ABLE Ap1400 - Table of Contents

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Document Revision: “1.2”
Document Date: “9 Apr. 2013”
1. Table of Contents
1. Table of Contents ......................................................................................................................... 2
2. Introduction ................................................................................................................................... 3
Notes on Printer Firmware Revisions (Including Flash) ....................................................................... 3
Copyright Notice and Disclaimer .......................................................................................................... 3
3. Modes of Operation ...................................................................................................................... 4
Paper Feed Button ............................................................................................................................... 4
Printing Method .................................................................................................................................... 4
Built-In Fonts ........................................................................................................................................ 5
User Font .............................................................................................................................................. 5
Multiple Code Page Fonts .................................................................................................................... 5
Dot Addressable Graphics ................................................................................................................... 5
Serial Interface ..................................................................................................................................... 6
Data Buffer and Flow Control ............................................................................................................... 6
USB Interface ....................................................................................................................................... 7
Paper Out, Paper Low and Head Up Sensors ..................................................................................... 7
4. Control Code Tables .................................................................................................................... 8
Command Description Format ............................................................................................................. 8
Command Codes Received ................................................................................................................. 9
Graphics Commands ......................................................................................................................... 10
Formatting Commands ....................................................................................................................... 11
Formatting Commands (Continued) ................................................................................................... 12
Initialise and Request Status Commands .......................................................................................... 13
Initialise and Request Status Commands (Continued) ...................................................................... 14
Barcode Commands .......................................................................................................................... 15
Mark Sense Operation ....................................................................................................................... 15
Reserved Commands ........................................................................................................................ 15
Codes Transmitted ............................................................................................................................. 16
5. Settings and Configuration ....................................................................................................... 17
Setting Configuration Information ....................................................................................................... 17
Saving Configuration Information ....................................................................................................... 19
Querying Configuration Information ................................................................................................... 20
6. Command Summaries ............................................................................................................... 21
Summary of Print Format Commands and Volatile Settings ............................................................. 21
Summary of Real Time Status Information ........................................................................................ 21
Summary Of Non-Volatile Settings .................................................................................................... 22
7. Setting up USB functionality ..................................................................................................... 23
Installing LIBUSB. .............................................................................................................................. 23
Installing USBPrintDll ......................................................................................................................... 24
Manual install of the USBPrintDll ....................................................................................................... 24
Testing the LIBUSB install. ................................................................................................................ 25
8. The USBPrintDLL interface. ...................................................................................................... 26