Bematech MP-4000 TH Programmer's Manual User Manual
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Summary
INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................5
DEVELOPERS ADVICE......................................................................................................5
1 COMMANDS ....................................................................................................................6
1.1 Direct command......................................................................................................................... 6
1.2 Control sequence........................................................................................................................ 6
2 USING THE COMMAND SUMMARY...............................................................................7
2.1 ESC/Bema Command Table ...................................................................................................... 7
2.2 ESC/POS Command Table ...................................................................................................... 11
3. ESC/BEMA COMMANDS .............................................................................................14
3.1 Operation Commands .............................................................................................................. 14
3.2 Vertical positioning.................................................................................................................. 22
3.3 Horizontal positioning.............................................................................................................. 25
3.4 Character Types ....................................................................................................................... 27
3.5 Print width, character width and height ................................................................................... 31
3.6 Bit images and graphics ........................................................................................................... 35
3.6.1 24-bit graphics ............................................................................................................. 35
3.6.2 8-bit graphics ............................................................................................................... 35
3.7 Communication........................................................................................................................ 42
3.7.1 Serial interface status byte ............................................................................................ 42
3.7.2 Serial / USB / EPP interface advanced status bytes...................................................... 43
3.7.3 Standard parallel interface status byte .......................................................................... 44
3.8 Data Control............................................................................................................................. 46
3.9 Barcodes................................................................................................................................... 47
4. ESC/POS COMMANDS ................................................................................................57
4.1 Operation Commands .............................................................................................................. 57
4.2 Vertical positioning.................................................................................................................. 63
4.3 Horizontal positioning.............................................................................................................. 66
4.4 Character types......................................................................................................................... 68
4.5. Communication....................................................................................................................... 70
4.6. Data Control............................................................................................................................ 76
4.7. Barcodes.................................................................................................................................. 76
4.8. Bit images and graphics .......................................................................................................... 76
APPENDIX I – TABLES ....................................................................................................77
Table 1 - Characters Per Line ........................................................................................................ 77
Table 2 - Paper Width .................................................................................................................... 77
APPENDIX II – CHARACTER TABLES............................................................................78
ASCII ............................................................................................................................................. 78
Code Page 437 ............................................................................................................................... 78
Code Page 850 ............................................................................................................................... 79
Code Page 858 ............................................................................................................................... 80
Code Page 860 ............................................................................................................................... 81