Set a Ed Symbol Name 20 32 Space 21 33 Inverted Exclamation Mark 22 34 Cent Sign 23 35 Pound Sign 24 36 Reserved for Future Use 25 37 Yen Sign 26 38 Reserved for Future Use 27 39 Section Sign 28 40 General Currency Sign 29 41 Copyright Sign 2A 42 Feminine Ordinal Indicator 2B 43 Angle Quotation Mark Left 2C 44 Reserved for Future Use 2D 45 Reserved for Future Use 2E 46 Capital Letter With Dot Above 2F 47 Reserved for Future Use 30 48 Degree Sign 31 49 Plus Minus Sign 32 50 Superscript 2 33 51 Superscript 3 34 52 Reserved for Future Use 35 53 Micro Sign 36 54 Paragraph Sign Pilcrow 37 55 Middle Dot 38 56 Reserved for Future Use 39 57 Superscript 1 3A 58 Masculine Ordinal Indicator 3B 59 Angle Quotation Mark Right 3C 60 Fraction One Quarter Mark 3D 61 Fraction One Quarter Mark 3E 62 Small Letter i Without Dot 3F 63 Inverted Question Mark 40 64 Uppercase A with Grave Accent 198 Additional ISO and Special Character Sets Table 56 Turkish Supplemental Character Set continued VE ps Symbol
195. ormat Unit VFU The following command sequences create the vertical formatting shown in Figure D 8 ESC lt 1hA Q QB D 5 lt 11 ESC 002 amp y ESC 5 Channel 3 line 7 ESC 900 amp y ESC 5 TOF line 1 ESC 002 amp y ESC 25 Channel 3 line 7 ESC 901 amp y ESC 25 Channel 2 line 4 ESC 011 amp y ESC 5 Bottom of form CR FF Channel Channel 3 linea Channel 3 line Bottom Figure 11 Vertical Format Unit VFU 294 E Glossary A active column active line active position ASCII attributes print B bar code baud bit bold The horizontal location on the paper where the next character will print After printing a character the printer advances the active column The vertical location on the paper where the next character will print After printing a line the printer advances the active line The position on the paper where the next character will print The active position is defined by the horizontal position active column and the vertical position active line Abbrev for American Standard Code for Information Interchange Operations performed on text that alter its appearance but do not change the font Examples underlining superscripting bold etc A printed code consisting of parallel bars of varied width and spacing and designed to be read by a one dimensional scanning device A unit of speed that measures the rate at which inform
196. owercase Upsilon with Rough 7E 126 Lowercase Omega with Rough 7F 127 Space 167 Chapter 3 Selecting the Character Set and Language Table 45 ISO Hebrew Character Set Lin ea Symbol Name 21 33 Space 22 34 Cent Sign 23 35 Pound Sign 24 36 Currency Sign 25 37 Yen Sign 26 38 Broken Bar 27 39 Section Sign 28 40 Diaeresis 29 41 Copyright Symbol 2A 42 Multiply Sign 2B 43 Left Angle Quote 2 44 Not Sign 2D 45 Space 2E 46 Registered Trade Mark 2F 47 Line Above 30 48 Degree Symbol 31 49 Plus or Minus 32 50 Superscript Two 33 51 Superscript Three 34 52 Single Quote 35 53 Lowercase Mu 36 54 Paragraph Sign 37 55 Small Dot 38 56 Cedilla 39 57 Superscript One 3A 58 Divide Sign 3B 59 Right Angle Quote 3C 60 Fraction One Quarter 3D 61 Fraction One Half 3E 62 Fraction Three Quarters 3F 63 Space 40 5E 64 94 Space 5F 95 Double Low Line 168 Additional ISO and Special Character Sets Table 45 ISO Hebrew Character Set continued Ve pu Symbol Name 60 96 Aleph 61 97 Bet 62 98 Gimel 63 99 Dalet 64 100 He 65 101 Waw 66 102 Zain 67 103 Chet 68 104 Tet 69 105 Yod 6A 106 Kaph with Terminal 6B 107 Kaph 6C 108 Lamed 6D 109 Mem with Terminal 6E 110 Mem 6F 111 Nun with Terminal 70 112 Nun 71 113 Samech 72 114 Ayin 73 115 Pe with Terminal 74 116 Pe 75 117 Zade with Terminal 76 118 Zade 77 119 Qoph 78 120 Resh 79 121 Shin 7 122 Taw 7B 7F 123 127 Space 169 Chapter
197. owever the last field in the last page of a form must terminate with the Stop Form sequence and not with the switch character To exit Form mode enter a Terminate sequence Many special conditions might affect the printer output or performance in its various uses See Forms Considerations page 73 for further information regarding these conditions 71 Chapter 2 Terminate Forms Sequence DECTFM Terminate Forms Sequence DECTFM ASCII Code ESC SP 1 Hex Code 1B 23 20 31 Dec Code 27 35 32 49 Purpose Terminates the printing of a form Discussion no form is selected this sequence is ignored Many special conditions might affect the printer output or performance in its various uses See Forms Considerations on page 73 for further information regarding these conditions Delete Forms Sequence DECDFM 72 ASCII Code DCS Ps amp q FORMS ID ST Hex Code 90 Ps 26 71 FORMS ID 9C Dec Code 144 Ps 38 113 FORMS ID 156 Purpose Deletes forms from printer memory DiscussionPs selects the forms to be deleted The Form ID string identifies the forms to be deleted If more than one Form ID is listed separate them with colons Form IDs with more than ten characters are ignored Ps Function 0 Delete forms with the same name 3 Delete all stored forms If you try to delete forms logos or fonts while they are printing the printer will ignore the delete command Many special conditions might affect the prin
198. ows Remove the ESC character Set the eighth bit of the final character to 1 and set its seventh bit to 0 Escape Code Sequences The control codes discussed in the previous section are single byte control codes The number of printer capabilities is greatly increased however by combining character codes into escape sequences that contain two or more bytes of information Escape sequences always begin with the ASCII ESCape character location 1 11 An ESC character in the data stream signals the printer to wait for special instructions The character codes following the ESC character tell the printer what to do The printer in LG emulation mode recognizes three types of escape code sequence Escape Sequences do not include variable parameters Control Sequences include variable parameters Device Control Strings include variable parameters Escape Sequences NOTE Code sequences appear in this manual with spaces inserted between command elements This is done for readability do not insert spaces between code characters when you are programming unless the ASCII space character is part of a code sequence For example a code sequence printed in this manual as ESC 1 4 mis programmed as ESC 1 4m An escape sequence uses two or more bytes to define a specific printer control function but does not include any variable parameters although there may be intermediate characters The format for an escape sequence is
199. pace between the characters varies and can force the printer into plot mode Discussion Pitch Select Mode DECPSM activates the Set Horizontal Pitch DECSHORP sequence When DECPSM is set enabled the printer uses the horizontal pitch of the current font When DECPSM is reset disabled the printer uses the horizontal pitch selected by the last DECSHORP sequence In addition to changing the character size and or the white space around characters this sequence enacts the following Resets the left and right margins to the printable limits Resets the line home and line end positions to the printable limits Refer to the Page Format Select PFS sequence on page 81 The current horizontal tabs remain as set Can force the printer into plot mode when Print Mode is set to Disable with the control panel Ps selects the horizontal pitch characters per inch Ps Horizontal Pitch cpi 0 Current font pitch 1 10 characters per inch 12 characters per inch 13 3 characters per inch 16 7 characters per inch 5 characters per inch normal width characters 6 characters per inch 8 25 characters per inch O a 15 characters per inch Vertical Format Vertical format consists of two control codes that program the printer to make fast vertical paper movements slewing during print jobs Vertical formatting increases printer efficiency and reduces printing time for repetitive printing jobs
200. pe sequences and data whose execution can be initiated by using a single command This information is downloaded into the printer See RAM See font monospaced Abbrev for near letter quality font Printing which does not result from any mechanical impact onto the paper Example an electrophotographic printer Nonvolatile memory stores variables that must be preserved when the printer is turned off such as configuration parameters and printer usage statistics Nonvolatile memory is preserved by means of an independent battery operated power supply When printer power is turned off the battery supplies the power needed to keep stored data active Acronym for nonvolatile random access memory See also nonvolatile memory Optical Character Recognition is the process by which a machine reads characters printed in a special standardized font Data are read by a photoelectric optical scanner and recorded on magnetic tape or disk OCR A and OCR B are two widely used fonts The non printing operational state of the printer When the printer is off line communication between the printer and the host computer is temporarily stopped and the message Off line Emulation appears on the display Non printing operations such as printer configuration paper loading changing the ribbon etc are done with the printer off line The printing state When the printer is on line it is ready to receive data and control commands from th
