Datamax A-Class A-4310, Programmer'S Manual

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Overview
2 Class Series Programmer’s Manual
This manual contains the following chapters and appendices:
OVERVIEW on page 1
Contents, organization, and conventions used in this manual; also includes a typical data flow
sequence for the printer.
CONTROL CODE COMMAND FUNCTIONS on page 7
Description of the attention-getter characters necessary for the printer to receive a command
sequence, and available alternate characters and line terminators.
IMMEDIATE COMMAND FUNCTIONS on page 9
Description of the commands, listed alphabetically, that perform status queries and printer control
commands.
SYSTEM-LEVEL COMMAND FUNCTIONS on page 15
Description of the commands, listed alphabetically, that control the printer and allow scalable font
and image downloads.
EXTENDED SYSTEM-LEVEL COMMAND FUNCTIONS on page 37
Description of the commands (listed alphabetically) that control the printer.
LABEL FORMATTING COMMAND FUNCTIONS on page 109
Description of commands, listed alphabetically, that control the position of text and images on the
media, print or store, and end the formatting process.
FONT LOADING COMMAND FUNCTIONS on page 129
Description of commands, listed alphabetically, used when downloading font data in PCL-4
compatible bit-maps.
GENERATING LABEL FORMATS on page 131
Description of the structure of records, the different types, and their use in generating label formats.
APPENDICES A THROUGH V on pages 147 through 281
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.
GLOSSARY on page 283
Definitions of words, abbreviations, and acronyms used in this manual.