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2. 26 Features Minimum Firmware Version 26 Font file contents 5 00 to 5 04 26 PDF 417 2D Bar ola tee ete ec gehen pu dele dst perit e Deer iate casio eats 28 Data Matrix 2D Bar Codes d ER ERE Ro IR ev te nee eevee ER 29 Quick Response 2D Bar eo uode daa oe eb nian ene Hed ue eda ed ec ese re 30 2 2 aaa A a aSa Taan aaa ARa aa SEENA 31 DOWNLOADING FILE SUPPEEMPENT rerit et n Hd RARE asa aN 32 DOWNLOADING LOGO SUPPLEMENT nnnm rsen rnnt ener nnne nennen 34 DOWNLOADING BMP amp PCX 2 0 22000224000 18 0 0 36 TEXT LOGO MACRO SUPPLEMENT 002200 00 21 00000 A nens 37 DOWNLOADING FONTS nnne nnns 38 TRUETYPE FONTS SUPPLEMENT bo rede cedes 40 UPDATING FIRMWARE FONTS and FEATURES eene ener enter nennen enne nnns 42 BOX AND EINE SUPPLEEMENT eor 1c haan re th ted aed eec Roe Al des oat 43 HOST TO PRINTER COMMUN
3. 133 200 DPI FONT SAMPLES 5 treiber ut OU taste lef me m C fe CUR Liz 134 GENERAL DESCRIPTION READ THIS FIRST Many people will have neither the time nor patience to read through this entire programming guide For those of you we recommend that you skip to Appendix A and B of the manual Appendix A contains sample basic programs while Appendix B quickly lists all of the Ghostwriter commands If you plan to use any special functions not covered in these examples a quick look at the command sequence section and the applicable supplement section should provide you with the rest of the information you need The technically oriented are invited to read the whole manual The rest of you might find it more enjoyable to skip the Theory of Operation section and go straight to the General section In any case please feel free to call us if you have any questions BRIEF THEORY OF OPERATION In order to produce a ticket or label the Boca printer must first receive ticket data written in FGL All data transmitted to the printer is immediately placed in its 4k byte circular input buffer The printer uses this information to produce a ticket image The Ghostwriter uses two independent ticket buffers for storing the ticket image The data from the input circular buffer is processed and then loaded into one of the printer s two ticket buffers After the ticket data is fully processed the printer begins printing that ticket a
4. e E 44 RAINES GROG p aM ht mb SAGCOT ws ANE Race sexes XE jo SPM Be ct 4115 debe x Suae Fo Boe 5 11 BIA go Jima MB CS vum 40 p BS oBG LAEN 1925 BATO pU re Geer VINA wv poA SB DOCS a Pi HA PAU Se acm FSS 8 Ni m utm los SS Su GER nhe GPK nn ES Uo 61765 Sune orion euo 5 SRM ENN giog eco Oe Eo et RDO GON Hor eU Oto lt co n EMEN Wird AA RACO Sc FECT ZS 100 Gp a EDU MU BOM HAMM SACS 8 Ub B IM AN BNT E issu d r 3 JS 590 Q 2 a Note The above was printed on a 300 dpi printer We suggest deleting the lt HW2 2 gt command on 200 dpi printers to avoid oversized characters 47 DUAL PRINTER SUPPLEMENT P1 Print on ticket path 1 This command must be sent prior to any other data or commands for this ticket P2 Print on ticket path 42 This command must be sent prior to any other data or commands for this ticket NOTE We recommend sending P1 and P2 on every ticket printed on a dual printer Commands which have been modified in relation to dual mode pl Permanent print length command This command was changed to allow both ticket paths to have a permanent printing len
5. for code 128 New style rotation commands do effect bar codes for upc and ean8 a e for ean 13 a n for three of nine a f for interleaved two of five c for uss codabar a o for code 128 a s for softstrip B P for picket fence B L for ladder width of bar code string bar code data BAR CODE EXPANDED COMMAND lt BAR CODE RATIO ADJUST lt AXB gt string or lt aXB gt string PRINTING LENGTH COMMAND lt PL gt or lt pl gt PERMANENT TICKET LENGTH COMMAND lt tl gt DELETE PERMANENT LENGTH COMMAND lt gt REPEAT COMMAND lt RE gt not available on Mag printers TRANSPARENT MODE ON lt gt TRANSPARENT MODE OFF n 129 STATUS REQUEST S1 PROM TYPE AND TICKET COUNT STATUS REQUEST S2 DELAYED STATUS S3 or lt s3 gt NO STATUS S5 or lt s5 gt ASCII STATUS S6 or lt s6 gt DOWNLOAD BYTES AVAILABLE STATUS S7 PARTIAL ASCII STATUS S8 or lt 58 gt DIRTY BYTES TOTAL STATUS S9 CLEAR PERMANENT STATUS COMMAND cs PRINT DOWNLOADABLE FONT lt Flw h gt lt BSw h gt PRINT DOWNLOADABLE LOGO lt LD gt PRINT LOGO lt LO gt STARTING POINT lt SP gt for logos only DRAW BOX COMMAND lt gt DRAW VERTICAL LINE lt VXr gt DRAW HORIZONTAL LINE lt HXc gt LINE THICKNESS COMMAND lt LT gt RESET TICKET COUNT lt rtc gt not available on FGL42 22 PRINT TICKET COUNT
6. Widcomm Bluetooth stack The Windows Bluetooth stack has limited support for the different profiles Some are not supported at all Many Bluetooth adapters use the Widcomm Bluetooth stack driver which allows different installations to have a similar look and feel to them We have tested several different adapters here including e The ABe UB20S e ANYCOM USB 200 e The Targus ACB10US Figure 1 2 Figure 1 At this point we will assume you have properly loaded and installed a Bluetooth adapter and software on the Host system We will describe how to connect to a Boca Printer on a Windows XP system using a Targus Bluetooth adapter and software Other systems and software will differ but should have a similar feel to them Once the driver and utilities have been installed you should see a Bluetooth Icon in the system tray and one called My Bluetooth Places on the desktop There is more than one way to connect to the printer We will be using the Bluetooth Icon method Right click on the Bluetooth icon in the system tray then select Quick Connect gt Bluetooth Serial Port gt Find Devices see Figure 2 122 Business Card Exchange Bluetooth Serial Port Find De Dial up Networking 5 d Explore My Bluetooth Places Bluetooth Setup Wizard Network Access 3 Advanced Configuration Headset Audio Gateway Quick Connect
7. gt or non magnetics mode lt gt after initializing Note the following commands are valid for magnetic printers only MAGNETICS TICKET LENGTH COMMAND lt mtl gt Note This function should only be used by an experienced user This command sets the magnetic ticket length The values can range as shown below 1 3 375 2 4 0 MAGNETICS PRINTER STYLE COMMAND lt mps gt Note This function should only be used by an experienced user This command sets the magnetics printer style The values can range as shown below 1 Normal 2 Long 3 Switches ADJUST REVERSE COUNT COMMAND lt mrc gt Note This function should only be used by an experienced user 75 This command adjusts the amount the printer reverses to start printing The value range depends on the Magnetic Printer Style For a Switch Style Printer it is 180 7 Otherwise it is 70 7 INC DEC BURST COUNT COMMAND lt bc gt Note This function should only be used by an experienced user and is only applicable to mag printers This command sets the burst count for the burster Before sending this command the user must identify the ticket length value stored in the printer The burst count value can then be set within 75 of the ticket length AUTO REPRINT ENABLED DISABLED COMMANDS lt mre gt lt mrd gt Note This function should only be used by an experienced user These commands enable mre or disable mrd the auto reprin
8. for upc and ean8 for ean 13 for three of nine for interleaved two of five for uss codabar for code 128 for softstrip fo fo D fD 0 Uo gp wd H W W I P for picket fence L for ladder B and string vary as detailed below The above example is a symbolic representation of a bar code select command The letter A represents the type of bar code selected The letter B represents the orientation of the bar code either picket fence or ladder The represents the size in units of the bar code This is an optional parameter and if it is not sent then the 10 default size of 4 will be used Each unit represents an 8 dot high bar so a default bar code will be 32 dots high Bar codes can only be rotated in specific directions NR and RU for picket fence RR and RL for ladder bar codes Refer to the particular bar code supplement selected in order to find the exact commands and strings needed for bar code printing BAR CODE EXPANDED COMMAND X2 This command allows you to expand the width of a bar code bar normally based on a one dot unit The number following the X will be the new dot unit bar size In the above example the new width of a bar is 2 dots This will double the length of the bar code An X3 command would triple the bar code length Normally a setting of 2 dot wide bars is all that is needed for clear readable bar codes Note 9 nine is the larges
9. 25 255 255 255 128 9 255 128 0 0 55 26 255 255 255 192 10 255 192 0 0 27 255 255 255 224 11 2552240 0 28 255 255 255 240 85 12 255 240 0 0 29 255 255 255 248 13 255 248 0 0 30 255 255 255 252 14 255 252 0 0 31 255 255 255 254 unusable 15 255 254 0 0 32 255 255 255 255 host single address 16 255 255 0 0 Note If a Subnet Mask and Gateway Address have been provided the printer will attempt to obtain the Gateway s MAC address using the ARP protocol during initialization of the printer If it is unable to establish communication with the Gateway after a number of tries it will treat the Gateway as a Dead Gateway In this case all packets meant for the Gateway will be silently discarded If the Gateway s MAC address is obtained then that indirect route will be used for all off network packets The MAC address will be persistent until the printer is reset or power cycled Do not change the Subnet Mask from zero unless you are using a Gateway ETHERNET PORT CONFIGURATION lt epc gt Available in versions FGL44B28 and above Normally the printer will auto negotiate its port configuration with the network Some customers have asked for the ability to manually set the speed and duplex settings of the Ethernet port This command permanently stores the selected port settings in flash The values can range as shown below Auto negotiate 100 Mbps Full duplex 100 Mbps Half dupl
10. 30 PRINT INPUT ENTER NUMBER 1 4 PN PN VAL PN 40 IF PN 1 OR PN 4 THEN CLS GOTO 10 50 ON PN GOTO 60 70 80 90 60 OPEN LPT1 AS 4H WIDTH 1 255 GOTO 100 70 OPEN LPT2 AS 4H WIDTH 1 255 GOTO 100 80 OPEN 1 9600 8 1 85 0560000 AS 1 GOTO 100 90 OPEN COM2 9600 N 8 1 RS DS60000 AS 1 GOTO 100 100 CLS 110 PRINT INPUT PRESS RETURN FOR STATUS N 120 PRINT 1 lt S2 gt 130 FOR Q 1 TO 1000 NEXT Q 140 X LOC 1 150 IF X 1 THEN GOTO 140 160 B INPUT LOC 1 1 170 FOR Q 1 TO LEN B 180 Z MID B Q 1 190 PRINT Z 200 NEXT Q 210 GOTO 140 220 END 58 SHADING PATTERN SUPPLEMENT Not available on 22 24 26 The ability to shade the ticket with different patterns is available on the 44 and 46 printer There are around twenty patterns presently stored in the printer More patterns will probably be added in the future Also we intend to allow the customer to download their own patterns The following commands and examples demonstrate the SHADING function of the printer SHADE PATTERN IN BACKGROUND lt gt The shading can be either in the foreground or the background This command causes the shading to occur in the background This is the default setting for the printer SHADE PATTERN IN FOREGROUND lt gt The shading can be either in the foreground or the background This command causes the shading to occur in the foreground SHADE PATTERN lt gt The
11. 76 ETHERNET COMMANDS For a complete description of the FGL Networking commands please refer to the ETHERNET INTERFACE ADDENDUM ADDITIONAL ITEMS PRINTED ON THE CONFIGURATION TICKET MAY INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING Firmware revision Common code revision Font name Serial number Control panel enabled Test button enabled Ticket length in dots Printing length in dots Printing width in dots Print head size Lptix lines per ticket Top offset Bottom offset Left offset Offsets enabled Ex Memory enabled Download space available Maximum free flash this equals the amount of free bytes plus dirty bytes Note Need a reclaim to use dirty bytes Maximum free ram largest block available Ticket count Status commands Storage mode permanent temporary Communication buffer size Code page normal 437 850 852 1252 Dual cutter Mini sync enabled Low voltage setting Stepper hold count Permanent TC ticket count Re settable TC Address Gateway MAC Address On Time Idle Timeout Retransmit Timeout RFID setting 77 CHANGING ETHERNET PARAMETERS SUPPLEMENT CONTROL PANEL CONFIGURATION CHANGING ETHERNET SETTING 1 Please follow these steps to change the ETHERNET setting on your Ethernet printer 2 Depress both the MENU and CHOICES buttons while turning on the printer Keep both buttons depressed until FACTORY MENU appears in the LCD window or the display starts scrolling through diff
12. Email Username Email Password Send Email Alert check all that apply On Paper Out On Paper Jam On Cutter Jam Press Save button to store Note Links to navigate between web pages appear on the left side of each page 103 TICKETS LOW FUNCTION This feature allows the customer to enter the amount of tickets loaded Tickets Remaining Count and then select the tickets low trigger point Tickets Low Count When the number of tickets remaining reaches the trigger point a Tickets Low Status byte 15 will be sent to the Host This status will be sent once during normal operation The Tickets Remaining Count and Tickets Low Count can be entered using the Control Panel Menu the appropriate FGL commands or the Web Configuration Page Notes e non zero Tickets Low Count must be entered for this function to be enabled A zero Tickets Low count disables the Tickets Low operation e Anew Tickets Remaining Count must be entered every time paper is loaded into the printer Failure to do this will result in unpredictable results e Initially the Tickets Loaded Count and Ticket Remaining Count displayed on the Real time Status page will be the same After a ticket has been printed the Tickets Remaining Count will reflect the current number of tickets remaining in the printer e The Tickets Remaining Count displayed on the Configure Printer web page will show the current number of t
13. lt g gt ASCIl high byte1 ASCII low byte1 last byte This command uses ASCII characters instead of straight decimal representations of the data For example a byte value of hex would be sent as an ASCII byte of 3 33H and an ASCII byte of F 46H This command should only be used with computers that cannot send non ASCII characters to the printer as the number of bytes sent in ASCII graphics mode is twice that sent in normal mode Please note that the following the small g command must be an even number equal to the total number of high and low bytes sent Use the logo supplement figure and downloading in ASCII format section for further clarification BAR CODE INTERPRETATION COMMAND Bl This command will cause the bar code interpretation human readable code to be printed underneath the bar code The Bl command is only active for the bar code immediately following it The interpretation is printed in font1 and is automatically adjusted depending on the size of the bar code The different bar code command sequences are listed under the particular bar code supplement desired BAR CODE SELECT COMMAND lt AB gt string or lt aB gt string Old style rotation commands have no effect on bar codes U for upc and ean8 E for ean 13 N for three of nine F for interleaved two of five C for uss codabar O for code 128 gt gt gt Wo wg New style rotation commands affect the bar codes
14. 3 amp o lt 0 0 x ES e o c gt 93 ou zi Hii DSO o 82 aZ gt zu in a OG uy 552 E E gt 2 lt E e lt c 5 A Ze lt 9 128 APPENDIX B GHOSTWRITER COMMANDS Quick Reference Chart e ROW COLUMN COMMAND lt RCx y gt e ROTATION COMMAND NR No rotation RR Rotate right 90 RU Rotate upside down 180 lt RL gt Rotate left 270 or 90 HEIGHT WIDTH COMMAND lt HWx y gt e FONT SIZE COMMAND lt 1 gt _ Fonti characters 5x7 lt F2 gt Font2 characters 8x16 lt F3 gt OCRB 17x31 lt F4 gt OCRA 5x9 lt F6 gt large OCRB 30x52 lt F7 gt OCRA 15x29 lt F8 gt Courier 20x40 20x33 lt F9 gt small OCRB 13x20 lt F10 gt Prestige 25x41 lt F11 gt Script 25x49 lt F12 gt Orator 46x91 lt F13 gt Courier 20x40 20X42 e BOXSIZE COMMAND lt 5 gt e CLEAR BUFFER COMMAND CB e GRAPHICS COMMAND lt Gsbyte1 byte2 byte3 byte4 byte5 byte6 byte7 OR lt G gt bytel byte2 byte e ASCII GRAPHICS COMMAND lt g gt ASCII high byte1 ASCII low byte byte e BAR CODE INTERPRETATION COMMAND lt gt e BAR CODE SELECT COMMAND lt AB sstring or lt aB gt string Old style rotation commands have no effect on bar codes A U for upc and ean8 E for ean 13 N for three of nine F for interleaved two of five C for uss codabar
15. lt gt LOAD TICKET COUNT lt 1234567 gt ENABLE INVERTED PRINT MODE lt El gt DISABLE INVERTED PRINT MODE Dl CRT MESSAGE ENABLE lt gt CRT MESSAGE DISABLE MD MULTIPLE TICKET MODE DISABLED lt gt MULTIPLE TICKET MODE ENABLED me DIAGNOSTIC MODE COMMAND DM PURGE PRINTER REMAINING TICKETS COMMAND lt gt PARKING TICKET COMMAND PT or pt DELETE PERMANENT PARKING TICKET COMMAND dpt SINGLE BUFFER MODE COMMAND sb MULTIPLE BUFFER MODE COMMAND mb EXPANDED CHARACTER MODE ENABLE COMMAND xe EXPANDED CHARACTER MODE DISABLE COMMAND xd TRANSLATION TABLE COMMAND lt TT gt or lt tt gt RESIDENT FONT TRANSLATION TABLE ENABLE DISABLE COMMAND lt TRE gt lt TRD gt or lt tre gt lt trd gt TEST BUTTON DISABLED COMMAND lt td gt TEST BUTTON ENABLED COMMAND lt gt PRINT ON TICKET PATH 1 P1 PRINT ON TICKET PATH 2 P2 DUAL MODE lt pb gt lt pb1 gt DUAL SUPPLY MODE lt pb2 gt VENTEK DUAL SUPPLY MODE lt pb3 gt CASH DRAW A COMMAND DA CASH DRAW B COMMAND DB ENABLE TEST TICKET ACKNOWLEDGE COMMAND lt ta gt DISABLE TEST TICKET ACKNOWLEDGE COMMAND dta FILE ID COMMAND lt ID gt PERMANENT FILE COMMAND PF not available on FGL22 24 TEMPORARY FILE COMMAND TF DELETE FILE COMMAND lt DF gt NORMAL PRINT CUT COMMAND FF or p PRINT NO CUT 1DH or lt
16. min or Micro no cutter mic PRINT SPEED COMMAND lt ps gt This command sets the printing speed of the ticket The values can range from 0 7 The slowest speed is 7 The slower the speed the darker the printing DIAGNOSTIC MODE COMMAND lt DM gt This command is explained in the FGL programming guide 71 TICKET TYPE COMMAND lt typ gt Note This function is set at the factory and should not be changed This command sets the ticket type opto configuration of the printer The values can range as shown below 0 Normal ticket 1 ATM ticket 2 Label ticket 3 Special ticket STATUS ENABLED COMMAND lt se gt This command enables or disables status responses from the printer to the Host The values can range as shown below 0 None disabled 1 Serial 2 Parallel 3 Ser Par 4 USB 5 USB Ser 6 USB Par 7 USB Ser Par Note Bi directional parallel mode must be set first for Par options to be valid Note USB mode must be set first for USB options to be valid TRANSPARENT MODE ENABLED DISABLED COMMANDS lt tme gt lt tmd gt These commands set the printer in transparent mode tme or non transparent mode tmd after initializing PAPER MODE ENABLED DISABLED COMMANDS lt gt lt gt Note This function is set at the factory and should not be changed These commands set the printer in paper mode lt gt or non paper mode lt gt after initializing PRIN
17. For example the printer will return a generic C code for all command errors but displays the specific error message on the LCD display Once a NAK has been sent the ticket is considered Void This Void state remains in effect until the ticket is printed removed or an lt RFC gt command is sent see next command Any remaining RFID operations even if successful will not change the Void state If the ticket is printed it will have the word VOID printed on it along with the original cause for the NAK Note a NAK is sent after every failed RFID operation If multiple operations are attempted it is possible to receive multiple NAK s If the Request Status command is sent after a string of RFID commands the printer will only return the status code for the last operation The status code remains in effect until a new RFID operation completes an lt RFC gt command is received or the ticket is either printed or removed The status state is different than the Void state It is always the status of the last RFID operation performed CLEAR ALL RFID ERRORS lt gt As mentioned above once an error has occurred the ticket will be in a void state You will no longer be able to print a valid ticket using that tag If for some reason you want to try another RFID operation using the same tag you must clear the error state flags Sending the lt RFC gt command will clear all the error states and return the printer to the normal stat
18. If both paths need to be changed send P1 or P2 before the ticket length command This routine affects both permanent and program variables and become effective immediately When the printer is turned off and back on the stored ticket length will be used and the tickets will not be measured The permanent ticket length will be in effect until the delete permanent length command dpl is sent lt h gt Print Cut and hold ticket image This command is not applicable to Mag and Dual printers r Print No Cut and hold ticket image This command is not applicable to Mag and Dual printers Brief comparison of the different dual modes Dual Mode Paths can be different sizes both paths are measured Both paths must be loaded at all times Does not distinguish status messages Printer goes busy if it runs out of paper on either side Dual Supply Mode Paths must be the same size only one path is measured Only one path needs to be loaded Does not distinguish status messages Automatically prints on the other side after running out of paper Ventek Dual Supply Mode Paths can be different sizes both paths are measured Only one path needs to loaded Distinguishes status messages with path number Automatically purges all remaining data on a path if it runs out of paper 48 Miscellaneous Comments on Duals Test Tickets The first test ticket will be printed on path 42 Each time the test button is pressed
19. This command will be stored in flash if present and will remain in effect until disabled PCX FILE BEING SENT COMMAND pcx not available on 22 24 26 This command notifies the printer that a PCX image file is being sent to the printer This command must be sent as part of a command sequence like lt SP gt lt pcx gt lt G gt pcx bytes See the BMP amp PCX supplement for further details BMP FILE BEING SENT COMMAND bmp available on 26 46 only This command notifies the printer that a BMP image file is being sent to the printer This command must be sent as part of a command sequence like lt SP gt lt bmp gt lt G gt pcx bytes See the BMP amp PCX supplement for further details PRINT ON TICKET PATH 1 P1 See the dual printer supplement for further details PRINT ON TICKET PATH 2 lt 2 gt See the dual printer supplement for further details DUAL PRINTER MODE lt pb gt lt pb1 gt See the dual printer supplement for further details DUAL SUPPLY MODE lt pb2 gt See the dual printer supplement for further details VENTEK DUAL SUPPLY MODE lt pb3 gt See the dual printer supplement for further details CASH DRAW A COMMAND lt DA gt This command generates a 50 ms pulse to open the A cash draw When using this command don t use the old 1CH cash draw command CASH DRAW B COMMAND DB Certain printers are configured with two cash draws side A and B This command generates a 50 ms pulse to
20. or the supplier of the OS you re running on your machine whether it supports promiscuous mode with that network interface In the case of token ring interfaces the drivers for some of them on Windows may require you to enable promiscuous mode in order to capture in promiscuous mode See the Ethereal Wiki item on Token Ring capturing for details In the case of wireless LAN interfaces it appears that when those interfaces are promiscuously sniffing they re running in a significantly different mode from the mode that they run in when they re just acting as network interfaces to the extent that it would be a significant effor for those drivers to support for promiscuously sniffing and acting as regular network interfaces at the same time so it may be that Windows drivers for those interfaces don t support promiscuous mode Q 7 2 When capture with Ethereal why can t see any TCP packets other than packets to and from my machine even though another analyzer on the network sees those packets A You re probably not seeing any packets other than unicast packets to or from your machine and broadcast and multicast packets a switch will normally send to a port only unicast traffic sent to the MAC address for the interface on that port and broadcast and multicast traffic it won t send to that port unicast traffic sent to a MAC address for some other interface and a network interface not in promiscuous mode will receive only unicast traff
21. 24 26 level The 46 printer comes standard with 512KB of Flash memory 44 256KB However 46 non Lemur can be ordered or upgraded with an additional 4MB of expansion Flash memory for a total of 4MB A 44 can be ordered or upgraded with an additional 2MB of expansion Flash memory for a total of 2 25MB A 46 Lemur comes with 4MB of expansion Flash memory already The FGL42 printer comes standard with 128KB of Flash memory The 2MB of expansion memory includes the original 128K plus two reserved 64K blocks Therefore the total memory available with the expansion upgrade is 1 92 MB This memory can be used for storing downloaded fonts or logos At powerup the printer will determine if it has any additional memory If so it will display a message on the LCD display EX MEM DETECTED and use the full expansion flash for storing downloaded data All the rules for downloading information to the expansion flash are the same as before However several new features have been added If the flash gets full it will flash the LED panel with an error 9 status pattern see the LED STATUS PANEL SUPPLEMENT for further info If you try to print a logo that was not saved or only partially saved because the flash was full you will receive a status byte 28 dec from the printer If you overflow the expansion flash when downloading a font set you will get the flashing LED error 9 status as described above However if you try and print an incomplete font
22. 42 4 o 24 44 8MB o 26 46 16MB e Flash Size o 22 24 26 no user addressable flash memory o 42 128 standard 1 875 MB total optional o 44 256KB standard 2 25 MB total optional o 46 4 0 MB total standard for Lemur series COMMAND BUFFERING FGL commands are now buffered in the printer and therefore processed in the order they were sent This leads to improved performance of the printer Older FGL printers would buffer some commands while processing others immediately as they were received like status or downloading commands Therefore some commands will behave differently on a 44 46 printer like status commands than they did on the older FGL versions DUAL PRINTER Some customers require different length or width tickets to be printed The printer can be used to drive two print heads A Dual printer is available which can print tickets on two different paper paths As an example you could use one path for tickets and the other one for receipts Many different combinations of print heads are available See the dual printer supplement for further details TEST BUTTON RELOAD RESET In the past a paper jam or unsuccessful ticket load would stop the printer from operating The user would have to reset the printer in order to resume printing Any tickets in the printer s buffer prior to recycling power would be lost Now simply by holding in the test button the printer will try and reload tickets If the prin
23. All printing related commands will be handled in accordance with BOCA s FGL IV programming guide Any error in writing to the magnetic strip will cause the printer to automatically print a void ticket To print a ticket without magnetics just send a valid ticket with a print command The printer will automatically bypass the encoding operation e All transmissions to and from magnetics will be as defined below These functions will follow normal FGL formats 69 CPU COMMANDS COMMAND Definition T1 write track 1 magnetics T2 write track 2 magnetics T3 write track 3 magnetics T4 write track 4 magnetics WM start writing magnetics lt bc gt burst length ACK or NAK after completion of encode ee The burst length is preset at the factory and should not require adjustment by the customer In the event that the ticket is not bursting at the proper location the burst length should be adjusted to a value slightly greater than or less that the actual ticket length The ticket length is defined as the number of dot columns in the ticket For example a 8 203 1 dpi ticket is approximately 1624 dots long at 305 dpi the ticket is 2440 dots long The magnetics section of the printer is shipped from the factory in either the ATB or ISO 1 thru 3 track configuration Please address the magnetics in the format appropriate to your configuration type ATB FORMA
24. COMMAND n This command terminates the printer s transparent mode and returns it to normal operation NOTE Transparent mode remains active until receipt of the full command string In other words the command string n will be transmitted over the CRT 1 port See the host to printer communication supplement for further details STATUS COMMANDS The status enabled function must be set to activate these commands NOTE Because of the new command buffering structure the printer will no longer respond to status commands immediately The printer must first process all of the data received prior to the status command In other words there is a potential response delay of a few seconds if the status request is received in the middle of printing a ticket If the status request is sent by itself the response will still be immediate STATUS REQUEST S1 The printer will respond with a one byte status message following the receipt of this command PROM AND TICKET COUNT STATUS REQUEST S2 The printer will respond with a seven digit ticket count followed by the software level of the printer A typical response will be as indicated below 0004616 PROM FGL46G42 DELAYED STATUS REQUEST end of ticket run status lt S3 gt or lt s3 gt Normally the printer sends an ack 6 status byte after successfully printing a ticket Some customers may prefer to receive this ack only after the last ticket in a run is printed This co
25. DRIVER SUPPLEMENT for additional information MAGNETICS Defines if a printer is set up for magnetics Your choices are YES Enabled or NO Disabled This feature is only set to YES for a MAG model printer ETHERNET Only used for printer with Ethernet interface connector Your choices are YES Enabled NO Disabled DIAGNOSTICS VALID PACKETS and DHCP ENABLED Dynamic addressing Please consult the ETHERNET INTERFACE ADDENDUM for additional information IP ADDRESS Enables the operator to change the printer s Ethernet IP Address Please consult the ETHERNET INTERFACE ADDENDUM for additional information SUBNET MASK Enables the operator to change the printer s Ethernet Subnet Mask value Please consult the ETHERNET INTERFACE ADDENDUM for additional information DEFAULT GATEWAY Enables the operator to change the printer s Ethernet default Gateway value Please consult the ETHERNET INTERFACE ADDENDUM for additional information SPEED DUPLEX Enables the operator to change the printer s Ethernet speed and duplex setting Please consult the ETHERNET INTERFACE ADDENDUM for additional information RFID Only used for printer with RFID interface connector Your choices are NO Disabled MIFARE ULTRALITE and 612 Please consult the RFID INTERFACE ADDENDUM for additional information USB DEVICE TYPE Only used for printer with USB interface connector This function enables the operator to change the printer s USB device class
26. FLSH 1480 BYTES F45 FLSH 1332 BYTES F46 FLSH 1372 BYTES 47 FLSH 1408 BYTES F48 FLSH 1440 BYTES F49 FLSH 1480 BYTES F50 FLSH 2796 BYTES F51 FLSH 2892 BYTES F52 FLSH 2968 BYTES F53 FLSH 3128 BYTES F54 FLSH 3220 BYTES F55 FLSH 3368 BYTES F56 FLSH 3472 BYTES F57 FLSH 3960 BYTES F58 FLSH 4192 BYTES F59 FLSH 4948 BYTES F60 FLSH 5640 BYTES 105 RESIDENT AND DOWNLOADED TRUETYPE FONT INVENTORY 1 FLSH 127616 BYTES RTF2 FLSH 111496 BYTES FLSH 171812 BYTES RTF4 FLSH 137636 BYTES RTF5 FLSH 155096 BYTES RIF6 FLSH 154820 BYTES 1 FLSH 64256 BYTES 106 RFID ADDENDUM REV Introduction to RFID Radio Frequency Identification RFID tags consist of an integrated circuit IC attached to an antenna typically printed or etched conductors on a thin plastic sheet Data is stored on the IC and transmitted through the antenna RFID tags are either passive no battery or active self powered by a battery Data transmission speed and range depend on the frequency used antenna size power output and interference Tags can be read only read write or a combination in which some data such as a serial number is permanently stored while other memory is left available for later encoding during usage Information is sent to and read from RFID tags over RF signals In passive systems which are the most common an RFID reader transmits an energy field t
27. For example the following sequence will produce a rotated left ladder Softstrip bar code with 3 bytes per line and a bar size of 2 by 4 RC200 20 RL X2 sXL2 THIS IS A SOFTSTRIP BAR CODE If the data string you are sending to the printer consists of graphics data non alphanumeric values then you must add the graphics command string immediately after the bar code select command and before the actual data The bar code delimiter character is not used in this case You can also use this method when using alphanumeric chatracters For example you could print the same bar code as above with the following sequence lt RC200 20 gt lt RL gt lt X2 gt lt sxXL2 gt lt G28 gt THIS IS A SOFTSTRIP BAR CODE Note that you can t print bar code interpretations with the Softstrip bar code Softstrip is a registered trademark of Cauzin Systems Inc 25 TWO DIMENSIONAL BAR CODE SUPPLEMENT The 2D bar codes are available in 24 44 Ghostwriter printers and 26 46 Lemur model printers There are four 2D barcode types currently supported They are 1 PDF 417 Portable Data File 2 DTM Data Matrix 3 QR Quick Response 26 46 printer only 4 AZ Aztec 26 46 printer only To print the 2D bar codes or true type fonts it is necessary for the printer to have a version of firmware and resident font files that are new enough Below is a table showing the minimum firmware version needed for each feature These version number apply to
28. G gt byte 1 byte 2 byte lt RCx y gt or CR lt G gt byte 1 byte 2 byte ESC All download logo data is bracketed by ESC characters Following the ESC the printer expects to receive a row column command preferably lt RCO 0 gt The lt G gt tells the printer how many bytes of logo data to follow The following bytes should be sent without any commas The commas are used solely in the interest of clarity in this example The above routine should be repeated for each line of logo data For the remaining lines a CR should be used in place of the row column command if the data is to start at the beginning of the next line If you use carriage returns the logo can be expanded simply by using the lt HW gt command Each carriage return will move the next line down 8 dots If you use row column commands to position each line of logo data you can t expand the logo To load additional logos repeat the above procedure for each logo The logos will automatically be assigned the next consecutive number unless the lt ID gt command is used Note the ID should not exceed 511 when using logos The standard 46 printer will accept a maximum of 512KB 256KB FGL44 128KB FGL42 of downloadable data NOTE The printer s total capacity of downloadable space is for both logos and fonts Additional Flash memory is an option available on both the 42 44 46 non Lemur printers 34 PRINT DOWNLOADED LOGOS To print a downloa
29. M4 module but not both The M1 reader recognizes l code and Mifare Ultra light tags The M4 reader recognizes Mifare Ultra light Mifare 1K Mifare 4K and Mifare Mini Note Boca does not support Mifare 4k or Mini at this time The RFID printer presently works with the following smart ticket technologies Note Some features may be limited due to reader restrictions or not supported at all Please refer to each Tag s Official Data Sheet for a more detailed description of the product Philips I Code SL2 ISO 15693 13 56MHz Memory Organization 28 blocks of 4 bytes each Byte number 0 1 2 3 Page block Data read write Data 0 Data 1 Data 2 Data 3 0 Data read write Data 4 Data 5 Data 6 Data 7 1 Data read write Data 8 Data 9 Data 10 Data 11 2 Data read write Data 108 Data 109 Data 110 Data 111 27 TID Serial OxEO 0x04 0x01 Unique Tag ID 5 bytes Number Key features 128 byte EEPROM organized in 32 blocks of 4 bytes 112 bytes of User memory Unique 8 byte identifier UID ISO 15693 Anti collision One time programmable user memory Boca supported features Read Serial Number Read multiple data blocks up to 16 blocks 64 bytes at a time Write multiple data blocks up to 16 blocks 64 bytes at a time Lock multiple data blocks up to 16 blocks 64 bytes at a time 108 Philips MIFARE Ultralight ISO 14443A 13 56MHz The latest technology development
30. PC 9 PIN PC BOCA CPU BOCA CPU BOCA CPU BOCA CPU 2 2 2 2 2TXD 2 3TXD 3 2TXD 3 3 TXD 3 3 2RXD 7 7 GND 7 5 GND 5 5 CTS 5 8CTS 20 6 DSR 20 6 DSR 6 6 DSR 6 6DSR 20 5 CTS 20 1CD 7 7 GND 7 5 GND 20 8 CD 20 8 CTS 8 8 CD 8 1 CD optional connection PARALLEL PIN FUNCTION 1 2 9 10 11 Strobe negative Data DBO DB7 ACK negative BUSY PAPER OUT SELECT negative ERROR negative Ground NOTE The above pinouts may vary on certain printers due to special customer request STANDARD INTERFACE PINOUTS CONTINUED RS422 DIFFERENTIAL INTERFACE PINOUTS 422190 9 FAA PIN 1 7 19 25 15 17 11 10 FUNCTION Ground Printer Transmit Printer Transmit Printer Receive Printer Receive Ready Ready LOR PIN FUNCTION 1 7 Ground 19 Printer Transmit 25 Printer Transmit 15 Printer Receive 17 Printer Receive 11 Ready 10 Ready For Lemur series printer see Standard Interface Pinouts section of user manual www bocasystems com documents lemur_manual pdf 21 UPC SUPPLEMENT UPC version A is a numeric only code that contains a left hand border character 6 left hand characters a center character 6 right hand characters and a right border character The letter U is used to select UPC bar code The border and center characters are defined as follows Left Border J C