201. percase Pi 51 81 Uppercase Psi 53 83 Uppercase Sigma 57 87 Uppercase Omega 58 88 Uppercase Ksi 59 89 Uppercase Upsilon 61 97 Lowercase Alpha 62 98 Lowercase Beta 63 99 Lowercase Gamma 64 100 Lowercase Delta 65 101 Lowercase Epsilon 66 102 Lowercase Phi 67 103 Lowercase Gamma 68 104 Lowercase Eta 69 105 Lowercase lota 6A 106 Lowercase Theta eB 107 Lowercase Kappa 6 108 Lowercase Lambda 6E 110 Lowercase Nu 70 112 Lowercase Pi 71 113 Lowercase Psi 72 114 Lowercase Rho 73 115 Lowercase Sigma 74 116 Lowercase Tau 77 119 Lowercase Omega 78 120 Lowercase Ksi 79 121 Lowercase Upsilon 7 122 Lowercase Zeta 183 Chapter 3 Selecting the Character Set and Language Table 50 DEC Technical Character Set continued a ease Symbol Name Mathematical 3C 60 Less Than or Equal To 3D 61 Not Equal 62 Greater Than or Equal 3F 63 Integral 41 65 Variation or Proportional To 42 66 Infinity 43 67 Division or Divided By 45 69 Nabla or Del 48 72 Is Approximate To 49 73 Similar or Equal To 4B 75 Times or Cross Product 56 86 Radical 6F 111 Partial Derivative 76 118 Function 7 123 Left Arrow 7 124 Upward Arrow 7D 125 Right Arrow 7 126 Downward Arrow Logic 40 64 Therefore 4D 77 If and Only If 4E 78 Implies 4F 79 Identical To 5 90 Is Included In 5B 91 Includes 5C 92 Intersection 5D 93 Union 5E 94 Logical And 5F 95 Logical Or 60 96 Logical Not 184 Additional ISO and Special
202. ppercase Q 52 82 Uppercase R 53 83 Uppercase S 54 84 Uppercase T 55 85 Uppercase U 56 86 Uppercase V 57 87 Uppercase W 58 88 Uppercase X 59 89 Uppercase Y 5A 90 Uppercase Z 180 Additional ISO and Special Character Sets Table 49 VT100 Graphics Character Set continued Ve pua Symbol Name 5B 91 Open Bracket 5C 92 Backslash 5D 93 Closed Bracket 5E 94 Circumflex 5F 95 Space 60 96 Solid Diamond 61 97 Solid Box 62 98 Horizontal Tab 63 99 Form Feed 64 100 Carriage Return 65 101 Line Feed 66 102 Degree Symbol 67 103 Plus Minus Sign 68 104 New Line 69 105 Vertical Tab 6A 106 Graphics Bar Lower Right Corner 6B 107 Graphics Bar Upper Right Corner 6C 108 Graphics Bar Upper Left Corner 6D 109 Graphics Bar Lower Left Corner 6E 110 Crossing Lines 6F 111 Horizontal Line Scan 1 70 112 Horizontal Line Scan 3 71 113 Horizontal Line Scan 5 72 114 Horizontal Line Scan 7 73 115 Horizontal Line Scan 9 74 116 Left T 75 117 Right T 76 118 Bottom T 77 119 Top T 78 120 Vertical Bar 79 121 Less Than or Equal To Sign 7 122 Greater Than or Equal To Sign 7B 123 Lowercase Greek Letter Pi 7C 124 Not Equal Sign 181 Chapter 3 Selecting the Character Set and Language Table 49 VT100 Graphics Character Set continued The goa Symbol Name 7D 125 Pound Sign 7E 126 Big Dot2 7F 127 Delete DEC Technical Character Set The DEC Technical
203. racter On Set Reset features default settings go into effect when the printer is powered up or a reset RIS or DECSTR sequence is sent Table 4 Set Reset Mode Parameter Values TUE Values Printer Mode Page No ANSI 11 Position Unit Mode PUM page 46 20 Line feed New line Mode LNM page 41 DEC Private 27 Autowrap Mode DECAWM page 43 229 Pitch Select Mode DECPSM page 44 240 Return New Line page 42 Mode DECCRNLM 70 Force Plot Mode DECFPM page 47 Line Feed New Line Mode LNM ASCII Code Hex Code Dec Code Purpose Set Enable Reset Disable ESC 2 0 h 20 1 5 32 30 68 1 5 32 30 6 27 91 50 48 104 27 91 50 48 108 Defines the paper position according to how the line feed features are enabled Discussion Advance the paper up one line by pressing the line feed key once A half second pause ensues then the paper will feed one line To feed paper continuously hold down the line feed key After a half second pause the paper feeds up one line in 3 hertz intervals To enable further line feed features i e microstepping raise the printer cover and locate the control panel on the left side Four keys UP NEXT DOWN and PREV control additional line feed capabilities To move the paper up 1 600 inch press the LINE FEED key and the NEXT key together For continuous forward paper feed at 1 600 inch hold down the LINE FEED key and the NEXT key the paper wi
204. racters NRCs are created by replacing the relevant characters in the U S ASCII character set upon receipt of the appropriate control sequences Single and Locking Shifts A single shift SS2 or SS3 effects only the first printable GL character following the single shift sequence refer to Special Parsing Requirements on page 32 A locking shift LS2 LS3 LS1R LS2R or LS3R persists until another locking shift is invoked Table 16 gives the sequences that select the active character sets Table 16 Select Active Character Sets Using Single and Locking Shifts i Sequence Function Name Mnemonic Escape Hex unctio Single Shift 2 552 ESC N The character that follows SS2 selects 1BH 4EH from the G2 character set Single Shift 3 553 ESC The character that follows SS3 selects 1BH 4FH from the G3 character set Locking Shift 0 LS0 SI The character set becomes the OFH active GL character set Locking Shift 1 LS1 SO The G1 character set becomes the OEH active GL character set Locking Shift 2 LS2 ESC n The G2 character set becomes the 1BH 6EH active GL character set Locking Shift 3 LS3 ESC o The G3 character set becomes the 1BH 6FH active GL character set Locking Shift 1 Right LS1R ESC The G1 character set becomes the 1BH 7EH active GR character set Locking Shift 2 Right LS2R ESC The G2 character set becomes the 1BH 7DH active GR character set Locking Shift 3 Right LS3R ESC The
205. raphics Processor An interface that converts graphics commands received from the host computer to binary plot data that is usable by the printer The hardware components used to link two devices by common physical interconnection signal and functional characteristics See also Printer Interface To put into effect or operation Abbrev for inches per minute The speed at which graphics are plotted A type style in which the characters are slanted This sentence is set in italics Compare Roman Printed perpendicular to the paper motion Abbrev for liquid crystal display The LCD is located on the control panel Its purpose is to communicate information to the operator concerning the operating state of the printer Abbrev for light emitting diode The printer control panel has LEDs that indicate the status of the printer to the operator The parameters that specify data transfer control or communication operations Abbrev for lines per inch A measurement indicating the vertical spacing between successive lines of text For example 8 Ipi means eight lines of text for every vertical inch Abbrev for lines per minute A measurement of the print speed of a line printer printing in text print mode 299 Appendix E _ Glossary 300 M macro memory monospaced N NLQ non impact nonvolatile memory NOVRAM O OCR off line on line ON LINE A macro is a collection of control codes esca
206. rave 73 115 Lowercase O with Acute 74 116 Lowercase O with Circumflex 75 117 Lowercase O with Tilde 76 118 Lowercase O with Diaeresis 77 119 Divide Sign 78 120 Lowercase O with Slash 79 121 Lowercase U with Grave 7A 122 Lowercase U with Acute 7B 123 Lowercase U with Circumflex 7 124 Lowercase U with Diaeresis 7D 125 Lowercase 7E 126 Lowercase S with Cedilla 7F 127 Uppercase Y with Diaeresis 175 Chapter 3 Selecting the Character Set and Language DEC Supplemental Character Set The DEC Supplemental Character Set consists of graphic alphabetical symbols not included in the ASCII Character Set Character positions identified as reserved for future use print the error character reverse question mark Table 48 gives the 7 bit code for each character The equivalent 8 bit code is obtained by adding octal 200 or hex 80 to the 7 bit code Table 48 DEC Supplemental Character Set VE prey Symbol Name 20 32 Space 21 33 Inverted Exclamation Mark 22 34 Cent Sign 23 35 Pound Sign 24 36 Reserved for Future Use 25 37 Yen Sign 26 38 Reserved for Future Use 27 39 Section Sign 28 40 General Currency Sign 29 41 Copyright Sign 2A 42 Feminine Ordinal Indicator 2B 43 Angle Quotation Mark Left 2C 2F 44 47 Reserved for Future Use 30 48 Degree Sign 31 49 Plus Minus Sign 32 50 Superscript 2 33 51 Superscript 3 34 52 Reserved for Future Use 35 53 Micro Sign 36 54 Paragraph Sign Pilcrow 37 55 Middle Dot 3
