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Programming Codes

iTherm

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280 Programmer’s Guide

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Rev C

28-07764

=

byte specifying the format of the graphics data.

0 for raw data

1 for bit wise RLE compression

8 for byte wise RLE compression

254 for difference compression

255 for same as previous scan line data

= the data bytes that define the graphics to be printed.

[ESC] *

Set horizontal graphic mode


ASCII

[ESC] * <0> <0>

Hexadecimal 1BH 2AH <0> <0>
Decimal

<27> <42> <0> <0>

IPCL

none

Description The [ESC] * <0> <0> command selects one of the three graphic modes

specified by . The two bytes after the mode must be zero.

Where

0,2,3,4,5,6,7 Standard Graphic Modes (See ESC * command

documentation in previous section.)
8,9

Not supported

10

104 x 96 dpi 1 horizontal, 1 vertical pass

11

208 x 96 dpi 2 horizontal, 1 vertical pass

12

104 x 192 dpi 1 horizontal, 2 vertical passes

13

208 x 192 dpi 2 horizontal, 2 vertical passes

14,15,16

Not supported

Note 1: Only modes 10 thorough 13 should be selected for horizontal
graphics.

Example

Command

Comment

[ESC] * <10> <0> <0>

Set resolution to 100x96 dpi.

[ESC] h <1> <9> <0>

Send 8-bytes red pixels.

[ESC] h <2> <9> <0>

Send 8-bytes green pixels.

[ESC] h <3> <9> <0>

Send 8-bytes blue pixels.

LF

Send line feed to force print of any buffered data not yet printed.

Note 2: Graphic data is committed to paper when more than 12 dot rows
have been transmitted to the printer. If less than 12 dot rows have been
sent, they are not printed until the line is terminated (i.e. a line feed
command is sent). To make graphics faster to send and smaller to store,
several algorithms are included with the graphic command to compress
the data.