Hello.
I'm supporting the code of the ZPL driver at present.
I learned ZPL printer supports 2 ranges of darkness:
1) typical, where the SD range is 0..30 and MD -30..30 by step 1;
2) 'rich' (XiIIIPlus, Xi4, and RXi4), where the SD range is 0..30.0 and MD -30.0..30.0 by step 0.1.
My predecessors left me 4 lists of printers to detect what printer supports the 'rich' range of darkness: 3 variants (!) of the list for the MD command and one for the SD command. And only some printers from the list(s) are similar to ‘XiIIIPlus, Xi4, and RXi4’. Therefore I'm disoriented a little and I have to find what way is correct.
Q1. Is the single list of models should be used to detect the ‘rich’ range for SD & MD command? Where I can find this list (including old unsupported models)?
Q2. Is it mean the printer supports MD and SD commands at all (both or one of them) if it supports the ZPL? Can it depend on the manufacturer: Zebra or another (Bixolon, Brother, Citizen, etc.)?
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Are supports ZT series to set darkness with step 0.1?
ZT Series support the darkness setting with 1 increment or decrement. See the Give some light for darkness ^MD for additional info.
Thank you, Steven.
Is it means that is left 220Xi4 a single model with step 0.1?
All the XiIIIPlus, Xi4 and RXi4 printers accept the increment of 0.1 in ^MD setting. See the corrected link above for details.
I was asking about actual at-present models, not discontinued ones
The 220Xi4 is a part of the Xi4 printer family. It accepts the step 0.1 in the ^MD setting.
Well. But the XiIIIPlus, Xi4, and RXi4 except 220Xi4 are not produced, isn`t it?
What happened if send the '^MD3.9' command into the ZT printer - the value will be truncated to 3 or rounded to 4?
What happened if send the '^MD3.9' command into the printer other than 'XiIIIPlus, Xi4, and RXi4' - the value will be truncated to 3 or rounded to four?
In this case, the decimal point will be ignored and the 3.9 will be treated as 39 instead unfortunately.