General Information
PcOS Series 80PLUS
Programmer’s Guide
Page 2
Rev B 4/13/99
Contact the Sales Department to order documentation, receive additional information about the
Series 80PLUS Printer, order supplies, or obtain information about other products by Ithaca
Peripherals.
Contact the Technical Support Department if you would like information about your warranty or
if you need to send a printer in for service.
You can reach the Sales and Technical Support Departments at the following address and phone
or fax numbers.
Ithaca Peripherals
20 Bomax Drive
Ithaca, NY 14850
Main phone
(607) 257-8901
Sales fax
(607) 257-3868
Technical Support fax
(607) 257-3911
Internet Support
Ithaca Peripherals maintains an Internet web site. The address is
http://www.ithper.com.
On
the technical support page, you will find support information on all of our printers. The
Series 80PLUS support pages offer the latest information. They include the current version
of this manual, program examples, test procedures, programming instructions, and supported
print drivers.
General Description
Features
The Series 80PLUS Printer is a high-quality POS printer that can print on a thermal paper roll.
The printer has the following features.
Printing
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High-speed printing: approximately 31.8 lines/second (1/6 inch feed).
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Low-noise thermal printing
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72-mm/2.83-inch print zone
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Dual cash draw drivers with status
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Centronics parallel IEEE 1284 nibble, byte mode or RS-232C interface
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Configurable receive, and image buffer areas
Software
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Command protocol is based on the Ithaca PcOS Standard.
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Characters can be scaled up to 8 times as large as the standard size.
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Bar code printing is possible by using a command code. Bar codes can be printed in the
vertical direction.
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Repeated operation and copy printing are possible by using graphic save.
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Character font size (13 x 24 font or 10 x 24 font) is used to produce 10, 12, 15, 17, and
20 cpi print.
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All-points-addressable (APA) graphics are supported in ten different resolutions.
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Custom graphic/user save area is located in nonvolatile memory.