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P-touch Template 2.0 Command Reference

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Contents

Introduction ······························································································· 1

What is P-touch Template 2.0? ···································································· 2

1. Using P-touch Template 2.0 ····································································· 3

2. P-touch Template Settings Tool User’s Guide ··········································· 4

3. Examples for Using Commands ······························································· 9

3.1 Example for using P-touch Template 2.0 ...................................................................... 9

3.2 Example for using ZPL II in P-touch Template 2.0 ..................................................... 13

3.3 Example for printing logo/external characters in P-touch Template 2.0 .................... 16

4. P-touch Template 2.0 Limitations ··························································· 19

4.1 Relating to text objects ................................................................................................. 19

4.1.1 Font, size, etc. ................................................................................................... 19

4.1.2 Character alignment ......................................................................................... 20

4.1.3 Text Layout settings .......................................................................................... 21

4.2 Relating to barcodes .................................................................................................... 22

4.2.1 Barcodes ........................................................................................................... 22

4.2.2 1D barcodes ...................................................................................................... 23

4.2.3 2D barcodes ...................................................................................................... 24

4.3 Relating to images........................................................................................................ 25

4.4 Relating to Numbering ................................................................................................. 25

4.5 Relating to Database .................................................................................................... 25

4.6 Others ........................................................................................................................... 26

4.6.1 Transferring templates ...................................................................................... 26

4.6.2 About objects in a template .............................................................................. 26

5. Precautions ·························································································· 27

5.1 Notes for printers with Bluetooth interface .................................................................. 27

5.2 Relationship between the P-touch Editor settings and the printer image ................. 28

5.3 Making a template in order to save time before starting to print................................ 29

6. Control Code Lists ················································································ 30

6.1 Setting and retrieving commands for P-touch Template mode .................................. 30

6.2 Setting and retrieving commands for raster mode ..................................................... 31

7. Control Command Details······································································ 33

^PT Select print start trigger ......................................................................... 33

^FF Start printing ........................................................................................... 34

^PS Specify print start command text string ................................................ 35

^PC Specify print start received character count ......................................... 36

^SS Specify delimiter .................................................................................... 37

^TS Select template ...................................................................................... 38

^CO Select printer settings (cut options) ...................................................... 39

^LS Specify line spacing with line feed ........................................................ 40

^CC Change the prefix character ................................................................. 41

^RC Specify line feed command text string.................................................. 42

^CN Specify number of copies ...................................................................... 43

^NN Specify number of Numbering copies .................................................. 44

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^ID Initialize template data .......................................................................... 44

^QS Select print options ................................................................................ 45

^QV Specify QR Code version ...................................................................... 46

^FC FNC1 replacement setting .................................................................... 47

^II Initialize .................................................................................................. 48

^OP Perform printer operation (feed) ........................................................... 49

^SR Status request ........................................................................................ 50

^VR Retrieve version information ................................................................. 53

^CR Line feed in object ................................................................................. 54

^OS Select object (object number) ............................................................... 55

^ON Select object (object name) .................................................................. 56

^DI Directly insert object .............................................................................. 57

ESC i a Select command mode ......................................................................... 58

ESC iXT2 Select print start trigger ......................................................................... 59

ESC iXP2 Specify print start command text string ................................................ 60

ESC iXr2 Specify print start received character count ......................................... 61

ESC iXD2 Specify delimiter .................................................................................... 62

ESC iXa2 Specify non-printed text strings ............................................................ 63

ESC iXi2 Select command mode ......................................................................... 64

ESC iXn2 Select template ...................................................................................... 65

ESC iXf2 Change the prefix character ................................................................. 66

ESC iXc2 Select printer settings (cut options) ...................................................... 67

ESC iXy2 Select printer settings (cut options–specifying number of labels) ...... 68

ESC iXm2 Select character code set ..................................................................... 69

ESC iXj2 Select international character set ......................................................... 70

ESC iXR2 Specify line feed command text string.................................................. 71

ESC iXC2 Specify number of copies ...................................................................... 72

ESC iXN2 Specify number of Numbering copies .................................................. 73

ESC iXF2 FNC1 replacement setting .................................................................... 74

ESC iXq2 Select print options ................................................................................ 75

ESC iXd2 Specify recovery setting ........................................................................ 76

ESC iXE2 Specify barcode margin setting ............................................................ 77

ESC iXh2 Specify rotated print............................................................................... 78

ESC iXT1 Retrieve print start trigger setting ......................................................... 79

ESC iXP1 Retrieve print start command setting text string .................................. 80

