Paxar 9430R - Manual (Page 12)

2-4 Creating and Printing Formats
C r e a t i n g G r a p h i c F i e l d s
The printer can print bitmap graphics from
♦ data streams
♦
flash memory.
You use the same commands for both methods. However, if you use a data
stream, you must recreate the graphic every time you want to print it. If you
put the graphic in flash memory, you create it only once, and then retrieve it
when you want to print it.
You can also compress graphics.
Using Data Stream Graphics
You print data stream graphics one line at a time. These lines may contain
data or spaces. To create a line, you specify bits to turn off or on. Bits
turned off represent white space, and bits turned on represent part of the
graphic. There is a .125 mm gap between consecutive lines.
Command Summary
Command Description
ESC-'V'-
<lines1><lines2>-
#data#
Prints a graphic line.
<lines1><lines2> The first and second hexadecimal digits of the
number of lines to print.
#data# 72 hex bytes, indicating the dots to turn on or
off. For example, if a specified byte is FF, all
the dots are on. If it is 01, only one dot is on,
and the other 7 are off.
If you accidentally specify less than 72 bytes,
the printer does not print the graphic. If you
specify more than 72 bytes, a fatal exception
occurs.
NOTE: You do not directly specify the bits turned on or off. You specify
the bits in groups of eight by using hex values.