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TransAct Epic 3000 Programmer's Manual (271 pages)

Brand: TransAct | Category: Printer | Size: 5 MB

Change History
3
Canadian Department of Communications Radio Interference Statement
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Regulatory Compliance
4
Disclaimer
5
Copyright
5
Trademarks
5
Table of Contents
6
Figures
12
Tables
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About the EPIC 3000 Printer
15
Who Should Read this Guide
15
What Is Included in this Guide
15
Warranty Options
15
Technical and Sales Support
16
On-Line Technical Support
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Telephone Technical Support
16
Return Materials Authorization and Return Policies
16
Service Programs
16
Sales Support
17
Contact Information
17
EPIC 3000 Specifications and Requirements
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Standard Features
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General Specifications
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Printing Specifications
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Electrical Characteristics
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Internal AC Powered
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Thermal Print Head
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Media Specifications
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Receipt Paper
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Monochrome
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Paper Low
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Paper out
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Receipt Printing, Auto Cutter Position
21
Buzzer
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Cover Interlock
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Communications Interface
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Setup
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USB Interface
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Verifying the Configuration
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Connecting Communications Cables
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Verify the Firmware Configuration
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Installing Paper
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Indicator Light
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Error Indication and Blink Patterns
24
Power Saving Modes
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Sleep
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Green/Standby
25
Testing the Printer Overview
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Using Self-Test, Configuration, and Hex Dump Mode
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Entering Self-Test, and Configuration Mode
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Testing the Printer
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TEST-Receipt
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TEST-Head Test
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Configuring Options
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TEST- Configuration
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Factory Test
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Level 0 Diagnostics
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Cold Power on
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Boot Loader Maintenance Mode
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Configuring Your EPIC 3000 Printer
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Configuration Mode Overview
28
How to Change Configuration Settings
28
Entering into Configuration Mode
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Using Configuration Mode
29
Remote Configuration
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Programming Codes
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Control Codes Overview
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Nomenclature
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Standard Emulation
30
IPCL Codes
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EPOS Emulation
31
Application Development
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Ithaca Control Codes and Commands
31
Pcos Printer Control Codes
31
Quick Pcos Reference Chart
32
Low Level Paper Motion Control
37
Print/Paper Motion
37
Horizontal Motion Control
37
Vertical Motion Control
39
Feed to Black Dot
45
Character Pitch
46
Character Font
49
Character Sets and Code Pages
50
Codepage Description Files
50
Double-Byte and Multi-Byte Code Page Description Files
52
Code Page Selection
52
Print Control Characters
57
User Defined Characters
58
Character Attributes
59
Page Mode
65
How to Use Page Mode
65
Page Definition
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Figure 1 Page Mode Entry Orientations
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Auto-Cutter and Page Mode
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Mechanism Commands in Page Mode
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Stopping Page Mode Definition
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Printing the Page
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Page Mode Commands
66
Figure 2 Page Mode Set Printable Area
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Figure 3 Default Page Mode Printed Area
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Figure 4 Defined Page Mode Printed Area
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Graphic Modes
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Standard APA Graphics
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Extended APA Graphics
75
Horizontal Graphics
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Graphics Compression
78
Bitmap Graphics File Support
80
User Store (Graphic Save)
82
Defining Macros
83
User-Store Commands
85
User Macros
88
Programming Considerations
88
Bar Codes
91
Barcodes and Code Pages
93
Barcodes and Unicode
93
Linear Barcodes
94
Code-39 and Code-39 Extended
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Figure 5 Code 39 Example
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Figure 6 Code 39 Extended Example
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Figure 7 Code 39 Full 128 Character Encoding
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Code 128 (Code-128(A,B, and C))
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Figure 8 Code 128 Manual Encoding Example
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Figure 9 Code 128 Encoding Values
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Code 128 Auto Encoding
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Figure 10 Automatic Encoding Example
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Figure 11 Code 128 FNC Encoding
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Interleaved 2 of 5 (Code 2 of 5)
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Upc a
