Datamax-O'Neil DPL Programmer’s Manual - Manual (Page 10)

Overview
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General Conventions
These are some of the conventions followed in this manual:
 On the header of each page, the name of the section.
 On the footer of each page, the page number and the title of the manual.
 Names of other manuals referenced are in Italics.
 Notes are added to bring your attention to important considerations, tips or helpful
suggestions.
 Boldface is also used to bring your attention to important information.
 This manual refers to IBM-PC based keyboard command characters for access to the
ASCII character set. Systems based on different formats (e.g., Apple’s Macintosh )
should use the appropriate keyboard command to access the desired ASCII
character. See Appendix A for the ASCII character set.
Computer Entry and Display Conventions
Command syntax and samples are formatted as follows:
 The Courier font in boldface indicates the DPL command syntax, and Italics are
used to indicate the command syntax parameters.
 Regular Courier font indicates sample commands, files and printer responses.
 Square brackets ([ ]) indicate that the item is optional.
 is used to identify the line termination character. Other strings placed
between < > in this manual represent the character of the same ASCII name, and
are single-byte hexadecimal values (e.g., , , and <0x0D> equal 02, 0D,
and 0D, respectively).
 Hexadecimal values are often displayed in “C” programming language conventions
(e.g., 0x02 = 02 hex, 0x41 = 41 hex, etc.)
Important Safety Instructions
The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the
user to the presence of important operating and maintenance instructions.
Special Instructions
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The green check box is intended to alert the user to conventions used within this
text or to notable operating details of the printer.