31. PRINTER WITH REV RADJ paper guide set to 3 on both paths DUAL amp SINGLE PATH PRINTER WITH RADJ paper guide set to 2 125 DUAL PATH PRINTER WITH RADJ paper guide set to 2 125 on path 2 DUAL PATH PRINTER WITH REV RADJ paper guide set to 2 125 on both paths DUAL amp SINGLE PATH PRINTER WITH RADJ paper guide set to 3 25 DUAL PATH PRINTER WITH RADJ paper guide set to 3 25 on path 2 REV ADJ3 25 BTH DUAL PATH PRINTER WITH REV RADJ paper guide set to 3 25 on both paths PATH TYPE Defines the number of paper paths used Here are the following choices PATH1 Locks a Dual path printer onto path 1 all single path printers PATH2 Locks a Dual path printer onto path 2 DUAL Is used for Dual path printer DUAL SUPPLY Please consult your Programming Guide Dual Printer Supplement VENTEK DUAL Special setting only used by certain customers BUFFER MODE Defines when the printer will go busy Here are the following choices SINGLE MODE1 Go busy after each print command inserted in buffer SINGLE MODE2 Go busy after receiving p command MULTIPLE MODE Go busy when the input buffer is full 4k CLEAR DOWNLOAD Clears those items downloaded by the operator PCX or softfonts Your choices are YES or NO DEFAULT SETTING Resets the printer back to the factory default setting Your choices are YES or NO INC CUT1 COUNT Enables the operator to move the cut or tear position to the left towards the ticket entrace ar
32. Rotate upside down 180 lt RL gt Rotate left 270 or 90 HEIGHT WIDTH COMMAND lt HW2 3 gt This command sets up the height and width of the character In the above example the height will be 2 and the width 3 This means that for a 7x8 dot size character it will be 21 dots wide and 16 dots high Characters are limited in their expansion only by the size of the ticket Be careful not to build characters into the ones below them Once the height and width have been changed from normal you must send a lt HW1 1 gt to return to normal size NOTE HW is capped at a maximum of 16 when using soft fonts FONT SIZE COMMAND F1 Fonti characters 5x7 F2 Font2 characters 8x16 F3 17x31 F4 OCRA 5x9 F6 large OCRB 30x52 F7 OCRA 15x29 F8 Courier 20x40 20x33 F9 small OCRB 13x20 lt F10 gt Prestige 25x41 lt F11 gt Script 25x49 lt F12 gt Orator 46x91 lt F13 gt Courier 20x40 20x42 This command sets the font size of the characters to be printed The printer defaults to the font3 size on 200 dpi printers Alternate font sizes will be available on certain models See the font size supplement for actual font size samples and further information BOXSIZE COMMAND lt BS21 34 gt This command changes the box size to the values sent The first value is the box width and the second is the box height The character printed sits in this box The font3 box size is 20x33 so in this ex
33. Stop the Bluetooth Device Document W nt W 77 untitled Pain 11 28 AM F Figure 2 A Boca printer should show up as a printer device with a name of BocaPrinter where is the 6 digit serial number of the printer Figure 3 Service Bluetooth Serial Port 2 Select a device from the list below Click the Refresh button to update the list Device Name Device Type A BocaPrinter 000123 Printer Status Ready Refresh Connect Figure 3 Select the device you want to connect to and then press Connect You should get a message near the Bluetooth Icon asking for a Pin Code Figure 4 12 Bluetooth PIN Code Required Bluetooth device BocaPrinter 000123 is attempting to connect to this computer Click here to proceed with the connection To deny access ignore this prompt t W untitled Paint Connecting Figure 4 11 52 AM Click to get the next screen You will be asked for a PIN code in order to pair your computer with the printer The PIN is 0000 Enter the PIN and click OK to Initiate Pairing Figure 5 123 Device Name BocaPrinter 000123 Before a connection can be established this computer and the device above must be paired The Bluetooth pairing procedure creates a secret key that is used in all future connections between these two devices to establish identity and encrypt the data that these devices exchange To create
34. TICKET TYPE COMMANDS lt tst gt lt TST gt These commands set the test ticket type that is printed off the test button The values can range as shown below 0 standard test ticket 1 configuration 1 for 1 inch ticket 2 configuration 2 for 2 inch ticket 3 configuration 3 for 3 inch ticket 4 configuration 4 for 4 inch ticket 6 continuous test tickets 2 Wl NOTE The lowercase lt tst gt commands sets the test ticket type in flash The uppercase lt TST gt command sets the test ticket type until power is turned off It will also print a test ticket without having to press the test button BASEBALL MODE COMMAND lt bm gt Note This function is set at the factory and should not be changed This command sets the baseball mode for the printer The values can range as shown below 0 No baseball mode 1 Dodgers 2 Mets 3 Twins USB UNIVERSAL SERIAL BUS ENABLED DISABLED COMMANDS lt eusb gt lt dusb gt Note This function should only be used by an experienced user These commands enable or disable the printer for USB communication FONT ENCODING COMMAND lt fe gt Note This function should only be used by an experienced user This command sets the font encoding used with special two byte character fonts 0 None default 1 EUC 8 2 EUC 7 3 UNICODE 1 4 UNICODE 2 5 BIG 5 6 YANGJAE obsolete 7 SJIS 8 GBK not available on FGL42 ser
35. This is a barcode test lt p gt The example below will use all default values It will print a 2 point AZ barcode known as lt F80 gt It will print at the current X Y coordinates in the current rotation mode lt AZ gt The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog lt p gt 31 DOWNLOADING FILE SUPPLEMENT NOTE 22 24 26 does not support any of the flash related functions described below The printer supports three modes of file storage resident permanent or temporary Resident files are usually stored in FLASH by Boca Systems Permanent files are stored in FLASH by the customer and temporary files are stored in RAM All files downloaded to the printer are initially stored as permanent files The storage mode can be changed with one of the following FGL commands Default Permanent file lt Default Temporary file lt tf gt Permanent file lt gt Temporary file TF The lower case storage mode commands change the printer s default mode while the upper case commands modify the printer s file storage mode until modified by the next storage mode command The printer will return to its default mode on power up RESIDENT FILES Resident fonts are printed with the lt F gt command and resident logos are printed with the lt LO gt command Resident fonts can t be removed from flash unless the entire flash is erased Resident files are usually only downloaded at the factory PERMANENT AND TEMPORARY FILES The printe
36. USB Class 7 device Printer Mode or a USB Class 3 device HID Mode This does not apply to all 22 42 amp most 24 44 model USB printers These older printers operate as a USB Class 7 device Printer Mode only 1 Printer Mode Class 7 as a printer using Printer Drivers and USB Printing Support Boca Systems recommended default approach Once install the printer can be tested using Boca Systems Customer Drivers program 2 HID Mode Class 3 as an actual HID Device using Windows drivers USB HID compliant device brand new approach Once install the printer HID can be tested using Boca Systems Customer Interfaces program Multiple printer drivers exist that work with our printers Boca Systems Windows and third party vendors all supply printer drivers that work with our class 7 printers Put all these combinations together and there are dozens of ways to successfully install a Boca Systems USB printer However only one of these methods will work with a given ticketing system Before installing a Boca Systems USB printer it is important to understand which class and driver were chosen by the developer of the ticketing system If Class 7 printer drivers are needed Method 1 above then the printer drivers should be put on the PC before the printer is plugged in and turned on This makes it easier on the Windows Printer Install wizard Boca Systems printer drivers can be downloaded from our web site If the intent is to use a Boca Systems U
37. and then the appropriate version of printer driver In this example an FGL 26 46 300 DPI print is being used 94 Install the printer driver Choose your printer from the list Click Windows Update to see more models To install the driver from an installation CD click Have Disk Printers Eal Boca FGL 24 44 600 DPI EglBoca FGL 26 46 200 DPI EA Boca FGL 26 46 300 DPI Eg Boca FGL 26 46 600 DPI Eg This driver is digitally signed Tell me why driver signing is important Click Next and the PC will display the screen below Which version of the driver do you want to use Windows detected that a driver is already installed for this printer Replace the current driver Select Use the driver that is currently installed recommended Click Next and the PC will display the screen below with the Printer Name displayed Other text can be added or substituted for the Printer Name if desired In this example Ethernet was added to distinguish it from other printers already installed 95 Type a printer name Printer name Boca FGL 26 46 300 DPI Ethernet This printer will be installed with the Boca FGL 26 46 300 DPI driver Printer Sharing If you want to share this printer you must provide a share name You can use the suggested name or type a new one The share name will be visible to other network users Share this printer so that others on your network can fi
38. both 26 46 Lemur models FGL Features Minimum Firmware Version Feature Minimum Release Version PDF Bar Code FGL46E6 DTM Bar Code FGL46E6 QR Bar Code FGL46G36 AZ Bar Code FGL46G44 True Type Fonts FGL46D1 To print the 2D bar codes the Boca Systems printer will also need the correct resident font file Below is a table showing which fonts are available within each resident font file The resident font file SBOO contains just the standard FGL fonts With the addition of six resident true type fonts and four 2D bar code types the resident font file has grown The different versions of resident font files are listed below showing their contents with each addition Font file SBO2 is the biggest font file that will fit in an FGL 24 44 Ghostwriter printer Font file 5 05 contains all the fonts currently available for a Boca Systems 26 46 Lemur model printer FGL Font file contents 5 00 to SB05 Command Name 5 00 5 01 SB02 5 03 5 04 5 05 F1 FGL Font 1 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes F2 FGL Font 2 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes F3 FGL Font 3 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes F4 FGL Font 4 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes F6 FGL Font 6 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes F7 FGL Font 7 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes F8 FGL Font 8E Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes F9 FGL Font 9 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes lt F10 gt FGL Font 10 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes lt F11 gt FGL Font 11 Yes Yes
39. detect and install option Choose local or network printer and then click Next Choose the appropriate port and click next e Click on Have Disk and Browse Take the Install Wizard to the place where the driver files have been stored perhaps c boca printer_drivers e Click OK and a list of eleven drivers will be displayed 64 Choose the correct driver based on the Make Model and Head Size and click Next Click Next to replace existing driver this screen may not appear Enter Printer local Name and click on Yes or No to select Default and then click Next If the printer is to be used across a LAN click Share Name and enter the network Share Name and select Next e Select No to printing a test page and click Next e Select Finish General A printer driver translates the graphical information displayed in your Windows application into a printer friendly format In order to properly format the data the user must correctly establish the page size and margins Windows supports the following methods of defining page sizes e Vendor BOCA Defined We have pre defined some common page ticket sizes which can be used with any Windows application Please use a BOCA defined page size if it meets your requirements e User Customer Defined This method allows the customer to define any page size less than 16 long This is the preferred method whenever a vendor defined size is not available Adding a
40. first character sent after the esc character must be the FGL command delimiter The following examples are illegal FGL logo strings esc THIS IS TEST RC10 10 TEST esc Does not start with a esc HW2 2 THIS IS TEST lt SP50 50 gt lt LD1 gt esc uses a logo command esc RC40 40 THIS IS A TEST lt G7 gt 7 bytes esc uses a graphics command 37 DOWNLOADING FONTS SUPPLEMENT Note please read the Downloading File Supplement first 44 and 46 printers will no longer accept downloaded FGL bitmapped fonts Instead you can download HP Soft fonts directly to the printer Soft fonts are readily available and therefore provide a far greater selection of fonts than those available through FGL Soft font files contain complete character data and instructions and may be downloaded as is to the printer Soft fonts usually end with the SFP or SFL extensions but this depends on the program that creates them like the Adobe Font Foundry Program SOFT FONT DOWNLOADING Downloading Fonts as Temporary or Permanent The process of transferring fonts from your computer to your printer is called downloading If you use a font frequently download it as permanent This causes the file to be stored in flash so it will always be available This is the default mode for the printer but if the mode has been changed you can send a PF command to set permanent mode f you install a font as temporary it is loaded into your printer s ram
41. from 7 Printer to 3 HID The USB printer will then need to be reinstalled whenever this setting is changed This new setting is implemented in the FGL 26 46 models only EXIT AND SAVE Will save any changes made to the above menu options If you wish to save the new value then press TEST if not press MENU JUST EXIT This function will exit the menu options without saving any changes If you want to exit without saving the new values then press TEST If not the depress MENU to continue going through the menu topics Note The following commands are valid for magnetic printers only TICKET LENGTH COMMAND Defines the magnetic ticket length Your choices are 3 375 factory default or 4 0 Experienced users should only use this function PRINTER STYLE This feature is set at the factory and should not be changed 54 INC REV COUNT Enables the operator to move the position to the right towards the ticket exit area Print position value is in increments of 003 for 300dpi and 005 for 200dpi Depressing CHOICES changes this value This adjustment has a limited range and is set at the factory DEC REV COUNT Enables the operator to move the position to the left towards the ticket entrance area Print position value is in increments of 003 for 300dpi and 005 for 200dpi Depressing CHOICES changes this value This adjustment has a limited range and is set at the factory INC BURST COUNT Enables the operator to move the burs
42. from Philips Semiconductors MIFARE Ultralight is particularly suited for applications requiring low cost contactless ticketing solutions Typical applications include single trip tickets in public transport systems loyalty cards or event tickets for exhibitions stadiums and leisure parks MIFARE Ultralight Organization 16 blocks of 4 bytes each Byte number 0 1 2 3 Page block Serial Number SNO SN1 SN2 BCCO 0 Serial Number SN3 SN4 SN5 SN6 1 Internal Lock BCC1 Internal Lock1 2 OTP OTPO OTP1 OTP2 3 Data read write Data 0 Data 1 Data 2 Data 3 4 Data read write Data 4 Data 5 Data 6 Data 7 5 Data read write Data 8 Data 9 Data 10 Data 11 6 Data read write Data 12 Data 13 Data 14 Data 15 7 Data read write Data 16 Data 17 Data 18 Data 19 8 Data read write Data 20 Data 21 Data 22 Data 23 9 Data read write Data 24 Data 25 Data 26 Data 27 10 Data read write Data 28 Data 29 Data 30 Data 31 11 Data read write Data 32 Data 33 Data 34 Data 35 12 Data read write Data 36 Data 37 Data 38 Data 39 13 Data read write Data 40 Data 41 Data 42 Data 43 14 Data read write Data 44 Data 45 Data 46 Data 47 15 Serial Number block 0 bytes 0 3 Serial Number block 1 bytes 4 7 block 2 bytes 8 11 block 3 bytes 12 15 Internal Lock OTP Data read write blocks 4 15 bytes 16 63 Key features Boca supported features Read Serial Number Read multiple data blocks
43. gives the customer the ability to print all values over 127 provided that they have modified the font data to have valid bitmaps for those 15 values This command should only be used by customers that are modifying the font data with their own bitmaps This command will be stored in flash if present and will remain in effect until disabled EXPANDED CHARACTER MODE DISABLE COMMAND xd This is the normal default condition of the printer This command is used to disable the function of the xe command mentioned above This command will be stored in flash if present and will remain in effect until a xe is issued TRANSLATION TABLE COMMAND lt gt or lt tt gt See the downloading font supplement for further details RESIDENT FONT TRANSLATION TABLE ENABLE DISABLE COMMAND lt TRE gt lt TRD gt or lt tre gt lt trd gt See the downloading font supplement for further details New command TEST BUTTON DISABLED COMMAND lt td gt Some customers have to keep a very tight inventory of their ticket stock and therefore they do not want anyone printing test tickets The lt td gt command disables the test button on the printer This command will be stored in flash if present and will remain in effect until re enabled by the lt te gt command TEST BUTTON ENABLED COMMAND lt te gt This is the normal default condition of the printer This command is used to enable the function of the lt td gt command mentioned above
44. is often desirable to have the print length smaller than the ticket length Label stocks usually have a clear non printing area between labels so that the ticket label size is larger than the printing size In this case the length of the gap between labels is typically used as the difference between the print length and the ticket length Please note that the lt gt command must be sent before lt gt command DELETE PERMANENT LENGTH COMMAND lt dpl gt This command re enables the automatic ticket measuring function of the printer after power on This command is used when you want to delete the lt pl gt or lt tl gt command This command clears the printing length and ticket length values from the Flash memory and re enables the automatic ticket measuring function 11 REPEAT COMMAND lt RE gt The REPEAT command allows the user to print multiple copies without retransmitting the ticket The number used in the repeat command represents the number of tickets to be printed in addition to the first ticket The repeat command can be sent anywhere in the data stream prior to the print command TRANSPARENT MODE ON COMMAND lt gt All data sent after receipt of this command will be transmitted out of the CRT 1 port without being processed by the printer This mode will continue until receipt of the transparent mode off n command See the host to printer communication supplement for further details TRANSPARENT MODE OFF
45. it will display all zeros on the test ticket SUPPORTED PROTOCOLS must use default port values While Boca does not support every Ethernet protocol the printer supports a sufficient number of high level protocols to function effectively as a network printer Below is a list of supported and non supported features of the printer More support may be added in the future as needed CATEGORY SUPPORTED FEATURE UNSUPPORTED FEATURE Frames Ethernet version 2 IEEE 802 3 Ping Number of echo requests Loose source route along host list Buffer size Strict source route along host list Record route Time to live Timestamp ARP ARP request RARP request ARP response RARP response Dynamic RARP request Dynamic RARP response InARP request InARP reply ICMP Echo Destination Unreachable Echo Reply Source Quench Parameter Problem Redirect Time Exceeded Timestamp Timestamp Reply Information Request Information Reply Address Mask Request Address Mask Reply Ipv4 Internet Timestamp Loose Source and Record Route Record Route Strict Source and Record Route Stream Identifier Fragmented IP packets Security all levels accepted TCP MSS All others SACK echo etc HTTP GET POST HEAD UDP Supports DHCP datagrams Presently no other UDP datagrams DHCP Automatic or Dynamic IP allocation DHCP Release DHCP Inform Unsupported Protocols IPv6 SNMP DNS SMTP TFTP FTP TELNET IPP DLC Network ports port monitor
46. motor PRINT CUT HOLD TICKET IMAGE lt gt This command is also used in place of a normal print command p or FF The purpose of this command is to allow the user to update a number of fields on the ticket without re transmitting all of the data This feature is particularly useful when logos graphics or large blocks of data are retained from ticket to ticket While this feature can greatly reduce the amount of data sent from the computer to the printer it should be noted that updating large blocks of data may result in an overall decrease in printer throughput In normal operation the printer automatically clears its ticket image buffer after the ticket is printed When this command is used the printer will hold the print image in memory The image will remain intact until either a ticket is printed with a normal print command p or FF or a clear buffer command CB is issued This command also places the printer in replace mode This means that all text sent for succeeding tickets will replace the text located at that same position on the original held ticket In this manner you can send a main ticket and then update only select fields on the following tickets All the tickets must end with an h command if you want to continue in this mode The printer will cut the ticket after printing if it has a cutter The last ticket before a new main ticket is to be printed should end with a normal print command Please note th
47. number sent is the pattern that you want to shade with See the chart below for the preliminary list of patterns available This may change slightly in the future Pattern 14 is the default setting Pattern 0 white 10 white 20 vertical lines 1 very light course dot pattern 11 very light fine dot pattern 21 horizontal lines 2 light course dot pattern 12 light fine dot pattern 22 forward diagonal lines 3 light medium course dot pattern 13 light medium fine dot pattern 23 backward diagonal lines 4 medium course dot pattern 14 medium fine dot pattern 24 square grid 5 dark medium course dot pattern 15 dark medium fine dot pattern 25 diagonal grid 6 dark course dot pattern 16 dark fine dot pattern 7 open 17 open 8 open 18 open 9 black 19 black ENABLE SHADING lt 5 gt This starts the shading of all the following data until the disable shading command DISABLE SHADING lt DS gt This ends the shading of the data Note When background shading text the entire character boxsize is shaded You can adjust this by using the boxsize command Also due to the special dot history algorithms used by the printer to control print intensity some patterns will print slightly lighter or darker depending on their rotations 59 Sample foreground shading ticket produced by the following commands lt PAF gt lt PA3 gt lt F12 gt lt ES gt SHADING TEST lt DS gt lt PA4 gt lt ES gt SHA
48. only include printable characters control characters and FGL commands are not permitted If the length of the text string exceeds the length of the text field the text string will be left justified and the string will be allowed to extend beyond the end of the field In addition if the length of the text field added to the starting position exceeds the length or width of the ticket the field length will be truncated to fit within the ticket boundaries This can be used to your advantage when centering text in the middle of a ticket by moving the cursor to the edge of the ticket and defining a field obviously longer or wider than the ticket lt CTR4000 gt Since the field length is clipped to the ticket length the text field covers the entire length of the ticket and the text string is centered on the ticket The centering command works for resident fonts downloaded soft fonts and TrueType outline fonts Example lt NR gt lt RC100 100 gt lt F13 gt lt HW2 2 gt lt CTR1000 gt Centered lt gt The example code places the starting position of the text field at 100 dots from the left edge and 100 dots down from the top edge of the ticket FGL non rotated orientation The text string will use Font 13 with the height and width scaled by a factor of 2 The text field is define as 1000 dots long and will have the text string Centered centered within the field 61 FLASH MEMORY EXPANSION SUPPLEMENT NOT AVAILABLE ON 22
49. per sector that can be used for authentication Since key B is usually readable the printer initially uses key A If the temporary Key command is sent the printer will use that value for authentication The key functions are controlled by the access conditions set for each sector Note The key values and access condition bits for each sector can be changed by writing directly to the appropriate bytes in the sector trailer Please refer to the Mifare 1K specification for a more detailed description If key B is desired for authentication then the access bits must be changed accordingly and the proper RFKO1 command sent to the printer Warning Writing incorrect information to these blocks can permanently disable the sector concerned Mifare 1K tags are shipped with a factory default key A value called the Transport Configuration The printer uses the Philips Transport Key A value FF FF FF FF FF FF If there are errors using the tag try changing the key A value to another typical value like A0 A1 A2 A3 A4 A5 Ex change key A value to Infineon Transport Configuration before reading 16 bytes from block 1 RFK00 A0 A1 A2 A3 A4 A5 RFR1 1 16 1 114 Ex change key B value to B0 B1 B2 B3 B4 B5 before reading 16 bytes from block 2 RFKO01 B0 B1 B2 B3 B4 B5 RFR1 2 16 1 PERMANENT RF KEY COMMAND lt rfk00 gt This command is the same as the uppercase RFK command except it is permanently stored in flash This com
50. port Windows will automatically move to the next page when the detection is done g The PC starts looking for the printer above and then displays the second screen below The Boca Systems TCP IP Device Type default settings are same as the Generic Network Card settings as shown here Port Settings Port Name 10 0 2 32 Printer Name or IP Address 10 0 2 32 Protocol Raw Raw Settings Port Number LPR Settings Queue Name C LPR Byte Counting Enabled SNMP Status Enabled Community Name public SNMP Device Index 1 So just select Standard Generic Network Card as shown on the window below Additional port information required The device is not found on the network Be sure that 1 The device is turned on 2 The network is connected 3 The device is properly configured 4 The address on the previous page is correct If you think the address is not correct click Back to return to the previous page Then correct the address and perform another search on the network If you are sure the address is correct select the device type below Device Type Standard Generic Network Card Custom Settings Detecting the driver model Windows is communicating with the printer and will automatically detect the printer driver to use Once the screen below appears select Boca as the manufacturer
51. q gt PRINT amp EJECT TICKET lt 2 gt PRINT CUT HOLD TICKET IMAGE lt gt not available on Mag printers PRINT NO CUT HOLD TICKET IMAGE lt gt not available on Mag printers CASH DRAW COMMAND 1CH LOAD DOWNLOADABLE LOGO ESC lt RC0 0 gt lt G gt BYTE1 BYTE lt RC gt lt G gt BYTES ESC CLEAR DOWNLOADABLE STORAGE AREA ESCc 130 LOW VOLTAGE ENABLE lt gt TOP ADJUSTMENT COMMAND lt taj gt The following commands are NOT AVAILABLE on 22 44 printers SCALE DOWN lt SD gt SHADE PATTERN IN BACKGROUND lt gt SHADE PATTERN IN FOREGROUND lt gt SHADE PATTERN lt PA gt ENABLE SHADING ES DISABLE SHADING DS PCX FILE BEING SENT COMMAND lt gt NO CUT MODE lt gt For use with FGL Driver only Windows Only CUT MODE lt gt For use with FGL Driver only Windows Only CENTER TEXT COMMAND lt CTR gt DOWNLOAD TRUETYPE FONT lt ttf gt SELECT TRUETYPE FONT lt TTF gt downloaded or lt RTF gt resident SELECT TRUETYPE CODEPAGE lt TTCP or lt ttcp gt USB DEVICE TYPE HID OR PRINTER lt usbh gt or lt usbp gt Note There are additional specialized commands not listed here Please refer to the following supplements for these commands CONFIGURATION TEST TICKET SUPPLEMENT MEMORY INVENTORY COMMAND SUPPLEMENT ETHERNET INTERFACE ADDENDUM RFID ADDENDUM BLUETOOTH ADDENDUM 131 APPENDIX C ASCII C
52. the C windows fonts directory on Windows XP system however this is a special system directory and attempts to download files from this location will fail We therefore recommend copying the TrueType file from this directory and placing it either in your program s working directory or the working directory for the customer program C Program Files Customer before attempting to send the file to the printer Example lt ID1 gt lt ttf117028 gt binary file data The lt ID1 gt command is optional as explained above The lt ttf117028 gt provides the TrueType font file size and is immediately followed by the data from the font file TrueType Font Selection Commands lt TTF gt and lt RTF gt Once downloaded to the printer TrueType fonts can be selected by referencing their file ID number This ID was either assigned during the download process or for resident fonts pre assigned at the factory User downloaded fonts are selected with the lt TTF gt and factory residents font selections use the lt RTF gt command In both cases the first command parameter specifies the font s ID number and the second parameter specifies the point size to use when scaling it for use Example lt TTF1 12 gt lt RC100 100 gt This a TrueType font The first parameter 1 is the file ID and the second parameter 12 is the font s point size if a point size is not specified the last point size requested or the printer s default value is used Beginning
53. the paired relationship enter the PIN code and click OK Bluetooth PIN Code Figure 5 The printer should now be paired It will now show up in the list under Bluetooth Serial Port Devices as shown in Figure 6 Business Card Exchange Bluetooth Serial Port b Dial up Networkin P d Other Devices Fax b i ha Explore My Bluetooth Places Bluetooth Setup Wizard Network Access 2 Advanced Configuration Headset Audio Gateway Quick Connect Stop the Bluetooth Device Document W Figure 6 Select it and then the printer will be connected The software connects to the Boca using 1 and a virtual COM port Figure 7 Bluetooth Service Created 1 connection with device BocaPrinter 000123 Figure 7 Once connected it will have a check mark next to it in the Device list see Figure 8 Notice The Blue Icon has changed color 124 Business Card Exchange Bluetooth Serial Port 4 v BocaPrinter 000123 Dial up Networking b 7 Other Devices Fax 4 File Transf Explore My Bluetooth Places T Bluetooth Setup Wizard Network Access Advanced Configuration Headset Audio Gateway Quick Connect luetooth doc 11 58 AM Double Clicking MY Bluetooth Places should bring up a Window Figure 9 that shows the connection Notice the connectio
54. the printer will alternate between the two ticket paths If the test button is pressed and held multiple test tickets will be printed on the same path Out of Tickets Ticket stock is continuously monitored on both ticket paths Anytime either path run out of tickets the printer will stop and wait for tickets to be reloaded Dual Supply Mode The printer can be placed into dual supply mode by sending lt pb2 gt This mode is intended for unattended applications where the primary goal is to prevent the printer from running out of tickets In this mode both paper paths must contain identical tickets The printer will automatically start feeding tickets from the idle path after the live path exhausts its ticket supply NOTE Single supply mode be restored by sending a lt pb1 gt to the printer Label Mode A special implementation of label mode has been provided on the dual path printer This mode is selected in the same way as a single path printer by the switch settings on the printer controller board However label mode on the dual printer only affects path 2 path 1 will default to ticket mode This allows both tickets and labels to be printed on the same printer Special Label Handling When the printer has been configured for printing labels and a permanent ticket length has been sent a special label initialization routine has been added This routine allows the start point of the label stock to be determined with out feeding labe
55. ticket starts encoding function will eventually be performed while the ticket is being printed MAG Lemur M SEQUENCE INITIALIZATION SEQUENCE e Ticket feeds forward into burster e separates ticket MULTIPLE TICKET OPERATION e CPU sends magnetics data followed by ticket data Printer starts encode process Magnetics data is verified e Ticket moves through print station while the next ticket is separated in the burster e Next ticket starts to encode and verify magnetics data note this step is bypassed if valid data is not received from CPU prior to this point e Current ticket ejected after printing while next ticket completes mag verification Repeat ticket moves through print station step MAG Lemur M SEQUENCE INITIALIZATION SEQUENCE e Ticket feeds forward into burster e separates ticket SINGLE TICKET OPERATION e CPU sends magnetics data followed by ticket data e Printer starts encode process e Magnetics data is verified e Ticket moves through print station while the next ticket is separated in the burster e Current ticket ejected e Next ticket starts encoding Please note that the Mag Lemur M s multiple ticket mode is significantly faster than other modes of operation However the multiple ticket mode requires the new ticket data to arrive at the printer prior to printing the previous ticket data COMMAND FORMATS and COMMUNICATIONS e
56. to start the install process kubuntu package menu install package Enter your password Hit enter to exit installation as prompted Go to System Settings Printers Click Add from Printers System Settings Add Printer Class Hit next and select network printer TCP Enter Printer IP Address from Network Printer Information Select correct BOCA printer model verify correct print resolution 200 300 or 600 dpi from Printer Model Selection Select Driver from Driver Selection Continue hitting next as required until printer name is requested Enter a printer name from General Information Hit next until installation complete If the BOCA printer model is not available in Printer Model Selection you can either re install the driver or restart your computer General A printer driver translates the graphical information displayed in your Linux application into a printer friendly format In order to properly format the data the user must correctly establish 67 the page size and margins In general you should use the smallest margins which do not cause the data to wrap around to the opposite side of the ticket Apple supports the following methods of defining page sizes Vendor BOCA Defined We have pre defined some common page ticket sizes which can be used with any Windows application You must use a BOCA defined page size to define your document If you cannot locate the proper size choose the next larger size and use the margins t
57. you elected to print a test page it should print after clicking Finish Notes 98 The LPR port is best suited to servers that need to communicate with host computers such as UNIX or VAX machines by way of RFC 1179 For computers that need to submit print jobs to host computers the standard TCP IP port see above should be used in most cases The LPR port only allows limited printer status to be reported to the Host A generic error condition is reported when something goes wrong like a paper jam or paper out Installing a Standard TCP IP port using simplified LPR protocol on Windows 2000 Open the Control Panel through the Start Menu and open Printers Double click Add Printer Click Next Select Local printer clear the Automatically detect my printer check box and then click Next Select Create a new port Choose Standard TCP IP Port from the Type drop down menu You may have to scroll all the way down to the bottom 7 Click Next 8 Enter the IP address of the printer into the Printer Name or IP Address field ex 10 0 0 192 The Port Name is filled in automatically You may change it if you wish 9 Enter the name you wish to call the printer in the Port Name field ex BOCA 10 Click Next and wait for a bit 11 Set Device Type to Custom and click Settings 12 Set Protocol to LPR 13 Enter the name you wish to call the printer in the Queue Name field 14 Check the LPR Byte Counting Enabled check box 15 Leave SNMP Sta
58. 0 Data retention 10 years Byte Number within a Block Sector S TZTS 4 5 vor iz ours PPescrpton 110 Sector Memory segment of the MIFARE 1K Card Each segment consists of 4 blocks and has individual keys and access conditions Security 6 byte structure assigned to each sector of the card Key Transport Key as stored after delivery from the manufacturer for example Key A0A1A2A3AA4A5 BOB1B2B3B4B5 or FFFFFFFFFFFF Block 16 byte memory segment of the MIFARE 1K card Value 4 byte unsigned long variable stored in a special format in a block or page Values are 2s complement numbers that can be negative also Values are used for cashless payment Values consume a complete block each using redundancy for integrity checking Card ID 4 byte unique serial number Together with manufacturer code and check byte 16 bytes Read only It Is stored in block 0 sector 0 of each tag Sector 0 Block 0 Block 0 is read only Serial Number 4 byte Check byte 1 byte Manufacturer data 11 byte Block 3 7 11 15 Transport keys are set on delivery Key A 6 byte Access Conditions 4 bytes Key B 6 byte Key A A1 A2 A4 A5 Infineon or FF FF FF FF FF FF new Philips cards Key B BO B1 B2 B3 B4 B5 Infineon or FF FF FF FF FF FF new Philips cards Access Conditions FF 07 80 xx key A used to read or write the key A itself is not readable key
59. 00 print Boca Systems ona ticket _with Verdana Bold using point size 15 lt RC200 100 TTF2 12 gt Text ina At position 200 100 print Text in a Box with Arial Box lt RC75 60 gt LT5 gt lt BX300 400 gt lt p gt using point size 12 and on the same ticket at position 75 60 print a box 300 by 400 dots lt RC100 100 gt RR gt RTF1 20 gt Boca Systems p At row 100 column 100 print Boca Systems rotated right on a ticket with Comic Sans MS using point size 20 lt RC100 100 gt TTF3 35 gt Boca Systems lt p gt At row 100 column 100 print Boca Systems on a ticket with Century using point size 35 TrueType Font Character Sets lt gt and lt ttcp gt The TrueType fonts unlike bitmap fonts are designed to support multiple character sets using a single font file This support is provide through the use of codepages which are basically mapping tables used to select a related groups of characters from a much larger master set The characters are selected and arranged in the extended character region of a single byte font to support the various international writing systems and alphabets These character sets conform to international standards and allow the printer to be used with operating systems that have been deployed around the world Currently the printer offers support for a number of Microsoft Windows and MS DOS character sets The printer s TrueType character set can be easily changed either permanently or temporarily thr
