Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions

TCx Sky

Application Interface Specification

for 4610 and 6145 Printers
Version 1.3.01

TC62-0037-10
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Note:
Before using this information and the product it supports, be sure to read Warranty Information and the information under
“Notices” on page 165.

September 2022
This edition applies to Version 1.3.01 of the licensed program TCx® Sky (program number 4690-SK1) and to all subsequent
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Contents
Tables........................................................ 7 Writing a common application for different printer
types.......................................................................................... 30
Figures.......................................................9 Check imaging (TI8 only)...................................................... 31
4610 Microcode Update Utility............................................. 31
Selecting terminals to receive the update..................... 32
About this guide..................................... 11 Running the 4610 Microcode Update Utility .............. 32
Who should read this manual...............................................11 New error codes............................................................... 32
Where to find more information...........................................11 Options for maintaining printer firmware
TCx Sky Library................................................................11 (microcode) and other printer components........................ 33
Notice statements....................................................................12 4610 and 6145 - Automatic Microcode Update
Function............................................................................. 33
6145 - Automatic Printer Maintenance and
Summary of changes............................. 13 Customer Printer Control................................................34
September 2022........................................................................13 Automatic printer maintenance..................................... 34
November 2021........................................................................13 Customer printer control.................................................34
March 2021............................................................................... 13 4610 Printer reporting of electromagnetic noise.................36
May 2020.................................................................................. 14 2Cx, 2Nx, and 1Nx Mode Switch Utility............................. 36
December 2019.........................................................................14 4610/6145 Self-test utility....................................................... 36
March 2019............................................................................... 14

Chapter 4. 4610 Printers BASIC API..... 37

Chapter 1. Overview............................... 15 OPEN statement......................................................................37
Compatibility with applications written for the WAIT statement...................................................................... 37
Model 3 and 4 Printers........................................................... 15 EVENT% function...................................................................37
Restrictions...............................................................................15 READ # LINE statement........................................................ 38
Printer status bytes definitions.......................................40
Other printer read data field definitions.......................43
Chapter 2. Functional description........ 17 ReadImage subprogram.........................................................53
4610 Printer Models TI1, TI2, TI3, TI4, TI5, TI8, TI9, WRITE # statement................................................................. 54
TM6, TM7, 2Cx, 2Nx and 1Nx features............................... 17 WRITE LOGO # statement.....................................................54
Printer Reset...................................................................... 18 RESUME statement.................................................................54
6145 Printer Models 2TN, 2TC....................................... 18 GETLONG statement............................................................. 54
Code page definitions.............................................................18 PUTLONG statement............................................................. 56
Character fonts..................................................................18 TCLOSE statement..................................................................58
Return codes............................................................................ 19 CLOSE statement.................................................................... 58

Chapter 3. Programming guide............. 23 Chapter 5. 4610 Printers C Language

Application print modes........................................................ 23 API............................................................59
Stream mode..................................................................... 23 adx_topen().............................................................................. 59
Honor station mode......................................................... 24 adx_twait()............................................................................... 59
Continuing commands.................................................... 24 adx_tread_device()..................................................................60
Writing to the printer............................................................. 24 adx_twrite_device................................................................... 61
Reading printer data...............................................................25 adx_tputlong()......................................................................... 61
Determining the type of printer attached............................25 adx_tgetlong()..........................................................................62
Performance considerations.................................................. 28 adx_tclose_device().................................................................64
Holding the print buffer..................................................29 Errors........................................................................................ 64
Stored graphics and messages........................................29
Status bytes.............................................................................. 29
Handling errors....................................................................... 29 Chapter 6. 4610 printer commands.......65
Open cover error codes................................................... 29 Pre-set or one-time set commands....................................... 65
Invalid data....................................................................... 30 Download graphics (logo) commands.......................... 66
Line count.......................................................................... 30 Download Standard Format Logos – BMP...................67

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 Store predefined messages..............................................69 Set printing position.......................................................118
User-defined characters...................................................70 Print, form feed and cut the paper...............................118
Write to user flash storage..................................................... 73 Print page in page mode............................................... 119
Erase flash EPROM sector...............................................74 Clear print data in page mode......................................119
Send checksum of flash EPROM sector........................ 74 Miscellaneous commands....................................................119
Retrieve checksum of each downloaded logo or Select character size-scalable fonts...............................119
each stored message command...................................... 75 Select thermal paper.......................................................120
Microcode tolerance information - loading.................. 76 Select color printing....................................................... 121
Microcode tolerance information - request.................. 77 Enable/disable beeper.................................................... 121
Setup commands.....................................................................80 Horizontal tab................................................................. 123
Set print mode...................................................................80 Continuation of previous command........................... 123
Character attribute commands.......................................81 Return home (select print head location)....................124
Set print station.................................................................85 Paper cut/DI eject........................................................... 125
Select user-defined/resident characters sets................. 86 Retrieve the user flash storage......................................125
Set code page.....................................................................86 Enable watermark.......................................................... 126
Set inter-character spacing.............................................. 87 User-defined code page mapping................................127
Set/cancel rotated characters...........................................87 Backspace.........................................................................128
Enable/disable upside-down printing...........................88 Check processing commands.............................................. 128
Select print station for station settings.................................88 MICR read....................................................................... 128
Select 1/8 inch line spacing..............................................89 Flip check.........................................................................129
Select 1/6 inch line spacing..............................................89 Start document scan.......................................................129
Set line spacing using minimum units.......................... 90 Print scanned image.......................................................130
Set sheet eject length........................................................ 90 Store scanned image...................................................... 131
Set horizontal tab positions.............................................91 Retrieve scanned image.................................................135
Set left margin position....................................................91 Scanner calibration......................................................... 136
Set relative position..........................................................92 Retrieve next image location ........................................136
Align positions..................................................................93 Retrieve first unread image location........................... 137
Set/cancel unidirectional printing..................................93 Set compression and DPI format ................................ 137
Set error recovery function............................................. 94 Asynchronous - or real time commands........................... 138
Define document wait time............................................ 94 Real time request............................................................ 138
Character for reprinted lines...........................................95 Data buffer management/batch printing...........................138
Bar code commands................................................................95 Hold printing until buffer is released..........................138
Print bar code.................................................................... 95 Release print buffer........................................................ 139
Select horizontal size of bar code................................. 101 Driver communications commands................................... 139
Select vertical size of bar code...................................... 101 Microcode tolerance information - request................ 139
Select printing position of human-readable Microcode tolerance information - loading................ 140
characters (HRI)..............................................................102 Retrieve user flash memory data................................. 140
Select font for HRI.......................................................... 102 MICR read....................................................................... 140
PDF417 bar code commands........................................ 103 Status sent to system...................................................... 141
Print QR Code command.....................................................105 Erase flash EPROM sector.............................................141
Print character commands................................................... 108 2Cx, 2Nx, 1Nx, and 6145 printer Mode Switch
Print and line feed.......................................................... 108 Command........................................................................ 141
Print and line feed.......................................................... 108
Print, form feed, and cut the paper (FF)......................109
Print and feed paper n lines..........................................109 Chapter 7. CBASIC programming
Print feed paper using minimum units.......................109
Print graphics messages.......................................................110
examples............................................... 143
Stream mode examples........................................................ 143
Select and print a graphics (logo) command..............110
Assigning commands to string variables....................143
Print predefined graphics (logo) command............... 112
Printing to the CR: station with various fonts............144
Print predefined messages...................................................113
Printing multiple lines to the CR: station in a
Page mode..............................................................................113
single WRITE statement................................................ 144
Select page mode............................................................ 113
Printing to the CR: varying the characters per inch.. 145
Select standard mode.....................................................114
Reading MICR data and flipping the check............... 145
Select printable area....................................................... 114
Using the PUTLONG command.................................. 146
Select printing direction/position.................................115
Setting and using tab characters.................................. 146
Set vertical position........................................................ 115
Printing a barcode.......................................................... 146
Set relative vertical position..........................................116
Printing a QR code......................................................... 147
Set left margin position (standard mode) Set
Holding and releasing a buffer.................................... 147
absolute print position (page mode)........................... 116
Reading and writing the MCT value...........................148
Set relative horizontal position.....................................117

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 Writing and retrieving the user flash memory.......... 148
Downloading and printing graphics........................... 149
Downloading a user-defined code page..................... 150
Downloading and printing messages......................... 152
Enabling/disabling the beeper, printing, and
scalable fonts................................................................... 152
Honor station mode examples............................................ 153
Setting honor station mode...........................................154
Setting the landscape model when using honor
station mode....................................................................154
Printing to the CR: and DI: stations.............................154
Setting line spacing........................................................ 155

Chapter 8. C API programming

examples............................................... 157
Assigning commands to string variables.......................... 157
Using an asynchronous error handler............................... 157
Printing to the CR and issuing a cut command................157
Scanning a check and retrieving header command......... 158
Using the GETLONG command.........................................158
Using the PUTLONG command.........................................159

Appendix A. Document handling........ 161

Using portrait mode printing..............................................161
Using landscape mode printing..........................................162
Notices....................................................................................165
Trademarks............................................................................ 166

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Tables
1. New 4610 Printer Driver Error return codes...................19
2. Terminal Application Status Printer Information.......... 26
3. Terminal application status printer information for
TI8 Printers...............................................................................28
4. Entries from sample text file ADXUSBPU.SMP............. 34
5. Read buffer...........................................................................38
6. Status byte 1......................................................................... 40
7. Status byte 2......................................................................... 40
8. Status byte 3......................................................................... 41
9. Status byte 5......................................................................... 42
10. Status byte 7....................................................................... 42
11. Status byte 8....................................................................... 43
12. Sense codes for 80900524 errors...................................... 43
13. MICR Data Buffer............................................................. 44
14. User Flash Buffer (Flash EPROM Memory).................. 44
15. Size of User Flash.............................................................. 45
16. Check Image Header........................................................ 45
17. Check image data..............................................................45
18. MICR and check image size data....................................45
19. Checksum data ('K')..........................................................45
20. Extended status data ('X')................................................ 45
21. Extended status description............................................ 46
22. Device identification description....................................51
23. GETLONG byte EE........................................................... 55
24. GETLONG byte LL........................................................... 55
25. GETLONG byte MM........................................................ 55
26. GETLONG byte SS............................................................56
27. PUTLONG byte EE........................................................... 57
28. PUTLONG functions........................................................ 57
29. GETLONG byte EE........................................................... 62
30. GETLONG byte LL........................................................... 63
31. GETLONG byte MM........................................................ 63
32. GETLONG byte SS............................................................63
33. Printer memory sector default sizes...............................65
34. MCT command definitions..............................................77
35. Code 128 character set ..................................................... 97
36. Print bar code examples................................................. 100
37. ECI Values and Character Sets......................................106
38. Characters to be encoded...............................................108
39. Details for example 2: method 3................................... 134

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Figures
1. Scanned image location....................................................133

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About this guide
This book describes the application interface guidelines when using a 4610 or 6145 printer with
TCx® Sky (hereafter referred to as the operating system). This book contains programming
examples for both BASIC and C programming languages.

Who should read this manual

This book is intended for programmers who are familiar with 4680 BASIC and C programming
languages, and also with the concepts and facilities of the operating system and the 4690 Store
System.

Where to find more information

The most current versions of the Toshiba publications are available on the Toshiba
Global Commerce Solutions website at https://commerce.toshiba.com/support/publications. The
publications listed under the General tab are available to the public.
Note: Access to the product publications require valid user credentials. For information
on obtaining a user ID and password, click About us, and then FAQs.

To access a specific Toshiba product publication:

1. Go to https://commerce.toshiba.com/support/publications.
2. Click the appropriate product category (for example, Hardware).
3. Scroll down and select the desired product.
4. Scroll down and select the appropriate manual listed under the Publications header, and
the PDF will be downloaded to your computer.

Accessing the TGCS Knowledgebase site

Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions has developed a variety of Knowledgebase articles to assist
you in using the Toshiba product set. To access the TGCS Knowledgebase articles:
1. Login to the Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions web site at https://
commerce.toshiba.com/.
2. Click Support.
3. Select a product from the Hardware or Software drop-down menu to display the product
page.
4. Scroll down and select Read more under Knowledgebase.

TCx Sky Library

The following publications are all listed under the TCx Sky library.
• TCx Sky: Planning, Installation, and Configuration Guide, TC62-0032
• TCx Sky: User's Guide, TC62-0033
• TCx Sky: Messages Guide, TC62-0034
• TCx Sky: Communication Programming Reference, TC62-0036
• TCx Sky: Programming Guide, TC62-0035
• TCx Sky: Application Interface Specification for 4610 printers, TC62-0037
• 4680 BASIC: Language Reference, SC30-3356

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Notice statements
Notices in this guide are defined as follows:
Note: These notices provide important tips, guidance, or advice.

Important: These notices provide information or advice that might help you avoid
inconvenient or problem situations.

Attention: These notices indicate potential damage to programs, devices, or data. An

attention notice is placed just before the instruction or situation in which damage could
occur.
CAUTION: These statements indicate situations that can be potentially hazardous
to you. A caution statement is placed just before the description of a potentially
hazardous procedure step or situation.
DANGER: These statements indicate situations that can be potentially lethal or
extremely hazardous to you. A danger statement is placed just before the description
of a potentially lethal or extremely hazardous procedure step or situation.

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Summary of changes

September 2022
This edition of TCx Sky 1.3.01 includes:
• Improve terminal load after STC
• Terminal application to execute thermal printer head self-test
• Create log file for iButton script
• New example python script to update terminal load definitions for new static IP address
• Configuration improvements to support LDAP certificates when connecting to external
servers
• Support of LDAP permission groups and sAMAccountName
• New ADXSERVE function to start terminal application
• Multiple USB configuration/firmware update files in a store
• User-defined properties to define key sequences
• Command for listing opened files on 4690OS
• Partition size of C: and D: drives enabled to up to 126 Gb
• Additional MBrowser flags
• Create controller Ram Disks T, U, V and W before execution of preload and IPL frame 3
• Add new MBean to handle IP, mask, and MAC address
• Increase write printer buffer size to 4 Kb
• F: drive as a CPAD drive output
• MBrowser extension decoupled from OS

November 2021
This edition of TCx Sky 1.3 includes:
• Controller async for CBasic apps
• Encrypted paging volume
• Zip format for combine/compress files
• Log to RAM support
• exFat file system
• Multiple message descriptor files
• SDK package
• USB audio devices support
• FC 7378
• TCx 810 6201
• RMA failure statistics for compatibility mode printers
• RxTx extension on controller
• Common Firmware Update utility improvement
• Purge both IOP queues on a purge operation
• Serial logical ports
• Netop on second display
• Improve F: drive low disk space logging

March 2021
This edition of TCx Sky 1.2.02 includes:
• Size parameter for CPREP and DPREP commands

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 • Extra field on PCF tool
• Gather RMA Scanner/Scale information frequently
• ADXSITQL -dir command
• ASM “transfer files for maintenance” step, run via RCP utility
• Monitor FC 2110 and FC 2111
• -Xenv parameter for MBrowser
• CPAD utility from supplementals mode
• Alphanumeric store number
• 8 serial ports on TCx700 4900-777 models
• Adxxterm command
• Virtual terminals on VMware
• New CBasic library
• Enhanced password hashing algorithm SHA2
• Terminal cold boot system message

May 2020
This edition of TCx Sky 1.2.01 includes:
• Terminal support of SSH
• Offline Terminal support
• Offline Terminal dump
• Daemons

December 2019
This edition of TCx Sky 1.2 includes:
• The addition of the Sky Product Build tool for generating Product Control files
• Support for Python 3 and terminal support of Python applications
• Container updates
• Support for TCx 300 4810-3x0 and 3x1
• Support for TCx 700 4900-xx6 and xx7

March 2019
This edition of TCx Sky Version 1 Release 1.2 includes support for iButton, KVM support, DB
support for postgres, Remote terminal hard drive format, Rxtx - Locking to serial port, extended
graphics screen support of pseudo keypad, and Windows preload system support. Includes fixes
and security updates.

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Chapter 1. Overview
Overview

The enhancements to the operating system allow you to access the features of the 4610 and 6145
printers for the following functions:
• Increased print speed
• One pass check reading/printing
• Post printing of receipts
User applications must use electronic journaling because the 4610 printers have no journal station.
A new POS printer family, 6145, was released in 2018. The 6145 printers have increased print
speed, as well as some new commands. 6145 printers are compatible with the 4610 printer
family. References to 4610 printers and the 4610 printer family in this document also cover the
6145 printers, unless otherwise specified. Likewise, 6145 specific functions or commands will be
noted.

Compatibility with applications written for the Model 3 and 4 Printers

Note: This section uses the BASIC language syntax to provide programming information
for the 4610 printer family. You can use the C programming language to perform
the same operations. (See Chapter 5, 4610 Printers C Language API on page 59 for
information on C language syntax.)
Applications written for previous models of POS printers (models 1, 2, 3, and 4) are not
compatible with the 4610 printer family. One major difference is the lack of a dedicated journal
station on the 4610 printers. Applications using these printers must use electronic journaling. Any
attempt by the application to open the SJ: station results in an error (see “OPEN statement” on
page 37 and Table 1).
Another difference between previous applications and applications written to support the 4610
printer family is the use of WRITE # statements for 4610 printers instead of WRITE FORM
statements used for previous printers. The use of WRITE # statements is to support the variable
nature of the 4610 commands and to allow the application the flexibility to access the full 4610
command set.

Restrictions
When using storage retention on a terminal running the operating system, the terminal must
be reloaded if a different 4610 printer is attached. Reloading the terminal is necessary due to
the interaction between the application, driver, and flash memory in the printer. Unpredictable
results might occur if the terminal is not reloaded.

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Chapter 2. Functional description
Functional description

The 4610 family of printers have several differences from previous POS terminal printers. One
major difference is the lack of a journal station on the 4610 printers. The printer family also uses
a superset of the Epson printer command set. The lack of a journal station causes the application
to compensate by using electronic journaling.
Another feature of the 4610 printers is the increased speed of the receipt printing. This increased
speed enables the application to take full advantage of performance enhancements. The basic
application philosophy of scan, print, scan, print has changed. In order for the printer to operate
at its optimum capability, the printer has at least two print lines available for processing while
the current line is printing. Therefore, the application batches the print lines.
Batch printing can be used in the following ways:
• Printing groups of lines
• Printing an entire receipt at the end of a transaction, referred to as post printing
• Printing of clean receipts, which refers to post printing while grouping like items into single
lines and eliminating the printing of voided items
Other printer enhancements that increase print speeds are the ability of the 4610 printers to store
logos or other graphics and sets of predefined messages. These stored logos or messages can
then be selected by a number without having to re-send the data to the printer.

4610 Printer Models TI1, TI2, TI3, TI4, TI5, TI8, TI9, TM6, TM7, 2Cx, 2Nx and
1Nx features
Features of the 4610 Printer Models TI1, TI2, TI3, TI4, TI5, TI8, TI9, TM6, TM7, 2Cx, 2Nx and 1Nx
are:
• Cash Receipt Station - Thermal printing
• Document Station - Impact printing (except Models TM6, TM7, and 1Nx)
• User-defined character sets
• Bar Code printing capability (Cash Receipt/Thermal only)
• MICR character reading (Models TI2, TI4, and TI9 only)
• Paper Cutter
The additional features of the 4610 Printer Model TI8 and TI9 include:
• Check Scanner
• OCR MICR
Note:
1. The Thermal print station prints up to 26 lines per second for Models TI1 and TI2
and up to 52 lines per second for Models TI3 and TI4. To maintain this rate, the
printer prints one line while processing the next line. The system is at least one line
of ahead of the printer; otherwise, the print speed is significantly less than the rated
specification. Models 2Cx, 2Nx, and 1Nx print up to 80 lines per second.
2. The printer tries to recover and reprint the line before sending an error message
to the system. If the error message gets to the system drivers, the error message
indicates that the printer tried to reset the print head but was unsuccessful.
After an error condition is corrected, the system either automatically releases the
print buffer, or waits for a Set Error Recovery Function to cancel the print buffer

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 (erases outstanding print lines), or release the print buffer and prints the outstanding
print lines.
3. The system tracks the line on which an error occurred by line count. The printer
increments the line count on every print line that the printer successfully completes.
When status is requested or an error occurs, this line count is returned to the system.
4. The printer never selects commands starting with X'04'. These commands are
reserved for driver communications commands, which allow the application to send
commands to the printer driver. The driver can, in turn, send commands to the
printer to complete a driver communications command.

Printer Reset
Upon a power-on reset (POR or PLD) or a Reset command that is sent from the terminal, a test
is run on the ROM to verify code integrity and on the RAM to verify that every location can be
written to and read from.
Note: When the printer cover is closed, all motors are reset. However, the printer is not
re-initialized and the RAM data is not changed. The data left in the RAM buffer is printed
approximately 2 seconds after the cover is closed unless the system cancels the print
buffer.

6145 Printer Models 2TN, 2TC

In addition to the 4610 printer functions, the 6145 printers have the following capabilities:
• Print speed of up to 125 lines per second
• Ability to print gray scale bitmap (BMP) images
• Support for Common Firmware Update (CFU) described later in this document

Code page definitions

The 4610 printer has a resident character set that supports the following code pages: 850, 865,
437, 860, and 863. 4610 models 2xR and 1NR also support the following code pages: 869, 857,
864, 867, 852, 848, 866, 872, 775, and 861. 6145 printers support these additional code pages: 897,
853, 737, and 813. There are also four user-defined character sets for thermal printing and two
character sets for impact printing. Printers with double-byte capability are able to download up
to 20000 characters. These characters are addressed from X'8000' - X'FFFF'.

Character fonts
Thermal Printing Fonts: There are three font sizes for the resident character set:
Font A is 10 dots (wide) x 20 dots (high), with the last 2-dot row used for descenders or 1.25 mm
x 2.5 mm character height including descenders (1.25 mm x 2.25 excluding descenders).
Font B is 12 dots (wide) x 24 dots (high) with the last 2-dot row used for descenders or 1.5 mm x
3.0 mm character height including descenders (1.5 mm x 2.75 excluding descenders).
Font C is 8 dots (wide) x 20 dots (high) with the last 2 dot rows used for descenders or 1.0 mm x
2.5 mm character height including descenders, 1.0 mm x 2.25 excluding descenders.
Tall A is 10 dots (wide) x 24 dots (high) with the last 2 dot rows used for descenders or 1.25 mm
x 3.0 mm character height including descenders, 1.25mm x 2.75 excluding descenders.

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 You can choose the character size of the two user-defined character sets within the following
parameters:
• 8 ≤ dot width ≤ 16
• 16 ≤ dot height ≤ 32
• The height must be a multiple of 2 (for example, 20, 22, 24, 26, etc.)
Any of these fonts can be printed double wide or double high, or both double wide and double
high. The characters per inch printed depend on the character size and the inter-character
spacing. For example:
• 20 CPI ⇒ 8-dot wide character + 2-dot space (Font C) ⇒ 57 characters/line
• 17 CPI ⇒ 10-dot wide character + 2-dot space (Font A) ⇒ 48 characters/line
• 15 CPI ⇒ 10-dot wide character + 3-dot space (Font A) ⇒ 44 characters/line
• 12 CPI ⇒ 12-dot wide character + 5-dot space (Font B) ⇒ 34 characters/line
Note: The Cash Receipt print line is 72 mm (2.83 inches) long. There are 576 dots per line
and 203 dots per inch.

Impact printing fonts: The resident character set has a font of 7 half-dots wide x 9 dots high.
There are no descenders.
Font A prints 150 half-dots per inch = resident character size is 1.2 mm x 2 mm.
Font B prints 120 half-dots per inch = resident character size is 1.5 mm x 2 mm. You can choose
the character size of the user-defined character sets within the following parameters:
• 4 ≤ half-dot width ≤ 16
• 4 ≤ dot height ≤ 16
Changing between font A and B changes the actual width on these characters. The characters
per inch printed depends on the character size, inter-character spacing, and the specific font. For
example:
• 17 CPI ⇒ Font A with 7-half-dot wide character + 2-half-dot space ⇒ 52 characters/line
• 15 CPI ⇒ Font A with 7-half-dot wide character + 3-half-dot space ⇒ 47 characters/line
• 12 CPI ⇒ Font B with 7-half-dot wide character + 3-half-dot space ⇒ 37 characters/line
Note: The Document Print line is 80.35 mm (3.16 inches) long. There are 474 half-dots per
line for font A, and 379 half-dots per line for font B.

Return codes
The following table identifies new or changed error codes returned by the 4610 printer driver.
Previously defined printer errors (X'8090nnnn') can also be seen with the 4610 printers if the
error is identical to the error encountered on earlier printers.

Table 1. New 4610 Printer Driver Error return codes

Return code Description BASIC statement C API function call
80900009 The printer has returned WRITE adx_twrite_device
a command reject. The
command sent to the printer
was invalid or a command
sequence was incorrect (for
example, attempting to send
a continuation command

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 Return code Description BASIC statement C API function call
when none is expected.)
Although the printer driver
does some preliminary
command parsing, the
parameters associated with
the commands are not
validated. The printer could,
for example, reject a
Store Predefined Message
command if the message
number was out of the
allowed range. No RESUME
RETRY should be attempted
on this error.
8090000A The selected device is not OPEN adx_topen_device
attached. This error code
occurs if an attempt is made
to open the SJ: station on
4610 printers.

8090000D Timeout while trying to read. WRITE adx_twrite_device

The wait timer has expired
before a response to a read
request was received. This
error code can occur when
writing a string to the printer
driver containing a printer
read request. See “Reading
printer data” on page 25.
80900522 Cover open. For the 4610 PUTLONG, adx_tputlong,
printers, this error code WRITE adx_twrite_device
indicates that the document
station ribbon cover is open.
See also X'80901522'.
80900524 Invalid data in print buffer. WRITE adx_twrite_device
This error code indicates
that a printer command is
incorrect or invalid. If you
are in honor station mode,
this error code could also
indicate that the command
string contains a command
to switch to the print station
other than that of the current
session number. See also
X'80901524' for a similar
error.
For help in debugging
applications, the data
returned on a READ of the
4610 printers includes a sense
code for the last X'80900524'
encountered. This sense code

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Return code Description BASIC statement C API function call

more precisely indicates the

cause of the X'80900524'
error. See Table 5 and Table
12 for details on this sense
code.

80901120 Error writing to a flash WRITE adx_twrite_device

EPROM sector.
80901122 CR cover open WRITE adx_twrite_device
80901123 Barcode generation error WRITE adx_twrite_device
80901124 Cutter jam WRITE adx_twrite_device
80901125 CR paper feed error WRITE adx_twrite_device
80901150 Error while flipping check or WRITE adx_twrite_device
performing MICR read. This
error code indicates that the
check inserted is too long
(maximum check length is
10 inches) or that the check
did not clear the document
sensors when expected.
80901160 The voltage level is too WRITE adx_twrite_device
low for printing. Power
management has caused
a power drop. Printing
continues when the power is
retored.
80901522 Out of paper. Note: for WRITE adx_tputlong,
previous 4610 printers this adx_twrite_device
return code indicated “out
of paper” or “CR cover
open” because there was a
single sensor. The 4610 2Cx,
2Nx, and 1Nx printers have
two sensors to be able to
differentiate between these
two states.
80901524 Invalid print buffer length. WRITE, READ adx_twrite_device
The maximum print buffer
length is reported at offset
26 & 29 of the READ buffer
table (Table 5).
For a READ command, this
return code indicates that
the number of bytes of data
requested is larger than the
printer driver can return. The
maximum size of a READ
request for check image data
is 16K (including the READ
header).

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 Return code Description BASIC statement C API function call
8090152F Printer buffer is full or driver WRITE adx_twrite_device
buffer is full.
8090400D There are not enough system PUTLONG, adx_tputlong,
resources to satisfy this WRITE adx_twrite_device
request. This error code is
returned when a PUTLONG
request attempts to increase a
buffer.
80904011 An illegal parameter was READ, WRITE adx_tread_device,
received. adx_twrite_device

Refer to the 4680 BASIC: Language Reference for a list of BASIC error codes. Refer to the TCx Sky
Programming Guide for a list of C Interface error codes. Refer to the TCx Sky Messages Guide for a
list of system error codes.

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Chapter 3. Programming guide
Programming guide

This chapter explains the application print modes, as well as information on accessing the
printer. This chapter uses BASIC syntax for examples. However, these operations can also be
performed using C language.

Application print modes

A 4690 application can use two different modes of printing: stream mode or honor station mode.
The default mode is stream mode, with honor station mode as an optional method of printing.
Use the PUTLONG statement to select the mode. (See “PUTLONG statement” on page 56.)
Stream mode allows the application the freedom to pass printer commands to the application
with minimal data manipulation by the printer driver. Using steam mode, you can send a
single buffer containing multiple printer commands for both the CR and the DI stations. Stream
mode helps increase the printing performance by reducing the number of buffers that must be
transmitted to the printer. One disadvantage of stream mode is that the CBASIC ERRF function,
that is used to obtain the session number associated with an error, is no longer reliable because
a buffer sent to the CR station could contain commands for the DI station as well. However,
stream mode is still useful by careful coding of the application or when data integrity is not
important, such as logo printing.
Honor station mode places a restriction on the application so that a command sent to one station
cannot contain printer commands to switch to the other print station. When a print line is sent
to the CR station, the printer driver adds the printer command for selecting the CR station to
the front of the incoming data and also verifies that the data does not include a command to
switch to the DI station. Printing to the DI station is also processed in this manner. This allows
the CBASIC ERRF function to return the appropriate session number.

Stream mode
In contrast to previous printers that were print line based, the 4610 printers are stream based.
Stream based means that print commands and data of varying lengths can be sent to the
printer for processing. In order to give the application the maximum freedom to use all of the
capabilities of this new printer family, the printer driver exercises less control over the printer
commands. Therefore, many more responsibilities are moved to the application. An error is
returned if a buffer larger than that which is currently supported is used. (See Table 1 for error
code information.)

