Epson TM-T88V-i User manual

EPSON OPOS ADK MANUAL
APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT
GUIDE
POSPrinter (TM-T88VI)
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Notes
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information in this documentation.
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Contents
SECTION 1. INTRODUCTION.......................................................................................1
SECTION 2. DETAILS ON SETTINGS..........................................................................2
2.1 References of Firmware Versions ............................................................................2
2.2 Settings of DIP Switches .......................................................................................... 2
2.3 Port Information ....................................................................................................... 6
2.4 Device Settings .........................................................................................................7
2.4.1 Usable Device Specific Settings......................................................................... 7
2.4.2 Multilingual font Setting ................................................................................... 7
SECTION 3. FUNCTION DETAILS ...............................................................................8
3.1 Property Set Values and Default Values.................................................................8
3.1.1 Capability Set Values.........................................................................................8
3.1.2 List Properties..................................................................................................10
3.1.3 Width and Height Properties .......................................................................... 11
3.1.4 Common Property Strings ............................................................................... 12
3.1.5 PageMode Print Properties.............................................................................. 12
3.2 Methods...................................................................................................................13
3.3 Escape Sequences ................................................................................................... 14
3.4 Printable Barcode Type .......................................................................................... 15
3.5 MAXI CODE Printing............................................................................................. 15
3.5.1 Symbology Parameter ...................................................................................... 15
3.5.2 Printing Size..................................................................................................... 16
3.5.3 Printing Position ..............................................................................................16
3.5.4 Data Format ..................................................................................................... 16
3.6 QR CODE Printing .................................................................................................18
3.6.1 QR CODE Printing........................................................................................... 18
3.6.2 Printing Size..................................................................................................... 18
3.6.3 Error Correction Level ..................................................................................... 18
3.6.4 Printing Position ..............................................................................................18
3.7 GS1 Printing (two dimension)................................................................................ 19
3.7.1 Symbology Parameter ...................................................................................... 19
3.7.2 Printing Size..................................................................................................... 19
3.7.3 Printing Position ..............................................................................................19
3.7.4 Data Format ..................................................................................................... 19

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3.8 COMPOSITE Printing............................................................................................ 20
3.8.1 Symbology Parameter ...................................................................................... 20
3.8.2 Printing Size..................................................................................................... 20
3.8.3 Printing Position ..............................................................................................21
3.8.4 Data Format ..................................................................................................... 21
3.9 Power Condition Reports........................................................................................ 22
3.10 Synchronous Processing ....................................................................................... 22
3.11 Printing Positions .................................................................................................22
3.12 Electronic Logo Function (NVRAM) .................................................................... 23
3.13 Printable bitmap types and sizes......................................................................... 23
3.14 Maintenance Counter........................................................................................... 24
3.15 Automatic Recovery Function .............................................................................. 24
3.16 Output without Flow Control on the USB/Ethernet Interfaces ......................... 24
SECTION 4. WARNINGS..............................................................................................25

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Section 1. Introduction
This manual describes the method of use and related items, as well as machine-specific
precautions, when the EPSON TM-T88VI Series POS Printers are used with the EPSON
OPOS ADK program.
This manual applies to the following devices.
Device List
Serial Parallel USB Ethernet Bluetooth
TM-T88VI TM-T88VIP TM-T88VIU TM-T88VIE TM-T88VIB
TM-T88VIM TM-T88VIPM TM-T88VIMU TM-T88VIME TM-T88VIMB
Before reading the manual, see the following explanation about the characteristic of the
TM-T88VI models.
•TM-T88VI, TM-T88VIM
Station: Receipt (Line Thermal 180 dpi X 180 dpi)
Throughout the manual, the various model names will be referred to as TM-T88VI.
Compatibility mode
The compatibility mode for upward compatibility was added in OPOS Ver2.60.
For the details of the compatibility mode, please refer to “EPSON OPOS ADK MANUAL
APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT GUIDE Compatibility Mode”.