207. re received and the new spacing increments take effect immediately Spacing Pitch Increment SPI ASCII Code ESC Pn1 Pn2 SP G Hex Code 1B 5B Pnl 3B Pn2 20 47 Dec Code 27 91 1 59 Pn2 32 71 Purpose Sets the vertical and horizontal spacing increments for all characters that follow in the data stream You can select one or both increments with a single Spacing Pitch Increment sequence The SPI sequence gives you the greatest flexibility in adjusting white space pitch between characters and lines Discussion This command sequence uses decipoints or pixels as units Select the unit with the Select Size Unit SSU sequence Spacing Pitch Increment is not affected by the Position Unit Mode PUM sequence or by the page orientation For example if you set a vertical increment of 100 pixels or 1 6 inch the printer uses this setting for both portrait and landscaped pages Pn1 selects the vertical spacing increment Pn2 selects the horizontal spacing increment Parameters must be positive integers If you use a decimal point the printer will ignore the command Printer default values are Pn1 0 and Pn2 0 which selects the spacing of the current font You can change the SPI setting for horizontal spacing in three ways Use another SPI sequence Use a Select Horizontal Spacing SHS sequence Use a combination of the Pitch Select Mode DECPSM and Select Horizontal Pitch DECSHORP sequences Most combinations are ac
208. ree light bars for a total of five bars Parameters P2 through P5 and P7 are not applicable and are ignored UCP A has the following characteristics e Ten digit character set 0 9 START and STOP codes CENTER code e lntercharacter gap not definable Fixed length of eleven characters per complete symbol The first digit is the number system code usually followed by a five digit vendor number The next five digits are typically the product number The printer automatically computes the check digit and embeds it at the end of the bar code All twelve digits are encoded in the bar code symbol with six digits to the left of the CENTER code in odd parity and six to the right of the CENTER code with even parity f more or less than eleven characters are used or if any of the characters used are illegal an error message is printed 217 Chapter 4 UPC E UPC E 218 UPC E has two dark bars and two light bars for a total of four bars Each light dark bar is 1 4 modules wide A module is the smallest increment that can represent data Zeros are represented by light modules and ones by dark modules Each character contains some combination of seven modules that total two dark bars and two light bars The above is always true except with the START and STOP character codes The START character bar pattern consists of two dark bars and one light bar for a total of three bars The STOP character bar pattern has three dar
209. rgin defines the first printable position on a line The right horizontal margin defines the last printable position on a line These are called hard margins because you cannot print outside the area defined by the margins except under two conditions 1 Using the Drawing Vectors DECVEC sequence you can draw lines outside the margins 2 1 you justify text but the spacing between words is less than the minimum specified width of the space character the text will print unjustified and will exceed the right margin Margins settings go into effect as soon as they are received The printer will set the margins where specified except in the following cases elf Pn1 0 oris omitted the left margin is unchanged elf Pn2 0 or is omitted the right margin is unchanged elf P2 is greater than the printable width the right margin is set to the right printable limit elf the sequence sets the left margin to the right of the right margin the command is ignored elf the active position is less than the new left margin the active position is set to the new left margin elf Autowrap is enabled and the active position is grater than the specified right margin the next printable character causes a carriage return line feed before the next character is printed If Autowrap is disabled truncated the characters that follow this command are ignored until the cursor is returned to the printable area When character pitch is changed but
210. rinter prints subscripted characters that go over the bottom page margin If PLD occurs while the active position is over the bottom margin it has no effect Tab Stops A tab stop is a predetermined point to which the active position moves when you send the HT and VT tab commands The active position is where the next character will print A page can have a maximum of 32 horizontal tabs and a maximum of 67 vertical tabs You can set horizontal and vertical tabs The printer will ignore tab setting commands for tabs already set Likewise the printer will ignore tab clearing commands for tabs already cleared The current origin of printing is the reference point for tabs 94 Set Horizontal Tab Stops DECSHTS ASCII Code ESC Pn 7 Hex Code 1B 5B Pn 3B 3B Pn 75 Dec Code 27 91 Pn 59 59 Pn 117 Purpose Pn denotes a horizontal tab stop location DiscussionDECSHTS allows you to select up to 16 horizontal tab stops at one time Thirty two possible horizontal tab stops are available however any sequence beyond 16 is ignored The Pn values can be in any order in the escape sequence The unit of measurement can be character cells decipoints or pixels It is selected by using the Position Unit Mode PUM and Select Size Unit SSU sequences If you select character cells the width of each cell equals the current character width setting Character width is determined by setting the horizontal spacing When
211. rinter uses fewer dot rows to form characters Vertical dot density is thus a factor in printing speed Nominal printing rates are charted in Appendix A of the Setup Guide 2 LG Emulation Control Codes LG Emulation Emulation refers to the ability of a printer to execute the commands of other printer control languages LG is the default printer emulation when the printer is powered on If LG is not the active emulation use the control panel configuration menus to select the LG option refer to the User s Manual A printer control language also called a printer protocol is the coding system used to convey manipulate and printdata It contains character codes and command sequences A printer and its host computer must use the same printer control language In this manual the terms printer control language emulation and protocol are synonymous Bar Code Printing Bar code printing is selected by control sequences not by the operator control panel Bar code printing including the control codes related to bar code printing is described in Chapter4 of this book Chapter 2 _ Print Mode and Plot Mode Print Mode and Plot Mode The DEC LG Emulation provides a print mode and a plot mode for printing text and graphic elements and a set of print fonts and plot fonts that are used in each mode Some example print fonts and plot fonts are listed in the table of Ps2 values on page 109 A report of the available font files can b
212. rinter will not autowrap text with justification turned on therefore text that exceeds the printable area is lost The printer does not justify leading spaces instead it uses the default width of the space character SP The printer will not shrink or expand the value of Horizontal Position Relative HPR sequences in the text If a line contains Horizontal Tab HT or Horizontal Position Absolute HPA the printer justifies text between the last HT and the end of the line only Sixel Graphics Processing A sixel is a group of six vertical picture elements six pixels that represents a section of a graphic image It can be sent in one byte 7 or 8 bits A bit value of 1 means print a pixel a bit value of 0 means leave a space The sixel protocol is a bit imaged rasterised method of transmitting and displaying graphic images The printer receives and prints sixel files sent from the host These images are printed in monochrome NOTE Sixel graphics is invoked in one of two ways for use with the new software and for use with older software versions This section describes how to run sixel graphics with the new software If you are running older software versions refer to the appropriate manual for sixel graphics information Sixel protocol is contained within an ANSI defined Device Control String DCS control code It is invoked by a String Introducer SI and is terminated by the String Terminator ST control code The followin
213. ription Format Control Code Description Format The rest of this chapter discusses the control codes in detail Where applicable the following information is listed for each control code sequence Name The title or function of the control code The LG or ASCII mnemonic is in parentheses after the name ASCII CodeThe ASCII name for the control code Escape sequences are in 7 bit ASCII form NOTE In the code descriptions the ASCII space character 2 0 hex 20 decimal 32 is represented by SP Hex Code The code or escape sequence in hexadecimal numbers Dec Code The code or escape sequence in decimal numbers Purpose The function s of the control code DiscussionA discussion of the uses of the sequence and descriptions of any exceptions or limitations to use 34 Control Code Index IMPORTANT The LG emulation mode control codes listed below are grouped by related functions Control code sequences in this manual are shown in 7 bit form They can be either 7 bit or 8 bit form depending on your requirements Code conversion instructions are on page 28 For commands that turn features on and off set reset enable disable the page number for the enabling command is listed The disabling command is on the same page In the index below SP represents the ASCII space character decimal 32 205 A two digit number followed by a subscripted capital H is a hexadecimal number Numbers without subscripts are decim
