Datamax-ONeil A-Class, Programmer'S Manual

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Overview
Class Series 2 Programmer’s Manual 3
General Conventions
These are some of the conventions followed in this manual:
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On the header of each page, the name of the section.
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On the footer of each page, the page number and the title of the manual.
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Names of other manuals referenced are in Italics .
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Notes are added to bring your attention to important considerations, tips or helpful
suggestions.
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Boldface is also used to bring your attention to important information.
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This manual refers to IBM-PC based keyboard command characters for access to the
ASCII character set. Systems based on different formats (e.g., Apple’s Macintosh
)
should use the appropriate keyboard command to access the desired ASCII
character. See Appendix A for the ASCII character set.
Computer Entry and Display Conventions
Command syntax and samples are formatted as follows:
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The Courier font in boldface indicates the DPL command syntax, and Italics are
used to indicate the command syntax parameters.
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Regular Courier font indicates sample commands, files and printer responses.
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Square brackets ([ ]) indicate that the item is optional.
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<CR> is used to identify the line termination character. Other strings placed
between < > in this manual represent the character of the same ASCII name, and
are single-byte hexadecimal values (e.g., <STX>, <CR>, and <0x0D> equal 02, 0D,
and 0D, respectively).
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Hexadecimal values are often displayed in “C” programming language conventions
(e.g., 0x02 = 02 hex, 0x41 = 41 hex, etc.)
Important Safety Instructions
The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the
user to the presence of important operating and maintenance instructions.