Psion Teklogix PrintAbout MP2000 Specifications

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Printek Emulation Control Codes and Escape Sequences Grouped by Function Communications This section describes various methods of controlling the flow

Printek Emulation Transmitter Off (Transmitted by Printer, Serial Only) XOFF (DC3) When enabled for the Serial Interface (refer to the Operator’s Ma

Printek Emulation Set Printer to 12.7 cpi SO Sets the character size to 12 cpi. This is equivalent to sending ESC K 0x03. This command must be sen

Printek Emulation Double High/Wide On DC2 D Enables double high/wide printing. This command causes all characters on the current line to printed doub

Printek Emulation Character Sets Select Extended Character Set ESC F n Selects the character set to be used when printing extended characters (hexade

Printek Emulation Horizontal Tab HT Advances to the next horizontal tab stop. If no tab stop exists between the active column and the right margin,

Printek Emulation Variable Size Reverse Line Feed ESC Q J n Causes paper to be moved in the reverse direction n x 0.125mm. 0 ≤ n ≤ 255. A Carriage R

Printek Emulation Bar Codes Several types barcode symbols may be printed using the following command. The specification for each bar code type is als

Printek Emulation Code 128 Specifications Description: Each symbol starts with Leading Quiet Zone, followed with Start Symbol, Data Symbols, ending

Printek Emulation Example 2: The following escape sequence will print a bar code using numeric pairs of numeric characters containing “123456” that i

Manual Revision Notes: Released as Part Number 5886 in October, 2004 • Original release for the MLP 3040 Series printers. • Based on MLP Series firm

Printek Emulation Elements per symbol: 4 (2 bars, 2 spaces) Character density: 14.5 CPI Bar width: 0.25mm Note: When specifying the bar code he

Printek Emulation Codabar Specifications Description: Each symbol starts with Leading Quiet Zone, followed with Start Symbol, Data Symbols, ending

Printek Emulation is 0-255 Example 1: The following escape sequence will print a horizontal line 2mm long starting 2mm from the left margin. Escape

Printek Emulation Multiple “sets” of counters and data may be sent to the printer as necessary to describe the graphic pattern to be printed. The val

Printek Emulation The counter may be considered as either a signed 7 bit value or an unsigned 8 bit value. For signed 7 bit values: 0 ≤ c ≤ 127 Proc

Printek Emulation Example: id = 0 This example will print the following signature. The size of the grid that the image is specified in is 277 points

Printek Emulation Example: id = 1 This example will print the following image, but it will be scaled to fit between the left and right margins. x =

Printek Emulation Load Graphic Image ESC L G n This command indicates that graphic commands describing an image to be stored is to follow. The value

Printek Emulation Black Mark Sensing The PTX Print Series printers can print on preprinted forms on roll media by using a “black mark” to sense the be

Printek Emulation Forward Seek Black Mark ESC Q F n This command causes the printer to move the paper forward up to n dot rows to seek the beginning

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Printek Emulation Printer Controls Bell BEL Causes the printer's bell to sound. Control code: BEL Hexadecimal: 07 CANCEL CAN Deletes all data

Printek Emulation Select Format ESC l n Causes the current line to be printed, and then loads the format parameters for Format n. 1 ≥ n ≥ 5. If For

Printek Emulation Reset ESC c ESC * 0 Deletes all data in the printer’s input buffer and resets the printer to power up default values. Refer to

Printek Emulation Print Buffer Status String The print buffer status will be retuned as a four digits representing the number bytes in the buffer that

Printek Emulation Query Printer Firmware Version ESC P ( This command returns a string containing the printer’s firmware version designation as three

Printek Emulation Magnetic Card Reader Read Magnetic Card Data ESC M n1 n2 t CR If the optional Magnetic Card Reader (MCR) is installed in the printe

Printek Emulation If for any reason the MCR is unable to read the card’s data, the printer will transmit an error message string in the format shown b

Printek Emulation Control Code and Escape Sequence Summary Communications (RS-232C Serial Interface Only) End of Text ETX Acknowledge (Transmitted

Printek Emulation Black Mark Sensing Set Paper Out Sensitivity ESC Q Q n Forward Seek Black Mark ESC Q F n Reverse Seek Black Mark ESC Q B n Prin

Mt3 Emulation Selecting Mt3 Emulation allows applications written for the PTX Print series printers to operate properly. When using this emulation i

Mt3 Emulation Bar Codes Print Bar Code ESC z t n h data Print Bar Code With Human Readable Text ESC Z t n h data Graphics 8 Bit Graphics ESC V n1

O’Neil Emulation O’Neil Emulation allows Printek printers to respond to commands designed to operate an O’Neil microFlash printer. The commands tha

O’Neil Emulation Printer Controls Sound Bell * BEL Cancel Line Buffer CAN Reset ESC @ Select Easy Print Mode ESC E Z Easy Print Mode Move Paper

O’Neil Emulation Magnetic Card Reader Commands Configure Reader ESC{CCR:n} Configure MCR ESC{CMR:n} Enable MCR ESC{ME!} Disable MCR ESC{MD!} Zero

ZPL-II Emulation ZPL-II Emulation supports a subset of the Zebra ZPL-II command set and allows Printek printers to respond to commands designed to co

ZPL-II Emulation Set absolute contrast ~SD n1 Select ZPL-II ^SZ2 Adjust tear-off position ~TA n1 Start Format ^XA or STX Recall Graphic ^XG n1,n2

CPCL Emulation CPCL Emulation supports a subset of the Comtec CPCL command set and allows Printek printers to respond to commands designed to control

CPCL Emulation CPCL Commands (Continued) Set Printer to Use Gap Sensing (LP Models Only) GAP-SENSE, Set Printer to Use Back Mark Sensing (LP Only) B

CPCL Emulation Additional Printer Control Select Emulation ESC ESC n * Supported barcode types: UPCA,UPCE,EAN13,EAN8,39,39C,I2OF5,I2OF5C,128,UC

Introduction This manual is intended to be used by software developers for the purpose of creating and/or modifying applications to make use of the s

Hex Dump Mode Hex Dump provides a way to print, in a readable form, all the data received by the printer. This tool is useful to programmers for deb

Print & Font Samples These print samples were produced on an MLP3040. Print Samples 49

Print & Font Samples Courier Font With International Extended Character Set Courier Font PC Line Drawing Extended Character Set 50

Print & Font Samples Sans Serif Font 51

ASCII Character Tables ASCII Control Code Definitions The following table is provided as a reference to the control character descriptions as provide

ASCII Character Tables Decimal to Hexadecimal TO ASCII Conversion Table Dec Hex ASCII 0 00 NUL 1 01 SOH 2 02 STX 3 03 ETX 4 04 EOT 5 05

Printer Reset Conditions The following list describes what conditions are assumed whenever the printer is powered on. This list includes all variable

Introduction O’Neil Emulation provides a summary of the commands that are supported when emulating an O’Neil microFlash4t printer. ZPL-II Emulation pr

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IP Internet Protocol. A specification for packets, or datagrams, of data and an addressing method to allow the exchange of data with another system

Selecting Emulations The emulations offered by Printer Mobile Thermal Printers allow for a great deal of language commonality between the various ser

Printek Emulation Introduction This section describes the control codes and escape sequences comprising the default Printek emulation for PTX Print S