Chapter 5
^A
^D
COMMAND
101
Send User RAM Available: The printer will send the number of free or
available bytes to the serial port (i.e. >192480<). Use the D119 command for
more detailed reporting.
XX
104
Save ASCII Fonts to RAM: The ^Axx specifies which memory file # (CGN #)
the FONT will use (1-255). This command should be used with an ASCII-HEX
file that contains only printable characters less than 80 HEX. These FONTS
are "extended non-compressed", meaning that they can be greater than 64KB.
This command supports fonts greater than 64KB.
XX
105
Delete Graphics from RAM^A0 deletes ALL graphics from RAM.
^Ax deletes the graphics in slot #x.
xxyy 107
Save Compressed GRAPHICS to RAM.
(See Chapter 6, Downloadable Graphics)
119
Display Memory Allocation.
This command shows how all of the RAM and FLASH memory is being used
Example display from the ^D119 command:
Ram Based Fonts/Graphics(TCI=8) - [file number(CGN), size, type]
[2,4625, Font set]
Ram Based Formats - [file number, size]
[2,176]
Total Ram Memory Available - 258335
Flash Based Fonts/Graphics(TCI=7) - [file number(CGN), banks used, type]
[1,1, Graphic]
Font/Graphic Flash Memory Banks Available - 119 There are 119 banks of 64KB open.
Flash Based Formats - [file number, size]
[1,176]
Format Flash Memory Available - 65359
Label Memory - [size, available]
[43231,41618]
NOTES: RAM GRAPHICS can extend beyond the starting slot # into sequential ones.
RAM formats are numbered #1 to #128 (RAM FONTS are limited to 64K in size.)
122
Display Available FONT/GRAPHICS FLASH memory.
This command is used to display the amount of FONT/GRAPHICS FLASH
memory available in bytes in the form >xxxxxxx< where xxxxxxx is the number
of available bytes.
XX
130
Save a FORMAT to FLASH. (non-volatile memory)
The ^Axx selects the memory slot (1- 128) into which the format is to be
saved. A format file must be terminated by an ESC (HEX 1B) or "[" (left
bracket) character to save the format.
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Slot #2 in RAM has a FONT that is 4,625
Slot #2 in FORMAT RAM has a FORMAT that is 176 bytes.
Slot #1 of FONT flash has a GRAPHIC that takes up 1 bank (64Kbyte)
Slot #1 of FORMAT flash has a FORMAT file that is 176 bytes.
The difference is the amount of memory to process current format.
There are 258,335 bytes of RAM
There are 65,359bytes of FORMAT flash open.
Printer Commands
bytes.
available.
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