Table Of Contents - Printronix T5000R Series Programmer's Reference Manual

Table of Contents

1 Introduction ............................................................. 7
About This Guide ...................................................................................... 7
Sources of Useful IBM Information..................................................... 7
Compatible System Attachments.............................................................. 8
Defining IPDS ...........................................................................................8
The Protocol ....................................................................................... 8
The Printer Environment .................................................................... 8
Emulations and Data Streams............................................................ 8
2 Configuring with IPDS Commands ......................... 9
Overview................................................................................................... 9
The IPDS Emulation ................................................................................. 9
The Command Sets ........................................................................... 9
The Data Towers..............................................................................10
The States ........................................................................................10
Processing a Page ...........................................................................11
The Command Syntax .....................................................................12
The Text Commands........................................................................13
Load Equivalence (LE) ..............................................................13
Write Text (WT) .........................................................................13
Scalable Fonts .................................................................................15
XOA - Request Resource List (RRL) Reply ..............................15
Font Selection............................................................................15
Images .............................................................................................16
The IM Image Command Set ...........................................................16
Write Image Control (WIC) ........................................................16
Write Image (WI)........................................................................17
Graphics ...........................................................................................17
The Graphics Command Set............................................................18
Write Graphics Control (WGC) ..................................................18
Write Graphics (WG) .................................................................18
Bar Codes ........................................................................................18
The Bar Code Command Set ...........................................................19
Write Bar Code Control (WBCC) ...............................................19
Write Bar Code (WBC) ..............................................................19