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Section 2. Details on Settings
This section describes connection configurations and how to make the settings for the
TM-T88VI Series printers.
2.1 References of Firmware Versions
Refer to the release notes (Relnote.txt).
2.2 Settings of DIP Switches
Confirm that the following settings have been made correctly.
1) Serial port
DIP-SW1 DIP-SW2
No. Setting No. Setting
1 OFF Recommended 1 OFF Settable
2 OFF Recommended 2 OFF Fixed at OFF
3 OFF Fixed at OFF 3 OFF Settable
4 OFF Fixed at OFF 4 OFF Settable
5 OFF Settable 5 OFF Fixed at OFF
6 OFF Settable 6 OFF Fixed at OFF
7 ON Settable 7 OFF Fixed at OFF
8 ON Settable 8 OFF Fixed at OFF
It is possible to change the settings of DIP-SW1-1 (Processing of the data input
error) and DIP-SW1-2 (Specification of the received buffer capacity), but it is
recommended to leave them OFF.
Set DIP-SW1-3 (Handshake) to DTR/DSR.
Set DIP-SW1-4 (Bit length) to 8 bits.
Set DIP-SW1-5 to DIP-SW1-8 in accordance with the port information.
The described set values are the default values. For the details, refer to the
product manual of the POSPrinter. Also, if these settings are changed, make sure
to change the port information using the SetupPOS utility.
Set DIP-SW2-2 in accordance with whether or not a customer display is
connected. If connected, set ON. If not, set OFF.

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Set DIP-SW2-3 and DIP-SW2-4 (Specification of the print density) to match the
environment of use.
Make other settings in accordance with the settings described above.
When using with the power saving mode, set DIP-SW2-3 and DIP-SW2-4 to ON.
2) Parallel Port
DIP-SW 1 DIP-SW 2
No. Setting No. Setting
1 OFF Recommended 1 ON Recommended
2 OFF Recommended 2 OFF Fixed at OFF
3 OFF Fixed at OFF 3 OFF Settable
4 OFF Fixed at OFF 4 OFF Settable
5 OFF Fixed at OFF 5 OFF Fixed at OFF
6 OFF Fixed at OFF 6 OFF Fixed at OFF
7 OFF Fixed at OFF 7 OFF Fixed at OFF
8 OFF Fixed at OFF 8 ON Fixed at ON
It is possible to change the settings of DIP-SW1-1 (Auto line feed) and
DIP-SW1-2 (Specification of the received buffer capacity), but it is recommended
to leave them OFF.
Set DIP-SW2-3 and DIP-SW2-4 (Specification of the print density) to match the
environment of use.
Make other settings in accordance with the settings described above.
When using with the power saving mode, set DIP-SW2-3 and DIP-SW2-4 to ON.

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3) USB Port
DIP-SW1 DIP-SW2
No. Setting No. Setting
1 OFF Recommended 1 OFF Recommended
2 OFF Recommended 2 OFF Fixed at OFF
3 OFF Fixed at OFF 3 OFF Settable
4 OFF Fixed at OFF 4 OFF Settable
5 OFF Fixed at OFF 5 OFF Fixed at OFF
6 OFF Fixed at OFF 6 OFF Fixed at OFF
7 OFF Fixed at OFF 7 OFF Fixed at OFF
8 OFF Fixed at OFF 8 ON Fixed at ON
It is possible to change the settings of DIP-SW1-1 (Auto line feed) and
DIP-SW1-2 (Specification of the received buffer capacity), but it is recommended
to leave them OFF.
Set DIP-SW2-3 and DIP-SW2-4 (Specification of the print density) to match the
environment of use.
Make other settings in accordance with the settings described above.
When using with the power saving mode, set DIP-SW2-3 and DIP-SW2-4 to ON.