ESC iXr1 Retrieve print start received character count ....................................... 81

ESC iXD1 Retrieve delimiter................................................................................... 82

ESC iXa1 Retrieve non-printed text strings........................................................... 83

ESC iXi1 Retrieve command mode setting .......................................................... 84

ESC iXn1 Retrieve number of selected template ................................................. 85

ESC iXc1 Retrieve printer settings (cut options) .................................................. 86

ESC iXy1 Retrieve printer settings (cut options–specifying number of labels) ... 87

ESC iXm1 Retrieve character code set setting ...................................................... 88

ESC iXj1 Retrieve international character set setting.......................................... 89

ESC iXf1 Retrieve prefix character ....................................................................... 90

ESC iXR1 Retrieve line feed command setting text string .................................... 91

ESC iXC1 Retrieve number of copies setting ........................................................ 92

ESC iXN1 Retrieve number of Numbering copies setting..................................... 93

ESC iXF1 Retrieve FNC1 replacement setting ..................................................... 94

ESC iXq1 Retrieve print options ............................................................................ 95

ESC iXd1 Retrieve recovery setting ...................................................................... 96

ESC iXE1 Retrieve barcode margin setting........................................................... 97

ESC iXh1 Retrieve rotated print setting ................................................................. 98

8. ZPL II supported by RJ-2030/2050/2140/2150 ·········································· 99

9. CPCL supported by RJ-2030/2050/2140/2150 ·········································102

Appendix A: Specifications ······································································ 111

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Appendix B: Character Code Tables ························································· 112

Character code tables .......................................................................................................112

International character set table .......................................................................................116

Appendix C: Troubleshooting··································································· 117

If printing does not begin (main most frequent cause) ....................................................117

If a template linked to a database is not printed ..............................................................117

Appendix D: Introducing the Brother Developer Center ····························· 118

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Introduction

This material provides the necessary information for directly controlling the tem plates transferred to RJ-2XXX. This information is provided assuming that the user has full understanding of the operating system being used and basic mastery of programming in a developer's environment. Read the model names that appear in the screens in this manual as the name of your printer.

We accept no responsibility for any problems caused by programs that you develop using the information provided in this material, affecting software, data or hardware, including the RJ-2XXX, and any problems resulting directly or indirectly from them. Use this material only if you accept these terms. This material shall not be reproduced, in part or in full, without prior approval. In addition, this material shall not be used as evidence in a lawsuit or dispute in a way that is unfavorable towards our company.

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P-touch Template 2.0 Command Reference

3. Transfer the data (text) from the host, and then print the template.

1. Set up the printer from the PC according to the configuration of the host.

2. Design the template with P-touch Editor, then transfer it to printer.

What is P-touch Template 2.0?

P-touch Template 2.0 helps the user develop a printing system that connects directly from the host and has following functions:

 transfers the template data from P-touch Editor to the printer (2)  transfers the ASCII text and binary data from a host to the template in the printer (3)

(“Host” includes medias such as barcode readers, smartphones or mobile terminals.)

 prints the transferred data (3)

(See the figure shown below.)

P-touch Template 2.0 commands consist of a prefix character and a two-character text string. When the prefix character is sent, the printer begins the analysis of the P-touch Template 2.0 command, and performs the specified process if the following two-character text string corresponds to a command.

Note

*P-touch Template 2.0 is not compatible with some hosts .

*These hosts should have an interface to transfer the data.

*ZP L II emulation is supported by P-touch Template 2.0.

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Settings Tool User’s

The printer driver must first be installed via a USB

touch Editor, design the template to be transferred

If any special commands are required to control the printer, change the terminal program in accordance with the

1. Using P-touch Template 2.0

(1) Specify the printer settings.

Using the P-touch Template Settings tool, specify the initial printer settings according to the host system environment or the host that the printer is connected to. (Please refer to “2. P-touch Template

Guide” on page 4.)

connection.

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(2) Design the template.

Using Pto the printer.

(Please refer to “4. P-touch Template 2.0 Limitations” on page 19.)

(3) Transfer the templates.

Using P-touch Transfer Manager, transfer the templates to the printer. (Please refer to the TD Series Software User’s Guide.)

(4) Program using P-touch Template 2.0 commands.

P-touch Template 2.0 commands. (Please refer to “6. Control Code Lists” on page 30.)

(5) Connect the printer with the host and print slips etc.

Transfer the data such as ASCII text from the host to templates in the printer, and print the slips etc.

