Dascom TallyCom III Installation & Operators Guide User Manual

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3. The printer is only considered idle after n1 has expired.

4. Share timer defined by Y100 will start after Y50 defined time elapse.

5. Changes to this function will have immediate effect.

EXAMPLE: %Y50,10%

sends Form Feed after 10 seconds, if data remains in print buffer.

FUNCTION 51: USER DEFINED STRINGS AT POWER ON

This function is used to specify the user strings that should be sent at power on.

SYNTAX:

%Y51, %

OPTION DESCRIPTION

0 to 7

One or more strings stated in the form (n1),

(n2),....,

(nx)

ascending

order.

NOTES:

1. The string will have to be defined in function 61, Setup for User Strings, prior to sending data

in this function.

2. The interface may overwrite some of the settings sent in the user string at power on.

3. These settings will be used immediately after the printer is ready and will be followed by

format request from the setup.

4. The strings will be sent in ascending order.

5. This note applies to the IBM 4226 only.

In this function it is possible to download a new font: OCR-B.
This font can be defined by downloading it to five user strings 0-4. Use the following escape
sequence for this purpose.:

&&??%%Y51,0,1,2,3,4%%X1

where:

&&??%

defines "%" as the escape character

%Y51,0,1,2,3,4%

defines

the user string 0,1,2,3,4 sent at printer power up

%X1

saves the sequence in the permanent memory and from where it will

be activated at power up

The user string can also be downloaded by means of the Z function. However, the sequence
will only be saved in the temporary memory, and will not be read at power up.

EXAMPLE:

%Y51,2,5% will send user strings 2 and 5 at power on.

FUNCTION 57: USER DEFINED STRINGS BEFORE LOCAL COPY

This function is used for setting up the printer before local copy. .

SYNTAX:

%Y57, %