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4) Ethernet Port
DIP-SW1 DIP-SW2
No. Setting No. Setting
1 OFF Recommended 1 OFF Recommended
2 OFF Recommended 2 OFF Fixed at OFF
3 OFF Fixed at OFF 3 OFF Settable
4 OFF Fixed at OFF 4 OFF Settable
5 OFF Fixed at OFF 5 OFF Fixed at OFF
6 OFF Fixed at OFF 6 OFF Fixed at OFF
7 OFF Fixed at OFF 7 OFF Fixed at OFF
8 OFF Fixed at OFF 8 ON Fixed at ON
It is possible to change the settings of DIP-SW1-1 (Auto line feed) and
DIP-SW1-2 (Specification of the received buffer capacity), but it is recommended
to leave them OFF.
Set DIP-SW2-3 and DIP-SW2-4 (Specification of the print density) to match the
environment of use.
Make other settings in accordance with the settings described above.
When using with the power saving mode, set DIP-SW2-3 and DIP-SW2-4 to ON.
5) Bluetooth Port
DIP-SW1 DIP-SW2
No. Setting No. Setting
1 OFF Fixed at OFF 1 ON Fixed at ON
2 OFF Fixed at OFF 2 OFF Fixed at OFF
3 OFF Fixed at OFF 3 OFF Settable
4 OFF Fixed at OFF 4 OFF Settable
5 OFF Fixed at OFF 5 OFF Fixed at OFF
6 OFF Fixed at OFF 6 OFF Fixed at OFF
7 OFF Fixed at OFF 7 OFF Fixed at OFF
8 ON Fixed at ON 8 ON Fixed at ON
Set DIP-SW2-3 and DIP-SW2-4(Specification of the print density) to match the
environment of use.
Make other settings in accordance with the settings described above.

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When using with the power saving mode, set DIP-SW2-3 and DIP-SW2-4 to ON.
2.3 Port Information
1) Port information when serial port is used
The port information that can be set with the SetupPOS utility is as follows.
Item Setting range
Baud rate [bps] 2400, 4800, 9600, 19200, 38400,57600,
115200
Bit length [bit] 8
Parity NONE, ODD, EVEN
Stop bit [bit] 1
Handshake DTR/DSR
The default settings are as shown in the following table.
Item Setting range
Baud rate [bps] 38400
Bit length [bit] 8
Parity NONE
Stop bit [bit] 1
Handshake DTR/DSR
2) Port information when using parallel port
Not applicable
3) Port information when using USB port
Not applicable
4) Port information when using Ethernet port
Not applicable
5) Port information when using Bluetooth port
Not applicable

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2.4 Device Settings
The following explanation is about the settings for TM-T88VI models.
2.4.1 Usable Device Specific Settings
For the TM-T88VI models, the following device specific settings are settable by
the SetupPOS utility. For the detail, please refer to the corresponding part of the
Section 2 of “EPSON OPOS ADK MANUAL APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT
GUIDE POSPrinter (TM Series)”
Tab Settings
Disable panel buttons
Assume print complete when data output finishes
Homogenize Error Codes *1
Ignore firmware version check
General
Output complete timeout [s]
Paper TypePaper Paper Width [mm]: LineWidth [dot]: LineCharsList
Bitmap TMFlogo...
Halftone: Method
Halftone: Brightness
Color: Primary
Color Bitmap
Gradation: Method
ERROR
OFFLINE
Log file name (full path name)
Status Log
Maximum file size [KB]
Default Value *2 Multilingual font
Receipt Characters per Line
Receipt Line Spacing [dots]
Printing Properties
CharacterSet [CodePage Number]
*1 The operations differ by the firmware versions. See the corresponding part of the
section 2 of this manual.
*2 Available only for the Multilingual character model.
2.4.2 Multilingual font Setting
The TM-T88VI Multilingual character models support the following font type.
•CHINA
GB18030
•TAIWAN BIG-5
•VIETNAMESE
•THAI 3 PASS
•THAI 1 PASS
The default paper type is set to CHINA GB18030.

