Programmer’s Guide
PcOS Series 80PLUS
Table of Contents
Rev B 4/13/99
Page v
Table of Contents
General Information..................................................................................................................................1
Warranty Information.........................................................................................................................1
Warranty Options ........................................................................................................................1
Service Information .....................................................................................................................1
What is in this book?..........................................................................................................................1
Who should read this book?.........................................................................................................1
Where can you find more information?........................................................................................1
Contacting Ithaca Peripherals ......................................................................................................1
General Description ...........................................................................................................................2
Features.......................................................................................................................................2
Interface Specifications ......................................................................................................................4
Serial...........................................................................................................................................4
Parallel........................................................................................................................................4
Cash Drawer ...............................................................................................................................4
Setting up the Printer ................................................................................................................................5
Connecting the Printer and Computer ................................................................................................5
Connecting the Cash Drawer..............................................................................................................6
Connecting the Power Supply.............................................................................................................8
Self-test Mode ...........................................................................................................................................9
Description.........................................................................................................................................9
Configuration Ticket ..........................................................................................................................9
Print Tickets.......................................................................................................................................9
Configuration Mode ................................................................................................................................10
Description.......................................................................................................................................10
Entering Configuration Mode...........................................................................................................10
Configuration Options......................................................................................................................11
Reference Information.............................................................................................................................13
Printing Specifications .....................................................................................................................13
Paper Specifications .........................................................................................................................14
Paper roll (single-ply)................................................................................................................14
Electrical Characteristics..................................................................................................................14
Reliability.........................................................................................................................................14
Environmental Conditions................................................................................................................14
Control Commands .................................................................................................................................15
Control Codes Overview...................................................................................................................15
Nomenclature...................................................................................................................................15
Emulation Modes and Available Commands ....................................................................................16
Standard Emulation...................................................................................................................16
ESC/POS...................................................................................................................................16
IPCL Codes......................................................................................................................................16
Printer Control Codes..............................................................................................................................17
Print/Paper Motion...........................................................................................................................17
Low-level Paper Motion Control................................................................................................17
Horizontal Motion Control ...............................................................................................................18
Vertical Motion Control ...................................................................................................................20
International Character Sets and Code Pages....................................................................................23
Character Print Control ....................................................................................................................27
Character Pitch..........................................................................................................................27
Rotated Fonts ...................................................................................................................................29