Datamax-ONeil A-Class, Programmer'S Manual

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Overview
2 Class Series 2 Programmer’s Manual
This manual contains the following sections and appendices:
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OVERVIEW on page 1
Contents, organization, and conventions used in this manual; also includes a
typical data flow sequence for the printer.
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CONTROL CODE COMMAND FUNCTIONS on page 9
Description of the attention-getter characters necessary for the printer to receive a
command sequence, and available alternate characters and line terminators.
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IMMEDIATE COMMAND FUNCTIONS on page 11
Description of the commands, listed alphabetically, that perform status queries and
printer control commands.
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SYSTEM-LEVEL COMMAND FUNCTIONS on page 17
Description of the commands, listed alphabetically, that control the printer and
allow scalable font and image downloads.
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EXTENDED SYSTEM-LEVEL COMMAND FUNCTIONS on page 37
Description of the commands (listed alphabetically) that control the printer.
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LABEL FORMATTING COMMAND FUNCTIONS on page 125
Description of commands, listed alphabetically, that control the position of text and
images on the media, print or store, and end the formatting process.
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FONT LOADING COMMAND FUNCTIONS on page 145
Description of commands, listed alphabetically, used when downloading font data
in PCL-4 compatible bitmaps.
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GENERATING LABEL FORMATS on page 147
Description of the structure of records, the different types, and their use in
generating label formats.
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APPENDICES on pages 165 – 313
These contain details that cannot be ignored including various tables, programming
examples, printer default values, and bar code symbology details. See the Table of
Contents for specific content information.
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GLOSSARY on page 315
Definitions of words, abbreviations, and acronyms used in this manual.