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Save Format
IGL allows you to edit the formats and save the results to the flash memory.
Use the Save state menu item to save the current state of the printer to the
flash memory. The pages,
formats, and fields that currently exist in RAM
memory will save to the flash memory and restore at power
up. This allows
you to send the format once and make it resident in the printer.
DPI Compatibility
Intermec has printer models with print head resolutions of 203, 300 (older
models), and 406 dpi (dots per
inch). The Printronix printers with
a 203 dpi printhead can replace an Intermec 203 dpi model. The
Printronix
printers with a 300 dpi printhead can replace an Intermec 300
dpi model. The Printronix
printers with a 203 dpi printhead can
replace an Intermec 406 dpi printer if the Intermec printer operates in
Advanced 5mil mode, but not if it operates in Advanced 2.5mil mode.
In IGL, the <ESC>Cn, <ESC>cn, and <SI>Cn have been implemented.
The n parameter in the <ESC>Cn
command is ignored since Printronix
printers do not support the 2.5 mil dot size (only Intermec 406 dpi
printers
support the n parameter). The dot size will always be set to 5 mil when this command is received.
The dot size can be set to 10 or 15 mil (bar codes only)
using the <ESC>cn command. Images, fonts, lines,
bar codes, and boxes will
be scaled to the configured dot size. For example, if a label is printed in
Emulation 10mil mode, it will be twice the size of the same label printed in
Advanced 5mil mode.
The <SI>n command has been implemented, and it will change the Mode on
Power Up value on printers
with a 203 dpi printhead. As on Intermec printers,
Printronix 203 dpi printers will ignore the Advanced
2.5mil mode, since these
printers cannot print a 2.5 mil dot size.
NOTE: The configured mode does not save automatically. You must save
the value in one of the user
configurations and make it the Power-Up
Config. so that this mode is selected automatically on
power up.
On printers with a 300 dpi printhead, the <ESC>Cn, <ESC>cn, and <SI>Cn
commands will not
change the dot size. Printronix 300 dpi printers are
compatible with Intermec 300 dpi printers, and
will always use a dot size of
3.3mil. Since the 300 dpi printers do not use the Mode on Power Up
menu, it
will not appear when a 300 dpi printhead is installed.
Selecting Serial Protocols
You can access the serial interface by default (hot port) or by setting the
Interface to Serial.
The following three menus affect the serial protocol selection:
• Host IO > Serial > Data Protocol
• Application > IGL Setup > Preparsing data
• Application > IGL Setup > Status on <ETX>
If you are not interested in Immediate commands or feedbacks sent back to
the host, set Application >
IGL Setup > Preparsing data to Disable.
Intermec Standard Protocol
Intermec standard protocol is a block protocol. Each block begins with STX
and ends with ETX. After each
block the host will wait for a status response
from the printer. Refer to Table 1 for a list of status responses
in priority.