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(5) Print start command text

string setting

(1) Command mode setting

(2) Template number setting

(3) Delimiter setting

(4) Print start trigger setting

(6) Print start data amount setting

(7) Character code set setting

(8) International character set setting

(9) Prefix character setting

(10) Non-printed character setting

Applies settings for

(1)

through (15) to the printer. Returns

(1)

through (15) to their default settings.

Closes the tool.

(11) Line feed character setting

(13) Number of copies setting

(12) FNC1 replacement setting

(14) Print quality setting

(15) Rotate setting

2. P-touch Template Settings Tool User’s Guide

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(1) Command mode setting

- P-touch Template mode To use P-touch Template 2.0, select the P-touch Template mode.

(2) Template number setting

Specify the template number selected as the default when the printer is turned on. However, if any template has been set to not be transferred to the printer, the number of that template cannot be specified.

(3) Delimiter setting

A delimiter is the symbol used to indicate when to move to the next object in the data that is being sent. Between 1 and 20 characters can be specified.

(4) Print start trigger setting

Select one of the following three options for the print start trigger.

- Command Character (Printing starts when the command character specified in (5) is received.)

- Data Insertion into All the Objects (Printing starts when the delimiter for the last object is received.)

- Received Data Size (Printing starts when the number of characters specified in (6) is received. However, delimiters are not counted in the number of characters.)

(5) Print start command text string setting

Specify 1 to 20 characters.

(6) Print start data amount setting

The amount of data that must be received before printing can begin can be set between 1 and 999.

(7) Character code set setting

Select one of the following three character code sets. For character code tables, refer to “Appendix B:

Character Code Tables”.

- Windows1252

- Windows1250

- Brother standard

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(8) International character set setting

Select one of the following countries for the character set.

- USA

- France

- Germany

- Britain

- Denmark I

- Sweden

- Italy

- Spain I

- Japan

- Norway

- Denmark II

- Spain II

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- Latin America

- South Korea

- Legal The following 12 codes are switched depending on the country selected from those listed above. 23h 24h 40h 5Bh 5Ch 5Dh 5Eh 60h 7Bh 7Ch 7Dh 7Eh For the characters that are switched, refer to the “International character set table” in “Appendix B: Character Code Tables”.

(9) Prefix character setting

Change the prefix character code. Specify as a one-character character code. The prefix character is the code for the first character that identifies commands that can be used in P-touch Template mode.

(10) Non-printed character setting

The characters specified here are not printed when data is received. Specify 1 to 20 characters.

(11) Line feed character setting

The line feed code is used when feeding data to indicate that the following data should be moved to the next line in a text object. One of the following four line feed codes can be selected, or 1 to 20 characters can be specified as the line feed code.

1. ^CR

2. \0D\0A

3. \0A

4. \0D

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(12) FNC1 replacement setting

This setting selects whether or not GS codes, which are included in barcode protocols such as GS1-128 (UCC/EAN-128), are replaced with FNC1 codes. If the check box is selected, a received GS code is replaced with the FNC1 code. If the check box is cleared, a received GS code is outputted as is.

(13) Number of copies setting

Specify the number of copies. A number between 1 and 99 can be specified.

(14) Print quality setting

Select the print quality setting. If the check box is selected, priority is given to the print quality. If the check box is cleared, priority is given to the print speed.

(15) Rotate setting

Set print orientation. When the check box is checked, a print is 180 degrees rotated.

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Tab control code

\09

Line feed control code

\0D \ \\

Others

· ini file

After the [Set] button (in the main dialog box or the Communications Settings dialog box) is clicked, the settings are saved when the dialog box is closed.

C:\Users\(user_account_name)\App Data\Roaming\Brother\Printer Settings\ptsXX37.ini Note: A name of file “ptsXX37.ini” varies depending on printers like below.

- RJ-2030 pts3637.ini

- RJ-2050 pts3737.ini

- RJ-2140 pts3837.ini

- RJ-2150 pts3937.ini

Note: A file path above might be different depending on OS.

· Typing text into text boxes (3), (5), (9), (10) and (11)

Characters that can be entered as text can be typed in, and control codes can be entered as ASCII codes (00 to FF) with \ in front of them. Example

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3. Examples for Using Commands

3.1 Example for using P-touch Template 2.0

Here is the label that will be made.

Steps

1. Make a template with P-touch Editor.

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2. Transfer the template to Transfer Manager.

3. Transfer the template from Transfer Manager to the printer.

4. Use P-touch Template 2.0 commands for printing.

Step 1: Make a template with P-touch Editor.

Start the P-touch Editor and make a label.

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Stored template

Assigned number

Click [Transfer] button.

