Migrating From The A721 (7221) Printer To The B780; B780 Emulation Commands; Set Printer Id Mode; Set B780 Printer Emulation - CognitiveTPG A776 Programming Manual

Migrating from the A721 (7221) printer to the B780

The B780 printer is a two station hybrid thermal/impact printer with feature enhancements designed to provide the
most desirable options to the customer. This section is provided for those customers who would like to migrate from
their existing CognitiveTPG printers to the B780 printer, while maintaining as much continuity as possible in the new
application. Several commands exist to support such a migration. The primary differences are described below:
A721 (7221) to B780:
A721: impact receipt
A721: no paper cutter (knife)
A721: monochromatic printing
A721: no audible tone

B780 Emulation Commands

Set Printer ID Mode

Code (Hexadecimal)
1F 03 0Ch
This command sets the printer ID response to the printer ID command (1D 49 01)
n = 00h : Native printer ID
n = 01h : Emulated printer ID
The Native printer ID returned from the printer is 2C.
The Emulated printer ID returned from the printer is 0A.

Set B780 Printer Emulation

Code (Hexadecimal)
1F 03 25 02 n
This command sets the type of printer emulation
n
00
01

B780 Configuration Commands

Note: These B780 configuration commands apply only to A721 emulation of the slip and validations stations.

Select B780 Slip Right Text Margin and Text Column Options

Code (Hexadecimal)
1F 03 25 03 n (Native Mode)
n
00
01
02
03
04
05
· This command corresponds to A721 internal dip switches 3.2, 3.3, and 3.4.
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Emulation
Native
DH emulation
Right Margin Text
.1"
.1"
.3"
.3"
.5"
.5"
Chapter 3: Migrating to a new printer
B780: thermal receipt
B780: paper cutter (knife)
B780: two-color printing on receipt
B780: audible tone
Text Columns
42/51 (B780 default)
35/42
35/42
33/40
35/42
33/40 (A721 default)
# Lines Rotated
28
23
23
22
23
22
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