Programming Codes iTherm
®
280 Programmer’s Guide
Page 116 Rev C 28-07764
station select cannot store page mode images in the electronic journal. A
page mode command in journal station mode will exit journal
mode.
Electronic journal
entries
Yes You can make journal entries as part of a page description.
They are saved as text and not part of the page.
Status requests Yes The status is returned during definition.
Printer initialize
command
Yes Cancels page mode definition and returns the printer to standard
mode.
Set top of form No You must set the top of form outside of page mode. The form
position is maintained after the page is printed.
Vertical tab No The definition of a vertical tab is ambiguous in page mode and is
ignored.
Macro definitions No You can not define or delete a macro while in page mode. You
can, however, invoke a macro or stored graphic. You can not
enter page mode while in a macro definition.
Note 3: Unless specified by a page mode set page size command, the default page size
is the full paper width for about 14 inches. Printing starts at the current paper position.
The complete page definition is printed excluding any blank information at the bottom of
the page.
Function Set Print Area in Page Mode Enhanced
ASCII [ESC] [SUB] S <XO
L
><XO
H
><<YO
L
><YO
H
><W
L
><W
H
>< H
L
><H
H
>
Hexadecimal 1BH 1AH 53H <XO
L
><XO
H
><<YO
L
><YO
H
><W
L
><W
H
>< H
L
><H
H
>
Decimal <27><26><83><XO
L
><XO
H
><<YO
L
><YO
H
><W
L
><W
H
>< H
L
><H
H
>
IPCL None
EPOS [ESC] W
Description This command Sets the position and size of the initial area in page mode
and sub pages.
Where:
<XO
L
><XO
H
> the x direction offset Min 0
<YO
L
><YO
H
> the y direction offset Min 0
<W
L
><W
H
> the width in dots Max 576
< H
L
><H
H
> the height in dots Max 3000
This command should always be sent before or immediately after page mode is entered
to define the initial page size.
Once in page mode (after the [ESC]t command) the command can be sent multiple
times so that several different print areas, aligned in different print directions, can be
developed in the printer’s page buffer before being printed using the Print Page Mode
commands
(FF or ESC FF).
The starting position of the print area is the upper left of the area to be printed. The
Yoffset is in the y direction and is YO dots and the Xoffset is in the x direction and is XO
dots in. The length of the area to be printed in the y direction is set to H dots. The length
of the area to be printed in the x direction is set to W dots.
The set print area command may be invoked multiple times while in page mode. The
first invocation specifies the initial master page size. Following invocations will define
