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Microcom 438 User Manual

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Chapter 5

Printer Commands

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Hint: After the FONT file has been sent, the ^D119 command may be used to verify

that the new FONT is now available in FLASH.


^A

^D

COMMAND

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136 Delete a FONT from RAM.

^A0 deletes all FONTS from RAM

^Axx deletes the FONT stored in RAM Slot #xx

Valid values for Axx are 1 to 255. The user selects the RAM memory Slot #xx
that will be cleared.

Hint: After the FONT file has been deleted, the ^D119 command may be used to

verify that Slot #xx is now available in RAM. The FONT may extend over
several slots and the ^D119 will indicate how many slots are used.


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137 Delete a FONT from FLASH.

^A0 deletes all FONTS from FLASH

^Ax deletes the FONT stored in FLASH Slot #x

Valid values for Axx are 1 to 255. The user selects the FLASH memory Slot
#xx that will be cleared.

Hint: After the FONT file has been deleted, the ^D119 command may be used to

verify that Slot #xx is now available in FLASH. The FONT may extend over
several slots and the ^D119 will indicate how many slots are used.


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138 Process a FLASH FORMAT.

^Axx references the FORMAT file stored in Slot #xx
Valid values for Axx are 1 to 128.

Label FORMATS are saved into FLASH Slots 1 to 128. Each of these
FORMAT slots specifies how to build the dot rows that are used to print a label
on the printer.

This command tells the printer to take the Label FORMAT file in Slot #xx and
build up its image in the printer’s slice buffer. After this command is finished,
the label may be printed by sending the ^C print command.

NOTE: If the FORMAT file contains a print command, then the label will be
printed at the end of this command.

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139 Send a FLASH FORMAT to the communications port.

^Axx references the FORMAT file stored in Slot #xx
Valid values for Axx are 1 to 128.

Label FORMATS are saved into FLASH Slots 1 to 128. This command
causes the printer to send a previously loaded FORMAT file out the
communications port to the HOST.

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