Selecting stations
With the 4610 printers, the application must select the station using the Set Print Mode command
(see “Set print mode” on page 80). Although communication to the printer driver is available
using both the CR and the DI, for BASIC language compatibility reasons, this method is not used
by the driver to select the print station. The application must select the station in the printer data
stream.
The CR: and DI: printer stations continue to be available (if the printer supports the DI: station).
However, because the 4610 printer command set allows the application to select the print station
in the data stream, an application can access any available printer station by writing to the
session opened for the CR: station. On the other hand, it can enhance program readability to
perform document prints by writing to the session opened for the DI: station. Either method
works, but the application must select the appropriate station or the printer that goes to the
currently selected station regardless of the session to which the WRITE statement was issued.

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 For example, if the currently selected station is the DI: station and a WRITE statement is issued
to the session associated with CR:, the printer interprets the command to be intended for the DI:
station.
The recommended method for accessing the 4610 printer driver in stream mode is to use a
variable (such as PRT4610), to assign a printer session, and open only the DI station. Using a
variable also means that using the 4610 printer requires only a single session number to be used
instead of three for other printers. See “Stream mode examples” on page 143 for stream mode
programming examples.

Honor station mode

Use the honor station mode to allow applications to be more compatible with previous methods
of accessing the printer. The driver adds the correct 4610 printer command to select the print
station for the data to be sent by the application based on the session number. Use the
PUTLONG statement to select the mode (see “PUTLONG statement” on page 56). If an error
occurs, the ERRF function contains the session number of the failing station.

Selecting station
The driver causes the appropriate station to be selected based on the session number used in the
WRITE statement. The driver also verifies that the data from the application does not contain a
command to switch stations and returns an error code signaling that invalid data was passed, if
such a command is found. (See Table 1 for error code information.)

Continuing commands
Because the 4610 printer receives command streams, commands longer than a single buffer can
be continued by using the Continuation of Previous Command. The Continuation of Previous
Command is used when downloading logos, graphics, or code pages. (See “Continuation of
previous command” on page 123.)

Writing to the printer

The WRITE FORM # statement is used to send information to earlier POS printers. This
statement allows the application to set the number of line feeds to process as well as to provide
38 bytes of data for printing on the CR: station. The WRITE # statement is used to provide
data to the 4610 printers. The application is responsible for providing the appropriate data and
associated formatting commands to print the data. Previously, the operating system, using the
BASIC runtimes, padded print data to 38 bytes as required and the POS printers truncated any
extraneous data.
The 4610 printers, which use a superset of the Epson printer command set, wrap any data that
exceeds the end of a line and prints the data on the next line. Any print data that is less than
the physical end of a line should be followed by either carriage return or line feed commands.
Otherwise, the next print data that is received is printed immediately following the previous
data instead of on a new line. If no line feed is received, the printer does not print the data
transmitted, but waits for a line feed or carriage return command. Not receiving a line feed

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 causes the printer to appear to be hung, when in actuality, the hardware is waiting for a line feed
command.

Reading printer data

The method to read data from the 4610 printer differs from previous printers. Because the
4610 printers allow the application to read various types of information from the printer, the
application must have a way to specify which type of information is needed for an individual
read command. In order to do this, the application must first issue a WRITE command to
the driver. The WRITE command contains a driver communications command (see “Driver
communications commands” on page 139) or other printer command which requests that the
driver get the required information from the printer. The application next issues a TCLOSE to
the printer to wait for the data to be returned by the printer. After the TCLOSE completes,
the application issues a READ command to transfer the data from the driver's buffer to the
application buffer.
The application performs the following steps to obtain data from the printer:
1. Sends request for information to the driver using a WRITE command.
2. TCLOSE printer.
3. Reads the information into the application buffer using a READ command.
Issuing a READ command without first requesting the data using the WRITE command moves
the current printer status information into the application buffer.
See “Reading MICR data and flipping the check” on page 145 for an example of reading from
the printer.

Determining the type of printer attached

To determine what type of printer is attached, the application issues an Application Services
request to get application status information. Refer to the TCx Sky Programming Guide for details
on using Application Services.
The 4610 Model TI8 can operate either in TI4 emulation mode, or in native TI8 mode. The default
mode is TI4 emulation. This is signified by a Printer Device type of X'30'', Printer Device ID set to
X'01' and Printer Feature Byte 2 , bit 1 (X'02') set on. When in TI4 emulation mode, the printer
feature bytes have the same meanings as used by previous 4610 printers. In TI8 native mode,
Printer Device type will be set to X'31', and the Printer Device ID of X'01' and feature bits as
described in Table 2.
The 4610 Models 2Cx and 2Nx can operate either in TI3/TI4 compatibility mode, or in native
mode. The default mode is TI3/TI4 compatibility mode. This is signified by a Printer Device
type of X'30', Printer Device ID set to X'01' and Printer Feature Byte 2, bit 5 (X'20') set on. When
in TI3/TI4 compatibility mode, the printer feature bytes have the same meanings as used by
previous 4610 printers. In native mode, Printer Device type will be set to X'30' , with the Printer
Device ID of X'08'. In this case, the printer features are available in the extended status READ
response, see Table 5 and Table 22 for details. Refer to hardware announcement letter 108-370
dated June 17, 2008 for more details on the 4610 Models 2Cx and 2Nx.
The 4610 Model 1Nx can operate either in TM6/TM7 compatibility mode or in native mode. The
default mode is TM6/TM7 compatibility mode. This is signified by a Printer Device type of X'30',
Printer Device ID set to either X'03' (TM6 compatability) or to X'07' (TM7 Compatability), and
Printer Feature Byte 2, bit 5 (X'20') set on. When in TM6/TM7 compatibility mode, the printer
feature bytes have the same meanings as used by previous 4610 printers. In native mode, Printer
Device type will be set to X'30', with the Printer Device ID of X'08'. In native mode, the printer
features are available in the extended status READ response, see Table 5 and Table 22 for
details. Refer to hardware announcement letter 109-176 dated March 17, 2009, for more details
on the 4610 Model 1Nx.

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 The terminal Application Services function to obtain application status information is function 4.
Offset 53 through offset 57 of the status data contains information on the attached printer.

Table 2. Terminal Application Status Printer Information

Offset Length Description
(Decimal)
53 1 Printer Device Type

X'00'
Pre-4610 printer attached

X'30'
4610 TI1-TI7 printer or TI8/TI9 running TI3/TI4 emulation
mode attached

X'31'
TI8 or TI9 4610 in native mode attached (see Table 3 for
details of TI8/TI9 feature byte definitions)

Note: If the device type is X'00', then offset 54 through offset 57 are also X'00'.

54 1 Printer Device ID

X'00'
Model TI1 or TI2 (Impact DI/Thermal CR)

X'01'
Model TI3, TI4, TI8, 4610 2CR/2NR (compatibility mode) or
6145-2TC/2TN/1TN (compatibility mode)

X'02'
Model TI5 or TM6 DBCS, 4610-2NR DBCS and 6145-2TN
DBCS (compatibility mode)

X'03'
Model TM6 - Single Station Printer - 512K (Thermal), 4610
1NR (compatibility mode), 6145 1TN (compatibility mode)

X'04'
Model TI3 or TI4 (8MB)

X'05'
Model TM6 8-MB Single Station Printer (Thermal)

X'07'
Model TM7 - Single Station Printer - DCBS/2MB (Thermal),
4610 1NR DBCS (compatiblity mode), or 6145 1TN DBCS
(compatibility mode).

X'08'
Model 4610 2Cx, 2Nx, 1Nx Printer, or 6145 2TN, 2TR, 1TN

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Offset Length Description
(Decimal)

Note: When the device type is X'08' the feature

bytes and EC byte described here are not
meaningful. These models provide more device
information. You must use a READ command to
read the extended status and device information
for these printer models. See tables Table 20, Table
21, and Table 22 for descriptions of the extended
status and device information data.

X'09'
Model 6145-2TC/2TN/1TN after the Enable True Reporting
command is sent
55 1 Printer Features
• Bit 0 (X'01') set to 0 No MICR is present
• Bit 0 (X'01') set to 1 MICR is present
• Bit 1 (X'02') set to 0 No check flipper is present
• Bit 1 (X'02') set to 1 Check flipper is present
• Bit 2 (X'04') set to 0 2-MB flash is not present
• Bit 2 (X'04') set to 1 2-MB flash is present
• Bit 4 (X'10') set to 0 DBCS mode is off
• Bit 4 (X'10') set to 1 DBCS mode is on (Bit 2 must also be on)
• Bit 5 (X'20') set to 0 2-MB flash is not used for user storage
• Bit 5 (X'20') set to 1 2-MB flash is used for user storage (bit 2
must be on also)
• Bit 6 (X'40') set to 0 No two-color support is present
• Bit 6 (X'40') set to 1 Two-color support is present

56 1 Printer Features (byte 2)

• Bit 0 (X'01') set to 0 Printer is set for 80-mm paper
• Bit 0 (X'01') set to 1 Printer is set for 58-mm paper
• Bit 1 (X'02') set to 0 Printer is not a TI8 printer
• Bit 1 (X'02') set to 1 Printer is a TI8 printer
• Bit 2 (X'04') set to 0 Printer is not a TI9 printer
• Bit 2 (X'04') set to 1 Printer is a TI9 printer
• Bit 5 (X'20') set to 0 Printer is not a 2Cx, 2Nx, 1Nx, or 6145
printer
• Bit 5 (X'20') set to 1 Printer is a 2Cx, 2Nx, 1NR, or 6145 printer
running in emulation/compatability mode.
• Bit 6 (X'40') set to 0 when not a 6145 printer.
• Bit 6 (X'40') set to 1 when 6145 printer.

57 1 EC level of code loaded in the printer (hexadecimal)

Note: The EC value will be set to X'61' for 2Cx, 2Nx, or
1Nx printers. The EC value will be 0x80 higher than the
true value for 6145 printers.

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 Table 3. Terminal application status printer information for TI8 Printers
Offset Length Description
(Decimal)
53 1 Printer Device Type

X'31'
TI8/TI9 4610 in native mode attached
54 1 Printer Device ID

X'01'
Model TI8/TI9
55 1 Printer Features

Bit 0 (X'01') set to 0

Reserved

Bit 1 (X'02') set to 0

Reserved

Bit 2 (X'04') set to 0

Reserved

Bit 3 (X'08') set to 0

Reserved

Bit 4 (X'10') set to 0

Reserved

Bit 5 (X'20') set to 0

Reserved

Bit 6 (X'40') set to 0

No two-color support is present

Bit 6 (X'40') set to 1

Two-color support is present

Bit 7 (X'80') set to 0

Reserved
56 1 Printer Features (byte 2)

Bit 0 - 7
Reserved
57 1 EC level of code loaded in the printer (hexadecimal)

Performance considerations
Two advantages of the 4610 printer family are the speed and the low noise (of the thermal
station). In order to take full advantage of the increased speed of the thermal print station, the
application must be modified. The operating system and the microcode have several features
that can be used to reach the speed potential of the 4610 printers.

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 One important fact is that the thermal print head must continually have data available to
continue at rated speeds. The usual practice of scanning an item then printing information about
that item could be detrimental to the performance of the thermal print head.

Holding the print buffer

The 4610 thermal printer must continually have data available in the printer's buffer to reach
or maintain rated print speeds. The hold buffer command can be used to have the printer store
data temporarily in an internal 4K buffer (see “Hold printing until buffer is released” on page
138). The data is printed when the printer receives a release buffer command. This method can
be used to save data for post printing of receipts; that is, printing an entire receipt at the end of
the transaction.

Stored graphics and messages

Performance can be enhanced by using predefined graphics and messages that can be stored in
flash memory in the printer for later printing. This method allows graphics or messages to be
loaded in the printer. Then, these graphics or messages can be accessed later by a number. In this
case, the data is not retransmitted to the printer each time the graphic or message is printed.

Status bytes
In previous printers, the printer status information was manipulated by the printer driver and
presented to the application using the GETLONG command. This method restricted the amount
of status information that is available to the application to 4 bytes. The 4610 printers return at
least 8 bytes of status information. The application is allowed access to this status information,
as well as additional driver status information, using the READ command. (See “READ # LINE
statement” on page 38 for the layout of the read data.) This method allows the application to
know the exact status of the printer.
For additional control, the application can request that it be notified of certain status state
changes. The Status Sent to System command (see “Status sent to system” on page 141) is used
in conjunction with the WAIT statement to allow the application to wait on the state change
for various conditions. For example, the application could request to be notified when the DI
sensors change state in order to wait for a document to be inserted. This method reduces the
need to check the status of the printer by using the GETLONG statement in a loop.

Handling errors

Open cover error codes

Two station 4610 and 6145 printer models come have two covers: a receipt station cover and a
document station/ribbon cover. Single station 4610 and 6145 printer models have only a receipt
station cover.

Receipt station cover

The X'80901522' error code indicates that the printer hardware can no longer sense the CR
station (thermal) paper. This error code indicates that the station is out of paper or that the

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 thermal station cover is open. In either case, this error requires manual intervention to correct it.
An error message to the operator is appropriate if this error is received. 4610 Model 2Cx, 2Nx,
and 1Nx printers and the 6145 2TN, 2TR, and 1TN printers have independent receipt cover open
and paper out sensors. For these models the return code for paper out is X'80901522' and the
return code for receipt cover open is X'80901122'.

Document station/ribbon cover

The X'80900522' error code indicates that the document station/ribbon cover is open. The cover
must be closed to continue.

Invalid data
There are two error codes indicating that the data sent to the printer on a WRITE command is
invalid: X'80900524' and X'80901524'. Neither of these commands can be retried using a RESUME
command because the data is incorrect and cannot be processed.
The X'80900524' error code indicates that the data contained at least one of the following types of
incorrect data:
• A command was not included in the documented command set.
• A command that is not completed before the end of the print buffer, unless the command is a
down load command that allows continuations.
• If honor station mode is enabled, an attempt was made to select a print station other than that
of the current session number.
The X'80901524' error code is used to indicate that the write data buffer is too large (see Table 1
for error code information).

Line count
To provide error recovery during buffered printing (either when lines are buffered in the printer
or actually held), the printer hardware and the printer driver keep a line count of the commands
that are being sent to the printer. The line count is incremented when any command in “Print
character commands” on page 108 is encountered, as well as some other special commands as
marked in the command descriptions. The line count is reset when a TCLOSE is processed.
Status byte 6 contains the line count of the last print line that has successfully completed. The
application has access to the current line count using the READ command (see “READ # LINE
statement” on page 38 for the layout of the data returned to the printer). However, the printer
hardware and the printer driver are responsible for coordinating the line count usage.

Writing a common application for different printer types

Application Services can be used to determine what type of printer is attached before actually
opening a printer station. Application Services is useful for creating a single application that can
be run with both 4610 printers. The Application Services application status function is used to
determine the type of printer, as well as model and feature information for 4610 printers. Then,
the application provides the printer commands that are appropriate for the attached printer. (See

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 “Determining the type of printer attached” on page 25 for details on the data available from
Application Services.)

Check imaging (TI8 only)

The 4610 Model TI8 printer includes an optical scanning device on the document insert station
of the printer that provides the ability to scan a check or other document. The captured image
data can be processed in several ways. It can be printed to the thermal station, or stored in
the printer flash, or transmitted through the terminal to the controller. Additionally, this optical
scanner provides an improved MICR data read rate. The improvement is realized by reading
the MICR data both magnetically and optically and then comparing the two formats to provide
more accurate data. The application has access to this data via a MICR read command. The
original, magnetic-only read remains available.
In addition to capturing scanned images, the following functions (either singularly or in any
combination) are included in the printer.
• Ability to store the image data in a table in printer flash memory
• Ability to print the image on the receipt station
• Ability to transmit the image data (compressed) to the terminal
By using the most efficient compression, the hardware should be able to store 100 check images.
The TI8 printer has a table in flash memory where check images can be stored. This ability helps
with both terminal offline situations and allows the customer to have the ability of transmitting
check image data from the printer to the terminal, which can reduce any performance impact or
allow for batch processing.
Scanned images are retained in the printer RAM where the application can control this image
data. The images can be printed, transmitted to the terminal, or stored in the image table
in printer flash memory. When stored, the application can store "tag" information, which the
application creates to associate with the image. For example, this "tag" data could contain the
transaction number as well as other identifying information. The printer stores the "tag" data
and image data into the image table sequentially. The application has access to a command to
query the next available slot in the table. With this command, the application can query the next
available slot, then save the image along with any "tag" data. The application can internally track
the "tag" data and slot number to allow this image to be retrieved later.
The design of the image table facilitates retrieving the images in batch mode, such as after
coming back online. When an image is retrieved from the image table, the application can mark
the image header as "read" indicating that this image has been retrieved. An additional query
command allows the application to determine the next image that has not been retrieved. This
ability is useful when the images are being retrieved and a failure interrupts the processing.
Upon recovery, the application can resume at the point of failure.
The check imaging functions are not supported on 4683 or other store loop-attached terminals.

4610 Microcode Update Utility

The 4610 Microcode Update Utility consists of two parts, ADXTAL4L.286, which runs at the
controller, and ADX4610L.286, which runs at the terminal. ADXTAL4L.286 is used to load
selected terminals with the utility application ADX4610L.286. ADX4610L.286 causes the 4610
printer microcode to be updated from the appropriate microcode file. The 4610 microcode
files ADXPJPUF.DAT, ADXPJPFF.DAT, ADXPJP2F.DAT, ADXPJP8F.DAT, and ADXPJPKF.DAT
reside on the controller in the ADX_SDT1 directory.
Note: The 4610 printer must be running in native mode for the update utility to run
correctly. If the printer is running in emulation mode, the printer must be changed to
native mode to update the microcode using this utility.

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 Selecting terminals to receive the update
ADXTALTF.DAT is used to specify the terminals that are loaded with ADX4610L.286.
ADXTALTF.DAT must be created in the ADX_IDT1 directory. ADXTALTF.DAT contains a list
of terminal numbers, one per line, that are loaded with the update utility. The ADXTALTF.DAT
file can be created with a text editor. Following is an example of an ADXTALTF.DAT file:
• 1
• 2
• 10
• 11
• 100
• 101
Each controller that has attached terminals and has 4610 printers to be updated must have an
ADXTALTF.DAT file in the ADX_IDT1: directory with the appropriate terminal numbers.
Note: For each terminal number encountered in the ADXTALTF.DAT file that does not
exist or is powered off, the operating system waits 20 seconds for a response before
returning an error. Therefore, limit the terminal entries in the ADXTALTF.DAT file to the
actual terminal numbers that are used on the controller.

Running the 4610 Microcode Update Utility

From the command line or when using RCP, start ADXTAL4L on each controller that has
attached terminals to be updated. The terminal numbers in the ADXTAL4L.DAT file are loaded
with the ADX4610L utility and the microcode is updated. When the update is complete, the
default application is loaded again. A log file, ADXTAL4F.DAT, is created by the utility in
the ADX_SDT1 directory. This log file indicates whether the ADX4610L.286 utility successfully
loaded in the selected terminals. (The controller can only determine if the application loaded or
did not load; no determination can be made as to the success or failure of the application.)
LOG FILE EXAMPLE DESCRIPTION:

Description Sample log file entry

-----------------------------------------------------
Separator line > ------------------------------
Date and time > 9/11 13:56:21
> Command:
Actual command line > h0:/ADX_SPGM/ADXTAL4L.286
>
Invalid entry in ADXTALTF.DAT > Terminal number is not valid: 1000
Term 1 loaded successfully > Terminal 1: 0
Term 2 error > Terminal 2: -1081
Invalid entry in ADXTALTF.DAT > Terminal number is not valid: y

New error codes

The ADX4610L.286 Microcode Update Utility logs the following error if a problem is detected:
09/10 18:06 JH 001 2 M461 No message text found
B6/S060/E010
SOURCE: Terminal Application
APPLICATION NAME: ADX4610L
DATA: 01559080104020800000 *.U...@ ...*

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 The first 4 bytes of data are the return code from the driver and must be reversed. In the example
above, 01559080 becomes 80905501. The next 4 bytes are an extended return code and also must
be reversed. In the example above, 10402080 becomes 80204010 (file not found.)
Following are the possible return codes for the first 4 bytes of the message logged above:
• 0X80905501 - could not open file
• 0X80905502 - could not read file header
• 0x80905503 - no memory available
• 0x80905504 - unexpected end of data
• 0x80905505 - read error
• 0x80905506 - file size too large
• 0x80905507 - timeout waiting on load
• 0x80905555 - error during update
• 0x809055FF - running from boot sector
A user application might see only the last of these errors, 809055FF. This error indicates that the
microcode update was unsuccessful and the printer is running from the minimal boot code that
remains in the hardware. In this condition, the only commands the printer can perform are those
needed to update the microcode, which means running ADX4610L.286 on the terminal with the
failing printer once again. This process can be done either with the ADXTAL4L.286 program
or with option 4 from the TERMINAL FUNCTIONS of the system functions available at the
controller.
When an application attempts to WRITE to a printer in this condition, the 4610 driver logs a
W403 error with event E255 and returns the 809055FF return code to the application.

Options for maintaining printer firmware (microcode) and other printer

components

4610 and 6145 - Automatic Microcode Update Function

• Supported on 4610 and 6145 printers
• Runs during a warm or cold boot
The Automatic Microcode Update Function automatically updates the printer Microcode
(firmware) and it can be enabled by the customer. When enabled, this function causes the
terminal OS, at IPL time, to compare the version of microcode in the printer hardware with
information in a status file and to automatically update the microcode on the printer, if a newer
level is available. The information in the status file includes data on what microcode level is
available on the store controller for each printer model. This function is performed prior to the
application being loaded loading the Microcode Update Utility (ADX4610L).
To enable this function, set the logical name, ADX4610U, to AUTOMATIC (must be uppercase).
Once enabled, when a new level of OS maintenance is applied, the controller IPL code creates
the status file of microcode level information. Since logical names are defined per controller
node, the ADX4610U logical name must be configured for each controller that may load
terminals, that is, each controller which has a DHCP server running. If an interim updated
microcode file is placed on the store controller outside of normal OS maintenance, the customer
can force this status file to be updated. This is done by running the ADXPJPUL.286 program on
the store controllers where the new microcode was loaded. Then, the terminal image file must be
updated by running ADXRTCCL.286 at the store controller.

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 6145 - Automatic Printer Maintenance and Customer Printer Control
Customers have two additional options for updating the firmware (microcode) and other
components in their 6145 printers:
• Automatic Printer Maintenance (firmware only)
• Customer Printer Control
The following applies to both of these options:
• Available in TCx Sky 1.1 SP1
• Supported on 6145 printers
• Not supported on 4610 printers
• Runs during a cold boot only (system unit power on or system unit reload), so updates (if
any) will occur only on a cold boot.
If Automatic Printer Maintenance or Customer Printer Control has not been enabled for
the printer firmware, then control of printer firmware updates will revert to the Automatic
Microcode Update Function described above if the logical name is set to enable this function.

Automatic printer maintenance

A property is used to enable Automatic Printer Maintenance and have TCx Sky automatically
maintain printer firmware at the level shipped with each TCx Sky Service Pack (SP) or release.
When this property is set to 1, The Automatic Microcode Update Function (even if the logical
name is set) will be disabled for 6145 printers.
Add the property, enable.auto.cfu.6145=1, to the property file: /ADX_IDT1/VX_TRMPR.DAT for
a terminal, or /ADX_IDT1/VX_CTLPR.DAT for a controller/terminal. After the property file has
been updated, it must be distributed and terminal load shrink must be rebuilt on the master
controller by running ADXRTCCL. Terminals must be cold booted (system unit power on or
system unit reload) for these changes to take effect.
Automatic Printer Maintenance is available only for the printer firmware.

Customer printer control

A customer can control printer firmware and other component updates by using a control file.
A sample text customer printer control file, ADXUSBPU.SMP, is shipped with TCx Sky. To enable
customer printer control, an ADXUSBPU.DAT file must be created and added to ADX_SPGM.
ADXUSBPU.DAT must contain valid entries for any printer firmware and other component
updates that are to be controlled by the customer.
The following table shows examples of entries from the sample text file ADXUSBPU.SMP:

Table 4. Entries from sample text file ADXUSBPU.SMP

VendorID ProductID ECLevel CompID file (8.3) Comment
0F66 4535 05xx 0 firmware.dat * firmware
0F66 4535 05xx 5 simpact.dat * SBCS Impact
Fonts

The customer must use the 0F66 VendorID, 4535 ProductID, and 05xx EClevel for all firmware
and additional component entries for the 6145-2TC and 6145-1TN printers. CompId identifies

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the printer component. The xx in the EClevel is the expected level and should match the level in
the file(8.3) file. The file(8.3) file must conform to 8.3 format and reside in ADX_SPGM.
After /ADX_SPGM/ADXUSBPU.DAT has been modified and all file(8.3) files have been added to
ADX_SPGM, both ADXUSBPU.DAT and the file(8.3) files must be distributed and terminal load
shrink must be rebuilt on the master controller. Terminals must be cold booted (system unit
power on or system unit reload) for these changes to take effect.

Printer firmware
If a valid firmware entry (0 CompId) exists in ADXUSBPU.DAT, then TCx Sky will control the
printer firmware updates using the file(8.3) and EClevel specified in the entry:
• Automatic Printer Maintenance (even if property is set) will be disabled.
• Automatic Microcode Update Function (even if logical name is set) will be disabled for 6145
printers.
• If the EC level in the printer is less than the EClevel contained in the ADXUSBPU.DAT entry,
TCx Sky will attempt an update using the file(8.3) file.

Additional printer components

If a valid component entry exists in ADXUSBPU.DAT, then TCx Sky will control the printer
component update using the file(8.3) file and EClevel specified in the entry:
• If the EC level in the printer is less than the EClevel contained in the ADXUSBPU.DAT entry,
TCx Sky will attempt an update using the file(8.3) file.
A complete list of 6145-2TC and 6145-1TN components that can be updated is provided in
ADXUSBPU.SMP.
Additional printer component files are created with the TCx Printer Configuration Utility. They
include:

Printer settings
Defines default code page, default fonts, low paper indications, paper saving options,
watermark options, and many more.

Fonts
Provides user defined fonts, including proportional fonts and Double Byte (DBCS) fonts
for both the thermal (Customer Receipt or CR) and impact (Document Insert or DI)
stations.

Resident Messages
Provides up to 255 different predefined print messages that can be loaded and printed by
a single command. These messages can be used for standard text and/or graphics.

Resident Graphics
Provides up to 255 different predefined graphics that can be loaded and printed by a
single command. These graphics can be used to store the company logo printed at the top
of a receipt or a watermark that is printed on a receipt.

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 Obtaining 6145 CFU files
See the POS Printer section of the I/O Devices webpage on the Toshiba site for 6145 CFU
firmware files, Double Byte Characte Sets (DBCS) fonts, or printer utilities. Font files will need to
be converted to CFU format using the 6145 Windows or Linux utilities.
See https://www.toshibacommerce.com/wps/myportal/marketing/?urile=wcm:path:/en/home/
support/product-support/support-hardware/support-printerskeyboards-sitearea.

4610 Printer reporting of electromagnetic noise

During a MICR read on a 4610 printer, electromagnetic noise from external forces might cause
interference with the MICR read head. With current 4610 TI4 printers at EC level 44 or later,
or TI8/TI9 printers at EC 6B or later the firmware provides a status indicator to signal excessive
electromagnetic noise in conjunction with MICR data. The driver provides this information in the
4610 read response block such that the application can obtain this information along with the
MICR data for processing.
Note: Printers at EC levels prior to these levels will never set the bit, so the value passed
to the application will never indicate noise is present. This is a limitation.

When enabled, the 4610 firmware will return an indication that there was excessive
electromagnetic noise on a particular MICR read command. The driver, upon receiving a MICR
read response including this signal, will include the one byte noise amount in the 4610 read
response block such that the application can determine if the noise exceeds some threshold
(determined by the application) and respond appropriately.

2Cx, 2Nx, and 1Nx Mode Switch Utility

The 2Cx, 2Nx, and 1Nx Mode Switch Utility consists of two parts, ADXTAL4L.286, which
runs at the controller, and ADX4610N.286 or ADX4610C.286, which run at the terminal.
ADXTAL4L.286 was previously only used to load selected terminals with the utility application
ADX4610L.286. ADX4610N.286 will be used to convert the 2Cx, 2Nx, and 1Nx printers from
compatibility mode to native mode. ADX4610C.286 would do the reverse. ADXTAL4L will now
take a new command line option to specify the terminal utility to load. The Mode Switch Utility
may also be used on 6145 printers.

ADXTAL4L [–N | -C ]

Where –N indicates ADX4610N should load and –C indicates ADX4610C should load. See the
above “4610 and 6145 - Automatic Microcode Update Function” on page 33 for more details on
the ADXTAL4L utility.

4610/6145 Self-test utility

The ADX4610T.286 tool is used to collect information from the self-test command in 4610/6145
printers and will be located inside the ADX_SPGM directory. The output for this tool will be
stored inside the file named ADX_SPGM:TRMXXXHS.LOG, where XXX refers to the terminal
number that the printer is connected to. This tool can also be accessed by using the
ADXTAL4P.286 utility with the -T parameter.

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Chapter 4. 4610 Printers BASIC API
4610 Printers BASIC API

This chapter contains the BASIC commands that are used to access or write to the 4610 printer.
Refer to the 4680 BASIC: Language Reference for detailed information on BASIC statements.

OPEN statement
Use the OPEN statement to gain access to the printer driver.
OPEN { "CR:" | "DI:" } AS number

CR
Customer receipt station

DI
Document insert station

number
A 2-byte integer variable or constant with a value of 1 to 99.
Note: The SJ: station is not supported on the 4610 printers. Any attempt to open the SJ:
station causes an error to be returned to the application. The return code is X'8090000A',
device not attached.
Note: Some models of the 4610 printers do not have a document insert station. Any
attempt to open the DI: station on such a printer causes an error to be returned to the
application. The return code is X'8090000A', device not attached.

WAIT statement
Use the WAIT statement to wait for data to become available from the printer driver.
WAIT number ; timeout.var

number
The same 2-byte integer variable or constant assigned to the printer driver in the OPEN
statement.

timeout.var
A 4-byte integer variable or constant that specifies the number of milliseconds to wait for
data to become available from the printer driver.
Note: Your application can wait on data from other device drivers while waiting for data
from the printer driver. Refer to the WAIT statement in the 4680 Basic: Language Reference
manual for details about waiting on data from multiple device drivers. (See “Status sent
to system” on page 141 for information regarding what events on which you can wait in
the 4610 driver.)

