EasyCoder 91/300 dpi – Addendum to User's Manual
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Description
This command is used to allocate or partition the printer's memory into separate areas
for image buffer, forms, graphics, and soft fonts (not used).
Syntax
Mp
1
,p
2
,p
3
Parameters
p
1
Image buffer area in whole Kbytes
p
2
Form memory area in whole Kbytes
p
3
Graphic memory area in whole Kbytes
All remaining memory will be allocated as soft font memory.
Remarks
The command to allocate the memory may have to be performed to initialize the printer
if the current memory areas are too small.
IMPORTANT:
The M command will also erase all forms and graphics and return printer default
settings.
The M command line will set image buffer, form and graphic memory area. The
remainder will automatically be allocated to a Soft Fonts Memory, a feature presently
not used in EasyCoder 91. As standard, the printer's memory is allocated like this:
8 dots/mm (203.2 dpi)
11.81 dots/mm (300 dpi)
• Internal memory size:
128 Kbytes
128 Kbytes
• Memory cartridge:
Optional, see below
128 Kbytes (standard)
• Image buffer:
106 Kbytes
188 Kbytes
• Form memory:
5.1 Kbytes
5 Kbytes
• Graphics memory:
5 Kbytes
5 Kbytes
• Soft fonts memory
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:
3 Kbytes
47 Kbytes
• The printer's firmware requires approx. 9 Kbytes regardless of printhead density.
EasyCoder 91 can be fitted with a memory cartridge containing an additional 128
kbytes (standard in the 300 dpi versions) or 384 kbytes of RAM. When memory is
allocated, the printer's internal memory is used first. Thus, when using memory
cartridges, allocate at least 118 kbytes to the image buffer to make sure that forms and
graphics are stored in the removable memory cartridge
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.
The printer can detect if a memory cartridge if inserted or not:
• If a cartridge is present, the printer will take the setup information from the cartridge.
• If a cartridge is not present, then the printer will take the setup information from its
internal RAM memory.
• If a memory cartridge is removed, the printer will use its default setup, see page 49.
Therefore, memory cartridges can be moved from printer to printer and function the
same way in each one.
The amount of memory and the current allocation can be printed on a label using the
U command or by printing a test label in the Test Mode, see page 32.
M COMMAND – MEMORY ALLOCATION
(page 91)
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/. Also called E-memory.
2
/. Typical memory setup for
an 8 dots/mm printer with a
128 Kbyte memory cartridge:
M118,63,63
The proportions between
form and graphics memory
may be changed. e.g.
M118,20,106
