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Disable line count ......................176
Hold printing until buffer is released ................177
Page mode printing commands ..................177
Select page mode ......................177
Select standard mode .....................177
Select printable area .....................178
Select printing direction/position .................178
Set vertical position......................178
Set relative vertical position...................179
Set left margin position (standard mode), set absolute print position (page
mode) ..........................179
Set relative horizontal position ..................180
Set printing position......................180
Print and form feed and cut the paper ...............181
Print page in page mode ....................181
Clear print data in page mode ..................181
Document handling .......................181
Portrait mode ........................181
Landscape mode ......................182
Landscape printing commands ................183
Status summary .......................184
Message from the printer....................184
Status byte 1 ........................184
Status byte 2 ........................185
Status byte 3 ........................185
Status byte 4 ........................185
Status byte 5 ........................186
Status byte 6 ........................186
Status byte 7 ........................186
Status byte 8 ........................186
This information applies only to SureMark printers that attach to a POS system with
an EIA-232 cable connection.
If you use the RS-485 or USB communications interface, refer to either the
SureMark driver documentation in the appropriate IBM book for your operating
system (see Table 13) or, when using OPOS drivers, to the OLE for Retail POS
Application Programming Guide.
Table 13. Driver documentation by operating system
Operating System IBM Publication
4690 OS Version 1 and
Version 2
IBM 4690 OS API Specification for IBM 4610 Printers
DOS IBM Point-of-Sale Subsystem for DOS Programming
Reference
OS/2, Windows NT, Windows
95, and Windows 3.1x
IBM Point of Sale Subsystem Programming Reference and
User’s Guide
The 4690 OS manual is available on the current maintenance diskette for the IBM
4690 Operating System. Current versions of all three manuals are available on the
Internet. See “Resources on the Internet” on page 44 for more information.
Updated April 2, 2009
Appendix D. EIA-232 programming information 103