TransAct Technologies ITHERM 280 User Manual
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Programming Codes
iTherm
®
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] *
Hexadecimal 1BH 2AH
Decimal
<27> <42>
IPCL
none
Description The [ESC] *
specified by
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.