Step 2: Transfer the template to Transfer Manager.

The template sent in step 2 is stored in Transfer Manager, as shown below.

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Step 3: Transfer the template from Transfer Manager to the printer.

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(1) Select the P-touch Template mode.

(2) Choose the assigned number.

Note

Make sure that the printer is turned on and hooked up to the PC with a USB cable before using

Transfer Manager. Also, make sure that the printer communication setting is always bidirectional

communication when Transfer Manager is used.

When the template is transferred to the printer, the following message appears.

Step 4: Use P-touch Template 2.0 co mmands for printing.

When using P-touch Template 2.0 commands, at least these four commands are required. However, two out of the four can be set by using the P-touch Template Settings tool.

After setting (1) and (2) with the P-touch Template Settings tool, the other two commands must be sent to the printer.

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^II

Entered command

^FF

Entered command

(3) Initialize P-touch Template 2.0

(4) Print Start

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When the printer receives the command above, the label below is printed.

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609 dots (3 inches)

406 dots (

2 inches)

80 dots

290 dots

Example: A case 203dpi printer is used

Font is outline font, and size is 50, 50 dots.

Select P-touch Template mode.

3.2 Example for using ZPL II in P-touch Template 2.0

Here is the label that will be made.

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Steps

1. Change the mode to P-touch Template mode.

2. Set the label length with ^LL.

3. Set the label width with ^PW.

4. Send other ZPL II command.

Step 1: Change the mode to P-touch Template mode.

P-touch Template mode can be selected by using the P-touch Template Settings tool shown below.

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^LL609

Entered command

^PW406

Entered command

^FO80,290 ^A0N,50,50 ^FDAt your side

Entered command

Step 2: Set the label length with ^LL.

The label length is 609 dots.

Step 3: Set the label width with ^PW.

The label width is 406 dots.

Step 4: Send other ZPL II commands.

The orientation of the text is 80, 290. The font is outline font and size is 50, 50.

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The text is “At your side.”

Summar y -all commands to be sent to make the label-

^XA ^LL609 ^PW406 ^FO80,290 ^A0N,50,50 ^FDAt your side

^XZ

Note

“^XZ” is the command required at the end of for mat with ZPL II commands.

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With those commands above, the label below is printed.

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Stored template

Assigned number

Click[Transfer] button.

3.3 Example for printing logo/external characters in P-touch Template 2.0

Here is the label to be printed.

Steps

1. Make a template and transfer it to the printer.

2. Store the logo/external characters as a bitmap file.

3. Transfer the bitmap file from Transfer Manager to the printer.

4. In the P-touch Template Settings tool, select the assigned number for the stored template.

5. With the P-touch Template commands, select the assigned number for the bitmap file.

Step 1: Make a template and transfer it to the printer.

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Example file name is “_ext_logo.bmp”

Assigned number

Click[Transfer] button.

(1) Select the P-touch Template mode.

(2) Choose the assigned number.

Step 2: Store the loge/external characters as a bitmap file. The file name should be started from

“_ext_”,, and drag & drop it to Transfer Manager.

Step 3: Transfer the bitmap file from Transfer Manager to the printer.

Step 4: In the P-touch Template Settings tool, select the assigned number for the stored template.

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^II

Entered

command

In order to select the bitmap file, enter a specific character

d the value one less than the assigned number for the

enter \01 as shown right.

\01

Entered command

^FF

Entered command

Step 5: With the P-touch Template 2.0 commands, select the assigned number for the bitmap file.

After using the P-touch Template Settings tool in Step 4, the remaining three commands must be sent to the printer. (1) Initialize P-touch Template

(2) Select the bitmap file to be printed.

“\” an bitmap file that is shown in Step 3. For example, if the assigned number for the bitmap file is 2,

(3) Start printing.

When the printer receives the command above, the label below is printed.

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4. P-touch Template 2.0 Limitations

4.1 Relating to text objects

4.1.1 Font, size, etc.

Please also refer to “5.2 Relationship between the P-touch Editor settings and the printer image” on page 28  When a template is transferred to a printer, a font specified in P-touch Editor is changed to most similar

resident font in the printer.

 Character sizes specified in P-touch Editor are converted to the closest built-in character size when the

data is sent to the printer.

 Character sizes specified in P-touch Editor are all made the same size within an object.  Depending on the language of the computer used for transferring, either the Western European or the

Eastern European character set is used for characters within text objects.

 “\” is used as control character for an external character. When “\” has to be used as a data, input “\\”.  When “At Printing” check box is NOT checked, the time and date when editing P-touch Editor is applied

and printed. When “At Printing” check box is checked, time and date is not printed.