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Section 3. Function Details
This section describes the functions of the TM-T88VI models printers in details.
Supplementary explanation of the parts not described in detail in the "UPOS" is also given
here.
3.1 Property Set Values and Default Values
The following explanation is about the property set values and the default values.
3.1.1 Capability Set Values
The following values are the Capability set values.
Capability Name Setting Value
CapTransaction TRUE
CapCoverSensor TRUE
CapConcurrentRecSlp FALSE
CapConcurrentJrnSlp FALSE
CapConcurrentJrnRec FALSE
CapConcurrentPageMode FALSE
CapCharacterSet PTR_CCS_UNICODE*1
CapMapCharacterSet TRUE*2
CapJrnUnderline FALSE
CapJrnNearEndSensor FALSE
CapJrnItalic FALSE
CapJrnEmptySensor FALSE
CapJrnDwideDhigh FALSE
CapJrnDwide FALSE
CapJrnDhigh FALSE
CapJrnColor 0
CapJrnCartridgeSensor 0
CapJrnBold FALSE
CapJrn2Color FALSE
CapJrnPresent FALSE
CapRecPageMode TRUE
CapRecUnderline TRUE
CapRecStamp FALSE
CapRecRotate180 TRUE
CapRecRight90 TRUE

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CapRecPapercut TRUE
CapRecNearEndSensor TRUE
CapRecMarkFeed 0
CapRecLeft90 TRUE
CapRecItalic FALSE
CapRecEmptySensor TRUE
CapRecDwideDhigh TRUE
CapRecDwide TRUE
CapRecDhigh TRUE
CapRecColor PTR_COLOR_PRIMARY
CapRecCartridgeSensor 0
CapRecBold TRUE
CapRecBitmap TRUE
CapRecBarCode TRUE
CapRec2Color FALSE
CapRecPresent TRUE
CapRecRuledLine FALSE
CapSlpUnderline FALSE
CapSlpRotate180 FALSE
CapSlpRight90 FALSE
CapSlpNearEndSensor FALSE
CapSlpLeft90 FALSE
CapSlpItalic FALSE
CapSlpEmptySensor FALSE
CapSlpDwideDhigh FALSE
CapSlpDwide FALSE
CapSlpDhigh FALSE
CapSlpColor 0
CapSlpCartridgeSensor 0
CapSlpBothSidesPrint FALSE
CapSlpBold FALSE
CapSlpBitmap FALSE
CapSlpBarCode FALSE
CapSlp2Color FALSE
CapSlpFullslip FALSE
CapSlpPresent FALSE
CapSlpPageMode FALSE
CapSlpRuledLine FALSE
*1 If CHINA GB18030 character model or TAIWAN BIG-5 character model or Thai 1 Pass
character model, “PTR_CCS_KANJI” is set.

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*2 If CHINA GB18030 character model or TAIWAN BIG-5 character model or Thai 1 Pass
character model, “FALSE” is set.
3.1.2 List Properties
The List Properties are explained in the following.
List Property Settings
CharacterSetList (TM-T88VI, TM-T88VIM
*1*5)
”120, 121, 126, 130, 131, 150, 151, 152, 153,
154, 155, 255, 437, 720, 737, 775, 850, 851,
852, 853, 855, 857, 858, 860, 861, 862, 863,
864, 865, 866, 869, 998, 999, 1098, 1125,
1250, 1251, 1252, 1253, 1254, 1255, 1256,
1257, 1258”
(TM-T88VIM *2)
“120,121,126,130,131,437,997”*3
“437, 874”*4
JrnLineCharsList “”
RecLineCharsList 79.5mm: (Font A) “42”
(Font B) “56”
57.5mm: (Font A) “30”
(Font B) “40”
SlpLineCharsList “”
RecBarCodeRotationList “0,R90, L90, 180”
RecBitmapRotationList ”0,R90, L90, 180”
SlpBarCodeRotationList “”
SlpBitmapRotationList “”
FontTypefaceList “”
*1 If Multilingual character model, “936” or “950” is added to the list.
*2 Device is limited to South Asia model.
*3 Available only for Thai3 Pass mode and Vietnamese.
*4 Available only for Thai1 Pass mode.
*5 When the CapCharacterSet property is set to "PTR_CCS_UNICODE," "997" is added to
the list.When CharacterSet is set to "997," all characters loaded in the device are
allocated to Unicode for printing. However, the BinaryConversion property should be set
to "OPOS_BC_NONE" when printing with Unicode.

