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Printer Protocol Interpreter (PPI) DGL™ Pr ogrammer ’ s Refer ence Manual for DGL, a Datamax ® DPL ™ Printer Pr otocol Interpr eter Thermal Series Printers.
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Prin ter Protoc ol Interpreter (PPI) DGL Programmer’s Referenc e Manual for DGL, a Datamax DPL Printer Protocol Interprete r Ther mal Ser ies Prin ters.
T rad ema rk Ackno wledgm ents DPL is a trade mark and Datamax i s a regi stered t rademar k of Da tamax Technolog ies Co rporation. PPI is a trademar k of Pr introni x, Inc. Printroni x and PSA ar e regist ered tra demarks of Pri ntronix , Inc. COPYRIGHT © 2006 PRINTRO NIX, INC.
1 Introducti on ....... ...... ......... ......... ...... ......... ......... .. 11 About This Manua l . ................... ............. ............. ............. ............. ....... 11 Coax/Twina x Interface Requirem ents ................ .....
Table of Contents STX I - Input Image Da ta ................ .................... ............. ....... 18 STX i - Downloadin g Scalab le Fonts ........... ............. ............. . 18 STX K - Ex tended-S ystem Co mmands .............. ...........
Table of Contents n Set Inc h Mode (Im perial) ............. ............. ............. ............. . 23 P Set Pr int Spee d .. ............ ............. .................... ............. ....... 2 3 Q Set Quan tity Of L abels To Print .. .......
Table of Contents STX Kx - De lete Co nfigurati on File .............. .................... ....... 29 STX Kb - Ba ckfeed Ti me Delay ...... ............. ............. .............. 30 STX K- - To p of Form, O ffset Dis tance .. ............. ......
Table of Contents Bi-Direc tional Co mmunic ations .............. ............. ............. ....... 41 Cutter Com mands .. ............ .................... ............. ............. ....... 4 1 Emulati ons ................... ............. ......
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11 1 Intr oduction About Thi s Manu al This man ual e xplains t he dif ferences betw een the Print er Pro tocol In terprete r Datamax G raphic L anguage (DGL) Utility and the Da tamax ® DPL ™ langua ge. Use this manual with your SL500r / T5000r User’s Manual for complete printer- protoco l operation.
12 Chapter 1 PPI/DGL SETUP Menu PPI/DGL SETUP Menu Imperial* Metr ic PPI/DGL SETUP Active Yes * No Control Co des Feedback Chars CC: <SOH> 1 1* (0.
PPI/DGL SETUP Submenu 13 PPI/DGL SETUP Submenu Active This setti ng deter mines if the DG L parser should pr ocess al l incomin g data or pass all th e data t o the un derlyi ng emulati on. • Yes . DGL is ac tive; pr ocesse s all DPL com mands. • No .
14 Chapter 1 PPI/DGL SETUP Menu Euro Character Allows the oper ator to s elect th e positi on of the Euro character in the c ode pag e. Contr ol Codes Allows the operat or to c hange the prefix of the s oftware comm ands interprete d by th e printer.
PPI/DGL SETUP Submenu 15 Row Offset Shifts th e verti cal start o f the prin t posi tion. This is the us er setti ng for r ow adjustme nt. • 0 (0 to 99 .
16 Chapter 1 PPI/DGL SETUP Menu V erti cal DPI Adjust This o ption fine adjusts the reso lution used to scale the pag e elements / coordi nates. In c ases where the prin ted label length is in corre ct, the ve rtical resolu tion v alue DGL uses for calculati ons ca n be fine adjus ted by this me nu between -100 a nd + 100.
17 2 Fully Supported Commands System-Le vel Command Func tions STX A - Set Tim e and Date This com mand sets the ti me and date . The initial s ettin g of the date will be stored i n the pri nter’s i nternal m emory. T his dat e can b e verified b y printi ng a configur ation label .
18 Chapter 2 STX F - Fo rm F eed This com mands the prin ter to for m feed o ne label. STX G - Pri nt L ast Label F ormat This com mand pr ints a p revious ly form atted labe l and restart s a ca nceled batch job aft er the la st pr ocessed label . This is used when the re is a label format in the print buffer.
System-Level Comma nd Functions 19 termina ted with E, s, or X, (see Label-F ormatti ng Comm ands fo r additi onal informa tion .) STX m - Set P rinter T o Metric This com mand s ets the pr inter to interpr et measur ement s as metr ic values (e.g., <S TX>c010 0 will equal 10.
20 Chapter 2 STX V - Softwar e S ett ings Printer opti ons are set by entering se lections through the men u. The so ftware setting c omman d allows two of th ese optio n settings to be modified w ithout returning t o the men u. Choosin g the app ropria te values allow the option( s) to be turned ‘On’ or ‘Off’.
Label Formatting Command Functions 21 strip o f label s. Be tween 1 a nd 999 9 labels may be pr inted before a c ut is made. Th e amoun t must be smaller than th e quant ity of lab els pri nted.