60. 00 times Use the ping 1000 1472 printers IP address command Let us know how many packets are lost We have found that if a customer is losing a lot of packets more than 10 we may be able to improve this by shortening the internal ribbon cable to the Ethernet card Note the 1472 parameter in the ping command tests the Maximum Transmission Unit MTU of the network It should be able to handle IP datagrams up to 1472 bytes LPR vs RAW TCP If you are having a problem using LPR mode make sure the byte counting enabled option is set Try running in RAW TCP mode or vice versa Windows Driver vs Windows Socket API Are you using a Windows Driver or writing directly to the printer using Windows Socket API calls Try both approaches if possible and see if one is better than the other Printer Timeout issues Is the printer timing out during the retransmission of a packet or in an idle state Try playing with the following commands to see if it improves performance The commands are explained above IDLE TIMEOUT COMMAND lt idt gt RETRANSMIT TIMEOUT COMMAND lt rtt gt Host Timeout issues Please refer to the following Microsoft Articles for possible solutions How to Modify the TCP IP Maximum Retransmission Timeout Article 170359 TCP IP Port Printing May Be Slow on Windows 2000 Article ID 816627 TCP IP and NBT configuration parameters for Windows 2000 or Windows NT Article ID 120642 Prob
61. 1 F10 is resident font 10 and SF1 would be soft font 1 Notes the size the file takes up in memory will NOT be the same size of the file as it was downloaded to the printer Some file types have data stripped from them as they are stored and thus will appear smaller than the original size and others have data added and are therefore larger The proper way to keep track of the memory is to use the S7 command before and after downloading a file to see how much memory the file occupies The S7 displays the amount of free download space in hex available Keep track of this file size so you can identify that file in the list The list is sent out in a format that is easy to read on a computer or terminal screen It contains control characters along with the text to improve readability This makes it harder for a program to parse the returning information Therefore we will adhere to the following format each field will end with a HT 9d character After every third field a HT carriage return line feed combination Each section logo font ends with a ETX 3d If nothing is in memory for a particular section it will display the Section Header but no additional field data More sections may be added in the future so the end of the list will be indicated by the EOT 4d character Actual HyperTerminal screen display
62. 1 Set Device Type to Custom and click Settings 12 Set Protocol to Raw 13 Make sure Port Number is set to 9100 14 Leave SNMP Status Enabled unchecked 15 Click OK then click Next then click Finish and wait a bit 16 Choose Boca gt appropriate dpi version and click Next Choose HP gt HP laserJet IIP Plus if using a PCL4 BOCA printer 17 If it tells you the driver is already installed keep existing driver and just click Next 18 Enter the name you wish to call the printer in the Printer Name field ex tcpprinter Decide if you want it as your default printer 19 Click Next 20 Decide if you want to share the printer if so give it a share name ex tcpprint 21 Click Next 22 Give it a location comment description if desired 23 Click Next 24 Select No or Yes for Do you want to print a test page 25 Click Next and then click Finish 26 If you elected to print a test page it should print after clicking Finish Note The Standard TCP IP port shown above is the only method we support which allows for detailed status to be reported back to the Host via the bi directional Raw TCP protocol Installing an LPR port on Windows 2000 1 To open Printers click Start point to Settings and then click Printers 2 Double click Add Printer and then click Next 3 Click Local printer clear the Automatically detect my printer check box and then click Next 4 Click Create a new port and th
63. 16 for Mifare 1K If not remaining bytes will be programmed to zero on the card The format field uses the same values as explained in the RFSN command 1 2 The starting block number can range from 0 27 I Code2 4 15 MIFARE Ultralight or 0 63 MIFARE 1k The lock option values are as follows 0 Do not lock data 1 Lock data 113 Important Note locking the data prevents further write access to that data and is irreversible The data can still be read by the Host All data is locked on a block wide 4 byte basis Make sure you have written all the data you want to a block before locking it The data bytes are the numbers or characters you want to store on the RF card The data stream is terminated by a carriage return or a Boca command starting delimiter character The xRFW1 4 02 BOCA SYSTEMS CR command would be used to program 12 bytes starting at block 4 The 12 bytes would be comprised of values 42h 4Fh 43h 41h 20h 53h 59h 53h 54h 45h 4Dh 53h The data is not locked The lt RFW2 8 1 gt 01020322 CR command would be used to program 4 bytes starting at block 8 The 4 bytes would be comprised of values 01h 02h 03h 22h Note it is using 2 byte ASCII format The data would be locked in block 8 The difference between Binary mode and ASCII mode can be a little confusing Another example may be helpful Binary format example the lt RFW1 4 0 gt 12345678 CR command would be used to program 8 bytes starting
64. 2 13 and 15 of the DBC25 connector If additional status information is required activate the bi directional parallel option via the control panel This will allow access the full range of status information as shown in the serial status section above DESCRIPTION BUSY 11 SELECT 13 PO 12 X ON low high low OUT OF TICKETS high low high X OFF high high low TICKET JAM high high low RIBBON LOW high high low RIBBON OUT high high low ERROR 15 high low high low High in FGL42 low High in FGL42 low High in FGL42 NAK POWER ON ACK and ILLEGAL DATA are not applicable on a parallel port 56 LED STATUS PANEL SUPPLEMENT Some printers have an LED panel that is used to display the present status of the printer The panel usually contains the following LED s Ready Data Paper Jam and Check Stock The LED will stay on as long as that status remains valid Additional error status conditions can be indicated by flashing or flickering the LED panel The flashing LED s usually last for about 3 seconds and then the printer tries to resume normal operation If the LED s are flickering constantly then the error is non recoverable without operator intervention Sometimes the operator can fix the problem and then resume operation by pressing the test button thereby not losing any stored ticket data However most flickering errors require that the printer be reset in order to recover from the error Note the disp
65. 5 7D 81 T T 126 TE 200 DPI FONT SAMPLES FONT SAMPLES AT 200 DPI Sida MIS 1s FONTS 2527 185 3456789 75 ABCDEFGNTIKLNNOPORSTUVHKYZRGU sbcdefghi jkimnopqrstuvuxyz THIS IS FONT3 AT 200 DPI 0123656789 28 ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZAOU abcdefghi jklmnoparstuvwxyzao f THIS IS FONT AT 200 DPI 1Z 4 amp 0 0125456789 7 8 ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ OU abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzao g THIS IS FONT9 AT 200 DPI 8598 b 10123456789 ABCDEFON JKLMNOPORSTUVWXY ZAOU abcdefghijklmnopqretuvwxyz amp o THIS IS 10 AT 200 DPI I f Z amp 0123456789 3 78 ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZAOU 6 abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzao ut THIS IS FONT11 AT 200 DPI 18 amp 0123456789 7 2 THIS IS 12 AT 200 DPI 1 amp 0123456789 0 ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPORSTUVWXYZ THIS IS FONT13 AT 200 DPI 1 4 amp 9 0123456789 PABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ N abcdefghi vwxyz 1 LOGAN 2207421 HEE ene pice Te eget herent 346 2 134
66. 56 23 EAN13 SUPPLEMENT 13 is a numeric only bar code All EAN13 codes must contain a variable parity bit followed by a front guard character J 6 lefthand characters a center pattern 6 righthand characters and an ending guard pattern L The parity of the lefthand characters is determined by the first parity bit The last bit in the righthand side is the check digit The firmware automatically recalculates this value after transmission The letter E is used to select EAN13 bar code A typical EAN13 ladder bar code sequence would look like the following lt RCO0 70 gt lt EL5 gt lt BI gt 9J014561K780128L The above command line would generate a 5 unit wide bar code starting on row 0 column 70 The BI command causes the interpretation to be printed with the bar code A typical expanded EAN13 picket fence bar code with no interpretation would be as follows lt RCO 10 gt lt X2 gt lt EP3 gt 9J014561K780128L CODE 39 SUPPLEMENT Code 39 is an alphanumeric bar code The Code 39 character set consists of bar code symbols representing characters 0 9 A Z the space character and the following symbols All code 39 data must be bracketed by an asterik on both sides The letter N is used to select three of nine bar code Note this bar code can be printed in either a 2 1 or 3 1 wide to narrow ratio The following are 2 1 ratio commands the default value A typical ladder code 39 bar code would be se
67. 6 gt lt HW1 1 gt lt RC40 336 gt BOCA 200 PRINT 1 lt F2 gt lt HW2 2 gt lt RC100 330 gt PRESENTS 210 PRINT 1 lt F6 gt lt HW1 1 gt lt RC140 325 gt BOXES 220 PRINT 1 lt F2 gt lt HW2 2 gt lt RR gt lt RC20 1000 gt VOID VOID 230 PRINT 1 lt RC280 210 gt lt LT2 gt lt HX456 gt 240 PRINT 1 lt RC10 680 gt lt LT2 gt lt VX360 gt 250 PRINT 1 lt RC252 210 gt lt NR gt lt BS9 12 gt lt F2 gt lt HW2 2 gt FRIENDLY GHOST LANGUAGE 260 PRINT 1 lt RC300 240 gt lt HW2 2 gt lt F1 gt CUSTOMIZE YOUR TICKETS WITHOUT 270 PRINT 1 lt RC320 240 gt EXPENSIVE PRE PRINTED STOCK 280 PRINT 1 lt p gt 290 NEXT J 300 END SAMPLE OF TICKET PRODUCED WITH THIS PROGRAM BOCA PRESENTS BOXES LA FRIENDLY GHOST LANGUAGE CUSTOMIZE YOUR TICKETS WITHOUT EXPENSIVE PRE PRINTED STOCK 43 HOST TO PRINTER COMMUNICATION SUPPLEMENT BOCA printers can be used with a variety of Host systems including IBM PC s or compatibles Apple computers mainframes and mini computers like the IBM AS400 They are also used with many different types of terminals protocol converters and spoolers However some of these devices particularly the AS400 have a tendency to automatically add unwanted characters to the printer s data stream If there is any difficulty in interfacing the BOCA to any device we recommend immediately placing the printer into diagnostic mode see the diagnostic mode supplement
68. B is data only Remarks Enabled keys are always read as 00 00 00 00 00 00 Using key B as data area will cause a security gap due to the fact that it is necessary to rewrite key A and access conditions each write process It is not recommended for use as data storage IT IS STRONGLY RECOMMENDED THAT THE KEY CODES AND THE ACCESS BITS STORED ON THE MIFARE CARD ARE NOT CHANGED UNTIL THEIR OPERATION IS FULLY UNDERSTOOD Boca supported features Read Serial Number Read single data block only 1 block 16 bytes at a time Requests for more are clipped Write single data block only 1 block 16 bytes at a time Remainder is padded with nulls Key A value can be changed Default value is Philips Transport Configuration Blocks can t be locked due to a reader limitation at this time 111 e Value functions Inc Dec Transfer and Restore are not supported by the reader Programming Tickets RFID extensions have been added to the FGL programming language allowing users to program the tag data with the same ease as defining the data for a bar code ticket or label RFID commands can be used in conjunction with any standard FGL programming command The RFID commands can be used to read the unique ID number of each ticket read write tag data and send that data to the Host RFID tags are based on an EEPROM technology that requires time to be programmed As mentioned before you may notice a slight printing delay between tickets This time is necess
69. DING TEST lt DS gt lt PA5 gt lt ES gt SHADING TEST lt DS gt lt p gt i 1 3 1 Yean SHADING TEST Sample background shading ticket produced by the following commands lt PAB gt lt PA12 gt lt F12 gt lt ES gt SHADING TEST lt DS gt lt PA13 gt lt ES gt SHADING TEST lt DS gt lt PA14 gt lt ES gt SHADING TEST lt DS gt lt PA15 gt lt ES gt SHADING TEST lt DS gt lt p gt SHADING TEST SHADING TEST SHADING TEST SHADING TEST You can shade an entire ticket by using the starting and ending row column commands along with the shading command lt RC0 0 gt lt PAB gt lt PA25 gt lt ES gt lt RC560 1600 gt lt DS gt lt p gt 60 TEXT CENTERING SUPPLEMENT New feature for 26 46 only FGL Text Centering Command lt CTR gt The FGL centering command is based on the concept of a text field The text field has a starting position and length as well as other FGL attributes that define the text formatting The field length is provided as a parameter to the centering command lt CTR1000 gt and specifies the field length dots The remaining attributes are provided by the current state of the FGL command interpreter including starting position font selection and scale factors height width and scale down The text string should immediately follow the centering command and is identified by a start and stop delimiter the tilde character ASCII value Ox7E The text string should
70. DK Cancel WEP Security Mode Allows the user to communicate through the network using WEP wireless encryption With WEP one can select 64 bit or 128 bit encryption When the security encryption mode is chosen it will be required to enter the Pass Phrase for the local wireless network Some networks also enforce the use of a default transmit key If needed select one else leave it set to 1 Next the four security key values will have to be entered to match those of the local network Finally click on OK to have these values transmitted to the printer through the cable The printer will reset and upon re initialization it will establish wireless communication with the local network The handshaking involved in establishing wireless communication can take up to 30 seconds A Configure Printer Wifi and Security 4 Printer Wifi Enable with DHCP IP ssib Wifbem WEP esBs Pass Phrase securemenow 00000000 Def Transmit Key 1 C2 i ma Key I EDG7FEDOBSDS3SASAEESFGFTDI Key 2 FF205ER6A2262617246740677F 7BIBSEG7BGGCDGDSBT7AE3826 Key a DK Cancel 120 BLUETOOTH ADDENDUM Boca now offers Bluetooth capable printers These printers contain a special Bluetooth I O board as well as new firmware to communicate with the board The Bluetooth Interface can be enabled using the Control Panel the Web Menu or an FGL command Note this feature woul
71. DRAW HORIZONTAL LINE COMMAND lt gt This command draws a horizontal line one dot wide c dots long We recommend that a row column command is used immediately following this command to prevent any confusion regarding the location of the cursor following this command LINE THICKNESS COMMAND lt LT gt This command is used in conjunction with the line and box drawing commands It allows the user to change the thickness of the lines being drawn from their normal default thickness of one dot The in the command represents the number of dots in the thickness of the line This command must be sent immediately preceding the line or box command it is to work with All lines revert back to the default size of one after being drawn Therefore if you want to draw several boxes with different line thicknesses you must send a separate line thickness command before each box drawing command The following sequence lt LT4 gt lt BX10 10 gt would produce a box 10 dots long by 10 dots wide with a line thickness of 4 dots Note that the thickness of a box grows towards the center of the box A vertical line grows towards the right and a horizontal line grows towards the bottom of a ticket The only restriction on the thickness of a box drawing line is that it may not be more than 1 2 the size of smallest box dimension For example a 10 x 15 box can have a maximum line thickness of 5 note this would produce a solid black box RESET TICKET COUNT l
72. E If you wish to save the new value then press TEST again 6 If you do not wish to save the new value then press MENU The LCD window displays JUST EXIT Press TEST to exit the OPERATOR MENU without saving new values or press MENU to enter back into the OPERATOR MENU The below chart lists the present menu topics These topics are subject to change ACTORY MENU Continued I DIRECTIONAL D Aj uj co mim STATUS ENABLED STATUS ENABLED SB TRANSPARENT MODE TRANSPARENT MODE ONT ENCODING im IGH SPEED MODE UZZER HUFFLE MODE UTTER TYPE UTTER SPEED RIENTATION AGNETICS THERNET P ADDRESS SUBNET MASK DEFAULT GATEWAY SPEED DUPLEX PRINT MODE USB DEVICE TYPE PRINT INTENSITY EXIT AND SAVE SKI MODE JUST EXIT o Pp O TICKET MODE RFID E PO fF 50 The following is an overview of what each Menu option does BAUD RATE Controls the serial interface baud rate parity bit data bits and stop bits are the following choices 1250 84 4800 81 19200N 8 1 38400 E 7 1 1200 7 1 4800 E 7 1 19200 E 7 1 57600 N 8 1 1200 0 7 1 4800 0 7 1 19200 0 7 1 57600 7 1 2400 N 8 1 9600 N 8 1 28800 N 8 1 115200 N 8 1 2400 E 7 1 9600 E 7 1 28800 E 7 1 115200 E 7 1 2400 0 71 9600 0 7 1 38400 N 8 1 MINI MICRO Defines the type of printer MINI Is for a printer with a Silent Cutter Assembly SC2 Mini Mini P
73. F files to FGL graphics for downloading to the printer Contact Boca if you wish to purchase this software package PCX files preceded with a few simple commands can be sent as is to the printer See both the applicable supplements for further details DIAGNOSTIC MODE The printer can be put in a diagnostic mode when there appears to be a problem communicating with it In this mode the printer simply stores all the data it receives and prints it out as is on a ticket It does not process the data as ticket information See the diagnostic mode supplement for further details PAPER MODE Paper mode is primarily used for internal printer testing As a result there are a number of features that do not operate exactly as a standard BOCA printer In normal operation the printer will immediately start printing tickets if new tickets are re loaded In paper mode if the printer runs out of tickets it will be unable to print new tickets until the test button is depressed to signal the printer that the tickets are loaded However this is not true if the purge printer PP command has been sent INTERFACE SPECIFICATION Pin outs and interface types vary among customers A summary of basic interface types is provided on a separate page ENHANCED FEATURES e Ability to accept and scale downloaded Soft fonts e Ability to delete individual fonts or logos e Permanent and re settable ticket counters 24 44 26 46 only e DRAM Size 22 2
74. HARACTER SET DEC HEX CHAR HEX CHAR DEC HEX 0 0 2B V 86 56 1 1 44 2C W 87 57 2 2 145 2 X 88 58 3 3 46 Y 89 59 4 4 2F 2 90 5A 5 5 o 44 30 91 5 6 6 31 92 5 7 7 32 93 5D 8 8 33 94 5E 9 9 34 EUN 95 5F 10 A 35 EUN 96 60 11 B 6 54 56 97 61 12 C 37 b 98 62 13 D 56 38 99 63 14 9 57 5 d 100 64 DLE 16 59 3B f 102 66 17 11 lt 6o 3C g 103 67 18 12 601 3D h 104 68 19 13 3E i 105 69 20 14 3F 106 6 SYN 22 16 A 65 41 108 6C 23 17 B j 66 42 m 109 60 24 18 43 n 110 6 25 19 D 68 44 111 6F 26 Ee 59 45 112 70 27 1B 46 q 113__ 71 28 1 47 r 114 72 29 1D 48 5 115 73 30 75 49 t 116 74 31 1F 4 u 117 75 32 20 4B 118 76 21 4 w 119 77 34 22 4D x 120 78 35 23 4E y 121 79 36 24 o 7 4F 2 122__ 7 37 25 P_ 590 5 123 7B amp 38 26 Ja 51 124 7 39 27 82 52 E 125 7D 40 28 S 83 53 126 41 29 54 DEL 127 7 42 2 U 55 German characters OCRA special character OCRA special character or British pound sign OCRA special character or British pound sign 132 APPENDIX D Special Character Set SPECIAL CHARACTER SET TO SCALE ASCII GERMAN OCRA BRITISH DEC HEX HER g 5 64 4B B 91 SB BE 92 5C 99 T 93 5p 9n _ 95 ri g6 68 4 a 123 7B 84 i 124 94 12
75. ICATION 44 DIAGNOSTIC MODE SUPPLEMENT 2 ccceeeeeceeeeeeeeeeeeeecesaeeeeeeeeeeeseaeeesecaaeeseaeeseseaeeeseeaeeeseceeeseneeeeseaes 45 ORIENTAL CHARACTER SETS eo eue dg Geile ee Cose ede Oe eu d du uu dede ces 46 DUAE PRINTER SUPPEEMENT 3 nien bici oe eH LE ERO S anand E NISUS 48 GONTROL PANEL detecte are voted e a d e eh hd HERREN NER e eR RARI pea aver eas diene 50 PRINTER STATUS SUPPLEMENT prr ee E Ene eer vr etae od eva Deve ce a ee d ds 56 SAMPLE BASIC PROGRAM FOR SENDING AND RECEIVING STATUS FROM 58 SHADING PATTERN SUPPLEMENT 4 102022 2 0 2 0 000000000 59 TEXT GENTERING SUPPEEMPENT ci o tiu eta sede ee s one oe quce dr ek scade d un ne qoe 61 FLASH MEMORY EXPANSION SUPPLEMENT 62 EONT SIZE S PP EMENT iet rr a E er ti ERR ARE eR A D DES 63 PRINTER DRIVER 50 isiende tete ee ele che enn aa T i 64 Windows Printer Drivers s itc irre ree ERE ed ge e SOR da Ge et doe ab Ree PECORE 64 Apple Mac Printer Drivers e hi rec
76. No No Yes lt F93 gt Aztec 24 Pt No No No No Yes lt RTF1 gt Comic Sans MS No Yes Yes Yes Yes lt RTF2 gt Comic Sans MS Bold No No Yes Yes Yes lt RTF3 gt Verdana No Yes Yes Yes Yes lt RTF4 gt Verdana Bold No No Yes Yes Yes lt RTF5 gt Verdana Italic No No Yes Yes Yes lt RTF6 gt Verdana Bold Italic No No Yes Yes Yes If the 26 46 Lemur model printer s need firmware and or font file upgrades to print the 2D bar codes contact Boca Systems from our web site Hold down the control Ctrl key and click on the following link http www bocasystems com onlinesupportform html Fill out the online support form and email it into Boca Systems PDF 417 2D Bar Code PDF 417 Bar Codes lt PDF gt barcode text All of the Portable Data File PDF bar code command parameters are optional If omitted default values will be used The PDF command and the barcode text is all that is required For example the command lt PDF gt Boca Systems will create a PDF 417 2D barcode for the text Boca Systems using all default values Experimentation with the parameters is the easiest way to determine the effect of each Total of Columns Range 0 30 Minimum of Rows Range 0 10 Error Check Level Range 0 8 Truncate Mode Range 0 or 1 Binary Mode Range 0 or 1 Apply Tilde Range 0 or 1 Barcode text ASCII Text Total Columns The number of data columns in the PDF417 barcode The maximum is 30 Le
77. O Park Ticket NO Ticket Mode MULTIPLE Ski Mode NO Flash Mode NO Baseball Mode NO Bi Directional NO USB YES USB Device Type PRINTER Font Encoding NONE Acknowledge NORMAL Buzzer DISABLE Orientation NORMAL Software Busy NO Tickets Loaded Path1 0 Font SB05 Tickets Remaining 1 0 Serial number Tickets Low Trigger 1 0 2 0 Tickets Loaded Path2 0 Webpage Refresh 15s Tickets Remaining Path2 0 Tickets Low Trigger Path2 0 Ethernet DHCP ENABLED IP Address 010 000 002 032 Subnet Mask 0 0 0 0 Default Gateway 010 000 000 192 DNS Server 205 152 144 023 MAC ID 00 0D 71 00 00 00 Speed Duplex AUTO NEGOTIATE Shuffle Mode NO Cutter Type BOCA Cutter Speed NORMAL High Speed Mode NO 2 Sided Printer NO Bluetooth NO Auto Cash Drawer NO RFID NO Magnetics NO 102 Boca Printer Email Settings Webpage Screenshot T TE File Edit View Favorites Tools Help 5 28 Google Boca Systems Ticket Pri 27 SignIn ATT NET Email News S 2 Get more Add ons Email Settings SMTP Server Address mail bocasystems com SMTP Server Port 25 Email To wiliam amp bocasystems com Email From madison bocasystems com Email Subject Used to indicate the cause of the email alert Email Message 133 characters remaining Fill in if your server requires Authentication Otherwise leave blank
78. ODE COMMANDS lt sb1 sb2 mb gt These commands are explained in the FGL programming guide CLEAR DOWNLOAD SPACE COMMAND ESC c This command is explained in the FGL programming guide DEFAULT SETTINGS COMMAND lt cpb1 gt Note This function should only be used by an experienced user This command returns the printer to its factory default settings New Feature The printer can also be returned to its factory default settings by holding in the test button for at least 3 seconds while turning on the printer Release the test button when you hear the stepper motor move slightly The printer will reset itself with the default configuration INC DEC CUT1 COUNT COMMAND lt gt This command sets the cut count for path 1 A The value can usually vary from 0 200 INC DEC CUT2 COUNT COMMAND lt ccb gt This command sets the cut count for path 2 B The value can usually vary from 0 200 2 SIDED PRINTER COMMANDS lt tse gt lt tsd gt Note This function is set at the factory and should not be changed These commands set the printer up as a 2 sided printer tse or non 2 sided printer normal lt tsd gt PARK TICKET MODE COMMANDS lt pt gt lt dpt gt These commands are explained in the FGL programming guide TICKET MODE COMMANDS lt md gt lt me gt These commands are explained in the FGL programming guide PRINT MODE COMMANDS lt tml gt lt rib gt Note This function is set at the factory and generally shoul
79. ODING This feature is set at the factory and should not be changed ACKNOWLEDGE Defines the ends of print acknowledgment sent out by the printer Your choices are NORMAL or DELAYED Experienced users should only use this function HIGH SPEED MODE Only used on printers with a special pulley ratio to allow high speed printing This feature is set at the factory and should not be changed BUZZER Only used for printer with a buzzer Your choices are DISABLE Disabled 15 SECONDS 30 SECONDS or 60 SECONDS Interval between buzzes SHUFFLE MODE Shuffles the ticket every 15 minutes when the printer is inactive please refer to the shuffle mode commands lt sfe gt lt sfd gt for a full description Your choices are YES Enabled or NO Disabled This feature is normally disabled with the exception of ATM style printers which have it enabled as the factory default setting 53 CUTTER TYPE Defines the type of cutter the printer has SILENT This is the old Silent Cutter assembly BOCA improved stepper motor driven cutter assembly This feature is set at the factory and should not be changed CUT SPEED Defines the cut speed for a BOCA cutter type This feature is set at the factory and should not be changed ORIENTATION Defines the orientation of the ticket layout REVERSE will rotate ticket layout 180 This will only work in conjunction with the boca200 or boca300 print driver NORMAL Default Please consult the PRINTER
80. OPEN LPT2 AS 1 WIDTH 1 255 GOTO 150 130 OPEN COM1 9600 N 8 1 RS DS60000 AS 1 GOTO 150 140 OPEN COM2 9600 N 8 1 RS DS60000 AS 1 GOTO 150 150 PRINT INPUT NAME OF PCX FILE YOU WANT TO PRINT A 160 OPEN R 2 A 1 170 PRINT DOWNLOADING FILE TO PRINTER 180 W LOF 2 190 PRINT 1 lt pcex gt lt G W gt 200 FIELD 2 1 AS R 210 FOR 1 TOW 220 GET 2 X 230 PRINT 1 R 240 NEXT X 250 PRINT 1 lt p gt 36 To store a bmp or pcx file as a logo in flash run the above program with the following line changes 175 PRINT 1 chr 27 250 PRINT 1 chr 27 The logo can then be printed as explained above eg lt SP gt lt LD gt lt p gt BMP PCX vs FGL Image format The BOCA printer handles both 1 bit BMP amp PCX files and FGL image files PCX files take up less room in memory than the corresponding FGL image Therefore more logos can fit in memory if they are in PCX format than in the FGL format However since the PCX files are saved in compressed form they must be decompressed and converted to the FGL Image format by the printer before the image is printed Because of this internal converting it takes a little longer to print a PCX image For most images the difference in printing speed is insignificant BMP files also in a 1 bit format print efficiently and BMP files are more common than PCX Note Customers wishing to download in the FGL Image format can either write their own software to
81. P it pex Git pcx bytes Or lt SP gt lt bmp gt lt G gt bmp bytes The bmp amp pcx must be in lowercase letters The lt SP gt command positions the image If no starting point is sent the image will start at point 0 0 The in the command is equal to the number of bytes in the entire BMP or PCX file After the lt G gt you must send the actual BMP or PCX file There must not be any extra characters sent For example if the BMP or file contained 3500 bytes you would send a lt G3500 gt command followed by the 3500 bytes To download the BMP or PCX file for use later on as logo follow the same procedure as above but send an esc character 27d both before and after the BMP or PCX data stream esc lt pcx gt lt G gt pcx bytes esc Or esc lt bmp gt lt G gt bmp bytes esc This image can then be printed using the normal logo printing commands like lt SP20 20 gt lt LD1 gt lt p gt All BMP amp PCX images can be rotated multiplied and scaled just like any FGL font This is a sample basic program that sends and prints a 1 bit pcx file to the printer 10 CLS 20 PRINT PRINT WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING PORTS IS YOUR PRINTER CONNECTED TO 30 PRINT PRINT 1 LPT1 40 PRINT 2 LPT2 50 PRINT 3 COM1 60 PRINT 4 COM2 70 PRINT INPUT ENTER NUMBER 1 4 PN PN VAL PN 80 IF PN 1 OR PN 4 THEN CLS GOTO 20 90 CLS 100 ON PN GOTO 110 120 130 140 110 OPEN LPT1 AS 1 WIDTH 1 255 GOTO 150 120
82. PARK TICKET TICKET MODE MULTIPLE PRINT MODE THERMAL NORMAL SKI MODE FLASH ACK MODE NO NO TEST TICKET STANDARD BASEBALL MODE NO USB YES ACKNOWLEDGE NORMAL HIGH SPEED MODE BUZZER DISABLE NO CUTTER TYPE BOCA CUTTER SPEED NORMAL ORIENTATION NORMAL DHCP ENABLED a SUBNET MASK 0000 DEFAULT 010000000192 Enter 12 digits Enter 12 digits 205 152 144 023 Enter 12 digits AUTO NEGOTIATE DEFAULT WEBPAGE CONFIGURATION WEBPAGE REFRESH 15 seconds 0 TICKETS LOW 2 NO PRINTER v AUTO CASH DRAWER NO Press Save button to store 101 Boca Printer Real time Status Webpage Screenshot lt lt lt 4 1 Google Boca Systems Ticket Pi Firmware FGL 26M23 On Time 000 23 29 24 d h m s Device Name bocaXXX Operator Settings Baud rate 9600 N 8 1 Mini Micro MINI Print Speed 3 Diagnostic Mode NO Ticket Type SPECIAL TICKET Status Enabled USB SER Transparent Mode NO Paper Mode NO Special Head NO Clear Download NO Cut1 Count 16 Cut2 Count 16 Print Mode THERMAL Print Intensity NORMAL Test Ticket STANDARD Factory Settings Head DPI 300 Path Type 1 Buffer Mode MULTIPLE MODE Default Settings N
83. SB printer as a Class 3 device in HID mode Method 2 above the drivers needed are supplied within Windows operating system Nothing needs to be downloaded Put the Boca Systems USB printer into HID mode from the factory menu on the display and then plug the printer into the PC In this Plug and Play mode the PC will automatically install the printer as an HID compliant device The default factory configuration is that a printer is shipped in Printer mode class 7 unless otherwise specified by the customer when ordering the printer If the printer has already been installed on the PC as a class 7 printer and now it is necessary to change the printer to HID mode class 3 it is important remove the class 7 drivers and registry entries while the class 7 printer is still plugged in Start by opening two windows the Printers and Faxes window and the Device Manager window Delete the Boca Systems printer driver s listed on the P amp F window It is also necessary to uninstall the entry for USB printing support listed under Universal Serial Bus controllers on the Device Managers window For printers equipped with a display the Factory menu can be accessed by holding down the Menu and Choices button simultaneously for about three seconds FACTORY MENU will appear on the display Use the Menu Test buttons to move forward backward through the list of Factory Configuration Items looking for USB DEVICE TYPE Use the Choices button to toggle betw
84. T The data for each track must be terminated with either an EOT 04H or a lower case 2 All data must be sent in accordance with the ATB specification Typical ATB data stream T1 block1 block2 block3 EOT T2 block1 block2 block3 EOT T3 block1 block2 block3 EOT T4 block1 block2 block3 EOT WM NOTES 1 Do not insert spaces in data stream Spaces are for readability only 2 All4tracks support alphanumeric data 3 The block separator character must be sent between blocks whether or not there is any data a given block 4 Maximum number of characters per block Block 1 60 block 2 60 block 3 40 ISO FORMAT The data for each track must be terminated with either an EOT 04H or a lower case z All data must be sent in accordance with the ISO specification Typical ISO data stream T1 block1 EOT T2 block1 EOT T3 block1 EOT WM NOTES 1 Do not insert spaces in data stream Spaces are for readability only 2 SO data contains only one block of data and no block separator characters 3 start stop and LRC byte are automatically inserted into each track of data These three characters are counted among the maximum characters allowed per track 4 Tracks 1 supports alphanumeric data Tracks 2 amp 3 are numeric only 5 Maximum number of characters per track Track 1 79 track 2 40 track 3 107 70 42 44 46 CONFIGURATION TEST TICKET SUPPLEMENT Al
85. T HEAD DPI COMMAND lt dpi200 gt lt dpi300 gt or lt dpi600 gt Note This function is set at the factory and should not be changed This commands sets the printer up as a 200 300 or 600 dpi printer SPECIAL HEAD SETTING COMMAND lt sph gt Note This function is set at the factory and should not be changed This command sets the special head setting for the printer The values can range from as shown below 0 no special head 1 special head size path 1 Note this is for non reversible paper guide 2 special head size path 2 Note this is for non reversible paper guide 3 special head size both paths Note this is for non reversible paper guide 4 reverse adjustable 2 path1 5 reverse adjustable 2 path2 6 reverse adjustable 2 both paths 7 reverse adjustable 2 5 path1 8 reverse adjustable 2 5 path2 9 reverse adjustable 2 5 both paths 10 reverse adjustable 2 7 path1 11 reverse adjustable 2 7 path2 12 reverse adjustable 2 7 both paths 13 reverse adjustable 3 0 path1 14 reverse adjustable 3 0 path2 15 reverse adjustable 3 0 both paths 16 reverse adjustable 2 125 path1 17 reverse adjustable 2 125 path2 18 reverse adjustable 2 125 both paths 19 reverse adjustable 3 25 path1 20 reverse adjustable 3 25 path2 21 reverse adjustable 3 25 both paths 72 PATH TYPE COMMANDS p1 p2 pb1 pb2 These commands are explained in the FGL programming guide BUFFER M
86. TLS Boca Systems Boca Systems www tlseurope com TLS BOCA SYSTEMS Rochussenstraat 291 B 3023 DE Rotterdam PHONE 31 0 10 2210 660 FAX 31 0 10 2210 661 Email info tlseurope com URLS www tlseurope com PROGRAMMING GUIDE FRIENDLY GHOST LANGUAGE FGL46 FGL26 FGL44 FGL24 FGL42 FGL22 March 9 2012 Revision S FRIENDLY GHOST LANGUAGE FGL is Boca s industry standard language that allows the user to print data graphics boxes and bar codes anywhere on the ticket in virtually any orientation Great care has been taken to make this language user friendly without sacrificing any of the features and flexibility required by both future and existing customers FGL has been structured in such a way to easily accommodate adding new functions in the future FGL46 is the latest version of the Friendly Ghost Language Unless stated otherwise all references in the programming guide to FGL44 24 are the same for FGL46 26 FGL22 24 and 26 are subsets of FGL42 44 and 46 respectively They contain most of the same features as FGL42 44 46 Features unavailable in the FGL22 24 26 code will be identified when appropriate throughout the programming guide For simplicity all references to FGL46 should be interpreted as valid for all FGL printers except as noted Please note that the features identified in this manual represent those features available in the latest version of the firmware Older revisions of FGL42 44 46 fi
87. This will vary among different stocks and RFID technologies You should increase the timeout amount if timeout error void tickets are being printed 116 RFID Error Messages lt RFSNO gt STATUS CODE LCD Error Message Explanation A NO ERRORS C NON ASCII CHAR C BAD CRC C FLAGS DON T MATCH C UNKNOWN COMMAND C BAD START BLK C BAD NUM BLKS C BAD MSG LEN R READ TAG FAIL S SELECT TAG FAILED T CARD TIMEOUT W WRITE TAG FAIL Z RFID ENCODER ERR RFID operation s completed OK Non ASCII character in request Bad CRC Flags don t match command or tag type Unknown command Invalid Starting block Invalid Number of blocks Invalid Message length Error reading card No card or multiple cards in the RFID field of the encoder Card timeout error Error programming card Could not establish communication with RFID encoder during Initialization may not be connected 117 WiFi ADDENDUM Configure WiFi Connection To use the wireless capabilities in FGL and PCL 26 46 model printers equipped with a wireless interface it will first be necessary to setup the printer with information and security settings that match the wireless settings of the local wireless server router To configure the printer with the correct security settings it is necessary to acquire these settings directly from the wireless server router or see your network administrator Also to initially configure th
88. W gt command is used in FGL to manipulate height width ratios of item printed For the PDF 417 barcodes to print correctly a lt HW1 1 gt will used exclusively There are twenty PDF 417 barcode fonts available numbered from lt F30 gt to lt F49 gt The default is lt F30 gt They have a point size of 4 to 12 and vary in height width ratios Experimentation with the different fonts is the easiest way to determine the size and shape of each Examples The example below will print a 12 point PDF 417 barcode known as lt F44 gt It will produce 3 columns and 2 rows The HW2 2 command will not be used for the barcode but can be used for other text It will appear on the ticket at 150 150 without rotation lt HW2 2 gt lt RC150 150 gt lt F44 gt lt NR gt lt PDF3 2 gt The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog lt p gt The example below will use all default values It will print a 4 point PDF 417 barcode known as F30 It will print at the current X Y coordinates in the current rotation mode The number of columns and rows will be determined automatically lt PDF gt The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog lt p gt 28 Data Matrix 2D Bar Code Data Matrix Bar Codes lt DTM gt barcode text All of the Data Matrix DTM bar code command parameters are optional If omitted default values will be used The DTM command and the barcode text is all that is required For example the command lt DTM gt Boca Systems
