Using Direct Graphics Mode - Intermec EasyCoder 3240 Developer's Manual

Using Direct Graphics Mode

Intermec Printer Language (IPL) Developer's Guide
IPL Commands and Emulation Mode (continued)
IPL Command Name
Reflective Sensor Value, Transmit
Remaining Quantity and Batch Count, Transmit
Reset
Self-Strip, Enable or Disable
Slash Zero, Enable or Disable
Software Configuration Label, Print
Start and Stop Codes (Code 39), Print
Status Dump
Status Enquiry
Takeup Motor Torque, Increase
Test and Service Mode, Enter
Test and Service Mode, Exit
Top of Form, Set
Transmissive Sensor Value, Transmit
User-Defined Character (UDC) and Graphics, Print
User-Defined Character, Clear or Create
User-Defined Character Field, Create or Edit
User-Defined Characters, Transmit
User-Defined Font Character, Create
User-Defined Fonts, Print
User-Defined Tables, Transmit
Warm Boot
Width of Line, Box, Bar, or Character, Define
You can significantly reduce the amount of time necessary to download and
image a graphic by using Direct Graphics mode. Direct Graphics mode
allows the printer to receive a compressed bitmap graphic and image it
directly into the image bands without storing it in the printer.
Before you download the graphic, you must compress it into run-length
encoded (RLE) data. The data compression greatly reduces the amount of
data to download and the rasterized graphic requires minimal processing to
image it into the image bands. You no longer need to store the graphic in
Program mode and then set up a format in Print mode.
When you download a direct graphic to the printer, the printer stores the
graphic in the image bands until you:
• clear the label data.
• set up another format.
• enter Program mode or Test and Service mode.
Chapter 4 — Advanced Printer Programming
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