22 Chapter 2 the pre- printed data.) T he ‘C’ co mmand i nstruc ts the printer to print label formats nnnn un its to the right of t he pos ition that the for mat spec ifies. c - Set Cut By Amo unt This com mand i s the sam e as the ‘ :’ com mand exc ept only a two-dig it value can be entered.
Label Formatting Command Functions 23 beginnin g with r egister A , endin g at r egister P, and increm enting with each ins tance of th e G com mand use. H - E nter H eat S etting This com mand chan ges th e “on tim e” of ele ments o f the pri nthead.
24 Chapter 2 S Set Sle w Rate This com mand s ets the r ate for the printer to feed non-print ed are as of the label thr ough t he printe r. The sl ew rate remains unchang ed unl ess a nother slew rate c omman d is sen t, the prin ter is res et or a n ew rat e is set via the menu.
Font Loading Comma nd Functions 25 STX S Recall Global Dat a And Place In Field Once a global r egist er has be en defined , its c onten ts can be used a s data in other fie lds.
26 Chapter 2 F (1) : EAN- 13 G (1) : EAN-8 H (1) : Heal th Indu stry B arcode (HB IC) (Code 39 barc ode with a modu lo 43 checks um) I (1) : Coda bar J (1) : Interlea ved 2 of 5 with a modulo 10 chec .
27 3 Command Enhancements And Differ ences For more in format ion on SOH com mand func tional ity, refe r to the B i- Directi onal Co mmunica tions secti on on p age 41. SOH # - Reset This comman d resets the pri nter. Resetti ng the p rinter re turns all s etting s to default an d cle ars both the commu nicati ons a nd printi ng buf fers.
28 Chapter 3 SOH E - Sen d Batch Quantity This com mand c auses th e printer to send back a 4-dig it number indi cating the quantity of labe ls left to prin t in the c urrent b atch, foll owed by a carria ge return. Communi catio ns latenc y may cause thi s value t o be high er than ac tual on some printers.
29 power-u p the prin ter while pressi ng the P AUSE and CANC EL keys ; or, 3 ) via the prin ter’s me nu system e ntry Sy stem Se ttings / Set Facto ry Defaults . (Not suppo rted.) STX KF - Select Factory Default s This com mand res tores th e printer ’s con figurati on to the “factory defaul t” settings .
30 Chapter 3 STX Kb - Backfeed T ime Delay (Obsolet e Extende d System Comman d) . STX K- - T op o f Form, O ffset Dist ance (Obsolet e Extende d System Comman d ). STX KD Dat abase Configuration (Obsolet e Extende d System Comman d ). STX KI - GPIO I nput (Obsolet e Extende d System Comman d).
31 STX P - Character (HEX) Dum p Mode This com mand i nstruct s the p rinter to en ter th e Charact er Hex Du mp Mode (ASCII Du mp / “mon itor mode ”). Al l data sen t to the print er follow ing this command will be pri nted in the r aw ASCII format.
32 Chapter 3 receiv ed, the printer wi ll resp ond wit h the i nternal A -D sens or valu es, see table bel ow. To re peat th e displa y of v alues , send the printe r a ‘SPAC E’ (20 hexadec imal). S end < ESC> to te rminate the func tion. (Not supp orted.
33 f - Set Present S peed (Not sup ported.) M - Sel ect Mi rro r Mo de This com mand i nstruct s t he printe r to “mi rror” al l su bseque nt print f ield records . This com mand toggl es the mirroring m ode. Mi rrored fi elds are transpo sed vis ually, a s if the ob ject is viewe d in a Printed Resul t.
34 Chapter 3 Font s See the ta bles b elow for the differ ent typ es of fonts that will be avail able. All Si ngle-By te font s will b e sup ported, and will be av ailable in DG L by default.
35 Internal Bitmapped Non-Propor tional fonts: D es cri pt i on Ty pe (b ) DPI He i g h t W i dt h Spac i ng Point Si ze A g fa T y p efa ce 96- charact er al phanum eri c font , uppercase and low ercas e. 203 7 5 1 2. 5 0 300 10 7 1 2. 4 145- charact er uppercase and lowercase al phan um e ri c f ont t hat i ncl udes des enders and ascenders.
36 Chapter 3 ISmooth, Scalable and Downlo aded fonts: Font ID 9 uses the Size field ( eee ) in the Recor d Forma t to sel ect the S mooth, Scalabl e, or Down loaded fonts.
37 Codepages Resident Bitmap Fonts The Res ident Bit map font s don’t us e diff erent co depages ; the cha racters a re mapped at predef ined p ositions , defin ed in the t able be low. See th e print sa mple s in App endix C in th e ‘Class Series Progr ammers Manual’ for the referen ce char acters .
38 Chapter 3 Downloading Bitmap Fonts The Font- loading <ESC> c omman ds are u sed to download bi tmap-fon ts in the PCL-4 (HP Las erJet II) fo rmat. Downloading Scalable Fonts Two type s of Sca lable fonts can be down loaded to the pri nter with <STX>i comm and: ·IntelliFo nt (.
39 UCC/EAN Code 128 DGL foll ows the UCC s tandards, a nd requi res the amou nt of da ta that i s define d for the provid ed AI (Appli cation Ide ntifier) . For exam ple, with bar code ‘Q’ the requi red amount of da ta is 19 acc ording to the Datamax manu al.
