iSys V8.5e Thermal Printer User Manual

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Example:

To send a plot that is rastered to 200 bytes/scan, send the following 6 byte header before each
and every scan of 200 bytes:

1B 2A 72 00 C8 01 00C8 hex = 200 decimal

for a plot consisting of 1728 bytes/scan, send


1B 2A 72 06 C0 01 06C0 hex = 1728 decimal

The valid number of bytes that can be sent to the V8.5E using this transfer method is as follows:

V8.5E bytes/scan menu setting

valid number of bytes/scan raster data (XX YY)


Specifying XX YY at values greater than those indicated will cause the V8.5E to terminate scans incorrectly.

3)

1B 4X and control characters

Other commands that can be sent to the V8.5E Centronics adapter:

1B 41

remote clear

1B 42

remote line terminate

1B 43

remote end of transmission

1B 44

remote form feed

1B 45

remote reset

1B 50 ZZ

sends blank scans to plotter from ZZ = 01 hex to FF hex

NOTE: These commands must be sent when the plotter is in print mode. The commands will be ignored and

interpreted as raster data if they are sent at any other time.

The V8.5E plotter also obeys standard control characters which must be sent when the plotter is in print
mode:

04

end of transmission

0A

line feed

0C

form feed

NOTE: Print mode on the V8.5E means that all bytes that are received by the plotter are interpreted as ASCII

characters and printed at 108 characters/line.


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