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TX/CX 4000
7.13.1 C
OMMAND
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HRU
The Command Pass-Thru feature
allows access to all of the built-in
features of your printer, even if these
features aren’t normally available
through the host software.
Command Pass-Thru lets you place
printer-specific command sequences
into the data sent to the printer. The
TX/CX 4000 recognizes these
special sequences and “passes the
command through” to the printer.
The steps below describe how to use
Command Pass-Thru.
1. Find the command for the print
feature in the printer’s user’s
guide.
2. Convert the printer command to
hexadecimal.
3. Place the beginning delimiter
&% (or the custom delimiter as
defined with command 40) in
the document at the point where
you want the feature to take
effect. This signals the start of
the print feature. Enter the
beginning printer command,
then enter the ending delimiter
&% (or the custom delimiter as
defined with command 39). No
spaces are allowed.
4. Move the cursor to the point in
the text that you want to end the
print feature. Enter the
delimiter followed by the ending
printer command and then the
delimiter again, into the
document.
For example:
If ESC E begins bold printing and
ESC F ends bold printing on your
printer, first convert ESC E to the
hexadecimal 1B45 (ESC = 1B and
E=45) and ESC F to 1B46. Then
enter the commands as follows:
This is a
&%1B45&%bold&%1B46&% word.
to print on the printer as:
This is a bold word.
NOTES
Only numbers or the upper
case letters A–F are allowed.
Errors in the Command
Pass-Thru sequence will
cause the TX/CX 4000 to
ignore the command and
resume printing at the point
the error occurred.
Command Pass-Thru may
make lines shorter than you
expect, since the commands
take up space on the screen
but do not print.