Chapter 7—Commands
GW – Store Graphics in Image Buff er
This command is used to store binary graphics fi les directly in
Description
the image buffer.
Syntax
GW p
Parameters
p
1
p
2
p
3
p
4
"DATA"
Use this command instead of
Remarks
for example images that change between each label. Not only
is this method faster, but it also prolongs the life of the fl ash
memory as the graphics are downloaded directly to SRAM.
The printer's fi rmware will calculate exactly how much data to
expect based on p
The following sequence shows how to generate and print an
Example
image of a reduced square of 32*32 dots, with a diagonal line, all
lines 1 dot wide. Data below is shown in hex format:
0000
4E 0D 0A 47 57 32 30 2C 31 30 2C 34 2C 33 32 2C
0010
00 FF FF 00 3F FF FF FE 5F FF FF FE 6F FF FF FE
0020
77 FF FF FE 7B FF FF FE 7D FF FF FE 7E FF FF FE
0030
FF 7F FF FF FF BF FF FF FF DF FF FF FF EF FF FF
0040
FF F7 FF FF FF FB FF FF FF FD FF FF FF FE FF FF
0050
FF FF 7F FF FF FF BF FF FF FF DF FF FF FF EF FF
0060
FF FF F7 FF FF FF FB FF FF FF FD FF 7F FF FE FE
0070
7F FF FF 7E 7F FF FF BE 7F FF FF DE 7F FF FF EE
0080
7F FF FF F6 7F FF FF FA 7F FF FF FC 00 00 00 00
0090
50 0D 0A
The result will be a printout shown below:
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,p
,p
,p
,"DATA"
1
2
3
4
X-position in printer dots.
Y-position in printer dots.
Number of bytes across the graphic (8 dots = 1 byte).
Number of dot rows going down the graphic.
The graphic data in 1-bit (black & white) binary format. First data-byte represent
dots in upper left corner and next data-byte next to the right. "1" bits are white
dot-positions and "0"-bits are black dot-positions. The total amount of
"DATA"–bytes are p
3
and p
3
* p
.
4
GM
for temporarily used graphics,
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4
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