89. XIT AND SAVE Press the TEST button to save the IP address you just entered 78 CHANGING DEFAULT GATEWAY ADDRESS Follow same procedure as Changing IP address above but in step 3 scroll down to the DEFAULT GATEWAY topic CHANGING SUBNET MASK SETTING 1 Depress both the MENU and CHOICES buttons while turning on the printer Keep both buttons depressed until FACTORY MENU appears in the LCD window or the display starts scrolling through different topics 2 Using the MENU button scroll down to the Subnet Mask topic and press the CHOICE button 3 Each time you press the CHOICE button a different mask value will be displayed 4 Once you have the mask value you want press the TEST button The display will show EXIT AND SAVE Press the TEST button a second time to save the address value 79 ETHERNET INTERFACE ADDENDUM REV F ETHERNET Quick Installation Guide e Connect the printer to your network the IP address will be automatically assigned by your DHCP server Load tickets into the printer Wait one minute to allow assignment of IP address Print a test ticket to identify the printer s IP address Ping the printer Open your web browser and type the printer s IP address to review its configuration If you experience any problems please refer to the Ethernet Interface Addendum or email mike bocasystems com Warning Ethernet is a network interface where the printer connects directly to your LAN This interface is very s
90. Yes Yes Yes lt F12 gt FGL Font 12 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes lt F13 gt FGL Font 13E Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes lt F14 gt FGL Font 14 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes lt F15 gt FGL Font 15 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes lt F16 gt FGL Font 16 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes lt F30 gt PDF417 N2 04 Pt No Yes Yes Yes Yes lt F31 gt PDF417 N2 06 Pt No Yes Yes Yes Yes lt F32 gt PDF417 N2 08 Pt No Yes Yes Yes Yes F33 PDF417 N2 10 Pt No Yes Yes Yes Yes lt 34 gt PDF417 12 Pt No Yes Yes Yes Yes lt F35 gt PDF417 N3 04 Pt No Yes Yes Yes Yes F36 PDF417 N3 06 Pt No Yes Yes Yes Yes lt F37 gt PDF417 N3 08 Pt No Yes Yes Yes Yes lt F38 gt PDF417 N3 10 Pt No Yes Yes Yes Yes lt F39 gt PDF417 N3 12 Pt No Yes Yes Yes Yes 26 lt 40 gt PDF417 N4 04 Pt Yes Yes Yes Yes lt 41 gt PDF417 4 06 Pt No Yes Yes Yes Yes lt 42 gt PDF417 4 08 Pt No Yes Yes Yes Yes lt F43 gt PDF417 N4 10 Pt No Yes Yes Yes Yes lt F44 gt PDF417 N4 12 Pt No Yes Yes Yes Yes lt F45 gt PDF417 N5 04 Pt No Yes Yes Yes Yes lt F46 gt PDF417 N5 06 Pt No Yes Yes Yes Yes lt F47 gt PDF417 N5 08 Pt No Yes Yes Yes Yes lt F48 gt PDF417 N5 10 Pt No Yes Yes Yes Yes lt F49 gt PDF417 N5 12 Pt No Yes Yes Yes Yes lt F50 gt Data Matrix 02 Pt No Yes Yes Yes Yes lt F51 gt Data Matrix 03 Pt No Yes Yes Yes Yes lt F52 gt Data M
91. ame as font13 except for a smaller boxsize This is the default font size for the 8 5 wide printers to allow them to easily interface to most word processing programs 9 13x20 13x22 It is a 13x20 OCRB style font includes our condensed German character set and the British Pound sign sitting in a 13x22 box NOTE Whereas most fonts are drawn the exact width of the character font 9 is drawn with spaces on one or both sides of the character to optimize character to character spacing This results in the box width being equal to the character width FONT 10 25x41 28x41 This is a bold Prestige font containing the condensed German and British character sets FONT 11 25x49 26x49 This is a Script font FONT 12 46x91 47x91 Orator font for tall bold lettering FONT 13 20x40 20x42 Courier styled international character set 223 characters 63 PRINTER DRIVER SUPPLEMENT There are multiple driver types that can be used with a Boca Systems printer We supply printer drivers on our web site Windows supplies printer drivers with the PC and some third party ticket vendors will supply a printer driver with their ticketing system All of our drivers and those supplied by Windows will allow you to communicate through driver dependent applications like Word Excel etc When the printer driver is set up as shared access to the printer can be established over a network Although many printer drivers work with Bo
92. ample the character will sit in a box that is one dot higher 34 and one dot wider 21 than normal This means that there will be an extra dot space between characters and between lines of characters This command is used to get compressed or expanded spacing of characters Note when printing in inverted mode the entire box size will be printed in the negative image If a character only takes up a small fraction of the box size it will have a large black border around it This border can be trimmed by sending a box size that is smaller than the font size CLEAR BUFFER COMMAND CB This command will clear the ticket buffer and be sent before any other commands In most instances this command is not needed as the printer clears itself automatically The CB command restores all font definitions back to their normal states This command should be avoided as it degrades printer throughput GRAPHICS COMMAND lt G gt byte1 byte2 byte3 byte4 byte5 byte6 byte7 or lt G gt byte1 byte2 byte This command can be sent with or without a number The number tells the printer how many graphics bytes are coming next If no number is sent the printer uses the default value of 7 Therefore exactly 7 graphics bytes must follow a command of just lt G gt The bytes are sent one after the other without any intervening commas See the logo supplement figure and sample basic programs at the end of the manual for further clarification ASCII GRAPHICS COMMAND
93. and The expanded command allows you to double triple etc the length of the bar code It does not affect the height size of the bar code Normally on a 200 dpi head you should at least use the X2 command X3 for 300 dpi There are two types of bar code select commands Using uppercase letters to select a bar code type will allow you to print bar codes in only two rotations top to bottom and left to right This command is to keep the software downward compatible with older FGL printers A new type of command using lowercase letters to select bar code type has been added to the FGL44 language This command allows the rotation commands to be used to rotate bar codes in all four directions A human readable interpretation line can also be selected by sending a BI bar code interpretation command Please note that the bar codes will be printed the same way as characters are This means that non rotated picket fence bar codes will expand down and to the right from the initial starting position with the interpretation below if selected Rotated upside down picket fence bar codes expand in the opposite direction Rotated right ladder bar codes are printed down and to the left of the starting point with the interpretation below if selected Rotated left ladder bar codes expand in the opposite direction Care must be taken to start the bar codes at a position that will allow them to be printed fully For example a rotated right ladder bar
94. ary to ensure consistent reliability Occasionally a ticket may need to be written and verified more than once This retry period will increase the delay between tickets The number of retries can be set using an RFID command Another factor that can be changed by the user is the period of time that the printer will wait for a response from the RFID encoder This will vary among different stocks and RFID technologies You should only increase the timeout amount if timeout error void tickets are being printed FGL RFID Programming Extensions READ RF CARD UNIQUE ID SERIAL NUMBER COMMAND lt RFSN format send option gt The printer returns the TID serial number for the selected tag The number of bytes returned depends on the type of tag selected Each SL2 ticket contains a unique 8 byte serial number starting with E00401 This number can be read from the ticket and either printed or sent to the Host Each MIFARE Ultralight ticket contains a unique 7 byte serial number This number can be read from the ticket and either printed or sent to the Host Each MIFARE 1K ticket contains a unique 4 byte serial number This number can be read from the ticket and either printed or sent to the Host The format field values are as follows 1 Binary format 1 byte value Data is used as is For example the character 1 31h is stored or sent as 31h Use this format for programming or reading printable Text c
95. at block 4 The 8 bytes would be comprised of values of 31h 32h 33h 34h 35h 36h 37h 38h The data is not locked If you sent the same command using ASCII format it would produce just 4 data bytes of 12h 34h 56h and 78h Special OTP One Time Programming Block Block 3 4 bytes on the MIFARE Ultralight card is a bit wise modified one time only programming area that can be used for a 32 bit counter The region is initially programmed to 0 Each bit can be individually programmed to a 1 but once set the process is irreversible Each time you write data to this block it is bit wise or ed with the current contents of the OTP bytes You can also lock the entire block thereby preventing any more accesses to this region The xRFW2 3 02000000FF CR command would be used to program the 4 bytes of the OTP block with a counter value of 255 FFh The count would not be locked Note this is using 2 byte ASCII format TEMPORARY RF KEY COMMAND lt 00 8 8 Note those are zeros after the RFKOO will change key A 01 will change key B Note This command is only for Mifare 1K tags This command specifies what security key value should be used when authenticating a Mifare 1K tag AII Mifare 1K tags must be authorized before performing a read or write operation This is handled automatically by the printer using the permanent flash value it has stored for key A Normally a tag contains two keys A and B
96. at the h feature is intended to be used for the replacement of similar fields of data The use of the lt gt command to overwrite a field of large characters with small characters will cause pieces of the original data to remain on the ticket making the new field difficult to read Similarly changing the font size or font type will also create undesirable results Another factor to consider is that although new data is placed on the ticket on a bit by bit basis lt h gt mode data is loaded on a byte by byte basis This means that the data is replaced in multiples of 8 bits For example a font6 character is 52 dots high but the actual amount of replaced data will be 56 dots next multiple of 8 Therefore in this case any characters located 4 or less dots below the replaced field will be erased To avoid erasing adjacent data accidentally you should avoid printing any characters within 8 dots below the field that is to be replaced The exact number varies with font size height and width so trial and error is the best approach if you are losing parts of characters when printing in the replace mode NOTE This command is not supported when using soft fonts and is not applicable to Magi and Dual printers 18 PRINT NO CUT HOLD TICKET IMAGE lt gt This command works just like the hold command above except that in cut mode no ticket is cut until a normal print command lt p gt or FF is sent NOTE This command is not curre
97. atrix 04 Pt No Yes Yes Yes Yes lt F53 gt Data Matrix 05 Pt No Yes Yes Yes Yes lt F54 gt Data Matrix 06 Pt No Yes Yes Yes Yes lt F55 gt Data Matrix 07 Pt No Yes Yes Yes Yes lt F56 gt Data Matrix 08 Pt No Yes Yes Yes Yes lt F57 gt Data Matrix 09 Pt No Yes Yes Yes Yes lt F58 gt Data Matrix 10 Pt No Yes Yes Yes Yes lt F59 gt Data Matrix 12 Pt No Yes Yes Yes Yes lt F60 gt Data Matrix 14 Pt No Yes Yes Yes Yes lt F65 gt QR 03 Pt No No No Yes Yes lt F66 gt QR 04 Pt No No No Yes Yes lt F67 gt QR 05 Pt No No No Yes Yes lt F68 gt QR 06 Pt No No No Yes Yes lt F69 gt QR 07 Pt No No No Yes Yes lt F70 gt QR 08 Pt No No No Yes Yes lt F71 gt QR 09 Pt No No No Yes Yes lt F72 gt QR 10 Pt No No No Yes Yes lt F73 gt QR 11 Pt No No No Yes Yes lt F74 gt QR 12 Pt No No No Yes Yes lt F75 gt QR 13 Pt No No No Yes Yes lt F76 gt QR 14 Pt No No No Yes Yes lt F77 gt QR 15 Pt No No No Yes Yes lt F78 gt QR 16 Pt No No No Yes Yes lt F80 gt Aztec 04 Pt No No No No Yes lt F81 gt Aztec 05 Pt No No No No Yes lt F82 gt Aztec 06 Pt No No No No Yes lt F83 gt Aztec 07 Pt No No No No Yes lt F84 gt Aztec 08 Pt No No No No Yes lt F85 gt Aztec 09 Pt No No No No Yes lt F86 gt Aztec 10 Pt No No No No Yes lt F87 gt Aztec 11 Pt No No No No Yes lt F88 gt Aztec 12 Pt No No No No Yes lt F89 gt Aztec 14 Pt No No No No Yes lt F90 gt Aztec 16 Pt No No No No Yes lt F91 gt Aztec 18 Pt No No No No Yes lt F92 gt Aztec 20 Pt No No
98. ave at 0 for an automatic setting This will control the width of the bar code Total Rows We recommend leaving this setting at 0 the default The minimum number of total rows can be set by this Error Check The level of Reed Solomon error correction level placed in the symbol More error correction creates a larger symbol that can withstand more damage Leave at 0 for the automatic setting Truncated A truncated PDF 417 symbol is more area efficient than normal PDF417 By selecting this option the right hand side of the PDF 417 is removed or truncated This option should only be used in clean environments because it is less immune to damage Binary mode Encodes bytes of data and text mode encodes all characters on the US keyboard plus returns and tabs The default of 0 is binary mode 1 is text mode which only encodes ASCII 9 10 13 and 32 127 but takes up less space Apply Tilde If set to 1 you can use the format ddd if you want to specify the ASCII code of the character to be encoded Default is off For example if you enter the following text in the Data field 029AB you will actually be encoding GSAB where GS is a delimiter ASCII 29 character This can be used in a single string to encode GS and RS characters GS ASCII 29 and RS ASCII 30 Other commonly used ASCII codes are 009 for a tab 013 which is a return function These are useful when encoding multiple fields in a single symbol NOTE FGL lt H
99. be installed as a shared device on a Network Port using either an LPR port or a Standard TCP IP port See installation instructions at the end of this document As a shared device it is possible to redirect one of the LPT ports to a network port allowing all of Boca s sample VB VC C and GWBasic programs to work across the network Redirection is accomplished by using the MS DOS command Net Use Choose port name on your PC that is not being used such as LPT2 The syntax of the command is Net Use LPT2 networkPCname printersharename Net Use LPT2 panther tcpprint At this point any copy command issued to LPT2 on your PC will be redirected across your network to the Boca Systems Inc printer named tcpprint attached to PC panther Although the printer can be written to across the network by this method the data returned from the printer can t be read back For further details on Net Use refer to your DOS manual or use Windows Help mode 87 Ethernet Trouble shooting quide MAC conflicts You must make sure there are no MAC address conflicts between multiple Boca Printers and any other devices on your network Though it should never be the case there was once an instance where two Boca Printers had the same MAC The printer s MAC address is based on its serial number Changing the printer s serial number might cause a problem Packet loss Determine if you are losing packets To test for packet loss ping the printer 10
100. ble to ping print or access the Web Menu simply by using the printer name instead of the actual IP address For example you should be able to type BOCA123456 in a Web Browser and access the printer s Web Menu or ping it using ping BOCA123456 Once the Subnet has been set either automatically or by the customer it will remain set It is up to the customer to reset it to 0 0 0 0 if they do not want the printer to try and use the Gateway For ex if it was set using the DHCP SUB GATE mode and then the Ethernet mode was changed to DHCP the printer will get a dynamic IP address and still use the previous Subnet and Gateway settings The Subnet can be cleared through the Control Panel Menu the Web Menu or using the lt sub0 gt command below MEDIA ACCESS CONTROL NUMBER COMMAND lt gt This command returns the MAC number Ethernet address for the printer in the form 4 44 The MAC is used by hardware devices on the network to communicate with each other It is set at the factory and can t be changed by the user INTERNET PROTOCOL ADDRESS COMMAND lt gt This command returns the IP address of the printer in the form The IP address is used by applications on direct networks to communicate with each other The default address is 10 0 0 192 This address can be changed by the user See next command PERMANENT PROTOCOL ADDRESS COMMAND lt 10 0 1 25 gt This command permanently changes the IP addres
101. bled or NO Disabled PAPER MODE 5 generally used only for test purposes It may also be used on roll stock with no black marks on the ticket Your choices are YES Enabled or NO Disabled NO is factory default HEAD DPI Defines thermal head dpi dots per inch choices are 200 300 or 600 This feature is set at the factory and should not be changed SPECIAL HEAD 15 used when a special paper path size is installed 2 125 2 5 2 7 Here are the following choices This feature is set at the factory ONPI ONP2 DUAL amp SINGLE PATH PRINTER ONLY fixed path DUAL PATH PRINTER ONLY on path 2 fixed path DUAL PATH PRINTER ONLY on both paths fixed path DUAL amp SINGLE PATH PRINTER WITH RADJ paper guide set to 2 REV ADJ2 P2 DUAL PATH PRINTER WITH RADJ paper guide set to 2 on path 2 DUAL PATH PRINTER WITH REV RADJ paper guide set to 2 on both paths DUAL amp SINGLE PATH PRINTER WITH RADJ paper guide set to 2 50 51 REV ADJ2 5 P2 DUAL PATH PRINTER WITH RADJ paper guide set to 2 50 on path 2 DUAL PATH PRINTER WITH REV RADJ paper guide set to 2 50 on both paths DUAL amp SINGLE PATH PRINTER WITH RADJ paper guide set to 2 70 DUAL PATH PRINTER WITH RADJ paper guide set to 2 70 on path 2 DUAL PATH PRINTER WITH REV RADJ paper guide set to 2 70 on both paths REV ADJ3 P1 DUAL amp SINGLE PATH PRINTER WITH RADJ paper guide set to 3 DUAL PATH PRINTER WITH RADJ paper guide set to 3 on path 2 DUAL PATH
102. ca Systems printers they all behave differently Usually only one driver will work with a specific ticketing system If unsure which printer driver works with a specific ticketing system call the ticketing system vendor and ask them which printer driver they use Since Boca Systems manufactures numerous types of printers it will be necessary to understand a few facts about the features of the printer currently being installed This will enable correct selection of the printer driver and complete the installation Printer Features 1 Interface Is it USB serial parallel or Ethernet 2 15 it FGL or PCL 3 Model Is it 22 42 24 44 or 26 46 4 Head Size Is it 200 300 or 600 DPI To download the appropriate Boca Systems printer driver file please go to our web site at www bocasystems com and click on the Printer Drivers link appropriate for the PCs operating system Windows Apple Mac or Linux See the three sections below for details on downloading and installing Boca Systems printer drivers for Windows Apple Mac and Linux systems Windows Printer Drivers Generic Text Driver The Generic Text Only driver supplied by Windows is typically used only in older printers which do not support either FGL or HP drivers This driver does not support WYSIWYG true type fonts or graphics Additionally Microsoft support on this driver is increasingly difficult with each version of Windows We suggest avoiding the u
103. ceives a ME command it will send an ASCII message to the CRT port as well as the normal cpu status byte In this way an operator will see the message OUT OF TICKETS on the screen when it occurs Only the above mentioned conditions will be reported Once enabled this command remains in effect until it is disabled see below CRT MESSAGES DISABLED COMMAND MD This is the normal default condition of the printer This command is used to disable the function of the lt gt command mentioned above MULTIPLE TICKET MODE DISABLED md During normal multiple ticket mode operation the printer will stop for several hundred milliseconds within each ticket to allow the cutter to cycle This break in the print cycle causes a small under 005 gap in the printout Under normal circumstances this gap is barely detectable and of little consequence However the gap would make it difficult to read a bar code printed across this area approximately one inch from the right edge of the ticket This problem can be avoided by placing the printer into single ticket mode Sending the md command causes the printer to treat each ticket like a single ticket even in a multiple run Single ticket mode adds approximately 2 inches of paper feed time about 5 seconds to each ticket This command will be stored in flash and will remain in effect until an me command is sent MULTIPLE TICKET MODE ENABLED me This is the normal default condit
104. characters these are special characters recognized by OCRA scanners 95 96 126 FONT 5x7 7x8 This is a self styled font containing most of the normal ASCII characters It also includes the German character set and the British Pound sign It is not recommended for use FONT 8x16 10x18 This is a self styled font containing most of the normal ASCII characters It also includes the German character set and the British Pound sign FONTS 17x31 20x33 This is an OCRB styled font containing most of the normal ASCII characters It also includes the German character set and the British Pound sign 5x9 7x11 This is an OCRA styled font containing most of the extended non rotated character set no extended graphics characters It does not include lower case letters in either rotation or the OCRA special character set It is not recommended for use on 200 printers FONTS 5x11 7x12 This is a self styled font containing most of the normal ASCII characters non rotated mode only This font is generally used by special customers and is not recommended for general use FONTS6 30x52 34x56 This is an OCRB styled font containing most of the normal ASCII characters This font also contains BOCA s condensed German and British character sets FONT 15 29 20x31 This is a full OCRA font when printed on a 200 dpi printer FONTS 20x40 20x33 This font has been changed It is now the s
105. ck on boca pkg zip to unzip the file Boca pkg will appear on your desktop Be careful to select the proper print resolution 200 300 or 600 dpi Printer Driver Installation USB instructions are based upon the use of the Intel based Mac OS X 10 4 9 Other versions of the Mac OS X operating system will operate in a similar but not identical manner e Double click on boca pkg to start the install process e Hit Continue Agree and Upgrade as prompted e Enter your password and hit ok when prompted e Hit Close to complete driver installation e Click Add from Printer List e Select Printer Name 44 300 46 200 etc from Printer Browser e Go to Print Using e Select correct BOCA printer model same as the name appearing in the Print Browser e Click Add Ethernet All instructions are based upon the use of the Intel based Mac OS X 10 4 9 Other versions of the Mac OS X operating system will operate in a similar but not identical manner Double click on boca pkg to start the install process Hit Continue Agree and Upgrade as prompted Enter your password and hit ok when prompted Hit Close to complete driver installation Click Add from Printer List Select IP Printer Go to Protocol and select Line Printer Daemon LPD Enter IP address of printer Go to Print Using Select correct BOCA printer model verify correct print resolution 200 300 or 600 dpi Click Add If the BOCA printer model is not available under print usin
106. cket length For reference a 5 5 long ticket will contain about 1050 dot columns SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS Most Gihostwriters require a minimum of three characters blanks are acceptable to be sent in the first line before accepting a CR character This is to protect the printer from processing false CR s which are sent by certain PC s The Ghostwriter also requires a minimum of three lines of data per ticket as a further error checking technique This restriction does not apply if a p command is used as the print command instead of the form feed character Certain printer commands allow the user to select rotated and or expanded versions of a character set All modified characters will be top and left justified in their box according to their rotation For example a rotated left character that starts at the bottom left hand corner of the ticket will build up the ticket and to the right Expanded characters will build even further into rows and columns next to them Therefore care must be taken not to start a character in a row or column that is occupied by another character For instance if you expand a non rotated 7x8 box size character by 2 it will occupy a space 16 dot positions down from its starting point and 14 spaces to the right Therefore no character should be placed less than 16 dot rows below that character or closer than 14 positions to the right The printer will automatically do this if no overriding positioning commands are sen
107. cket sniffer called Ethereal from the following link http www wireshark org or http sourceforge net project showfiles php group_id 255 Note In June 2006 Ethereal was renamed Wireshark due to trademark issues All references below are valid for either Wireshark or Ethereal Important Note On a switched network in order to see all the network traffic both the Boca and computer should be connected to a non switched hub Some switches have the ability to replicate all traffic on all ports to a single port so that you can plug your analyzer into that single port to sniff all traffic See the section below titled Capturing Packets for more details 1 Install Ethereal on the same computer that the Boca was initially installed on 2 Under capture options select a buffer size necessary to capture all the packets that might be sent during the test This will vary depending on the network traffic the amount of tickets sent and what the problem is If the problem is one where the printer stops printing after a large amount of tickets are sent then we recommend you set as large a buffer as possible 3 Under capture options select an interface there are sometimes several to chose from Then start capturing 4 Stop after a few seconds and make sure you see packets being captured or else you must select a different interface Restart capturing packets Send print jobs to the printer After a problem develops stop the captur
108. code with a size of 5 will be 40 dots wide The interpretation if printed will take up another 10 dots 2 dots of space 8 dots of character height Therefore the bar code will need at least 50 dot columns to be printed so it should be started somewhere past column 50 Please read the appropriate bar code data supplement before using any of the bar codes GRAPHICS Using Graphics mode you can individually turn on or off any dot on a ticket In this manner you can create your own images shapes or logos A Graphic character is made up of one byte of data Graphic characters can be positioned like normal characters with row column commands The first Graphics character will be printed at the row column position selected Each succeeding Graphics character will be printed in the next dot column Following transmission of the graphics select command lt G gt or lt G gt the user is to send the printer bytes of dot data for each column of data to be printed Each byte will represent one column of 8 dots the MSB being the top dot with the leftmost column being transmitted first A one will print as a black dot and a zero will be a blank dot If the command G is sent without a number the bytes must be transmitted in multiples of seven If the lt G gt command is used then the number of bytes sent over is equal to 4 In either case the graphics mode must be re selected after each group of bytes is sent over If not the Ghostwriter will be unabl
109. cters with row column commands It is recommended that a new row column command be sent for the line following an inverted one If one is not sent then the lines may be closer together than expected because of the increased size of the inverted characters This feature is not presently available with soft fonts BAR CODES Code 39 Interleaved 2of 5 EAN13 EAN8 UPC USS Coda bar Code 128 Softstrip PDF 417 Aztec QR and Data Matrix barcodes can be printed via the appropriate select codes All can be printed in either ladder or picket fence orientations Ladder bar codes are printed along the width of the ticket and picket fence bar codes are printed along the length of the ticket Ladder bar codes can be printed top to bottom RR or bottom to top RL Picket fence bar codes can be printed left to right NR or right to left RU All bar codes should be selected by specifying the starting address bar code size orientation and type of bar code Most bar codes are built using bars 8 dots high and 1 dot wide This is the minimum size of a bar called a unit dimension The height of the bar can be changed in units of 8 using the bar code size command Therefore the number used to select the bar code size represents the number of 8 dot high bars to be used to construct the bar code A bar code size of three translates to a 24 dot high bar code bar codes can be expanded from their normal bar width of one dot by using the expanded X comm
110. d normally be enabled at the factory for customers requesting a Bluetooth printer CONTROL PANEL CONFIGURATION 1 Please follow these steps to enable the Bluetooth interface on your printer 2 Depress both the MENU and CHOICES buttons while turning on the printer Keep both buttons depressed unit FACTORY MENU appears in the LCD window or the display starts scrolling through different topics 3 Using the MENU button scroll down to the BLUETOOTH topic and press the CHOICE button 4 The blinking cursor indicates the current setting selected Every time you press the CHOICE button the setting option will change 5 Choose the appropriate setting Select YES to enable the interface and NO to disable it 1 Press the TEST button to enter that setting 2 Now the display will show EXIT AND SAVE Press the TEST button to save the setting entered WEB CONFIGURATION The printer can be configured across the network by typing in its IP address in the Address Bar of a Web Browser It will allow you to set the same configuration options available under the control panel Factory Menu BLUETOOTH MODE COMMAND ble bld This command sets the BLUETOOTH mode for the printer and is permanently stored in flash Use ble to enable the interface and bld to disable it PURPOSE Bluetooth allows the printer to communicate wirelessly with a host thus eliminating the need for cables It is a direct replacement for the standard serial
111. d not be changed These commands set the printer up for Thermal lt gt or Ribbon thermal transfer rib printing PRINT INTENSITY COMMAND lt pi gt Note This function should only be used by an experienced user This command sets the print intensity setting for the printer The values can range as shown below 1 light intensity 2 medium light intensity 3 normal intensity 4 medium dark intensity 5 short head life SKI MODE ENABLED DISABLED COMMANDS lt sme gt lt smd gt Note This function is set at the factory and should not be changed These commands set the printer in ski mode sme or non ski mode lt smd gt after initializing Ski mode prevents the printer from backing up more than a 2 inch to prevent tearing of ski labels FLASH ACK MODE ENABLED DIABLED COMMANDS lt fa gt lt dfa gt These commands set the printer in flash ack mode fa or non flash ack mode lt dfa gt after initializing Flash Ack mode causes the printer to send an ack 11h or nak 1ch after performing a file operation in Flash or RAM SOFTWARE BUSY MODE ENABLED DISABLED COMMANDS sbe sbd These commands are obsolete 73 BI DIRECTIONAL PARALLEL MODE ENABLED DISABLED COMMANDS lt bpe gt lt bpd gt Note This function should only be used by an experienced user These commands set the printer up for bi directional parallel lt bpe gt or non bi directional parallel lt bpd gt communication TEST
112. ded logo 2 starting at row column position 50 120 send lt SP50 120 gt lt LD2 gt The following sample Basic program illustrates one way to send a downloaded logo to the printer use the figure for reference 10 CLS 20 OPEN COM1 9600 N 8 1 RS DS60000 AS 1 30 PRINT 1 CHR 27 40 PRINT 1 lt RC0 0 gt lt G21 gt 50 FOR X 1 TO 21 READ A PRINT 1 CHR A NEXT X 60 DATA 3 12 24 48 96 70 70 64 64 64 64 64 67 65 64 64 64 72 85 85 34 70 PRINT H CHR 13 80 PRINT 1 lt G21 gt 90 FOR X 1 TO 21 READ A PRINT 1 CHR A NEXT X 100 DATA 224 24 12 6 3 49 49 1 1 1 1 1 97 193 1 1 1 137 85 85 34 110 PRINT 1 CHR 27 120 END RCA B8 rT13 BYTE 1 BBBB8B8B11 Li E i27 LL gt BYTE 21 68166614 3H 3 T CFIRST LINE ZZH 34 RCB H FFE BYTE 1 1118888H HHH Recon S SECOND LINE Lines 30 and 110 send the ESC character that must bracket the transmission Line 40 sends the initial reference point of row 0 column 0 and signals the printer that there are 21 graphics bytes coming The first byte sent is a value of 3 Refer to the figure to see how this is determined Note that semicolons are used to suppress spaces and carriage returns being sent between bytes and commands Any extraneous data sent will cause unwanted results Also note that in this example a return character chr 13 is sent in place of the row column command in lin
113. e READ RF CARD COMMAND lt RFR format starting block number of bytes to read send option gt The format field uses the same values as explained in the RFSN command 1 2 The starting block number can range from 0 27 I Code2 0 15 MIFARE Ultralight or 0 63 MIFARE 1k The number of bytes to read can range from 1 64 depending on starting block Note This is presently a limitation of the reader If you need to read more than 64 bytes you must issue extra read commands Mifare 1K tags can only be read up to 16 bytes at a time The send options are the same as described in the RFSN command The lt RC10 10 gt lt F2 gt lt RFR1 4 12 0 gt command would be used to read 12 bytes starting at block 4 and print it in Binary format in font2 at position 10 10 on the ticket For example if the 12 bytes starting at block 4 were comprised of values 42h 4Fh 43h 41h 20h 53h 59h 53h 54h 45h 4Dh 53h the printer would print BOCA SYSTEMS on the ticket WRITE RF CARD COMMAND lt RFW format starting block lock option gt data bytes CR carriage return or command delimiter On an 2 card blocks 0 27 112 bytes are available for user data On the MIFARE Ultralight card blocks 4 15 48 bytes are available for user data On the MIFARE 1K blocks 0 63 768 bytes are available for user data some bytes unavailable Important Data must be written in multiples of 4 bytes
114. e to distinguish the graphics bytes from command sequences NOTE The interface must be configured for eight bit data in order to use dot addressable graphics Some computers cannot send the full range of 8 bit data 0 255 that is needed to fully describe all possible graphics characters Therefore the printer is capable of receiving the dot data bytes not just as straight decimal interpretations of each column but also as ASCII characters For example a column that has every other dot on 01010101 55H would have a straight decimal value of 85 Therefore to print this column in normal graphics mode a byte with a value of 85 would be sent to the printer In Basic this could be done with a print chr 85 statement However in ASCII graphics mode the byte is split into 2 ASCII bytes representing the hex value of the data In the above case the 85 decimal byte is equal to 55H so it is sent as two bytes of ASCII 55 In Basic this could be done with a simple print 55 command The ASCII graphics mode is distinguished from the normal mode by using a small g instead of a capital one There is no default byte count of 7 for ASCII graphics the command must contain the number of bytes to follow lt g gt See the command and logo supplement sections for further clarification DOWNLOADABLE FONTS AND LOGOS Downloaded data is saved in either flash or ram depending on the printer s default configuration 42 44 46 printers are factory set to default to flas
115. e 70 Therefore you could double the size of this logo by sending a lt 2 2 gt command before the print logo command DOWNLOADING IN ASCII FORMAT Downloading of logos can be done in ASCII format just like ASCII graphics It follows all of the above rules except that a small g is used instead of a capital G and the bytes of data are represented as ASCII characters not decimal The Basic program above would be re written for ASCII downloading mode as follows 10 CLS 20 OPEN 1 9600 8 1 85 0560000 AS 1 30 PRINT 1 CHR 27 40 PRINT 1 lt RC0 0 gt lt g42 gt 45 PRINT 1 030C18306046464040404040434140404048555522 50 PRINT H CHR 13 55 PRINT 1 lt g42 gt 60 PRINT4H E0180C06033131010101010161C101010189555522 65 PRINT 1 CHR 27 70 END 35 DOWNLOADING BMP amp PCX SUPPLEMENT PCX not available on 22 24 26 BMP available on 46 Only BMP amp PCX files are a commonly found format used by image and paint programs These files can be downloaded directly as is to the printer as long as they are preceded with a small FGL string The only restriction on the BMP amp PCX file is that it must be saved in the 1 bit format This is the normal format for non color images The BMP or file can be downloaded to the printer for use later on as a logo or it can be sent as a graphics file to be printed immediately To print the BMP or PCX file immediately send one of the following command strings S
116. e immediately Note If the problem is one where the printer stops printing you should wait up to 5 minutes before stopping the capture This allows us to see if your system has stopped sending us data for some reason Save the project under the tab Email file to us along with a description of the events that happened during the capture session Include the appropriate IP addresses so we can identify the printer and server packets Noo Capturing Packets source http ethereal netmirror org faq html 7 1 When use Ethereal to capture packets why do I see only packets to and from my machine or not see all the traffic I m expecting to see from or to the machine I m trying to monitor A This might be because the interface on which you re capturing is plugged into an Ethernet or Token Ring switch on a switched network unicast traffic between two ports will not necessarily appear on other ports only broadcast and multicast traffic will be sent to all ports Note that even if your machine is plugged into a hub the hub may be a switched hub in which case you re still on a switched network Note also that on the Linksys Web site they say that their auto sensing hubs broadcast the 10Mb packets to the port that operate at 10Mb only and broadcast the 100Mb packets to the ports that operate at 100Mb only which would indicate that if you sniff on a 10Mb port you will not see traffic coming sent to a 100Mb port and vice
