SATO M-8485Se - Printing with the Parallel Port

OPEN “COM1:9600,E,8,1,CS,DS” AS #1
This sets the RS232C communication parameters of the host PC’s COM1 port for
9600 baud, Even parity, 8 Data bits, 1 Stop bit and directing the port to ignore the
CTS and DSR control signals.
3. You may want to minimize keystrokes and program size by assigning the <ESC>
character to a string variable since this character is used quite often.
The following two examples in BASIC show a typical example using these hints. Both
of these examples use the Standard Protocol codes.
Printing with the Parallel Port
5 REM Parallel Example Identifies the program as a parallel port
print label. The “REM” prevents this data
from being sent to the printer and
displays it only on the screen.
10 E$=CHR$(27) Sets the “E$” string as an <ESC>
character
20 WIDTH “LPT1:”,255 Sets the width of the output to 255
characters
30 LPRINT E$;"A"; Sends an “<ESC>A” command code to
the LPT1 parallel port
40 LPRINT E$;"H400",E$;"V100";E$;"WL1SATO"; Sends the data “SATO” to be to be
placed 400 dots horizontally and 100
dots vertically on the label and printed in
the “WL” font.
50 LPRINT E$;"Q1"; Instructs the printer to print one label.
60 LPRINT E$; “Z”; Tells the printer that the last command
has been sent. The printer can now
create and print the job.
Printing with the RS232C Port
5 REM RS232 Example Identifies the program as a RS232C port
print label. The “REM” prevents this data
from being sent to the printer and
displays it only on the screen.
10 E$=CHR$(27) Sets the “E$” string as an <ESC>
character.
20 OPEN “COM1:9600,N,8,1,CS,DS” AS #1 Opens the COM1 port for output and
sets the parameters as 9600 baud, No
parity, 8 Data bits, 1 Stop bit and
instructs the port to ignore the CTS and
DSR control signals.
30 PRINT #1,CHR$ (2); Sends an <STX> (ASCII Code a
decimal “2”) to the printer instructing it to
prepare to receive a message.
50 PRINT #1,E$;"A"; Sends an “<ESC>A” command code to
Print Port #1 opened by statement 20
above.
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