The printer is equipped with 5 different Bitmaps which allow
re-printing a card further to a media error. These Bitmaps memorize
the following image size with a resolution of 300 DPI.
On the complete Evolis range of printer we have some functionality to
draw by escape command a complete design.
Bellow you will find the philosophy and the way to use the graphic monochrome functionality.
Some Evolis printers are fitted with a DB-9 female connector on the back of the printer.
This connector, directly connected to the Contact Station inside the printer, is also connected
to an external coupler to program the chip.
The complete Evolis printer range could include magnetic option.
The magnetic option could be manage with high (HICO) or low coercivity cards (LOCO ) in using two different mode.
The cleaning cycles must be when requested by the printer to:
- Respect the warranty conditions
- Increase the life of the print head
- Prevent feeding/printing issue due to the environment
The rewrite printer was defined on the tattoo base.
You will find on the tattoo rewrite the same general escape command
and philosophy (direct graphic command, sequence,...)
As the tattoo rewrite dont manage ribbon, the [ESC]Pr;...[CR] command
is not implemented and replace by the command [ESC]Prw;...[CR] to define the source of the card use.
The process called card lamination is the application of a protective polyester film onto a cards
surface to protect it from wear and tear and UV rays, and to fight forgery.
In general, this action is performed in two steps by the machine: first, it prints, and then applies
the film. The varnish or film is applied at a very high temperature. This temperature is out of reach
of a traditional print heads, and therefore, requires special equipment: a laminator.
Laminators feature hot rollers that provide temperatures in the 280-375º F (140-190º C) range.
With such temperatures, laminators actually stick the lamination material onto the PVC card.
The printer is equipped with 5 different Bitmaps which allow
re-printing a card further to a media error. These Bitmaps memorize
the following image size with a resolution of 300 DPI.
On the complete Evolis range of printer we have some functionality to
draw by escape command a complete design.
Bellow you will find the philosophy and the way to use the graphic monochrome functionality.
Some Evolis printers are fitted with a DB-9 female connector on the back of the printer.
This connector, directly connected to the Contact Station inside the printer, is also connected
to an external coupler to program the chip.
The complete Evolis printer range could include magnetic option.
The magnetic option could be manage with high (HICO) or low coercivity cards (LOCO ) in using two different mode.
The cleaning cycles must be when requested by the printer to:
- Respect the warranty conditions
- Increase the life of the print head
- Prevent feeding/printing issue due to the environment
The rewrite printer was defined on the tattoo base.
You will find on the tattoo rewrite the same general escape command
and philosophy (direct graphic command, sequence,...)
As the tattoo rewrite dont manage ribbon, the [ESC]Pr;...[CR] command
is not implemented and replace by the command [ESC]Prw;...[CR] to define the source of the card use.
The process called card lamination is the application of a protective polyester film onto a cards
surface to protect it from wear and tear and UV rays, and to fight forgery.
In general, this action is performed in two steps by the machine: first, it prints, and then applies
the film. The varnish or film is applied at a very high temperature. This temperature is out of reach
of a traditional print heads, and therefore, requires special equipment: a laminator.
Laminators feature hot rollers that provide temperatures in the 280-375º F (140-190º C) range.
With such temperatures, laminators actually stick the lamination material onto the PVC card.
This document describes all Evolis Printer commands.
The Evolis Card Printers have an internal programming language.
The command syntax is defined as follow:
(Start Character) Command (Stop Character)
The commands can get parameters and can be finished by a character string or data.
Each element of the command must be separated by a separator character:
To set the error management.Pem;0 means printer manages automatically the error recoveryafter user intervention. Pem;2 means software manages the error.
Return the card side to laminate with the Alternate side 1 (R or V).
2
Return the card side to laminate with the Alternate side 2 (R or V).
all
Return the card side to laminate with the Alternate side 1 and 2 (R or V).
null
Return D (Default) if Alternate 1 on Recto card side and Alternate 2 on Verso card side OR I (Inverted) if Alternate 1 on Verso card side and Alternate 2 on Recto card side.
Laminate Recto side and Flip. Used if there is a second laminator to laminate the other side or if user want to change the side before to send it in the hopper.
VF
Laminate Verso side and Flip. Used if there is a second laminator to laminate the other side or if user want to change the side before to send it in the hopper.
