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Paxar Gold 6037EX User Manual

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Printer Features 2-3

If the application writes to

a display page other than the current one, the displayed

information does not appear until the application uses

vidSetPage to switch to the new display page.

the current display page, the displayed information appears

immediately.

You may want the application to write messages longer than 20

characters to the display or have a command move the cursor.

If you use standard C functions such as

printf

,

puts

, and

putc

in

the application, the message wraps to the next line and the

cursor moves. The vid functions truncate the message if it

extends beyond the twentieth column and only vidPutCursor

moves the cursor.

LCD Utility

Use the LCD Utility to

set the display speed

turn the display on or off

turn the backlight on or off.

You must reference this utility in AUTOEXEC.BAT to enable the

display before you run your application.