Adjust Contrast Window (Volatile - ^D35); Adjust Contrast Base (Non-Volatile - ^D36); Slice Buffer Size And Set Starting Slice Number Commands; Printer Restart / Reboot Commands - Microcom 428M Operator's Manual

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5.4.1.1

Adjust Contrast Window (Volatile - ^D35)

This command is useful for adjusting contrast for specific label formats where different label
media is used on a single printer. The command can be entered into specific label formats
rather than affecting print contrast on all label formats.
^A ^D COMMAND
XX 35 Adjust Contrast Window: This is a volatile command used to adjust the
contrast window. The range is 1 to 9 of the base (^D36).
5.4.1.2

Adjust Contrast Base (Non-volatile - ^D36)

This command is used to adjust overall contrast on all formats.
^A ^D COMMAND
XX 36 Adjust Contrast Base: This non-volatile command is used to skew the entire
contrast window (^D35). Contrast settings above 150 reduce the overall life of
the printer. This command has a ^A range of 10 to 200%.
5.4.2

Slice Buffer Size and Set Starting Slice Number Commands

XX 92 Set Starting Slice Number: This non-volatile command adjusts the number of
slices (dot rows) generated before the printer starts moving the label stock.
The default is set to 67% of the slice buffer size. Anytime the size of the slice
buffer is changed (ref. ^D94 command), the Starting Slice # is also changed
automatically to a value that is 67% of the new slice buffer size. The
maximum number of slices (XX) is dependent on the size of the slice buffer
(^D94) command.
X 94 Set Slice Buffer Size: This non-volatile command is used to set the size of
the slice buffer that is used by the printer. If the slice buffer memory size is set
to low, the printer may start printing and then stop to process additional slices
before starting again. This typically happens on more dense formats were
more memory is required so that the printer can build the image to be printed
before actually printing the image. This command is used in conjunction with
the ^D92 command to fully optimize the slice buffer memory.
2 88Kbytes
3 192Kbytes
4 256Kbytes (default size)
5 320KBytes
6 384KBytes
5.4.3

Printer Restart / Reboot Commands

32 Restart Printer (Soft Restart): This command restarts the printer's internal
software. The soft restart command is also used to start using certain non-
volatile system parameters (head parameter and soft switch commands).
1 143 Save and Reboot (Hard Reset): This command instructs the printer to save
statistics stored in RAM to non-volatile Flash memory and then actually resets
the printer hardware. Issuing this command is the equivalent of turning the
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