EVENT% function
Use the EVENT% function to determine if data has been received from the printer driver.
i2 = EVENT %

i2
A 2-byte integer that is set to one of three values:

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 number
The same 2-byte integer variable or constant assigned to the printer driver in the
OPEN statement. This value indicates that data has been received from the printer
driver.

0000
No data has been received. The timeout value specified in the WAIT statement
(timeout.var) has elapsed.

other value
Data has been received from the driver that was assigned the 2-byte integer value
on the OPEN statement.
Note: A WAIT on multiple device drivers was issued.

READ # LINE statement

Use the READ # LINE statement to read the data from the printer driver.
READ # number ; LINE var$

number
The same 2-byte integer variable or constant assigned to the printer driver in the OPEN
statement

var$
A single string variable to contain the information from the printer.
The data obtained from a READ # LINE is formatted as follows:

Table 5. Read buffer

Offset Length (bytes) Description
0 2 Actual length of data read (including header)
2 1 Printer status byte 1
3 1 Printer status byte 2
4 1 Printer status byte 3
5 1 Printer status byte 4 - contains the printer EC level
6 1 Printer status byte 5
7 1 Printer status byte 6 - contains the current printer line count
(see “Line count” on page 30)
8 1 Printer status byte 7
9 1 Printer status byte 8
10 1 Type of data read. Possible values are:
'S' (X'53') Status information only, no variable data follows
'M' (X'4D') MICR data
'C' (X'43') MCT data
'E' (X'45') EPROM (user flash memory) data

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Offset Length (bytes) Description

'Z' (X'5A') Size of user flash

'X' (X'58') eXtended status (for 4610 Models 2Cx, 2Nx, and
1Nx)
'K' (X'4B') Message/Logo checKsum data
'H' (X'48') Header of check image data
'I' (X'49') Check image data
'G' (X'47') MICR and image size data

11 1 MICR signal strength

12 2 Number of remaining driver printer headers
14 2 Number of remaining bytes in the driver's printer data buffer
16 2 Printer data buffer size
18 2 Reserved
20 2 Printer driver flags
22 4 Sense code for the last 80900524 error. (See Table 12.)
26 1 Write buffer limit indicator
‘2’ indicates WRITEs to the printer are limited to
244 bytes each
‘4’ Look into offset 29 (2 bytes) to retrieve the maximum amount of data
supported by the printer

27 1 MICR Electromagnetic noise indicator, set to the value

returned by the firmware
28 1 Flags:
Bit 0 x’01’ set to 1 indicates the printer is
reporting low paper
Bit 1 x’02’ set to 1 indicates critically low
paper

29 2 WRITE buffer limit in bytes when offset 26 is set to '4'

31 1 Reserved
32 variable Start of variable data (MICR, MCT, user flash memory, and
so on)

Note:
1. Offset 10 added a new ‘X’ indicator for eXtended status bytes (8 additional bytes in
the variable data field plus new device information data for a total of 32 bytes) and a
new ‘K’ indicator for checKsum for individual stored messages or logos (2 bytes).
2. Offset 26 added a new field to determine the maximum write length available
3. Offset 27 changed from a single bit to a byte value
4. Offset 28 is a new flag byte to report non-error status indicators
5. When printer models 2Cx, 2Nx, and 1Nx are in native mode, the application should
use the information from the extended status (‘X’) data to determine the capabilities
of the printer instead of basing this on the information in bytes 53 – 57 of the
application status obtained from the ADXSERVE call. The application should still

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 check byte 54 to determine whether the extended data is available or not. If byte 54 is
8 or greater, the extended data must be used.

Printer status bytes definitions

Table 6. Status byte 1
Bit Setting Description
0 0 No command complete
0 1 (x01) Command received (the command has been received into the
printer's buffer)
Note: This message does not indicate that the
command has completed, except for immediate
commands and flash storage commands.

1 0 Print head is not in the cash receipt right-home position

1 1 Print head is in the cash receipt right-home position
2 0 Print head is not in the left-home position
2 1 Print head is in the left-home position
3 0 Print head is not in the document right-home position
3 1 Print head is in the document right-home position
4 0 Reserved (always 0)
5 0 Ribbon cover is not open
5 1 Ribbon cover is open
6 0 No cash receipt printer error
6 1 Cash receipt printer error - paper cover is open or the cash
receipt station is out of paper
7 0 No command reject
7 1 Command reject from the printer

Table 7. Status byte 2

Bit Setting Description
0 0 Document ready (that is, both document sensors are
triggered and the document has been fed to the first print
position).
0 1 (x01) Document is not ready
1 0 Document is present under the front sensor
1 1 Document is not present under the front sensor
2 0 Document is present under the top sensor
2 1 Document is not present under the top sensor

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Bit Setting Description
3 1 Reserved (always 1)
4 0 Print buffer is not held
4 1 • Print buffer is held. Print commands are held in the
printer's buffer until a buffer release command is
received.
• The printer might be held due to a Hold Buffer command
or one of the following printer errors:
• Ribbon cover open, with commands to be printed on
the document station.
• Cash receipt printer error, with commands to the cash
receipt station

5 0 Print head is not in the open throat position

5 1 Print head is in the open throat position
6 0 Printer data buffer is not empty
6 1 Printer data buffer is empty. Set when there is no longer any
print data or commands in the buffer.
7 0 Printer data buffer is not full (that is, more than 52 bytes
remain available in the buffer)

Table 8. Status byte 3

Bit Setting Description
0 0 No error
0 1 Memory sector is full
1 0 No error
1 1 Home error
2 0 No error
2 1 Document error. No document was inserted after the
document station was selected and the wait timed out.
3 0 No error
3 1 Flash EPROM load error or MCT load error
4 0 Reserved (always 0)
5 0 No error
5 1 User flash storage sector is full
6 0 No firmware error
6 1 Firmware error. Checksum on the firmware failed. The
printer is running out of the boot sector. Only System
Commands and Firmware Commands will be accepted.

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 Bit Setting Description
7 0 No fiscal bit set
7 1 Fiscal bit. Set to show that a line completed printing.

Table 9. Status byte 5

Bit Setting Description
0 0 No extended address response
0 1 (x01) Printer ID Request/Extended Address command. Set to
one when responding to a printer request and the printer
information is included in the data portion of the message.
1 0 No EC response
1 1 EC level response. This message is a response to an EC level
request.
2 0 No MICR response
2 1 MICR read response. This message is a response to a MICR
read request and the MCR data is included in the data
portion of the message.
3 0 No MCT response
3 1 MCT read response. This message is a response to a MCT
read request and the MCT data is included in the data
portion of the message.
4 0 No user flash storage read response
4 1 User flash storage read response. This message is a response
to a read from the user flash storage sector and the data read
is included in the data portion of the message.
5 Reserved (always 1)
6 0 No Image Scan Complete
6 1 Image Scan Complete. Set when a successful image scan has
completed.
7 0 No Image Data attached.
7 1 Image Data attached. Set to indicate that the image data
requested is being returned following status byte 8.

Table 10. Status byte 7

Bit Setting Description
0 Reserved
1 Reserved
2 0 No error
2 1 Barcode generation error

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 Bit Setting Description
3 Reserved
4 0 No printer key pressed
4 1 A printer key is pressed
5 Reserved (always 1)
6 0 Cash receipt station is currently selected
6 1 Document insert station is currently selected
7 0 No document feed error
7 1 Document feed error. An error occurred on a flip check
command or a MICR read command.

Table 11. Status byte 8

Bit Setting Description
0 Reserved
1 Reserved
2 Reserved
3 Reserved
4 Reserved
5 2xR/1NR/6145 - Set to 1 when CR paper is out
6 Magnetic Noise Present when bit is set to 1 on MICR read
command
7 Thermal Print Algorithm Engaged when bit is set to 1.
The thermal algorithm will pause printing to safeguard the
hardware when either the print head or motor is considered
too hot to continue printing. The bit will be cleared when the
printer parts have cooled down.
Not supported on Tx1-7.

Other printer read data field definitions

Table 12. Sense codes for 80900524 errors
Sense Code Description
-1 (0xFFFFFFFF) First command byte is invalid
-2 (0xFFFFFFFE) Command is not in the driver's table of valid commands
-3 (0xFFFFFFFD) Command is reserved for system use only

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 Sense Code Description
-4 (0xFFFFFFFC) Command type in the driver's table of valid commands is
bad
-5 (0xFFFFFFFB) An attempt was made to write to an MCT address accessible
on to the system
-6 (0xFFFFFFFA) Not enough data for select and print graphics command
-7 (0xFFFFFFF9) Invalid tab stop data sent
-8 (0xFFFFFFF8) Lines per inch command not valid in honor station mode
-9 (0xFFFFFFF7) Command not valid in honor station mode
-10 (0xFFFFFFF6) Bad download graphics command
-11 (0xFFFFFFF5) Attempt of MICR or flip command on a printer that does not
have the appropriate hardware to perform the command
-12 (0xFFFFFFF4) No room in buffer to insert disable line count command
-13 (0xFFFFFFF3) Too much PDF417 data sent
-14 (0xFFFFFFF2) Command not allowed in page mode
-15 (0xFFFFFFF1) Command only allowed in page mode
-16 (0xFFFFFFF0) Page mode command must be the only command in the
buffer
-17 (0xFFFFFFEF) Invalid mode switch parameter

Table 13. MICR Data Buffer

Offset Length (bytes) Description
0 2 Actual length of MICR data available
2 variable MICR data
Note:
Maximum 65
bytes

Table 14. User Flash Buffer (Flash EPROM Memory)

Offset Length (bytes) Description
0 2 Actual length of EPROM memory data available
2 variable EPROM memory data
Note:
Maximum 244
bytes

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Table 15. Size of User Flash
Offset Length (bytes) Description
0 2 Size of user flash data
2 8 Size of user flash (ASCII) string

Table 16. Check Image Header

Offset Length (bytes) Description
0 2 Actual length of image header data available
2 12 Image header data
Note: 12 bytes

14 variable Image header tag data

Note: Maximum 100 bytes (null terminated)

Table 17. Check image data

Offset Length (bytes) Description
0 2 Size of check image data
2 variable Check image data
Note: Maximum 16K bytes. See Table 18.

Table 18. MICR and check image size data

Offset Length (bytes) Description
0 2 Size of total data (check image size plus MICR data)
2 2 Length of check (100th of an inch)
4 2 Width of check (100th of an inch)
6 variable MICR data

Table 19. Checksum data ('K')

Offset Length (bytes) Description
0 2 Length of checksum data
2 2 Checksum data

Table 20. Extended status data ('X')

Offset Length (bytes) Description
0 2 Length of data

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 Offset Length (bytes) Description
2 16 Extended status data
18 16 Device identification data

Table 21. Extended status description

Extended Bit Setting Description

status
byte

byte 1 0 0 No command complete

0 1 (x01) Command received (the command has been
received into the printer's buffer).
Note: This message does not indicate
that the command has completed, except
for immediate commands and flash
storage commands.

1 0 Print head is not in the case receipt right-home

position.
1 1 Print head is in the cash receipt right-home
position.
2 0 Print head is not in the left-home position.
2 1 Print head is in the left-home position.
3 0 Print head is not in the document right-home
position.
3 1 Print head is in the document right-home
position.
4 0 Reserved (always 0)
5 0 Ribbon cover is not open.
5 1 Ribbon cover is open.
6 0 No cash receipt printer error
6 1 Cash receipt printer error
7 0 No command reject
7 1 Command reject from the printer
byte 2 Bit Setting Description
0 0 Document ready (both document sensors are
triggered and the document has been fed to the
first print position.
0 1 (x01) Document is not ready.
1 0 Document is present under the front sensor.
1 1 Document is not present under the front sensor.
2 0 Document is present under the top sensor.

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Extended Bit Setting Description
status
byte

2 1 Document is not present under the top sensor.

3 1 Reserved (always 1)
4 0 Print buffer is not held.
4 1 Print buffer is held. Print commands are held
in the printer's buffer until a buffer release
command is received.
The printer might be held due to a Hold Buffer
command or one of the following printer errors:
• Ribbon cover open, with commands to be
printed to the document station.
• Cash receipt printer error, with commands to
the cash receipt station.

5 0 Print head is not in the open throat position.

5 1 Print head is in the open throat position.
6 0 Printer data buffer is not empty.
6 1 Printer data buffer is empty. Set when there is no
longer any print data or commands in the buffer.
7 0 Printer data buffer is not full.
7 1 Printer data buffer is full. Set when only 512
bytes remain.
byte 3 Bit Setting Description
0 1 No error
0 1 Memory sector full
1 0 No error
1 1 Home error
2 0 No error
2 1 Document error. No document was inserted
after the document station was selected and the
wait timed out.
3 0 No error
3 1 Flash EPROM load error or MCT load error
4 0 Reserved (always 0)
5 0 No error
5 1 User flash storage sector is full
6 0 No firmware error

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 Extended Bit Setting Description
status
byte

6 1 Firmware error. The printer is running from

the boot sector and only system commands and
firmware commands are accepted.
7 0 No fiscal bit set
7 1 Fiscal bit set
byte 4 Bit Setting Description
Printer EC
byte 5 Bit Setting Description
0 0 No extended address response
0 1 Printer ID Request/Extended Address command
response
1 0 No EC response
1 1 EC level response
2 0 No MICR read response
2 1 MICR response
3 0 No MCT read response
3 1 MCT read response
4 0 No user flash storage read response
4 1 User flash storage read response
5 1 Reserved (always 1)
6 0 No Image Scan complete
6 1 Image Scan complete
7 0 No image data attached
7 1 Image data attached
byte 6 Bit Setting Description
Printer line count
byte 7 Bit Setting Description
0 Reserved
1 0 No error
1 1 24+V
2 0 No error
2 1 PDF417 barcode generation error or paper
motion sensor calibration problem
3 Reserved

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Extended Bit Setting Description
status
byte

4 0 No printer key pressed

4 1 Printer key pressed
5 1 Reserved (always 1)
6 0 Cash receipt is currently selected
6 1 Document insert station is currently selected
7 0 No document feed error
7 1 Document feed error. An error occurred on a flip
check or MICR read command
byte 8 Bit Setting Description
0 Reserved
1 Reserved
2 Reserved
3 Reserved
4 0 Reserved (always 0)
5 0 No error
5 1 Cash receipt paper out error
6 0 No error
6 1 Magnetic noise present. Only on a MICR read
command
7 0 No error
7 1 Thermal print head close to being too hot to
continue printing
Byte 9 Bit Setting Description
Reserved
Byte 10 Bit Setting Description
0 Reserved
1 Reserved
2 0 No message/logo checksum available
2 1 Message/logo checksum data available
3 Reserved
4 0 Reserved (always 0)
5 Reserved
6 Reserved
7 Reserved

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 Extended Bit Setting Description
status
byte

Byte 11 Bit Setting Description

0 0 No error
0 1 Cash Receipt paper jam error
1 Reserved
2 0 No error
2 1 Partial cut
3 0 No error
3 1 Unexpected CR cover open
4 0 Reserved (always 0)
5 0 No error
5 1 Cutter jam
6 0 No error
6 1 Paper low
7 0 No error
7 1 Paper critically low
Byte 12 Bit Setting Description
0 Reserved
1 0 No error
1 1 Document feed slip detected
2 Reserved
3 0 No error
3 1 Unexpected DI cover open
4 0 Reserved (always 0)
5 0 No error
5 1 High voltage detection
6 Reserved
7 Reserved
Byte 13 Bit Setting Description
0 0 No error
0 1 Main logic card failed
1 0 No error
1 1 Interface logic card failed
2 0 No error

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Extended Bit Setting Description
status
byte

2 1 Thermal print head failed

3 0 No error
3 1 Impact print head failed
4 0 Reserved (always 0)
5 0 No error
5 1 Motion sensor failed
6 Reserved
7 Reserved
Byte 14 - 16 Bit Setting Description
Reserved

Table 22. Device identification description

Device data Byte Setting Description

1 8 or greater Device Type

2 Reserved
3 Hardware EC level
4 Firmware EC release level. For 6145 printers, the
reported value will be 0x80 higher than the true
value.
5 Firmware EC interim level

Device Bit Setting Description

features
byte 6

0 0 Not 2 color capable

0 1 2 color capable
1 0 Not 2 color enabled
1 1 2 color enabled
2 0 No cutter present
2 1 Cutter present
3 0 Not out of paper detection capable
3 1 Out of paper detection capable
4 0 Not low paper detection capable
4 1 Low paper detection capable
5 0 Not cover open detection capable

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 Device data Byte Setting Description

5 1 Cover open detection capable

6 0 Not paper jam detection capable
6 1 Paper jam detection capable
7 0 Not cutter failure detection capable
7 1 Cutter failure detection capable

Device Bit Setting Description

features
byte 7

0 Reserved
1 0 Not DI landscape capable
1 1 DI landscape capable
2 0 Not DI station multi form capable
2 1 DI station multi form capable
3 0 No MICR reader present
3 1 MICR reader present
4 0 No check flipper present
4 1 Check flipper present
5 0 No check scanner present
5 1 Check scanner present
6 Reserved
7 Reserved

Device Bit Setting Description

features
byte 8

0 0 Not DBCS capable

0 1 DBCS capable
1 0 DBCS not enabled
1 1 DBCS enabled
2 0 No beeper present
2 1 Beeper present
3 Reserved
4 Reserved
5 Reserved
6 Reserved
7 Reserved

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 Device data Byte Setting Description

Device Bit Setting Description

features
byte 9 - 14

Reserved

Device Setting Description

features
byte 15

X32, X48 CR width mm

Device Setting Description

features
byte 16

X50 DI portrait station width mm

Note:
The maximum size of check image data that can be read in one request is 16K bytes.
Most TIFF formatted images are within this size limit. However, should an image be
larger than 16K bytes, the application can retrieve the data by using multiple requests. An
outline of required steps to do this follows:
1. Send a request to the printer to scan the check.
2. TCLOSE
3. Send a request to the printer to retrieve image header data, which includes the size of
the image data.
4. Issue a read to the driver to move the header data to the application.
5. From the header data, determine the number of bytes of image data.
6. Send a request to the printer for the first 16K bytes of data.
7. TCLOSE
8. Issue a read to the driver to move this data to the application.
9. Until all of the data is retrieved, send additional requests to the printer for the each
additional section of image (offset is included in the command).
10. TCLOSE
11. Issue a request to the driver to move the data.

ReadImage subprogram
A ReadImage subprogram has been added to the 4690 OS V3R3 big memory model BASIC
terminal runtimes to enable efficient check image retrieval from a 4610 TI8 printer directly into
the application's string variable. If the string variable is too short, it is freed and a new one
allocated from the application heap. ReadImage behaves like other BASIC I/O functions, in that,
errors are handled by the runtimes and passed to the current ON ERROR handler.
ReadImage must be defined within the application as follows:
• SUB ReadImage(SESSNUM, A$, LENGTH) EXTERNAL
• INTEGER*2 SESSNUM
• STRING A$
• INTEGER*4 LENGTH

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 Parameter meanings are:

SESSNUM
Session number of the CR: or DI: station

A$
Name of string variable

LENGTH
Number of bytes to read with a maximum of 16K.
This subprogram is not available for the medium memory model due to memory constraints.

WRITE # statement
Use the WRITE # statement to write the data to the printer driver.
WRITE # number var$

number
The same 2-byte integer variable or constant assigned to the printer driver in the OPEN
statement.

var$
A single string variable to contain the information to be sent to the printer (see Chapter 6,
4610 printer commands on page 65).
Note: The maximum size of a WRITE buffer is reported at offset 26 and 29 of the READ
buffer table (Table 5).

WRITE LOGO # statement

The WRITE LOGO # statement is not supported by the 4610 printer driver. Instead, logos can be
downloaded and printed (see “Select and print a graphics (logo) command” on page 110), or up
to 40 logos (255 logos for TI8) can be downloaded and stored in the printer and can then later
be selected by number and printed (see “Download graphics (logo) commands” on page 66 and
“Print predefined graphics (logo) command” on page 112).

RESUME statement
Use the RESUME statement to recover from an error associated with an OPEN, READ,
GETLONG, PUTLONG, or CLOSE statement. Use the ON ASYNC ERROR CALL statement
for errors associated with a WRITE # statement.
RESUME { | RETRY label }

RETRY
Enables the statement that caused the error to execute again.

label
A BASIC label local to the program module that identifies a statement to receive control
in the event of an error.

GETLONG statement
Use the GETLONG function to get status information from the printer driver.
i4 = GETLONG ( number )

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i4
A 4-byte integer that represents the driver status

number
The same 2-byte integer variable or constant assigned to the printer driver in the OPEN
statement
The integer represents information in the form EELLMMSS. EE, LL, MM, and SS each represent
one of the four bytes.

Table 23. GETLONG byte EE

Bit Setting Description
0 Reserved
1 Reserved
2 Reserved
3 0 No 4610 printer is attached
3 (x08) 1 A 4610 printer is attached
4 Reserved
5 Reserved
6 Reserved
7 (x80) 1 Enhanced mode enabled. 4610 printer commands must be
used. This is required.

Table 24. GETLONG byte LL

Bit Setting Description
0 Reserved
1 Reserved
2 Reserved
3 Reserved
4 Reserved
5 Reserved
6 Reserved
7 Reserved

Table 25. GETLONG byte MM

Bit Setting Description
0 Reserved
1 Reserved
2 Reserved
3 Reserved
4 Reserved

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 Bit Setting Description
5 Reserved
6 Reserved
7 Reserved

Table 26. GETLONG byte SS

Bit Setting Description
0 0 Stream mode enabled
0 (0x01) 1 Honor station mode enabled
1 0 DI: Portrait mode enabled (valid only if honor station mode
is enabled)
1 1 DI: Landscape mode enabled (valid only if honor station
mode is enabled.)
2 Reserved
3 Reserved
4 Reserved
5 Reserved
6 Reserved
7 Reserved

PUTLONG statement
Use the PUTLONG statement to make changes to printer modes.
PUTLONG number , i4

number
The same 2-byte integer variable or constant assigned to the printer driver in the OPEN
statement.

i4
A 4-byte integer that represents the requested mode changes for the printer.
The integer represents information in the form EEFFPPPP. EE, FF, PP, and PP each represent one
of the four bytes.

EE
Determines the printer driver mode. If the high order bit (X'80') is on, the printer driver is
set for enhanced mode and 4610 printer commands are accepted. The high order bit must
be on to use 4610 printer commands.

FF
The function to perform.

PPPP
The parameter associated with the function to perform.

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Table 27. PUTLONG byte EE
Bit Setting Description
0 Reserved
1 Reserved
2 Reserved
3 Reserved
4 Reserved
5 Reserved
6 Reserved
7 (0x80) 1 Set enhanced mode on. 4610 printer commands must be
used.

Table 28. PUTLONG functions

Function Parameters (bytes PPPP) Description
Minimum Maximum Default
'B' (X'42') 512 32000 4096 (X'1000') Reset the printer driver's internal
(X'0200') (X'7D00') bytes printer data buffer.
Note: Decreasing the buffer
might cause degradation in
printer performance.

If the system does not have enough resources to satisfy a request to increase the buffer, a return
code of X'80900000' is returned to the application. The resource size currently in effect is not
changed.
'M' (X'4D') 0 (X'0000') 1 (X'0001') 0 (X'0000') Set the mode of the printer driver.
or 'W' The default mode is stream mode (0),
(X'57') where the application communicates
more directly with the printer hardware
by sending it a stream of data using
the driver. The other mode is honor
station mode (1), where the driver
performs a small amount of verification
and manipulation of the print data.
Specifically, when the application
issues a WRITE to the CR: station, the
driver embeds the command, X'1B 63
30 02' (see “Set print station” on page
85), at the beginning of the print data
to cause the printer to select the CR:
station. The driver also checks the data
in the buffer to ensure that the buffer
does not contain a command to select
the DI: station. An error is returned
to the application if such a command
is found. (See Table 1.) The driver
processes WRITE commands to the DI:
station in a similar manner.
'D' (X'44') 0 (X'0000') 1 (X'0001') 0 (X'0000') Set the DI: station print orientation.

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 Function Parameters (bytes PPPP) Description
Minimum Maximum Default

• 0 = portrait mode
• 1 = landscape mode
This is only valid if honor station mode
is in effect. If stream mode is in effect,
use the Set Print Station command (see
“Set print station” on page 85) to
select the orientation.

See Example “Using the PUTLONG command” on page 146 for an example of using the
PUTLONG command.

TCLOSE statement
Use the TCLOSE statement to suspend the application program until all outstanding print lines
have been printed at all printer stations. Do not issue a TCLOSE statement from an ON ASYNC
ERROR CALL statement subprogram.
TCLOSE # number

number
The same 2-byte integer variable or constant assigned to the printer driver in the OPEN
statement.

CLOSE statement
Use the CLOSE statement to end communication with the printer driver.

CLOSE number

number
The same 2-byte integer variable or constant assigned to the printer driver in the OPEN
statement.

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Chapter 5. 4610 Printers C Language API
4610 Printers C Language API

This chapter provides information on using C commands to access the 4610 printer. Each
command also shows the equivalent BASIC statement. For detailed information on writing
applications with C, refer to the TCx Sky Programming Guide.

adx_topen()
Use adx_topen_device() to gain access to the printer driver.

BASIC
OPEN

C Interface:
int adx_topen_device(char_far *name);
Where:

name
Is one of the following:

"CR"
Device name to access the printer customer receipt station.

"DI"
Device name to access the printer document insert station.
Note:
1. The SJ station is not supported on the 4610 printers. Any attempt to open the SJ
station causes an error to be returned to the application.
2. Some models of 4610 printers do not have a document insert station. Any attempt
to open the DI station on such a printer causes an error to be returned to the
application.
The returned value is one of the following:
• If the operation is successful, the return value is the 2-byte session number for the application
to use to access the printer driver.
• If the operation fails, a negative value (-1) is returned.
For a description of error values, refer to “Errors” on page 64.

adx_twait()
Use adx_twait_device() to wait for data to become available from the printer driver.

BASIC
WAIT

C Interface:
int adx_twait_device(unsigned long wtime, unsigned int wcount, int _far *sessions)
Where:

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 wtime
Time to wait in milliseconds for data to become available from the printer driver.
If a time limit of 0 is specified, the operating system waits indefinitely until data is
available from the printer driver.

wcount
Number of pipes and devices to wait for.
Note: Your application can wait on data from other device drivers while waiting
for data from the printer driver. Refer to the TCx Sky Programming Guide for more
information on the adx_twait_device() and for details about waiting on data from
multiple device drivers.

sessions
An array containing the session number returned from adx_topen_device() for the printer
driver.
The returned value is one of the following:
• If the operation is successful, one of the following two values is returned:
• A return value of 0 indicates the specified time expired before data was available from a
device or pipe in the session number array.
• A positive return value is the position in the session number array of the device or pipe
that has data available. If the return value is the position of the printer driver in the
session number array, data is available from the printer driver.
• If the operation fails, a negative value (-1) is returned.
For a description of error values, refer to “Errors” on page 64.

adx_tread_device()
Use adx_tread_device to read the data from the printer driver.

BASIC
READ

C Interface:
long adx_tread_device(int session, unsigned char _far *buffer, unsigned long length);
Where:

session
Session number returned from adx_topen_device() for the printer driver.

buffer
Pointer to the buffer to contain the data read from the printer driver. See Table 5 for the
layout of the read data buffer.

length
Size of the read buffer. The maximum is 290 bytes.
The returned value is one of the following:
• If the operation is successful, the number of bytes read from the printer driver is returned.
• If the operation fails, a (-1) is returned.
For a description of error values, refer to “Errors” on page 64.

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adx_twrite_device
Use adx_twrite_device() to issue commands to the printer driver.

BASIC
WRITE

C Interface:
long adx_twrite_device(int session, unsigned char _far *buffer, unsigned long length);
Where:

session
Session number returned from adx_topen_device() for the printer driver.

buffer
Pointer to the buffer containing the command data to issue to the printer driver.

length
Size of the write buffer. The maximum size of a WRITE buffer is reported at offset 26 and
29 of the READ buffer table (Table 5).
The returned value is one of the following:
• If the operation is successful, the number of bytes written to the printer driver is returned.
• If the operation fails, a (-1) is returned.
For a description of error values, refer to “Errors” on page 64.

adx_tputlong()
Use adx_tputlong() to change the options of the printer driver.

BASIC
PUTLONG

C Interface:
int adx_tputlong(int session,*(unsigned long *)&data)
Where:

session
Session number returned from adx_topen_device() for the printer driver.

data
Use the PRINTOPT_t structure to map the input.
typedef struct
{
unsigned char mode;
unsigned char function;
unsigned int parm;
} PRINTOPT_t;

PRINTOPT_t data;

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 mode
Determines the printer driver mode. The high order bit (X'80') must be on and it
indicates that the printer driver is set for enhanced mode compatible 4610 printer
commands.

function
Function to perform.

parm
Parameter associated with the function to perform. See Table 28 for the allowable
functions.
The returned value is one of the following:
• If the operation is successful, a 0 is returned.
• If the operation fails, a (-1) is returned.
For a description of error values, refer to “Errors” on page 64.
Note: This function takes an unsigned long type variable as input. However, with the 4610
printers, the variable is declared as a struct. Therefore, in the call to adx_tputlong, the
address of the structure is taken, cast to an unsigned long pointer, and the data that this
pointer references is passed. This explains the *(unsigned long *)&data in the call above.

adx_tgetlong()
Use adx_tgetlong() to get status of the printer driver.

BASIC
GETLONG

C Interface:
int adx_tgetlong(int session, unsigned long _far *status);
Where:

session
Session number returned from adx_topen_device() for the printer driver.

status
long variable with the format EELLMMSS as defined in the following tables.

Table 29. GETLONG byte EE

Bit Setting Description
0 Reserved
1 Reserved
2 Reserved
3 (x08) 0 No 4610 printer is attached
3 1 A 4610 printer is attached
4 Reserved
5 Reserved
6 Reserved

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Bit Setting Description
7 (x80) 1 Enhanced mode enabled. 4610 printer commands must be
used. This is required.

