CognitiveTPG B780 - Manual (Page 8)

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A776 (B780) Programming Guide A776-PG00001 C 12/09
Real-time commands .................................................................................................................... 89
Preferred implementation .................................................................................................................................. 90
Alternate implementation .................................................................................................................................. 90
Rules for using real-time commands .............................................................................................................. 90
Moving data through the buffer ...................................................................................................................... 90
Busy line and fault conditions ........................................................................................................................... 91
Real-time status transmission ........................................................................................................................... 91
Real-time request to printer .............................................................................................................................. 94
Real-time printer status transmission ............................................................................................................ 95
Real-time commands disable ............................................................................................................................ 95
Unsolicited status mode .............................................................................................................. 96
Select or cancel unsolicited status mode (USM) ........................................................................................ 96
Recognizing data from the printer .............................................................................................. 99
Bar codes ....................................................................................................................................... 100
Select printing position of HRI characters .................................................................................................... 100
Select pitch of HRI characters ............................................................................................................................ 100
Select bar code height ......................................................................................................................................... 100
Print bar code .......................................................................................................................................................... 100
Set GS1 DataBar (formerly RSS) parameters ................................................................................................ 102
Print GS1 DataBar (formerly RSS), data length specified ......................................................................... 103
Print GS1 DataBar (formerly RSS), null terminated .................................................................................... 103
Print multiple barcodes ....................................................................................................................................... 104
Select PDF 417 parameters ................................................................................................................................ 105
Select bar code width .......................................................................................................................................... 106
Page mode ..................................................................................................................................... 106
Slip page mode considerations ........................................................................................................................ 107
Print and return to standard mode ................................................................................................................. 108
Cancel print data in page mode ....................................................................................................................... 108
Print data in page mode ...................................................................................................................................... 108
Select page mode .................................................................................................................................................. 109
Select standard mode .......................................................................................................................................... 110
Select print direction in page mode ............................................................................................................... 110
Set print area in page mode .............................................................................................................................. 111
Set absolute vertical print position in page mode .................................................................................... 112
Set relative vertical print position in page mode ....................................................................................... 112
Macros ........................................................................................................................................... 113
Select or cancel macro definition .................................................................................................................... 113
Execute macro ........................................................................................................................................................ 113
MICR commands ........................................................................................................................... 114
MICR reading ........................................................................................................................................................... 114
Read MICR data and transmit ............................................................................................................................ 114
Transmit last MICR read ....................................................................................................................................... 115
MICR parsing ................................................................................................................................. 115
Define parsing format, save in NVRAM .......................................................................................................... 115
Define parsing format, do not save permanently ...................................................................................... 115
Parsing parameter string options .................................................................................................................... 115
Sample parsing formats ...................................................................................................................................... 117
Check serial number ............................................................................................................................................. 119
Loading the exception table .............................................................................................................................. 120