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P/N 136458–001, Rev B
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Printronix, Inc. makes no representations or warranties of any kind regarding this material, including, but not limited to, implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. Printronix, Inc. shall not be held responsible for errors contained herein or any omissions from this material or for any damages, whether direct, indirect, incidental or consequential, in connection with the furnishing, distribution, performance or use of this material. The information in this manu
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Trademark Acknowledgments IBM and IBM PC are registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corp. Printronix is a registered trademark of Printronix, Inc. IGP is a registered trademark of Printronix, Inc. ThermaLine is a registered trademark of Printronix, Inc. PSA is a trademark of Printronix, Inc. Scalable type outlines are licensed from Agfa Corporation. Agfa is a registered trademark of Agfa–Gevaert, AG. CG, Garth Graphic, Intellifont, and Type Director are registered trademarks of
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Table of Contents 1 Introduction About this Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–2 How to Locate Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–2 Warnings and Special Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–2 Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–3 How the IGP/PGL Operates . . . . . .
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Power On IGP/PGL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–6 Extended Execute Copy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–6 UPC Descenders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–7 Host Form Length . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–7 IGP100 Compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Overlay Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–9 Dynamic Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–9 Incremental Data Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–10 Dark Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–10 Thermal Printers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Form Length . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–64 Ignore Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–65 Line Spacing, Vertical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–66 Lines, Horizontal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–67 Lines, Vertical . . . . . . . . . . . .
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FIM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–67 Interleaved 2/5 (I–2/5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–74 MSI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–81 PDF417 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–88 POSTNET . . . . . . .
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Data Bit 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–7 Power–Up Character Set Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–7 User–Defined Set Command (USET) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–8 Character Set Selection Command (ISET) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–10 Multinational Character Set Charts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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1 Introduction Chapter Contents About this Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–2 How to Locate Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–2 Warnings and Special Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–2 Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–3 How the IGP/PGL Operates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–5 Modes of Operation . . . . . .
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About this Manual This manual explains how to use the IGP /PGL (Intelligent Graphics Printing/Printronix Graphics Language). Use this manual in conjunction with your printer Setup Guide for complete printer–IGP/PGL compatibility. How to Locate Information You can locate information three ways: • Use the Table of Contents at the front of the manual. • Use the Chapter Contents list on the first page of each chapter. • Use the alphabetical Index at the back of the manual. Warnings and Special
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Features IGP/PGL is the Intelligent Graphics Printing firmware for the Printronix Graphics Language, which is designed for the new Printronix PSA line of line-matrix, laser and thermal printers. The IGP/PGL provides on–line forms, bar codes, and many alphanumeric text–generation capabilities and is compatible with earlier versions of Printronix IGP protocol and programming. IGP/PGL graphics processing features are detailed below. NOTE: The ThermaLine Series printers are not floppy disk-based
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Rotated Alphanumerics permit new concepts in form design. Normal, expanded, and compressed character strings can be rotated 90 degrees clockwise or counterclockwise, or they can be printed upside down. Logos are easily created using alphanumeric commands and add a variety of print and shading features for a “customized” appearance to forms, reports, and labels. You can define the format of the logo using TIFF files and PCX raster data as well as the standard IGP/PGL dots. Reversed Print permits
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How the IGP/PGL Operates IGP/PGL is an emulation that allows you to print sophisticated graphics and bar codes. Depending on what the printer is doing, it is always in a particular mode, which is transparent to the user. These modes are discussed in more detail in Chapter 2. When the printer is receiving text or printing text, it is in Normal mode. Any time the printer is on and is not processing IGP/PGL commands, it is in Normal mode. When a Create Form command is issued, the printer moves from
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Printer Operating Mode What It Means Printer receives data Normal Mode and prints text/graphics. Create Form Mode You send IGP commands to the printer. Printer prints the Execute Form Mode form designed in Create Form mode. Printer returns Normal Mode to Normal mode. Figure 1–1. IPG/PGL Modes 1–6 Introduction
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Modes of Operation The IGP/PGL has six modes of operation that use specific command sequences to control the IGP/PGL. • In the Normal mode, the printer waits for a Special Function Control Code (SFCC) in order to perform IGP/PGL functions. • In Quiet mode all IGP/PGL commands are ignored. • In the Create Logo and Create Form modes, the printer produces graphics such as forms, logos, bar codes, and alphanumeric data. • The Execute mode is the IGP/PGL printing mode, which controls when the actual
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Table 1–1. Normal Mode Commands Command Mnemonic Description Page # Compressed Print DENSITY Defines the horizontal print density in characters per inch (cpi). 4–33 Configuration CONFIG Reconfigures IGP/PGL parameters. 4–34 Create CREATE Places the IGP/PGL in the Create Form mode where all the Create Form mode 4–39 commands are available to design form elements. Create Logo LOGO Places the IGP/PGL in the Create Logo mode, where logos can be defined using 4–74 the appropriate dot placements. Dele