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3.1.3 Width and Height Properties
The width and height properties are described below. Settings
Property Default
Value Maximum value [dot] Minimum value [dot]
RecLineSpacing 30 127 24
*1
JrnLineSpacing X X X
SlpLineSpacing X X X
SlpLineHeight [dot] X
RecLineHeight [dot] (Font A) 24
(Font B) 17
JrnLineHeight [dot] X
SlpLineWidth [dot] X
RecLineWidth [dot] (79.5mm) 512
(57.5mm) 360
JrnLineWidth [dot] X
RecSidewaysMaxLines 17
*2
RecSidewaysMaxChars (Font A) 138
(Font B) 184
RecLinesToPaperCut 5
*3
SlpSidewaysMaxLines X
SlpSidewaysMaxChars X
SlpMaxLines X
X: No settings
*1 When Font A is selected. In the case of a line thermal station, the Line Spacing setting is
identical with the height of the characters which means that it can be set at up to 17
when Font B is selected.
*2 It can be changed by the settings of the RecLineSpacing or the RecLineHeight.
*3 It can be changed by the settings of the RecLineSpacing or the character height.

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3.1.4 Common Property Strings
The Device information properties are described below.
I/F DeviceName DeviceDescription
TM-T88VI EPSON TM-T88VI POS Printer
S TM-T88VIM EPSON TM-T88VIM POS Printer
TM-T88VIP EPSON TM-T88VIP POS Printer
P TM-T88VIPM EPSON TM-T88VIPM POS Printer
TM-T88VIU EPSON TM-T88VIU POS Printer
U TM-T88VIMU EPSON TM-T88VIMU POS Printer
TM-T88VIE EPSON TM-T88VIE POS Printer
E TM-T88VIME EPSON TM-T88VIME POS Printer
TM-T88VIB EPSON TM-T88VIB POS Printer
B TM-T88VIMB EPSON TM-T88VIMB POS Printer
I/F indicate the connected interface.
The following is the list of the four connecting interfaces.
S: Serial
P: Parallel
U: USB
E: Ethernet
B: Bluetooth
3.1.5 PageMode Print Properties
The Device information properties are described below.
Station *2
Property Journal Receipt Slip
PageModeArea - <monochrome>
(79.5mm)
“512”, “1662”
(57.5mm)
“360”, “1662”
-
PageModeDescriptor *1 - BM/BC/BMR/BCR -
*1 Following setting values are used for the PageModeDescriptor property.
BM: Bitmap printing is available.
BC: Barcode printing is available.
BMR: Rotated printing of bitmap is available.
BCR: Rotated printing of barcode is available.
*2 If the Station’s CapRecPageMode property value is FALSE, the PageModeArea
property shall have ” ” and the PageModeDescriptor property shall have ”0” respectively
as a setting value.

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3.2 Methods
The following explanation is about supported/unsupported Methods, and the
detailed information.
Method Supported/Unsupported Compatibility with the
PageMode printing
PrintNormal O O
PrintTwoNormal X X
PrintImmediate O O*1
PrintBarCode O O*2
PrintBitmap O O*3
PrintMemoryBitmap O O*3
CutPaper O
(1~100: Cutting with one point
of the bottom left corner uncut)
X
MarkFeed X X
ChangePrintSide X X
ValidateData O O
TransactionPrint O O
SetLogo O O
SetBitmap O O
RotatePrint O X
EndRemoval X X
BeginRemoval X X
EndInsertion X X
BeginInsertion X X
ClearPrintArea O O
PageModePrint O O
DrawRuledLine X X
O:Supported
X :Unsupported
*1 If the specified Station is ready to print, the printing data shall not be stored in the
PageMode printing buffer but, instead, go straight to printing. If the Station is not ready
to print, an error is returned.
*2 If other than “LEFT” is specified for the printing position of barcode, the printing shall be
done, regardless of the PageModeHorizontalPosition property setting, based on the
PageModePrintArea property setting in the horizontal direction.
*3 If other than “LEFT” is specified for the printing position of bitmap, the printing shall be
done, regardless of the PageModeHorizontalPosition property setting, based on the
PageModePrintArea property setting in the horizontal direction.