“At Printing” setting

To cancel the “At Printing” setting for a date/time in P-touch Editor, display the properties for the Date and Time object, and then clear the “At Printing” check box.

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4.1.2 Character alignment

 Horizontal alignment settings (“Justify” or “Equal Length”) specified in P-touch Editor are changed to the

left alignment setting.

 The setting for line feed with a line feed specified with the P-touch Editor can be set between 0 and 255

dots. A negative line spacing setting cannot be used in P-touch Editor. In addition, since there is an upper limit for the line width with the printer, a line spacing setting larger than this limit specified in P-touch Editor will not be applied on the printer.

Specifying the line spacing setting in P-touch Editor

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The text object size is fixed, and the text size is changed depending on the text length.

The text object size is fixed, and the text size is fixed. If the text is too long, the text is not printed.

The text object width is fixed, and the text size is fixed. If the text is too long, the text object height is increased.

Automatic Length

The text object height is fixed, and the text size is fixed. If the text is too long, the text object width is increased.

The text size is fixed. If the text is too long, the text object width is increased. If a new line is started, the text height is increased.

4.1.3 Text Layout settings

 Character styles specified in P-touch Editor all become the same style within an object.  If the “Long text” is selected under “Text Layout” in P-touch Editor, the text is always aligned at top left.  If the “Long Text” setting is selected under “Text Layout” in P-touch Editor and continuous length tape is

used, the print length is increased to fit the text.

 If the “Fixed Frame Size (Wrap)” setting is selected under “Text Layout” in P-touch Editor, the object size

does not change, and the text size is reduced. “Fixed Frame Size (Wrap)” is a setting that was added for inserting long text. Since it is possible that the text size may become extremely small if the wrapping feature is no longer applied, we recommend that “Fixed Frame Size” be selected when die-cut labels or a fixed length is specified in P-touch Editor, or that “Automatic Length” be selected when an automatic media length is specified.

Shrink to Fit

Clip Text

Long Text

Free Size

Specifying a Text Layout setting

Click the button circled in red to display a drop-down list, and then select the desired option.

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CODE39, ITF( I-2/5), UPC-A, UPC-E, EAN-13, EAN-8, CODABAR, CODE128, GS1-128(UCC/EAN-128) , RSS, POSTNET

2D barcodes

PDF417, QR Code, Data Matrix, MaxiCode, Aztec

4.2 Relating to barcodes

4.2.1 Barcodes

 When trying to transfer a template containing a barcode that is not compatible with the printer, an error will

occur while transferring and the template cannot be transferred to the printer. The following barcodes are compatible with the RJ-2XXX.

1D barcodes

 If data containing characters incompatible with the protocol are fed into the barcode object, that barcode

object is not printed.

 The barcode size may differ from that in the print result with P-touch Editor.  Since CODE128 and GS1-128(UCC/EAN-128) can easily be printed slightly larger, we recommend

leaving larger margins when creating templates in P-touch Editor.

 If data fed into a barcode in a template created with P-touch Editor causes an extremely long barcode, the

barcode may not be fully printed.

 Do not insert line feed immediately before or immediately after the barcode data. Otherwise, it will be

considered as part of the barcode data. In that case, the barcode will be created containing the line feed code, or the barcode will not be printed since data incompatible with the barcode protocol is entered.

 A delimiter or print start text string should be entered immediately after the barcode data.

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1 to 50 characters (not including “*” on both sides)

skipped.

ITF

I-2/5

1 to 64 characters The bearer bar setting specified in P-touch Editor is invalid.

EAN-8

7 characters

EAN-13

12 characters

UPC-A

11 characters

UPC-E

6 characters

CODABAR

3 to 64 characters (with “A”, “B”, “C” or “D” at the beginning and end)

CODE128

1 to 64 characters

GS1-128

(UCC/EAN-128)

RSS-14

3 to 15 characters (begins with “01”)

RSS Limited

3 to 15 characters (begins with “01”; third digit is “0” or “1”)

RSS Expanded

1 to 64 numbers or 1 to 40 letters*

POSTNET

5, 9 or 11 characters

4.2.2 1D barcodes

 A barcode wider than 22.5 cm will not be printed.  A 1D barcode taller than 1164 dots is converted to 1164dots.  The number of characters that can be entered for each protocol is shown below.

