Printronix T5000R - Manual (Page 5)

Table of Contents
1 Introduction ............................................................. 7
About This Guide ...................................................................................... 7
Sources of Useful IBM Information..................................................... 7
Compatible System Attachments.............................................................. 8
Defining IPDS ........................................................................................... 8
The Protocol ....................................................................................... 8
The Printer Environment .................................................................... 8
Emulations and Data Streams............................................................ 8
2 Configuring with IPDS Commands ......................... 9
Overview................................................................................................... 9
The IPDS Emulation ................................................................................. 9
The Command Sets ........................................................................... 9
The Data Towers.............................................................................. 10
The States ........................................................................................ 10
Processing a Page ........................................................................... 11
The Command Syntax .....................................................................12
The Text Commands........................................................................ 13
Load Equivalence (LE) .............................................................. 13
Write Text (WT) ......................................................................... 13
Scalable Fonts ................................................................................. 15
XOA – Request Resource List (RRL) Reply .............................. 15
Font Selection ............................................................................15
Images ............................................................................................. 16
The IM Image Command Set ........................................................... 16
Write Image Control (WIC) ........................................................ 16
Write Image (WI)........................................................................ 17
Graphics ........................................................................................... 17
The Graphics Command Set............................................................ 18
Write Graphics Control (WGC) ..................................................18
Write Graphics (WG) ................................................................. 18
Bar Codes ........................................................................................ 18
The Bar Code Command Set ........................................................... 19
Write Bar Code Control (WBCC) ............................................... 19
Write Bar Code (WBC) .............................................................. 19