Form Overlay Status (SOH + FO)
Upon Receipt of an SOH (hexadecimal 01) followed immediately by an ASCII FO
causes the printer to return a 18 byte Form Overlay Status Word bounded by an
STX-ETX pair that reports the Forms downloaded into the printer.
BYTE
NUMBER
VALUE DESCRIPTION
1-2 01 to 99 Form Registration Number (ASCII value)
3-18 ASCII Form Name
Font Configuration (SOH + FG)
Upon Receipt of an SOH (hexadecimal 01) followed immediately by an ASCII FG
causes the printer to return a 102 byte Font/Graphics Status Word bounded by an
STX-ETX pair that reports information on the stored font or graphic.
Note: The printer must be in the Font/Graphic Download (See Section 3:
Configuration) mode before a response will be received.
BYTE
NUMBER
VALUE DESCRIPTION
1-2 ASCII Font ID Number
3-4 00
01
Font
Graphic
5-36 ASCII Font Name
37-48 ASCII Font Style
49-52 ASCII Font Point Size
53-54 Hex Character Width in dots
54-60 Hex Character Height in dots
57-60 Hex Font Size
58-64 Hex Font Registration Number
65-68 Hex Font Data Top Address
69-72 Hex Total Size
73-74 Hex Vertical/Horizontal Writing Flag
75 Hex Character Pitch, Fixed/Variable
76 Hex Family Attribute
77 Hex Character Set
78 Hex Italic Attribute
79-80 Hex Weight Attribute
81-82 Hex Spread
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Section 6. Interface Specifications