Standard Emulation; Ipcl Codes; Epos Emulation; Axiohm - TransAct Ithaca 280 Programmer's Manual

Programming Codes

Standard Emulation

The standard control codes for the iTherm
the PcOS IBM emulation provided on other Ithaca
application designed for a Series 50 Printer with IBM code sets will function with a
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iTherm 280 Printer.

IPCL Codes

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Ithaca Printer Control Language (IPCL) codes are part of PcOS and designed to control
a printer without using control characters (i.e. characters less than 20H). Only the
standard PcOS emulation supports IPCL.
In rare cases, an IPCL code will interfere with the text that is to be printed. The IPCL
translator can be disabled with an [ESC] y <4> command.

EPOS Emulation

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ESC/POS is referred to here as EPOS. The iTherm
emulations. One emulation is for the TM-T88, and the other is an enhanced TM-T90
emulation.
Specific EPSON compatibility features, such as its Automated Status Back
(ASB) feature, are available as an option from TransAct Technologies.
Command codes pertaining to these features are documented as
―licensed‖ within the command description.
It is intended that the standard Ithaca
applications. Not all features of iTherm
specifically, the ability to print color horizontal graphics is not supported.

Axiohm

The printer contains an Axiohm A793 emulation that will allow the printer to replace an
Axiohm thermal print in most applications. Note that the iTherm® 280 does not support
the printer configuration commands provided in the A793 Printer. The iTherm® 280
should be configured through the keypad or with the TransAct configuration program.
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Ithaca Microline Emulation
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The iTherm 280 printer supports several Microline emulations. These emulations allow
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the iTherm 280 Printer to replace some older Ithaca
commands. This emulation is not documented here. Refer to our Microline Emulation
Programmer's Guide (12-03244) for more information.

Application Development

To aid application development, several chapters in this manual are designed to help the
programmer understand the iTherm
description of each of the commands. Subsequent chapters provide explanations of
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ESC/POS is a registered trademark of the Seiko Epson Corporation.
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iTherm
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280 Printer are extensions and subsets of
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products. In some cases, an
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280 Printer supports two Epson
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PcOS emulation be used for new
® 280 Printers are supported by EPOS –
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M50 printers with Microline
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280 Printer. The next chapter provides a detailed
Rev K
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280 Programmer's Guide