CODE39

When feeding data, the asterisks (*) at the beginning and end of the data are

1 to 64 characters

* ISO646 characters can be printed. <<numbers, letters, spaces, !, ”, %, &, ’, (, ), *, +, ,, -, ., /, :, ;, <, =, >, ? and _>> When trying to transfer data exceeding the ranges described above, an error will occur while transferring. If the data that is fed does not meet the minimum limit, the barcode is not printed. If the data exceeds the maximum limit, only the data to the maximum limit is applied.

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The version setting for a QR Code specified in P-touch Editor is invalid. The

The Structured Append settings specified in P-touch Editor are invalid.

Since the error correction levels for PDF417 specified in P-touch Editor are

The Structured Append settings specified in P-touch Editor are invalid.

The Structured Append settings specified in P-touch Editor are invalid. Macro settings specified in P-touch Editor are invalid

The Structured Append settings specified in P-touch Editor are invalid.

P-touch Editor: “200”; Printer: “002”

The Remove Character setting specified in P-touch Editor is invalid.

specified in P-touch Editor are invalid.

4.2.3 2D barcodes

P-touch Template 2.0 Command Reference

QR Code

PDF417

Data Matrix

Maxi Code

Aztec

version setting must be turned off.

inconsistent with those on the printer, the size of the barcode may change when it is printed with P-touch Template 2.0.

The barcode is partitioned when too much data is entered. When specifying the country code and service class with P-touch Editor, the number is entered at the beginning if the maximum number of characters is not reached. However, with the printer, the number is entered at the end. Example: “2” is specified.

When the Number of Parts in the Set Structured Append setting is specified as Auto, the number of appended blocks becomes 2. The Code Spacing and Join Vertically in the Set Structured Append settings

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4.3 Relating to images

 If a template containing overlapping images is transferred with P-touch Editor, all image data will be

overlapping. (P-touch Editor displays the image created last on top.)

4.4 Relating to Numbering

 A single object contains a single Numbering field.  A Numbering field can contain a maximum of 15 digits.  Only Numbering fields will be saved in Numbering objects when printing is finished.  If the number of characters that was fed in is less than the number of characters in the Numbering object, it

may not be printed correctly.

 If a line feed exists in the numbering area, characters after line feed are deleted.

Note

Numbering objects refer to text objects or barcode objects that have the Numbering function

applied.

4.5 Relating to Database

 When a database is transferred, it is named using the file name + sheet name (when created in Excel).  The file name can contain up to 15 bytes of characters (15 one-byte characters or 7 two-byte characters).  A maximum of 255 databases can be transferred. However, the transfer cannot be completed if the

amount of data being transferred exceeds 12 MB.

 If there is a line feed in a cell containing text to be replaced, only the string of characters before the line

feed will be replaced.

 The text to be replaced can contain up to 256 characters.  A database can contain a maximum of 65,000 rows.  The maximum number of database line is 65000 lines included the title. If the database is over 65000 lines,

the only lines over 65000 are deleted.

 A database can contain a maximum of 100 columns. If a database containing more than 100 columns is

transferred, all data after the 100th column will be deleted.

 If there is no database linked to the template being printed, or if the corresponding string of characters to

be replaced cannot be found, an error occurs.

 If columns linked to the template being printed are not in the database, the objects related to those

columns remain as they were when the template was transferred.

 Depending on the language of the computer used for transferring, either the Western European or the

Eastern European character set is used for characters within databases.

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4.6 Others

4.6.1 Transferring templates

 A maximum of 255 templates can be transferred. The transfer cannot be completed if the amount of data

being transferred exceeds 12 MB.

 A single template can contain a maximum of 255 objects. If the objects exceed 64 KB, an error will occur

and the transfer cannot be completed.

 When print data is fed, the command mode should be the P-touch Template mode.  When a template is transferred to the printer, all values specified with dynamic commands are initialized.  This is not compatible with split labels.  After printing from P-touch Editor, the command mode changes to raster mode. In order to print a template,

select the P-touch Template mode in the P-touch Template Settings tool or, if the previous mode in the P-touch Template Settings tool was the P-touch Template mode, turn the printer off, then on again to enter P-touch Template mode.

4.6.2 About objects in a template

 The line feed codes (0D0A, 0D and 0A) in print data are read, then discarded. However, when specified as

special data, such as delimiters, print start text strings or line feed commands, they are applied.

 The order of the objects is determined only by the last four-digit number of the object name. Objects with

no numbers in their names will be at the end of the order. If objects have the same number, the order is determined in the following order: text, 1D barcodes, then 2D barcodes. If the objects are of the same type, the object created first is first in the order. We recommend that the numbers indicating the order be added

at the end of the object name. (To specify the name of an object in P-touch Editor, display the properties of the text or barcode object, and then specify the name in the “Object Name” box on the Expanded tab.)

