TransAct Technologies ITHERM 280 - Manual (Page 248)

iTherm ® 280 Programmer’s Guide ITherm ® 280 Color Graphics
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Procedure for color horizontal graphics:
There are many ways to generate graphics for the iTherm
® 280 printer. The easiest is to
use the PJColor program. (See the next section.) The other way is to use the Ithaca
windows driver and capture the output to a file.
To generate an image using the windows print driver:
1. Generate the graphic image in the program of your choice. Use colors consistent
with the two colors installed in the printer.
2. Make sure the paper size you pick fits the printer (3 inches wide with 0.25-inch
margins).
3. The iTherm
®
280 print driver should be installed (even if the printer is not connected).
4. Set up the print driver to print the graphic to a file using whatever resolution is
required.
5. Print the graphic image to a file.
6. Later, when you want to print the graphic, simply copy the file to the printer with your
application.
7. You may also copy the graphic to the graphic save buffer and then request the
printer to retrieve and print it without re-sending the graphic data.
Optionally, process the color image with the Ithaca
® color image processor 14 in the
PJColor program. The program can print the image or generate a printable file.
14
Ithaca
®
Color Image Processor is patent pending