Using The Printer; Printer Command Interpreter - Datamax Prodigy Operator's Manual

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Using the Printer

4.1 Printer Command Interpreter

After the cable is connected and the baud rate of the interface is selected,
you are ready to start formatting labels.
Typical line printers require little, if any, formatting of data to trigger
printing. Nearly any string of characters sent to a line printer terminated
with an ASCII CR (DEC 13, HEX 0D) will work. Many line printers
include special features to increase or decrease the standard width of
print, line spacing, page length, and so on. The ability to print graphics
(lines, pie charts, large characters, and possibly bar codes) is generated
by a host computer creating these patterns. This type of printing usually
takes more processing time.
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