Table 30. GETLONG byte LL

Bit Setting Description
0 Reserved
1 Reserved
2 Reserved
3 Reserved
4 Reserved
5 Reserved
6 Reserved
7 Reserved

Table 31. GETLONG byte MM

Bit Setting Description
0 Reserved
1 Reserved
2 Reserved
3 Reserved
4 Reserved
5 Reserved
6 Reserved
7 Reserved

Table 32. GETLONG byte SS

Bit Setting Description
0 0 Stream mode enabled
0 (0x01) 1 Honor station mode enabled
1 0 DI: Portrait mode enabled. (Valid only if honor station mode
is enabled)
1 1 DI: Landscape mode enabled. (Valid only if honor station
mode is enabled.)
2 Reserved
3 Reserved
4 Reserved
5 Reserved
6 Reserved

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 Bit Setting Description
7 Reserved

The returned value is one of the following:

• If the operation is successful, a 0 is returned.
• If the operation fails, a (-1) is returned.
For a description of error values, refer to “Errors” on page 64.

adx_tclose_device()
Use adx_tclose_device() to end communication with the printer driver.

BASIC
TCLOSE

C Interface:
int adx_tclose_device(int session);
Where:

session
Session number returned from adx_topen_device() for the printer driver.
The returned value is one of the following:
• If the operation is successful, a 0 is returned.
• If the operation fails, a (-1) is returned.
For a description of error values, refer to “Errors” on page 64.

Errors
A return value of (-1) from a printer driver function indicates that an error has occurred in its
execution. The error code is placed in the global variable, adx_errn, and the session number is
placed in the global variable, adx_errf.
Refer to Table 1 for a list of error codes returned by the printer driver.

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Chapter 6. 4610 printer commands
4610 printer commands

This chapter describes the printer commands for the 4610 printers.
Note: The RS485 commands also apply to the 4610 USB printers.

Pre-set or one-time set commands

The 4610 printers have commands to specialize and tune each printer to improve its usability,
performance, and uniqueness. This flexibility is provided through the use of a Flash Erasable
Programmable Read-Only Memory (Flash EPROM) and an Electrically Erasable Programmable
Read-Only Memory (EEPROM). The data stored in these memory devices stays valid until it is
redefined. Therefore, this information can only be defined once and remains for the life of the
printer or until it is redefined. To verify that the data was previously stored in the printer, the
system might request a checksum on the data stored in each sector (see “Send checksum of flash
EPROM sector” on page 74). The Flash EPROM has 5 sectors. To re-write any information in a
sector, it must first be erased.

Sector Function
1 Downloaded graphics commands
2 Predefined (stored) messages
3 Two user-defined character sets
4 Four user-defined character sets
5 User flash storage

Additionally, the TI8 printer allows greater flexibility with how the printer memory is to be
allocated. The user has the option to not allocate memory for one function, and to add that
memory to another function. The User Defined Impact and Thermal Characters are restricted to
64 KB. There are 16 64 KB sectors for a total of 1MB of FLASH memory available for allocation.
The MCT locations are assigned to each function. The MCT value represents the number of 64
KB sectors that are assigned to the respective function. To change the memory allocation of any
one function, all memory partitions must be empty or erased. If the memory is not erased, a
MCT write error status is returned. After the MCT values are written, the new values do not
become effective until after the printer is reset. The new memory allocations start with the lowest
MCT address and increment higher. Memory is allocated until all requests are met, or until all
available memory is used. Printers available following the TI8 printers have various amounts of
memory available for the user. Refer to the hardware specifications for details on the memory
capacities of later printers.
The TI8 printer memory sectors default to the following sizes:

Table 33. Printer memory sector default sizes

Function Default memory allocation MCT location
User-defined impact 64 KB 0xA0
characters
User-defined thermal 64 KB 0xA1
characters
Logos 64 KB 0xA2

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 Function Default memory allocation MCT location
Predefined messages 64 KB 0xA3
User memory 128 KB 0xA4
Scan image storage 1 MB 0xA5

Download graphics (logo) commands

Use this command to store all-points-addressable print messages.
Note for models 2Cx, 2Nx, 1Nx, and 6145 printers only: A checksum will be stored in
the printer for each logo downloaded to the printer. The checksum can be read out by the
application to determine what logos have been stored in the printer.

RS485 syntax:
X'1D;2A;logo#;n1;n2;data'

BASIC syntax:
PSTR1$=CHR$(1DH)+CHR$(2AH)+CHR$(LOGO#)
PSTR2$=CHR$(N1)+CHR$(N2)+DATA
PSTRING$=PSTR1$+PSTR2$

where:

logo#
Number of the logo or graphic that is being stored
1 ≤ logo# ≤ 40 (255 for TI8)

n1
One-eighth the number of dots in the horizontal direction (width = 8 x n1)
1 ≤ n1 ≤ 72 for a Thermal Logo
1 ≤ n1 ≤ 59 for an Impact Logo

n2
One-eighth the number of dots in the vertical direction (height = 8 x n2)
1 ≤ n2 ≤ 255 for a Thermal Logo
1 ≤ n2 ≤ 5 for an Impact Logo

data
Data to form the graphics image. The number of data bytes for the image is n1 x n2
x 8.

Remarks:
These messages can be positioned on the page using the commands for setting positions.
See “Set horizontal tab positions” on page 91 through “Set relative position” on page
92. Decimal values are shown, but all parameter values (logo number, n1, n2) must
be hexadecimal values when sent to the printer. The dot density of these messages is
specified when the message is printed. See “Print predefined graphics (logo) command”
on page 112. The total number of data bytes defined for all (up to 40) defined graphics
messages must be less than 64K minus 160 bytes. If definitions exceed this limit, an error
message is sent and the rest of the command is ignored. This command should only be
sent when the data buffer is empty.

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 If the parameters are out of range, the printer rejects the command.
The images for the Thermal Logo commands are defined by one dot-high rows
(horizontal slices), and the Impact Logo commands are defined by eight dot-high rows
(vertical slices). See the following example.

Example:
n1 = 2 & n2 = 2
slice # → 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Data bytes
row # ↓ Bit # ↓
0 (MSB) 7 X . X . X . X . X . X . X . X . 1 2
1 6 X . X . X . X . X . X . X . X . 3 4
2 5 X . X . X . X . X . X . X . X . 5 6
3 4 X . X . X . X . X . X . X . X . 7 8
4 3 X . X . X . X . X . X . X . X . 9 10
5 2 X . X . X . X . X . X . X . X . 11 12
6 1 X . X . X . X . X . X . X . X . 13 14
7 (LSB) 0 X . X . X . X . X . X . X . X . 15 16
8 (MSB) 7 . X . X . X . X . X . X . X . X 17 18
9 6 . X . X . X . X . X . X . X . X 19 20
10 5 . X . X . X . X . X . X . X . X 21 22
11 4 . X . X . X . X . X . X . X . X 23 24
12 3 . X . X . X . X . X . X . X . X 25 26
13 2 . X . X . X . X . X . X . X . X 27 28
14 1 . X . X . X . X . X . X . X . X 29 30
15 (LSB) 0 . X . X . X . X . X . X . X . X 31 32

Bit # → (MSB) 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 (LSB)

Data Byte 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Data Byte 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32

For thermal graphics (type = 1) - defined as:

X'1D;2A;01;02;02;AA;AA;AA;AA;AA;AA;AA;AA;
AA;AA;AA;AA;AA;AA;AA;AA;55;55;55;55;55;55; 55;55;55;55;55;55;55;55;55;55'

For impact graphics (type = 2) - defined as:

X'1D;2A;02;02;02;FF;00;FF;00;FF;00;FF;00; FF;00;FF;00;FF;00;FF;00;00;FF;00;FF;00;FF;
00;FF;00;FF;00;FF;00;FF;00;FF'

Error conditions:
Flash EPROM Load Error - Verify that this sector was erased before downloading the
images.
Memory Sector is full - This sector can store up 64K minus 160 bytes worth of graphics
data. After that, the sector is full.

Notes:
For thermal graphics messages of a character height - 24 dots high, across the page
(n1 = 72, n2 = 3) would take over 2000 bytes of data. Because RS485 cannot send this
many bytes, the command can be divided into several I-Frames using the command
“Continuation of previous command” on page 123.

Download Standard Format Logos – BMP

Syntax:
X'1D;2A;00;n1;n2;logo#;Ctrl;BC1;BC2;data'
where:

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 n1
One-eighth the number of dots in the horizontal direction. (Width = 8 x n1)
1 <= n1 <= 72 for a Thermal Logo.

n2
One-eighth the number of dots in the vertical direction. (Height = 8 x n2)
1 <= n2 <= 255 for a Thermal Logo.

logo#
The logo number that is being stored.
1 <= logo# <= 255

Ctrl
Control byte describing the image
• Bit 7 - Reserved
• Bit 6 - Reserved
• Bit 5 - Reserved
• Bit 4 - Reserved
• Bit 3-0 = x’0’ 4610/6145 format
• = 0x01 for 16 bit greyscale image (6145 only)
• = 0x02 Reserved for future use
• = 0x03 BMP image format, (TI8/9 EC level 69 and greater, 1NR/2xR,6145)

BC1BC2
Number of data bytes being downloaded. Total = BC1 x 256 + BC2.

data
The data to form the graphics image.
For 4610/6145 format the number of data bytes for the image is n1 x n2 x 8.
For greyscale,
The number of bytes of data is contained in the BMP file or data section of the command
structure, not in BC1;BC2. BC1 and BC2 are ignored in this case.
Data format of 1 dot is 256 color bmp file. Supported formats are Windows bitmap and
OS/2 bitmap format.
• Bytes 1 and 2 of the data are “0x424D” or “BM”.
• Bytes 3 - 6 of the data are the total number of data bytes, in the file, in little endian.
Example of a greyscale logo, Stored at logo #5, 400 (0x32 * 0x08) dots wide x 400 (0x32 *
0x08) dots high:

0x1d 0x2a 0x00 0x32 0x32 0x05

0x01 0xdd 0xdd
0x42 0x4d
0x36 0x75 0x02 0x00

The byte count for the data is 0x00027536 or 161,078 bytes.

Remarks:
Not supported on Tx1-7 printers.
Grey Scale not supported on Tx1-9, or 2xR/1NR printers.

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 Only Supported in the Thermal Print Station.
These messages may be positioned on the page using the commands for setting positions.
Decimal values are shown, but all parameters values (logo number, n1, n2) must be
specified as hex values when sent to the printer. The dot density of these messages is
specified when the message is printed.
Since compression and/or different formats can vary the amount of data required to
down load. A byte count parameter is used to convey the total number of data bytes that
will be sent for the image. The image will be decompressed before storing.

Store predefined messages

Use this command to store a predefined message, which reduces the transmission time. For
example, this would be the place to store the header and trailer of receipts.
Note for models 2Cx, 2Nx, and 1Nx only: A checksum will be stored in the printer for each
message downloaded to the printer. The checksum can be read out by the application to
determine what messages have been stored in the printer.

RS485 syntax:
X'1D;3A;message#;data;1D;3A'

BASIC syntax:
PSTR1$=CHR$(1DH)+CHR$(3AH)+CHR$(MESSAGE#)
PSTR2$=DATA+CHR$(1DH)+CHR$(3AH)
PSTRING$=PSTR1$+PSTR2$

where:

message#
Message number that is being stored.
1 ≤ message# ≤ 25 (255 for TI8)

data
All data and commands that are to be included in this message.

Remarks:
If this command is longer than one buffer, it can be divided into several buffers using
a continuation command. See “Continuation of previous command” on page 123. This
command should only be sent when the data buffer is empty.
Printing Predefined Graphics messages can be included in this command.
All the messages defined must not exceed 8K minus 100 bytes of data.
One level of nesting of this command is allowed. That is, a stored command string can
include one level of Print Predefined Message. The end of the messages to be stored is
signaled with the characters X'1D;3A;'.

Example:
See “Downloading and printing messages” on page 152.

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 Limitations:
To include a graphics print message in this command, it must be predefined. The
following commands can not be included in the predefined message:
• “Select and print a graphics (logo) command” on page 110
• “Define document wait time” on page 94
• “Character for reprinted lines” on page 95
• “Set sheet eject length” on page 90
“Print predefined graphics (logo) command” on page 112 can be included in this
command.
The hardware provides no error recovery during printing of predefined messages. If
an error is encountered, the hardware stops the processing of the predefined messages
and ignores any commands remaining in the predefined message that is currently being
processed.

Error conditions:
Flash EPROM Load Error - Verify that this sector was erased before down loading the
messages.
Memory Sector is full - This sector can store up to 8K minus 100 bytes worth of message
data. After that, the sector is full.

User-defined characters
Use this command to define a matrix pattern for the user-definable code pages stored in the
Flash EPROM of the printer.

RS485 syntax:
X'1B;26;s;n;m;data'

BASIC syntax:
PSTRING$=CHR$(1BH)+CHR$(26H)+CHR$(S)+CHR$(N)+ CHR$(M)+DATA

where:

s
Character set being defined.

1
User-defined thermal code page 1

2
User-defined thermal code page 2

3
User-defined thermal code page 3

4
User-defined thermal code page 4

5
User-defined impact code page 1

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 6
User-defined impact code page 2.

n
Beginning ASCII address of the characters being defined.

m
Ending ASCII address of the characters being defined.

data
Slice data for the defined characters.
Note: The number of bytes is determined by the code page that is being
defined and the character matrix of that code page.

Remarks:
Once the characters are downloaded into the printer, they remain valid until they are
redefined. This is true even if power to the printer is removed.
Before the characters are defined, the sector of the Flash EPROM that stores this data
must be erased (see “Erase flash EPROM sector” on page 74), and the character matrix
for the code page must be defined (see Table 34, MCT #'s 3-5, 23, 24).
Note:
1. Flash EPROM sector 4 contains all user-defined code pages for the thermal
printhead. Therefore, if you want to redefine one of the code pages, all of the
code pages must be erased and reprogrammed.
2. Flash EPROM sector 5 contains both of the user-defined code pages for the
impact printhead. Therefore, if you want to redefine one of the code pages,
both code pages must be erased and reprogrammed.
3. Characters to be defined are limited to values X'20' and greater. Values less
than X'20' are reserved as control characters.
There is no way to redefine a single character. The entire code page must be redefined.
This command should only be sent when the data buffer is empty. If the parameters are
out of range, the printer rejects the command.

Thermal code page

The character matrix for these code pages are defined by the user - with MCT #2, MCT #3, MCT
#23, and MCT #24 for thermal code pages 1, 2, 3, 4, respectively. See Table 34. The height must
be an even number; attempting to set the height to an odd number causes the command to be
rejected.
The number of data bytes per character loaded is 2 x the character height. The total number of data
bytes for this command is 2 x the character height x (1+m-n).

Example:
10 wide x 20 high
slice # → 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Data bytes
row # ↓

1 X X . . . . . . X X 1 2
2 X X . . . . . . X X 3 4
3 X X . . . . . . X X 5 6

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 4 X X . . . . . . X X 7 8
5 X X . . . . . . X X 9 10
6 X X . . . . . . X X 11 12
7 X X . . . . . . X X 13 14
8 X X . . . . . . X X 15 16
9 X X X X X X X X X X 17 18
10 X X X X X X X X X X 19 20
11 X X X X X X X X X X 21 22
12 X X . . . . . . X X 23 24
13 X X . . . . . . X X 25 26
14 X X . . . . . . X X 27 28
15 X X . . . . . . X X 29 30
16 X X . . . . . . X X 31 32
17 X X . . . . . . X X 33 34
18 X X . . . . . . X X 35 36
19 X X . . . . . . X X 67 38
20 X X . . . . . . X X 39 40

Bit #→(MSB) 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 7 6 (LSB)

Defined as:
X'1B;26;01;48;48;C0;C0;C0;C0;C0;C0;C0;C0;C0;C0;C0;C0;C0;
C0;C0;C0;FF;C0;FF;C0;FF;C0;C0;C0;C0;C0;C0;C0;C0;C0;C0; C0;C0;C0;C0;C0;C0;C0;C0;C0'
The above statement defines character 48H to be an “H”.
Note: Number of data bytes = 2 x dot height (20) = 40 bytes.

Impact code page

The character matrix for this code page is defined by the user - with MCT #4 - see Table 34.
If the matrix defines the characters as 9 dots high or less, a print line is printed in one pass of the
printhead. When the matrix is defined as greater than 9 dots high, the print line takes 2 passes of
the printhead per print line.
Note: If the matrix defines the characters as 10 dots high or more, the double-high print
mode can not be enabled.

Landscape printing is limited to characters with a height of 9 dots or less. If user-defined

characters are to be used in landscape print mode, they must be less than 10 dots.
The number of data bytes per character loaded is 2 x character width. The total number of data
bytes for this command is 2 x character width x (1+m-n). Each slice is defined with two bytes; the
most significant bit (MSB) of each slice is the bottom of the character.
When defining the wire patterns, the same wire does not fire in consecutive, primary (P), and
secondary (S) positions. (The printer does not check for errors in defining the character. If the
character is defined with dots in consecutive positions, only one of the dots is fired.)

Example:
11 half-dots wide (or 5.5 full dots) x 9 high
Bit # ↓ P S P S P S P S P S P

7 (MSB) . . . . . X . . . . .
0 (LSB) . . . . X . X . . . .
1 . . . X . . . X . . .
2 . . X . . . . . X . .
3 . X . . . . . . . X .
4 X . X . X . X . X . X

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 5 X . . . . . . . . . X
6 X . . . . . . . . . X
7 (MSB) X . . . . . . . . . X

Data Byte 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22
Data Byte 1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19 21

Defined as:
X'1B;26;05;41;41 ;F0;00;08;00;14;00;02;00;11;00;00 ;08;11;00;02;00;14;00;08;00;F0;00'

Error conditions:
Flash EPROM Load Error - verify that this sector was erased before downloading the
images.

Write to user flash storage

RS485 syntax:
X'1B;27;n1;a1;a2;a3;data'

BASIC syntax:
PSTR1$=CHR$(1BH)+CHR$(27H)+CHR$(N1)
PSTR2$=CHR$(A1)+CHR$(A2)+CHR$(A3)+DATA
PSTRING$=PSTR1$+PSTR2$

where:

n1
Number of data bytes to store

a1
First byte of three-byte address of the first byte to be written

a2
Second byte of three-byte address of the first byte to be written

a3
Third byte of three-byte address of the first byte to be written

data
Data bytes to be stored

Remarks:
The TI1/TI2 and the TI3/TI4 printers have 104 KB available for storage writes. The
valid address range is X'000000' - X'019FFF'.
The TI5 printer in normal operation has 300 KB available for storage writes. The valid
address range is X'000000' - X'049FFF'.
The TI3/TI4 printer with extra memory features have the following valid address
ranges: 1

1 2M: X'000000' - X'1D84FF'

8M: X'000000' - X'7FFFFF'

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 Error conditions:
• Flash EPROM load error - verify that this sector was erased before downloading the
images.
• Command reject - when the address is out of range.

Erase flash EPROM sector

Use this command to erase the Flash EPROM before downloading the data into the printer.

RS485 syntax:
X'04;1B;23;n'

BASIC syntax:
PSTRING$=CHR$(04H)+CHR$(1BH)+CHR$(23H)+CHR$(N)

where:

01
Sector 1 - Downloaded graphics

02
Sector 2 - Predefined messages

03
Sector 3 - User-defined impact character sets

04
Sector 4 - User-defined thermal character sets

05
Sector 5 - User flash storage

08
Sector 6 - Check images (TI8 only)

0A
User-defined code page mapping (for 4610 Models 2Cx, 2Nx, or 1Nx)

Remarks:
This command should only be set when the buffer is empty (status byte #2 bit 6).
A TCLOSE should precede this command.
This command can take up to 2 seconds to complete.
Control does not return to the application until this command completes. The driver, in
effect, inserts a TCLOSE after a WRITE containing this command is received.

Send checksum of flash EPROM sector

Use this command to verify data integrity of the data loaded in the Flash EPROM in the printer.

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 RS485 syntax:
X'1B;22;n'

BASIC syntax:
PSTRING$=CHR$(1BH)+CHR$(22H)+CHR$(N)

where:

01
Sector 1 - Downloaded graphics

02
Sector 2 - Predefined messages

03
Sector 3 - User-defined impact character set

04
Sector 4 - User-defined thermal character sets

05
Sector 5 - User flash storage

08
Sector 6 - Check images (TI8 only)

08
User-defined code page mapping (for 4610 Models 2Cx, 2Nx, or 1Nx)

Remarks:
The checksum is calculated by adding the values of the data, one byte at a time, into a
2-byte integer value. Any carry digits from the high order byte are lost. This command
is treated as a Microcode Tolerance Information - Loading command by the microcode. After
issuing this command, the application issues a READ to the printer driver to obtain the
checksum. The data type will be 'C' to indicate Microcode Tolerance data. (See “READ #
LINE statement” on page 38 for details of the READ command.)

Retrieve checksum of each downloaded logo or each stored

message command
Use this command to verify data integrity of the data loaded in the Flash EPROM in the printer.

RS485 syntax:
X'1B;7C;n1;n2'

BASIC syntax:
PSTRING$=CHR$(1BH)+CHR$(7CH)+CHR$(N1)+CHR$(N2)

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 where:

n1

X’01’
for Downloaded graphics

X’02’
for Stored messages

n2
The number of download logo or downloaded message that is being queried
X’00’ <= n2 <= X’FF’

Purpose:
To verify data integrity of the logos or messages stored in the printer. The printer will
respond with a 2 byte checksum following the status bytes. If the Logo or Message is not
defined the “checksum” will respond as “0x0000”. Valid on 2Cx, 2Nx, and 1Nx printers.

Microcode tolerance information - loading

Use this command to make adjustments to the printer's microcode. Usage of fields other than
those listed is restricted to service personnel.

RS485 syntax:
X'04;1B;4D;n;h;l'

BASIC syntax:
PSTRING$=CHR$(04H)+CHR$(1BH)+CHR$(4DH)+CHR$(N)+ CHR$(H)+CHR$(L)

where:

n
Microcode tolerance (MCT) that is being adjusted
Note: MCT values that can be updated by an application are restricted to
decimal offsets 2, 3, 4, 5, 23, 24, 123, and 124; the user-definable code page
values.

h
High order byte of MCT data

l
Low order byte of MCT data

Remarks:
Table 34 lists the MCT values sorted by the parameter (n). The table includes the default,
the minimum, and the maximum values of these MCTs.
If you try to set an MCT value out of the defined range, it will be set to the closest value
(the minimum or maximum value).
This command is a Driver Communications command.

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 Error conditions:
EEPROM Load Error

Microcode tolerance information - request

Use this command to read out the Microcode Tolerance Information that is already stored in the
printer EEPROM.

RS485 syntax:
X'04;1B;53;n'

BASIC syntax:
PSTR1$=CHR$(04H)
PSTR2$=CHR$(1BH)+CHR$(53H)+CHR$(N)
PSTRING$=PSTR1$+PSTR2$

where:

n
Microcode tolerance (MCT) that is being requested.

Remarks:
See Table 34 for the values of parameter n allowed for applications access.
This command is a Driver Communications command.

Table 34. MCT command definitions

DEC HEX MCT Default Minimum Maximum
1 1 DBCS code page 0100 hex 0000 hex N/A
Byte 1: Code page selected
Byte 2: Matrix for the Impact code
page
0 = 16 x 16 matrix
1 = 9 x 16 matrix

2 2 Matrix of user-defined thermal 0A14 hex 0810 hex 1020

code Page 1
(10x20) (16x32)
Byte 1: Dot Row Width (or X'55'
for proportional fonts)
Byte 2: Dot Row Height (must
be even) (If proportional fonts,
the value reflects the download
width.)

3 3 Matrix of user-defined thermal 0A14 hex 0810 hex 1020

code Page 2
(10x20) (16x32)
Byte 1: Dot Row Width
Byte 2: Dot Row Height (must be
even)

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 DEC HEX MCT Default Minimum Maximum
4 4 Matrix of user-defined impact 0707 hex 0404 hex 1010
code Page 1
(07x07) (16x16)
Byte 1: Half-Dot Row Width
Byte 2: Dot Row Height

5 5 Matrix of user-defined impact 0707 hex 0404 hex 1010

code Page 2
(07x07) (16x16)
Byte 1: Half-Dot Row Width
Byte 2: Dot Row Height

23 17 Matrix of User-Defined Thermal 0A14 hex 0810 hex 1020

Code Page 3
(10x20) (16x32)
Byte 1: Dot Row Width (or X'55'
for proportional fonts)
Byte 2: Dot Row Height (must
be even) (If proportional fonts,
the value reflects the download
width)

24 18 Matrix of user-defined thermal 0A14 hex 0810 hex 1020

code Page 4
(10x20) (16x32)
Byte 1: Dot Row Width
Byte 2: Dot Row Height (must be
even)

25 19 Document wait times 0203H 0000H FFFFH

Byte 1: x value
Byte 2: y value

26 1A Set Sheet Eject Length/Reprint A02AH 0000H FFFFH

Character. The high order byte
is the current sheet eject length,
and the low order byte is the
current character to signal that a
line is reprinted due to an error.
(The default reprint character is '*',
2AH.)
Byte 1: Eject Steps (see “Set sheet
eject length” on page 90)
Byte 2: Reprint Character (see
“Character for reprinted lines” on
page 95)

31 1F Scan settings FFFFH

Bits 15-8: Scanned image
compression alorithm selection.
Bits 7-0: Grayscale to binary
threshold value.

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DEC HEX MCT Default Minimum Maximum
117 75 DBCS thermal character check
sum
118 76 Number of DBCS thermal
characters stored
119 77 DBCS impact character check sum
120 78 Number of DBCS impact
characters stored
121 79 User flash storage sector check FFFFH
sum
122 7A Predefined messages sector check FFFFH
sum
123 7B User-defined Thermal sector check FFFFH
sum
124 7C User-defined Impact sector check FFFFH
sum
125 7D Downloaded graphics sector FFFFH
check sum
160 A0 User-defined impact-character 0001H 0000H FFFFH
memory allocation
161 A1 User-defined thermal-character 0001H 0000H FFFFH
memory allocation
162 A2 User-defined logos 0001H 0000H FFFFH
163 A3 Predefined messages 0001H 0000H FFFFH
164 A4 User flash storage 0002H 0000H FFFFH
165 A5 Scan image storage 0010H 0000H FFFFH
219 DB White space reduction FFFFH FFFFH
(not valid on Tx1-9)
With the following bit low, the
reduction will be as follows:
Bit 0: 2 dots between print line
Bit 1: 4 dots between print line
Bits 2, 3: Reserved
Bit 4: 75% reduction of blank
space
Bit 5: 50% reduction of blank
space
Bits 6, 7: Reserved
Bit 8: 75% Barcode height
reduction
Bit 9: 50% Barcode height
reduction

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 DEC HEX MCT Default Minimum Maximum

Bit 10: 25% Barcode height

reduction
Bit 11: Reserved
Bit 12: Font A override.
Bit 13: Reserved
Bit 14: Reduce White Space in
graphics message equivalent to
dots between lines
Bit 15: Remove White Space
on bottom and top of graphics
messages only

Setup commands
The setup commands are used to change the character font, inter-character spacing, and print
station.

Set print mode

RS485 syntax:
X'1B;21;n'

BASIC syntax:
PSTRING$=CHR$(1BH)+CHR$(21H)+CHR$(N)

where:
n
Bit # ↓ Function Bit=0 Bit=1 Thermal Impact

LSB 0 Char/Page 0 See Below yes yes

1 Char/Page 1 See Below yes yes
2 Overline Cancel Set yes no
3 Emphasized Cancel Set yes yes
4 Double-high Cancel Set yes yes
5 Double-Wide Cancel Set yes yes
6 Inverted Mode/DBCS compressed Cancel Set yes DBCS compressed
MSB 7 Underlined Cancel Set yes no

Default:
n = 00

Remarks:
Bit User defined User defined Resident Resident
1 0 Thermal Impact Thermal Impact

0 0 Code Page 1 Page 1 Font A Font A Font A

0 1 Code Page 2 Page 1 Font B Font B Font B
1 0 Code Page 3 Page 2 Font A Font C Font A
1 1 Code Page 4 Page 2 Font B Tall A Font B

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 When using the resident code pages, the settings for bits 1 and 0 to select font A can be
either 00 (resident and impact) or 10 (impact). To select resident font B, use 11. To select
resident thermal font C, use 10. In other words, bit 1 is ignored when selecting fonts from
the resident code pages.
For thermal printing:
If resident character sets are selected:
• Font A = 10 dots (W) x 20 dots (H) or 1.25 mm X 2.5 mm
• Font B = 12 dots (W) x 24 dots (H) or 1.5 mm x 3.0 mm
• Font C = 8 dots (W) x 16 dots (H) or 1.0 mm x 2.0 mm
• Tall A = 10 dots (W) x 24 dots (H) or 1.25 mm x 3.0 mm
Inverted cannot be used with overline and underline.
For impact printing:
• Font A = dot density of 75 full-dots per inch. (Resident characters = 1.2 mm x 2.5 mm.)
• Font B = dot density of 60 full-dots per inch. (Resident characters = 1.5 mm x 2.5 mm.)
• Emphasized printing enable/disable and font A/B selection are only recognized at the
beginning of a print line.
• Tall A is not supported on TI1-9.
• User-defined characters greater than 9 dots high cannot be printed double high.
• Double-high and emphasized characters are not valid in landscape mode.
See “Character fonts” on page 18, “User-defined characters” on page 70, and “Select
user-defined/resident characters sets” on page 86.

Character attribute commands

Set/Cancel Double Wide
RS485 syntax:
X'1B;57;n'

BASIC syntax:
PSTRING$=CHR$(1BH)+CHR$(57H)+CHR$(N)

where:

n
• 00 - Cancel Double-Wide Mode
• non-zero - Set Double-Wide Mode

Default:
n = 00

Set/Cancel Double High

RS485 syntax:
X'1B;68;n'

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 BASIC syntax:
PSTRING$=CHR$(1BH)+CHR$(68H)+CHR$(N)

where:

n
• 00 - Cancel Double-High Mode
• non-zero - Set Double-High Mode

Default:
n = 00

Remarks:
For better print quality with double-high characters, set the printer to unidirectional print
mode.