Specifying the object name

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5. Precautions

5.1 Notes for printers with Bluetooth interface

If the printer is connected using Bluetooth, the printer may not be ready immediately after the port is opened. When sending print data, wait at least 500 msec after the port has been opened before starting to send the data. In addition, if the port is continuously opened and closed, for example, when printing multiple pages, wait at least 500 msec after the port is closed before opening the port the next time. Once the print data for one page has been sent, do not close the Bluetooth port until printing is finished.

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P-touch Template 2.0 Command Reference

(Text Layout settings)

Printer ima ge

Layout

Options

Text

text is not printed.

Shr ink to Fit

Clip Text

Selected

Fit

(Wrap)

line.

outside the frame.

below.)

5.2 Relationship between the P-touch Editor settings and the printer image

P-touch Editor setting

Text options

Width Height

Text

Details-

Wrap

Frame Siz e Text Size Frame Size Text Size

Printed

image

Clip Text

Fixed Frame Size

Shr ink to

Fixed Frame Size

Long Text -

Automatic Length

Selected

Fixed If the text is too long, the overflow

Fixed If the text is too long, even with the minimum text size, the overflow text is printed outside the frame.

Fixed The overflow text is automatically sent to the new

Even the overflow text is printed outside the frame.

Fixed

Auto The text is automatically maximize d to fit the frame size.

Fixed

Fixed If the text is too long, the overflow

Fixed If the text is too long, even with the minimum text size, the overflow text is printed outside the frame.

Even the overflow text is printed outside the frame.

Fixed If the text is too long, even with the minimum text size, the overflow text is printed

Fixed

Auto The text is automatically maximize d to fit the frame size.

Fixed

Auto The text is automatically maximize d to fit the frame size.

(See

below.)

(See

below.)

(See

below.)

(See

below.)

Free Size -

Even the overflow text is printed

Fixed

Even the overflow text is printed

Fixed

(See

Printed image

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5.3 Making a template in order to save time before starting to print

 Perform the following operation to convert permanent objects into images.

- In the Text Properties dialog box, select the Expanded tab, and then select the “Text Cannot Be Edited”

check box.

- If the Expanded tab of the Text Properties dialog box is not displayed, click [Options] on the Tools menu,

and then select the “Display Expanded Tabs of Object Properties” check box on the General tab.

 Specify the text options (Text Layout settings) so that the text size is fixed.

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ASCII Code

Binary Code

Sta tic/Dynamic

Description

^PT

5E 50 54

Dynamic

Select print start trigger

^FF

5E 46 46

Start printing

^PS

5E 50 53

Dynamic

Specify print start command text string

^PC

5E 50 43

Dynamic

Specify print start received character count

^SS

5E 53 53

Dynamic

Specify delimiter

^TS

5E 54 53

Dynamic

Select template

^CO

5E 43 4F

Dynamic

Specify printer settings (cut options)

^LS

5E 4C 53

Dynamic

Specify line spacing with line feed

^CC

5E 43 43

Dynamic

Change prefix character

^RC

5E 52 43

Dynamic

Specify line feed command text string

^CN

5E 43 4E

Dynamic

Specify number of copies

^NN

5E 4E 4E

Dynamic

Specify number of Numbering copies

^ID

5E 49 44

Initialize template data

^QS

5E 51 53

Dynamic

Select print options

^QV

5E 51 56

Dynamic

Specify QR Code version

^FC

5E 46 43

Dynamic

FNC1 replacement setting

^II

5E 49 49

Initialize

^OP

5E 4F 50

Perform printer operation (feed)

^SR

5E 53 52

Status request

^VR

5E 56 52

Retrieve version information

^CR

5E 43 52

Line feed in object

^OS

5E 4F 53

Select object (object number)

^ON

5E 4F 4E

Select object (object name)

^DI

5E 44 49

Direct insert object

ESC ia

1B 69 61

Dynamic

Select command mode

6. Control Code Lists

6.1 Setting and retrieving commands for P-touch Template mode

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Note

* The commands listed above must be used in P-touch Template mode.

* These commands (except ESC ia) cannot be used in raster mode or ESC/P mode.

* With dynamic commands, settings specified with a command are temporarily saved and applied

until the printer is turned off.