117. e printer in diagnostic mode thru software send the DM command Diagnostic mode is used when there appears to be a problem communicating with the printer When the printer is in this mode it stores all the data sent to it but does not process it as ticket data Instead it prints each data value between 0 and FFH as a unique character The full chart is shown below Characters 0 OFH 0 and 00 excluded are marked with an underline and characters 10H 1FH are marked with a small character For example an stx 02 character would be a 2 with an underline and an ESC 1B character would look like B with a dot below it The OC value is a print command and is shown as a Pc character The OD is a return character and is shown as a return arrow Most other characters are printed as is with the exception of some special values like the german characters If a value is greater than 127 then it will be shown as an inverted character white on black background The printer will print a diagnostic ticket only after receiving a full ticket s worth of characters If not enough data is sent to fill a ticket the printer will not print a ticket In this case you simply push the test button and the ticket will contain the diagnostic data plus the words diagnostic mode Whenever you think you have sent data to the printer and it does not print a ticket push the test button to see if any data has been transmitted If no data appears on the ticket it indicat
118. e tilde may be used to recognize some special characters in the input data If set to 1 you can use the format ddd if you want to specify the ASCII code of the character to be encoded Default is off For example if you enter the following text in the Data field 029 you will actually be encoding GSAB where GS is a delimiter ASCII 29 character This can be used in a single string to encode GS and RS characters GS ASCII 29 and RS ASCII 30 Other commonly used ASCII codes are 009 for a tab and 013 which is a return function These are useful when encoding multiple fields in a single symbol Error Correction The level of Reed Solomon error correction level placed in the symbol More error correction creates a larger symbol that can withstand more damage NOTE The FGL lt HW gt command is used in FGL to manipulate height width ratios of item printed For the Data Matrix barcodes to print correctly a lt HW1 1 gt will used exclusively There are fourteen Aztec barcode fonts available numbered from lt F80 gt to lt F93 gt The default is lt F80 gt They have a point size of 4 to 24 Examples The example below will print a 6 point Aztec barcode known as lt 82 gt The HW2 2 command will not be used for the barcode but can be used for other text It will appear on the ticket at 150 150 without rotation lt NR gt lt HW2 2 gt lt RC450 150 gt lt F11 gt This is a Aztec text test lt RC150 150 gt lt F82 gt lt AZ gt
119. e wireless settings it will be required to connect a USB or Parallel cable between the printer and a PC We recommend using one the Boca Systems Customer tools Windows version 11 8 0 or newer to perform this task To download one of the Boca Systems Customer tools go to www bocasystems com and click on Ghostwriter News After installing the Boca Systems Customer tool click on the Update button to acquire any recent modifications to the tool After updating the tool start it up click on the Help button For step by step instructions read the section titled Configure WiFi Connection from the customer tool help page These directions are also listed on the next page 118 Configure WiFi Connection Step by Step Connect the Boca printer to your PC using one of the hardwired interface connections Serial USB or parallel run the Customer program and select the interface connection configured above Using the Boca Systems Customer Interface tool select the Configure WiFi Connection from the Printer Operations drop down menu The first prompt Printer WiFi turns on off the wireless Ethernet capability in the printer itself To turn the capability off in the printer select Disable Wireless To turn the capability on select Enable with Static IP or Enable with DHCP IP depending on the local network setting If Enable with Static IP is being used remember to set the IP address of the printer manually Once enabled the next thing ente
120. ea Cut counts are increments of 003 for 300dpi and 005 for 200dpi Depressing CHOICES changes the count value 16 is factory default DEC CUT1 COUNT Enables the operator to move the cut or tear position to right towards the ticket exit area Cut counts are decrements of 003 for 300dpi and 005 for 200dpi Depressing CHOICES changes the count value 16 is factory default INC CUT2 COUNT Same as INC CUT1 COUNT But effects path 2 on a dual path printer DEC CUT2 COUNT Same as DEC CUT1 COUNT But effects path 2 on a dual path printer 2 SIDED PRINTER Only used with 2S ticket printers Your choices are YES Enabled or NO Disabled NO is factory default PARK TICKET Reverse the ticket to the print position after the last ticket in a group has been printed Please consult your Programming Guide Your choices are YES Enabled or NO Disabled NO is factory default TICKET MODE Defines how the printer will treat multiple tickets Please consult your Programming Guide Your choices are SINGLE or MULTIPLE MULTIPLE is factory default PRINT MODE Defines the automatic ticket length calculation feature THERMAL The printer will feed out and then retract a ticket during this measurement 52 RIBBON The printer will feed out one blank ticket This mode is used for label stock to prevent peeling PRINT INTENSITY Controls the darkness of ticket print out Here are the following choices LIGHT MED LIGHT NORMAL factory defau
121. each Point Size Range 3to 16 Default 6 Apply Tilde Range Oor1 Default 0 Encode Mode Range0 2 Default 0 Error Correction Level Range 0 3 Default 0 Barcode text ASCII Text Apply Tilde When Apply Tilde is equal to 1 the tilde may be used to recognize some special characters in the input data If set to 1 you can use the format ddd if you want to specify the ASCII code of the character to be encoded Default is off For example if you enter the following text in the Data field 029 you will actually be encoding GSAB where GS is a delimiter ASCII 29 character This can be used in a single string to encode GS and RS characters GS ASCII 29 and RS ASCII 30 Other commonly used ASCII codes are 009 for a tab and 013 which is a return function These are useful when encoding multiple fields in a single symbol Encode Mode The data represented in the symbol may be compressed by changing the encoding mode if certain text is being encoded Valid values are 0 for Byte 1 for Alpha Numeric 2 for Numeric Error Correction The level of Reed Solomon error correction level placed in the symbol More error correction creates a larger symbol that can withstand more damage Valid values are 0 for Level M 1596 recovery capacity 1 for Level L 796 recovery capacity 2 for Level H 3096 recovery capacity 3 for Level 25 recovery capacity NOTE FGL lt HW gt command is used FGL to manipulate height width ratios
122. een HID and PRINTER When HID is displayed press the Test button twice to select and save the change The printer will reinitialize and install itself as an HID For printers not equipped with a display FGL text commands exist to allow the USB printer device type to be changed usbp Set USB Device type a Class 7 Printer lt usbh gt Set USB Device type to a Class 3 Human Interface Device 127 APPENDIX A SAMPLE BASIC PROGRAM FOR 200 DPI PRINT HEAD 1 CLS PRINT PRINT WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING PORTS IS YOUR PRINTER CONNECTED TO 2 PRINT PRINT 1 LPT1 PRINT 2 LPT2 PRINT 32COM1 PRINT 4 COM2 3 PRINT INPUT ENTER NUMBER 1 4 PN PN VAL PN 4 IF PN lt 1 OR PN 4 THEN CLS GOTO 1 5 ON PN GOTO 6 7 8 9 6 OPEN LPT1 AS 1 WIDTH 1 255 GOTO 10 7 OPEN LPT2 AS 1 WIDTH 1 255 GOTO 10 8 OPEN COM1 9600 N 8 1 RS DS60000 AS 1 GOTO 10 9 OPEN COM2 9600 N 8 1 RS DS60000 AS 1 GOTO 10 10 CLS 20 PRINT INPUT Enter number of tickets to print N 30 FOR J 1 TON 40 PRINT 1 lt RL gt lt RC360 10 gt lt F3 gt lt HW1 1 gt GHOSTWRITER WORLD 45 PRINT 1 lt RC380 76 gt lt F6 gt lt HW1 1 gt lt BS26 44 gt ALL lt F2 gt 47 PRINT 1 lt F6 gt lt BS26 44 gt THREE lt F2 gt lt 6 gt lt 526 44 gt 5 50 PRINT4H RC348 130 F6 HW1 1 BS42 44 PASSPORT 60 PRINT2H RC324 240 2 RL F6 HW2 2 6 70 PRINT 1 lt RC210 240 gt lt HW1 1 gt DAY 74 PRINT 1 lt RC230 290 gt lt F3
123. eight normal 1 Width normal 1 Rotation No rotation NR Ticket length automatically calculated Printing length equal to ticket length Bar code size 4 units 32 dots Dot row offset 1 unit 8 rows These settings can be changed at any time and in any combination before printing a character or string of characters However once changed they will remain in effect until changed with a new command The printer will also return to the default settings for the start of a new ticket Once a print command is sent the printer reverts back to the default settings so each new ticket must repeat any special command settings they will not be retained from the previous ticket INVERTED CHARACTERS The Ghostwriter will print an inverted version of any character sent provided that the proper modifier has been sent An El enable inversion command turns on the inverted mode All subsequent data except bar codes will be inverted until a DI disable inversion command is sent An inverted character is simply a negative image of the original Caution should be exercised in using these modifiers because the whole ticket could be blackened if the DI modifier is forgotten In inverted mode the printer will automatically add a black border around the character to improve its readability Therefore an inverted character is actually slightly larger than a normal character This must be remembered when positioning characters beneath inverted chara
124. en click LPR Port If LPR Port is not available click Cancel to stop the wizard To add the LPR port you need to install Print Services for Unix 5 Click Next and then provide the following information Name or address of server providing LPD type the DNS name or Internet Protocol IP address of the host for the printer you are adding You can also enter the DNS name or IP address of the direct connect TCP IP printing device the boca printer or the UNIX computer to which the printing device is connected ex 10 0 0 192 The DNS name can be the name specified for the host in the Hosts file Name of printer or print queue on that server type the name of the printer as it is identified by the Host which is either the direct connect printer itself or the UNIX computer 6 Choose Boca gt appropriate dpi version and click Next Choose HP gt HP laserJet Plus if using a PCL4 BOCA printer 7 If it tells you the driver is already installed keep existing driver and just click Next 8 Enter the name you wish to call the printer in the Printer Name field ex lprprinter Decide if you want it as your default printer 9 Click Next 10 Decide if you want to share the printer if so give it a share name ex 11 Click Next 12 Give it a location comment description if desired 13 Click Next 14 Select No or Yes for Do you want to print a test page 15 Click Next and then click Finish 16 If
125. en equipped with RFID Passive smart ticket RFID systems overcome the limitations of many existing bar code based automatic data capture systems in that they Provide error free wireless data transmission that is battery free and maintenance free Do not require line of site scanners for operation Allow stored data to be altered during sorting or to capture workflow process information and Work effectively even in harsh environments with excessive dirt dust moisture and temperature extremes Warning Static electricity can damage smart tickets Be sure to ground yourself properly before handling the ticket stock Printing and Encoding Smart Tickets Boca s Smart ticket RFID printers enable users to create smart tickets on demand and encode them with variable information The printers use ticket stock that incorporates blank RFID integrated circuits sandwiched between the face stock and the adhesive layer Thus the ICs may be invisible to the human eye Smart ticket printers function as traditional printers when creating bar codes graphics and human readable text However they also have an RFID encoder embedded inside the printer Before the ticket is printed the RFID data is encoded on the tag Following encoding the ticket is then fed forward for printing An error message prints over the ticket if the tag does not read or its data does not verify voiding the ticket for use A NAK will be sent back to the Host indicating an
126. ensitive to timing issues that may be exacerbated by failing to follow the recommended printer communication protocols Specifically the excessive use of the printer s flash commands will result in significantly reduced ticket throughput and potential network problems We strongly recommend restricting the use of flash commands to periodic initialization routines Under no circumstances should flash commands be used on every ticket Most lower case commands with the exception of lt p gt lt q gt lt n gt and lt t gt are flash commands General Each Boca Ethernet Printer is assigned a unique MAC address based in part on the printer s serial number All Boca printers are factory configured in DHCP enabled mode Exceptions may be made by special request If the printer is unable to get a dynamic IP address from the customer s network in the allotted time period about one minute it will default to the 10 0 0 192 address You can select a different fixed IP address either via a Web Browser or the printer s control panel available on certain models SET STATIC IP ADDRESS Web Browser same Network number Set browser to 10 0 0 192 Change the Ethernet setting from DHCP ENABLED to YES Enter desired IP address Save Control Panel Activate control panel Go to Ethernet Change from DHCP ENABLED to YES Enter IP Address Save and Exit 80 Web Browser different Network number Change the computer s IP address to communicate w
127. enter K Right Border L All UPC bar codes include a check digit The UPC check digit is the 12th digit located in the lower right corner of the barcode itself Calculating the UPC barcode check digit is explained below Note If you send the wrong value the printer will automatically calculate the correct value Calculating UPC Check Digit While there are 12 digits in a UPC barcode only the first 11 digits contain user data The last digit is a check digit based on the previous 11 numbers Our example barcode data is 401234567893 Calculate the UPC check digit as follows Beginning on the left add up digits in the odd positions Multiple the result by 3 Add up all the digits in the even positions Add the first subtotal to the second Now what single digit number makes the total a multiple of 10 That s the check digit In this example it is 3 4 1 3 5 7 9 29 29x3 87 042444648220 87 20 107 add to make 110 A typical data stream for printing UPC ladder bar code is as follows lt RCO0 70 gt lt X2 gt lt UL5 gt J401234K567893L The following data will generate a 5 unit wide 40 dots expanded bar code The bar code will represent the numbers 401234 and 567893 separated by the guard markers It will start in row 0 and column 70 and build down and towards the left There will be no interpretation printed A typical data stream for printing UPC picket fence bar code with interpretation is as follows lt RCO0 70 gt lt X2 gt lt Bl g
128. equences that the printer will accept will be described later The ticket data is terminated by a FF or p indicating that the full ticket has been received Atthis point the Ghostwriter will print cut and eject the ticket To print a ticket without cutting send a 1DH in place of the FF Fora complete list of print commands see the command section The printer will automatically clear its buffer after printing a ticket AUTOMATIC TICKET LENGTH CALCULATION On power up the printer will automatically determine the length in dot positions of the ticket being used This feature allows different sized tickets to be used with the same printer and software On thermal printers the ticket will advance past the print head and then return to the initial print position during this measurement On ribbon printers a blank ticket will be cut and ejected This feature can be disabled as explained in the command sequence section The printer will allow the user to print data across the entire length of the ticket minus 142 29 dot columns on a printer with a 005 dot print head With all ticket stocks there is a slight variation in the distance between successive black marks that will result in a small variation in the calculated length of the ticket It is therefore recommended that the user avoid printing in the last two or three dot columns of the ticket to avoid the possibility of truncating the last column due to a variation in calculated ti
129. erent topics 3 Using the MENU button scroll down to the ETHERNET topic and press the CHOICE button 4 The blinking cursor indicates the current setting selected Every time you press the CHOICE button the setting option will change 5 Choose the appropriate setting Select DHCP ENABLED for dynamic addressing or YES for using a fixed IP address 6 Press the TEST button to enter that setting 7 Now the display will show EXIT AND SAVE Press the TEST button to save the setting entered 8 Note if you selected YES then you can use the default IP of 10 0 0 192 or set a different one as described next CHANGING IP ADDRESS 1 Please follow these steps to change the fixed IP address on your Ethernet printer Note if using a fixed IP address make sure the ETHERNET setting is set to YES see above 2 Depress both the MENU and CHOICES buttons while turning on the printer Keep both buttons depressed until FACTORY MENU appears in the LCD window or the display starts scrolling through different topics 3 Using the MENU button scroll down to the IP ADDRESS topic and press the CHOICE button 4 The blinking cursor indicates the current IP numeric value selected Every time you press the CHOICE button the numeric value will change 5 Using the TEST button will move you over to the next numeric value 6 Continue steps 4 amp 5 to program the desired IP address value 7 Atthe end the display will show E
130. error encoding the ticket The reason for the error can be requested with a special status command see the RFSNO command in the programming section The printer will not automatically reprint the ticket The Host must resend the data in order to reprint the ticket Therefore it is recommended that there is bi directional communication between the Host and Printer We do not recommend a unidirectional parallel interface on an RFID printer 107 The encoding and verification process which can take milliseconds to seconds depending on the amount of data to be stored in the RFID tag makes smart ticket throughput somewhat slower than comparable bar code printers In practice this slower speed has not been a drawback because smart tickets generally are not used for high volume high throughput applications The tags used in smart tickets are made from flexible material that does not damage the print head The integrated circuit may create an uneven surface which can affect print quality but this problem is easily avoided by using thicker ticket material or by avoiding printing directly over the IC Boca s smart ticket printers are capable of printing and encoding smart tickets embedded with 13 56 MHz RFID tags in a single pass Supported Tag Types Boca s RFID printers currently work with two different RFID reader encoder modules the M1 and M4 The modules differ in the RFID tag types they support An RFID printer comes configured with either the M1 or
131. es that no data was transmitted to the printer At this point we recommend verifying the cable connections between the printer and the host computer Also verify that the print driver software has been written properly PLP 34SGTBGRBEEFOLPRNSSTESARCDET One 0123456789 SABCDEFGHIUKLMNOPQRSTUVWXY ZROU _ Labedef ghi Jk snopgrstuvuxyzaouk 0123456789ABCDEF 1 85 6 O 01 23456789 SRECDEF EH IJKLPNOPQRS TUUHXYZROU fabcdef ahi jklmno DIAGNOSTIC MODE 45 ORIENTAL CHARACTER SETS Not available for 22 24 26 Boca offers several resident oriental fonts as options The optional Japanese font supplied with the FGL printer contains the following types of characters miscellaneous symbols upper and lower case Roman characters and numerals Hiragana characters full width Katakana Greek characters Cyrillic characters and approximately 6350 KANJI characters This character set is provided in all four FGL directions It is selected by specifying printer font 25 FGL command lt F25 gt The optional Chinese font supplied with the FGL printer contains the following types of characters miscellaneous symbols upper and lower case Roman characters and numerals Hiragana characters full width Katakana Greek characters Cyrillic characters and approximately 6700 Chinese characters It can be selected by sending the following FGL commands lt F20 gt Once font 20 or 25 has been selec
132. ew drivers to support old installations When selecting a new font Windows will default to the previous font size This size will usually be incorrect You must re assign a valid font size to guarantee the proper font representation on your screen Tall font in Word Pad does not display properly on the screen Driver Use Word Only BOCA PCL and FGL Before using Word you must select the use printer metrics to layout document box in tools options compatibility All of the previous driver use guidelines apply to Word Word also provides you with the unique ability to define a custom page size within the application itself We strongly recommend against the use of this feature However the following description will explain the use and limitations of this feature While Word allows you to manipulate the page size in both portrait and landscape modes the data sent to the printer only functions properly in portrait mode You cannot print in landscape mode with a Word defined custom page size In portrait mode you can manually set the height for any ticket length up to 11 inches For ticket lengths greater than 11 inches you will need to add your own page size as described above in the all applications section 65 Apple Mac Printer Drivers Driver Download To download the Boca Systems Mac printer drivers go to our web site Printer Drivers Apple Mac and click on the boca driver to save the MAC file on the PC Next double cli
133. ex 10 Mbps Full duplex 10 Mbps Half duplex Using the Ethernet Interface You can configure the Ethernet interface to communicate with your printer either directly across the network or as a shared device attached to a specific computer Below are some of the options available in a Windows 2000 environment Most of these should also be available under Windows XP Other operating systems like UNIX should have similar capabilities to the ones shown below NETWORK INTERFACES WINDOWS SOCKET The use of Windows Socket API calls allows the user bi directional communication across the network and full control of the process A sample freeware program called Netcat works with the printer and can be used as is modified or referred to as a guideline for writing your own program DOS COMMANDS LPR and LPQ commands allow the user to talk directly to the printer across the network Warning By default most Windows operating systems limit the number of open LPD LPR jobs to eleven Sending more than eleven jobs will frequently cause the system to hang up for about four minutes Please refer to http www cyrtech de articles Windows 20LPR pdf for additional information on this topic LPR prints a file to any network device BOCA printer running an LPD server S Server PPrinter C Class JJobname O option filename Parameters SServer Specifies the name or IP address of the computer or the print device
134. ff and status when operating via its serial interface X off 13H is sent in conjunction with the printer going busy X on 11H is sent whenever the printer goes ready An ACK 06H is sent following the successful printing of a ticket After the last ticket is printed the printer will send an ACK followed by a 10H indicating an out of ticket condition A ticket jam will result in the transmission of an 18H no ACK will be sent GENERAL INFORMATION FGL has evolved over a period of many years During this time the Ghostwriter has been used with many different logic boards 421487 FGL 421532 FGL II 421570 FGL Ill 421670 FGL IV 421770 FGL40 422270 21 41 422770 42 22 FGL42 24 44 FGL44 26 46 FGL46 046 246 A46 Although the basic FGL language has remained constant new features are added with each revision Some of the new features found in this manual may not be available on certain individual printers Should you find that you are unable to access any of the features delineated in this manual please feel free to consult the factory to verify whether or not this option is available in your printer This manual has been written specifically for the newest FGL46 board This board features a fast state of the art 32 bit RISC microprocessor This new board is an enhanced version of the FGL 42 board and processes data about 4 times faster It contains twice the memory of the FGL42 board The Ghostwriter prin
135. for details to determine whether or not data is being received If no data is received there is a cabling problem between the printer and the transmitting device If the problem is not in the cabling the cause is usually extra data being sent from the system hardware to the printer The best way to overcome this extraneous data is to put the printer into Transparent mode operation using the control panel Then turn the printer on From this point on everything sent to the printer will be ignored until the printer sees a n command The data that it ignores is echoed to the crt port Since most printers don t have a crt on this port the data is essentially ignored Before sending real data send a n to cancel transparent mode and activate normal mode The printer will now process the incoming data After sending the print command to the printer send another t command This puts the printer back in transparent mode and prevents it from getting extra data that sometimes follows the ticket data Bracket all valid ticket data in this manner and the BOCA printer should work with any hardware system It is further recommended that the p is used for the print command in these situations as the FF character is sometimes deleted from the data stream by certain computer systems AS400 AND TERMINAL CONFIGURATIONS AS400 Device description 5256 model 2 dumb ASCII printer IBM 5575 type printer The following terminals are known to work
136. g you can either restart your computer or reset the printing system as described below Please note that resetting the printing system will delete all of your previously installed printers from the Printer List e Go to finder applications utilities printer setup utility e Go to the printer setup utility menu at top of the screen e Pull down and hit reset printing system e Enter password General A printer driver translates the graphical information displayed in your Mac application into a printer friendly format In order to properly format the data the user must correctly establish the page size and margins In general you should use the smallest margins which do not cause the data to wrap around to the opposite side of the ticket Apple supports the following methods of defining page sizes Vendor BOCA Defined We have pre defined some common page ticket sizes which can be used with any Windows application You must use a BOCA defined page size to define your document If you cannot locate the proper size choose the next larger size and use the margins to define your ticket size e Custom Size This option does not work properly We do not recommend the use of this method 66 Linux Printer Drivers Driver Download To download the Boca Systems Linux printer drivers go to our web site Printer Drivers Linux and click on one of the driver files listed The 32 bit files can be used with either intel or amd based computers T
137. g on row 0 column 70 No interpretation is printed A typical expanded picket fence code 128 would be as follows RC0 102 X2 OP5 BI CODE 128 This code starts at row 0 column 10 The interpretation is included SOFTSTRIP BAR CODE SUPPLEMENT Softstrip is a very high density bar code that can consist of any character from 0 to 255 It can be used to store text data or graphics data The commands to use this bar code are very similar to our previous bar code commands However there are a few differences that must be noted when using this bar code The lower case letter s is used to signify that a Softstrip bar code is being selected The uppercase letter will not be accepted as it is with the other bar codes Also the bar code ratio command letter X has a different meaning with the Softstrip bar code It is used to indicate how many bytes of data each line of the bar code will contain There can be either 2 or 3 bytes in each line The default value is 2 bytes but the X letter will change that to 3 bytes The default size of the bar code is 1 dot wide by 2 dots high lt X gt expands the width while lt sXL gt expands the height We recommend maintaining the initial 1x2 ratio of the width to height Number values of 2 and 3 work best with 200 dpi printers while values of 2 thru 5 are recommended for 300 dpi printers When sending alphanumeric data to the printer you can use the caret character to mark the bar code data string
138. generate the data or buy the BOCA IMAGE program This program converts uncompressed TIFF files to the FGL Image format for downloading to the printer FGL TEXT LOGO MACRO SUPPLEMENT The printer can store a string of FGL commands a macro in memory as if they were a downloaded logo image These commands could then be used later on to print a ticket by using a print logo command However instead of printing a logo image it will print a ticket according to the FGL commands previously sent This is a handy feature when most of the tickets have the same format and only a few lines are different It is also useful in cutting down the communication time needed to print each ticket In order for the FGL commands to be stored in memory and not be acted on immediately you must bracket the FGL string with esc 27d characters The bracketed FGL string is then considered an FGL logo The following is an example FGL logo esc RC10 102 HW2 2 THIS IS AN FGL LOGO lt RC100 10 gt lt HW1 1 gt THIS IS A TEST lt RC200 10 gt lt HW2 2 gt lt F2 gt HELLO esc If you sent this command string first the printer would store it in memory as logo 1 If you had already sent a logo then it would be logo 2 etc Then if you sent a LD1 p string later on the printer would print a ticket according to the above FGL commands The only restrictions on sending FGL logos to the printer are that you may not send graphics or logo commands within the FGL string Also the
139. gt lt HW1 1 gt ADMIT ONE 76 PRINT 1 lt RC230 320 gt lt F6 gt lt HW1 1 gt GUEST 78 PRINT 1 lt F1 gt lt RC230 370 gt lt F1 gt lt HW1 1 gt VERY SMALL PRINT 80 PRINT 1 lt RC24 530 gt lt LT2 gt lt BX340 50 gt 84 PRINT 1 lt RC25 528 gt lt LT2 gt lt VX338 gt 85 PRINT 1 lt RC216 550 gt lt HW1 1 gt lt F2 gt DAY 1 90 PRINT 1 lt RC24 580 gt lt LT2 gt lt BX340 50 gt 95 PRINT 1 lt RC216 600 gt DAY 2 100 PRINT 1 lt RC24 630 gt lt LT2 gt lt BX340 50 gt 105 PRINT 1 lt RC216 650 gt DAY 3 110 PRINT 1 lt RC24 680 gt lt LT2 gt lt BX340 50 gt 115 PRINT 1 lt RC216 700 gt DAY 4 120 PRINT 1 lt RC24 730 gt lt LT2 gt lt BX340 50 gt 123 PRINT 1 lt RC25 780 gt lt LT2 gt lt VX338 gt 125 PRINT 1 lt RC216 760 gt DAY 5 170 PRINT 1 lt RC340 400 gt lt RL gt lt F6 gt lt BS36 44 gt lt HW1 1 gt DAY GUEST 180 PRINT 1 lt RC260 450 gt lt F3 gt lt HW1 1 gt 112 00 190 PRINT 1 lt RC240 482 gt lt F3 gt PLUS TAX 250 PRINT 1 lt RC280 1010 gt lt F3 gt lt HW1 1 gt 12345678 260 PRINT 1 lt RC60 990 gt lt NL10 gt lt X2 gt 01000407 270 PRINT4H RC360 820 F9 HW1 1 VALID ONLY ON DATE STAMPED 280 PRINT 1 NONTRANSFERABLE NONREFUNDABLE 290 PRINT 1 lt RC280 870 gt lt F3 gt lt HW1 1 gt 01000407 500 PRINT 1 lt RC20 1079 gt lt RR gt lt F3 gt lt HW1 1 gt GHOSTWRITER WORLD 2000 PRINT 1 lt p gt 2005 NEXT J 2100 END o 2 u
140. gth This command only works on the current ticket path This means that if a change is required on the other ticket path or if both ticket paths need to be changed a P1 or P2 command needs to be issued before the print length command to determine which path will be affected The lt pl gt command will change the printing length of the ticket permanently by storing the new value in nonvolatile memory PL Temporary print length command The changes to this command are the same as the lt pl gt command above with the exception that the new values are not permanently stored This routine only effects the program variables and not the permanent variables If the printer power is turned off the printer will re initialize the print length to the previous values determined during initialization The new print length becomes effective immediately lt gt Delete permanent length command This command will delete both permanent length variables permanent ticket length and permanent printing length This command like the pl command only works on the current path If the non active path or both paths need to be cleared then a P1 or P2 command needs to be issued before the lt dpl gt command This command becomes effective only after the printer has been turn off and back on til Permanent ticket length command The ticket length command was changed to effect both paths This routine only works on the current path
141. h 22 24 26 to ram See the font and logo supplements for programming information The process of saving the downloaded data into the flash memory may take several seconds While saving the data to flash memory the printer will go busy to prevent further data processing until the operation has finished Data that has been saved to flash memory will not be lost when the printer is turned off Logos sent to the printer without id s are stored sequentially Customers must keep track of the data sent to the printer in order to prevent overloading of the download space in flash 128k in FGL42 256k in FGL44 512K in 46 The printer will send the amount of free bytes remaining in the download space in response to an S7 command Note to receive this status you must have a serial printer You can reuse the download space with the ESC c command This command will cause the printer to reset all of its download pointers so that all new information is stored at the beginning of the download area See the command and logo supplement sections for further clarification All logos can be manipulated height width scaling rotation like any standard FGL font Soft font data can be rotated and multiplied up to a maximum of 16 Scaling is now available for soft fonts Logos can be sent to the printer in one of two formats FGL image or PCX Customers can either write their own software to generate the FGL format or use a BOCA IMAGE program to convert uncompressed TIF
142. h box An Ethernet crossover cable must be used if the intent is to plug the printer directly into a local PC Directions Begin by clicking on Start Button and then click on Devices and Printers From this window click on Add a Printer and the following screen appears What type of printer do you want to install Add a local printer Use this option only if you don t have a USB printer Windows automatically installs USB printers i when you plug them in E gt Add a network wireless or Bluetooth printer Make sure that your computer is connected to the network or that your Bluetooth or wireless printer is turned on Select Add a Local Printer Click Next 91 Choose a printer port printer port is a type of connection that allows your computer to exchange information with a printer Use an existing port 1 1 Printer Port Create a new port Type of port Standard TCP IP Port Device type TCP IP Device Hostname or IP address 10 0 2 32 Port name 100232 V Query the printer and automatically select the driver to use Enter the printers IP address In this example 10 0 2 32 was entered as Hostname or IP address The Port Name field is automatically filled in with the same IP address Other text can be added or substituted for the Port Name if desired Click Next 92 Detecting TCP IP port Detecting the TCP IP
143. haracters like names and addresses 2 ASCII format 2 bytes value Data is represented as the Hex value of each nibble For example a data value of 1 01h is stored or sent as 30h ASCII character 0 and 31h ASCII character 417 Use this format for programming or reading non printable characters like serial numbers or data Note the difference between the character 1 31h and the byte value of 1 01h You use Binary format to send a character 1 and ASCII format to send a byte value of 1 The send options are as follows 0 send data to ticket 1 send data to host 2 send data to ticket and Host The lt RC10 10 gt lt F2 gt lt RFSN2 2 gt command would be used to read the ticket s serial number in ASCII format and print it in font2 at position 10 10 on the ticket as well as sending it to the Host For example if the 7 byte serial number was comprised of values 04h 0Ch 65h D1h 10h 00h 40h the printer would print 040C65D1 100040 on the ticket and send it to the Host as 30h 34h 30h 43h 36h 35h 44h 31h 31h 30h 30h 30h 34h 30h REQUEST CARD STATUS COMMAND lt RFSNO gt Note this is a zero 112 This command can be sent by the Host after receiving 15H to determine the cause of the error The printer sends back a single byte ASCII status indicating the status A list of the status codes and errors are shown at the end Looking at the list you will see that different errors can have the same code
144. hat wakes up the tag and provides power to the chip enabling it to transmit or store data Encryption algorithms that ensure security and integrity of the data passing between the tag and reader may protect transmissions Applications RFID provides a quick flexible and reliable electronic means to detect identify track and hence manage a variety of items The technology is well suited for many operations in all types of industries Because RFID technology uses radio waves smart tickets can be read through dirt paint and many non metallic objects RFID smart tickets feature anti collision technology which lets you scan and identify several objects simultaneously such as totes of supplies Applications include ticketing sports concerts ski lifts etc warehouse logistics airline baggage tracking returnable plastic containers pallets library book video check out sensitive document tracking supply chain management anti counterfeiting and pharmaceuticals Smart tickets RFID Tags Smart tickets refer to thermal tickets with embedded ultra thin RFID tags Smart tickets are called smart because of the flexible capabilities provided by the RFID tag embedded in the ticket The tag in most cases can be programmed and or updated in the field so the same ticket can be reused to serve multiple needs and applications Hence the ticket is no longer effectively static as is a bar code ticket but rather is dynamic in its capability wh