214. rmance analysis on the following functions ESC 1 289 Appendix D Forms SERE JEDE EEE digi tadtls INTEROFFICE MEMO HHRRHHHKRRRRHERERHRHE TO Test and Verification DATE 20 March 1995 FROM Jane Doe DEPT Engineering EXT 555 0009 LOC MAIL STOP ENG HDO ENG NET NODE SMITH SUBJECT LGO4 PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS Please do a performance analysis on the following functions Figure 9 Memo Form 290 The payroll deduction form shown in Figure D 7 see page D 12 was created with the program illustrated below CSI 300 5000s 1300 6300 DCS 0 3 amp p07Payroll 01367 1B 11h 1B 7 I 1B 0 200 1100 4600 5 1B 0 4800 1100 5000 5 1B 0 200 6100 4605 5 1B 0 200 1100 5000 5 1B 300 1B 1300d 1B 3 amp 2 2 0 0 0 1 300 MB 1500d 09 09 09 1B 2 2 0 0 0 r 1B96 1PAYROLL DEDUCTIONSA1B 1B 0 300 1900 4400 10 1B 0 300 2600 4400 10 1 1600 1B 2000d 1B 2 1 0 0 0 r 1B96 1INSTRUCTIONS 1 1 300 1B 230041 Complete the Appropriate section s below 1 300 1 240092 Be sure to sign date and write your employee number 1 300 1 25004 in each section you complete 1B 600 1 2700d 1B96 1EMPLOYEE S WITHHOLDING 1 1B 0 300 2900 2000 10 1B 0 300 4300 2000 10 0 300 2900 1400 10 1B 0 2300 2900 1400 10 1B 0
215. rols darkness via the density of the physical pixels It does not change the resolution of the image logical pixels only the darkness of the segments drawn NOTE Psh and Psv do not affect the density of plotted text Text density comes from the current font DECSGD sets the density for graphics sixels logos vectors block characters and bar codes The selective parameters Psh and Psv designate the horizontal and vertical dot densities used for plotting graphics Psh Parameter Psh selects the horizontal dot density Psv Parameter Psv selects the vertical dot density The actions of Psh and Psv are dependent on the print orientation because x direction print densities differ significantly from y direction print densities This is the only printer instruction that is directly dependent on the current orientation setting Table 6 defines how orientation is designated by Psh and Psv Table 6 Psh and Psv Orientation 52 Direction Portrait Default Landscape horizontal Psh same as x same as y vertical Psv same as y same as x x density same as horizontal same as vertical y density same as vertical same as horizontal Use Table 7 and Table 8 with Table 6 to establish the exact orientations designated by Psh and Psv Table 7 X Density Values Psh Portrait dflt X Density Dots Inch Ot OONN q No change 50 60 70 80 90 100 def
216. roprinter XL emulation Epson FX 1050 emulation e P Series emulation e IGP PGL Printronix Graphics Language emulation optional upgrade IGP VGL Code V Graphics Language emulation optional upgrade The DEC LG emulation may be configured using the emulation host control codes described in this book or can be configured via the control panel as described in the Setup Guide The Proprinter XL Epson FX and P Series emulation host control codes are described in the Printronix DEC LG Emulation LinePrinter Plus Programming Reference Manual The LinePrinter Plus emulations can also be configured via the control panel as described in the Setup Guide The PGL and VGL emulations are described in the user s manuals provided for those enhancement options Text Formatting and Language Options You can modify several parameters used primarily for printing text either by means of the host data stream or the configuration menus The text formatting and language options include Selectable print quality e Selectable alternate horizontal and vertical dot densities that enable you to tailor output to a wider variety of printing requirements Selectable forms length and width e Character by character attribute specification 1 Selectable pitch normal expanded and compressed 2 Bold print 3 Overscoring 4 Single underline 5 Superscript and subscript printing e Resident multinational character sets Chapter 1 Printing
217. rt Forms Sequence DECIFM ASCII Code Hex Code Dec Code Purpose DCS 1 amp FORM NAME ST 90 P1 26 72 FORM NAME 9C 144 P1 38 114 FORM NAME 156 Selects any form loaded in RAM DiscussionP1 is the Select Form Switch character With this sequence a form loaded in RAM is selectable for printing When you select the form the printer enters Form mode The variable fill in data is merged and printed with the form data When the printer encounters an FF character in the form data portion of a multiple page form it advances to the next page and continues merging with the fill in data that follows If there is more than one set of fill in data the same form constant data is merged with the new fill in data to create additional forms The select form switch character always ranges from 2 0 through 7 14 decimal and designates the print source to switch back to form data to the character after the form data switch character The character does not have to be the same as the form data switch character however it is not printable within the fill in data string The form name is the first ten characters of the loaded form s ID or the full form ID if it is ten characters or less in length If no such form exists an error message displays and the fill in data is printed as text data Note that the text and command strings corresponding to the last field of a multi page form page must terminate with a switch character H
218. rt for the two types of status requests NOTE This command works only when the printer is connected to the host through the serial interface Response to a DECRFS request with a Ps parameter of 1 ASCII Code DCS 1 IDstring ST Hex Code 90 31 22 7B IDstring 9C Dec Code 144 49 34 123 IDstring 156 Discussion The ID string includes the type family name the type family ID in parentheses a colon then a new line s with each font name A blank line indicates the end of the previous family For example type family name type family ID font file ID font file ID type family name type family ID font file ID Response to a DECRFS request with a Ps parameter of 2 ASCII Code DCS 2 nnn ST Hex Code 90 32 22 nnn 9C Dec Code 144 50 34 nnn 156 Discussionnnn represents a decimal number indicating the number of bytes available in RAM for rotating fonts 114 Character Attributes SGR Character attributes are enhancements that let you highlight your printed text You can select ten character attributes by using Select Graphic Rendition SGR sequences Select font DEC multinational character set NLQ OCR A OCR B e Character Expansion via Graphic Size Modification GSM sequences Double height characters triple height characters double width characters if the font was selected by family Select Graphic Rendition Bold Italics Underline Strike through Character attribute sequences share the s
219. runs past the right margin the active position moves to the left margin on the next line and no data are lost When autowrap is disabled reset and text runs past the right margin the data are lost DECAWM remains as selected from the last power on session Factory default is DECAWM reset 43 Chapter 2 _ Pitch Select Mode DECPSM Pitch Select Mode DECPSM Set Enable Reset Disable ASCII Code ESC 2 9 h ESC 2 9 1 Hex Code 1B 5B 3F 32 39 68 1B 5B 32 39 6C Dec Code 27 91 63 50 57 104 27 91 63 50 57 108 Purpose Controls the Set Horizontal Pitch DECSHORP sequence DiscussionWhen Pitch Select Mode is enabled set the current font determines the horizontal pitch When Pitch Select Mode is disabled reset the printer uses the horizontal pitch selected by the Set Horizontal Pitch DECSHORP sequence The power up default is DECPSM reset DECPSM is overridden by an SPI command page 55 or an SHS command page 59 44 Set Page Orientation DECSPO ASCII Code Hex Code Dec Code ESC Ps amp 2 1B 5B Ps 26 7A 2794 Pst 38 122 Purpose Sets the intended reading orientation of the page with respect to the paper feed direction Discussion DECSPO is similar to the page orientation defined by PFS but has no effect on the page size or number of lines and columns All page related functions are interpreted in relation to page orientation margins line and character spacing