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Figure 12 Interleaved 2 of 5 Example
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Figure 13 UPC a Examples
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Upc E
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Figure 14 UPC E Zero Suppression Formats
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Figure 15 UPC E Examples
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Figure 16 EAN 13 Examples
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Figure 17 EAN 8 Examples
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Figure 18 EAN 14 Example
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EAN 2 and EAN 5 Addenda Barcodes
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Figure 19 ITF-14 Example
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Figure 20 EAN 2 and EAN 5 Addendas
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Code 93
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Codabar
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Figure 21 Code 93 Example
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Figure 22 Codabar Example
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Databar (RSS) GS-1 Barcodes
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GS1-Databar-14 (GS1-Databar-Omni-Directional)
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Figure 23 RSS-14 Symbol Representing (01)20012345678909
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Figure 24 GS1-Databar 14 Example
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GS1-Databar-Truncated
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GS1-Databar-14 Stacked and GS1-Databar-14 Stacked-Omni
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Figure 25 GS1-Databar 14 Truncated Example
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Figure 26 GS1-Databar 14 Stacked Example
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GS1-Databar-Limited
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Figure 27 GS1-Databar 14 Stacked Omni Example
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Figure 28 GS1-Databar Limited Example
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GS1-Databar-Expanded
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GS1-Databar-Expanded Stacked
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Figure 29 GS1-Databar Expanded Example
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Figure 30 GS1-Databar Expanded Stacked Example
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Gs1-128)
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Figure 31 GS1-128 Example
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2D Barcodes
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Code 49
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Figure 32 Code 49 Example
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Code 16K
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Figure 33 Code 16K Example
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PDF 417, Truncated PDF417 and Micro PDF 417
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Pdf 417
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Figure 34 PDF 417 Example
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Truncated PDF 417
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Figure 35 Truncated PDF 417 Example
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Micro PDF 417
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Figure 36 Micro PDF 417 Example
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Data Matrix Bar Code
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Data Matrix Encoding
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Data Matrix ECC200
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Data Matrix Commands
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Testing Data Matrix Barcodes
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Figure 37 Data Matrix Example
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Figure 38 ECC 200 Reference Symbol Encoding "30Q324343430794<OQQ
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Maxicode
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Figure 39 Maxicode Symbol
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Maxicode Commands
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Maxicode Mode 2 and 3 Structured Carrier Message
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Figure 40 Data Maxicode Example
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Qrcode
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Figure 41 Qrcode Symbol
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Qrcode Commands
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Figure 42 Qrcode Symbol for a URL
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Figure 43 Data Qrcode Example
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Micro Qrcode
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Micro Qrcode Commands
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Figure 44 Data Micro Qrcode Example
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Aztec
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Figure 45 Aztec Symbol
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Aztec Commands
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Figure 46 Data Aztec Example
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Figure 47 Aztec Rune Example
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Code One
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Figure 48 Code One Example
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Composite Barcodes
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Composite Data
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UPC a Composite
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Figure 49 UPC a Composite Example
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UPC E Composite
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EANX Composite
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Figure 50 UPC E Composite Example
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Figure 51 EAN-13 Composite Example
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EAN GS1-128 Composite
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GS1-Databar-14 Composite
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Figure 52 EAN GS1-128 Composite Example
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Figure 53 GS1-Databar 14 Composite Example
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GS1-Databar-Truncated Composite
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GS1-Databar-Limited Composite
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Figure 54 GS1-Databar Truncated 14 Composite Example
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Figure 55 GS1-Databar Limited Composite Example
