Programming Requirements; Configuration Requirements; Control Character Format - Intermec EasyCoder 3400d User Manual

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Twinax Interface

Programming requirements

There are special programming requirements that you need to understand
before you can send valid print messages to the printer through the twinax
interface. These special requirements involve the following:

• Configuration requirements

• Control character format

• Character set limitations
• Formatting label data
• Designing labels
Your printer user's manual provides general information pertaining to these five
topics. The following paragraphs provide you with supplemental information
necessary for proper operation of the twinax interface.
Configuration requirements
Configure the host to recognize your Intermec printer as an IBM 5256 Model 1
printer. Instructions for doing this are provided in your IBM System
Configuration Manual.
Control character format
Many of the printer commands are control codes. To facilitate entering and
viewing of control codes at an IBM terminal, they are entered and displayed as
mnemonics. The twinax interface in the printer recognizes mnemonics and
converts them into control codes before passing them to the printer. The
Appendix found on page 37 of this manual, provides a list of standard ASCII
control character mnemonics used for composing printer messages. Refer to
your printer user's manual to see how ASCII control characters are used in
programming the printer.
To send a control character to the twinax interface as part of a printer message,
you need to send the control character mnemonic in upper case letters bracketed
by these two characters:
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