Lexmark 258x User Manual

DRAFT document - Monday, August 11, 2008 1:59 pmwww.lexmark.comForms Printer 258x/259x Technical ReferenceAugust 2008Lexmark and Lexmark with diamond

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SIC Command 1-5Draft document Parm ValuesTable 1-3: Ids - Dec 3, 22, 35, 36, 177, 180 (Hex 03, 16, 23, 24, B1, B4) Parm Bit Description On Off1 Same

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Code Page TableA-1Draft document APPENDIX A: Code Page TableThe 2500 series forms printers include support for a variety of code pages. See the follow

Code Page TableA-2Draft document Table A-1: Code Page Table (Sheet 1 of 3)Character SetCode PageIBM Code PageOp Panel MenuNameDecimal Hexadecimal T

Code Page TableA-3Draft document Latin-6771 771 KBL PC-771 3 3 03 03 258x & 259x773 773 773 PC-773 3 5 03 05 258x & 259x775 775 775 PC-775 3 7

SIC Command 1-6Draft document Table 1-5: Ids - Dec 197, 198 (Hex C5, C6) (Sheet 1 of 9)Parm Description Dec Hex Action for Id = Dec 197 / Hex C5 Act

Code Page TableA-4Draft document Hebrew856 856 AIX Hebrew 3 88 03 58 258x & 259x862 862 IBM PC Hebrew 3 94 03 5E 258x & 259x916 916 ISO 8859-8

SIC Command 1-7Draft document 4 FONT 0 00 No Change No Change1 01 Fast Draft Fast Draft202Draft Draft3 03 Gothic Gothic4 04 Courier Courier5 05 Downlo

SIC Command 1-8Draft document Note: Parm 6 actions are based on the XNLS Code Page. Choose appropriate parm 6 data.6 Code Page (XNLS = Std / OCR-B)0

SIC Command 1-9Draft document 6 Code Page (XNLS = Eastern)0 00 No Change No Change1 01 437 4372 02 850 8503 03 852 8524 04 855 8555 05 866 8666 06 185

SIC Command 1-10Draft document 6 Code Page (XNLS = Baltic)0 00 No Change No Change1 01 437 4372 02 850 8503 03 858 8584 04 866 8665 05 915 9156 06 125

SIC Command 1-11Draft document 6 Code Page (XNLS = Levant)0 00 No Change No Change1 01 437 4372 02 850 8503 03 864 8644 04 1046 10465 05 1098 10986 06

SIC Command 1-12Draft document 8 Lines per inch 0 00 No Change No Change1013 32024 43036 64048 85 - 255 05 - FF No Change No Change9 Left Margin 0 00

SIC Command 1-13Draft document 12 Alarm 0 00 No change No change1 01 Disable Alarm Disable Alarm2 02 Enable Alarm Enable Alarm3 - 255 03 - FF No Chang

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SIC Command 1-14Draft document 19 Lock 0 00 No change No change1 01 Font Lock Font Lock2 02 Pitch Lock Pitch Lock3 03 Font and Pitch Lock Font and Pit

Control Codes2-1Draft document CHAPTER 2: IBM Emulation Mode Printer CommandsThis section provides a detailed description of IBM emulation mode comman

Control Codes2-2Draft document Vertical Tab VT Advances the paper to the next vertical tab position set by the ESC B command. If no tab position is

Escape Sequences2-3Draft document Escape Sequences An escape sequence (two or more characters of information) lets you change the way the printer is c

Printer Command 2-4Draft document Printer Command Quick Reference (IBM Emulation Mode)Data is pending.Control Codes in ESC Sequence FormatThe followin

Control Codes in 2-5Draft document Cancel Double-Wide Printing by Line DC4 20 14Cancel Data CAN 24 18Table 2-2: Escape Sequence Equivalents to Contro

General Printer 2-6Draft document General Printer CommandsThe following are general Printer Commands.Set Print Direction This command sets the printer

General Printer 2-7Draft document Deselect Printer When this command is sent, the printer ignores all data except DC1. USAGE NOTE The following values

Print Position 2-8Draft document Print Position CommandsRelative Move Inline Forward (n/120")This command moves the current print position to the

Print Position 2-9Draft document Automatic Line Feed (LF) Turns the automatic line feed mode On and Off. USAGE NOTESThe value of n can be either of th

Draft document ContentsTOC-1ContentsSet Initial Conditions Commands...1-1SIC Command Format ...

Print Position 2-10Draft document USAGE NOTES • The default is 1/216 inch. The supported alternative is 1/180 inch and 1/360 inch.• n1 and n2 specify

Print Position 2-11Draft document Set Text Line Spacing (n/72")This command sets line spacing in n/72 inch increments. To activate the line spaci

Page/Form Layout 2-12Draft document Page/Form Layout CommandsSet All Tabs to Power On SettingThis command sets the horizontal tabs at every 8th column

Page/Form Layout 2-13Draft document Set Vertical Tabs Sets as many as 64 tabulation stops by line number. USAGE NOTES • Set the tabulation stops in as

Page/Form Layout 2-14Draft document Set Automatic Perforation SkipThis command specifies the number of lines to be skipped at the bottom of each page,

Page/Form Layout 2-15Draft document Set Top of Form This command sets the first line of printing on each page to the current vertical paper position.