ER
Eject the card on Recto side.
EV
Eject the card on Verso side.
E
Whatever the side of the card entered in the laminator, we eject the card.
FE
Whatever the side of the card entered in the laminator, we flip the card and eject it.
auto_launch_lamin
1
Lamination sequence launched as soon as a card is inserted in the laminator
0
Lamination sequence launched only when command "Slam" is sended
To set the different parameters of the potentiometer Sensors.You have to set the printer in Pem;1 mode. In other case,the potentiometer value will be automatically reseted.This command returns OPTION NOT AVAILABLE if the laminator have no sensor selected.
To set the current session identification number.The session ID is automatically set to 0 if the printerdon t received command during the timeout delay.
To set the current PrintCenter session.This command is used by the Evolis Premium Suite.The session ID is automatically set to 0 if the printerdon t read status during the timeout delay.
To download data that corresponds to a ribbon panel color. Each time the total size of a Bitmap is downloaded (1016 * 648). There are three different format to download a bitmap (5, 6, 7 or 8 bits). Depending on the used concatenation, you will obtain the following: Nb_bytes= 648 * 1016 * (nb_pixel_useful) /8
To download data that corresponds to a ribbon panel color. Each time the total size of a Bitmap is downloaded (1016 * 648). There are three different format to download a bitmap (5, 6, 7 or 8 bits). Depending on the used concatenation, you will obtain the following: Nb_bytes= (1016*x_res)/300 * (648*y_res)/300 * (nb_pixel_useful) /8
To change the USB signature detection. Following this command the printer will change USB port signature and ask for a new USB port installation.In case of define signature (fix) only one printer with such of signature must be connected to the computer.
To upgrade the LCD firmware, theme or BMP. This command is used to update the LCD Firmware (.lcdfirm).\You can used this command to modify the theme or only one icon (.lcdbmp).\The bitmaps stored in LCD are in 16 bits.
To print message in message box. While the Tmsg command is active the main page is not refresh.\To know the button clicked (OK/Cancel), you need to read the Flags\INF_LCD_BUT_OK, INF_LCD_BUT_RETRY, INF_LCD_BUT_CANCEL in Printer status.
To set the error management. Pem;0 means printer manages automatically the error recoveryafter user intervention. Pem;2 means software manages the error.
To set the monochrome printing mode. The Ppmm;2 is used to configure the black panel behavior,Ppmm;2;1 (default) in case of half and short YMCKO makes the printerto simulate the printing instead of skipping the panel. When this setting is disable Ppmm;2;0 then the black panel is skipped if nodata has to be printed. This feature must be disabled to print YMCO/Kwith half and short ribbon in order to have the ribbon optimization.
To run the Printer Self Adjustment. (Color Ribbon in the printer and no card in the feeder) Without adding optional parameters after the Sa command,the printer will adjust the functionalities in the following order:
1) Cover Opening
2) Head positioning
3) Flip positioning (if a Flip has been detected)
4) Feeder detection
5) Card Positioning
6) Ribbon Rotating
7) Color Sensor
8) Feeder Near Empty Sensor (if Primacy)
9) Magnetic Board (if a MAG Encoder has been detected)
10) Smart Board (if a SMART Encoder has been detected)
To download data that corresponds to a ribbon panel color. Each time the total size of a Bitmap is downloaded (1016 * 648). There are three different format to download a bitmap (5, 6, 7 or 8 bits). Depending on the used concatenation, you will obtain the following: Nb_bytes= 648 * 1016 * (nb_pixel_useful) /8
To download data that corresponds to a ribbon panel color. Each time the total size of a Bitmap is downloaded (1016 * 648). There are three different format to download a bitmap (5, 6, 7 or 8 bits). Depending on the used concatenation, you will obtain the following: Nb_bytes= (1016*x_res)/300 * (648*y_res)/300 * (nb_pixel_useful) /8
To download data that corresponds to a part of a ribbon panel color in a compressed format This command has to be used with the 5 Half-Panel color ribbon. In order to optimize the downloading time, the data can be compressed.
Compression of the YMC Panels The (MSB) bit of each byte is reserved for the interpretation of a counter or not.
