PROGRAMMER’S REFERENCE MANUAL
Service commands
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24 <“name”>
Get logo information. Quotes must be entered. The string ‘name’ is
the name of a logo stored in printer file system. The response is a
string of four numbers describing the logo (height, width,
orientation and number of bytes per row).
25 <m>
Get information about logo number m. The response is a string of
the form: “logoname” 75 58 0 8, where logoname is the name of the
logo and the numbers are the same as for !V24. For information
about other types (macros, rasterized fonts), see !V48.
26 <”name”’>
Displays the contents of a macro. Quotes must be entered. The
string ‘name’ is the name of a macro stored in printer file system.
31
Get length of the last paper movement. The response is in
1
/
10
mm.
32 <m>
Get the current state of counter number m. The response is a string
of five numbers, representing:
y
the current value of the counter
y
the increment value
y
the width of the counter
y
the update interval
y
the number of labels printed with the current values
33
Get number of failing dots received from print head diagnostics
(PHD). The PHD functionality is an extra harware option for
Compact models but default for Nova models.
34 <m>
Used in combination with service command 33 to get the position
of the failing dot(s). For instance, if service command 33 returns the
value 2 then ‘!V34 1’ returns the position of the first failing dot and
‘!V34 2’ the position of the second failing dot.
39
Gets the remaining number of dormant printouts since last !p<n>
was received. If unlimited printouts is active a ‘*’ is returned. See
Dormant print
for more information.
40 <m>
Get the name of bitmap font number, where parameter m is the
physical number of the font, not the logical (mapped) number.
44
Automatically sets the sensitivity of the paper sensor. The printer
feeds out some paper to assess the opaqueness of the paper and
then sets the sensitivity of the paper sensor. This command should
be followed by !Z to make the setting permanent.
45
Set default characters spacing for all bitmap fonts.
48 <m>
Get information on file number m that resides in the printer file
system. The response is a string of the form t s "file name", where t
is the file type, s the file size and "file name" the name of the file.
The file can be a macro, logo, rastarised font, etc.