SATO M8459S User Manual

SATO

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Contents

1. Introduction .................................................................................... 7

The SATO RISC Programming Language .......................... 8

Selecting Protocol Control Codes ....................................... 8

Using Basic ......................................................................... 9

Printing with the Parallel Port ........................................... 10

Printing with the RS232 Port .............................................11

The Print Area .................................................................. 12

First Method: Using Base Reference Point ...................... 16

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