145. he 64 bit drivers must be targeted for the appropriate manufacturer s hardware The deb files are intended for Ubuntu Debian and most other Linux versions with the exception of Suse and Redhat which should use the rpm files Place the appropriate driver file on your desktop Be careful to select the proper print resolution 200 300 or 600 dpi Printer Driver Installation Parallel Serial USB instructions are based upon the use of the Ubuntu version of Linux Other versions of the Linux operating system will operate in a similar but not identical manner e Right click on the driver to start the install process kubuntu package menu install package e Enter your password e Hit enter to exit installation as prompted e Go to System Settings Printers e Click Add from Printers System Settings e Add Printer Class e Hit next and select local printer parallel serial USB e Select BOCA printer from Local Port Selection e Select correct BOCA printer model verify correct print resolution 200 300 or 600 dpi from Printer Model Selection e Select Driver from Driver Selection e Continue hitting next as required until printer name is requested e Enter a printer name from General Information e Hit next until installation complete Ethernet instructions are based upon the use of the Ubuntu version of Linux Other versions of the Linux operating system will operate in a similar but not identical manner e Right click on the driver
146. ic sent to the MAC address for that interface broadcast traffic and multicast traffic sent to a multicast MAC address the interface is set up to receive TCP doesn t use broadcast or multicast so you will only see your own TCP traffic but UDP services may use broadcast or multicast so you ll see some UDP traffic however this is not a problem with TCP traffic it s a problem with unicast traffic as you also won t see all UDP traffic between other machines l e this is probably the same question as this earlier one see the response to that question 7 3 Why am I only seeing ARP packets when I try to capture traffic A You re probably on a switched network and running Ethereal on a machine that s not sending traffic to the switch and not being sent any traffic from other machines on the switch ARP packets are often broadcast packets which are sent to all switch ports Q 7 4 Individual tickets are printed in one to two seconds but occasionally have delays of up to ten seconds between tickets What s happening A You re probably sending flash commands on every ticket Try eliminating all flash commands from the ticket data Q 7 5 When sending many LPR print jobs the printer seems to hang after the 11th job According to RFC 1179 the LPR spooling service may use only source ports of 721 to 731 This normally is no problem but when a computer tries to send many print jobs after each other which is often the case on a prin
147. ickets remaining in printer Changing that number at anytime will set the Tickets Loaded and Tickets Remaining Counts to the new value e Tickets Remaining Count and Tickets Low1 are for pathi on a Dual printer or standard single path printer e Tickets Remaining Count2 and Tickets Low2 are for path2 on a Dual printer Warning e When using the Tickets Low Function we recommend that the printer be connected to a battery backup or UPS to avoid losing the ticket count in the event of a power loss 104 MEMORY INVENTORY COMMAND SUPPLEMENT MEMORY INVENTORY COMMANDS lt INV gt amp lt INV2 gt The lt gt amp lt 2 gt commands causes the printer to output data back to the PC in a readable format This data can be read by an application and displayed Hyper Terminal was used for the example displayed below These commands produce a list of the downloaded logos resident fonts and downloaded soft fonts stored in the printer s memory The lt INV2 gt command 26 46 only includes the listing of Resident True Type font files and downloaded True Type font files The format of the list is shown in the example below It contains a Section Header followed by field data The field data is comprised of the following information for each file ID of the file whether it is in flash FLSH or ram RAM and its byte size decimal in memory The ID for the is the actual one you would use to print that file For example LD1 is logo
148. ide of the ticket Using this command to reduce the print length will generally cause the print time to be slightly faster The printer will not have to reverse as much on the first ticket This command is not used very often PERMANENT PRINTING LENGTH COMMAND lt pl gt This command will cause the printer to permanently store the printing length value in the flash The sent is equal to the number of dot column positions you want to print If no number is sent the printing length determined during initialization will be stored Once a value has been stored the ticket measuring function of the printer after power on is disabled This is a handy feature when using label stock where the motion of the ticket out and back during initialization can peel off the label By having the label printing size permanently stored there is no reason to measure the label PERMANENT TICKET LENGTH COMMAND lt tl gt This command should only be used if the ticket length is greater than the printing This command will cause the printer to permanently store the ticket length value in the Flash The sent is equal to the dot column size of the ticket If no number is sent the ticket length determined during initialization will be stored Once a value has been stored the ticket measuring function of the printer after power on is disabled Normally the ticket length and the printing length are the same However when using short die cut labels under 1 5 it
149. ies ACKNOWLEDGE COMMAND lt akn gt lt akd gt Note This function should only be used by an experienced user Defines when the end of print acknowledgment is sent out by the printer In normal mode lt akn gt the ACK is sent after printing is completed but before any other action like cutting is performed So if the cutter failed or ticket jammed the printer would still send an ACK indicating the ticket was printed In addition the printer would send an error message indicating the failure In delayed mode lt akd gt the is sent after the entire printing operation completes successfully You would not receive an ACK if there was a failure HIGH SPEED MODE ENABLED DISABLED COMMAND hie hid Note This feature is set at the factory and should not be changed Only used on printers with a special pulley ratio to allow high speed printing BUZZER ENABLED DISABLED COMMAND lt bz gt lt BZ gt Only used on printers with a paper out buzzer The values can range as shown below 1 no buzzer 74 2 sound buzzer every 15s 3 sound buzzer every 30s 4 sound buzzer every 45s SHUFFLE MODE ENABLED DISABLED COMMAND lt sfe gt lt sfd gt This feature is normally disabled with the exception of ATM style printers which have it enabled as the factory default setting When enabled shuffle mode causes the printer to move the ticket stock forward in small increments once every 15 minutes until the ticket reaches a predetermined li
150. ing a font stored in code page 1252 Windows Latin 1 format to the code page 850 MS DOS Multilingual Latin 1 character set 3 Used for translating a font stored in code page 1250 Windows Central Europe format to the code page 852 Latin Il character set 4 Used for translating a font stored in code page 850 MS DOS Multilingual Latin 1 format to the code page 1252 Windows Latin 1 character set Note code page 858 is the same as code page 850 except it contains the Euro character in space D5 It can be used in place of code page 850 PERMANENT TRANSLATION TABLE COMMAND lt tt gt This command is exactly the same as described above except that the command is saved in the flash and becomes permanent until a new lt gt command is sent To return to the default setting send a lt tt0 gt command 38 RESIDENT FONT TRANSLATION TABLE ENABLE DISABLE COMMAND lt TRE gt lt TRD gt or lt tre gt lt trd gt Normally the Translation Table command above does not work with Resident fonts like font13 A new command has been added to allow the user to translate resident fonts For example font 13 which is stored in the printer in code page 850 format can be printed as code page 1252 You could use the lt TRE gt lt TT4 gt command to do this Use the lowercase commands to permanently store the commands in the printer NOTE If you are unable to print all the characters in a soft font you may not have enough printer memory for all of the fo
151. inter is installed with a low level USB driver such as USB Printing Support and then a printer driver on top of it 17 FILE COMMANDS FILE ID COMMAND lt ID gt See the downloading file supplement for further details PERMANENT FILE COMMAND lt gt not available on 22 24 26 See the downloading file supplement for further details TEMPORARY FILE COMMAND TF See the downloading file supplement for further details DELETE FILE COMMAND lt DF gt See the downloading file supplement for further details PRINT COMMANDS PRINT CUT TICKET p This is the normal print command The printer will cut the ticket after printing if it has a cutter PRINT NO CUT TICKET lt q gt This is the normal print no cut command The printer will not cut the ticket after printing even if it has a cutter PRINT TICKET AND EJECT lt 2 gt This command is to be used in place of a normal print command p or FF on escrow type printers When this command is used the printer will activate the second stepper to eject the ticket after the ticket is cut Please note that the printer will not eject any tickets regardless of the lt 2 gt command in the middle of a run of multiple tickets Multiple tickets are defined as any ticket printed without a break between tickets including tickets being printed via a repeat command Do not use this command unless you want the tickets to be ejected your printer must contain an eject stepper
152. ion host This would work on all directly connected networks This is referred to as a direct route Sometimes it is necessary to run the printer on an indirectly connected network It must send its responses through a gateway in order to reach the destination host Therefore we have added the Subnet Mask and Default Gateway commands to the printer They can also be set through the control panel and Web Menus DEFAULT GATEWAY MEDIA ACCESS CONTROL NUMBER COMMAND lt DGM gt This command returns the MAC number Ethernet address for the Default Gateway in the form THE AHE AER 4E HHHH The is used by hardware devices on the network to communicate with each other The Gateway MAC is obtained during initialization see Note under Permanent Subnet Mask command DEFAULT GATEWAY IP ADDRESS COMMAND lt DGW gt This command returns the IP address of the Default Gateway in the form The Gateway IP number is used by applications on indirect networks to communicate with each other The default address is 10 0 0 192 This address can be changed by the user see below PERMANENT DEFAULT GATEWAY IP ADDRESS COMMAND dgw10 0 1 254 Note This function should only be used by an experienced user This command permanently changes the IP address of the default gateway and stores it in flash The example above would change the address to 10 0 1 254 The Gateway Address can also be changed using the or Web Men
153. ion of the printer see above This command will be stored in flash and will remain in effect until an md is sent 14 DIAGNOSTIC MODE COMMAND DM The printer can be put in diagnostic mode by sending a DM command For an explanation of diagnostic mode see the diagnostic supplement This command remains in effect until power off PURGE PRINTER OF REMAINING TICKETS COMMAND PP or lt ppe gt lt ppd gt Normally when the printer runs out of tickets it will save whatever ticket data it has not yet printed Then when new stock has been loaded it will continue where it left off However if this command has been sent to the printer it will not print the remaining tickets In this mode when the printer runs out of tickets it will purge all remaining ticket information It will also reset the ticket count to zero Therefore in this mode the printer acts as if it has been reset after running out of tickets This command should be sent at the beginning of the day and not after the printer has run out of tickets This command remains in effect until power off The lower case purge printer enable command ppe is permanent and allows the printer to be configured for purge mode at power on The printer will remain in this mode until a purge printer disable command ppd is issued PARKING TICKET COMMAND lt gt or pt In normal operation the ticket sits at the cut position while idle approximately one inch beyond the pri
154. ith the printer Connect the printer directly to the Host using an Ethernet crossover cable Check Control Panel Network Connections gt Local Area Connections Properties Scroll down and highlight Internet Protocol TCP IP Click properties Record the present settings on this screen before making any changes Click Use the following IP address Fill in the fields as follows IP address 10 0 0 191 Subnet mask 255 255 255 0 Default gateway 10 0 0 191 You can leave the DNS fields blank Click OK then Close Wait 30 seconds You should now be able to ping the printer at 10 0 0 192 Change the printer s IP address to communicate on your network Set browser to 10 0 0 192 Change the ETHERNET setting on the printer from DHCP ENABLED to YES Enter the desired IP ADDRESS Do not change the printer s subnet mask or default gateway A WAN using multiple gateways may require the setting of the default gateway and subnet mask Save Set the Computer back to its original settings IP address subnet mask default gateway Remove the Ethernet crossover cable Connect the computer and the printer to the network using standard Ethernet cables Restore the computer s original network settings in Control panel Network Connections gt Local Area Connections Properties NOTE The printer s IP address is printed on the test ticket If using DHCP it may take up to one minute to obtain a valid IP address Until then
155. k on all email servers due to security measures e Emails are sent using the SMTP protocol e If the Boca Printer is using a fixed IP verses DHCP the DNS Server field must be filled in using the Configure Printer Webpage Control Panel Menu or appropriate FGL command e It has been tested on the AOL server so you should be able to use an AOL address as a last resort 100 SAMPLE SCREENSHOTS Boca Printer Configuration Webpage Screenshot 1 rex EEE EE 3 0 x P Select Edit View Favorites Tools Xs 28 Google gt Boca Systems Ticket Pri 27 Signin ATT NET Email News S Get more Add ons v CU de v Pager Safetyv Tools v amp Boca Systems Printer Configuration Page Firmware FGL 26M23 26 23 SB05 Serial number XXX On Time 000 23 29 57 d h m s ID 00 00 71 00 00 00 FACTORY MENU items with an should not be changed or selected without first consulting Boca Systems 9600N81 MINI MICRO MINI z PRINT SPEED a 7 DIAGNOSTIC MODE SPECIAL TICKET STATUS ENABLED USB SER id TRANSPARENT MODE NO PAPER MODE NO 300 SPECIAL HEAD PATH PATHI BUFFER MODE MULTIPLE MODE NO DEFAULT SETTINGS CUTi COUNT 16 1 200 CUT2 COUNT 16 1 200 NO
156. l 42 44 46 printers running version C and above can now print a configuration test ticket in addition to the standard test button ticket The configuration data will print out according to the size and shape of your ticket If all of the data will not fit on one ticket then further tickets will be printed as needed The configuration ticket allows the customer to immediately see most of the printer s settings control panel and permanent internal commands as well as miscellaneous items such as printing length and width While most BOCA printers contain a control panel for setting and displaying printer settings certain economy models are configured without the control panel In order to allow the customer additional flexibility in using these printers we have added some new features and commands Note Because of these new features the switch command lt sw gt is now redundant and obsolete A new reset feature has been added that will enable customers to set submicro printers back to their default configurations see the Default Settings Command Many new FGL commands have been added to allow setting any control panel functions previously not settable through the interface The following list shows all of the commands necessary to access the control panel functions Please note that many of these commands are duplicated in the body of the programming guide However they have been repeated here for ease of use Some items may be added or dele
157. lay will often show the error message along with the LED s The table below shows the different flashing error status patterns READYDATA PAPER CHECK OFF OFF ON ERROR DESCRIPTION 1 Flash erase operation incomplete 2 Flash Vpp problem OFF 3 Flash byte erase error ON 4 Flash sequence error OFF 5 Flash block erase error ON 6 Bad Flash OFF 7 Flash program operation incomplete ON 8 Flash byte program error OFF 9 Memory is full ON 10 Need a reclaim OFF 11 Soft font download error ON 12 Delete file error OFF 13 File ID error ON 14 OFF 15 ON JAM OFF OFF OFF ON ON ON ON OFF OFF OFF OFF ON ON ON ON STOCK OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF ON ON ON ON ON ON ON ON The table below shows the different flickering error status patterns ERROR DESCRIPTION READYDATA PAPER CHECK Ribbon problem Processor fault Stepper timeout error Paper Jam 10 Ram failure 11 Rom failure 12 Cutter failure 13 Check Optos 14 15 Powerup initialization problem ON JAM OFF OFF OFF ON ON ON ON OFF OFF OFF OFF ON ON ON ON STOCK OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF 57 SAMPLE BASIC PROGRAM FOR SENDING AND RECEIVING STATUS FROM PRINTER 5 ON ERROR GOTO 140 10 CLS PRINT WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING PORTS IS YOUR PRINTER CONNECTED TO 20 PRINT PRINT 1 LPT1 PRINT 2 LPT2 PRINT 3 COM1 PRINT 4 2
158. lem printing large batches of tickets Try changing your system so it does not create a new print job for every ticket In this case the printer works better and faster Try to limit the number of jobs opened and closed You can also try sending a large batch of tickets in a series of smaller batches If possible hook up an HP Jetdirect Print Server to the printer requires a parallel port and see if the problem still exists If so it is probably a Network issue on the client s end likely a bandwidth configuration slow link or router problem Client Network Problems Several clients had problems initially but they turned out to be networking issues on their end bandwidth problems configuration settings etc Make sure everything is configured correctly on the Network Auto Negotiate problem One client had an issue where his switches would not auto negotiate correctly with the printer Try manually setting your switches to 100 Mbps Full duplex Monitor traffic Are you able to monitor the Ethernet traffic between the Host and printer Can you determine if the printer is not responding to a particular packet or is going busy Is it losing packets Can you send us a copy of the packet traffic at the point it fails Installing a packet sniffer program would greatly assist us in diagnosing this problem It is recommended that you use the same one we do so that the captured packet data can be analyzed here 88 You can obtain a free pa
159. loading Font supplement for further details PRINT DOWNLOADABLE LOGO COMMAND lt LD gt This command causes the Ghostwriter to print one of its customer downloaded logos on the ticket This command is explained in greater detail in the logo supplement NOTE This command must be preceded by a starting point lt SP gt command PRINT RESIDENT LOGO COMMAND lt LO gt This command causes the Ghostwriter to print any one of its factory pre loaded logos on the ticket This command is explained in greater detail in the logo supplement NOTE This command must be preceded by a starting point lt SP gt command STARTING POINT COMMAND lt SP gt This command is used only when printing logos It is used to assign the starting location of the logo in the same way that the lt RC gt command is used to assign the starting position of normal alphanumeric characters DRAW BOX COMMAND lt gt This command tells the printer to draw a box r dot rows tall and c dot columns wide We recommend that a row column command is used immediately following this command to prevent any confusion regarding the location of the cursor following this command DRAW VERTICAL LINE COMMAND lt VXr gt This command draws a vertical line one dot wide r dots long We recommend that a row column command is used immediately following this command to prevent any confusion regarding the location of the cursor following this command
160. ls out of the printer This feature is useful when printers are left unattended and leading blank labels after power on can not be tolerated Resetting Dual Mode Dual mode can be restored either through the control panel or by sending a pb command 49 FGL CONTROL PANEL The 24 44 and 26 46 printers allow the user to adjust various printer options through the control panel Enters new value Also 244 Lo saves new values D DATA CHECK PAPER READY MENU TEST CHOICES PAPER JAM Selects proper menu topic baud rate cut count etc Scrolls through choices in individual menu topics To access and use the OPERATOR MENU follow these steps 1 Ticket stock should be loaded into the printer The LCD window displays FGL46G number value depends on revision level B represents the software series level is the font 2 Press both MENU and TEST switches simultaneously for about 3 seconds The LCD window displays OPERATOR MENU To access the FACTORY MENU press MENU and CHOICES instead of MENU and TEST WARNING Improper use of the factory menu may disable your printer 3 To scroll through the menu topic use MENU stopping on the topic you wish to change 4 Press CHOICES to scroll through choices in the selected topic NOTE The printer displays a blinking cursor for the values presently stored in the printer 5 Once you have found the new value you want press TEST The LCD window displays EXIT AND SAV
161. lt MED DARK SHORT HEAD LIFE SKI MODE Enables the operator to set an unprintable area on the first 50 of a ticket This is ideally used for label stock Your choices are YES Enabled or NO Disabled FLASH ACK MODE Enables or disables an ACK being sent back to the host after a file flash or RAM operation Your choices are YES Enabled or NO Disabled NO is factory default SOFTWARE BUSY Defines if the printer will go busy after each byte is received Your choices are YES Enabled or NO Disabled This feature should normally be disabled BI DIRECTIONAL Enables or disables the Bi Directional parallel interface protocol Your choices are YES Enabled or NO Disabled This feature should normally be disabled TEST TICKET Defines they type of self test ticket printed STANDARD Normal self test ticket pattern factory default To print configuration settings if printing on a 1 wide ticket CONFIGURATION 1 To print configuration settings if printing on a 2 wide ticket CONFIGURATION 2 To print configuration settings if printing on a 3 wide ticket CONFIGURATION 3 To print configuration settings if printing on a 4 wide ticket CONFIGURATION 4 BASEBALL MODE Defines the type of software emulation protocol for certain Baseball teams in the US This feature is set at the factory and should not be changed USB Only used for printer with USB interface connector Your choices are YES Enabled or NO Disabled FONT ENC
162. lus Mini MB Dual Mini MICRO Is for a printer without a SC2 Micro Micro Plus Micro MB Dual Micro PRINT SPEED Controls the speed the ticket travels at Also effects the print quality The numbers range from 0 FASTEST to 7 SLOWEST 3 is factory default DIAGNOSTIC MODE Please consult your Programming Guide Your choices are YES or NO NO is factory default TICKET TYPE Defines how the optos are configured on the paper guide assembly Here are the following choices Both optos are inline with each other usually mounted on a black bracket Feed opto is mounted under the thermal head and cut opto is attached to the cutter assy Same as ATM but the cut opto is a see through type This option is for a Micro MB or a printer with a ticket load switch STATUS ENABLED Sets status response protocols Here are the following choices NONE Disables the XON XOFF and status response protocols SERIAL Enables the XON XOFF and status response protocol for the serial port PARALLEL Enables bi directional parallel status responses if printer is configured as bi directional SER PAR Enables both bi directional parallel and serial status responses USB Enables USB status responses USB SER Enables USB and serial status responses USB PAR Enables USB and bi directional parallel USB SER PAR Enables USB bi directional parallel and serial status responses TRANSPARENT MODE Please consult your Programming Guide Your choices are YES Ena
163. mand should only be sent once to configure the printer If changing key A frequently use the uppercase command Note only key A value can be permanently stored using this command RFID DISABLED COMMAND lt rfd gt This command disables the RFID mode for the printer and is permanently stored in flash This can also be set using the Factory Menu RFID ENABLED COMMAND lt rfe gt This command has been modified to now select the type of tag being used as well as enabling the RFID mode for the printer The command is permanently stored in flash This can also be set using the Factory Menu The value selects the type of tag being used The values can range as shown below Note Recommended for experienced users only This feature is set at the factory and generally should not be changed No value sent original command lt rfe gt Mifare Ultralight 0 RFID disabled same as lt rfd gt 1 Mifare Ultralight 2 1 SL2 3 Auto Detect M1 4 Auto Detect M4 5 Auto Dual M1 6 Auto Dual M4 see AUTO DETECT OPTION FOR SINGLE OR DUAL PATH PRINTERS for further explanation AUTO DETECT OPTION FOR SINGLE OR DUAL PATH PRINTERS The Auto Detect option will automatically determine the tag type during initialization Only the supported tag types listed previously for each reader are detected Single Path Printer Auto Detect This mode is selected using the Auto Detect M1 or M4 RFID Menu option or l
164. memory not flash These files will be lost once power is turned off Send a TF command to set the temporary file mode For example to send a Soft font to a printer connected to your Ipt1 port simply type copy b name sfp 1 1 You must also send at least one other character following the last soft font to guarantee the font is stored into the printer s memory NOTE Pushing the test button after downloading the last soft font will also store the font into the printer s memory Note Soft fonts are often available in both Portrait and Landscape orientations The customer only needs to download the portrait orientation in order to get all four rotations of the font Permanent and temporary fonts are assigned a sequential ID according to the order of downloading unless the download is preceded with the lt ID gt command The first soft font downloaded would be soft font 1 the second soft font 2 etc The first soft font would be printed with an lt SF1 gt command the second by SF2 etc TRANSLATION TABLE COMMAND lt gt This command only affects fonts that use an extended character set Originally was meant only for use with downloaded soft fonts It can now be used with resident fonts see below 0 Normal prints characters in the same order as they were stored 1 Used for translating a font stored in code page 1252 Windows Latin 1 format to the code page 437 MS DOS Latin US PC 8 character set 2 Used for translat
165. mit Once the limit has been reached the ticket is returned to its normal idle top of form position and the whole process is repeated Because of this behavior an operator may see the ticket stock protruding from the printer if the printer has remained idle for an extended period of time However this is normal and will not effect positioning of text on a printed ticket a ticket is always returned to its top of form position prior to printing CUTTER TYPE COMMAND lt mct gt Note This function is set at the factory and generally should not be changed This command sets the cutter type for a Mini printer 1 Silent 2 Boca CUTTER SPEED COMMAND lt mcs gt Note This function is set at the factory and generally should not be changed This command sets the cutter speed for a Boca cutter 1 Normal 2 Slow ORIENTATION NORMAL REVERSE COMMAND lt gt lt gt Defines the orientation of the ticket portrait mode layout The normal default mode is disabled lt rtd gt Reverse rte will rotate the ticket portrait mode layout 180 This will only work in conjunction with the boca print driver It is intended to make the Boca print driver compatible with the HP Laserjet print driver Please consult the PRINTER DRIVER SUPPLEMENT for additional information MAGNETICS COMMANDG MAGNETICS MODE ENABLED DISABLED COMMANDS lt mme gt lt mmd gt These commands set the printer in magnetics mode lt
166. mmand will perform that function It can be sent on the first ticket or every ticket of a run When the printer is finished with the last ticket it will issue the acknowledgment Note This command remains in effect only for a run of tickets It must be re sent with the start of a new run if you desire this status NO STATUS S5 or lt s5 gt This feature disables the transmission of all status information except for x on off information This command remains in effect until power off ASCII STATUS S6 or lt s6 gt This feature is for customers whose systems can t handle non ASCII characters or do not pass on the xon xoff values All status information including the xon xoff will have 30h added to them to convert them to an ASCII value Values over 20H are unaffected by this command This command remains in effect until power off DOWNLOAD SPACE AVAILABLE STATUS S7 This feature enables the user to find out how many free bytes are left in the download memory area of the printer Usually there are 128k bytes of space available After downloading some data to the printer you can use this command to determine how much space is left This status is sent as an 8 digit hexadecimal count For example if 100k bytes are available the count will be 00019000 On the fgl44 printer the S7 command can now be used to keep track of both the RAM and flash download space If you are in temporary mode the S7 command will return the amo
167. n is on Virtual Com Port 6 in this case Record this port number and use it in place of the standard COM1 or that your software normally uses to communicate with the printer You can also find the virtual port number under the Bluetooth Properties tab Figure 10 You should be able to communicate with the Boca with HyperTerminal with our Customer program Note must use the Driver version or any other software that uses the COM ports You do not have to setup the baud rate or handshaking on the port it is a virtual connection X My Bluetooth Places E Ee o x File Edit View Bluetooth Favorites Tools Ld Q Back d Search gt Folders Address 9 Bluetooth Places Go BocaPrinter 000123 BocaPrinter 000123 1 Connected COM6 My Device Bluetooth Exchange Folder My Device Find Bluetooth Devices 5 ge View the services provided by N Display previously Found Bluet Configure devices connection Q Entire Bluetooth Neighborhood Bluetooth Setup Wizard Figure 9 125 Bluetooth Properties BocaPrinter 000123 COM1 Figure 10 126 USB DRIVER ADDENDUM USB Printer HID Device Type There are two approved ways to install a Boca Systems USB printer The class 7 printer drivers Boca Systems provides are Microsoft certified on Win2000 Win2003 server Vista and Win7 The 26 46 model printers have the ability to operate as a
168. nction 55 PRINTER STATUS SUPPLEMENT BI DIRECTIONAL STATUS for Serial Ethernet USB and Bluetooth The Ghostwriter will transmit status information back to the host via pin 2 of the RS232 interface when switch 7 on sw2 is enabled The status codes are as follows CODE HEX 01H 02H 03H 04H 05H 06H 07H 08H 09H OAH OBH OCH OEH 10H 11H 12H 13H 14H 15H 16H 17H 18H 19H 1AH 1CH 1DH 1EH 1FH ITI e DESCRIPTION REJECT BIN WARNING 9 REJECT BIN ERROR 9 PAPER JAM PATH 1 PAPER JAM PATH 2 TEST BUTTON TICKET ACK TICKET ACK WRONG FILE IDENTIFIER DURING UPDATE INVALID CHECKSUM VALID CHECKSUM OUT OF PAPER PATH 1 OUT OF PAPER PATH 2 PAPER LOADED PATH 1 PAPER LOADED PATH 2 ESCROW JAM LOW PAPER OUT OF PAPER X ON POWER ON X OFF BAD FLASH MEMORY NAK illegal print command RIBBON LOW RIBBON OUT PAPER JAM ILLEGAL DATA POWERUP PROBLEM DOWNLOADING ERROR CUTTER JAM STUCK TICKET 9 or CUTJAM 1 CUTJAM 2 The above status information can be requested from the printer by sending S1 as described previously in the command sequence section Note 1 This status information is available only in Ventek Dual Supply Mode Note 2 Special firmware releases only Note 3 Status messages for printers with magnetic encoding PARALLEL STATUS The Ghostwriter will transmit parallel status information back to the host via pins 11 1
169. nd and use it Share name Location Comment Click Next to reach the final install screen Choose this as the default printer or not It is always recommended that a test page is printed by pressing the Print a test page button Finally click Finish 96 To check if your printer is working properly or to see troubleshooting information for the printer print a test page Submitted Port 1 54 42 PM 3 8 2012 1P10 0 2 32 97 Installation of port monitors instructions Windows 2000 amp XP Note Please make sure you have either the HP LaserJet IIP Plus Print driver or the appropriate Boca FGL Print driver installed before continuing with these instructions see website for FGL driver arg a Standard TCP IP port using Raw protocol on Windows 2000 preferred method Open the Control Panel through the Start Menu and open Printers Double click Add Printer Click Next Select Local printer clear the Automatically detect my printer check box and then click Next Select Create a new port Choose Standard TCP IP Port from the Type drop down menu You may have to scroll all the way down to the Click Next Enter the IP address of the printer into the Printer Name or IP Address field ex 10 0 0 192 The Port Name is filled in automatically You may change it if you wish 9 Enter the name you wish to call the printer in the Port Name field ex BOCA 10 Click Next and wait for a bit 1
170. nd then starts processing the next ticket s data This processed data is then loaded into the second ticket buffer At this point the two ticket buffers are full so no new information can be processed from the input buffer However the printer can still receive more data at this point until it has reached its maximum limit of bytes loaded Once the ticket has finished printing the printer can again start processing data It will start printing the second ticket buffer while inserting processed data into the first ticket buffer The above cycle will be repeated for each ticket This double buffered approach allows the computer system to derive the maximum ticket output from the printer In serial mode the printer will go busy if it has more than 3000 characters stored in its circular input buffer This is for protection against systems that still send some data even after the printer goes busy In parallel mode the printer will go busy if it has more than 4000 characters stored in its circular buffer Note the printer goes busy momentarily for each character sent during parallel transmission Since the printer is constantly processing data from the input buffer it will typically take a transmission of much more than 4000 characters to fill up the buffer In both parallel and serial mode the printer will remain busy until it has reduced the number of stored characters below 2500 In addition to the ready busy function the printer can transmit x on o
171. new page size create a new form is described in detail below e Windows Defined Windows has pre defined a variety of common page sizes The BOCA drivers allow you to access the letter and 11 x 17 page sizes Please note that margins must be adjusted to avoid printing outside of the ticket boundaries e Custom Size This option is only available in some versions of Word We do not recommend the use of this method Driver Use All Windows applications BOCA PCL and FGL Before using your driver you should select the appropriate ticket size in the Page Setup dialog of the application If your desired ticket size is unavailable you will need to add your own page size as follows e Go to Printers and Faxes e Go to File at the top of the dialog e Select server properties e Select the Forms dialog o Check the create a new form box o Enter the desired width length and margins o Set Margins start with the following minimum margins and increase as necessary FGL DRIVERS o Portrait Mode top and right 0 bottom and left 01 o Landscape Mode bottom and right 0 top and left 01 PCL DRIVERS o Portrait Mode top 07 right 0 bottom 01 left 01 o Landscape Mode bottom and right O top 07 and left 01 e Click on Save Form e Select Close Some older driver versions allowed you to select the letter size and adjust the margins to define the ticket size This feature is still available in the n
172. nformation can be downloaded to the printer at the beginning of memory 19 DRIVER COMMANDS implemented November 2007 on new 26 46 printers In general we discourage sending FGL commands from the driver as they lead to unexpected results However the following commands were designed specifically for use with windows drivers All of these commands must be sent using one of BOCA s resident fonts Mac and Linux drivers do not support resident fonts CUTTER COMMANDS NO CUT MODE lt gt This command places the printer into a cut mode where a print command will cause the printer to print without cutting the ticket Please note that no other data should be sent on the same ticket as the no cut mode command as all other data on these tickets will be ignored CUT MODE lt gt This command returns the printer into its default cut mode where a print command will cause the printer to print and cut the ticket Please note that no other data should be sent on the same ticket as the cut mode command as all other data on these tickets will be ignored FORMATTING COMMANDS MODE lt FGL gt This command allows the user to format the ticket independently of the driver Please note that data sent in this mode will not be displayed in a WYSWYG format and may overwrite or intersect with the data shown on your screen when printed The primary purpose of this command is to facilitate the use of rotated bar code