Set/Cancel Underline
RS485 syntax:
X'1B;2D;n'

BASIC syntax:
PSTRING$=CHR$(1BH)+CHR$(2DH)+CHR$(N)

where:

n
• 00 - Cancel Underline Mode
• non-zero - Set Underline Mode

Default:
n = 00

Remarks:
This command is valid only in the Cash Receipt Station.

Set/Cancel Overline
RS485 syntax:
X'1B;5F;n'

BASIC syntax:
PSTRING$=CHR$(1BH)+CHR$(5FH)+CHR$(N)

where:

n
• 00 - Cancel Overline Mode
• non-zero - Set Overline Mode

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Default:
n = 00

Remarks:
This command is valid only in the Cash Receipt Station.

Set/Cancel Strikethrough
Use this command to set or cancel strikethrough mode.

RS485 syntax:
X'1B;73';n

BASIC syntax:
PSTRING$=CHR$(1BH)+CHR$(73H)+CHR$(n)

where:

X'00'
Cancel strikethrough mode

X'01'
Set strikethrough mode

Remarks:
Valid only in the customer receipt station on 4610 Models 2Cx, 2Nx, and 1Nx.

Set/Cancel Invert
RS485 syntax:
X'1B;48;n'

BASIC syntax:
PSTRING$=CHR$(1BH)+CHR$(48H)+CHR$(N)

where:

n
• 00 - Cancel Invert Mode
• non-zero - Set Invert Mode

Default:
n = 00

Remarks:
This command is valid only in the Cash Receipt Station.

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 Set/Cancel Emphasized Printing
RS485 syntax:
X'1B;47;n'

BASIC syntax:
PSTRING$=CHR$(1BH)+CHR$(47H)+CHR$(N)

where:

n
• 00 - Cancel Emphasized Mode
• non-zero - Set Emphasized Mode

Default:
n = 00

Remarks:
In the document portrait station, this command must be sent at the beginning of a line.
This command is enabled for the entire line.

Select Maximum Print Speed Commands

RS485 syntax:
X'1B;2F;n'

BASIC syntax:
PSTRING$=CHR$(1BH)+CHR$(2FH)+CHR$(N)

where:

n
Maximum print speed for TI3/4/5/6/7/8/9 printers:
• X'00' - 52 lines per second
• X'01' - 35 lines per second
• X'02' - 26 lines per second
• X'03' - 15 lines per second

n
Maximum print speed for 2Cx/2Nx/1Nx printers:
• X'00' - 70 lines per second
• X'01' - 52 lines per second
• X'02' - 35 lines per second
• X'03' - 26 lines per second

n
Maximum print speed for 6145 printers:
• X'00' - 125 lines per second
• X'01' - 80 lines per second

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 • X'02' - 35 lines per second
• X'03' - 26 lines per second

Default:
n = X'00'

Remarks:
In the cash receipt station the printing will slow down to the maximum selected speed.
This will increase the quality of the printing and lower the current draw from the power
supply when printing high density images, such as dark logos.
• This is the maximum speed being selected, so the dot utilization algorithms can still slow the
speed further when necessary.
• If MCT 11 hex (17 dec), bit 11 has been set to a value of zero (maximum speed of 35 lps
Tx3/4/5/6/7), then this command will not have an effect on the maximum print speed (the
MCT value takes precedence).
• This command does not affect the document station.
• Not supported on the TI-1/2.
• This command was previously called “Set/Cancel High Quality Print Mode” and only
supported parameter byte values of X’00’ and X’01’. Code level 40 in the Tx3/4/5/6/7 and code
level 69 in the TI8/9, added parameter byte values of X’02’ and X’03’.

Set print station

RS485 syntax:
X'1B;63;30;n'

BASIC syntax:
PSTRING$=CHR$(1BH)+CHR$(63H)+CHR$(30H)+CHR$(N)

where:

n
Specifies the print station.
Bit # ↓ Station

LSB 0 Reserved
1 Cash Receipt Station
2 Document Station - Portrait mode
3 Document Station - Landscape mode
4 Reserved
5 Reserved
6 Reserved
7 Reserved

Default:
n = 02

Remarks:
See Appendix A, Document handling on page 161 for document handling information.
Only one station can be set at a time. If more than one station is selected, the command is
ignored.

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 Select user-defined/resident characters sets
RS485 syntax:
X'1B;25;n'

BASIC syntax:
PSTRING$=CHR$(1BH)+CHR$(25H)+CHR$(N)

where:

n
• 00 - Select Resident Character Sets
• 01 - Select User-Defined Character Sets

Default:
n = 00

Remarks:
See Character Fonts and User-Defined Character.

Set code page

RS485 syntax:
X'1B;74;n'

BASIC syntax:
PSTRING$=CHR$(1BH)+CHR$(74H)+CHR$(N)

where:

n
• 00- Code Page 437 - United States English
• 01 - Code Page 850 - Multilingual
• 02 - Code Page 863 - Canadian-French
• 03 - Code Page 860 - Portuguese
• 04 - Code Page 865 - Danish, Norwegian
• 05 - Printer's Generic Code Page
• Code Pages 06–10, for 4610 Models 2Cx, 2Nx, and 1Nx only:
• 06 - Printer's User-Defined Code Page Mapping
• 07 - Code Page 869 - Greek
• 08 - Code Page 857 - Turkish
• 09 - Code Page 864 - Arabic
• 0A - Code Page 867 - Hebrew (Israel)
• 0B - Code Page 852 - Hungarian, Polish, Czech, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian,
Croatian
• 0C - Code Page 848 - Ukranian
• 0D - Code Page 866 - Cyrillic (Russian)
• 0E - Code Page 872 - Bulgarian, Serbian
• 0F - Code Page 775 - Lithuanian, Latvian, Estonian

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 • 10 - Code Page 861 - Icelandic
Code pages 1D-20 and 80-81 are for 6145 printers only:
• 1D - Code Page 897 - Katakana
• 1E - Code Page 853 - Turkish
• 1F - Code Page 737 - Greek
• 20 - Code Page 813 - ISO8859-7 Greek
• 80 - DBCS Code Page 1
• 81 - DBCS Code Page 2
• 82 - DBCS Code Page 3

Default:
n = 01

Remarks:
Changing the code pages is valid only for resident character sets. If the user-defined
character sets are enabled, this command is ignored. Selecting User-Defined Code Page
Mapping (X'06') is ignored if the code page has not been defined; instead, the previous
code page remains selected.

Set inter-character spacing

RS485 syntax:
X'1B;20;n'

BASIC syntax:
PSTRING$=CHR$(1BH)+CHR$(20H)+CHR$(N)

where:

n
The number of dot-spaces in the thermal print station or half-dot spaces in the
impact print station.

Default:
n = 03

Maximum:
n = 08

Set/cancel rotated characters

RS485 syntax:
X'1B;56;n'

BASIC syntax:
PSTRING$=CHR$(1BH)+CHR$(56H)+CHR$(N)

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 where:

n
• 00 - Cancel Rotated Characters
• 01 - Set Rotated Character

Default:
n = 00

Remarks:
Rotation is 90 degrees clockwise. This command is supported only in the Thermal Print
Station.

Enable/disable upside-down printing

RS485 syntax:
X'1B;7B;n'

BASIC syntax:
PSTRING$=CHR$(1BH)+CHR$(7BH)+CHR$(N)

where:

n
• X'00' - Disable upside-down printing
• X'01' - Enable upside-down printing

Default:
n = X'00'

Remarks:
When the printer is wall-mounted, the front of the printer is pointed up. Therefore, the
print data appears upside-down when printed normally. This command allows the data
to be right-side up as it is printed from the printer. The data must be sent last line first.
This command is valid only at the beginning of a print line and it is not supported on
TI1/TI2 printers.

Select print station for station settings

RS485 syntax:
X'1B;63;31;n'

BASIC syntax:
PSTRING$=CHR$(1BH)+CHR$(63H)+CHR$(31H)+CHR$(N)

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 where:

n
Specifies the print station.
Bit # ↓ Station

LSB 0 Reserved
1 Cash Receipt Station
2 Document Station - Portrait mode
3 Document Station - Landscape mode
4 Reserved
5 Reserved
6 Reserved
7 Reserved

Default:
n = 02 Cash Receipt Station

Remarks:
This command is used for setting the line spacing, margins, and tabs. More than one
station can be selected at the same time, if they are going to receive the same setting.
Note: This command is not needed if honor station mode is in effect and causes
an error (80900524H) if attempted in that mode.

Select 1/8 inch line spacing

RS485 syntax:
X'1B;31'

BASIC syntax:
PSTRING$=CHR$(1BH)+CHR$(31H)

Remarks:
In the Thermal (Receipt) station, this command sets line feeding to 25 steps per line.
In the Impact (Document - Portrait) station, this command sets line feeding to 6 steps per
line. In the Impact (Document - Landscape) station, this command sets line feeding to 16
steps per line. This command should be sent after the command to select the station.
Note:
1. In honor station mode, write this command to the session for which you want to set
the line spacing.
2. In honor station mode, this command must be the only command in the WRITE
string.

Select 1/6 inch line spacing

RS485 syntax:
X'1B;32'

BASIC syntax:
PSTRING$=CHR$(1BH)+CHR$(32H)

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 Remarks:
In the Thermal (Receipt) station, this command sets line feeding to 34 steps per line. In the
Impact (Document - Portrait) station, this command sets line feeding to 8 steps per line.
In the Impact (Document - Landscape) station, this command sets line feeding to 21 steps
per line. This command should be sent after the command to select the station.
Note:
1. In honor station mode, write this command to the session for which you want to set
the line spacing.
2. In honor station mode, this command must be the only command in the WRITE
string.

Set line spacing using minimum units

RS485 syntax:
X'1B;33;n'

BASIC syntax:
PSTRING$=CHR$(1BH)+CHR$(33H)+CHR$(N)

where:

n
Specifies the number of steps per line feed.
In the Thermal (Receipt) Station, 1 inch = 204 steps (1 mm = 8 steps).
In the Impact (Document, Portrait) Station, 1 inch = 48 steps (1 mm = 1.9 steps).
In the Document Station in Landscape mode, 1 inch = 127 steps (1 mm = 5 steps).
Note:
1. In honor station mode, write this command to the session for which you want to set
the line spacing.
2. In honor station mode, this command must be the only command in the WRITE
string.

Set sheet eject length

RS485 syntax:
X'1B;43;n'

BASIC syntax:
PSTRING$=CHR$(1BH)+CHR$(43H)+CHR$(N)

where:

n
Specifies the number of steps to feed using minimal units moved when a FF (Form
feed, X'0C') is sent in the Receipt station.

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 In the document station, an eject feeds until the document has exited the lower
document sensors; this length is not used.

Default:
n = 160 (X'A0')

Maximum:
255 steps (X'FF')

Set horizontal tab positions

RS485 syntax:
X'1B;44;[n1;n2];00;00'

BASIC syntax:
PSTRING$=CHR$(1BH)+CHR$(44H)+CHR$(N1)+CHR$(N2)+ CHR$(00H)+CHR$(00H)

where:

n1
High order byte dot offset for the horizontal tab.

n2
Low order byte dot offset for the horizontal tab.

Default:
There is a tab every 100 dots.

Remarks:
This command should be sent after the Select Print Station for station settings command.
(See “Select print station for station settings” on page 88.)
A maximum of 5 tab positions are stored. Up to 5 different n1 n2 pairs can be included
in this command. If more than 5 pairs are encountered in the data, an error code of
X'80900524' (invalid data) is returned. The values must be entered as hexadecimal values.
The tab is calculated from the left margin position. The tab values must be sent in
ascending order. Any previous settings for the selected station are deleted each time this
command is run. For example, to set 3 tab positions (at the 100, 150 and 300 dot positions)
use:
X'1B;44;00;64;00;96;01;2C;00;00'

See “Horizontal tab” on page 123.

Set left margin position

RS485 syntax:
X'1B;24;n1;n2'

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 BASIC syntax:
PSTRING$=CHR$(1BH)+CHR$(24H)+CHR$(N1)+CHR$(N2)

where:

n1
High order byte of the dot offset from the beginning of the print line.

n2
Low order byte of the dot offset from the beginning of the print line.

Default:
n1 = 0, n2 = 0

Remarks:
In the Thermal Station, 1 mm = 8 dots. In the Impact Station, 1 inch = 150 half-dots (75
dots). n1 and n2 are hexadecimal values; to get the decimal equivalent use (n1 x 256) + n2.
If the number exceeds the printable area, it is ignored. The maximum value in the
Thermal CR station is 576. The maximum value in the Impact DI station is 474. In the
CR station, this number is rounded back to a factor of 8. This command should be sent
after the Set Print Station for setting station settings command. (See “Select print station
for station settings” on page 88.)

Set relative position

RS485 syntax:
X'1B;5C;n1;n2'

BASIC syntax:
PSTRING$=CHR$(1BH)+CHR$(5CH)+CHR$(N1)+CHR$(N2)

where:

n1
High order byte of the dot offset from the left margin.

n2
Low order byte of the dot offset from the left margin.

Default:
n1 = 0, n2 = 0

Remarks:
In the Thermal Station, 1 mm = 8 dots. In the Impact Station, 1 inch = 75 dots (150
half-dots).
n1 and n2 are hexadecimal values; to get the decimal equivalent use (n2 x 256) + n1. To
move the position to the left, use a negative number. For example, to move N dots to the
right ⇒ 65536-N = n2*256 + n1. If this number plus the left margin exceeds the printable
area, it is ignored.

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 See “Set left margin position” on page 91. In the CR station, this number is rounded back
to a factor of 8.

Align positions
RS485 syntax:
X'1B;61;.n'

BASIC syntax:
PSTRING$=CHR$(1BH)+CHR$(61H)+CHR$(N)

where:

n
Position
• X'00 '- Align Left
• X'01' - Align Center
• X'02' - Align Right
• X'04' - Align Column Right

Default:
n = X'00'

Remarks:
Valid only at the beginning of a line. Tabs are only valid when printing is aligned to the
left. If tabs are used when the alignment is not left, results can be unpredictable. (See
“Horizontal tab” on page 123.) Align is relative to the left margin

Set/cancel unidirectional printing

RS485 syntax:
X'1B;55;n'

BASIC syntax:
PSTRING$=CHR$(1BH)+CHR$(55H)+CHR$(N)

where:

m
Position
• 00 - Cancels unidirectional printing
• 01 - Sets unidirectional printing

Default:
n = 00

Remarks:
This command is valid only in Impact Stations when there must be two passes of
the printhead to print one print line (for example, double-high print or emphasized

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 print). When unidirectional mode is set, double-high characters take three passes of the
printhead. In bidirectional mode, printing double-high characters takes only two passes
of the printhead. Unidirectional printing takes longer; however, it also increases the
quality of the print.

Set error recovery function

RS485 syntax:
X'1B;63;34;n'

BASIC syntax:
PSTRING$=CHR$(1BH)+CHR$(63H)+CHR$(34H)+CHR$(N)

where:

n
Selects the function.

Default:
n = 00

Define document wait time

RS485 syntax:
X'1B;66;x;y'

BASIC syntax:
PSTRING$=CHR$(1BH)+CHR$(66H)+CHR$(X)+CHR$(Y)

where:

x
Time the printer should wait after receiving the command to print to the selected
document station until the document is inserted. If the document is not detected
by the time the wait time has ended, a document error is sent to the system. The
system continues to wait for a document to be inserted. The wait time = x * 0.5
seconds. The default for this value is 0; wait forever

y
Delay from the time the document is detected until the document is grabbed by
the printer - start of document printing. Side insertion closes the document throat.
Front insertion pulls the document into the printer and feeds it to the Top of Form.
The delay equals y * 0.1 seconds. The default for this value is 2; wait .2 seconds.
In the Impact only printers, this is also the delay from the time the document has
cleared the top document sensor until printing can start on another print station.

Default:
x = 02 , y = 03

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 Note: These values are stored in the EEPROM in the printer so that they are not
lost when the printer is reset. This means that the default values after a reset are
the values that are last sent (see Table 34).

Remarks:
If x = 0, the printer never sends back error status. If y = 0:
• Front insertion - The printer does not grab the paper. The operator must press the DI
feed button to have the document feed to the Top of Form position.
• Side insertion - The printer does not close the document throat. The operator must
close the throat by pressing and releasing the DI and CR feed buttons at the same
time.

Character for reprinted lines

RS485 syntax:
X'1B;2B;n'

BASIC syntax:
PSTRING$=CHR$(1BH)+CHR$(2BH)+CHR$(N)

where:

n
ASCII representation of the character printed in the first character position on the
print line when recovering from a home error. This instance only occurs in the
impact print stations when error recovery is attempted by the printer hardware.

Default:
n = X'2A' (this is an '*' in most code pages)

Remarks:
This value is stored in the EEPROM in the printer so that it is not lost when the printer is
reset. This means that the default value after a reset is the value last sent. (see Table 34).

Bar code commands

The bar code commands are valid only in the Thermal Print Station.

Print bar code

RS485 syntax:
X'1D;6B;n;data;00'

BASIC syntax:
PSTRING$=CHR$(1DH)+CHR$(6BH)+CHR$(N)+DATA+CHR$(00H)

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 where:

n
Bar Code
• 00 - UPC-A
• 01 - UPC-E
• 02 - JAN13 (EAN)
• 03 - JAN8 (EAN)
• 04 - CODE 39
• 05 - ITF
• 06 - CODABAR
• 07 - CODE 128 (c)
• 08 - CODE 93
• 09 - CODE 128 (a, b)
• 0A - GS1 DataBar Omni-Directional
• 0B - GS1 DataBar Omni-Directional Stacked
• 0C - GS1 DataBar Expanded
• 0D - GS1 DataBar Expanded Stacked
• 0E - GS1 DataBar Truncated
• 0F - GS1 DataBar Stacked
• 10 - GS1 DataBar Limited

data
ASCII representation of the characters to be printed.

Remarks:
This command is valid only at the beginning of a line. Printing does not start until a X'00'
is received or the end of a message to the printer (data packet) is received. Data after any
invalid character for a particular bar code is thrown away. The printer continues to wait
for a X'00'. Excess characters are discarded. If a X'00' or an invalid character is received
before the required number of data bytes, zeroes are inserted following the data until the
required number of bytes is reached (valid for UPC-A, UPC-E, JAN8, and JAN13).
A check digit is generated if one is not supplied for UPC-A and JAN13. UPC-E generates
its own check characters. The printer expands the data, generates a check digit, and then
parses the data before generating the bar code. Six or seven digits are excepted. If seven
digits are received and the first digit is a zero, then the last 6 bytes are used to generate
the bar code. If the first digit is not a zero, then the first six bytes are used to generate
the bar code and the seventh byte is ignored. A leading zero is added to the data for ITF
bar codes if the data received has an odd number of bytes. If a bar code width is greater
than the width of the paper, the right-hand side of the bar code is truncated. Check digits
are calculated and appended for Code 128 and Code 93. This command increments status
byte 6.
For GS1 formats 0A and 0B the following apply:
• Begins with Application Identifier 01
• Data is numeric, sent as hex values 0X30 to 0x39
• Length is 13 or 14 digits. When 13 digits are sent, the firmware will calculate the check
digit. When 14 digits are sent the firmware will verify the check digit is correct. If the
check digit is not correct, a barcode error (0x80901123) will be sent and the barcode
will not print
• If the barcode cannot be printed because it is too wide or the data is invalid, a barcode
error will be returned
For GS1 formats 0C and 0D the following apply:

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 • Begins with an Application Identifier, which must be specified by the application in
the data
• Variable length
• For Numeric:
• 0-9 sent as 0x30 to 0x39
• maximum number of digits is 74
• For Alphanumeric:
• 0-9 sent as 0x30 to 0x39
• A-Z sent as 0x41 to 0x5A
• Special characters , - . / sent as 0x2A, 0x2C, 0x2D, 0x 2E
• Maximum number of characters is 41
For GS1 formates 0E, 0F, and 10 the following apply:
• Format 1 (01)xxxxxxxxxxxxx
• Format 2 (01)xxxxxxxxxxxxxy
where:
x : 13 numeric digits (0x30 - 0x39)
y : single hex check digit
When y is included the firmware will compare the y valued with a calculated value.

Table 35. Code 128 character set

Value Code
Decimal Hex Set A Set B Set C
0 0 SP SP 00
1 1 ! ! 01
2 2 “ “ 02
3 3 # # 03
4 4 $ $ 04
5 5 % % 05
6 6 & & 06
7 7 ‘ ‘ 07
8 8 ( ( 08
9 9 ) ) 09
10 A * * 10
11 B + + 11
12 C ‘ ‘ 12
13 D – – 13
14 E . . 14
15 F / / 15
16 10 0 0 16

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 Value Code
Decimal Hex Set A Set B Set C
17 11 1 1 17
18 12 2 2 18
19 13 3 3 19
20 14 4 4 20
21 15 5 5 21
22 16 6 6 22
23 17 7 7 23
24 18 8 8 24
25 19 9 9 25
26 1A : : 26
27 1B ; ; 27
28 1C < < 28
29 1D = = 29
30 1E > > 30
31 1F ? ? 31
32 20 @ @ 32
33 21 A A 33
34 22 B B 34
35 23 C C 35
36 24 D D 36
37 25 E E 37
38 26 F F 38
39 27 G G 39
40 28 H H 40
41 29 I I 41
42 2A J J 42
43 2B K K 43
44 2C L L 44
45 2D M M 45
46 2E N N 46
47 2F O O 47
48 30 P P 48
49 31 Q Q 49
50 32 R R 50

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Value Code
Decimal Hex Set A Set B Set C
51 33 S S 51
52 34 T T 52
53 35 U U 53
54 36 V V 54
55 37 W W 55
56 38 X X 56
57 39 Y Y 57
58 3A Z Z 58
59 3B [ [ 59
60 3C \ \ 60
61 3D ] ] 61
62 3E ∧ ∧ 62
63 3F _ _ 63
64 40 MUL ‘ 64
65 41 SOH a 65
66 42 STX b 66
67 43 ETX c 67
68 44 EOT d 68
69 45 ENO e 69
70 46 ACK f 70
71 47 BEL g 71
72 48 BS h 72
73 49 HT i 73
74 4A LF j 74
75 4B VT k 75
76 4C FF l 76
77 4D CR m 77
78 4E SO n 78
79 4F SI o 79
80 50 DLE p 80
81 51 DC1 q 81
82 52 DC2 r 82
83 53 DC3 s 83
84 54 DC4 t 84

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 Value Code
Decimal Hex Set A Set B Set C
85 55 NAK u 85
86 56 SYN v 86
87 57 ETB w 87
88 58 CAN x 88
89 59 EM y 89
90 5A SUB z 90
91 5B ESC { 91
92 5C FS | 92
93 5D GS } 93
94 5E RS ~ 94
95 5F US DEL 95
96 60 FNC3 FNC3 96
97 61 FNC2 FNC2 97
98 62 SHIFT SHIFT 98
99 63 CODE C CODE C 99
100 64 CODE B FNC4 CODE B
101 65 FNC4 CODE A CODE A
102 66 FNC1 FNC1 FNC1
103 67 START CODE A
104 68 START CODE B
105 69 START CODE C

Print bar code examples

Table 36. Print bar code examples
Command n= Data
UPC-A X'1D6B' X'00' X'30 33 31 33 32 33 31
32 30 37 38 00'
UPC-E X'1D6B' X'01' X'34 39 30 36 39 30 00'
JAN 13 (EAN-130 X'1D6B' X'02' X'34 39 31 32 33 34 35
36 37 38 39 30 00'
JAN8 (EAN-8) X'1D6B' X'03' 34 39 31 32 33 34 35 36
00

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 Command n= Data
CODE 39 X'1D6B' X'04' 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37
00
ITF X'1D6B' X'05' 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38
39 30 31 32 00
CODABAR X'1D6B' X'06' 42 39 30 2E 2B 3A 2F
24 2D 43 00
CODE 128C X'1D6B' X'07' 35 34 35 35 35 36 35 37
35 38 35 39 00
CODE 93 X'1D6B' X'08' 31 32 33 34 35 36 00
Reserved X'1D6B' X'0A - FF'

Select horizontal size of bar code

RS485 syntax:
X'1D;77;n'

BASIC syntax:
PSTRING$=CHR$(1DH)+CHR$(77H)+CHR$(N)

where:

n
Horizontal magnification of the line width in the Bar Code. 2 ≤ n ≤ 4. A command
with invalid data results with the value remaining unchanged.

Default:
n = X'03'

Select vertical size of bar code

RS485 syntax:
X'1D;68;n'

BASIC syntax:
PSTRING$=CHR$(1DH)+CHR$(68H)+CHR$(N)

where:

n
Dot height of the bar code. 1 ≤ n ≤ 255. A command with invalid data results with
the value remaining unchanged.

Default:
n = 162 (X'A2')

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 Note: This command is not supported for GS1.

Select printing position of human-readable characters (HRI)

RS485 syntax:
X'1D;48;n'

BASIC syntax:
PSTRING$=CHR$(1DH)+CHR$(48H)+CHR$(N)

where:

n
Print position
• 00 - Not printed
• 01 - Above the bar code
• 02 - Below the bar code
• 03 - Both above and below the bar code

Default:
n = X'00'

Remarks:
Human-readable characters are the normal text characters associated with the bar code. A
command with invalid data results with the value remaining unchanged.

Select font for HRI

RS485 syntax:
X'1D;66;n'

BASIC syntax:
PSTRING$=CHR$(1DH)+CHR$(66H)+CHR$(N)

where:

n
The font for the HRI:
• 00 - Font A
• 01 - Font B

Default:
n=0

Remarks:
Only the resident characters are used:

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 • Font A = 10 dots (W) x 20 dots (H) or 1.25 mm x 2.5 mm
• Font B = 12 dots (W) x 24 dots (H) or 1.5 mm x 3.0 mm
A command with invalid data results with the value remaining unchanged.

PDF417 bar code commands

The PDF417 bar code commands are valid only in the Thermal Print Station.

Print PDF417 bar code

RS485 syntax:
X'1D;50;data;00'

BASIC syntax:
PSTR1$=CHR$(1DH)+CHR$(50H)
PSTR2$=DATA+CHR$(00H)
PSTRING$=PSTR1$+PSTR2$

where:

data
Contains the ASCII representation of the characters to be printed.

Remarks:
If this command is longer than the buffer, it can be divided into several buffers using a
Continuation command. See “Continuation of previous command” on page 123.

Limitations:
• This command is valid only at the beginning of a line.
• Printing does not start until receipt of X'00'.
• This command increments status byte 6.
• The maximum number of characters to be encoded is 1000.

Error conditions:
If an image cannot be printed, status byte 7, bit 2 is set. This condition can happen when
the image is too large to print. To fix this error condition, decrease the ECC level.

Select PDF417 ECC (Error Correction Code words) level

RS485 syntax:
X'1D;52;n1;n2'

BASIC syntax:
PSTR1$=CHR$(1DH)+CHR$(52H)
PSTR2$=CHR$(N1)+CHR$(N2)
PSTRING$=PSTR1$+PSTR2$

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 where:

n1
Is the high order byte ECC level.

n2
Is the low order byte ECC level.

Default:
n1=00, n2=15

Range:
0 ≤n1n2 ≤400 decimal (X'170')

Remarks:
For 0 ≤n1n2 ≤8, the ECC level is assumed as that particular security level. The security
level determines the number of error correction code words that are added to the symbol.
Security Level Error Correction Codewords 0 0 1 2 2 6 3 14 4 30 5 62 6 126 7 254 8 510
For 9 ≤n1n2 ≤400, the ECC level is assumed to be a percentage of the code words in the
bar code.

Select aspect ratio PDF417 bar code

RS485 syntax:
X'1D;53;r;c'

BASIC syntax:
PSTR1$=CHR$(1DH)+CHR$(53H)
PSTR2$=CHR$(R)+CHR$(C)
PSTRING$=PSTR1$+PSTR2$

where:

r
Is the height dimension for the ratio; 1≤r≤9

c
Is the width dimension for the ratio; 1≤c≤9

Default:
r=1, c=2

Remarks:
This is not an exact ratio. The image is as close to the ratio as possible. However, the
maximum width of an image is 12 columns and the maximum height is 90 rows.

Enable PDF417 truncation

RS485 syntax:
X'1D;54;n'

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 BASIC syntax:
PSTR1$=CHR$(1DH)+CHR$(54H)
PSTR2$=CHR$(N)
PSTRING$=PSTR1$+PSTR2$

where:

n
0 = Disable truncation
1 = Enable truncation

Default:
n=0

Remarks:
A truncated PDF generates a symbol with the right row indicator and stop pattern
replaced by a single width bar. There is a slight degradation in decoding performance if
truncation is enabled. This allows more data to fit in the image width.

Print QR Code command

Use this command to print QR codes.

Syntax:
X'1D;4f;n1;n2;n3;data;00'

Basic syntax:
PSTR1$=CHR$(1DH)+CHR$(4FH)+CHR$(N1)+CHR$(N2)+CHR$(N3)
PSTR2$=DATA+CHR$(00H)
PSTRING$=PSTR1$+PSTR2$

Where:

n1
Encoding Mode Parameter

00 Byte
Encodes all bytes sent to the printer, including:
• Lowercase single byte alphanumeric
• Uppercase single byte alphanumeric
• Double-byte characters
• Control codes (characters that cannot be displayed)

01 Alphanumeric Mode
Alphanumeric mode encodes data from a set of 45 characters. They are:
• 10 numeric digits (0 - 9) (byte values 30 HEX to 39 HEX)
• 26 alphabetic characters (A - Z) (byte values 41 HEX to 5A HEX)
• 9 symbols SP, $, %, *, +, -, ., /, : (byte values 20 HEX, 24 HEX, 25 HEX, 2A
HEX, 2B HEX, 2D HEX, 2E HEX, 2F HEX, 3A HEX respectively)

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 The command will be rejected if data is outside the supported range for this
mode.