220. s 210 Bar Gode e rete E dias 211 Code 39 nto ter edd es eser ee oe 211 Extended Code 39 uites Re edendo 211 Code ki EIER 213 C dabar ae etus 213 Codabar D Dr iecur de Het diste Erbe den 214 Codabar e tte SE eed neck ess 214 EMI tei seins 215 EAN 8 2 u Saa uma nate ti e D En Sk IR 215 raise usitate 216 Interleaved 2 of 5 ttt tt bt 216 Bor ERE T E ERN M 217 UPCE a tt net ttn resa ttes 218 ne ante e tps 220 Table of Contents Gode t28 UGG uu 228 Density and Spacing Between Bar Codes 229 A LG Emulation Character Sets or etc ea 231 Introduction nete re tee tc re dete beers 231 LG Emulation Character Set Charts 231 US ASQCITa u ierit tene ete iced perte kalau 238 ER 239 e MH e 240 DEC French Ga adiam u a nn aD A ipsa 241 EMERICUS 242 Italiani ao e AS 243 15 cr RE 244 DEC Norwegian Danish 245 E 246 DEG 247 DEG Great Britain ene coco Sui 248 ISO Norwegian Danish
221. sm Drawing Vectors DECVEC ESC Pn1 Pn2 Pn3 Pn4 Pn5 Block Characters Setting Block Character Parameters DECBCS ESC P1 P2 P5 r Start Block Character Mode DECBLOCKC ESC SP1 Stop Block Character Mode ESC Printer Reset Reset to Initial State RIS ESC Soft Terminal Reset DECSTR ESC p Selecting and Returning from LinePrinter Plus Emulations Select LinePrinter Plus Emulations via DECIPEM Select LinePrinter Plus Emulations via SOCS 7 Bit and 8 Bit Transmission and Interpretations Draft Mode Printing Enter Draft Mode ESC 3 Exit Draft Mode ESC Default Values and States Bar Codes PAGE page 125 page 129 page 136 page 137 page 137 page 139 page 139 page 140 page 140 page 141 page 142 page 143 page 144 page 144 page 145 Chapter 4 39 Chapter 2 Set Reset Mode Set Reset Mode 40 ASCII Code Hex Code Dec Code Set Enable Reset Disable ESC Psh ESC 1B 5B Ps 68 1B 5B Ps 6C 27 91 Ps 104 27 91 Ps 108 Purpose Turns basic printing features on set or off reset Discussion Set Reset Mode controls certain printer features that have two settings on or off One sequence may be used to turn several features on or off Parameter values Ps determine different printer modes Parameter values are either ANSI or LG private All parameters in a given sequence must be of the same type LG private parameters are preceded by the question mark 2 cha
222. stop form loading If the form length in the header does not agree with the length of the form string received the form is discarded If the form is not terminated by a form feed 0 12 and does not contain at least one form switch character a form switch character and an 0 12 are added at the end of the form In general the number of switch characters in the form data should be one more than the number of switch characters in the fill in data When using bar codes note the following When using bar codes as part of the form data make sure that the control character encoding character in the bar code differs from the control character encoding character and the switch character in the Loading Form sequence When using bar codes as part of the fill in data make sure that the control character encoding character of the bar code differs from the switch character in the Select Form sequence Bar codes must start and end on the same page of a form 73 Chapter 2 Request Forms Status DECFMSR Request Forms Status DECFMSR ASCII Code CSI amp Hex Code 9B 26 7E Dec Code 155 38 126 Purpose Requests a status report of the forms available for printing Discussion Invoke this request if you need to know what forms are available for printing Form Status Report DECRFMS 74 ASCII Code DCS amp s FORM STRING ST Hex Code 90 26 73 FORM STRING 9C Dec Code 144 38 115 FORM STRING 156 Purpose Printer respons
223. t u ua suyuyuq 145 Exit Draft as a usa uuu e Pee ei repre pa see sisa 145 Default Values and States esses 146 3 Character Sets 151 Introduction io esent eee Eb ote per ie ede ead 151 Selecting the Character Set and Language 151 OCR A and OCR B endete et ebd dde teens 151 ASCII Character Set 152 DEC Multinational Character Sets 155 Additional ISO and Special Character Sets 161 4 Bar ss RV 203 Bar RN 203 Select Bar Codes Attributes Sequence DECSBCA 203 Start Bar Coding DECBARC sse 207 Stop Bar Coding Return from Other Coding System ROCS 207 Bar Code Characteristics ennenen nnn 208 Number of Bars per 208 START STOP and CENTER Code Characters 209 Quiet e eet rc kaya 209 Intercharacter Gap 209 Number of Characters in a Bar 209 GheckSUulTiS iet Dei Shea Td ets 209 D e eom debida uis 209 Multiple Bar Code
224. t GO Character Set G1 Character Set G2 Character Set G3 Character Set Autowrap DECSHORP DECVERP SGR DECSLPP DECAWM Off line 10 characters per inch 6 lines per inch Data Processing 66 lines 11 inches Column 1 line 1 Line 1 Line 66 Column 1 Column 132 Disabled Disabled Disabled Disabled Disabled No character expansion US ASCII DEC Supplemental US ASCII VT100 Graphic Character Set DEC Supplemental US ASCII Disabled 145 Chapter 2 146 Default Values and States Table 25 Factory Settings Vertical Tabs Selectable Parameter Control Function Factory Set Condition Line Feed New Line LNM Reset Mode Horizontal Tabs Stop at every 8 columns 9 17 137 Super Subscripts Disabled Carriage Return NLM DECCRNLM Reset Stop at every line 1 66 Table 26 Reset Condition Selectable Control Function Reset Condition Printing Status On line Ready Horizontal Pitch DECSHORP 10 characters per inch Vertical Pitch DECVERP 6 lines per inch Font SGR Data Processing Forms Length DECSLPP 66 lines 11 inches Active Position Column 1 on the current active line Top Margin 2 Line 1 Bottom Margin EE Line 66 Left Margin 1 Right Margin Column 132 Underlining SGR Disabled Bolding SGR Disabled Italics SGR Disabled Do
225. t N mm lt lt m A L T H N A Z m 2 AES X lt c xx gt e x Y r 1 e I q w lt m O n m K 269 Appendix A LG Emulation 96 Character Sets 270 B Interface Configuration with the VMS Operating System Parallel Interface When using the parallel interface with the VMS operating system configure the printer with the SET PRINTER command as shown below Printer LCA0 device type unknown is on line allocated record oriented device carriage control device is spooled through an intermediate device error logging is enabled Error count Owner process Owner process ID Reference Count Page width Carriage return No passall No Fallback Intermediate device Associated queue Operations completed Owner UIC Dev Prot Default buffer size Page length Lowercase Printall No Truncate 0 SYMBIONT_0001 00000087 2 132 Formfeed No Wrap Tab DUA1 LCAO 1 0 0 S RWLP 0 RWLP W RWLP 132 66 271 Appendix B _ Serial Interface Serial Interface Interactive No_Hostsync No Wrap No Broadcast No Modem No Brdcstambx Line Editing No Secure server When using the serial interface with the VMS operating system configure the terminal characteristics with the SET TERM command as shown below Terminal TXA3 Device Type Unknown Owner 0001 Username SYSTEM
226. t font 16 Type Family DLODENS Low Density Plot plot font 17 Type Family DCRRSPL Correspondence Plot plot font 18 Type Family DDRAFTO Draft Plot plot font 19 Type Family DLGNRLQ LG Near Letter Quality plot font Type Family ID or Font ID String The type family ID or font ID identifies which font file to assign to the SGR number Ps2 You must use only uppercase letters for a type family ID or a font ID You can assign up to 10 fonts at one time Font Assignments may occur anywhere in the data stream You can send an unlimited number of assign font number sequences to the printer The printer will accept an ID for a font file not currently stored but if you try to print or plot a character from the missing font file the printer prints a filled in rectangle instead If you assign an ID to an SGR number that already has an ID assigned the new assignment replaces the old one Selecting Fonts for Printing SGR ASCII Code CSI Ps m Hex Code 9B Ps 6D Dec Code 155 Ps 109 Purpose Selects fonts for printing or plotting NOTE This SGR sequence format is also used to select several character attributes Refer to page 115 You can combine several SGR sequences by separating Ps values with semicolons Discussion The Ps values range from 10 through 19 each number corresponds to a font or type family used for printing as defined by the DECATTF command see page 109 which shows the default assig
227. te tte tte teen 16 gt E 16 Printing Speed es Hes 16 LG Emulation Control Codes 17 EG tei eterne ri tendido 17 Bar Code Printing 17 Print Mode and Plot Mode essen 18 Optimizing Print Mode 19 Optimizing Plot Mode a 19 Character Printirgss uii 19 DEC Multinational Character 21 Selecting Graphic Character Sets 22 Control Gode Types oa u edat 23 Special Parsing Requirements 2 32 Control Code Description Format 34 Control Code eene nennen nnne 35 Set Reset Mode sse nennen nnne 40 Line Feed New Line Mode LNM a 41 Carriage Return New Line Mode DECCRNLM 42 Autowrap Mode DECAWM enne 43 Pitch Select Mode DECPSM sse 44 Set Page Orientation DECSPO sese 45 Position Unit Mode PUM seem 46 Force Plot Mode DECFPM 47 Select Size Unit SSU
