Line Thermal Printer STAR Line Mode Command Specifications Rev 1.15 Star Micronics Co., Ltd. Special Products Division Table of Contents 1. INTERFACE CONFIGURATION .........................................................................................................................1-1 1.1. RS-232 Serial Interface ..............................................................................................................................1-1 1.1.1. Specifications (Conforming to RS-232) ..............................................................................................1-1 1.1.2. Signal array and explanations according to interface connector pin ..................................................1-1 1.1.3. Communication Protocol ....................................................................................................................1-2 1.2. Parallel Interfaces (Amphenol 36 pins).......................................................................................................1-4 1.2.1. Specifications (Conforming to IEEE1284) ..........................................................................................1-4 1.2.2. Signal array and explanations according to interface connector pin ..................................................1-4 1.2.3. Signal Output Timing ..........................................................................................................................1-5 1.2.4. Status Specification ............................................................................................................................1-5 1.3. USB Interface .............................................................................................................................................1-6 1.4. Ethernet Interface .......................................................................................................................................1-6 1.5. Wireless LAN Interface ...............................................................................................................................1-6 1.6. Powered USB Interface ..............................................................................................................................1-6 2. COMMAND FUNCTION LIST .............................................................................................................................2-1 3. COMMAND DETAILS .........................................................................................................................................3-1 3.1. Explanation of Terms ..................................................................................................................................3-1 3.2. Exception Processing .................................................................................................................................3-2 3.3. Standard Command Details .......................................................................................................................3-3 3.3.1. Font style and Character Set .............................................................................................................3-3 ........................................................................................................................... 3.3.2. Character Expansion Settings ..........................................................................................................3-13 3.3.3. Print Mode .......................................................................................................................................3-17 3.3.4. Line Spacing ....................................................................................................................................3-21 3.3.5. Page Control Commands .................................................................................................................3-24 3.3.6. Horizontal Direction Printing Position ...............................................................................................3-28 3.3.7. Download .........................................................................................................................................3-33 3.3.8. Bit Image Graphics ..........................................................................................................................3-35 3.3.9. Logo .................................................................................................................................................3-39 3.3.10. Bar Code ..........................................................................................................................................3-43 3.3.11. Cutter Control...................................................................................................................................3-45 3.3.12. External Device Drive ......................................................................................................................3-46 3.3.13. Print Settings....................................................................................................................................3-52 3.3.14. Status ...............................................................................................................................................3-54 3.3.15. Kanji characters ...............................................................................................................................3-60 3.3.16. Others ..............................................................................................................................................3-64 3.4. Raster Graphics Command Details ..........................................................................................................3-68 3.5. Black Mark Related Command Details .....................................................................................................3-86 3.6. USB Related Command Details ...............................................................................................................3-90 3.7. 2 Color Printing Command Details ...........................................................................................................3-91 3.8. Presenter Related Command Details .......................................................................................................3-98 3.9. Mark Command Details ..........................................................................................................................3-103 3.10. AUTO LOGO Function Command Details ..............................................................................................3-108 3.11. Two-dimensional Bar Code PDF417 Command Details ......................................................................... 3-117 3.12. Details of the Print Starting Trigger Control Command ...........................................................................3-122 3.13. Two-Dimensional Bar Code QR Code Command Details ......................................................................3-123 3.14. Page Function Command Details ...........................................................................................................3-130 3.15. Reduced Printing Function Command Details ........................................................................................3-132 3.16. Page Mode Command Details................................................................................................................3-133 3.17. Text Search Command Details ...............................................................................................................3-140 3.18. Audio Command Details .........................................................................................................................3-146 3.19. Graphics data Command Details ............................................................................................................3-152 3.20. Individual Logo Commands ....................................................................................................................3-163 3.21. Printer Information Transmission Commands ........................................................................................3-168 ――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――― STAR Line Mode Command Specifications 1 4. CHARACTER CODE TABLES............................................................................................................................4-1 5. APPENDIX .........................................................................................................................................................5-1 5.1. Appendix 1: Bar Code Specification Details ...............................................................................................5-1 5.1.1. Code 39 .............................................................................................................................................5-1 5.1.2. Interleaved 2 of 5 ...............................................................................................................................5-1 5.1.3. JAN/EAN/UPC ...................................................................................................................................5-2 5.1.4. Code 128 ...........................................................................................................................................5-3 5.1.5. Code 93 .............................................................................................................................................5-5