User`s guide

Notes:

1. The 4247 Printer text character box is 180 units high by 144 units wide at 10 CPI when the X

units

equal 1,440 per inch. The left edge of the character box is at the specified inline position and the

bottom edge of the character box is 20 units below the specified baseline position.

2. If the bottom edge of the character box falls below the printable area on the physical medium, the

character will not print. In this situation, a baseline move (Relative Move Baseline or Absolute Move

Baseline) text command can place the character box totally within the printable area.

Processing IPDS Commands

The structured field format of IPDS allows one or more commands to be sent to the printer in a continuous

stream. Each command is self-describing; the command length, type, optional parameters, and data are all

part of each specific command. The printer processes each command in the order it is received. Every

IPDS command contains a flag byte. Setting the Acknowledgment Required bit on in this flag byte

indicates to the printer the end of a command stream sequence. The printer then sends an Acknowledge

Reply to the host. Figure 6 shows an example of an IPDS data stream:

Figure 5. The I and B Coordinate System on the Logical Page

Figure 6. An Example of the IPDS Data Stream

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