228. ter Set G2 Character Set G3 Character Set Printing Status Active Position Underlining Bolding Italics Double Underline Overline Expansion Unsolicited Reports Super Subscripts Justification DECSHORP DECVERP SGR DECSLPP DECSTBM DECSLRM DECAWM LNM DECCRNLM SGR SGR SGR SGR SGR GSM DSR US ASCII or the last NRC selected DEC Supplemental US ASCII or the last NRC if selected VT100 Graphic Character Set DEC Supplemental US ASCII Off line Column 1 on the current active line Disabled Disabled Disabled Disabled Disabled No character expansion Disabled Disabled Disabled 149 Chapter 2 _ Default Values and States 150 3 Character Sets Introduction The character sets shown in this chapter are accessible only in LG emulation mode In this chapter each character is described in tables that provide character descriptions as well as hex and decimal character locations Appendix provides graphic representations of the character set matrices Selecting the Character Set and Language In LG emulation mode the entire array oflanguage and special character sets can be selected with host control codes as well as the control panel Character set and language selection is made from the host computer using the SCS control code sequence described on page 99 There are no restrictions except for Katakana It is available only in DP font 10 CPI pitch and NLQ font 10 CPI pitch
229. ter output or performance in its various uses See Forms Considerations on page 73 for further information regarding these conditions Forms Considerations The following commands are not to be included in form data or fill in data Load a form logo or font Delete a form logo or font Invoke a LG sequence Invokes an ESCc RIS sequence This will exit you from the Form mode Be aware of the following conditions which can affect the printer s output performance in Forms mode To minimize paper movement print all text together and print all graphics together Most importantly print all of the same density material together Encoded Escape sequences cannot start in the form and continue in the fill in data nor can the reverse occur Changes made to the font cursor position density or mode are not restored after you terminate a Form sequence Block characters used in a form must begin and end on the same page Form data switch characters and select form sequence switch characters are not printable as block characters unless they are encoded Since mode settings fonts and spacing parameters can be changed between the time the form is loaded and the item is selected the environment of the form PUM or SSU should be established in the form data If ESC CAN or SUB is embedded in the form string it will terminate form loading and the form will be discarded Encoding DCS RIS CAN or SUB in a form string will also
230. ter set of the block characters If any parameters are illegal the entire sequence is ignored When block character parameters are defined they remain valid until A new valid Block Character Select Parameter sequence is sent reset command occurs setting the default values The default values are set by powering up The character exists entirely and centrally within the character cell The line feed distance is equal to the basic cell height multiplied by the vertical magnification factor The magnification values specified in P1 and P2 are operated on the basic character cell Block character parameters are set according to the following choices P1 defines the horizontal magnification factor P1 Function 0 missing Magnification of 2 default 1 124 Defines the horizontal magnification factor gt 124 Magnification factor of 156 used The horizontal intercharacter gap for 0 degrees and for 180 degrees rotation is 1 60 inch times the horizontal magnification factor Characters rotated 90 degrees and 270 degrees have a horizontal intercharacter gap of 3 60 inch times the vertical magnification factor 137 Chapter 2 _ Setting Block Character Parameters DECBCS eP2 defines the vertical magnification factor The maximum value of P2 is limited by page length eP3 defines the background color P3 Function 0 missing 1 White background default Black background inverse video eP4 designates
231. the following names and identification strings Type Family Name Identification String ID Compressed Print DCMPRSS Correspondence Plot DCRRSPL Correspondence Print DCRRSPN Data Processing DBULTN1 Draft Plot DDRAFTO High Speed Draft Print DDRAFT1 LG Near Letter Quality DLGNRLQ Low Density Plot DLODENS OCRA ROCRAOO OCR B ROCRBOO The D in the ID string for DCRRSPN means the name Correspondence Print is registered with Compaq but is not registered internationally The R in the ID strings for OCR A and OCR B means these names are registered internationally or are in the public domain Font File IDs This section lists all type family names type family IDs font IDs and font file IDs available in LG emulation mode The 31 character font file ID also contains the type family ID and font ID The type family ID is the first 7 characters of the font file ID The font ID is the first 16 characters of the 31 character font file ID 275 Appendix C _ Font File IDs Type Character Font File ID entire string Pitch Size Set Font ID First 16 characters 1 Type Family Name DEC Built in 1 Type Family ID DBULTNI Data Processing 5 12 U S ASCII DBULTNI 03 K 00 G G0001U 7777027000 5 12 DEC Supp DBULTNI 03C 00 GG 00 010 ZZZZ 02Z 0 0 0 5 12 DEC Tech DBULTNI 03C 00 G G 00010 ZZZZ 02Z 0 0 0 5 12 ISO Latin 2 DBULTNI E03C K 00 G G00 GDEZZZZ02Z000 5 12 ISO Cyrillic DBULTNI E 03C 00 00 GDO Z
232. the same physical margins are desired reset the margins using this escape sequence before sending data Changing horizontal pitch resets the left and right margins to their printable limits column 1 and the furthest right position respectively 87 Chapter 2 Active Column and Active Line Cursor Motion Active Column and Active Line Cursor Motion This section describes cursor positioning command sequences Line printers do not have a cursor like the blinking place marker on most computer screens The cursor position on a line printer is the space where the next character will print In this manual cursor refers to the currently active print position Its location is the intersection of the active column and active line Horizontal and vertical positioning command sequences allow you to move the active position anywhere on the logical page You can also specify either absolute or relative motion Absolute motion specifies the distance to move from a specific point on the logical page Relative motion specifies the distance to move from the currently active print position The Partial Line Up PLU and Partial Line Down PLD command sequences set half line increments for superscripting and subscripting NOTE Next Line NEL Reverse Index RI and Index IND control characters also move the active position Refer to Table 2 Forward Index IND ASCII Code ESC D Hex Code 1B 44 Dec Code 27 68 Purpose Causes the a
233. ting The last character of the line will be at the right margin Once enabled justification remains on until you turn it off Justification places the printer in plot mode Subsequent text is then printed in the plot font selected If you do not select a font solid rectangles are plotted The printer evenly spaces each word on a justified line The space character SP indicates a word space to the printer and you set the limits for word spacing with the Ps parameter as follows Ps Printer Action 0 Turn off justification default 2 Turn on justification with limits 2 Turn off justification without limits 123 Chapter 2 124 Justification JFY When justification with limits is set Ps 2 the printer does not shrink or expand the space character beyond the limits set by the current font usually in the 50 200 range If you select justification without limits Ps 2 the printer can shrink the space character to zero The printer will not make hyphenation or end of line determinations when justification is turned on nor will autowrap operate with justification turned on Use the following sequences or control characters to make End of line determinations eCarriage Return CR Form Feed FF eLine Feed LF Vertical Tab VT Next Line NEL Forward Index IND Reverse Index RI Vertical Position Absolute VPA The active font determines the distance between characters in a word The p
