Argox G-6000 User Manual

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2. Fonts, Bar Codes and Graphics Specification

3. Interface Specifications

Introduction

The specifications of fonts, bar codes and graphics depend on the
printer emulation. The emulation is a printer programming language,
through which the host can communicate with your printer.

This appendix presents the interface specifications of IO ports for the
printer. These specifications include pin assignments, protocols and
detailed information about how to properly interface your printer with
your host or terminal.

Printer Programming Language A, PPLA

Specification

G-6000

General fonts

7 alpha-numeric fonts, OCR A and OCR B

ASD smooth fonts 6, 8, 10, 12, 14 and 18 points
Symbol sets for
smooth fonts

USASCII, UK, German, French, Italian, Spanish,
Swedish, and Danish/Norwegian

Courier fonts

8 symbol sets (PC, PC-A, PC-B, EAMA-94,
Roman ,Legal, Greek and Russian)

Soft fonts

Downloadable PCL fonts

Font expandability 1x1 to 24x24
Bar code types

Code 39, Code 93, Code 128/subset A,B,C,
Codabar, Interleave 2 of 5, UPC A/E/2 and 5
add-on, EAN-8/13, UCC/EAN-128, Postnet, Plessey,
HBIC, Telepen and FIM.
MaxiCode

, PDF417 and DataMatrix (

2D symbologies

).

Graphics

PCX, BMP, IMG and HEX formats

Stand-alone
operation without
host

ArgoKee

Serial

The RS232 connector on the printer side is a female, DB-9.

Pin

Direction

Definition

1

In

DSR

2

In

RxData

3

Out

TxData

5

-

Ground

6

Out

DTR

7

Out

RTS

8

In

CTS

9

Out

+5V

Note :
Pin 9 is reserved for KDU

(keyboard device unit) only, therefore do not

connect this pin if you are using a general host like a PC.

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58

4

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