02 Numeric Mode
This mode encodes data from the decimal digit set (0 - 9) (byte values
30 HEX to 39 HEX). The command will be rejected if data is outside the
supported range for this mode.

03 Kanji Mode
This mode encodes Kanji characters.
Note: The amount of data needs to be an even number. The
supported range of Kanji characters are from 8140 HEX to 9FFC HEX
and from E040 HEX to EBBF HEX. Characters outside these ranges
will be rejected.

04 Extended Channel Interpretation (ECI) Mode

This mode allow the encoding of character sets different than the default.

05 Mixing Mode
This mode allows the printer to encode data using different modes; currently
works with numeric, alphanumeric, byte, and Kanji characters. In this mode,
printer will decide which type of characters and encode them accordingly.

n2
Error Correction Level
01 L - 7% recovery
02 M - 15% recovery
03 Q - 25% recovery
04 H - 30% recovery
If a parameter is outside of the range, it is assumed the setting is 0. The higher the
error correction levels, the more redundancy there is in the symbol. Therefore:
• The symbol will be larger for the same amount of data.
• The symbol may still be readable even when damaged.

n3
ECI value – valid only if the application chooses the ECI mode
Note: To reserve the encoded characters, the firmware will check for the
data in Numeric and Alphanumeric mode. If the data has just one character
that belongs to byte mode, the whole data will be encoded in the byte
mode.

Table 37. ECI Values and Character Sets

ECI Value Character Set Details
0 Cp437
1 ISO8859_1
2 Cp437
3 ISO8859_1 Latin alphabet No. 1
4 ISO8859_2 Latin alphabet No. 2

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ECI Value Character Set Details
5 ISO8859_3 Latin alphabet No. 3
6 ISO8859_4 Latin alphabet No. 4
7 ISO8859_5 Latin/Cyrillic alphabet
8 ISO8859_6 Latin/Arabic alphabet
9 ISO8859_7 Latin/Greek alphabet
10 ISO8859_8 Latin/Hebrew alphabet
11 ISO8859_9 Latin alphabet No. 5
12 ISO8859_10 Latin alphabet No. 6
13 ISO8859_11 Latin/Thai alphabet
15 ISO8859_13 Latin alphabet No. 7 Baltic Rim
16 ISO8859_14 Latin alphabet No. 8 Celtic
17 ISO8859_15 Latin alphabet No. 9
18 ISO8859_16 Latin alphabet No. 10
20 SJIS Shift JIS
21 Windows 1250 Latin 2 (Central Europe)
22 Windows 1251 Cyrillic
23 Windows 1252 Latin 1
24 Windows 1256 Arabic
25 ISO/IEC 10646 UCS-2
26 ISO/IEC 10646 UTF-8
27 ISO/IEC 646:1991 International Reference Version of ISO 7-
bit coded character set
28 Big 5 Taiwan Chinese Character Set

Data:
The byte representation of the characters to be encoded. This field has a maximum of 1000
bytes. Sending more than 1000 bytes will cause a command reject. Note that there is also a
maximum number of bytes that can be encoded per mode. See below.

Remarks:
• Valid only at the beginning of a line.
• Printing will not start until an X'00' is received.
• This command will increment status byte 6.
• The maximum number of characters to be encoded is shown in Table 38.
• Not supported on Tx1-9 printers.
• If this command is longer than one buffer, it can be divided into several buffers using
a Continuation command. See “Continuation of previous command” on page 123.

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 Table 38. Characters to be encoded
Error Correction Numeric Alphanumeric Byte Kanji
L (7%) 1000 1000 919 500
M (15%) 1000 1000 701 432
Q (25%) 1000 721 499 308
H (30%) 945 566 393 242

Example: With level H error correction, the printer can encode 945 numeric characters or 566
alphanumeric characters; 393 bytes, or 242 Kanji characters.
Note:
• This function is only supported in the customer receipt station.
• The data length is capped at 1000 bytes. Sending more will result in a command reject.
This becomes the maximum for characters to be encoded for error correction levels
that support more than 1000 characters. Kanji Mode uses 2 bytes per character.
• The scanning accuracy depends on the scanner and decoding software. Scanning
becomes more difficult as the amount of data increases. It is recommended to keep
the amount of data lower than 75% of the maximum number of characters allowed for
each mode.

Error Conditions:
• If invalid Encoding Mode Parameter is chosen, printer will default to Byte Mode.
• Status byte 7, bit 2 will be set on error:
• This may happen when the image is too big to print. Try decreasing the Error
Correction level.
• Command Reject is sent:
• If the data format is not correct for the selected encoding mode.
• If the maximum number of characters that can be encoded for the selected mode is
exceeded.

Print character commands

The following commands should be sent after ASCII data is sent to the printer and is being held
in the print buffer. These commands increment the line count by 1.

Print and line feed

Use this command to print the data in the print buffer and feed paper by a pre-set amount.

RS485 syntax:
X'0A'

BASIC syntax:
PSTRING$=CHR$(0AH)

Print and line feed

Use this command to print the data in the print buffer and feed paper by a pre-set amount.

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 RS485 syntax:
X'0D'

BASIC syntax:
PSTRING$=CHR$(0DH)

Print, form feed, and cut the paper (FF)

Use this command to print the data in the print buffer and feed paper by an amount previously
stored in the receipt station or in the document station until the document exits the feed rollers.
If a cutter is available, the paper is cut.

RS485 syntax:
X'0C'

BASIC syntax:
PSTRING$=CHR$(0CH)
Note: This command is not allowed in Page Mode.

Print and feed paper n lines

Use this command to print the data in the print buffer and feed the paper by the number of lines
specified in the command.
Note: An attempt to feed zero lines on the CR: station causes one line to feed.

RS485 syntax:
X'1B;64;n'

BASIC syntax:
PSTRING$=CHR$(1BH)+CHR$(64H)+CHR$(N)

where:

n
Specifies the number of line feeds.

Print feed paper using minimum units

Use this command to print the data in the print buffer and feed the paper by the amount
specified in this command. The CR station uses the larger of this amount or the image height
(character height or logo height).

RS485 syntax:
X'1B;4A;n'

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 BASIC syntax:
PSTRING$=CHR$(1BH)+CHR$(4AH)+CHR$(N)

where:

n
Specifies the line feed steps.
In the Thermal (Receipt) Station, 1 inch = 204 steps (1 mm = 8 steps).
In the Impact (Document, Portrait) Station, 1 inch = 48 steps (1 mm = 1.9 steps).
In the Document Station in Landscape mode, 1 inch = 127 steps (1 mm = 5 steps).

Print graphics messages

Select and print a graphics (logo) command

Use this command to print all-points-addressable print messages.

RS485 syntax:
X'1B;2A;d;w;h;data'

BASIC syntax:
PSTR1$=CHR$(1BH)+CHR$(2AH)+CHR$(D)+CHR$(W)
PSTR2$=CHR$(H)+DATA
PSTRING$=PSTR1$+PSTR2$

where:

d
Dot density

x0
Normal Print - 200 DPI in the Thermal (receipt) Station; 150 DPI in the
Impact (document) Station.
Note: In the Impact Station, this takes three passes of the printhead
for every 8 dots high.

x1
Double Wide - 100 DPI in the Thermal (receipt) Station; 75 DPI in the Impact
(document) Station.
Note: In the Impact Station, this takes one pass of the printhead for
an 8 dots high logo.

x2
Double Wide and High - 100 DPI in the Thermal (receipt) Station; 75 DPI
in the Impact (document) Station. Every dot row in the vertical direction is
printed twice.

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 6x
16 bit greyscale printing. 6145 thermal station only.

w
One-eighth the number of dots in the horizontal direction (width = 8 x w)
• 1 ≤ w ≤ 72 for a Thermal Logo
• 1 ≤ w ≤ 59 for an Impact Logo
• In the Thermal Station, 1 = 8 dots = 1 mm
• In the Impact Station, 6 = 48 dots = 1 inch

h
One-eighth the number of dots in the vertical direction (height = 8 x h)
• 1 ≤ h ≤ 255 for a Thermal Logo
• 1 ≤ h ≤ 5 for a Impact Logo

data
The data to form the graphics image when d = 0x. The number of data bytes for the
image is (h * w) x 8. See “Download graphics (logo) commands” on page 66 for an
example of the data.
When d=6x, greyscale BMP, data format is a 256 color BMP file. Supported formats
are Windows bitmap and OS/2 bitmap.
• Bytes 1 and 2 of the data are X'424D' or "BM"
• Bytes 3 - 6 of the data are the total number of data bytes in the file, in little
endian
Example of a greyscale logo command, 160 (0x14 * 0x08) dots wide by 160 (0x14 *
0x08) dots high:
X'1B2A601414424D786A0000 . . .'
In this case the byte count of the data is 0x00006A78 or 27,256 bytes.

Remarks:
The margin is ignored if this causes the logo to overrun the line length. These messages
can be positioned on the page using the commands for setting positions. See sections “Set
horizontal tab positions” on page 91 through “Set relative position” on page 92.
This command is not supported in document landscape mode. The images for the
Thermal Logo commands are defined by one dot-high rows (horizontal slices), and the
Impact is defined by eight dot-high rows (vertical slices).
The maximum number of bytes per logo is:
• 4000 bytes for TI1/2
• 8000 bytes for Tx3/4/5/6/7
• 64K byes for TI8/9, 2xR/1NR, 6145
The left margin is rounded back to a factor of 8 (that is, margin = 74); logo starts at 72. If a
home error occurs, the command is ignored and no retries occur.
This command is valid only at the beginning of the line. A line feed command must be
sent to advance the paper past the last line of the logo when printed in the document
station. This command increments the status byte 6. If this message is printed on a
regular basis, consider downloading it to save communication time. (See “Download
graphics (logo) commands” on page 66).

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 Print predefined graphics (logo) command
Use this command to print a predefined all-points-addressable print message.

RS485 syntax:
X'1D;2F;m;logo#'

BASIC syntax:
PSTRING$=CHR$(1DH)+CHR$(2FH)+CHR$(M)+CHR$(LOGO#)

where:

m
The dot-density:

00
Normal Print - 200 DPI in the Thermal (receipt) station; 150 DPI in the
Impact (document) Station.
Note: In the Impact Station, this takes three passes of the printhead
for every 8 dots high.

01
Double Wide - 100 DPI in the Thermal (receipt) Station; 75 DPI in the Impact
(document) Station.
Note: In the Impact Station, this takes one pass of the printhead for
an 8-dots high logo.

02
Double Wide and High - 100 DPI in the Thermal (receipt) Station; 75 DPI
in the Impact (document) Station. Every dot row in the vertical direction is
printed twice.

logo #
The number associated with the logo that is stored.
1 ≤ logo# ≤ 40 (for TI1-7 printers, 255 for all other printers)

Remarks:
The margin is ignored if it causes the logo to overrun the line length. Printing this
message in the Impact Station at 150 DPI takes three passes of the printhead. These
messages can be positioned on the page using the commands for setting positions. See
sections “Set horizontal tab positions” on page 91 through “Set relative position” on page
92.
This command is valid only at the beginning of the line. A line feed command must be
sent to advance the paper past the last line of the logo when printed in the document
station. This command is not valid in Landscape mode. The command increments
status byte 6. Retries are not attempted on print errors. See “Download graphics (logo)
commands” on page 66.
Note: For each Print Predefined Graphics command in the write buffer, six
additional command bytes are inserted by the driver. Therefore, the maximum
size of the buffer containing these commands is the maximum printer buffer
size-(6×n) where n is the number of Print Predefined Graphics commands in the
current write buffer.

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 If both a Print Predefined Message command and a Print Predefined Graphics
command are included in the buffer, both items require an additional 6 bytes of
commands each for a total of 12 bytes to be inserted.

Print predefined messages

Use this command to print a predefined message.

RS485 syntax:
X'1D;5E;message#'

BASIC syntax:
PSTRING$=CHR$(1DH)+CHR$(5EH)+CHR$(MSG#)

where:

message#
The number associated with the stored predefined message.
1 ≤ message# ≤ 25

Remarks:
This command is not valid in landscape mode. The command increments status byte
6. Retries are not attempted on print errors. The hardware provides no error recovery
during printing of predefined messages. If an error is encountered, the hardware stops
the processing of the predefined messages and ignores any commands remaining in the
predefined message currently being processed. See “Store predefined messages” on page
69.
Note: For each Print Predefined Message command in the write buffer, six
additional command bytes are inserted by the driver. Therefore, the maximum
size of the buffer containing these commands is the maximum printer buffer
size-(6×n), where n is the number of Print Predefined Message commands in the
current write buffer.
If both a Print Predefined Message command and a Print Predefined Graphics
command are included in the buffer, both items require an additional 6 bytes of
commands each for a total of 12 bytes to be inserted.

Page mode

Select page mode

RS485 syntax:
X'1B;4C'

BASIC syntax:
PSTRING$=CHR$(1BH)+CHR$(4CH)

Remarks:
Enables page mode printing. Supported on thermal station only. Starting position is set
by set printable area (x’1B;57..’) and print direction (x’1B;54...’) commands. Inter-character
spacing (x’1B;20;n’), and line spacing (x’1B;31’) (x’1B;32’) (x’1B;33;n’) commands are set

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 independently for page mode and standard mode. The following commands are allowed,
but will have no effect until the printer is returned to standard mode.
Rotate characters
Set Alignment
Set/Clear Upside-down
Set margins

Select standard mode

RS485 syntax:
X'1B;4F'

BASIC syntax:
PSTRING$=CHR$(1BH)+CHR$(4FH)

Remarks:
This command is effective only in page mode. Data buffered in page mode is cleared.
This command sets the print position to the beginning of the line.

Select printable area

RS485 syntax:
X'1B;58;x;y;dx;dy'

BASIC syntax:
PSTR1$=CHR$(1B)+CHR$(58H)+CHR$(X)+CHR$(Y)
PSRT2$=CHR$(DX)+CHR$(DY)
PSTRING$=PSTR1$+PSTR2$

where:

x,y
2-byte horizontal and vertical starting position (in dots)

dx,dy
2-byte horizontal and vertical printing area (in dots)

Remarks:
When sent in standard mode, this command will set the printable area for page
mode, but has no effect on standard mode printing.
If the starting position (x,y) is outside the maximum page size, the entire command
is ignored. If the printing area is defined outside the maximum page size, the
printing area is limited to the page size. Maximum page size is 576 dots in the
horizontal direction, and 1250 dots in the vertical direction for TI8/TI9 models and
800 dots in the vertical direction for TI3/TI4 models. Minimum page size is 10 x 10.

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Select printing direction/position
RS485 syntax:
X'1B;54;n'

BASIC syntax:
PSTRING$=CHR$(1BH)+CHR$(54H)+CHR$(N)

where: n
Value Direction/Position
'00' Left to right/top left
'01' Bottom to top/bottom left
'02' Right to left/bottom right
'03' Top to bottom/upper right
When sent in standard mode, this command will set the print direction for page mode,
but has no effect on standard mode printing.
Starting position is within the printable area defined by 'Select Printable Area' command
(x'1B;58...').

Set vertical position

RS485 syntax:
X'1D;24;h;l'

BASIC syntax:
PSTRING$=CHR$(1DH)+CHR$(24H)+CHR$(H)+CHR$(L)

where:

h
high order byte of the vertical printing position (in dots)

l
low order byte of the vertical printing position (in dots)

Remarks:
Applies to page mode only.
Moves the printing position to the specified dot position perpendicular to the
printing direction specified by the 'Select Printing Direction' command.
If print direction is bottom to top, or top to bottom, this command will adjust the
printing position in the horizontal direction.
If the value of hl is outside the specified printable area, the command is ignored.

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 Set relative vertical position
RS485 syntax:
X'1D;5C;h;l'

BASIC syntax:
PSTRING$=CHR$(1DH)+CHR$(5CH)+CHR$(H)+CHR$(L)

where:

h
high order byte of the vertical printing position (in dots)

l
low order byte of the vertical printing position (in dots)

Remarks:
Applies to page mode only.
Moves the printing position the specified number of dots from the current print
position, in the direction perpendicular to the printing direction specified by the
'Select Printing Direction/Position' command (x'1B;54...').
If hl is a negative value, current print position will move in the opposite direction.
If print direction is bottom to top, or top to bottom, this command will adjust the
printing position in the horizontal direction.
If the value of hl is outside the specified printable area defined by 'Select Printable
Area' the command is ignored.

Set left margin position (standard mode) Set absolute print position
(page mode)
RS485 syntax:
X'1B;24;n1;n2'

BASIC syntax:
PSTRING$=CHR$(1BH)+CHR$(24H)+CHR$(N1)+CHR$(N2)

where:

n1
high order byte of the dot offset from the beginning of the print line.

n2
low order byte of the dot offset from the beginning of the print line.

Default:
n1 = 0, n2 = 0

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 Remarks:
In the Thermal Station 1 mm = 8 dots. In the Impact Station 1 inch = 150 half-dots
(75 dots). n1, and n2 are hex values; to get the decimal equivalent = (n1 x 256) + n2.
If the number exceeds the printable area it is ignored. Maximum value in Thermal
CR station is 576. Maximum value in Impact DI station is 474. In the CR station this
number is rounded back to a factor of 8.
This command should be sent after the command to select which station is selected.
(ESC c1 n, “Select print station for station settings” on page 88.
In Page Mode:
Moves the printing position the specified number of dots from the beginning of
the print line, in the same direction as printing, specified by the 'Select Printing
Direction/Position' command (x’1B;54...’). If print direction is bottom to top, or top
to bottom, this command will adjust the printing position in the vertical direction.
This is a one time adjustment on the current line. If this command moves the
current print position outside the specified printable area defined by the 'Select
Printable Area,' the command is ignored.

Set relative horizontal position

RS485 syntax:
X'1B;5C;n1;n2'

BASIC syntax:
PSTRING$=CHR$(1BH)+CHR$(5CH)+CHR$(N1)+CHR$(N2)

where:

n1
high order byte of the dot offset relative to the left margin in standard mode,
relative to the current print position in page mode.

n2
low order byte of the dot offset relative to the left margin in standard mode,
relative to the current print position in page mode.

Default:
n1 = 0, n2 = 0

Remarks:
In the Thermal Station 1 mm = 8 dots.
In the Impact Station 1 inch = 75 dots (150 half-dots). n1, and n2 are hex values; to
get the decimal equivalent = (n2 x 256) + n1.
To move the position to the left use a negative number.

Example:
To move N dots to the right => 65536-N = n2*256 + n1.
If this number plus the left margin exceeds the printable area it is ignored.

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 See “Set left margin position (standard mode) Set absolute print position (page
mode)” on page 116. In the CR station this number is rounded back to a factor of 8.
In page mode printing:
This is a one time adjustment on the current line. If this command moves the
current print position outside the specified printable area defined by the 'Select
Printable Area' the command is ignored.

Set printing position

RS485 syntax:
X'1D;5D;x;y'

BASIC syntax:
PSTR1$=CHR$(1DH)+CHR$(5DH)
PSTR2$=CHR$(X1)+CHR$(X2)+CHR$(Y1)+CHR$(Y2)
PSTRING$=PSTR1$+PSTR2$

where:

X1,X2
2-byte horizontal position (with respect to the paper, regardless of printing
direction)

Y1,Y2
2-byte vertical position (with respect to the paper, regardless of printing direction)

Remarks:
Allows complete control of printing position with a single command. If either
parameter is outside the printable area defined by the 'Select Printable Area'
command, the command is ignored.

Print, form feed and cut the paper

RS485 syntax:
X'0C'

BASIC syntax:
PSTRING$=CHR$(0CH)
Use this command to print the data in the print buffer and feed paper by an amount previously
stored in the receipt station or in the document station until the document exits the feed rollers.
If a cutter is available, the paper is cut.
Note: This command is not allowed in Page Mode.

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 Print page in page mode
RS485 syntax:
X'1B 0C'

BASIC syntax:
PSTRING$=CHR$(1BH)+CHR$(0CH)
In Standard Mode: This command is ignored.
In Page Mode: Prints the page loaded in the printer. The page remains loaded in the printer buffer
and the printer remains in Page Mode. This should be used if the same page is going to be
printed over and over again, or if there is a basic template that gets filled in with each print out.

Clear print data in page mode

RS485 syntax:
X'04 18'

BASIC syntax:
PSTRING$=CHR$(04H)+CHR$(18H)
Deletes all the print data in the current printable area on page stored in the printer buffer.

Miscellaneous commands

Select character size-scalable fonts

Use this command to select the size of the character.

RS485 syntax:
X'1D;21;n'

BASIC syntax:
PSTRING$=CHR$(1DH)+CHR$(21H)+CHR$(n)
where:

LSBs of n (Hex) Height of character

X'w0' Normal height of character
X'w1' Height = 2X
X'w2' Height = 3X
X'w3' Height = 4X
X'w4' Height = 5X

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 X'w5' Height = 6X
X'w6' Height = 7X
X'w7' Height = 8X

Note: h equals height as indicated in the low order bits of the bytes
described above. w equals width as indicated in the high order bits of the
byte described below.

MSBs of n (Hex) Width of character

X'0h' Normal width of character
X'1h' Width = 2X
X'2h' Width = 3X
X'3h' Width = 4X
X'4h' Width = 5X
X'5h' Width = 6X
X'6h' Width = 7X
X'7h' Width = 8X

Note: The default is n = X'00'.

Remarks:
This command is valid only in the Thermal Print Station. Bits 3 and 8 of n are ignored.
The Set Print Mode command can also select the character height (double high and wide).
The command last received is the effective command. The characters are formed by
expanding the character matrix proportionally in the printer.
There is no smoothing algorithm in the printer. The characters are formed by expanding
the character matrix proportionally in the printer.
Underline and Overline are not supported when the height is scaled 8X. The bar for
Overline and Underline is not magnified in thickness.
This command is not supported on TI1/TI2 printers.

Select thermal paper

Use this command to select thermal paper.

RS485 syntax:
X'1D;3B;n'

BASIC syntax:
PSTRING$=CHR$(1DH)+CHR$(3BH)+CHR$(n)
where:

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 n
• X'00' - Normal thermal paper (black on white)
• X'01' - Color paper using print parameter set 1
• X'02' - Color paper using print parameter set 2
• X'03' - Color paper using print parameter set 3
• X'04' - X'FF' - Reserved
The default is n = X'00'.

Remarks:
This command tells the printer what type of paper is in use so that the printer can drive
the printhead with the algorithm that is best suited for that paper. This setting is saved in
nonvolatile memory.
Note: To use the Select Color Printing command, the printer must be set to use
color paper.

Select color printing

Use this command to select color printing.

RS485 syntax:
X'1B;72;n'

BASIC syntax:
PSTRING$=CHR$(1BH)+CHR$(72H)+CHR$(n)
where:

n
• X'00' - Cancels color printing
• X'01' - Enables full-character color printing
• X'02' - Enables half-character color printing
The default is n = X'00'.

Remarks:
Enabling and disabling of full-character color is available within a print line. Half-
character color is supported at the beginning of a print line. This command is valid only
if Select Thermal Paper has been sent, which signifies that color paper is loaded in the
printer. When color paper is enabled, the printer is limited to printing at 15 lines per
second when printing 8 lines per inch.

Enable/disable beeper
Use this command to enable or disable the printer beeper. The beeper is only available on 4610
Models TM6, TM7, and 1Nx.

RS485 syntax:
X'1B;07;n;n2'

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 BASIC syntax:
PSTRING$=CHR$(1BH)+CHR$(07H)+CHR$(n)+CHR$(n2)
where:

n
• X'00' - Disables the beeper
• X'FF' - Enables the beeper
• X'01-fe' - Timed enable
The default is n = X'00'.

n2
Volume/tone
The bits for the LSB are:

Bit 0-3
Note

Value (bits 0-3) Note

0000-0 C
0001-1 C#
0010-2 D
0011-3 D#
0100-4 E
0101-5 F
0110-6 F#
0111-7 G
1000-8 G#
1001-9 A
1010-a A#
1011-b B
1100-c Reserved
1101-d Reserved
1110-e Reserved
1111-f 1 kHz - Normal beep

Bit 4-5
Octave

Value (bit 4-5) Octave

00-0 1
01-1 2

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 10-2 3
11-3 4

Bit 6-7
Reserved

Bit 8
Volume
• Bit = 0- Loud
• Bit = 1- Soft

Default:
n = X'00'

Remarks:
Any value of n, other than X'00' or X'01', is treated as the value of time that the beeper
is to be enabled. The time is calculated as n x 0.1 seconds. The only way to stop a beep
command early is to send the Disable Beeper command, which allows timed beeps to
be chained together. They can also be downloaded as messages. A value of n2 = 2F is
recommended for the most audible tone.

Horizontal tab
Use this command to move the print position to the next tab stop.

RS485 syntax:
X'09'

BASIC syntax:
PSTRING$=CHR$(09H)

Remarks:
See “Set horizontal tab positions” on page 91. Tabs are only valid when printing is
aligned to the left. If tabs are used when the alignment is not left, the results can be
unpredictable. (See “Align positions” on page 93.)

Continuation of previous command

Use this command to complete a command that takes more bytes than the driver can send in one
buffer.

RS485 syntax:
X'1B;2E'

BASIC syntax:
PSTRING$=CHR$(1BH)+CHR$(2EH)

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 Remarks:
This command can be used only for commands that require more data than can fit
in a single command buffer; for example, downloading a user character set, storing
predefined messages, storing predefined graphics, or print graphics commands. Once
a command is sent that requires a continuation command, all buffered commands are
rejected until the command is completed.

Return home (select print head location)

RS485 syntax:
X'1B;3C;n'

BASIC syntax:
PSTRING$=CHR$(1BH)+CHR$(3CH)+CHR(N)

where:

n
Printhead position

00
Document Home Position

01
Open Document Throat Position

02
Reserved

03
Left Home Position

04
Re-find Document Home Position
This setting can be used to recover from a home error.

05
Register Document
• Close throat, if open.
• Advance paper forward to the first position.

06
Re-register the document
• For both landscape and portrait mode printing. If a document is in the
printer, it is brought back to the first position on the document.

07 -FF
Reserved

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 Remarks:
This command is valid only at the beginning of the line and is valid only in the Impact
print stations.

Paper cut/DI eject

Use this command to cut the cash receipt paper.

RS485 syntax:
X'1B;6D'

BASIC syntax:
PSTRING$=CHR$(1BH)+CHR$(6DH)

Remarks:
This command cuts the paper at the current position without advancing the paper. This
command differs from the X'0C' command, which does feed the paper before the cut.
Using this command allows for reduced paper usage by starting the print on the next
section of paper before cutting the paper.
If the DI station is selected, this command performs exactly like a Form Feed (FF -X'0C').

Retrieve the user flash storage

Use this command to retrieve data that is stored in the user flash storage.

RS485 syntax:
X'04;1B;34;n1;a1;a2;a3'

BASIC syntax:
PSTR1$=CHR$(04H)
PSTR2$=CHR$(1BH)+CHR$(34H)+CHR$(N1)
PSTR3$=CHR$(A1)+CHR$(A2)+CHR$(A3)
PSTRING$=PSTR1$+PSTR2$+PSTR3$

where:

n1
Number of bytes to be returned

a1
First byte of the three-byte address of the first byte to be returned

a2
Second byte of the three-byte address of the first byte to be returned

a3
Third byte of the three-byte address of the first byte to be returned

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 Remarks:
Due to hardware limitations, the maximum amount of data that can be read with one
command is 244 bytes. One byte of data is returned, if a byte count of X'00' is requested.

Enable watermark
Use this command to enable or disable watermark printing.

RS485 syntax:
X'1D;2B;logo,offset,alignment'

BASIC syntax:
PSTRING$=CHR$(1DH)+CHR$(2BH)+LOGO+OFFSET+ALIGNMENT

where:

logo
The number of the stored logo to be used as a watermark:

X'00'
Turn off watermark printing

X'01'–X'FF'
Stored logo number

offset
The offset in millimeters between each watermark (80 dot rows = 1 mm): X'01'–
X'FF'

alignment
The alignment of the watermark:

X'00'
Align left

X'01'
Align center

X'02'
Align right

X'03'
Roll right (left -> center -> right -> left…)

X'04'
Roll left (right -> center -> left -> right…)

X'05'
Zig-zag (left -> center -> right -> center -> left…)

Remarks:
Valid only in the customer receipt station on 4610 Models 2Cx, 2Nx, and 1Nx.

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 Limitations:
Mutually exclusive with page mode printing.
If print speed is a concern, make the watermark logo with a low dot density.

User-defined code page mapping

Use this command to set the code page to which the printer is mapped.

RS485 syntax:
X'1B;6A;data'

BASIC syntax:
PSTRING$=CHR$(1BH)+CHR$(6AH)+DATA

where:

data
256 bytes of data to fill the code page

Remarks:
Each character is referenced by its Unicode number. If the Unicode for a downloaded
character is not part of the resident characters that are stored in the printer, then a space
character is used instead. Characters in address locations X'20'–X'7F' are the same for all
code pages. The mapping is for characters in locations X'80' and above.
Valid only on 4610 Models 2Cx, 2Nx, and 1Nx.

Example:
If you are using code page 858, then the character mapping is 256 bytes of X'00C7',
X'00FC', X'00E9'… X'00B2', X'25A0'.
Two bytes for each mapping location:

U00000C7 Ç 80h
U00000FC ü 81h
U00000E9 é 82h
U00000E2 â 83h
...
U00000B9 ¹ FBh
U00000B3 ³ FCh
U00000B2 ² FDh
U00025A0 ? FEh

...where each two-byte entry is the Unicode character that is assigned to that
corresponding position in the table from X'80'–X'FF'.

Error Conditions:

Flash EPROM load Error (X'80901120')

Verify that this sector was erased before setting the mapping.

Command Reject (X'80900009')

No memory was allocated for this function.

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 Backspace
Use this command to cause the printer to back up one space on a line, for languages that require
composite characters.

RS485 syntax:
X'08'

BASIC syntax:
PSTRING$=CHR$(08H)

Remarks:
Use this command to move the print position to the beginning of the previous character.
It is intended for languages that require composite characters; you cannot use it to go
back multiple characters.
Valid only on 4610 Models 2Cx, 2Nx, and 1Nx.