234. ts a vertical tab stop for every line on the page FF Form Feed L FF advances the active line to the first 0 12 printable line on the next page CR Carriage Return M CR returns the active column to the left 0 13 margin If carriage return new line mode is set CR also advances the active line to the next line so Shift Out N SO locks character set G1 into GL 0 14 SI Shift In Sl locks character set into GL 0 15 DCI XON Device Control 1 Q DC1 informs the host computer that the 1 1 printer is ready to receive data DC3 XOFF Device Control 3 S DC3 tells the host computer to pause 1 8 before sending more data until the printer sends DC1 24 Table 1 ASCII Control Codes Mnemonic Key Pressed Column Row with CTRL X CAN immediately ends an escape or 1 8 control sequence The printer interprets the characters following CAN as normal CAN also cancels a Device Control String DCS when received within the command string of that DCS SUB Substitute Z SUB immediately ends an escape or 1 10 control sequence SUB a character received with an error in the sequence SUB prints as a space character for sixel data ESC Escape ESC introduces an escape or control 1 11 sequence If received in the middle of a sequence ESC immediately ends the sequence and starts a new sequence ESC also immediately ends a Device Control String DCS BS Backspace H
235. ts and Reports The host computer can send Device Status Requests DSRs to the printer which will then respond with status reports about its operational condition The printer will send reports to the host that are brief or extended and solicited or unsolicited Unsolicited status reports are sent only when an error occurs and only when unsolicited status reports are specifically enabled Unsolicited status reports are sent after the current page prints and list each error type once Printer default is unsolicited reports disabled NOTE This option will work properly only if the printer has the serial interface selected and if the RTS option on the host interface serial menu is set to True the default Refer to the User s Manual 103 Chapter 2 Device Status Requests DSRs and Printer Responses Device Status Requests DSRs and Printer Responses The host computer sends the DSR sequences listed below to request status reports and to enable or disable unsolicited status reports Table 20 DSR Sequences Request Sequence Printer Response 510 1 5 Send extended status report 516 Send cursor position report CSI 1n Disables all unsolicited status reports from printer CSI 2n Enable brief unsolicited status reports and send an extended status report CSI 3n Enable extended unsolicited status reports and send an extended status report NOTE Unsolicited status reports when enabled
236. uble Underline SGR Disabled Overline SGR Disabled Expansion GSM No character expansion GL Character Set m US ASCII GR Character Set DEC Supplemental G0 Character Set US ASCII or the last NRC if selected G1 Character Set VT100 Graphic Character Set G2 Character Set DEC Supplemental G3 Character Set US ASCII Autowrap DECAWM Disabled Line Feed New Line LNM Reset Mode Horizontal Tabs Stop at every 8 columns 9 17 137 147 Chapter 2 148 Default Values and States Table 26 Reset Condition Line Mode Selectable Control Function Reset Condition Unsolicited Reports DSR Disabled Super Subscripts Disabled Carriage Return New DECCRNLM Reset Vertical Tabs Stop at every line 1 66 Note The All Interface Settings and National Replacement Character Set remain as previously selected via escape sequences or the control panel At power up the parameter values in Table 27are automatically retained from the previous power on session Table 27 Power up Conditions Selectable Parameter Control Function Factory Set Condition Horizontal Pitch Vertical Pitch Font Forms Length Top and Bottom Margin Left and Right Margin Autowrap Line Feed New Line Mode Carriage Return New Line Mode Horizontal Tabs Vertical Tabs Interface Settings GL Character Set GR Character Set Character Set G1 Charac
237. uffer is almost empty DC1 11 Hex 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 i e interface and host type if applicable to the problem 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 e lsthe 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 Asia Pacific 65 6548 4114 China 86 800 999 6836 http www printronix com support aspx Printronix Supplies Department Contact the Printronix Supplies Department for genuine Printronix supplies Americas 800 733 1900 Europe 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 305 Appendix F Corporate Offices Corporate Offices Printronix Inc 15345 Barranca Parkway Irvine CA 92618 U S A Phone 714 368 2300 Fax 714 368 2600 Printronix Inc c
238. umber of characters in the bar code symbol the style of the bar code symbol and the ratio of wide light dark bars to narrow light dark bars The bar code height is specified as a parameter where the default is 0 75 inches The human readable line is not included If the human readable line is printed a gap of 0 1 inch is inserted between the bottom of the bar code symbol and the human readable line The human readable line is printed below the bar code symbol Horizontal bar codes 0 and 180 degree rotation are printed at 100 dots per inch dpi horizontally and 100 dpi vertically Horizontal Spacing Between Horizontal Bar Codes A 0 25 inch leading space always appears before a bar code symbol and a 0 25 inch trailing space is inserted after a bar code symbol for a total of 0 5 inches of space between any two bar codes The leading and trailing spaces are called quiet zones Three delimiters are allowed for all bar code styles Space character 20H except for bar code 39 Comma character 2CH e Horizontal tab character 09H The space character adds an extra 0 1 inches of white space between the bar code the comma adds no extra white space and the horizontal tab adds the amount set by the tabs This additional white space is added to the 0 5 inches of the quiet zones that separate the two bar codes The horizontal limit is specified by the width of the paper typically 13 2 inches Therefore the width of the encoded bar code
239. vides standard alphanumeric keyboard characters control and special characters subset B includes all standard alphanumeric keyboard characters lowercase alphabetical characters and special characters subset C provides 100 digit pairs from 00 to 99 inclusive plus special characters Table 60 lists the full Code 128 character set The greater than symbol gt followed by one of various characters allows you to manually shift between subsets specify a particular subset to start with or to include several non printable control characters in the data set To include the greater than symbol itself you must use gt 0 This is described in the Mode Selection section below The bars and spaces in the printed Code 128 bar code vary in width from 1 to 4 modules Each character consists of 3 bars and 3 spaces that total 11 modules Readable Data The optional readable data field provides a readable interpretation of the bar code data Bar code data is printed below the horizontal bar code The lower guard band is provided when the readable data field is selected The readable data field is available only in the automatic mode For 128 UCC the optional readable data is broken up by spaces to denote 128 UCC data fields Check Digit For Code 128 the modulo 103 check digit is automatically calculated and inserted in the bar code symbol The check digit verifies accurate scanning The start code is included in the modulo 103 check dig
240. wer up or reset the printer it selects SGR number 10 for printing and data processing and SGR number 19 for plotting and LG Near Letter Quality unless you have selected and saved another default 108 Assign Type Family or Font DECATFF ASCII Code pcs Ps1 Ps2 ID String ST Hex Code 90 Psl 3B Ps2 7D ID String 9C Dec Code 144 Ps1 59 Ps2 125 ID String 156 Purpose Assigns an SGR number to a font ID or type family ID Discussion The DECATTF sequence assigns a type family ID seven characters or a font ID 16 characters to an SGR number from 10 to 19 The SGR sequence can then select that font for printing see page 111 Each font file contains an ID string as part of its font record Ps1 Parameter Ps1 selects which font assignment to perform Ps1 Function 0 Same as 1 default 1 Assign font ID to SGR number 2 Assign type family ID to SGR number 109 Chapter 2 110 Ps2 Parameter Assign Type Family or Font DECATFF Ps2 selects an SGR number from 10 to 19 for a type family ID or font ID The following table indicates the default SGR number assignments Ps2 Assignment ID Font or Type Family 10 Type Family DBULTN1 Data Processing print font 11 Type Family DCRRSPN Correspondence Print print font 12 Font ROCRA00 OCR A print font 13 Font ROCRB00 OCR B print font 14 Type Family DCMPRSS Compressed print font 15 Type Family DDRAFT1 High Speed Draft prin
