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This information applies only to SureMark printers that attach to a POS system with
an RS-232 cable connection.
If you use the RS-485 or USB communications interface, refer to either the
SureMark driver documentation in the appropriate IBM book for your operating
system (see Table 9) or, when using OPOS drivers, to the OLE for Retail POS
Application Programming Guide .
Table 9. Driver documentation by operating system
Operating System IBM Publication
4690 OS Version 1 and
Version 2
IBM 4690 OS API Specification for IBM 4610 Printers
DOS IBM Point-of-Sale Subsystem for DOS Programming
Reference
OS/2, Windows NT, Windows
95, and Windows 3.1x
IBM Point of Sale Subsystem Programming Reference and
User’s Guide
The 4690 OS manual is available on the current maintenance diskette for the IBM
4690 Operating System. Current versions of all three manuals are available on the
Internet. See “Resources on the Internet” on page 44 for more information.
RS-232 commands summary by function
The commands listed in Table 10 are described in detail in following sections of this
appendix.
Table 10. RS-232 commands organized by function
Description Command Page
System Commands
Exercise Program ESC x or X'1B78' 109
Status request ESC v or X'1B76' 109
Extended address
command-request printer ID
GS | SOH or X'1D49;01' This is an IMMEDIATE command. 109
Verify previous commands
completed
X'1B;00;80;00' 109
Preset or Onetime-Set Commands
Download graphics (logo)
commands
GS * logo# n1 n2 data or X'1D2A'; logo#;n1;n2;data 112
Predefine messages GS : message# data GS : or X'1D3A; message#;data;'X'1D3A' 114
Download user-defined characters ESC & s n m data or X'1B26;s;n;m;data' 116
Thermal code page MCT commands 116
Proportional font ESC & s n m data or X'1B;26;s;n;m;data' 117
Flash storage write ESC ’ n1 n2 data or X'1B27;n1;n2;data' 120
Erase flash EPROM sector ESC # n or X'1B23;n' 121
Send checksum of flash EPROM
sector
ESC
″
n or X'1B22;n' 121
Microcode tolerance (MCT)
information - loading
ESC M n h l or X'1B4D;n;h;l'. 122
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