173. nge the count see the load ticket count instruction below Note that the height width command has no effect with this command and that only two counts can be printed per ticket A separate PC command must be sent for each count you want printed For example to print two rotated right font3 counts 100 columns apart you might send the following lt F3 gt lt RR gt lt RC10 100 gt lt PC gt lt F3 gt lt RR gt lt RC10 200 gt lt PC gt LOAD TICKET COUNT COMMAND lt TC1234567 gt This command allows the user to preload the printer s seven digit ticket count It must contain all seven digits a count of 5 would be sent as lt TC0000005 gt This number will be the count for the ticket presently being sent The next ticket will be one higher When using this command with a repeat command and a print count command you can print many tickets at full speed with the only difference being the ticket count Note the user ticket count is automatically reset to 0 each time the printer is turned off ENABLE INVERTED PRINT MODE COMMAND El This command enables inverted print mode white on black printing Presently unavailable with soft fonts DISABLE INVERTED PRINT MODE COMMAND DI This command disables inverted print mode CRT MESSAGES ENABLE COMMAND lt gt The printer sends a status byte to the cpu when it runs out of tickets when it receives illegal data when there is a jam or a problem with the ribbon If the printer re
174. nt as follows RC0 70 NL3 CODES9 This would result in a 3 unit wide bar code starting on row 0 column 70 No interpretation is printed A typical picket fence code 39 would be as follows lt RCO 10 gt lt NP5 gt lt BI gt CODE39 This code starts at row 0 column 10 The interpretation is included To print the above bar code in a 3 1 ratio you would send the following lt RCO0 10 gt lt NXP5 gt lt Bl gt CODE39 USS CODABAR SUPPLEMENT USS CODABAR is a numeric bar code with 6 special characters and 4 start stop characters A B C D The data sent must be bracketed by a start and stop character The letter C is used to select USS CODABAR bar code A typical data stream for a picket fence codabar bar code with interpretation starting at row 0 column 110 is as follows lt RCO0 110 gt lt CP gt lt BI gt A123456B A expanded ladder version of the above would be as follows lt RCO 110 gt lt X2 gt lt CL gt lt BI gt A123456B 24 CODE 128 SUPPLEMENT Code 128 is an alphanumeric bar code All code 128 data must be bracketed by a caret on both sides The letter O is used to select one twenty eight bar code Shift characters and check digits are automatically calculated by the Ghostwriter The printer will switch between start codes B and C where appropriate A typical ladder code 128 bar code would be sent as follows RCO0 70 2 OL32 CODE128 This would result in a 3 unit wide bar code startin
175. nt head With thick 010 ticket stock this can cause a bend in the ticket stock In order to avoid this situation a special command has been created to reverse the ticket to the print position after the last ticket in a group has been printed This command remains active until power is turned off DELETE PARKING TICKET COMMAND dpt This command is used to delete the permanent parking ticket command pt and return the printer to the normal mode of operation SINGLE BUFFER MODE COMMAND sb Normally the 44 or 46 printer will accept as many tickets as it can until it determines that its 4k input buffer is full At that point the printer will go busy until it has processed some of the characters and thus has room for more data In many applications the printer does not go busy at all as its buffer never gets full This is advantageous in most applications However some of our customers designed their software around the busy architecture of the old FGL2 printer The older printer would go busy after each print command it received a single ticket buffer was full and then go ready when it started printing For customers who require the FGL2 busy protocol a 44 or 46 printer can be configured to act like an FGL2 printer by sending it an sb command Caution must be exercised when using the FGL2 single buffer mode because no buffer overflow check is performed on its 4k input buffer The printer only goes busy after a print command n
176. ntly supported when using soft fonts This command is not applicable to MagMini and Dual printers SPECIAL COMMANDS The following commands are to be transmitted independently without the or characters NORMAL PRINT CUT COMMAND FF This command prints and cuts the ticket PRINT NO CUT 1DH This command causes the printer to print a ticket without cutting CASH DRAW COMMAND 1CH Obsolete LOAD DOWNLOADABLE LOGO ESC lt RC0 0 gt lt G gt BYTE1 BYTE lt RC gt lt G gt BYTES ESC This command allows the user to store up to 128K bytes of logos in the Ghostwriter s memory Once stored the logos can be accessed via a simple command This will be discussed in detail in the LOGO SUPPLEMENT SECTION CLEAR DOWNLOADABLE STORAGE AREA ESC c Note this is a character 27 followed by small c character 99 The printer has a separate memory area that it reserves for downloaded logos and fonts Normally all information sent is stored sequentially in memory starting at the beginning When the memory is full or if you want to change the information in memory you must clear out the old information before sending the new information You can do this by turning off the printer or sending this command Note if the printer has flash memory the information is not lost after power off so you must send this command if you want to reuse the download space This command clears the download logo and font pointers so that new i
177. nts you are downloading To prevent this error try downloading fewer fonts or contact Boca Systems about purchasing additional printer memory Boca Systems also offers a program that will convert true type fonts to the soft font format It can handle both single and two byte character code files 39 TRUETYPE FONTS SUPPLEMENT This option is available with all 26 46 models and some 24 44 models Also needed is the appropriate 5 02 or 5 03 resident font file TrueType Download Command lt ttf gt The TrueType font files can be downloaded manually or through a customer s application using the appropriate command The lt ttf gt command is issued to alert the printer that a TrueType file follows the sign is replaced with the TrueType fonts file size as reported by the operating system The download command is then immediately followed by a binary copy of the font file that the printer will save in memory Unless a file ID number was previously assigned please see FGL lt ID gt command the printer will automatically assign the next available ID to the TrueType font The file ID is very important since it will be used for all future references to the font The Boca Systems customer program also supports downloading of TrueType font files to the printer The program is available for free on our web site at www bocasystems com a link to the program can be found under the Ghostwriter News page The TrueType font files are located in
178. o define your ticket size e Custom Size This option does not work properly We do not recommend the use of this method Printer Models adjustable vs fixed and reverse adjustable Due to a variety of legacy issues and driver limitations an adjustable FGL printer operating in portrait mode requires an rte command in order to properly format the ticket This command only needs to be sent once as it is permanently stored in the printer s memory You can send the printer an lt rtd gt command to reverse an erroneously sent rte command Please note the manner in which the printer formats the ticket in the various scenarios shown below Portrait Mode Portrait Mode Landscape Mode Fixed and reverse Adjustable FGL All FGL and PCL adjustable FGL All PCL i Direction of travel of travel through printer 68 MAG PRINTERS NOTE lt gt lt gt and RE commands should not be used with any Mag printers printers MAGMINI SEQUENCE INITIALIZATION SEQUENCE e Ticket feeds forward through magnetics module to register ticket e Ticket reverses to encode position NORMAL OPERATION e CPU sends magnetics data followed by ticket data e Printer starts encode process e Burster separates ticket e Ticket moves through print station while the next ticket is reversed through magnetics to the pre encode location e Ticket ejected after printing e Next ticket starts encoding NOTE The next
179. of all the command sequences a code example and how they are used It is important to use the command character letters as indicated below Lower case and upper case letters are not equivalent and cannot be interchanged The following is a complete list of FGL46 commands Please note that not all of these commands will be available in all firmware versions Most lowercase commands are permanently stored in Flash memory Commands accessing flash should be used sparingly These commands are intended to set the initial defaults and occasionally monthly annually clear out memory Important Flash most lowercase commands should never be used on every ticket Excessive use of flash commands slows down ticket throughput and reduces the life of the flash ROW COLUMN COMMAND lt RC10 330 gt This command positions the character at the row R and column C sent There must be a comma sent between the row and column values In the above example the row is 10 and the column 330 The character will start there and build according to its rotation NOTE The values are ASCII characters This means that the 10 is sent as an ASCII 1 followed by an ASCII 0 not as a byte with a value of 10 ROTATION COMMAND This command sets the rotation mode for all the following text until a new direction is sent Facing in the direction of rotation all characters build down and to the right of their starting points NR No rotation RR Rotate right 90 RU
180. of item printed For the Quick Response barcodes to print correctly a lt HW1 1 gt will used exclusively There are fourteen Quick Response barcode fonts available They have a point size of 3 to 16 If no point size is specified then the default used is 6 point Examples The example below will print an 8 point QR barcode The lt HW2 2 gt command will not be used for the barcode but can be used for other text The barcode will appear on the ticket at 150 150 without rotation lt NR gt lt HW2 2 gt lt RC450 150 gt lt F11 gt This is QR text test lt RC150 150 gt lt QR8 gt This is a barcode test lt p gt The example below will use all default values It will print a 6 point QR barcode It will print at the current X Y coordinates in the current rotation mode QR The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog lt p gt 30 Aztec 2D Bar Code Aztec Bar Codes lt AZ gt barcode text Both of the Aztec AZ bar code command parameters are optional If omitted default values will be used The Aztec command and the barcode text is all that is required For example the command lt AZ gt Boca Systems will create an Aztec 2D barcode for the text Boca Systems using all default values Experimentation with the parameters is the easiest way to determine the effect of each Apply Tilde Range Oor1 Default 0 Error Correction Level Range 5 95 Default 21 Barcode text ASCII Text Apply Tilde When Apply Tilde is equal to 1 th
181. on a 2 wide print head with 200 dpi 1 CLS PRINT PRINT WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING PORTS IS YOUR PRINTER CONNECTED TO 2 PRINT PRINT 1 LPT1 PRINT 2 LPT2 PRINT 32COM1 PRINT 4 COM2 3 PRINT INPUT ENTER NUMBER 1 4 PN PN VAL PN 4 IF PN lt 1 OR PN 4 THEN CLS GOTO 1 5 ON PN GOTO 6 7 8 9 6 OPEN LPT1 AS 1 WIDTH 1 255 GOTO 10 7 OPEN LPT2 AS 1 WIDTH 1 255 GOTO 10 8 OPEN COM1 9600 N 8 1 RS DS60000 AS 1 GOTO 10 9 OPEN COM2 9600 N 8 1 RS DS60000 AS 1 GOTO 10 10 CLS 20 PRINT INPUT Enter number of tickets to print N 30 FOR J 1 40 PRINT 1 lt RC94 60 gt lt HW2 2 gt lt F2 gt 15G 50 PRINT 1 lt RC88 34 gt lt LT2 gt lt BX36 140 gt 60 PRINT 1 lt RC180 75 gt A 70 PRINT 1 lt RC176 34 gt lt LT2 gt lt BX36 140 gt 80 PRINT 1 lt RC248 34 gt lt LT2 gt lt BX36 140 gt 90 PRINT 1 lt RC328 34 gt lt LT2 gt lt BX36 140 gt 100 PRINT 1 lt RC70 70 gt lt HW1 1 gt lt F2 gt SEAT 110 PRINT 1 lt RC158 70 gt ROW 120 PRINT 1 lt RC88 720 gt lt LT2 gt lt BX32 140 gt 130 PRINT 1 lt RC168 720 gt lt LT2 gt lt BX36 140 gt 140 PRINT 1 lt RC248 720 gt lt LT2 gt lt BX36 140 gt 150 PRINT 1 lt RC328 720 gt lt LT2 gt lt BX36 140 gt 160 PRINT 1 lt RC2 10 gt lt LT4 gt lt BX380 1020 gt 170 PRINT 1 lt RC16 240 gt lt LT2 gt lt BX200 400 gt 180 PRINT 1 lt RC333 44 gt lt F3 gt lt HW1 1 gt lt NR gt 1000 lt RC333 105 gt J 190 PRINT 1 lt F
182. open the B cash draw When using this command don t use the old 1CH cash draw command ENABLE TEST TICKET ACKNOWLEDGE COMMAND ta Normally no acknowledgment is sent when a test ticket is printed For customers preferring to keep track of each test ticket printed an ack character 5 will be sent if this function is enabled by the ta command This command will be stored in flash if present and will remain in effect until disabled by the dta command below 16 DISABLE TEST TICKET ACKNOWLEDGE COMMAND dta This command returns the printer to the normal test ticket mode in which no ack character is sent SCALE DOWN COMMAND lt SD gt not available on 22 24 26 An FGL fonts may be scaled down to a fraction of its original size The font will be divided by the indicated in the scale down command This command may be used in combination with the lt HW gt command to create fractional multiples of font sizes e g To scale a font to 2 3 its original size send lt HW2 2 gt lt SD3 gt NOTE The height width command should be sent before the scaling command Now available with soft fonts SHADE PATTERN IN BACKGROUND lt gt not available 22 24 26 See the shading pattern supplement for further details SHADE PATTERN IN FOREGROUND lt gt not available on 22 24 26 See the shading pattern supplement for further details SHADE PATTERN PAZ not available on 22 24 26 See the shading pa
183. ot when its buffer is full When sending very large data files to the printer you must be careful not to overflow the buffer The potential for buffer overflow is more probable with parallel interfaces due to their high data transmission speeds Note Because of command buffering in the 44 or 46 printer this command does not work exactly as before The printer now goes busy when it processes the print command not when it receives the print command the old way This means the 44 or 46 printer will go busy a few milliseconds later than previous printers in this mode This command is generally not recommended for use This command will be stored in flash and will remain in effect until an mb is sent MULTIPLE BUFFER MODE COMMAND mb This is the normal FGL44 default condition of the printer see above This command will be stored in flash and will remain in effect until an sb is sent EXPANDED CHARACTER MODE ENABLE COMMAND xe The BOCA printer normally prints ASCII characters from character 32 a space to character 127 Except for certain fonts character values over 127 will produce unexpected results Some fonts like font13 can print character values over 127 In other fonts certain values over 127 are transposed to produce our special character set see the special character set page Some customers have requested the ability to not have this transposing done on values greater than 127 This command disables that function and
184. ough the use of FGL commands The codepages supported by the printer are listed below However it must be noted that not all TrueType fonts support the entire list of codepages it is the user s responsibility to make sure the TrueType font file contains the characters necessary to support the selected codepage This restriction applies to resident fonts as well as fonts downloaded to the printer by the end user The TrueType codepages can be selected using the following FGL commands lt gt and lt gt The upper case command temporarily selects the codepage and the lower case command is used to permanently change the printer s power on default value ID Character Set Description 1250 Windows Central European 1251 Windows Cyrillic 1252 Windows Latin 1253 Windows Greek 1254 Windows Turkish 1255 Windows Hebrew 1256 Windows Arabic 1257 Windows Baltic 437 OEM US MS DOS 858 OEM Multilingual Latin Euro MS DOS Indicates the printer s default character set Supported codepages for the resident TrueType fonts e Comic Sans 1250 1251 1252 1253 1254 1257 e Verdana 1250 1251 1252 1253 1254 1257 41 UPDATING FIRMWARE FONTS and FEATURES Most features of the 24 44 and 26 46 printers can be updated through the printer s communication port Boca has a customer program found on our website www bocasystems com news html that allows the customer to send a ne
185. port connection but is able to run much faster The communication between the Host and Boca board is at microwave speeds Between the board and printer it is 450k baud with hardware handshaking BLUETOOTH PROFILES Bluetooth is successful because it works with a wide array of devices and allows them to interact with each other This is accomplished by the use of profiles that describe a particular functionality that the device supports Boca Printers support the following profiles 121 Generic Access Profile GAP Defines how two Bluetooth devices discover and establish communications between each other The GAP is the mother of all profiles as it defines the modes and procedures that all the other profiles use Service Discovery Application Profile SDAP Allows Bluetooth devices to query the services available on other Bluetooth devices Serial Port Profile Defines how two Bluetooth devices can communicate with each other by using virtual serial ports Using this profile Bluetooth communication can be treated as just another serial communication MAKING A CONNECTION Some computers come with Bluetooth capability embedded in them and others require an adapter be added to a USB port The host system must contain a Bluetooth stack This is an application that enables it to interact with other Bluetooth devices There are two widely used stacks Microsoft Bluetooth stack which comes with Windows XP service Pack2
186. port is set up to have all traffic replicated to it the problem might be that the network interface on which you re capturing doesn t support promiscuous mode or because your OS can t put the interface into promiscuous mode Normally network interfaces supply to the host only e packets sent to one of that host s link layer addresses e broadcast packets e multicast packets sent to a multicast address that the host has configured the interface to accept 89 Most network interfaces can also be put in promiscuous mode in which they supply to the host all network packets they see Ethereal will try to put the interface on which it s capturing into promiscuous mode unless the Capture packets in promiscuous mode option is turned off in the Capture Options dialog box and Tethereal will try to put the interface on which it s capturing into promiscuous mode unless the p option was specified However some network interfaces don t support promiscuous mode and some OSes might not allow interfaces to be put into promiscuous mode If the interface is not running in promiscuous mode it won t see any traffic that isn t intended to be seen by your machine It will see broadcast packets and multicast packets sent to a multicast MAC address the interface is set up to receive You should ask the vendor of your network interface whether it supports promiscuous mode If it does you should ask whoever supplied the driver for the interface the vendor
187. qual to 8 dots For example a lt taj2 gt command will adjust the top printing down 16 dots Normally there is a top margin TOFF and a bottom margin BOFF If there is no top margin the printing can not be adjusted up If there is no bottom margin the printing can still be adjusted down but it will reduce the number of lines that can be printed on a ticket The adjustment values can range from the top margin amount to 10 Normally all you would need to use is either lt taj 1 gt or lt taj1 gt This command is saved in the flash and becomes permanent until a new lt taj gt command is sent To return to the default setting send lt gt USB INTERFACE IS Human Interface Device HID lt usbh gt New command 26 46 only Note This command should only be used by an experienced user This command is used to set the USB interface into HID mode This means when the printer is plugged into the PC or MAC it will be installed as a human interface device In this mode the printer communication is handled as a HID without printer drivers installed USB INTERFACE IS Printer lt usbp gt New command 26 46 only Note This command should only be used by an experienced user This command is used to set the USB interface into PRINTER mode This means when the printer is plugged into the PC or MAC it will be installed as a printer This is the standard default setting of all Boca Systems USB printers In this mode a pr
188. r automatically assigns a sequential ID to all permanent and temporary files unless the files are preceded with a valid lt ID gt command The first two soft fonts loaded would be referenced as lt SF1 gt and lt SF2 gt respectively The first two logos loaded would be referenced as lt LD1 gt and lt LD2 gt respectively Note Logo ID s are limited to 511 and Soft font ID s are limited to 32767 Permanent files are stored in flash and therefore will be saved if the printer is turned off Temporary files are stored in ram and will be lost if the printer is turned off The lt ID gt command is used to assign an ID number to soft fonts and logos To preset the next logo to logo 3 send lt 103 gt prior to the logo information To replace logo 3 send lt ID3 gt before downloading the next logo lt ID gt command is used in the same manner for both logos and soft fonts The delete file command lt DF gt is used to delete permanent and temporary files lt DF gt Delete file command format 1 Delete all permanent and temporary files same as an ESC c command 2 Delete all temporary files 3 Delete all permanent and temporary soft fonts 4 Delete all temporary soft fonts 5 Delete all permanent and temporary logo files 6 Delete all temporary logo files 7 Delete individual soft font file 8 Delete individual logo file 9 Reclaim defrag download flash space Use this command to free up any dirty byte
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190. r to produce different inter character spacing Each character is top left justified within the box depending on its rotation Each character can be rotated in any of the four directions Non rotated NR characters are printed across the ticket from left to right Rotated right RR characters are printed down the ticket from top to bottom Rotated upside down RU characters are printed across the ticket from right to left and build up from their starting points Rotated left RL characters are printed up the ticket from bottom to the top A character can be positioned to start anywhere on the ticket by sending a row column command to the printer The next character will start where the previous character box ended unless a new row column command is sent A return command will position the next character on the start of the next line keeping the same rotation from before unless a new one is sent Therefore if a return is sent while printing in a rotated right mode the next character is printed at the top of the ticket and one character line below to the left of the previous line A character line is equal to the box height of a character In the default mode font3 a character line is 33 dot positions and a character column is 20 dot positions Please note that many software programs will automatically send a return characters based on some arbitrary criteria These automatic carriage returns should be suppressed The different types of command s
191. red will be the network service set identifier SSID Once the SSID is entered the system will prompt for the Security Mode The Boca Systems printers support communication with any of four security mode settings The security mode choices are Disabled WPA Personal WPA2 Personal and WEP Below are examples showing the four choices of an enabled wireless printer Disable Security Mode Allows the user to communicate through the wireless network without any security encryption involved Fay Configure Printer Wifi and Security BAR Printer Wifi Enable with DHCP IP SSID Wifibemo Disabled WPA WPA2 Personal Security Mode Allows the user to communicate through the network using WPA or WPA2 Personal wireless encryption When this security encryption mode is chosen it will be required to enter the WPA Shared Key for the local wireless network Some networks also enforce the use of an optional key value The optional prompt field is provided for those networks Finally click on OK to have these values transmitted to the printer through the cable The printer will reset and upon re initialization it will establish wireless communication with the local network The handshaking involved in establishing wireless communication can take up to 30 seconds 119 Configure Printer Wifi and Security ER Printer Wifi Enable with DHCP IP SSID Wifidemo WPA X WPA Shared Key securemenow Optional Key 1
192. rinted For the Data Matrix barcodes to print correctly a lt HW1 1 gt will used exclusively There are eleven Data Matrix barcode fonts available numbered from lt F50 gt to lt F60 gt The default is lt F50 gt They have a point size of 2 to 14 and vary in height width ratios The 2 point font is very difficult to scan with anything less than a top of the line scanner Examples The example below will print a 6 point DTM barcode known as lt F54 gt The lt HW2 2 gt command will not be used for the barcode but can be used for other text It will appear on the ticket at 150 150 without rotation lt HW2 2 gt lt RC150 150 gt lt F54 gt lt NR gt lt DTM gt The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog p The example below will use all default values It will print 2 point DTM barcode known as lt F50 gt It will print at the current X Y coordinates in the current rotation mode lt DTM gt The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog lt p gt 29 Quick Response 2D Bar Code Quick Response Bar Codes lt QR gt barcode text All of the Quick Response QR bar code command parameters are optional If omitted default values will be used The QR command and the barcode text is all that is required For example the command lt QR gt Boca Systems will create a Quick Response 2D barcode for the text Boca Systems using all default values Experimentation with the parameters is the easiest way to determine the effect of
193. rmware may not contain all of the features discussed in this document New commands will be highlighted in green to indicate the possibility that older versions of FGL22 24 26 and or FGL42 44 46 may not contain these features We hope you enjoy your new Ghostwriter family printer The FGL46 language represents the latest enhancements to the FGL language FGL46 contains many new features PDF 417 Data Matrix QR and Aztec 2D barcodes BMP graphics Text Centering etc while retaining all of the commonly used FGL features Some of the new FGL46 features are available in older FGL44 printers using special firmware version 44G and above Note Downloading of FGL Bitmapped fonts is no longer allowed in order to eliminate potential conflicts with some of the new FGL features While the use of FGL provides the programmer with the most efficient means of communicating with the printer printing through a printer driver Windows Mac or Linux is probably the fastest way to get your printer running To work with a driver follow the instructions on the applicable printer driver page of our website Copyright c 1989 2012 by Boca Systems Inc TABLE OF CONTENTS GENERAL DESCRIPTION READ THIS eene nennen trennt nnne 4 COMMAND SEQUENCGCES 2 conceit ede eee bd duds eee ed deed eae e cec uua 9 STATUS COMMA N D SA es ada c
194. running LPD PPrinter Specifies the name of the printer for the desired queue CClass gt Specifies the content of the banner page for the class JJobname Specifies the name of this job O option gt Indicates the type of file The default is a text file Use Ol lowercase L for a binary file for example PostScript filename The name of the file to be printed 510 0 0 192 Pboca p txt Sends the p txt to the printer with IP address 10 0 0 192 requests printer status SServer P Printer 1 86 Parameters SServer Specifies the name of the computer or print device running LPD PPrinter Specifies the name of the printer for the desired queue I Lowercase L gt Specifies that a detailed status should be given Note specifying the command without the lowercase L returns a generic printer ok status message if the printer is not busy see below However the printer will not accept the command if it is busy so nothing is usually returned until the printer is ready again ex Ipq S10 0 0 192 Pboca Normally returns a Boca Systems Ipd no jobs queued on this port message printer ok S10 0 0 192 Pboca I Returns detailed status for boca queue print job on printer with IP address 10 0 0 192 Note this will include all of the printer status bytes described in the Printer Status Supplement in the programming guide SHARED DEVICE The printer may
195. s The command should be sent at the beginning of a line in a resident font with the bar code information immediately succeeded by the bar code information and an NR command The command sequence cannot extend beyond the end of the line Each command sequence must be placed on a new line with a separate lt FGL gt command We suggest placing the lt FGL gt mode commands at the end of your ticket separated from the remainder of your ticket data Normal ticket data this can be in any font od wy lt FGL gt lt RC400 100 gt lt BI gt lt NL8 gt LADDER NR lt FGL gt lt RC400 400 NP8 LADDER NR POSSIBLE FUTURE COMMANDS AND FEATURES PROGRAMMABLE TEST TICKET This command would allow the customer to design their own test ticket 20 STANDARD INTERFACE PINOUTS SERIAL PINOUTS RS232 RS232 RS232 RS232 std RJ11 CPU PORT Terminal Port PIN FUNCTION PIN FUNCTION PIN FUNCTION PIN FUNCTION 2 Printer 2 Printer Receive 1 DTR printer 1 DTR printer rdy 3 Printer Receive 3 Printer Transmit 2 Printer Transmit E Printer Receive 7 Ground RTS 5V 3 Printer Receive 3 Printer Transmit 5 20 Printer Ready 6 DTR printer rdy 4 Ground mn Ground 4 22 RTS 45V 7 Ground 5 Ground E Ground 8 CD 45V 6 6 TYPICAL RS232 PIN CONNECTIONS standard standard pc type pc type 25 PIN PC 9 PIN PC 25 PIN
196. s supported Works with Microsoft Standard TCP IP port SNMP disabled Works with HP Standard TCP IP port SNMP disabled Works with Microsoft LPR port PING UTITITY You can use the MS DOS Ping command for diagnostic testing and to verify the network connection e ping 10 0 0 192 will ping the network printer 10 0 0 192 four times NETWORK INTERFACES supported under TCP IP SUPPORTED INTERFACE Windows Socket API LPD LPR COMMENTS Bi directional Raw TCP protocol between printer and Host port 9100 Unidirectional LPD All commands supported except remove jobs UNSUPPORTED INTERFACE COMMENTS APP Socket Raw TCP protocol data from Host to printer port 9100 Status returned to Host as UDP data on Port 9101 RAW TCP OPERATION TCP communication is initiated by opening the connection item 1 and terminated by closing the connection item 4 Item 2 is necessary to print tickets The printer can return status data item 3 either in response to an external status request or as a result of a change in printer status Each item below must be completed with the indicated acknowledgement In the event that the item is not completed the printer may initiate a timeout to close the port and discontinue the application see Retransmit Command Timeout In the event that the connection remains open for an excessive amount of time the printer may reset the connection and discontinue the application if another application reques
197. s Webpage can be manually refreshed without waiting for the refresh interval to expire by clicking the refresh symbol on your web browser e If the printer resets for any reason the Webpage connection should be manually refreshed as it may not be able to re establish the connection automatically Warning e Do not save changes from the Standard Configuration Webpage while printing tickets It will cause unpredictable results WEBPAGE REFRESH RATE This controls the rate at which the Real time Status Webpage is refreshed It can be entered using the Control Panel Menu the appropriate FGL command or the Web Configuration Page The default rate is 15 seconds EMAIL WEBPAGE The Email Settings page can be used to set the email address to which the printer will send an email upon detection of power on tickets low paper out paper jam or a cutter jam conditions Email setup options include SMTP Server Address and Port number Email to and from fields as well as a 140 character email message As most email servers require Authentication we suggest that you enter a username password combination so that the message can be processed by your email server Upon detection of one of the alerts the printer will send an email to the Email To address It will indicate the cause of the alert in the subject line of the email The body of the email will contain the email message that was filled in by the customer Notes e The email function may not wor
198. s in the flash NOTE This command resets the printer on printers with True Type capability 10 Delete all TrueType Font files 11 Delete individual TrueType Font files Notes e On True Type capable printers 46 and other C based firmware the printer will go busy after the reclaim command lt DF9 gt is processed until the reclaim process is completed During this time the printer will re initialize itself and delete all data from its buffers We recommend that the reclaim command is the last data sent until after the system receives a power on status from the printer e On non true type capable printers 44 and other assembly based firmware the printer will not go busy or reset during the processing of the reclaim lt DF9 gt command lt ID gt command must precede the lt DF7 gt lt DF8 gt or DF11 command in order to delete an individual file 32 e The printer keeps track of the file ID s as they are deleted The ID assigned to the next file downloaded will always be one greater than the highest remaining ID left in the printer If all files are deleted then the ID number starts back at one Example If the printer has soft font1 soft font2 soft font8 logo1 downloaded and you wanted to delete soft font2 you would send the following string lt ID2 gt lt DF7 gt The next soft font downloaded would then be soft font4 33 DOWNLOADING LOGO SUPPLEMENT NOTE 22 24 46 does not support any of
199. s of the printer and stores it in flash The example above would change the address to 10 0 1 25 The IP address can also be changed using the Factory or Web Menu The default address is 10 0 0 192 Note IP address 0 0 0 0 is reserved IDLE TIMEOUT COMMAND lt idt gt This command permanently stores the timeout value in flash The value can range from 1 65535 seconds The printer will reset the open connection after seconds of inactivity if another application is 84 seeking to communicate with the printer In this case a reset RST packet will be sent to the open connection and any previously stored data will be flushed The default setting is 30 seconds This command permanently stores the Retransmit Timeout value in flash The value can range from 1 65535 seconds This command sets the total timeout period for a network port connection to remain open if there is a problem communicating between ports Normally after 2s the Boca printer will retransmit data that has failed to be acknowledged by the Host TCP Then it will wait 4s then 8s etc After a total of 300s the Boca will send a RST packet and terminate the connection Any previously stored data will be flushed The default setting is 300 seconds NEW FGL NETWORKING COMMANDS Available in versions FGL44B5 and above Previous firmware versions did not allow you to assign a subnet mask or default gateway The printer would always send packets directly to the destinat
200. se of this driver whenever possible Please note that none of the remaining instructions apply to the Generic Text Driver Driver Download When downloading the Boca Systems Windows printer drivers save the file on the PCs hard drive perhaps at cAboca and unzip the file It is important to remember where you saved these files should it be necessary to tell the Install Wizard during installation When unzipping this file it will create a subdirectory named printer_drivers and populate it with fourteen files When unzipping the downloaded zip file printer_drivers zip have the tool extract the files into and all the printer driver files will be placed in c boca printer_drivers Printer Driver Installation Parallel Serial USB and Ethernet All Windows instructions are based upon the use of Windows XP Other versions of Windows will operate in a similar but not identical manner For more details on Windows Ethernet installation please see the Ethernet addendum section below for Installing a Standard TCP IP port When using a Plug and Play printer USB most of these steps will be unnecessary Windows will do most of it automatically It may be necessary to tell the Install Wizard where on the hard drive the printer driver files exists perhaps c boca printer_drivers Go to Printers and Faxes Select Add a printer The Welcome to the Add Printer Wizard will appear Click Next Turn off Automatically
201. set you will not get a status byte indicating a mistake as you would with an incomplete logo You will probably notice the mistake on the printout You may still use the download space available status request S7 to monitor how much free space is left It can now be used to keep track of both the RAM and expansion flash If you are in temporary mode the S7 command will return the amount of RAM space available If you are in permanent mode it will display the amount of flash available Note deleting a file from flash does not free up the memory for later use unless the flash is empty This is planned as a future enhancement The ESC c command is still used to reset the pointers in the expansion flash also see the lt gt command 62 FONT SIZE SUPPLEMENT This section describes the different font sizes available on the Boca Printers and any restrictions pertaining to each See the following pages for actual size samples of most of the available font sizes The samples are usually shown with character 33 first thru character 126 If a character can t be printed in a certain font size it will appear as a blank character All font sizes are available in rotated and non rotated modes unless indicated Definitions Normal ASCII character set characters 33 126 Extended character set characters 33 255 German character set 8 common German characters 64 91 93 123 126 British Pound sign character 96 OCRA special
