Rs-232 Commands Summary By Function - IBM 4610-TM6 - SureMark Printer TM6 Two-color Thermal Transfer User Manual

This information applies only to SureMark printers that attach to a POS system with
an RS-232 cable connection.
If you use the RS-485 or USB communications interface, refer to either the
SureMark driver documentation in the appropriate IBM book for your operating
system (see Table 9) or, when using OPOS drivers, to the OLE for Retail POS
Application Programming Guide.
The 4690 OS manual is available on the current maintenance diskette for the IBM
4690 Operating System. Current versions of all three manuals are available on the
Internet. See "Resources on the Internet" on page 44 for more information.

RS-232 commands summary by function

The commands listed in Table 10 are described in detail in following sections of this
appendix.
Table 10. RS-232 commands organized by function
Description
System Commands
Exercise Program
Status request
Extended address
command-request printer ID
Verify previous commands
completed
Preset or Onetime-Set Commands
Download graphics (logo)
commands
Predefine messages
Download user-defined characters ESC & s n m data or X'1B26;s;n;m;data'
Thermal code page
Proportional font
Flash storage write
Erase flash EPROM sector
Send checksum of flash EPROM
sector
Microcode tolerance (MCT)
information - loading
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Table 9. Driver documentation by operating system
Operating System
4690 OS Version 1 and
Version 2
DOS
OS/2, Windows NT, Windows
95, and Windows 3.1x
Command
ESC x or X'1B78'
ESC v or X'1B76'
GS | SOH or X'1D49;01' This is an IMMEDIATE command.
X'1B;00;80;00'
GS * logo# n1 n2 data or X'1D2A';logo#;n1;n2;data
GS : message# data GS : or X'1D3A; message#;data;'X'1D3A'
MCT commands
ESC & s n m data or X'1B;26;s;n;m;data'
ESC ' n1 n2 data or X'1B27;n1;n2;data'
ESC # n or X'1B23;n'
ESC " n or X'1B22;n'
ESC M n h l or X'1B4D;n;h;l'.
IBM Publication
IBM 4690 OS API Specification for IBM 4610 Printers
IBM Point-of-Sale Subsystem for DOS Programming
Reference
IBM Point of Sale Subsystem Programming Reference and
User's Guide
August 24, 2004
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