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Contents
Real-time commands .................................................................................................................... 89
Preferred implementation .................................................................................................................................. 90
Alternate implementation .................................................................................................................................. 90
Moving data through the buffer ...................................................................................................................... 90
Busy line and fault conditions ........................................................................................................................... 91
Real-time status transmission ........................................................................................................................... 91
Real-time request to printer .............................................................................................................................. 94
Real-time commands disable ............................................................................................................................ 95
Unsolicited status mode .............................................................................................................. 96
Bar codes ....................................................................................................................................... 100
Select pitch of HRI characters ............................................................................................................................ 100
Select bar code height ......................................................................................................................................... 100
Print bar code .......................................................................................................................................................... 100
Print multiple barcodes ....................................................................................................................................... 104
Select PDF 417 parameters ................................................................................................................................ 105
Select bar code width .......................................................................................................................................... 106
Page mode ..................................................................................................................................... 106
Slip page mode considerations ........................................................................................................................ 107
Cancel print data in page mode ....................................................................................................................... 108
Print data in page mode ...................................................................................................................................... 108
Select page mode .................................................................................................................................................. 109
Select standard mode .......................................................................................................................................... 110
Select print direction in page mode ............................................................................................................... 110
Set print area in page mode .............................................................................................................................. 111
Macros ........................................................................................................................................... 113
Execute macro ........................................................................................................................................................ 113
MICR commands ........................................................................................................................... 114
MICR reading ........................................................................................................................................................... 114
Read MICR data and transmit ............................................................................................................................ 114
Transmit last MICR read ....................................................................................................................................... 115
MICR parsing ................................................................................................................................. 115
Sample parsing formats ...................................................................................................................................... 117
Check serial number ............................................................................................................................................. 119
Loading the exception table .............................................................................................................................. 120
A776 (B780) Programming Guide
A776-PG00001 C 12/09