40 Chapter 3 Images Images ca n be downl oaded to the p rinte r to be stored in Flash or DRAM in th e following form ats usin g the <STX>I Command. Image Form ats: NOTE: The firs t image-r ow rece ived will be pr inted at given coor dinates. All followin g rows ar e appended o n top of ea ch othe r.
41 Module Operations: DGL will em ulate 2 differ ent Modul es: Ram and Fla sh. Datama x has sever al Flash and Ram mod ules, but DG L will ma p all Fl ash modu les to the sa me PTX Fla sh Fil e System , and a ll Ram Module s to the gl obal M emor y Pool.
42 Chapter 3 The Media Handlin g menu se tting ca n be set up thro ugh the Sof tware Switc h Settin g comman d <STX >V. Enab ling t he Cutter bit sel ects ‘Cu t’ Med ia Handling, and the Pres ent bit sele cts ‘Tea r-Off’ . Disabli ng cutter or pr esent bit sele cts medi a handl ing setti ng ‘Co ntinuou s’.
43 <STX>Y Output S ensor V alues DataMax V alues do not co rrespo nd with PTX valu es. <STX>D Memory Dump (T est Mode O nly) <STX>d Set P rinter t o double b uffer m ode <STX>s.
44 Chapter 3 <STX>KO GPIO Outpu t PTX ha s its own GPIO c onfigu ratio n metho ds <STX>K S Config ure Sca lable F ont Cac he Size PTX Font ca che is c onfig ured in PRINTER CONTROL Menu &l.
45 A Configuration Setting Compatibility The tabl es below list the D atam ax confi guration setti ng alon g with a descripti on of its behav iour on D atamax printer s, and the corre sponding Printroni x menu s etting. T a ble 1. Media Settings menu Dat amax Setting Descripti on PTX Setting MEDIA TYP E Sele cts the printin g metho d.
46 Appendix A LABEL W IDTH Sets the ma ximum l imit for the prin table surfac e width. Objects ex tending b eyond this lim it w ill N OT print . *04.10, 06 .61 or 08.52 (0 - 08.52) MEDIA-CONTROL → Labe l Wid th *04.1, 06.6 or 08 .5 (00.1 to 08.5 inc hes) SENSOR CALIBR A TION Adjusts the pr inter to sense your me dia.
47 CUSTOM ADJUSTM ENTS For fi netunin g the foll owing settings: DARKNESS XX (1-64) PRES ENT A DJUST XXX DOTS (0-128) ROW ADJ UST XX X DOTS (- 100 to100) COLU MN ADJU ST XXX DOTS (0-128) N/A N/A MEDIA-CONTR OL → Ve r Image Shi ft and Hor Imag e Shift (-1.
48 Appendix A CUTTER Used to c ut media i nto separate la bels. ENAB LED, *DIS ABLE D, NOT INST ALLED MEDIA CONTROL → Me dia HandlingCut SCANNER Used t o check the bar c odes on the labels. V ALIDA T OR menu GPIO PORT Mo del dep endant opti on use d to interf ace the pr inter to an exte rnal cont rol ling d evic e.
49 SCAL EABLE FONT CACH E Set s th e n umber of 1 K blo cks allocat ed for the scal eable font en gine. *312 KB PRINTER CONTROL → Max Cache Memory 900 KBy tes* (50 to 900 KBytes *) SINGLE B YTE SYM BOLS Se lects the c ode page used to print single b yte fonts unless otherwis e spe cified i n DPL.
50 Appendix A FORMA T A TTR IBUTES Affects the manner i n whic h overla pping text and gr aphics are tre ated as the label is printed. TRAN SP ARENT , *X OR, OP AQUE PPI/DGL SETUP → Format Attri b TRAN SP ARENT , *X OR, OP AQUE IMAGING MO DE Instructs the print er whet her to pre- image t he label f ormat .
51 BACK AFT ER PR INT Wh en the p resent d istance is set with t he cutter , present sensor or GPIO option enabled, t his sett ing determi nes the ti ming of the label ba ck up . ENABLED, *DI SABLED N/A MENU LANGUA GE Selects th e lang uage in which the menu s ystem m essages and confi guration label are shown .
52 Appendix A CO NTROL CODES A llows the oper ator to change the prefix of the software comm ands inter preted by the printer . *ST ANDARD CODES AL TERNA TE CODES AL TERNA TE CODES 2 AL TERNA TE CODES.
53 B Contact Information Print ronix Customer Support Center IMPORT ANT Please h ave th e followin g inform ation av ailable prio r to call ing the Printronix Customer Supp ort Center: • Model num ber • Serial num ber (l ocated on the bac k of th e printer) • Installe d optio ns (i.
54 Appendix B Cor por ate Of fices Corporate Offices Printroni x, Inc. 14600 Myford Road P.O. Box 1955 9 Irvine, CA 926 23-9559 Phone: ( 714) 368- 2300 Fax: (714 ) 368-26 00 Printroni x, Inc.
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