202. t In other words the Ghostwriter knows if it is printing an extra sized character and it will place the next character in the correct position so it will not be over written This also holds true for return commands The printer will automatically position itself down enough lines depending on the size of the characters printed However the printer only remembers the parameters set up for the previously printed character Therefore if a sentence is printed across the ticket and it starts with normal characters and ends with double sized characters 5 a return will position the next character below the beginning of the sentence as if it started with a double sized character If this feature is not desired skip the return character and send a row column command to position the next character where desired Note Care must be used when using size modifiers and positioning commands In most instances the printer will ignore all data sent outside the ticket boundaries as well as any data sent following an illegal positioning command In the latter case the printer will normally ignore all remaining data until a valid command is sent However in certain cases the illegal data may end up being printed on either this or the following ticket Always check what is being sent to the printer if unexpected results occur Printer Default Settings Font type Font3 17x31 dot matrix Character box size 20x33 dot matrix Starting point row 0 column 0 H
203. t lt UP5 gt J401234K567893L EAN8 This code is really an 8 digit UPC code The check digit is calculated using the same method described above A typical EAN8 ladder code follows lt RCO0 70 gt lt X2 gt lt UL5 gt J1234K5670L The same bar code printed in the opposite direction would be as follows lt RL gt lt RC200 70 gt lt X2 gt lt uL5 gt J1234K5670L 22 INTERLEAVED 20F5 SUPPLEMENT Interleaved 2 of 5 bar code is a numeric only bar code All 2 of 5 bar codes must contain an even number of characters and are bracketed by a stop and start character The character is the colon The letter F is used to select interleaved two of five bar code Note this bar code can be printed in either a 2 1 or 3 1 wide to narrow ratio The following are 2 1 ratio commands the default value A typical picket fence bar code would be sent as follows lt RCO 10 gt lt X2 gt lt FP3 gt 123456 The above prints a 3 unit high 24 dots bar code starting at row 0 column 10 The bar code will extend down and to the right from the initial row and column position A typical ladder orientation bar code with interpretation and a default width of 4 would be sent as follows lt RCO 70 gt lt FL gt 123456 An expanded doubled version of the above bar code would be as follows lt RCO 70 gt lt FL gt lt X2 gt 123456 A 3 1 ratio of the above expanded doubled version would be as follows lt 0 70 gt lt gt lt 2 gt 1234
204. t expansion number allowed BAR CODE RATIO ADJUST COMMAND lt AXB gt string or lt aXB gt string future commands lt AYB gt string or lt aYB gt string N for three of nine F for interleaved two of five a n for three of nine a f for interleaved two of five All bar codes naturally default to a 2 1 ratio between wide and narrow spaces However certain bar codes 120 5 3of9 can be printed a 3 1 5 2 wide to narrow ratio This is accomplished by adding an X Y to the normal command structure as shown above For example to print a 3 1 5 2 ratio ladder 30 9 bar code you would use a lt NXL gt lt NYL gt string command Do not use the X Y with bar codes that can t be printed in that format NOTE The 5 2 ratio has not yet been implemented and will not be available until sometime in the future PRINTING LENGTH COMMAND lt PL gt This command allows the user to control the length of a printed ticket On power up the printer calculates the length of the ticket It then sets the printing length equal to this value Therefore a standard ticket is usually printed to about 1050 columns To reduce the printable area on the ticket use a number smaller than the actual length of the ticket The printing length may not exceed the actual ticket length If a PL command is sent that is too big the printer will set it equal to the ticket length Please note that the first column always starts on the far left hand s
205. t function for the magnetics printer Note selecting the auto reprint function automatically disables the purge on void function below PURGE VOID ENABLED DISABLED COMMANDS lt mpe gt lt mpd gt Note This function should only be used by an experienced user These commands enable lt mpe gt or disable lt gt the purge on void function for the magnetics printer Note selecting the purge on void function automatically disables the auto reprint function above MAGNETICS TYPE COMMAND lt gt Note This function is set at the factory and should not be changed This command sets the type of magnetic printer The values can range from 1 4 as shown below 1 bottom 2 top 3 center 4 mini kiosk TRACK SELECTION COMMAND lt mts gt Note This function should only be used by an experienced user This command sets the track selection for the printer The values can range from 1 5 as shown below 1 tracks 1 2 83 2 tracks 1 2 3 track 1 4 track 2 5 disabled TRACK 2 DENSITY COMMAND lt mtd gt Note This function should only be used by an experienced user This command sets the track 2 density The values can range from 1 2 as shown below 1 75 bpi 2 210 bpi TRACK ENCODING COMMAND lt mte gt Note This function should only be used by an experienced user This command sets the track encoding The values can range from 1 2 as shown below 1 7 5 5 2
206. t position to the left towards the ticket entrance area Cut counts are increments of 003 for 300dpi and 005 for 200dpi Depressing CHOICES changes the count value The burst count value can be set within 75 of the ticket length This is set at the factory DEC BURST COUNT Enables the operator to move the cut or tear position to the right towards the ticket exit area Cut counts are decrements of 003 for 300dpi and 005 for 200dpi Depressing CHOICES changes the count value The burst count value can be set within 75 of the ticket length This is set at the factory AUTO REPRINT Enables or disables the auto reprint feature Your choices are YES Enabled or NO Disabled YES is factory default PURGE ON VOID Enables or disables purge on void feature Your choices are YES Enabled or NO Disabled MAGNETICS TYPE Defines the type of magnetic printer This feature is set at the factory should not be changed Here are the following choices BOTTOM TOP CENTER MINI KIOSK TRACK SELECTION Defines the track selection for the printer Here are the following choices TRACKS 1 2 3 TRACKS 1 2 TRACK 1 TRACK 2 DISABLED TRACK 2 DENSITY Defines track 2 density Your choices are 75bpi factory default or 210bpi Experienced users should only use this function TRACK ENCODING Defines track encoding Your choices are 7 5 5 factory default or 7 7 7 Experienced users should only use this fu
207. t rfe gt command Dual Path Printer Auto Detect A Dual Path RFID printer can only be configured with two readers of the same type You can not mix an M1 with an M4 reader Each path will have its own reader These are configured with the Auto Dual M1 or M4 RFID Menu option or lt rfe gt command A Dual RFID printer uses the same RFID commands as a single path standard RFID printer However you must tell the printer for which path the RFID commands are intended This is accomplished by sending a path command lt P1 gt or lt P2 gt before issuing any RFID commands Once a path has been selected you no longer need to send a path command before the RFID commands In order to change paths a new path command must be sent Ex lt P1 gt lt RFSN2 1 gt would read the serial number from the tag on Path1 Ex lt P2 gt lt RFSN2 1 gt would read the serial number from the tag on Path2 RFID RETRY COMMAND lt rfre gt 115 This command permanently stores the retry value in flash The value can range from 1 5 The default value is 2 This is the number of times the printer will retry performing the requested RFID operation before printing a Void ticket RFID TIMEOUT COMMAND lt rfto gt This command permanently stores the timeout value in flash The value can range from 1 256ms The default value is 60ms This is the period of time that the printer will wait for a response from the RFID encoder before timing out
208. t rtc gt not available on 22 42 13 The printer maintains separate re settable ticket counts for each path This command resets the re settable ticket count on the printer The field represents the path number The re settable ticket count is printed on the test ticket preceded by RTC This count is not affected by turning off the printer PERMANENT TICKET COUNT no applicable commands not available on 22 42 The printer maintains separate non re settable ticket counts for each path The permanent ticket count is printed on the test ticket preceded by PTC This count is not affected by turning off the printer PRINT TICKET COUNT COMMAND lt gt The printer keeps track of each ticket that it prints This seven digit number is kept in the printer as the user ticket count This number is independent of both re settable and permanent ticket counts Up to two ticket counts both the same count can be printed in any font size in any rotation anywhere on the ticket To have this number printed on the ticket you must send the printer a PC command This command can be placed anywhere in the ticket data However it will use the location of the ticket pointer when the command is sent in determining where to place the count Therefore it is recommended to send a normal row column command before the PC command The reason for being able to print two counts is to print a count on the main ticket and the same count on a stub To cha
209. te te et pet oe oon e eee e e aed eaa eR vara 66 Linux ini msnd ue 67 42 44 46 CONFIGURATION TEST TICKET 7 71 CHANGING ETHERNET PARAMETERS SUPPLEMENT 00 00000 000000 ernst enr nnns 78 ETHERNET INTERFACE ADDENDUM REV 10 0 222 2 12 00 00000000 en nennen tenen nennen snnt nnne 80 MEMORY INVENTORY COMMAND enne nnne sen nnn rines 105 RFID ADDENDUM REV F itr Ee cos B Y NE eset EXE Homer Dra den A rabo HER 107 v lsp isisizh piUl rS 118 X 118 Configure WiFi Connection Step by 119 BLUETOOTH ADDENDUM 13 1 rte eri tad ok eame e eim et Cete isst eres eed 121 USB DRIVER ADDENDUM 5 Renee Td 127 USB Printer HID Device 24011000 seres nnn nnne nennen nne 127 APPENDIX A SAMPLE BASIC PROGRAM FOR 200 DPI PRINT 128 APPENDIX B GHOSTWRITER COMMANDS Quick Reference 129 APPENDIX C ASCII CHARACTER 132 APPENDIX D Special Character
210. ted in the future as deemed necessary BUFFERING OF COMMANDS ENABLED lt bce gt This command enables the buffering of all commands Normally the printer will reset itself after receiving certain configuration commands All data sent during the resulting reset period 2 3 seconds is lost as the printer re initializes and clears its memory Using this command allows the user to string together multiple commands For example bce md mic ps3 bcd will set the printer up with multiple tickets disabled as a micro with a print speed of 3 BUFFERING OF COMMANDS DISABLED bcd This command disables the buffering of commands and allows the printer to reset and thus configure itself based on any new data sent to it THE FOLLOWING CONTROL PANEL ITEMS ARE PRINTED ON THE CONFIGURATION TEST TICKET BAUD RATE COMMAND lt brx y z gt Note This function should only be used by an experienced user This command sets the baud rate x parity y and data bit size z for the printer Valid values for each are shown below For example to set a 9600 baud rate even parity 7 data bits send the lt br9600 E 7 gt command X 1200 28800 y N no parity z 8 data bits 2400 38400 E even parity 7 data bits 4800 57600 O odd parity 9600 115200 19200 Note At this time you can not select 8 data bits with odd or even parity MINI MICRO COMMAND lt gt lt gt This command sets the printer up as a Mini cutter
211. ted the printer is automatically placed in two byte mode which allows it to correctly interpret Extended UNIX Codes EUC which are used to represent the KANJI characters When operating in this mode the printer treats any two adjacent bytes that fall into the EUC KANJI code range as a single character The range of values for the first byte of each character is 161 254 decimal and the range for the second byte is 161 254 decimal The first byte received by the printer is the most significant byte of the character code and the second byte is the least significant byte Please note that some of the characters within this range have not been defined Any character codes received for undefined characters will print as spaces In addition to the Two byte character codes the printer will accept normal FGL commands character range 0 127 decimal while font 20 or 25 is active Please note that the printer will not accept any standard ASCII characters in this mode ASCII characters can only be printed by re selecting a standard one byte font Two byte mode will be terminated any time another font is selected graphics or logo mode is entered or a download sequence is received To place the printer back into two byte mode an oriental font must again be selected The Oriental fonts are organized according to the KUTEN value of the characters The KUTEN is a matrix that contains 94 rows with 94 characters per row In the Chinese font rows 1 15 are reser
212. ter can successfully reload it will print any remaining tickets in its buffer This is a useful feature for operators who had trouble loading the tickets in the required amount of time The operator can also manually load the ticket under the print head and then push the test button to allow the printer to properly load the ticket 2S PRINTER no longer in production This is a two sided printer Please see the 2S supplement for details COMMAND SEQUENCES The Ghostwriter accepts a wide variety of commands to control the printing of characters A command sequence performs a unique function and many different sequences can be sent for each string to be printed A command is distinguished from text by the characters A is used as a front marker for a command sequence and the is used for an end marker Any data sent between these markers is interpreted as command data The data to be printed on the ticket is sent with no markers Every command sequence must be bracketed with the characters If more than one command is sent in a line the front marker of the second command is sent immediately after the end marker of the first sequence Note that there is no delimiter between commands ex lt HW2 2 gt lt RC10 30 gt Usually commands can be sent in any order The text to be printed then comes right after the end of the last command end marker The printer expects all the data it receives to be sent as ASCII characters Below is a list
213. ter server there is a certain time out after the 11th job This limits the performance because per RFC 1122 each port must not be re used for four minutes 2 Maximum Segment Lifetime as defined in RFC 1122 Windows NT up to Windows NT 3 51 with Service Pack 4 implemented this strict behavior Starting with Windows NT 3 51 Service Pack 5 and up to Windows NT 4 Service Pack 2 this limitation was raised because the LPR port was able to use the ports 512 to 1023 Please refer to http www cyrtech de articles Windows 20LPR pdf for additional information on this topic 90 Create a Standard TCP IP port using raw protocol and install a Boca Systems printer driver Windows 7 operating system Printer Drivers If the intent is to install the Boca Systems Ethernet printer with a Boca Systems printer driver please install the drivers onto the PC before proceeding with the steps outlined below If needed click on the link below to download and save the self extracting executable file on the local PC at perhaps c boca Once saved double click on the file to unzip and run it This will install the printer drivers into the PCs driver store Then when installing the printer drivers step 14 below the drivers will appear as shown in the second picture below Windows Printer Driver Link gt http www bocasystems com printer drivers exe Cables A standard Ethernet cable can be used with the printer as long as it is plugged into a router or switc
214. the flash related functions described below Note please read the Downloading File Supplement first Logos can originate in one of two manners They can be permanently stored in the printer s memory before leaving the factory or they can be downloaded by the customer directly The former is accessed by use of the lt LO gt command the latter by the lt LD gt command If the printer is in permanent file mode then all logos downloaded by the user will be automatically stored in Flash They will still be available even after the printer is turned off RESIDENT FACTORY LOGOS To print a factory logo you could send the following lt SP60 170 gt lt LO1 gt The above command will print the first factory loaded logo locating it at row column position 60 170 NOTE Factory logos are a customer specified option and are not present on most printers DOWNLOADABLE LOGOS The printer is capable of receiving downloaded logo data and recalling it throughout the day The download logo data must be in either the FGL image format described below or the BMP PCX format described in the BMP amp PCX supplement FGL IMAGE FORMAT This data is comprised mostly of FGL graphics commands The downloaded data must be sent in strict accordance with the following rules The logo should be drawn such that the left topmost corner is considered to be position 0 0 see figure on next page To enter download mode send the following ESC lt 0 0 gt lt
215. ts on a variety of ticket and label sizes The standard widths are 2 2 125 2 5 2 7 3 25 4 and 8 Dot sizes of 00492 203 2 dpi and 00328 304 9 dpi and 0015 600 dpi are available For the sake of clarity we will assume a standard ticket to be 2 wide by 5 5 long Additionally we will refer to the above dot densities as 200 and 300 dpi TICKET LABEL FORMATTING A ticket can be thought of as a large dot matrix The printer can place a dot anywhere on the ticket according to set spacing requirements These spacing requirements are a function of the particular print head used on the printer The ticket is comprised of a series of dot rows and dot columns For a standard size 2 x 5 5 200 dpi ticket there are 384 dot rows and approximately 1050 dot columns Note that the printer usually reserves a small margin around the perimeter of the ticket in which no printing can appear The starting position on each ticket is row 0 column 0 0 0 This is the left top most corner of a ticket The end of the ticket the bottom right hand corner is considered to be position row 383 column 1049 383 1049 The printer can print different size character sets depending the font size sent to it The default font size is called font3 and produces characters 17 dots wide by 31 dots high positioned within a box 20 dots wide approximately 10 character per inch by 33 dots high The box size can be changed by commands to the printer in orde
216. ts service see Idle Timeout Command 1 Host opens the connection Printer acknowledges Host acknowledges 2 Host sends data Printer acknowledges 3 Printer sends data Host acknowledges RAW TCP only 4 Host closes the connection Printer acknowledges Host acknowledges Please note that the printer will only allow one open connection at a time Normally an application will open a connection and close it after the ticket data has been sent and all status has been received Any other applications requesting a connection will be refused until the original connection has been closed or the idle timeout period has expired WEB CONFIGURATION The printer can be configured across the network by typing in its IP address in the Address Bar of a Web Browser It will allow you to set the same configuration options available under the control panel Factory Menu 83 FGL NETWORKING COMMANDS ETHERNET MODE COMMAND lt eth gt This command sets the Ethernet mode for the printer and is permanently stored in flash This can also be set using the Factory Menu The values can range as shown below 0 NO Ethernet Interface disabled 1 YES Ethernet Interface enabled uses static IP address 2 Ethernet DIAGNOSTIC Mode prints all packets transmitted or received by the printer 3 Ethernet Diagnostic VALID PACKET Mode prints only valid packets transmitted or received by the printer 4 DHCP ENABLED automatically attemp
217. ts to get an IP address from Local Server 5 DHCP SUB GATE automatically attempts to get an IP address Subnet Mask Gateway from Local Server 6 DHCP NR automatically attempts to get an IP address from Local Server and then register the name with the local NetBIOS name server usually the WINS Server 7 DHCP SUB GATE NR automatically attempts to get an IP address Subnet Mask Gateway from Local Server and then register the name with the local NetBIOS name server usually the WINS Server Notes Ethernet Diagnostic Modes should only be used after consulting with Boca Systems The DHCP enabled function will cause the printer to automatically attempt to retrieve a permanent IP address from a Local Server after powering on If the server does not assign a permanent one then it will allocate an address for a limited period of time lease time If this is the case the printer will automatically try and renew its lease before it expires If DHCP is enabled but no response is received from a Local Server in time the printer will revert back to its default IP For convenience the printer s IP address is now printed on the Test Ticket New Feature implemented November 2007 The Name Registration option is only available with Dynamic DHCP addressing The printer will attempt to register the name as BOCA where stands for the serial number of the printer ex BOCA123456 If the registration is successful you should be a
218. ttern supplement for further details ENABLE SHADING ES not available on 22 24 26 See the shading pattern supplement for further details DISABLE SHADING DS not available 22 24 26 See the shading pattern supplement for further details LOW VOLTAGE ENABLE COMMAND lt gt This command adjusts the print intensity by varying the amount of time the print head voltage stays on at a given speed setting lveO is the default setting The value may range from 5 to 5 Positive 5 increase the print intensity while negative numbers decrease the intensity Each number increase represents a 10 change in value Please note that this feature is intended to fine tune the intensity and not to compensate for inferior and or inappropriate ticket stock Excessive manipulation of the print intensity via this command will result in greatly decreased head life When using this command with a dual printer lt lve gt will adjust the print intensity on the active path It is therefore recommended that the path command be sent immediately prior to the lt lve gt command to guarantee that the proper path intensity is selected TOP ADJUSTMENT COMMAND lt taj gt New command Note This command should only be used by an experienced user This command is used to adjust the top non rotated printing position A negative value will adjust the printing position up and a positive value will adjust it down Each adjustment unit is e
219. tus Enabled unchecked 16 Click OK then click Next then click Finish and wait a bit 17 Choose Boca gt appropriate dpi version and click Next Choose HP gt HP laserJet IIP Plus if using a PCL4 BOCA printer 18 If it tells you the driver is already installed keep existing driver and just click Next 19 Enter the name you wish to call the printer in the Printer Name field ex Decide if you want it as your default printer 20 Click Next 21 Decide if you want to share the printer if so give it a share name ex Iprprint 22 Click Next 23 Give it a location comment description if desired 24 Click Next 25 Select No or Yes for Do you want to print a test page 26 Click Next and then click Finish 27 If you elected to print a test page it should print after clicking Finish mom Notes The simplified LPR protocol differs from an RFC 1179 compliant LPR port in that it only supports the printer implementations of LPR A machine running an LPD service like a UNIX box cannot be designated as the destination Only LPD capable printers can be the destination for print jobs The simplified LPR protocol can use non RFC source port addresses other than 721 731 Simplified LPR also allows for disabling of byte counting which is always on with an RFC compliant LPR port 99 REMOTE MANAGEMENT ADDENDUM Implemented on A46 boards Remote management is provided on all printers with Ethernet capabilit
220. u The default address is 10 0 0 192 Note the subnet value must be non zero in order for the Gateway Address to be valid see below SUBNET MASK COMMAND SUB This command returns the Subnet Mask for the network in the form The Subnet Mask is used by the printer to determine if the destination is on a connected network direct route If not it is sent to the Gateway Address The default mask is 0 0 0 0 0 This value can be changed by the user Do not change the Subnet Mask from zero unless you are using a Gateway See next command PERMANENT SUBNET MASK COMMAND lt sub gt Note This function should only be used by an experienced user This command permanently changes the Subnet Mask for the network and stores it in flash The Subnet Mask can also be changed using the Factory or Web Menu The default mask is 0 0 0 0 0 This is a reserved value and is used by the printer to indicate there is no subnet Thus the printer will treat all packets as if they are ona direct route If you want packets sent to the Gateway Address you must assign one of the following non zero values 1 32 0 0 0 0 0 reserved 17 255 255 128 0 class C 1 128 0 0 0 class 18 255 255 192 0 2 192 0 0 0 19 255 255 224 0 3 224 0 0 0 20 255 255 240 0 4 240 0 0 0 21 255 255 248 0 5 248 0 0 0 22 255 255 252 0 6 252 0 0 0 23 255 255 254 0 7 254 0 0 0 24 255 255 255 0 8 255 0 0 0
221. unt of RAM space available If you are in permanent mode it will display the amount of flash space available Note deleting a file from flash does not free up the memory for later use unless the flash is empty The deleted file space is marked as dirty See S9 command below PARTIAL ASCII STATUS S8 or lt s8 gt 12 This feature is for customers whose systems can t handle non ASCII characters but need valid xon xoff values All status information except for a valid xon xoff will have 30h added to them to convert them to an ASCII value This command remains in effect until power off Note xon xoff status sent in response to an S1 command will have the 30H added but xon xoff sent for handshaking will not Values over 20H are unaffected by this command DIRTY BYTE TOTAL STATUS lt 59 gt New command This feature enables the user to find out how many dirty bytes there are in the download space of the flash This status is sent as an 8 digit hexadecimal count When a file is marked as deleted its flash space cannot be reused until a reclaim occurs This space is considered dirty space You can use the lt DF9 gt command to reclaim this space see the downloading file supplement for more details CLEAR PERMANENT STATUS COMMANDS cs This command clears all permanent status commands from the Flash memory PRINT DOWNLOADABLE FONT COMMAND lt SF gt Use this font command to specify the desired font See down
222. up to 12 blocks 48 bytes at a time Write multiple data blocks up to 12 blocks 48 bytes at a time Lock multiple data blocks up to 12 blocks 48 bytes at a time programmed by IC manufacturer programmed by IC manufacturer One Time Programming bytes possible counter used to lock bytes 48 available for user data 64 byte EEPROM organized in 16 pages of 4 bytes 48 bytes of User memory Unique 7 byte serial number ISO 14443A cascade level 2 Operating distance up to 10 cm 106 k bits s data transfer rate High data integrity 16 bit CRC parity per byte bit coding bit count check 32 bit one time programmable OTP area Field programmable Read only locking function per page 109 Philips MIFARE ISO 14443A 13 56MHz The MIFARE 1K classic family is the pioneer and front runner in contactless smart card ICs operating in the 13 56 MHz frequency range with read write capability The MIFARE standard IC launched in 1995 was the first product which could be fitted into a ISO contactless smart card and with its slim coil allowed very high volume production Key features 1024 byte EEPROM organized in 16 sectors of 64 bytes 768 bytes of User memory Unique serial number 4 Byte 16 securely separated sectors supporting multi application Each sector consists 4 blocks with a length of 16 Byte 2 x 48 bit keys per sector for key hierarchy Number of single write operations 100 00
223. ved for non Chinese characters and rows 16 thru 87 contain the Chinese characters The first character of the Chinese font is the space character located at KUTEN position row 1 column 1 In the Japanese font the first character of the KANJI character set is the space character located at KUTEN position row 1 column 1 The sample ticket shows the first 8 rows of the font These rows are reserved for non characters Rows 9 thru 15 do not have characters assigned to them and rows 16 thru 84 contain the characters Please note in the following example that the KUTEN values are offset by 160 decimal to form the EUC character code required by the printer NOTE Atthe present time BOCA supports EUC codes for Japanese Chinese and Korean Big Five encoding for Traditional Chinese is supported Unicode Traditional Chinese and Japanese are supported Shift JIS Japanese is also supported 46 Sample Basic Program The following basic program was used to print the sample Japanese ticket CLS OPEN Ipt1 FOR OUTPUT AS 1 WIDTH 1 255 PRINT 1 lt F25 gt lt RR gt lt HW2 2 gt lt RC0 2300 gt FORi 1TO7 row number FOR j 1 TO 94 cell number IF j MOD 20 0 THEN PRINT 1 CHR 13 END IF PRINT 1 CHR i 160 CHR j 160 NEXT j PRINT 1 CHR 13 CHR 13 NEXT i PRINT 1 CHR 12 Sample Ticket Rows 1 7 of KANJI Font S nde OS D Coo DeO DRESS ot m on og T cew Kam lofia oc
224. versa This problem has also been reported for Netgear dual speed hubs and may exist for other auto sensing or dual speed hubs Some switches have the ability to replicate all traffic on all ports to a single port so that you can plug your analyzer into that single port to sniff all traffic You would have to check the documentation for the switch to see if this is possible and if so to see how to do this See the switch reference page on the Ethereal Wiki for information on some switches Note that it s a Wiki so you can update or fix that information or add additional information on those switches or information on new switches yourself Note also that many firewall NAT boxes have a switch built into them this includes many of the cable DSL router boxes If you have a box of that sort that has a switch with some number of Ethernet ports into which you plug machines on your network and another Ethernet port used to connect to a cable or DSL modem you can at least sniff traffic between the machines on your network and the Internet by plugging the Ethernet port on the router going to the modem the Ethernet port on the modem and the machine on which you re running Ethereal into a hub make sure it s not a switching hub and that if it s a dual speed hub all three of those ports are running at the same speed If your machine is not plugged into a switched network or a dual speed hub or it is plugged into a switched network but the
225. w firmware version directly to the printer without the need to open up the printer After updating successfully the printer will reset itself The printer will display the message Updating code while it is updating the firmware The printer will display the message Updating fonts while it is updating the fonts NOTE If the main program ever gets corrupted to the extent to which it is no longer possible to update the code by normal methods the printer may be powered up in a special boot code mode to allow the re installation of the program software To enter the boot hold down all three front panel buttons while turning on the printer The display should say Boot40 OK The printer is now ready to accept new code Additional features may be added on a printer by printer by supplying a unique licensing number in combination with the activation codes Unique codes are required for each printer to be updated SOFT FONT CONVERSION PROGRAM BOCA offers software that allows the customer to load any true type font available through Windows into the printer Please note that this program positions the characters in accordance with the Windows font tables DOS font tables are not directly supported by this program 42 BOX AND LINE SUPPLEMENT The box and line commands are very useful in adding a finished appearance to the ticket The following example shows how a ticket could be formatted using these commands NOTE The following ticket is printed
226. will create a Data Matrix 2D barcode for the text Boca Systems using all default values Experimentation with the parameters is the easiest way to determine the effect of each Apply Tilde Range Oor1 Default 0 Encode Mode Range 0 3 Default 0 Preferred format Range 0 29 Default 0 Barcode text ASCII Text Apply Tilde When Apply Tilde is equal to 1 the tilde may be used to recognize some special characters in the input data Apply Tilde If set to 1 you can use the format ddd if you want to specify the ASCII code of the character to be encoded Default is off For example if you enter the following text in the Data field 029AB you will actually be encoding GSAB where GS is a delimiter ASCII 29 character This can be used in a single string to encode GS and RS characters GS ASCII 29 and RS ASCII 30 Other commonly used ASCII codes are 009 for a tab and 013 which is a return function These are useful when encoding multiple fields in a single symbol Encode Mode The data represented in the symbol may be compressed by changing the encoding mode if certain text is being encoded Valid values are 0 for BASE256 1 for C40 2 for TEXT and 3 for ASCII Preferred Format The preferred format determines the smallest size of the symbol If the data encoded cannot fit in the selected size a larger symbol will automatically be generated NOTE The FGL lt HW gt command is used in FGL to manipulate height width ratios of item p
227. with resident printer font revision SBO2 the revision number appears on the LCD display as well as the printer s configuration ticket the printer included 6 TrueType fonts from two different font families These font files where assigned file IDs 1 through 6 A list of the resident TrueType fonts along with their ID number is given below ID Resident Font Description Comic Sans Comic Sans Bold Verdana Verdana Bold Verdana Italic Verdana Bold Italic User downloaded fonts are selected with the lt gt and factory residents font selections use the lt RTF gt command In both cases the first command parameter specifies the font s ID number and the second parameter specifies the point size to use when scaling it for use Below are a few examples of common FGL commands used to print with the resident and downloaded true type fonts FGL Commands similar to these will need to be embedded into your ticketing software for the fonts to be printable 40 While considering the lt RTF gt and lt gt examples below let s pretend the user has already downloaded three TTF files into the printer in the following order 1 Times New Roman 2 Arial 3 Century FGL COMMANDS _ DESCRIPTION lt RC100 100 gt TTF1 25 gt Boca Systems lt p gt At row 100 column 100 print Boca Systems ona ticket with Times New Roman using point size 25 lt RC100 100 gt RTF4 15 gt Boca Systems lt p gt At row 100 column 1
228. with the Boca printer and the AS400 e Lynk Terminal Lyte 2 model setup as a 5256 dumb ASCII printer and blank out all the setup codes e Decision Data Terminal 3596 can be ordered with a special Boca Printer Software card option e 3477 setup as a 5256 dumb ASCII printer SOME KNOWN WORKING AS400 CONFIGURATIONS 5400 twinax TERMINAL parallel serial BOCA Device description 5256 model 2 Setup as 5256 dumb ascii printer Then define controller address port Blank out all setup codes AS400 twinax PC parallel serial BOCA Device description 5256 model 2 Running Client Access Software don t need transparent mode Then define controller address port Use other non laser printer option AS400 twinax PC parallel serial BOCA Running Cambridge Software Running Client Access Software don t need transparent mode Autoset port as 3812 page printer Host print transform yes Device description 5256 Printer Model Quickwriter 3 IBM 5204 1 Set Windows Print driver to Generic Text 44 DIAGNOSTIC MODE SUPPLEMENT The printer can be put in diagnostic mode thru either hardware or software The control panel can be used to select diagnostic mode To put th
229. y allowing remote control and monitoring of the printer using the internal Web Server and E mail Service Basic printer status including a software controlled Tickets Low status can be viewed on user accessible web pages REAL TIME STATUS WEBPAGE The Web Menu is displayed by entering the IP address of the printer into a Web Browser The Standard Configuration page Configure Printer is the default page If desired you can select the Real time page as the default page by changing the Default Webpage option The Real time page will display the current status of the printer some Printer information and the Printer Configuration settings The Real time Status displayed includes the Ready Paper Out Paper Jam Cutter Jam and the Tickets Low function The page will be refreshed automatically according to the Webpage refresh rate see below Notes e format of the Real time Status page is subject to change e fthe Real time Status page is selected as the default page it will be displayed when the printer s IP address is entered in a Web Browser The Configure Printer link on the left hand side will take the customer to the Standard Configuration page e Normally the printer will not accept two open TCP ports at the same time However it will now allow both an open Webpage TCP connection on Port 80 and another open TCP port like 9100 or 515 This will allow the status to be updated even while printing tickets The Real time Statu

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