Turning Free Format On19Free FormatThe GPL provides a mode which ignores all data with values less than 20(decimal 32). Data having values below decimal 32 are collectively calledControl Characters and include Line Feed, Form Feed, and Escapecharacters. By using Free Format Mode, the user can filter out unwantedControl Characters which may be sent by some host systems. Also, aconvenient way to send GPL commands to the printer is to simply type thecommands into a file and send the file to the printer. In Format Mode, acommand may be spread over several lines in the file, with the printer ignoringthe CR and LF characters at the end of each line.NOTE: The Free Format ON/OFF commands may not be used within thedata field of a Report or a Buffered Form.Turning Free Format OnFree Format is turned on by sending the command ^F. After the printerreceives the ^F, subsequent control characters are ignored and the printer willno longer recognize CR, LF, or FF as Pass terminators. However, the GPLlanguage will recognize the following control code equivalents as Passterminators:1. ^- (caret hyphen) - equivalent to the Carriage Return Command (CR)2. ^* (caret asterisk) - equivalent to the Line Feed Command (LF)3. ^, (caret comma) - equivalent to the Form Feed Command (FF)Turning Free Format OFFFree Format is turned off by sending the command ^O^-.
