Star Micronics TCP300II Series Printer User Manual


 
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Parameter Explanation
Print control header string
The print control header string is composed of the card arrangement direction parameter, the
X coordinate specification parameter string, the Y coordinate specification parameter string,
and a comma for separating each parameter.
The print control header string can be omitted altogether
.
If omitted, the device expands the memory from the next character position after the previous
electronic statement.
Print control header string = card arrangement direction specification parameter ‘,' (comma) X
coordinate specification parameter ‘,' (comma) Y coordinate specification parameter
Print control header string and print text data description example
Visual Card1.Communication (&h41, “2,0,23, STAR Micronics (Corp.)”, 0, False ); This
expands “STAR Micronics (Corp.)” by additional writing to a vertical card at the (X coordinate
and Y coordinate) = (0, 23).
• Card arrangement direction specification parameter
’0’: Vertical card + overwrite
‘1’: Horizontal card + overwrite
‘2’: Vertical card + added writing
‘3’: Horizontal card + added writing
These four parameters specify how to write.
• ',’ (Commas)
Required to separate parameters.
• X coordinate specification parameter
Specifies whether to expand the X coordinate of the bottom left edge
of the text data to
expand to each print expansion buffer.
When the card arrangement direction specification is ‘0,’ ‘2’: ‘0’ to ‘319’
When the card arrangement direction specification is ‘1,’ ‘3’: ‘0’ to ‘479’
• Y coordinate specification parameter
Specifies whether to expand the Y coordinate of the upper left edge of the text data to expand
to each print expansion buffer.
When the card arrangement direction specification is ‘0,’ ‘2’: ‘0’ to ‘479’
When the card arrangement direction specification is ‘1,’ ‘3’: ‘0’ to ‘319’