SATO M-8400RV Printer User Manual


 
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Contents
1. Introduction .................................................................................... 7
1.1 The SATO RISC Programming Language .......................... 8
1.3 Selecting Protocol Control Codes ....................................... 8
1.4 Using Basic ......................................................................... 9
1.5 Printing with the Parallel Port ........................................... 10
1.6 Printing with the RS232 Port .............................................11
1.7 The Print Area .................................................................. 12
1.8 First Method: Using Base Reference Point ...................... 16
1.9 Second Method: Using Horizontal Offset Position ............ 16
2. Command Codes ......................................................................... 21
Bar Codes .................................................................................... 22
Bar Codes, Expansion ................................................................. 27
Bar Codes, Variable Ratio ........................................................... 28
Base Reference Point .................................................................. 30
Characters, Custom-Designed .................................................... 32
Character Expansion ................................................................... 34
Character, Fixed Spacing ............................................................ 36
Character Pitch ............................................................................ 37
Character, Proportional Spacing .................................................. 39
Clear Print Job(s) & Memory ....................................................... 40
Continuous Forms Printing .......................................................... 41
Copy Image Area ......................................................................... 42
Cutter Command ......................................................................... 44
Fonts U, S, M, OA, OB, XU, XS & XM ......................................... 45
Font, Vector ................................................................................. 47
Fonts WB, WL, XB & XL .............................................................. 49
Form Feed ................................................................................... 51
Form Overlay, Recall ................................................................... 52
Form Overlay, Store ..................................................................... 53
Graphics, Custom ........................................................................ 54
Graphics, PCX ............................................................................. 56
Job ID Store ................................................................................. 57
Journal Print ................................................................................. 58
Lines and Boxes .......................................................................... 59