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GS1-Databar-Expanded Composite
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GS1-Databar-14 Stacked Composite
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Figure 56 GS1-Databar Expanded Composite Example
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Figure 57 GS1-Databar Stacked Composite Example
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GS1-Databar-Stacked Omni Composite
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GS1-Databar-Expanded Stacked Composite
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Figure 58 GS1-Databar Stacked Omni Composite Example
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Figure 59 GS1-Databar Expanded Stacked Composite Example
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GS-1 Barcodes
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GS-1 AI Definitions
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Mandatory AI Associations
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Invalid AI Associations
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GS-1 AI Fields with a Check Digit
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Controlling Barcodes
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Unified Commands
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Barcode Control Summery Chart
146
PDF417 Print Options
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Data Matrix Print Options
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Figure 60 ECC - 200 Size Options
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Code 49 Print Options
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Code 16K Print Options
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Qrcode Print Options
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Maxicode Print Options
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Aztec Print Options
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Code One Print Options
156
Databar (RSS) Print Options
157
Composite Barcode Print Options
158
Legacy Commands
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Identifying Barcode Processing Errors
161
Miscellaneous Printer Control
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Printer Status
170
Status Inquire
170
Serial and USB Mode Inquire
170
IEEE 1284 Mode Inquire
170
Inquire Commands
171
ESC/POS TM Codes
186
Differences between Epson TM Printers and EPIC 3000
186
Page Mode
186
Undocumented Epson Commands
186
Barcodes
186
Real-Time Status
186
Epson Licensed Firmware
186
EPIC 3000 Graphics
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Printing Graphics
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Character Graphics
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Figure 61 Example of Character Graphics
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Figure 62 Example Commands for a Sample Receipt
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APA Graphics
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Procedure for APA Graphics
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Color Graphics
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Figure 63 Sample Receipt
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Procedure for Color Horizontal Graphics
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Figure 64 Receipt with Graphics
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EPIC 3000 Universal Color Graphics
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Print File Graphics
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To Generate a Print File
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Store Graphics in the Printer
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To Store a Graphic in the Printer
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Print a Stored Graphic
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Generate a File to Store Graphics into a Printer
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How Universal Graphics Is Done
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How to Use IPCL Commands in Text Strings
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Load and Store Named Graphic Image
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Recall and Print Stored Named Graphic Image
196
Cautions
196
Universal Graphic Command Descriptions
196
Scalable Fonts
199
Character Generation
199
Outline Characters
199
Stroke-Based Characters
199
Character Definition
200
Character Size
201
Selecting Character Size
201
Legacy or Classic Method
201
Line Spacing
202
Selecting Character Size by Points
202
Diacritical Marks
202
Character Cache
203
Stacked or Linked Fonts
203
Bitmap Fonts
204
Custom Fonts
205
Internal Fonts
205
Font Storage
205
Font Control Commands
207
Font Size and Spacing
207
Font Size and Spacing Command Interactions
209
Unicode
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Unicode Encoding
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Unicode Extended UTF16 Encoding Example
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Unicode UTF8 Encoding Example
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Unicode Encoding Control Commands
220
Legacy Printer Features that Have Changed
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Dynamic Code Page Definition
224
File System
225
File System Interface
225
File System Commands
225
POR.INI File
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File System Support
234
EPIC 3000 Extended Printer Control
235
EPIC 3000 Internal Logs
235
EPIC 3000 Green and Sleep Power Control
238
Communications
240
Protocol and Print Buffers
240
Figure 65 Typical POS System
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Figure 66 Host to Printer Link
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Figure 67 Printer Communications Buffer Flow
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Usb
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USB Support
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Remote Printer Reset
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Miscellaneous Communication Features
245
Power-Cycle Recovery
245
Off-Line Active
245
Recovery from Mechanical Errors
246
Programmer's Notes
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Appendix A: CRC16
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Appendix B: USB Printer Class Specification
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Appendix C: Internal Code Pages
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Appendix D: ASCII Code Table
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Appendix E: Unicode Character Addresses
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Appendix F: WGL4.0 Character Addresses
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Appendix G: GB18030 Character Addresses
259
Appendix H Windows 1252 Latin 1
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Index
269

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