Microcom 438 - Manual (Page 94)

Chapter 5 Printer Commands
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^A ^D COMMAND
XX 130 Save a FORMAT to FLASH. (non-volatile memory)
The ^Axx selects the memory slot (1- 128) into which the format is to be
saved. A format file must be terminated by an ESC (HEX 1B) or “[“(left
bracket) character to save the format.
How to Save a Label FORMAT to FLASH:
1) Create the FORMAT file with ^Axx^D130 at the top to tell the printer
to store into FLASH Slot #xx.
2) Send the file to the printer using a standard communications
program.
Sample format saved to RAM slot #1:
^A1^D130
^D57
5,1280,900,19,38,7,0,1,385,0,0
1,640,650,12,1,5,0,4,2,2,,,,,0
^D56
^D2
Saved Format
^D3
^[
XX
131 Delete a FORMAT from FLASH.
^A0 deletes all FORMAT files in FLASH ^Axx deletes the FORMAT file stored
in FLASH slot (1 – 128)
This command deletes the Label FORMAT stored in Slot #xx of the FORMAT
storage bank in FLASH memory. Use this command to clear a FORMAT Slot
in FLASH before storing a new FORMAT into the Slot.
xxyy 133 Save Compressed GRAPHICS to FLASH.
(See Chapter 6, Downloadable Graphics)
XX
134 Delete a GRAPHIC from FLASH.
^A0 deletes all GRAPHIC files in FLASH
^Axx deletes the GRAPHIC stored in FLASH Slot #xx
Valid values for Axx are 1 to 255. The user selects the CGN #xx that will be
cleared.
The ^D119 command may be used to verify what memory Slot #’s are
available in FLASH for storage.
xxyy 135 Save FONTS to FLASH. (See Chapter 7)
This command is not normally seen by the user. It is put into a FONT file by
the FONT converter program which generates a special ^Axxyy^D135 code
which is placed at the beginning of the FONT download file. The ^Axxyy tells
the printer the overall size of the file according to this format:
xx = the number of additional 64KB sectors in the FONT file set