Load Advance/Retract Distance And Load Advance Delay; View Printer Configuration And Statistics; Memory Commands - Microcom 324M Operator's Manual

Printer Commands
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Load Advance/Retract Distance and Load Advance Delay

^A ^D COMMAND
XX 95 Advance/Retract Distance: This command is used in conjunction with the
tag/tear (^D97), peel-n-dispense (^D98), and cutter (^D99) commands. It is
used to adjust the number of steps the printer will advance the media after
printing has stopped and then retract the same distance so that media is not
wasted. While the maximum value is 64,000 steps, it is not recommended that
the printer advance further than one label size. This may create a paper jam
when the label is retracted back into the printer.
XX 96 Load Advance Delay: The ^Axx specifies the amount time, in milliseconds,
that the printer will delay the repositioning or retraction of the media. For
example, "^A1000^D96 <CR>" would delay for a period of one second.
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View Printer Configuration and Statistics

These commands display or print configuration settings. The user may reset the "printed
labels" and printed inches" if they wish to track label usage, print head life, etc. "Total
labels" and "total inches" cannot be reset by the user.
^A ^D COMMAND
XX 29 Printer Statistics:
0 Print Statistics to the serial port
1 Print Statistics on a label
2 Clear the Printed Labels variable in the statistics
3 Clear the Printed Inches variable in the statistics
33 Display Revision Number.
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Memory Commands

These commands offer special functions related to clearing, storing, and processing data in
the RAM and FLASH memory.
The printer can store up to 128 FORMAT files into the printer's RAM memory and another
128 files into FLASH memory. Once stored, these files can be loaded from memory rather
than having to be sent down thru the serial port. Formats are retained even after power has
been cycled when stored in FLASH memory. Formats stored in RAM will be lost when the
printer is turned "OFF."
The printer can be configured through software switch #2 (^D22 command) to automatically
process a specific format from the FLASH memory when the printer is turned "ON." The
printer treats the stored formats as if they were sent through the serial port.
^A ^D COMMAND
XX 54 Send Format from RAM to Serial Port: The ^Axx specifies the slot number
(1-128) where the format file is stored in RAM.
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