Microcom 438 User Manual
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5.2.1.7
Software Switch #7 .............................................................................. 5-17
5.2.1.8
Software Switch #8 .............................................................................. 5-18
5.2.2
Communication Port Configuration ............................................................. 5-20
5.2.2.1
Baud Rate............................................................................................ 5-20
5.2.2.2
Set Serial Port Source Command (Non-volatile- ^D108) ..................... 5-21
5.2.2.3
Set Serial Port Source Command (Volatile - ^D109) ........................... 5-21
5.2.2.4
Ethernet Telnet Pass-Through Mode................................................... 5-21
5.2.3
Print Head Size Commands........................................................................ 5-23
5.3
General Purpose I/O .......................................................................................... 5-24
5.4
Specialized Print Modes..................................................................................... 5-26
5.4.1
Synchronous Print Mode............................................................................. 5-26
5.4.2
USB Image Print Mode ............................................................................... 5-27
5.4.3
Contrast Adjustment Commands ................................................................ 5-28
5.4.3.1
Adjust Contrast Window (Volatile - ^D35) ............................................ 5-28
5.4.3.2
Adjust Contrast Base (Non-volatile - ^D36) ......................................... 5-28
5.4.4
Slice Buffer Size and Set Starting Slice Number Commands ..................... 5-29
5.4.5
Printer Restart / Reboot Commands ........................................................... 5-29
5.4.6
Registration Commands ............................................................................. 5-30
5.4.7
Auto-size Commands.................................................................................. 5-31
5.4.8
AutoHeader Commands ............................................................................. 5-32
5.5
AutoLoad Media Commands.............................................................................. 5-33
5.5.1
AutoLoad + Form Feed............................................................................... 5-33
5.5.2
AutoLoad + Top-Of-Form............................................................................ 5-34
5.6
Printing Commands............................................................................................ 5-36
5.6.1
Basic Printing Commands........................................................................... 5-36
5.7
Label Header Parameter Override Commands.................................................. 5-37
5.7.1
Serial Number Commands.......................................................................... 5-37
5.8
Text String Commands ...................................................................................... 5-39
5.9
Cutter Configuration Commands........................................................................ 5-41
5.9.1
Cutter Type ................................................................................................. 5-41
5.9.2
Kiosk Cutter Commands ............................................................................. 5-41
5.9.2.1
Kiosk Cutter Mode ............................................................................... 5-41
5.9.2.2
Kiosk Cutter Advance Distance Command.......................................... 5-42
5.9.3
Volatile Cutter Operation............................................................................. 5-42
5.9.4
Cutter Hold-off............................................................................................. 5-43
5.10 Dispensing Commands ...................................................................................... 5-43
5.10.1 Tag/Tear Operation..................................................................................... 5-44
5.10.2 Peel-and-Dispense Operation..................................................................... 5-44
5.10.3 Load Advance/Retract Distance and Load Advance Delay......................... 5-44
5.11 View Printer Configuration and Statistics ........................................................... 5-44
5.12 Memory Commands........................................................................................... 5-45
5.13 Printer Code Update .......................................................................................... 5-50
5.14 Miscellaneous Commands ................................................................................. 5-51
CHAPTER 6:
DOWNLOADABLE GRAPHICS........................................... 6-1
6.1
FLASH Data Types .............................................................................................. 6-1
6.2
RAM Data Types.................................................................................................. 6-1
6.3
Using the BMP2MIC.exe GRAPHIC Conversion Utility........................................ 6-1
6.3.1
BMP2MIC.exe GRAPHIC Conversion Utility Procedure ............................... 6-2
6.4
Graphic Download Methods................................................................................. 6-3