Pm designer operation manual, Print operation – B&B Electronics WOP-2121V-N4AE - Manual User Manual
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CHAPTER 14 USING MACROS
14.4.19. Print Operation
Format
P1
= PRINT(P2,P3 )
Data Type
U
Function
Sends P3 bytes of data stored in byte array P2 to the printer and saves the completion code in P1.
P1 (I)
The word to receive the completion code of the operation. The following table describes the meanings
of the completion codes.
Code Description
0 Succeeded
1
Printer not ready
3 System
error
4 Printer
busy
7
No printer specified
P2 (I)
The starting location of the byte array that stores the data to be sent to the printer.
P3 (I/C)
The length in byte of the data to be sent to the printer.
Example 1
$U10
=
"This is a test."
$U20
= PRINT(
$U10
,
15
)
/* Send the string “This is a test.” to the printer. */
$U10 = 10
$U20
= PRINT(
$U10
,
1
)
/* Send the line-feed character to the printer */
$U10 = 12
$U20
= PRINT(
$U10
,
1
)
/* Send the form-feed character to the printer */
Example 2
$U10
=
0x401b
/* ESC, '@' */
$U20
= PRINT(
$U10
,
2
)
/* Send the initialization command to the EPSON printer */
PRINT_SCREEN
Format
P1
= PRINT_SCREEN(P2,P3 )
Data Type
U
Function
Prints screen P2 and saves the result in P1.
P1 (I)
The word to receive the completion code of the operation. The following table describes the
meanings of the completion codes.
Code Description
0 Succeeded
1
Printer not ready
2
Invalid screen number
3 System
error
4 Printer
busy
5 System
busy
6
Improper use of this command (See Note)
7 No
printer
specified
Note: This command can only be used in the following types of macros: Main Macro, Event
Macro, Time Macro, and Cycle Macro.
P2 (I/C)
The number of the screen to be printed. The printed area is specified in the Screen Properties
dialog box.
P3 (I/C)
Reserved for future use. Must be 0.
Example 1
$U0
= PRINT_SCREEN(
28, 0
)
/* Print screen #28*/