241. with the fill in data stream and the merged data is printed as a completed form When selected the printed form can be printed repeatedly with different sets of fill in data Fill in data is a sequence of commands and text usually variable and not repeated data used to fill in the empty fields of a form Each fill in data field is terminated with a switch character as explained in the following section The fill in data for the last field of a page must terminate with a switch character unless it is the last page of a form In this case use the Terminate Form sequence Forms and fill in data conform to the following Forms cannot be nested Up to 32 forms can be loaded into the printer subject to available memory Form size must not exceed 64K bytes Each form page must terminate with FF 0 12 and have at least one field Do not use a form feed character for fill in data The following sections describe how to load a form into memory select the form for printing terminate form generation and delete the form from storage Appendix D provides an example of commands and output for generating a form starting on page 289 Loading Forms Sequence DECLFM ASCIICode pcs P1 P2 amp p RECORD ST Hex Code 90 P1 3B P2 26 70 RECORD 9C Dec Code 144 P1 59 P2 38 112 RECORD 156 Purpose Allows you to load forms into printer memory Discussion The Pn parameters define the format of the form as well as whic
242. y Logos 47 113 Too Many Errors 48 118 Bad Form Data 48 119 Bad Logo Data 48 140 VFU Seq Error 48 141 VFU Load Fmt Err 48 142 VFU TOF BOF Err 107 Chapter 2 _ Assigning and Selecting Font Files Assigning and Selecting Font Files Each font file stored in the printer includes data for one of the three standard character sets ASCII DEC Supplemental and DEC Technical Each font file also includes data for one font which is part of a type family You can identify font files by type family ID font ID and font file ID Refer to Appendix C The type family ID consists of seven characters The type family IDs for the standard type families used with resident font files are listed below Type Family Identification ID String Data Processing DBULTN1 Compressed Print DCMPRESS Correspondence Plot DCRRSPL Correspondence Print DCRRSPN Draft Plot DDRAFTO High Speed Draft Print DDRAFT1 LG Near Letter Quality DLGNRLQ Low Density Plot DLODENS OCRA ROCRA00 OCRB ROCRB00 The font ID has 16 characters no lowercase letters permitted and describes the seven basic font attributes including type family of the resident fonts Appendix C lists the standard type family font and font file IDs for the resident files To make a font file available for printing you must assign a Select Graphic Rendition SGR number page 111 to the file Then you can select the SGR number for printing Default Fonts When you po
243. y defined the text prints at channel 12 BOF elf you try to print text at a channel not previously defined and channel 12 is also undefined text prints at the next line elf a VFU table is not loaded and channel commands are sent to it a line feed occurs then the text prints elf you load a VFU table with more than one TOF and or more than one BOF already defined the load is terminated and a warning message is displayed on the front panel Beware of the following conditions when the selected channel is in the reverse direction elf you try to print text at a channel not previously defined a reverse line feed occurs then the text prints elf you try to print text at a channel not previously defined and channel 12 is also undefined a reverse line feed occurs then the text prints elf a VFU table is not loaded and channel commands are sent to it a reverse line feed occurs then the text prints elf you load a VFU table with more than one TOF and or more than one BOF already defined the load is terminated and an error code is displayed on the front panel 65 Chapter 2 Forms Forms 66 A form contains data This data is a sequence of self contained commands and text that can occupy one or more pages of the form The data form can be downloaded then stored in printer memory for later use The status report lists the form IDs loaded in the printer Once a form is downloaded it is selectable Stored data is merged
244. y the value of the individual data characters in Table 60 NOTE If a start code is not entered in the manual mode the printer provides a subset B start code Subset A Subset A operates in the manual mode only Subset A data characters include mostly normal printable ASCII characters which require no subset switching and can be entered directly For example the data ABC123 in subset is input in the bar code command as ESC 0 gt 7ABC123ESC Switching to another subset will not generate a shorter bar code You can generate non printable control characters in subset A by 1 using the subset B lowercase character equivalent from Table 60 through which map to NUL through RS or 2 using the subset switch characters gt 1 through gt 8 or gt SP through gt from the Alternate column of Table 60 Table 60 Code 128 Character Set Value ro N COW NNN N oo 29 Subset A SP OV x go ozzuUm maulmg Subset Subset B SP amp RH Av CHYADT OZzUm mammg ow gVv C 00 01 02 03 04 05 Value 103 104 105 Subset Subset A B gt NK lt NUL SOH STX ETX EOT ENQ ACK BEL BS HT LF VT FF CR SO DLE DC1 DC2 DC3 DC4
245. ymbols for the ASCII Character Set continued es x Symbol Name 60 96 Open Single Quotation Mark Grave Accent 61 97 Lowercase a 62 98 Lowercase b 63 99 Lowercase c 64 100 Lowercase d 65 101 Lowercase e 66 102 Lowercase f 67 103 Lowercase g 68 104 Lowercase h 69 105 Lowercase i 6A 106 Lowercase j 6B 107 Lowercase k 6C 108 Lowercase 6D 109 Lowercase m 6E 110 Lowercase n 6F 111 Lowercase o 70 112 Lowercase p 71 113 Lowercase q 72 114 Lowercase r 73 115 Lowercase s 74 116 Lowercase t 75 117 Lowercase u 76 118 Lowercase v 77 119 Lowercase w 78 120 Lowercase x 79 121 Lowercase y 7A 122 Lowercase z 7B 123 Open Brace 7 124 Solid Vertical Line 7D 125 Closed Brace 7 126 Tilde 7F 127 Delete 154 DEC Multinational Character Sets DEC Multinational Character Sets A symbol set is the alphabet of a font it is a character set that can be printed regardless of the font characteristics designated for the print job The default symbol set for the fonts in the printer is the U S ASCII set The U S ASCII set is the base onto which other symbol set overlay sequences may be loaded Character set overlays contain characters and symbols that replace certain ASCII characters to create international alphabets The printer contains fourteen multinational character set overlays DEC Great Britain DEC Dutch DEC Finnish French DEC French Canadian German e italian JIS Roman DE
246. you assign a new tab stop value each new tab stop value is inserted into the current tab stop list starting after the old tab stop with the next lower value If you assign more than the maximum of 16 new tab settings the printer discards the old tab stop with the highest value before entering each additional new tab stop If the new tab stop has the highest value and you have set the maximum allowed number of tab stops the printer ignores the new tab stop If a tab stop is not on the boundary of a character cell tabbing to that tab stop in print mode forces the printer to the nearest character position 95 Chapter 2 Horizontal Tab Stops HTS Horizontal Tab Stops HTS ASCII Code ESC H Hex Code 1B 48 Dec Code 27 72 Purpose Causes a horizontal tab stop to be set at the current position DiscussionA horizontal tab stop can also be achieved in 8 bit mode by sending the HTS 8 bit control code Set Vertical Tab Stops DECSVTS ASCII Code ESC Pn Pn v Hex Code 1B 5B Pn 3B 3B Pn 76 Dec Code 27 91 Pn 59 59 Pn 118 Purpose Sets vertical tabs at the rows indicated DiscussionPn denotes a vertical tab stop location Select up to 16 vertical tabs in one sequence Up to 67 vertical tab stops can be set per page The default is set to stop at every line The unit of measurement can be character cells decipoints or pixels It is selected by using the Position Unit Mode PUM and Select Size Unit SSU s
247. ywhere in the data other than at the start of a line they are interpreted as the non ASCII characters in Table 60 Subset B and C Switching In the automatic mode the printer creates the briefest most compact bar code by automatically switching from subset B to subset C when necessary For example the data LT436682 could be entered directly into a typed bar code command as ESC 0LT436682ESC The printer automatically selects the appropriate start code and switches to subset C to the continuous numeric data characters 436682 223 Chapter 4 224 Code 128 USS In the manual mode however you must specify the start code and all special function codes to switch subsets For example to create the same bar code as generated automatically in the previous paragraph data of LT436682 the subset B start code is entered followed by the alpha data LT and the subset switch character to switch to subset C is entered followed by the continuous numeric characters A typical bar code command in the manual mode for the data is ESC 0 gt 6LT gt 5KbrESC The pairs of continuous numeric data were manually translated to subset B data Kbr corresponding to the subset C values of 436682 respectively as shown in Table 60 If the data LT436682 had been entered directly into the bar code command as ESC 0 gt 6LT gt 5436682ESC the bar code generated would have been Start Code B LT subset C 20 19 22 22 24 18 as determined b

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