6600 Series Printers Applications Manual Volume 4 Graphics Languages - Code V, PGL, MT660 IG 6600 Series Printers Applications Manual Volume 4 Graphics Languages - Code V, PGL, MT660 IG Trademark Acknowledgements Acrobat® Reader is a trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated. DEC is a trademark of Compaq Computer Corp. Epson is a trademark of Seiko Epson Corp. Genicom is a trademark of Genicom L.L.C. HP is a trademark of Hewlett-Packard Company. IBM and Proprinter are trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation. Printronix and PGL are trademarks of Printronix, Inc. QMS and Code V are trademarks of Minolta-QMS Inc. TallyGenicom brand is owned by Printronix, Inc. COPYRIGHT 2010 PRINTRONIX, INC. Table of Contents 1 QMS® Code V™ Graphics Processing Language............................................................ 15 Graphics Processing Language........................................................... 16 Graphics Mode .................................................................................... 16 Turning Graphics Mode On........................................................... 16 PY Then ........................................................................................ 17 Turning Graphics Mode Off........................................................... 17 Code V Command Character (CVCC)................................................. 18 Changing The CVCC .................................................................... 18 Free Format ......................................................................................... 19 Turning Free Format On................................................................ 19 Turning Free Format OFF ............................................................. 19 Control Code Equivalents ............................................................. 20 Ignore Data .......................................................................................... 21 Graphics Pass ..................................................................................... 21 Pass Spacing (Modplot) ................................................................ 22 Pass Buffer Length........................................................................ 22 Pass Format.................................................................................. 23 GPL Commands .................................................................................. 25 Multiple Passes ............................................................................. 25 2 Character Printing ............................................... 27 Control Panel Option ........................................................................... 27 Block Character ................................................................................... 27 Descender Mode ................................................................................. 32 Reverse Image .................................................................................... 33 Revese Image Descender Mode................................................... 33 Half-Tone ............................................................................................. 34 Half-Tone Toggle .......................................................................... 35 Half-Tone Reverse Image ............................................................. 35 Half-Dot Mode (Double Density).......................................................... 36 Half-Dot Mode And Half-Tones ..................................................... 36 Table of Contents Block Character Fonts ......................................................................... 37 7.5 CPI .......................................................................................... 37 10 CPI ........................................................................................... 38 12 CPI ........................................................................................... 39 15 CPI ........................................................................................... 39 Code V Font Selection......................................................................... 40 Code V Character Set Selection.......................................................... 40 Compressed Fonts .............................................................................. 41 NLQ Fonts ........................................................................................... 42 Default Font Selection ......................................................................... 43 Draft Fonts........................................................................................... 44 Font/Quality Speed .............................................................................. 44 High Quality Font Mode ................................................................ 44 Full Space Font Mode ................................................................... 44 Half Space Font Mode .................................................................. 45 Lines Per Inch...................................................................................... 45 Dump Mode ......................................................................................... 45 Hex Command..................................................................................... 45 Control Panel Option ........................................................................... 46 Block Character............................................................................. 46 ISO Character Sets.............................................................................. 46 ISO Character Set Table ..................................................................... 47 3 Creating Lines And Graphics .............................. 49 Line Drawing........................................................................................ 49 Solid Lines..................................................................................... 49 Dashed Lines ................................................................................ 51 Boxes................................................................................................... 53 Form Drawing ...................................................................................... 55 Plot Mode............................................................................................. 57 Logos................................................................................................... 58 Version 1 Logos ............................................................................ 58 Version 2 logos ............................................................................. 59 Pixel Expansion ................................................................................... 59 Table of Contents 4 Barcodes............................................................. 61 Selecting Barcodes ....................................................................... 62 Barcode Density............................................................................ 62 Barcode Height ............................................................................. 62 Barcode Width............................................................................... 62 Barcode Version 1......................................................................... 63 Barcode Version 2......................................................................... 64 Dark/Light Bar Ratios .................................................................... 70 High Density Barcode ................................................................... 71 LOGMARS Barcode...................................................................... 72 Code 128 Barcode ........................................................................ 72 Code 128 Special Characters ....................................................... 75 Postnet Barcodes ................................................................................ 79 Accessing POSTNET in CVCC..................................................... 79 Orientation..................................................................................... 79 Height............................................................................................ 79 CPI ................................................................................................ 79 Parameters In POSTNET.............................................................. 80 AIAG Barcodes ............................................................................. 80 HIBCC Barcode............................................................................. 81 EMBARC Barcodes....................................................................... 81 5 Positioning and Repeating .................................. 83 Positioning Data................................................................................... 83 Horizontal Tab............................................................................... 83 Vertical Justification ...................................................................... 84 Pass Height................................................................................... 85 Pass Width .................................................................................... 86 Pass Density ................................................................................. 86 Dot Slew........................................................................................ 87 Form Length.................................................................................