If the bit is set to 1, the other 7 bits will indicate the weight of the bit to be applied.The following byte indicates a value of repetitive counter.If the value of this counter is equal to zero, we consider the line as blank.If the value of the counter is different to 0, we repeat the byte the number of time of the counter.In the case of the modes with 6 bits or 5 bits, the bits 6 and 5 of the first bytes are used to increase the counter value.
If this bit is equal to 0, the other 7 bits will indicate the weight of the bit to be applied. This is an isolated dot in the line.
Bit_8 at zero
Writing 1 point Y, M or C.
0
Value on 5,6 or 7 bits
Bit_8 at one
Writing counter point Y,M or C.
In 7 bits (128 levels) counter max=255
1
Value to be repeated x counter times
counter
In 6 bits (64 levels) counter max=256+255
1
If 1 => ctp+256
Value to be repeated x counter times
counter
In 5 bits (32 levels) counter max=256+256+255
1
If 1 => ctp+256
If 1 => ctp+256
Value to be repeated x counter times
counter
Writing of a white line for Y,M or C
0
Counter = 0
0x00
Compression of K and O
The compression is done line per line. If the first byte describing a line is equal to 0, it means that the line is white. If the first byte describing a line is equal to 255, it means that the line is black. If the line is not white and not black, the first byte indicates the number of byte(s) useful of the line. This counter is followed by the useful bytes. The counter corresponds to the index of the last byte of the line.
Byte equal to 0. White line
0x00
Byte equal to 255. Black line
0xFF
Byte with value between 1 & 81. Indicates the number of useful bytes of the line
To set the sleep time. The printer enter in sleep mode after no activitieson communication ports or printer sensor during this sleep time. In this mode the printer can wake up by activity on printersensor or on communication ports.
To Enable or Disable the printer status. If this parameter is set at the end of answer the printer status coded in hex is added.For more information click
To set the automatic shutdown time. The printer enter in shutdown mode x seconds after the sleep mode. In this mode the printer can wake up only by push button or power supply plug.
To read the automatic shutdown time. The printer enter in shutdown mode x seconds after the sleep mode. In this mode the printer can wake up only by push button or power supply plug.
To set the current session identification number. The session ID is automatically set to 0 if the printerdon t received command during the timeout delay.This command is reserved for the EVOLIS PRINT CENTER.
To set ejection mode. For Primacy and Elyspo, this command could be modifyautomatically the ejection speed parameters if not adapted to the selected mode. For the mode ejection in receptacle the minimum ejection speed should be 500.
Test function to evaluate USB transfer: 1) Start EPS and supervision 2) Set Psod;cmp 3) Print job in single/dual side with x copies 4) If the printing is stopped with error ribbon (Send commands: Psod;E, Sp;y, Sp;m, Sp;c, Sp;k, Sp;o to see the default)
To set the bitmap to write text, barcode or form. This command allows to switch between write and erase bitmap. When switching printer ON, the current bitmap is the writing one.
To set Magnetic track. For each character, send 2 characters that represent the hexa value. The printer will use the number of bit required. Default setting 8 bits When you read data from the printer using the command (ESC)Smr;track(CR), the printer will return the data in the same format.Note: custom2 mode in function of the data you would like to read, it's possible you will have to remove the reading filter (See point 5 on command Pmf for more details) The printer will keep this information on the no volatile area.
To insert a card in the printer. After detection by the card sensor, the card moves tothe Smart Card Contact Station with a determinable offsetvalue defined by the Pos command. When the card is stoppedunder the Smart Card Contact Station, the printer activatesa contact on PIN 9 of the DB-9 connector to inform the externalreader/encoder that a card is connected to the Smart Card Contact Station.
To insert a card in the printer. Further detection by the card sensor, the card movesto the Contacless Card Station with an offset valuedefined by the Poc command.The Contactless Card Stationhas not the same position depending on the printer model.
To read image quality level adjust. If Piqla;a;d   Riqla;l;x ou Riqla;c;x returns the old value (init 10) If Piqla;a;e   Riqla;l;x or Riqla;c;x returns the old value Ly, Lm,...Cc
To change the USB signature detection. Following this command the printer will change USB port signature and ask for a new USB port installation.In case of define signature (fix) only one printer with such of signature must be connected to the computer.
To send a direct command to the WiFi moduleinstalled in the printer.This command return OPTION NOT AVAILABLE ifthe printer have not WiFi module.For more information click