Character 2-16Draft document Character CommandsSelect Character Set 1 Selects character set 1 for printing.Character set 1 contains characters and sym

Character 2-17Draft document Select Print Mode This command selects the normal font or the download font in Draft, NLQ (258x only) or LQ (259x only).

Character 2-18Draft document 259X 0 00 (Draft) 10 cpi Normal8 08 (Draft) 12 cpi Normal16 10 (Draft) 17 cpi Normal2 02 (LQ) 10 cpi - Courier

Code Page 2-19Draft document Code Page CommandsSet Code PageUse this printer command to change the active code page.USAGE NOTES • n1 is a one-byte bin

Draft document ContentsTOC-2Set Top of Form... 2-15Set Form Len

Code Page 2-20Draft document – When a value is represented by two parameter bytes, value (A) = Ln + Hn X 256. Calculate values of A less than 256.• Hn

Style Commands2-21Draft document Style CommandsSet Print QualityThis command changes the print quality. USAGE NOTES• n1 and n2 specify the number of p

Style Commands2-22Draft document Select Global FontThis command allows the user to vary the font, pitch and code page.USAGE NOTES• Count the number of

Style Commands2-23Draft document The following table applies to all models, except where noted.Table 2-6: Global Font Id - Courier PitchDecimal Hf Lf

Style Commands2-24Draft document The following table applies to all models, except where noted. The following table applies to 259X models only.Table

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Style Commands2-26Draft document The following table applies to 259X models only.Note: There are subtle differences between the 258X and 259X printers

Style Commands2-27Draft document Select Print Type StyleThis command selects the following printing modes: • Character height - single or double• Char

Style Commands2-28Draft document See the following table for m1, m3, and m4 values.Select 12 cpi This command sets the pitch at 12 cpi. Table 2-13: S

Style Commands2-29Draft document Select/Cancel Emphasized ModeThis command selects and cancels the emphasized mode.To select emphasized mode:To cancel

Draft document ContentsTOC-3Code Pages...3-1Enabling code page character support .

Style Commands2-30Draft document Start Superscript or Subscript PrintingThis command selects the subscript and superscript modes.USAGE NOTE The value

Style Commands2-31Draft document – 3 (dec) 03 (hex) equals Overscore• m2 selects score type as follows:– 0 (dec) 00 (hex) equals Cancel– 1 (dec) 01 (h

Graphics 2-32Draft document Graphics CommandsNormal Density Bit Image Graphics (60 dpi)This command sends normal density bit images to be printed at 6

Graphics 2-33Draft document The following table shows how the print wires are mapped for the 259X printers. Dual-Density Bit Image Graphics (Half Spee

Graphics 2-34Draft document USAGE NOTES • The command discards all data that goes beyond the current margin.• Text and graphics can be printed on the

Graphics 2-35Draft document USAGE NOTES • The command discards all data that goes beyond the current margin.• Text and graphics can be printed on the

Graphics 2-36Draft document • The remainder is Ln.• V1 though Vn represent graphics data.• m is a one-byte value to select the graphics mode. The fol

Graphics 2-37Draft document • n must be a multiple of 3 to advance exactly n/216 inches. • 259x printers only - The units used by ESC 3 can be changed

Bar Code 2-38Draft document Bar Code CommandsSetup Barcode Parameter This command sets the barcode parameters to the printer. USAGE NOTES • The printe

Bar Code 2-39Draft document Barcode Module WidthThe suggested values for m are as follows:Adjustment Unit24 wire printers (259X) 1=1/360 in. 9 wire pr

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Bar Code 2-40Draft document Adjustment Values are:Note : Bar/Space number of one digit (Interleaved 2 of 5 : one pair digit)"s" value affect

Bar Code 2-41Draft document Barcode Control FlagThe control flag is made up of 8 bits as follows:Setup Barcode DataThis command sets the barcode data

Bar Code 2-42Draft document USAGE NOTES • The printer must receive the Setup command ESC [ f prior to the ESC [ p command. • The barcode prints after

Enabling code page 3-1Draft document CHAPTER 3: Code PagesEnabling code page character supportIn addition to the standard support for the US and Weste

Code page samples3-2Draft document 4Once the printer has initialized, it will allow printing of alternate characters, by selecting one of the appropri

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1-1Draft document CHAPTER 1: Set Initial Conditions CommandsThe Set Initial Conditions (SIC) command sets the printer to the default values that were

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SIC Command 1-2Draft document SIC Command FormatUsage Notes:• "n1 is the low order byte. n2 is the high order byte. n1 and n2 specify the numbe

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SIC Command 1-3Draft document Id ValuesThe supported values of Id are as follows. If the Id is any other value, the parm bytes are ignored.Note: The m

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