Printer commands and control values can be entered in any combination of the following formats:
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Format |
Description |
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ASCII |
Enter literal ASCII characters |
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Hexadecimal |
Hexadecimal values are preceded by the backslash character: \x. For example, the hexadecimal value 0xFF is typed as \xFF. |
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Converted parameters |
Convert the minidriver parameters to a special format and send these parameters to the printer using a conversion character. Each conversion character is preceded by the % (percent) sign. The current conversion characters are as follows: |
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Character |
Description |
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%d |
Decimal value. For example, 12 is sent as 1 (31h) followed by 2 (32h). |
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%D |
Signed decimal value. This is the same as the %d character except it is preceded by a plus or minus sign. |
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%c |
Byte value. For example, 12 is sent as formfeed (0Ch). |
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%C |
Byte value with a zero added. For example, 6 is sent as \x36. |
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%l |
16-bit value with the least significant byte first. For example, 12 is sent as Form Feed (0Ch) followed by null (00h). |
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%m |
16-bit value with the most significant byte first. This is the same as %l except the order of the bytes is reversed. |
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%q |
Unique hexadecimal value formatted for Toshiba and Qume devices. |