Check processing commands

The printer can process the check entirely without taking the check out of the printer. The printer
can read the MICR line, frank the back of the check, and flip the check to print the face of the
check. The TI8 model printer adds the ability to scan a check image and retrieve the image data
in industry-standard, graphical data formats.
Note: To print the face of the check, the print station selected should be the Document
Station that is in Landscape mode. See Appendix A, Document handling on page 161.

MICR read
Use this command to read the account information from the MICR-encoded characters on
customer checks. The TI8 model printer improves the MICR read rate by reading the MICR
data using both magnetic and optical methods concurrently.

RS485 syntax:
X'04;1B;49'

BASIC syntax:
PSTR1$=CHR$(04H)
PSTR2$=CHR$(1BH)+CHR$(49H)
PSTRING$=PSTR1$+PSTR2$

Remarks:
The check should be inserted in the front and against the right wall of the printer. The
check can be, but does not have to be, registered in the printer before this command
is given. The check is fed forward until the bottom sensor is uncovered, then fed back
for the MICR reading. After the reading is complete, the check is fed to the first print
position. This command increments the line count (Status byte 6).
The characters are sent as read from left to right, up to a maximum of 65 characters.
The MICR information is represented as ASCII characters. If no MICR data is read by

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 the hardware, a single "?" character is returned to the application. (Refer to the TCx Sky
Programming Guide for detailed information on interpreting the MICR data.)

Error conditions:
Document Feed Error (Status byte 7). This bit is set if the check that is inserted is too long.
The maximum check length is 10 inches. The error is set also if the check does not clear
the document sensors when expected.

Flip check
Use this command to flip the check after a MICR read. This command allows the face of the
check to be printed.

RS485 syntax:
X'1B;35'

BASIC syntax:
PSTRING$=CHR$(1BH)+CHR$(35H)

Remarks:
Set the print station to document landscape mode to print the face of the check. This
command can take up to 3 seconds to complete. The command increments the line count
(Status byte 6). If the print station is landscape when the command is received, the flip
process deletes pulling the check into the printer making the flip faster.

Error conditions:
Document Feed Error (Status byte 7). This bit is set if the check inserted is too long. The
maximum check length is 10 inches. The error is set also if the check does not clear the
document sensors when expected.

Start document scan

Use this command to scan a check. (This command is available for TI8 model printers only.)

RS485 syntax:
X'1B;3E;n''

BASIC syntax:
PSTRING$=CHR$(1BH)+CHR$(3EH)+CHR$(N1)

where:

n1
Type of scan

X'00'
Optical scan only

X'01'
Scan and MICR/OCR read

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 X'02'
Optical full scan and re-ready the document (TI9 printers only)

X'03'
Full scan, MICR/OCR, and prepare for flip (start the check into the flipper)

X'04'
Partial scan, MICR/OCR, and prepare for flip (start the check into the flipper)

Remarks:
Pulls in the document that is present at scanner input.
The document image is retained in RAM until another scan command is received, or
the printer is reset.
A successful read returns a status with status byte 05 and bit 06 set, and a 2–byte
image width and 2-byte image height (in 1/100 inches) follows the status.
When using the '01' option, the MICR data is returned after the successful scan status,
and matches the format described in the MICR command section.
If the scan is not successful, the "Document Feed Error" bit is returned (Status byte 7,
bit 7).
On Tx3-7 printers this command will cause a command reject.
On 2xR/1NR printers this command is ignored.

Print scanned image

Use this command to print a scanned image on the thermal station. (This command is available
for TI8 model printers only.)

RS485 syntax:
X'1B;30;n1h;n1l;xh:xl;yh;yl;dxh;dxl;dyh;dyl;s1;s2;n2'

BASIC syntax:
PSTR1=CHR$(1BH)+CHR$(30H)+CHR$(N1H)+CHR$(N1L)+
CHR$(XH)+CHR$(XL)
PSTR2=CHR$(YH)+CHR$(YL)+CHR$(DXH)+CHR$(DXL)+
CHR$(DYH)+CHR$(DYL)
PSTR3=CHR$(S1)+CHR$(S2)+CHR$(N2H)
PSTRING$=PSTR1$+PSTR2$+PSTR3$

where:
(For 2 byte fields h = high order byte l = low order byte)

n1 (h and l)
(2 bytes) Image location to print

x (h and l),y (h and l)

(2 bytes each) Top-left corner of area to be printed

dx (h and l),dy (h and l)

(2 bytes each) Offset in the x and y direction respectively to be included in the print
area

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 s1
1 byte Percentage to scale image in x direction (a value of 100 or 0 results in no
scaling)

s2
1 byte Percentage to scale image in y direction (a value of 100 or 0 results in no
scaling)

n2
Print options
Bit Value Function
0 1 rotate image counter-clockwise 90°
0 Do not rotate

Remarks:
The image location (n1) of 0 prints the most recently scanned image to the thermal
station. All other values of n1 correspond to the image that is stored in flash.
Printing stored images causes the printer to pause momentarily while the printer
formats the data to be printed. This pause time varies depending on the amount of
formatting that is required.
The top left corner of the scanned document is used as the point of reference.
All x, dx, y, and dy values are based on 1/100th of an inch.
The paper movement path is the y axis and the scan head dot row is the x axis.
When n1 = 0, the x command parameter is the horizontal offset from the left side of the
scanned document. The y parameter is the vertical offset from the top of the scanned
document.
When n1 is a stored image, the x command parameter is the horizontal offset from the
left side of the stored image. The y parameter is the vertical offset from the top of the
scanned document.
In all cases, dx and dy define the area's width to the right and the height down.
If dx and dy extend the printer area farther than the boundaries of the image, the
value is truncated to the image boundary. If the size of the print area is greater than
the thermal printhead is capable of printing (either due to image size or scaling), the
image is truncated to the width of the printhead.
Currently, the only scaling options are 100% (no scaling) and 200% (double).
Tag data is included with the image, but it is not printed.

Store scanned image

Use this command to store a previously scanned image to printer memory. The image data is
moved from the printer RAM into the printer EPROM. (This command is available for TI8 model
printers only.)

RS485 syntax:
X'1B;41;n1;x0h;y0l;dx0h;dy0l;x1h;y1l;dx1h;dy1l;x2h;y2l;dx2h;dy2l;
x3h;y3l;dx3h;dy3l;tagdata'

where:

n1
Select storage method - 1 byte

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 X'00' Store entire image
X'01' Store image using template #1
X'02' Store image using template #2
X'03' Store image using user-defined values

x0 (h and l), y0 (h and l)

2 bytes each Top-left corner of area to be stored

dx0 (h and l) ,dy0 (h and l)

2 bytes each Offset in the x and y direction respectively to be stored

x1 (h and l), y1 (h and l)

2 bytes each Top-left corner of corner of sub-block to store

x2 (h and l), y2 (h and l)

2 bytes each Top-left corner of corner of sub-block to store

x3 (h and l), y3 (h and l)

2 bytes each Top-left corner of corner of sub-block to store

dx1 (h and l), dy1 (h and l)

2 bytes each Corresponding offset in the x and y direction to define size of sub-
block to store

dx2 (h and l), dy2 (h and l)

2 bytes each Corresponding offset in the x and y direction to define size of sub-
block to store

dx3 (h and l), dy3 (h and l)

2 bytes each Corresponding offset in the x and y direction to define size of sub-
block to store

tagdata
An ASCII string that is terminated by a null character with a maximum of 100
characters. This data is used to allow the application to "tag" the image with
information that can be used to track the image; for example, the tag data could
contain transaction information.

Remarks:
Images are stored sequentially. The location where the image is stored can be obtained by
performing a RETRIEVE NEXT TABLE LOCATION command before issuing the STORE
command. The image is compressed using the compression algorithm last selected by
the SELECT COMPRESSION FORMAT command and is then stored to memory. When
storing an image, the user has the option to store the entire image contained within the
defined area, or just selected blocks within the defined area. Saving just the blocks of
desired information allows a smaller amount of storage to be used but keeps together
the related data. When storing multiple blocks of data, each block gets a unique storage
location. A byte in the header message reflects that the stored image block is part of a
group. The upper nibble represents which block of the group it is, and the lower nibble
shows the total number of blocks in the group. If the byte returned equaled x'14' then the
image would be the first out of a total of 4. Each block includes the header information,
but only the first block includes the tag data.

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(0,0)

(X0, y0) (dx0)

+
(dx1)
(x1, y1)
(dx2)
(x2, y2) Scanned
(dy1) Document

(dy2)

(dx0)
(x0, y0)

(dy0)
(dy0)

Figure 1. Scanned image location

The Select Storage Method (n1) byte defines how the image should be stored.

When n1= 0:
All data defined by x0,y0 dx0,dy0 is stored. The command parameters x1..x3, y1..3
dx1..dx3, and dy1..dy3 should not be included.

When n1 = 1:
A predefined template based on a personal check is used to store the image. The
area defined is the entire personal check, however only the name, address and
the MICR blocks are saved. The command parameters x0..x3, y0..3 dx0..dx3, and
dy0..dy3 should not be included. These parameters are defined in MCT locations
0xB0 through 0xBF and can be viewed or adjusted using the MCT READ and
MCT WRITE commands. If less than 4 blocks are required, a block can be disabled
by storing a value of x'ff ff' to a coordinate MCT location. This causes that block
location to be ignored.

When n1 = 2:
A predefined template based on a business check is used to store the image. The
area defined is the entire business check, however only the name, address and
the MICR blocks are saved. The command parameters x0..x3, y0..3 dx0..dx3, and
dy0..dy3 should not be included. These parameters are defined in MCT locations
0xC0 through 0xCF and can be viewed or adjusted using the MCT READ and
MCT WRITE commands. If less than 4 blocks are required, a block can be disabled
by storing a value of x'ff ff' to a coordinate MCT location. This causes that block
location to be ignored.

When n1 = 3:
This method allows the user to define sub-blocks of data to store. All command
parameters must be sent. If less than 4 blocks of data are to be saved, the value of
x'ff ff' should be sent for any unused parameters. The top left corner of the scanned
document is used as the point of reference. All xn, dxn, yn, and dyn values are

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 based on 1/100th of an inch. The xn command parameters are horizontal offsets
from the left side of the scanned document. The yn parameters are vertical offsets
from the top of the scanned document. The dxn and dyn parameters define the
width and height, respectively, of the defined area or block.
The printer attempts to determine the width and height of the document and
returns the value when the document is scanned. If the value of the xn + dxn is
greater than the total width determined by the printer, the printer uses the data
detected up to the maximum scan width. If the value of yn + dyn is greater than
the length of the document, the printer uses blank (white) data to fill the area to the
lesser of either the yn + dyn value or the maximum document length allowed. If
yn or xn is greater than the maximum document length allowed, the command is
rejected.
If x2 and y2 extend the printer area further than the boundaries of the image, the value
is truncated to the image boundary.

Error conditions:
4690 return code of X'80901120' if the image to be stored is larger than the remaining
unused memory for the image sector, or if an error occurs during the flash write
(hardware error)

Example 1: Method 0:
X'1B 41 00 00 19 00 32 01 13 02 26 30 33 2F 30 34 2F 30 32 20
30 30 31 2E 33 34 00'

An image of 2.75 in. x 5.5 in. that begins 0.25 in. from the left side and 0.5 in. from the top
of the document is stored with the tag data: 03/04/02 001.34

Example 2: Method 3:
X'1B 41 03 00 AF 01 DB 00 28 00 64 00 B4 00 64 00 64 00 96 00
96 00 64 00 19 01 13 FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF 00'

Three separate areas are stored. No tag data is included. Refer to Table 39 for details.

Table 39. Details for example 2: method 3

Document width =3 in. Document height = 6 in.
x0 = 1.75 in. y0 =4.25 in.
dx0 = 0.4 in. dy0 = 1.0 in.
x1 = 1.80 in. y1 = 1.0 in.
dx1 = 1.0 in. dy1 = 1.5 in.
x2 = 1.50 in. y2 = 1.0 in.
dx2 = 0.25 in. dy2 = 2.75 in.
x3 = NA y3 = NA
dx3 = NA dy3 = NA

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Retrieve scanned image
Use this command to retrieve a previously scanned image from the printer. (This command is
available for TI8 model printers only.)

RS485 syntax:
X'1B;39;ih;il;o1;o2;o3;o4;nh;nl'

BASIC syntax:
PSTR1$=CHR$(1BH)+CHR$(39H)+CHR$(I1H)+CHR$(I1L)
PSTR2$=CHR$(O1)+CHR$(O2)+CHR$(O3)+CHR$(O4)+
CHR$(NH)+CHR$(NL)
PSTRING$=PSTR1$+PSTR2$

where:
For 2 byte fields h = high order and byte l = low order byte)

i (h and l)
2 Bytes Image Location to retrieve

o1,o2,o3,o4
4 Bytes Offset into image to retrieve data from

n (h and l)
2 Bytes Number of bytes to retrieve

Remarks:
Call the ReadImage subprogram to move the retrieved image into the application's string
variable. See “ReadImage subprogram” on page 53 for additional details. Image Location
(ihil) of 0 returns the image in RAM of the last scanned image. Offset (o1o2o3o4) and
size (nhnl) of 0 retrieves the header information for the specified image. When (ihil) = 0,
the header consists of the 12 data bytes and a NULL character for the tag data. Only the
Compression, Size1,Size2 fields contain valid data. The header consists of 12 bytes plus
the tag data. The header has the following format:

Status - 1 byte
Bit 7 -Image Read
1 = Image has not been read
0 = Image was read and verified
Bit 6-0 Reserved

Compression - 1 byte
Bit 7-3 Reserved
Bit 2-0 Algorithm used to compress image. See Select Compression Format
command.

Size1 - 4 bytes
# of bytes in image (not including tag data)

Size2 - 4 bytes (x1,y1)

Width of image in the x direction (in 1/100th of inches pixels) - 2 Bytes

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 Height of image in the y direction (in 1/100th of inches pixels) - 2 Bytes

Block Position - 1 byte

Lower nibble shows number of blocks that were saved for the image. Upper nibble
represents current block number.

Future - 1 byte
Reserved

Tag data
ASCII data supplied by the application terminated by a Null string
Offset (n2) = x'FF FF FF FF' with size (n3) = x'FF FF''s will set to zero the 'Image Read'
bit in the specified image's header. For stored images (n1>0), the image data format is
the format that was active when the image was stored. (Format given in header under
compression byte.) For immediate images (n1=0), the image data format is the currently
selected format. If any parameters are out of range, a command reject is returned

Scanner calibration
Use this command to initiate the scanner calibration routine. A white document must be inserted
into the document insert station. The printer scans the document two to three times and updates
the scanner calibration data. (This command is available for TI8 model printers only.)

RS485 syntax:
X'1D;63;30'

BASIC syntax:
PSTRING$=CHR$(1DH)+CHR$(63H)+CHR$(30H)

Retrieve next image location

Use this command to retrieve the table position where the next image will be stored. This
information can be used by the application to manage the images stored in the printer. For
example, the image location could be associated with the current transaction. The location is
used to retrieve the image data at a later time. (This command is available for TI8 model printers
only.)

RS485 syntax:
X'1D;4E;01;00'

BASIC syntax:
PSTRING$=CHR$(1DH)+CHR$(4EH)+CHR$(01H)+CHR$(00H)

Remarks:
Returns the table position where the next image is to be stored.
This command is an MCT request. After issuing the command, the application should
issue a TCLOSE to wait for the command to complete, then issue a READ to obtain the

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 results. See Table 5 for details of the READ buffer. The data type is marked as 'C' for MCT
value, and is in that format.

Retrieve first unread image location

Use this command to retrieve the table position of the first image that has not been set to read.
When retrieving images, the image is marked read, such that in the case of an interruption,
the application could resume retrieving images at the point of interruption. This allows the
application the ability to bypass previously retrieved images that were successfully processed by
the application in order to save time. (This command is available for TI8 model printers only.)

RS485 syntax:
X'1D;4E;01;01'

BASIC syntax:
PSTRING$=CHR$(1DH)+CHR$(4EH)+CHR$(01H)+CHR$(01H)

Remarks:
The printer searches the stored images sequentially and returns the location of the first
location that has not been set to read.
This command is an MCT request. After issuing the command, the application should
issue a TCLOSE to wait for the command to complete, then issue a READ to obtain the
results. See Table 5 for details of the READ buffer. The data type is marked as 'C' for MCT
value, and is in that format.

Set compression and DPI format

Use this command to set the type of compression used on scanned images. The contrast of
scanned images is also set with this command. (This command is available for TI8 model
printers only.)

RS485 syntax:
X'1B;4D;1F;n1;n2'

where:

nl
'00' 200 DPI TIFF-CCIT compression (black and white)
'01' 200 DPI JPEG compression (greyscale)
'02' 200 DPI BMP (uncompressed greyscale)
'03' Reserved
'04' 200 DPI TIFF file - no compression
'10' 100 DPI TIFF-CCIT compression (black and white)
'11' 100 DPI JPEG compression (greyscale)
'12' 100 DPI BMP (uncompressed greyscale)
'14' 100 DPI TIFF file - no compression

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 n2
When printing a scanned image, the contrast darkens or lightens based on this value.
The higher the number, the darker the printed image becomes.

Remarks:
The current format applies to the retrieval and storage of the currently scanned image.
Changing the format does not change the format of images already stored in flash.
This is a persistent setting across printer reset and power cycles.

Asynchronous - or real time commands

These commands are processed as soon as they are received. They do not go into the printer
buffer.
Note: These commands are not recognized if sent in the middle of another command. For
example, sending this command after the second byte of a three-byte command - like ESC
J n.

Real time request

Use this command to process a command immediately.

RS485 syntax:
X'10;05;n'

BASIC syntax:
PSTRING$=CHR$(10H)+CHR$(05H)+CHR$(N)

where:

n
Specifies the command to be processed.

X'31'
Release Print buffer. This is sent after an error has occurred and the print
buffer is held.

Data buffer management/batch printing

Hold printing until buffer is released

Use this command to delay printing until the buffer is released. If the system cannot send data
to the printer at a speed needed to keep the printer in constant motion, the system can hold the
printer queue until it has sent all the data lines for a transaction.

RS485 syntax:
X'1B;37'

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 BASIC syntax:
PSTRING$=CHR$(1BH)+CHR$(37H)

Remarks:
In the Thermal print stations, the printer must be printing one line while processing the
next line. If the printer is unable to completely process a line before the previous line is
finished, the print speed is reduced by half. The line count is reset when the buffer is
held.
The hold command is a buffered command. If a hold command is issued and then
a second hold command is issued before a release buffer command, the second hold
command remains in the printer buffer. When the release buffer command is issued and
the second hold command is encountered, printing is again held.
If the printer driver buffer becomes full while a hold buffer command is in effect, the
driver issues a release buffer to the printer. The printer driver buffer is 4096 bytes. The
application can change the size of this buffer using the PUTLONG command.
If the application issues a TCLOSE command while a hold buffer command is in effect,
the driver issues a release buffer command before the TCLOSE command is processed.

Release print buffer

Use this command to release the print buffer for printing.

RS485 syntax:
10;05;31

BASIC syntax:
PSTRING$=CHR$(10H)+CHR$(05H)+CHR$(31H)

Remarks:
If an error occurs during the transaction that is being held, the printer sends back the line
number on which the error occurred with the error status. The system can then decide to
cancel printing or continue printing when the error is corrected. The command continues
the printing after the error is fixed.
See “Real time request” on page 138.

Driver communications commands

These commands allow the application to issue requests to the driver. As the driver receives the
request, the driver can send requests to the printer, although this action is not always the case.

Microcode tolerance information - request

RS485 syntax:
X'04;1B;53;n'

BASIC syntax:
PSTR1$=CHR$(04H)
PSTR2$=CHR$(1BH)+CHR$(53H)+CHR$(N)

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 PSTRING$=PSTR1$+PSTR2$

Remarks:
See “Microcode tolerance information - request” on page 77.

Microcode tolerance information - loading

RS485 syntax:
X'04;1B;4D;n;h;l'

BASIC syntax:
PSTR1$=CHR$(04H)
PSTR2$=CHR$(1BH)+CHR$(53H)+CHR$(N)+CHR$(H)+CHR$(L)
PSTRING$=PSTR1$+PSTR2$

Remarks:
See “Microcode tolerance information - loading” on page 76.

Retrieve user flash memory data

RS485 syntax:
X'04;1B;34;a1;a2;a3'

BASIC syntax:
PSTR1$=CHR$(04H)+CHR$(1BH)+CHR$(34H)
PSTR2$=CHR$(A1)+CHR$(A2)+CHR$(A3)
PSTRING$=PSTR1$+PSTR2$

Remarks:
See “Retrieve the user flash storage” on page 125.

MICR read
RS485 syntax:
X'04;1B;49'

BASIC syntax:
PSTR1$=CHR$(04H)
PSTR2$=CHR$(1BH)+CHR$(49H)
PSTRING$=PSTR1$+PSTR2$

Remarks:
See “MICR read” on page 128.

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Status sent to system
RS485 syntax:
X'04;1B;29;n'

BASIC syntax:
PSTR1$=CHR$(04H)
PSTR2$=CHR$(1BH)+CHR$(29H)+CHR$(N)
PSTRING$=PSTR1$+PSTR2$

where:

n
Select function.
Bit # ↓ Function Bit=0 Bit=1

LSB 0 Print Buffer Empty Yes No

1 Reserved
2 Front Document Sensor Change Yes No
3 Top Document Sensor Change Yes No
4 Transport Home Position Change Yes No
5 Reserved
6 Key In Use Yes No
7 Cover Open Yes No

Remarks:
This command communicates to the driver and to the printer the status changes for
which the application requires notification. This command is used in conjunction with the
WAIT command.
Bit 4 is used in place of Command Complete. When the buffer is empty, the system
assumes that everything stored in the printer has been completed. The system always
sends the other error statuses back as they occur. (See Appendix A, Document handling
on page 161).

Erase flash EPROM sector

RS485 syntax:
X'04;1B;23;n'

BASIC syntax:
PSTRING$=CHR$(04H)+CHR$(1BH)+CHR$(23H)+CHR$(N)

Remarks:
See “Erase flash EPROM sector” on page 74 for details.

2Cx, 2Nx, 1Nx, and 6145 printer Mode Switch Command

RS485 syntax:
X'04;4B;n'

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 BASIC syntax:
PSTRING$=CHR$(04H)+CHR$(4B)+CHR$(N)

where:

n
X’4E’ to convert from compatibility to native mode
X’43’ to convert from native to compatibility mode

Purpose:
To switch the mode of a 4610 Model 2Cx, 2Nx, or 1Nx printer from compatibility mode
to native mode, or the reverse. The printer will be reset upon successful completion of the
command. The command is valid only on 2Cx, 2Nx, and 1Nx printers. Attempts to use
the command on other model 4610 printers, or to switch a 2Cx/2Nx/1Nx printer already
in compatibility mode to compatibility mode again or in native mode to native mode
again, will result in a return code of 0x80900524 with a sense code of 0xFFFFFFEF (-17).

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Chapter 7. CBASIC programming examples
CBASIC programming examples

This chapter contains CBASIC programming examples. The chapter contains examples for both
stream mode and honor mode.

Stream mode examples

This section contains stream mode examples.

Assigning commands to string variables

This example shows the initialization of string variables with various printer commands. Further
examples use these variables.
Note: In the following examples, PRT4610 is the DI: session.

!-------------------------------------
! Define variables and environment
!-------------------------------------
!
%ENVIRON T ! Environment is Terminal

STRING LF,CR,DI,FA,FB,FADH,FBDH,FADW,FBDW,FADHDW,FBDHDW
STRING MICR,FLIP,WORK

! LINEFEED
LF=CHR$(0DH)
! Select CR: station
CR=CHR$(1BH)+CHR$(63H)+CHR$(30H)+CHR$(02H)
! Select DI: station
DI=CHR$(1BH)+CHR$(63H)+CHR$(30H)+CHR$(04H)

! Select font A
FA=CHR$(1BH)+CHR$(21H)+CHR$(00H)
! Select font B
FB=CHR$(1BH)+CHR$(21H)+CHR$(01H)
! Select font A - double high
FADH=CHR$(1BH)+CHR$(21H)+CHR$(10H)
! Select font B - double high
FBDH=CHR$(1BH)+CHR$(21H)+CHR$(11H)
! Select font A - double wide
FADW=CHR$(1BH)+CHR$(21H)+CHR$(20H)
! Select font B - double wide
FBDW=CHR$(1BH)+CHR$(21H)+CHR$(21H)
! Select font A - double high/double wide
FADHDW=CHR$(1BH)+CHR$(21H)+CHR$(30H)
! Select font B - double high/double wide
FBDHDW=CHR$(1BH)+CHR$(21H)+CHR$(31H)

! Select 12 CPI (characters per inch)

CPI12=CHR$(1BH)+CHR$(20H)+CHR$(05H)
! Select 15 CPI (characters per inch)
CPI15=CHR$(1BH)+CHR$(20H)+CHR$(03H)
! Select 17 CPI (characters per inch)
CPI17=CHR$(1BH)+CHR$(20H)+CHR$(02H)

! MICR read Driver Communications command

MICR=CHR$(04H)+CHR$(1BH)+CHR$(49H)
! Flip check
FLIP=CHR$(1BH)+CHR$(35H)

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 Printing to the CR: station with various fonts
This example shows printing of various fonts and attributes on the CR: station.
!
! Print various fonts on CR: station
!

! Select CR: and font A, add text, and end with linefeed
WORK = CR+FA+"This is Font A"+LF
WRITE #PRT4610; WORK

! Font B (using the previously selected station),

! add text, and end with linefeed
WORK = FB+"This is Font B"+LF
WRITE #PRT4610; WORK

! Font A double high (with previously selected station)

WORK=FADH+"Font A double high"+LF
WRITE #PRT4610; WORK

! Font B double high (with previously selected station)

WORK=FBDH+"Font B double high"+LF
WRITE #PRT4610; WORK

! Font A double wide (with previously selected station)

WORK=FADW+"Font A double wide"+LF
WRITE #PRT4610; WORK

! Font B double wide (with previously selected station)

WORK=FBDW+"Font B double wide"+LF
WRITE #PRT4610; WORK

! Font A double high/double wide (with previously selected station)

WORK=FADHDW+"Font A DH/DW"+LF
WRITE #PRT4610; WORK

! Font A double high/double wide (with previously selected station)

WORK=FBDHDW+"Font B DH/DW"+LF
WRITE #PRT4610; WORK

Printing multiple lines to the CR: station in a single WRITE

statement
This example shows sending multiple lines to the printer in a single WRITE statement. The same
information is printed as in example “Printing to the CR: station with various fonts” on page
144.
!
! Print various fonts on CR: station
!

! Select CR: and font A, add text, and end with linefeed
WORK = CR+FA+"This is Font A"+LF

! add Font B, add text, and end with linefeed

WORK = WORK+FB+"This is Font B"+LF

! add Font A double high

WORK = WORK+FADH+"Font A double high"+LF

! add Font B double high

WORK = WORK+FBDH+"Font B double high"+LF

! add Font A double wide

WORK = WORK+FADW+"Font A double wide"+LF

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 ! add Font B double wide
WORK = WORK+FBDW+"Font B double wide"+LF

! add Font A double high/double wide

WORK = WORK+FADHDW+"Font A DH/DW"+LF

! add Font A double high/double wide

WORK = WORK+FBDHDW+"Font B DH/DW"+LF

WRITE #PRT4610; WORK

Printing to the CR: varying the characters per inch

This example shows using different CPI (characters per inch) values. Multiple lines are sent to
the printer in a single WRITE statement.
!
! Print various CPI values on CR: station
!

! Select CR: and font A, 12 CPI, add text, and end with linefeed
WORK = CR+FA+CPI12+"This is Font A, 12 CPI"+LF

! Select CR: and font A, 15 CPI, add text, and end with linefeed
WORK = WORK+CR+FA+CPI15+"This is Font A, 15 CPI"+LF

! Select CR: and font A, 17 CPI, add text, and end with linefeed
WORK = WORK+CR+FA+CPI17+"This is Font A, 17 CPI"+LF

WRITE #PRT4610; WORK

Reading MICR data and flipping the check

This example shows reading the MICR data from a check (by writing the command to the
driver), obtaining the data from the driver, and flipping the check. The application must first
issue the MICR Read Driver Communications command to the printer with a WRITE statement,
then use a READ statement to retrieve the data from the printer driver.
!
! Read MICR and flip check
!

! Read MICR data

WRITE #PRT4610; MICR

! Retrieve MICR data from driver

READ #PRT4610 LINE MICRDATA$

! Flip check
WRITE #PRT4610; FLIP

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 Using the PUTLONG command
This example shows using the PUTLONG command to change the size of the printer buffer. See
“PUTLONG statement” on page 56 for the format of the PUTLONG command.
!
! Change Printer buffer size using PUTLONG
!

! set buffer size to 1280 ,SIZE is INTEGER*2

SIZE = 1280

! Buffer sizing command is 'B' = 42H, PCMD is INTEGER*4

! The high order byte of the command indicates that
! 4610 printer commands are in use
!
! The second byte (42H) is the buffer size command
!
! The low order bytes are the size, which is set by ORing
! with the SIZE variable which contains the desired size
PCMD = 80420000H OR SIZE

! issue the command

PUTLONG PRT4610, PCMD

Setting and using tab characters

This is an example of setting and using tab characters.
!
! set up variables (assume string variables)
!
TAB = CHR$(09H) ! MOVE TO NEXT TAB STOP
SETTAB = CHR$(1BH)+CHR$(44H) ! Set tab stops
ENDTAB = CHR$(00H)+CHR$(00H) ! signal end of set tab command
TSTOP1 = CHR$(00H)+CHR$(64H) ! 100 dots
TSTOP2 = CHR$(00H)+CHR$(96H) ! 150 dots
TSTOP3 = CHR$(01H)+CHR$(2CH) ! 300 dots

!
! Set Tabs at 100, 150, and 300 dots
!

WRITE #PRT4610; SETTAB+TSTOP1+TSTOP2+TSTOP3+ENDTAB

!
! imbed tabs in printer command string
!