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3.3 Escape Sequences
The following figure is about supported/unsupported Escape Sequences.
Escape Sequence Supported/Unsupported Compatibility with the
PageMode printing
#P 0~100 X
#fP 0~100 X
#sP X X
sL X X
#B O O
tL O O
bL O O
[*]#R O O
#lF 0~9999 O
#uF Base Pitch [inch] 0~ equiv. 50 cm O
#rF Maximum [inch] X X
[*]#E 0~65535 X
#fT X X
bC O O
!bC O O
#uC 1~2 O
iC X X
!iC X X
#rC 1 O
rvC O O
!rvC O O
#sC X X
#fC X X
tbC X X
!tbC X X
tpC X X
!tpC X X
1C O O
2C O O
3C O O
4C O O
#hC 1~8 O
#vC 1~8 O
cA O O
*1
rA O O
*1
lA O O
#stC 1 1
!stC O O
*#dL X X
N O O
O :Supported
X :Unsupported
Numbers: Settable range
*1 Regardless of the PageModeHorizontalPosition property setting, center or right adjust
what is to be printed based on the PageModePrintArea property setting in the horizontal
direction.

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3.4 Printable Barcode Type
The TM-T88VI models allow the following barcode types.
•Code 128
•Code 128 Parsed
•Code 93
•Codabar
•ITF
•Code 39
•JAN 13 (EAN 13)
•JAN 8 (EAN 8)
•UPC-E
•UPC-A
•PDF417
•QRCODE
•MAXI CODE
•GS1-Data
•GS1-Data Expanded
•GS1-128
•GS1-Data Truncated
•GS1-Data Limited
•GS1-Data Stacked
•GS1-Data Stacked Omnidirectional
•GS1-Data Expanded Stacked
•Composite
•AztecCode
•DataMatrixCode
3.5 MAXI CODE Printing
3.5.1 Symbology Parameter
When printing MAXI CODE, set the Symbology parameter to one of the following
values.
PTR_BCS_MAXICODE : Print using MAXI mode 2.
PTR_BCS_OTHER + 0 : Print using MAXI mode 3.
PTR_BCS_OTHER + 1 : Print using MAXI mode 4 or 5. The mode is set to
4 or 5 automatically depending on the length of the
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correction level is lowered for printing.)
PTR_BCS_OTHER + 2 : Print using MAXI mode 6.
3.5.2 Printing Size
Because the size of MAXI CODE is fixed, printing is done at a fixed size that is
unaffected by the Width and Height parameters. An error occurs only when the
Width and Height parameters fall below zero. If the two dimensional barcode
cannot fit into the print area (depending on the paper width, layout settings, etc.)
then OPOS_E_ILLEGAL is returned and at this moment ResultCodeExtended
becomes zero.
3.5.3 Printing Position
Like the one dimensional barcode, the print position of the two dimensional
barcode is the specified position.
3.5.4 Data Format
3.5.4.1 Mode 2
In the case of mode 2, because the format of header + primary message +
secondary message is fixed, data for the Data parameter must follow this format.
The header part contains the following data, which can be omitted.
"[)> RS 01 GS yy" (In hexadecimal: 0x5B 0x29 0x3E 0x1E 0x30 0x31 0x1D 0x..
0x..)
yy is '0' to '9' (0x30 to 0x39)
The primary message part contains the following data.
"Postal Code" GS "ISO Country Code" GS "Service Class Code" GS
Field Length (byte) Type
Postal Code 1 to 9 Number (0x30 to 0x39)
ISO Country Code 1 to 3 Number (0x30 to 0x39)
Service Class Code 1 to 3 Number (0x30 to 0x39)
For the secondary message, you can freely specify any data from 0x01 to 0xFF,
and the data can be omitted. Since the length of the encoded data is not known,
the data length cannot be correctly verified. For this reason, if the printer
determines, after examining the original data length, that the data can more or
less be printed, it tries to print the data; if the length is more than that, then an