Chapter 4: Programming the Printer ................................................................................................................ 13

Overview of Printing Characteristics .................................................................................................. 13

Character appearance ......................................................................................................................... 14

Receipt character specification ................................................................................................... 14

Standard .................................................................................................................................................................... 14

Compressed ............................................................................................................................................................. 14

Print zones ............................................................................................................................................ 15

Print zones for receipt station 80 mm paper .............................................................................. 15

Print zones for slip station .................................................................................................................. 16

Print Zones for Slip, Validation ........................................................................................................... 17

Rotated printing commands ............................................................................................................... 18

Chapter 5: Programming Commands ............................................................................................................... 19

Commands listed by function ............................................................................................................. 19

Printer actions ............................................................................................................................... 19

Print and paper feed .................................................................................................................... 20

Vertical and horizontal positioning ........................................................................................... 20

Text characteristics ....................................................................................................................... 20

Graphics ........................................................................................................................................ 21

Status ............................................................................................................................................. 22

Batch mode .............................................................................................................................................................. 22

Real-time ................................................................................................................................................................... 22

Unsolicited status mode ..................................................................................................................................... 23

Bar codes ....................................................................................................................................... 23

Page mode .................................................................................................................................... 23

Macros ........................................................................................................................................... 23

MICR check reader commands..................................................................................................... 24

MICR Reading .......................................................................................................................................................... 24

MICR Parsing ............................................................................................................................................................ 24

User data storage .......................................................................................................................... 24

Flash download ...................................................................................................................................................... 24

Ethernet setup commands ........................................................................................................... 25

Command conventions ........................................................................................................................ 26

Command descriptions ....................................................................................................................... 26

Printer actions ............................................................................................................................... 26

Clear printer ............................................................................................................................................................. 26

Close form ................................................................................................................................................................ 27

Open form ................................................................................................................................................................ 27

Perform partial knife cut ..................................................................................................................................... 27

Generate tone ......................................................................................................................................................... 27

Return home............................................................................................................................................................ 27

A776 (B780) Programming Guide

A776-PG00001 D 07/13

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