WRITE #PRT4610; TAB+"T1"+TAB+"T2"+TAB+"T3"+LF

Printing a barcode
This is an example of printing a barcode.
!
! set up variables
!
UPCA = CHR$(00H)
UPCE = CHR$(01H)
JAN13 = CHR$(02H)
JAN8 = CHR$(03H)

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 CODE39 = CHR$(04H)
ITF = CHR$(05H)
CODABAR = CHR$(06H)
CODE128 = CHR$(07H)
CODE93 = CHR$(08H)

! Print Barcode command

BARCODE = CHR$(1DH)+CHR$(6BH)
ENDBCODE = CHR$(00H)

!
! Print the supported barcodes
!

WRITE #PRT4610; BARCODE+UPCA +"035846968269" +ENDBCODE

WRITE #PRT4610; BARCODE+UPCE +"08753496" +ENDBCODE

WRITE #PRT4610; BARCODE+JAN13 +"5012345678900" +ENDBCODE

WRITE #PRT4610; BARCODE+JAN8 +"00017459" +ENDBCODE

WRITE #PRT4610; BARCODE+CODE39 +"SC30-3461-2" +ENDBCODE

WRITE #PRT4610; BARCODE+ITF +"12345678901234"+ENDBCODE

WRITE #PRT4610; BARCODE+CODABAR+"C258542*" +ENDBCODE

WRITE #PRT4610; BARCODE+CODE128+"01234567" +ENDBCODE

WRITE #PRT4610; BARCODE+CODE93 +"SC30-3461-2" +ENDBCODE

Printing a QR code
This is an example of how to print a QR code.

! Set up QR data
QRDATA = "https://commerce.toshiba.com/"

! Creating the QR command

QRBLOCK1 = CHR$(1DH)+CHR$(4FH)+CHR$(00H)+CHR$(00H)+CHR$(00H)
! Finish it with a 0x00
QRBLOCK2 = QRDATA+CHR$(00H)

! Chain the QR command plus the QR data

QRCODE= QRBLOCK1+QRBLOCK2

! Write it to the printer

WRITE #PRT4610; QRCODE

Holding and releasing a buffer

This is an example of holding a buffer, sending commands to the printer to be buffered, and
releasing the print buffer for processing.
!
! set up variables (assume string variables)
!
HOLDB = CHR$(1BH)+CHR$(37H) ! HOLD PRINT BUFFER
RELBF = CHR$(10H)+CHR$(05H)+CHR$(31H) ! RELEASE PRINT BUFFER

!
! Hold the buffer

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 !

WRITE #PRT4610; HOLDB

!
! Send lines to printer (to be buffered)
! (These lines should not print until the buffer
! is released.)
!

WRITE #PRT4610; "Buffer line number 1 "+LF

WRITE #PRT4610; "Buffer line number 2 "+LF
WRITE #PRT4610; "Buffer line number 3 "+LF
WRITE #PRT4610; "Buffer line number 4 "+LF
WRITE #PRT4610; "Buffer line number 5 "+LF
WRITE #PRT4610; "Buffer line number 6 "+LF
WRITE #PRT4610; "Buffer line number 7 "+LF
WRITE #PRT4610; "Buffer line number 8 "+LF
WRITE #PRT4610; "Buffer line number 9 "+LF
WRITE #PRT4610; "Buffer line number 10"+LF

!
! Release the buffer
!

WRITE #PRT4610; RELBF

Reading and writing the MCT value

This is an example of reading and writing the MCT (MicroCode Tolerance) data.
Note: The application is restricted in the MCT addresses that can be changed. See
“Microcode tolerance information - loading” on page 76 for the values that are allowed.

!
! set up variables (assume string variables)
!
READMCT = CHR$(04H)+CHR$(1BH)+CHR$(53H)
WRITEMCT = CHR$(04H)+CHR$(1BH)+CHR$(4DH)

!
! Request MCT value 04H (User defined Impact code page 1)
!

WRITE #PRT4610; READMCT+CHR$(04H)

!
! Read the data into the application buffer
!

READ #PRT4610; LINE MCTVAL$

!
! Load (write) an MCT value to address 03H
! (User defined thermal code page 2 character size)
! Set the value to 0912H indicating 9X18 characters.
!

WRITE #PRT4610; WRITEMCT+CHR$(04H)+CHR$(09H)+CHR$(12H)

Writing and retrieving the user flash memory

This is an example of reading and writing the user flash printer RAM.

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 Note: The application is responsible for keeping track of the data written to the user.

!
! set up variables (assume string variables)
!
ERASESEC = CHR$(04H)+CHR$(1BH)+CHR$(23H) ! Erase EPROM sector
NVWRITE = CHR$(1BH)+CHR$(27H)
NVRETR = CHR$(04H)+CHR$(1BH)+CHR$(34H)

!
! Erase the user flash memory sector (05H)
!

WRITE #PRT4610; ERASESEC+CHR$(05H)

!
! Write data into user flash RAM
! 10 bytes at address 000000H
!

SIZE$ = CHR$(0AH)
NVADDR$ = CHR$(00H)+CHR$(00H)+CHR$(00H)
NVDATA$ = "0123456789"

WRITE #PRT4610; NVWRITE+SIZE$+NVADDR$+NVDATA$

!
! Retrieve data from user flash RAM
! 10 bytes from address 000000H
!

WRITE #PRT4610; NVRETR+SIZE$+NVADDR$

!
! Read the data into the application buffer
!

READ #PRT4610; LINE NVVAL$

Downloading and printing graphics

This is an example of downloading and printing graphics.
!
! set up variables (assume string variables)
!
ERASESEC = CHR$(04H)+CHR$(1BH)+CHR$(23H) ! Erase EPROM sector
DLGRAPH = CHR$(1DH)+CHR$(2AH) ! Download graphic
CONTIN = CHR$(1BH)+CHR$(2EH) ! Continuation command
PRTGRAPH = CHR$(1DH)+CHR$(2FH)+CHR$(00H) ! print predefined message

!
! Set up a test pattern graphic image
!

LP1$ = CHR$(0AAH)+CHR$(0AAH)+CHR$(0AAH)+CHR$(0AAH)+CHR$(0AAH)+CHR$(0AAH)+
\
CHR$(0AAH)+CHR$(0AAH)+CHR$(0AAH)+CHR$(0AAH)+CHR$(0AAH)+CHR$(0AAH)+
\
CHR$(0AAH)+CHR$(0AAH)+CHR$(0AAH)+CHR$(0AAH)+CHR$(0AAH)+CHR$(0AAH)+
\
CHR$(0AAH)+CHR$(0AAH)+CHR$(0AAH)+CHR$(0AAH)+CHR$(0AAH)+CHR$(0AAH)
LP2$ = CHR$(55H)+CHR$(55H)+CHR$(55H)+CHR$(55H)+CHR$(55H)+CHR$(55H)+ \
CHR$(55H)+CHR$(55H)+CHR$(55H)+CHR$(55H)+CHR$(55H)+CHR$(55H)+ \
CHR$(55H)+CHR$(55H)+CHR$(55H)+CHR$(55H)+CHR$(55H)+CHR$(55H)+ \
CHR$(55H)+CHR$(55H)+CHR$(55H)+CHR$(55H)+CHR$(55H)+CHR$(55H)

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 ! The image is 192 dots wide (8x24)
! It will be 128 dots high (8x16) by repeating
! the write 16 times.
!
LOGO01$ = LP1$+LP2$+LP1$+LP2$+LP1$+LP2$+LP1$+LP2$

!
! Erase the stored graphics sector (01H)
!

WRITE #PRT4610; ERASESEC+CHR$(01H)

!
! Download the graphics (using the continuation command)
! as number 1. Size is 24*8 x 16*8
!

WRITE #PRT4610; DLGRAPH+CHR$(01H)+CHR$(18H)+CHR$(10H)

WRITE #PRT4610; CONTIN+LOGO01$
WRITE #PRT4610; CONTIN+LOGO01$
WRITE #PRT4610; CONTIN+LOGO01$
WRITE #PRT4610; CONTIN+LOGO01$
WRITE #PRT4610; CONTIN+LOGO01$
WRITE #PRT4610; CONTIN+LOGO01$
WRITE #PRT4610; CONTIN+LOGO01$
WRITE #PRT4610; CONTIN+LOGO01$
WRITE #PRT4610; CONTIN+LOGO01$
WRITE #PRT4610; CONTIN+LOGO01$
WRITE #PRT4610; CONTIN+LOGO01$
WRITE #PRT4610; CONTIN+LOGO01$
WRITE #PRT4610; CONTIN+LOGO01$
WRITE #PRT4610; CONTIN+LOGO01$
WRITE #PRT4610; CONTIN+LOGO01$
WRITE #PRT4610; CONTIN+LOGO01$

!
! Print predefined graphic number 1
!

WRITE #PRT4610; PRTGRAPH+CHR$(01H)

Downloading a user-defined code page

This is an example of downloading characters to a user-defined code page. For this example only
three characters are downloaded.
!
! set up variables (assume string variables)
!

DLCODEP = CHR$(1BH)+CHR$(26H)+CHR$(01H) ! download to thermal page 1

FIRSTC = CHR$(21H) ! first character position
LASTC = CHR$(23H) ! last character position
ERASESEC = CHR$(04H)+CHR$(1BH)+CHR$(23H) ! Erase EPROM sector
CONTIN = CHR$(1BH)+CHR$(2EH) ! Continuation command
SELUSERP = CHR$(1BH)+CHR$(25H)+CHR$(01H) ! Select user code page
WRITEMCT = CHR$(04H)+CHR$(1BH)+CHR$(4DH)

! New character I
I$ = CHR$(7H)+ CHR$(0EH) + CHR$(7H) + CHR$(0EH) + \
CHR$(1H)+ CHR$(08H) + CHR$(1H) + CHR$(08H) + \
CHR$(1H)+ CHR$(08H) + CHR$(1H) + CHR$(08H) + \
CHR$(1H)+ CHR$(08H) + CHR$(1H) + CHR$(08H) + \
CHR$(1H)+ CHR$(08H) + CHR$(1H) + CHR$(08H) + \
CHR$(1H)+ CHR$(08H) + CHR$(1H) + CHR$(08H) + \
CHR$(1H)+ CHR$(08H) + CHR$(1H) + CHR$(08H) + \
CHR$(7H)+ CHR$(0EH) + CHR$(7H) + CHR$(0EH)

! New character B

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B$ = CHR$(07H) + CHR$(08H) + \
CHR$(04H) + CHR$(04H) + \
CHR$(04H) + CHR$(02H) + \
CHR$(04H) + CHR$(02H) + \
CHR$(04H) + CHR$(02H) + \
CHR$(04H) + CHR$(02H) + \
CHR$(04H) + CHR$(02H) + \
CHR$(07H) + CHR$(0CH) + \
CHR$(07H) + CHR$(0CH) + \
CHR$(04H) + CHR$(02H) + \
CHR$(04H) + CHR$(02H) + \
CHR$(04H) + CHR$(02H) + \
CHR$(04H) + CHR$(02H) + \
CHR$(04H) + CHR$(02H) + \
CHR$(04H) + CHR$(04H) + \
CHR$(07H) + CHR$(08H)

! New character M
M$ = CHR$(04H) + CHR$(02H) + \
CHR$(06h) + CHR$(06H) + \
CHR$(06h) + CHR$(06H) + \
CHR$(06h) + CHR$(06H) + \
CHR$(05H) + CHR$(0AH) + \
CHR$(05H) + CHR$(0AH) + \
CHR$(05H) + CHR$(0AH) + \
CHR$(05H) + CHR$(0AH) + \
CHR$(04H) + CHR$(02H) + \
CHR$(04H) + CHR$(02H) + \
CHR$(04H) + CHR$(02H) + \
CHR$(04H) + CHR$(02H) + \
CHR$(04H) + CHR$(02H) + \
CHR$(04H) + CHR$(02H) + \
CHR$(04H) + CHR$(02H) + \
CHR$(04H) + CHR$(02H)

!
! Erase the thermal user code page sector (04H)
!

WRITE #PRT4610; ERASESEC+CHR$(04H)

!
! Set the character size by writing an MCT value,
! in this case thermal page 1 characters are set
! to 10H by 10H (16x16)
! (This is required before the download)
!

WRITE #PRT4610; WRITEMCT+CHR$(02H)+CHR$(10H)+CHR$(10H)

!
! Download the user characters (using continuation command)
!

WRITE #PRT4610; DLCODEP+FIRSTC+LASTC

WRITE #PRT4610; CONTIN+I$
WRITE #PRT4610; CONTIN+B$
WRITE #PRT4610; CONTIN+M$

!
! Select the user code page
!

WRITE #PRT4610; SELUSERP

!
! Print new characters (positions 21H - 23H)
!

WRITE #PRT4610; CHR$(21H)+CHR$(22H)+CHR$(23H)+LF

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 Downloading and printing messages
This is an example of downloading and printing messages (non-graphical).
!
! set up variables (assume string variables)
!
ERASESEC = CHR$(04H)+CHR$(1BH)+CHR$(23H) ! Erase EPROM sector
DLMSG = CHR$(1DH)+CHR$(3AH) ! Download message
PRTMSG = CHR$(1DH)+CHR$(5EH) ! Print stored message

! Select CR station and font A

WORK = CR+FA+"This is Font A"+LF

! add Font B, add text, and end with linefeed

WORK = WORK+FB+"This is Font B"+LF

! add Font A double high

WORK = WORK+FADH+"Font A double high"+LF

! add Font B double high

WORK = WORK+FBDH+"Font B double high"+LF

!
! Erase the predefined message sector (02H)
!

WRITE #PRT4610; ERASESEC+CHR$(02H)

!
! Store the above as one message, number 1
!

WRITE #PRT4610; DLMSG+CHR$(01H)+WORK+DLMSG

!
! Store message 2
!

WRITE #PRT4610; DLMSG+CHR$(02H)+"Message 2 test"+LF

!
! Print message 1 followed by message 2
!

WRITE #PRT4610; PRTMSG+CHR$(01H)

WRITE #PRT4610; PRTMSG+CHR$(02H)

Enabling/disabling the beeper, printing, and scalable fonts

This is an example of enabling or disabling the beeper (Single Station only), upside-down
printing, high-quality printing, and scalable fonts. The PRINT.Multiple.Lines.on.Printer
prints the number of lines passed to the printer.
SCALE$ = CHR$(1DH) + CHR$(21H) ! scale characters
UPSIDE$= CHR$(1BH) + CHR$(7BH) ! upside down print
BEEP$ = CHR$(1BH) + CHR$(07H) ! beep
HIGHQ$ = CHR$(1BH) + CHR$(2FH) ! high quality print
COLOR$ = CHR$(1BH) + CHR$(72H) ! color printer (receipt)

DESCRIPTION$ = "SST test-05/26/00 "

! start beep
WRITE #CRPTR%; BEEP$ + CHR$(0FFH) + CHR$(2FH)
! wait 1 second
WAIT;1000

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 ! stop beep
WRITE #CRPTR%; BEEP$ + CHR$(00H) + CHR$(00H)

WAIT;500
! beep 1/2 second (05 * .1 seconds)
WRITE #CRPTR%; BEEP$ + CHR$(05H) + CHR$(2FH)

! High quality print

WRITE #CRPTR%; HIGHQ$ + CHR$(01H)
CALL PRINT.Multiple.Lines.on.Printer(10)
WRITE #CRPTR%; HIGHQ$ + CHR$(00H)

! normal print
CALL PRINT.Multiple.Lines.on.Printer(10)

! scale printing
WRITE #CRPTR%; SCALE$ + CHR$(11H)
CALL PRINT.Multiple.Lines.on.Printer(5)
WRITE #CRPTR%; SCALE$ + CHR$(22H)
CALL PRINT.Multiple.Lines.on.Printer(5)
WRITE #CRPTR%; SCALE$ + CHR$(33H)
CALL PRINT.Multiple.Lines.on.Printer(5)
WRITE #CRPTR%; SCALE$ + CHR$(44H)
CALL PRINT.Multiple.Lines.on.Printer(1)
WRITE #CRPTR%; SCALE$ + CHR$(55H)
CALL PRINT.Multiple.Lines.on.Printer(1)
WRITE #CRPTR%; SCALE$ + CHR$(66H)
CALL PRINT.Multiple.Lines.on.Printer(1)
WRITE #CRPTR%; SCALE$ + CHR$(77H)
CALL PRINT.Multiple.Lines.on.Printer(1)
WRITE #CRPTR%; SCALE$ + CHR$(17H)
CALL PRINT.Multiple.Lines.on.Printer(1)
WRITE #CRPTR%; SCALE$ + CHR$(27H)
CALL PRINT.Multiple.Lines.on.Printer(1)
WRITE #CRPTR%; SCALE$ + CHR$(37H)
CALL PRINT.Multiple.Lines.on.Printer(1)
WRITE #CRPTR%; SCALE$ + CHR$(47H)
CALL PRINT.Multiple.Lines.on.Printer(1)
WRITE #CRPTR%; SCALE$ + CHR$(57H)
CALL PRINT.Multiple.Lines.on.Printer(1)
WRITE #CRPTR%; SCALE$ + CHR$(67H)
CALL PRINT.Multiple.Lines.on.Printer(1)
WRITE #CRPTR%; SCALE$ + CHR$(00H)

! upside down printing

WRITE #CRPTR%; UPSIDE$ + CHR$(01H)
CALL PRINT.Multiple.Lines.on.Printer(1)
WRITE #CRPTR%; SCALE$ + CHR$(66H)
CALL PRINT.Multiple.Lines.on.Printer(1)
WRITE #CRPTR%; SCALE$ + CHR$(77H)
CALL PRINT.Multiple.Lines.on.Printer(1)
WRITE #CRPTR%; UPSIDE$ + CHR$(00H)
CALL PRINT.Multiple.Lines.on.Printer(1)

! return to normal scale

WRITE #CRPTR%; SCALE$ + CHR$(00H)
CALL PRINT.Multiple.Lines.on.Printer(10)

Honor station mode examples

When using honor station mode, the application is not allowed to imbed a command in the
printer data to switch printer stations. The application must use the correct printer session
number to choose the printer station. Most of the examples in “Stream mode examples” on page
143 are also applicable to honor station mode. The examples that are not valid are:
• “Assigning commands to string variables” on page 143
• “Printing to the CR: station with various fonts” on page 144
• “Printing multiple lines to the CR: station in a single WRITE statement” on page 144

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 • “Printing to the CR: varying the characters per inch” on page 145
Note: In the following examples, PDI is the DI: session and PCR is the CR: session.

Setting honor station mode

This example shows using the PUTLONG command to set the honor station mode. See
“PUTLONG statement” on page 56 for the format of the PUTLONG command.
!
! Set honor station mode using PUTLONG
!

! Buffer sizing command is 'M' = 57H, PCMD is INTEGER*4

! The high order byte of the command indicates that
! 4610 printer commands are in use
!
! The second byte (57H) is the buffer size command
!
! The low order bytes are the option, set to 0001H to select
! honor station mode

PCMD = 80570001H

! issue the command (either session can be used)

PUTLONG PCR, PCMD

Setting the landscape model when using honor station mode

This example shows using the PUTLONG command to set landscape DI: printing when using
the honor station mode. See “PUTLONG statement” on page 56 for the format of the PUTLONG
command.
!
! Set landscape mode using PUTLONG (honor station mode
! must be in effect first)
!

! Buffer sizing command is 'D' = 44H, PCMD is INTEGER*4

! The high order byte of the command indicates that
! 4610 printer commands are in use
!
! The second byte (44H) is the buffer size command
!
! The low order bytes are the option, set to 0001H to select
! landscape mode

PCMD = 80440001H

! issue the command (either session can be used)

PUTLONG PCR, PCMD

Printing to the CR: and DI: stations

This example shows printing to the CR: and DI: stations when in the honor station mode.
!
! Print to CR: station, then DI:
!

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 WRITE #PCR; "This is a CR: line"+LF

WRITE #PDI; "This is a DI: line"+LF

Setting line spacing

This example shows setting the line spacing to the CR: and DI: stations when in honor
station mode. In honor station mode, the Set Print Station for setting the line spacing command
(1B6331nnH) is not used.
!
! Set line spacing for CR: station, then DI:
!

!
! Set 8 lines per inch on the CR: station
!
WRITE #PCR; CHR$(1BH)+CHR$(31H)

!
! Set 6 lines per inch on the DI: station
!
WRITE #PDI; CHR$(1BH)+CHR$(32H)

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Chapter 8. C API programming examples
C API programming examples

This chapter contains examples of using the C-API to access 4610 printers. Not all code needed
for a robust application is included; specifically, error handling is not included.

Assigning commands to string variables

This example shows the initialization of string variables with various printer commands as well
as opening the printer. Further examples use these variables.
// 4610 Printer Commands
unsigned char _far cut[1] = {0x0C}; // cut paper or Form feed
unsigned char _far lf[1] = {0x0A}; // advance line (CR and LF)
unsigned char _far CR[4] // select CR station
= {0x1B,0x63,0x30,0x02};
unsigned char _far DI[4] // select DI portrait
= {0x1B,0x63,0x30,0x04};
unsigned char _far DI_l[4] // select DI landscape
= {0x1B,0x63,0x30,0x08};

// printer sessions
int sessDI; // DI session
int sessCR; // CR session

// open CR and DI
rc = sessDI = adx_topen_device((char _far *) "DI");

rc = sessCR = adx_topen_device((char _far *) "CR");

// Set up an asynchronous error routine

ret = on_async_err_call((ASYNC_ERROR_HANDLER_t)cr_async_handler,
(ASYNC_ERROR_HANDLER_t _far *)0);

Using an asynchronous error handler

This example shows a simple asynchronous error handler.
// simple async error handler
void cr_async_handler(int snum,
unsigned long completion_code,
unsigned int *retry,
char *overlay_string)
{
int sessnum1;

// write to ANDISPLAY
sessnum1 = adx_topen_device((char _far *) "ANDISPLAY");
adx_tclears(sessnum1,1);
adx_twrite_device(sessnum1, (unsigned char _far *) "4610 Error", 10);
adx_ttimer_set(0,3000L);

retry = 0;

Printing to the CR and issuing a cut command

This example shows printing to the CR and issuing a cut command.
// define buffer and initialize
unsigned char _far buff1[29] = " 4610 Printer Test";

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 // set linefeed in last position
buff1[28] = lf[0];

// select CR station
adx_twrite_device(sessCR, (unsigned char _far *) CR, 4);

// write line to 4610 printer

adx_twrite_device(sessCR, (unsigned char _far *) buff1, 29);

// cut CR paper
adx_twrite_device(sessCR, (unsigned char _far *) cut, 1);

Scanning a check and retrieving header command

This example shows scanning a check image and retrieving the image header data.
// 4610 Printer Commands
unsigned char _far cut[1] = {0x0C}; // cut paper or Form feed
unsigned char _far lf[1] = {0x0A}; // advance line (CR and LF)
unsigned char _far CR[4] // select CR station
= {0x1B,0x63,0x30,0x02};
unsigned char _far scan[3] = {0x1B,0x3E,0x00}; // scan check
unsigned char _far retr[10] = {0x1B,0x39,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0}; // retrieve header

// issue check scan command to the printer

adx_twrite_device(sessCR, (unsigned char _far *) scan, 3);

// wait for completion

adx_ttclose(sessCR);

// issue header retrieve command (no tag data)

adx_twrite_device(sessCR, (unsigned char _far *) retr, 10);

// wait for completion

adx_ttclose(sessCR);

// now go do READ to obtain data

Using the GETLONG command

This example shows use of the GETLONG command.
// declare variable
unsigned long _far status;

// define constants
#define GL_4610 0x88000000L // is this a 4610 printer?
#define GL_HONOR 0x00000001L // honor station mode
#define GL_LANDSCAPE 0x00000002L // landscape (if honor)

// GETLONG from CR station

rc = adx_tgetlong(sessCR, (unsigned long _far *) &status);

// check for 4610 printer

if (status & GL_4610)
{
// check for honor mode
if (status & GL_HONOR)
{
// check for landscape
if (status & GL_LANDSCAPE)
{
// landscape
}
else
{
// portrait
}
}
else

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 {
// stream mode
}
}

Using the PUTLONG command

This example shows use of the PUTLONG command.
// declare variable
typedef struct
{
unsigned char mode;
unsigned char function;
unsigned int parm;
} PPRINTOPT_t;

PPRINTOPT_t pldata; // putlong data

// define constants
#define PL_4610 0x80 // set 4610 mode

#define PL_MODE 'M' // mode

#define PL_HONOR 1 // honor station mode
#define PL_STREAM 0 // stream mode

#define PL_DI 'D' // DI mode (if honor)

#define PL_LANDSCAPE 1 // DI landscape
#define PL_PORTRAIT 0 // DI portrait

// Set honor station mode

pldata.mode = PL_4610;
pldata.function = PL_MODE;
pldata.parm = PL_HONOR;
rc = adx_tputlong(sessCR,*(unsigned long *)&pldata);

// Set DI landscape mode

pldata.mode = PL_4610;
pldata.function = PL_DI;
pldata.parm = PL_LANDSCAPE;
rc = adx_tputlong(sessCR,*(unsigned long *)&pldata);

// Set DI portrait mode

pldata.mode = PL_4610;
pldata.function = PL_DI;
pldata.parm = PL_PORTRAIT;
rc = adx_tputlong(sessCR,*(unsigned long *)&pldata);

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Appendix A. Document handling
Document handling

This appendix contains suggestions for document handling in both portrait and landscape
modes.

Using portrait mode printing

This section contains suggestions and steps for document handling using portrait mode printing.
1. Set up document wait time:

X'1B;66;xx;yy'

where:

xx
Is the length of time the printer waits after receiving the command to print to the
selected document station (X'1B;63;30;04' or X'1B;63;30;08') until the document is
inserted.
If the document has not been detected by the end of the wait time, a document error
is sent to the system. The system continues to wait for a document to be inserted.

yy
Delay from the time the document is detected until it is grabbed by the printer (start
of document printing).
• Side insertion - closes the document's throat.
• Front insertion - pulls the document into the printer and feeds it to the Top of
Form.
2. Select the document station — Normal print mode:

X'1B;63;30;04'

The Document LED on the printer blinks until a document is detected.

• If the document is inserted from the front of the printer, the document is fed to the first
print position. The commands in the printer's buffer then begin processing.
• If the document is inserted from the side, printing starts at the location where the
document was inserted.
• For side insertion, the document throat must be opened to insert the document.
Manually, this action is done by pressing then releasing both buttons. Optionally, the
throat can be opened through the use of commands - X'1B;3C;01'.
If a document is not detected within the wait time (specified in the X'1B;66;xx;yy'
command), the printer sends error status to the system and continues to wait. The error
status is sent at every wait time interval.
Note: The system can either cancel the print buffer, deleting all data in the print
buffer, or wait for a document to be inserted.

The printer appears hung until an action is taken.

3. Send print lines to be printed in this station.

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 4. Print and eject the document.
Finish printing and eject the document.
Note: The document station remains selected; the printer waits for another document
until the station is changed.

5. Open document throat.

X'1B;63;30;04'

Finish printing and release the document from the printer's rollers.
Note: The document station remains selected; the printer waits for another document
until the station is changed.

Using landscape mode printing

This section contains suggestions and steps for using landscape mode printing. Landscape mode
printing is used, primarily, to print the face of the check. In landscape mode:
• Print lines sent must be from the bottom-of-form to the top-of-form. This requirement is
because the bottom of the form is against the right stop and the top-of-form is unknown to
the printer.
• Different lengths of paper allow different print line lengths. Therefore, the application must
know the size of the print line.
• The printer must calculate the length of the document before printing on it. To determine the
length of the document, the printer must feed the document up past the bottom sensor and
back to the top sensor. (On a 5-inch document, this action takes approximately 2 seconds). If a
MICR read was done previously, the length of the document is calculated at that time.
• When landscape mode is used without the check flipper, insert the document so that its right
edge is at the top of the printer and its bottom edge is against the printer's right wall.
• To position the printing in landscape mode to the correct position, the system must send
line feeds to the correct position. The printer assumes that the top-of-form for a document in
landscape mode is the far left edge of the document.
• Line feeding is 5 steps per mm or 21 steps per line at 6 LPI.
• All landscape printing must be done with one printing pass, therefore:
• Double-high printing is not allowed.
• User-defined characters greater than 9 dots high are not allowed.
• There is no error recovery for landscape printing.
The following information contains a suggested way of using landscape mode.
1. Set up document wait time:

X'1B;66;xx;yy'

where:

xx
Is the length of time the printer waits after receiving the command to print to the
selected document station (X'1B;63;30;04' or X'1B;63;30;08') until the document is
inserted.
If the document has not been detected by the end of the wait time, a document error
is sent to the system. The system continues to wait for a document to be inserted.

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 yy
Is the length of time the printer waits after the document has been inserted into the
document station until it is grabbed by the printer (start of document printing).
• Side insertion - closes the document throat.
• Front insertion - pulls the document into the printer and feeds it to the Top of
Form.
2. Select document station:

X'1B;63;30;08'

A
If the document was not loaded previously:
• The document LED on the printer blinks until a document is detected.
• Once detected, the document is grabbed by the printer and is fed to the right
margin on the document. Because the document is inserted on its side, this is at
the top of the printer.
• If a document is not detected within the wait time (specified in the X'1B;66;xx;yy'
command), the printer sends error status to the system, and continues to wait.
The system can either cancel the print buffer, deleting all data in the print buffer,
or wait for a document to be inserted.
The printer appears to be hung until an action is taken.

B
If the document was loaded previously, the printer feeds the paper to the right
margin on the document.
3. Send print lines to be printed in this station.
The number of characters that can be printed on a line is dependent on the width of the
document. The print area is 80 mm high, starting 2 mm from the top of the document, and
the whole width of the document except for 34 mm from the right edge and 1 mm from the
left edge.
4. Print and eject document.
Finish printing and eject the document.
Note: The document station remains selected and the printer waits for another
document until the station is changed.

5. Open document throat:

X'1B;63;30;04'

Finish printing and release the document from the printers rollers.
Note: The document station remains selected and the printer waits for another
document until the station is changed.

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