CognitiveTPG DLXi - Manual (Page 75)

S T A N D A R D P R I N T E R C O M M A N D S
Comments When programming in graphics mode, you control
every dot on the print head separately. All the dots
on the finished label can be either dark or light,
depending on the setting for each bit in the graphics
file.
Send all data to the printer in a continuous binary
stream. Enough data must reach the printer to
control all the dots for the specified number of dot
rows over the print width. That may be quite a lot of
data, since each square inch of label when printed
at 200 DPI can have 40,000 dots. If your graphics
image is much smaller than the print head width,
we recommend using LOGO mode programming if
possible. If you cannot use LOGO mode, reducing the
width with a WIDTH statement in a normal ASCII
label format will help reduce the data requirement.
You cannot use a typical word processor to create
binary files. This is because word processors enter
every character as an ASCII code. Typing the
number zero, for example, produces ASCII 48. This
character leaves the computer as binary code
00110000, which is not the same as sending binary
00000000 (true binary zero).
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