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ASCII Code

Binary Code

Static/Dynamic

Description

ESC iXT2

1B 69 58 54 32

Static

Select print start trigger

ESC iXP2

1B 69 58 50 32

Static

Specify print start command text string

ESC iXr2

1B 69 58 72 32

Static

Specify print start received character count

ESC iXD2

1B 69 58 44 32

Static

Specify delimiter

ESC iXa2

1B 69 58 61 32

Static

Specify non-printed text strings

ESC iXi2

1B 69 58 69 32

Static

Select command mode

ESC iXn2

1B 69 58 6E 32

Static

Select template

ESC iXf2

1B 69 58 66 32

Static

Change prefix character

ESC iXc2

1B 69 58 63 32

Static

Specify printer settings (cut options)

Specify printer settings (cut options–specifying number of labels)

ESC iXm2

1B 69 58 6D 32

Static

Select character code set

ESC iXj2

1B 69 58 6A 32

Static

Select international character set

ESC iXR2

1B 69 58 52 32

Static

Specify line feed command text string

ESC iXC2

1B 69 58 43 32

Static

Specify number of copies

ESC iXN2

1B 69 58 4E 32

Static

Specify number of Numbering copies

ESC iXF2

1B 69 58 46 32

Static

FNC1 replacement setting

ESC iXq2

1B 69 58 71 32

Static

Select print options

ESC iXd2

1B 69 58 64 32

Static

Specify recovery setting

ESC iXE2

1B 69 58 45 32

Static

Specify barcode margin setting

ESC iXh2

1B 69 58 68 32

Static

Specify rotated print

ESC iXT1

1B 69 58 54 31

Retrieve print start trigger setting

ESC iXP1

1B 69 58 50 31

Retrieve print start command setting text string

ESC iXr1

1B 69 58 72 31

Retrieve print start received character count

ESC iXD1

1B 69 58 44 31

Retrieve delimiter

ESC iXa1

1B 69 58 61 31

Retrieve non-printed text strings

ESC iXi1

1B 69 58 69 31

Retrieve command mode setting

ESC iXn1

1B 69 58 6E 31

Retrieve number of selected template

ESC iXc1

1B 69 58 63 31

Retrieves printer settings (cut options)

Retrieve printer settings (cut options–specifying number of labels)

ESC iXm1

1B 69 58 6D 31

Retrieve character code set setting

ESC iXj1

1B 69 58 6A 31

Retrieve international character set setting

ESC iXf1

1B 69 58 66 31

Retrieve prefix character

6.2 Setting and retrieving commands for raster mode

ESC iXy2 1B 69 58 79 32 Static

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ESC iXy1 1B 69 58 79 31

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ASCII Code

Binary Code

Static/Dynamic

Description

ESC iXR1

1B 69 58 52 31

Retrieve line feed command setting text string

ESC iXC1

1B 69 58 43 31

Retrieve number of copies setting

ESC iXN1

1B 69 58 4E 31

Retrieve number of Numbering copies setting

ESC iXF1

1B 69 58 46 31

Retrieve FNC1 replacement setting

ESC iXq1

1B 69 58 71 31

Retrieve print options

ESC iXd1

1B 69 58 64 31

Retrieve recovery setting

ESC iXE1

1B 69 58 45 31

Retrieve barcode margin setting

ESC iXh1

1B 69 58 68 31

Retrieve rotated print setting

(continued from the previous page)

Note

* The commands listed above must be used in raster mode.

* These commands cannot be used in ESC/P mode or P-touch Template mode.

* With static commands, settings specified with a command are saved and stored in the memory.

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n=1:

When the specified text string is received (default)

n=2:

When all objects are filled (Prints with the delimiter at the end of the data.)

n=3:

When the specified number of characters is received (not including delimiters)

7. Control Command Details

^PT Select print start trigger

ASCII: ^ P T n Decim al: 94 80 84 nd

Hexadecimal: 5E 50 54 nh

Parameters

1≤n≤3

Description  Selects the type of print start trigger.

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 This command is a dynamic command.

Remarks  Invalid if n is a value other than 1 through 3

Example  When the print start trigger is “when all objects are filled”:

^ P T 2

(5Eh 50h 54h 32h)

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^FF Start printing

ASCII: ^ F F Decimal: 94 70 70

Hexadecimal: 5E 46 46

Parameters

None

Description

 Starts printing.  However, the print start trigger must be “when the specified text string is received”.

(Refer to “^PT” and “ESC iXT2”.)  The text string for the print start command can be changed.

(Refer to “^PS” and “ESC iXP2”.)

Example  To print template number 3:

^ T S 0 0 3 ^ F F (5Eh 54h 53h 30h 30h 33h 5Eh 46h 46h)

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(n1*10)+n2:

Length of the text string (can be set between 1 and 20)

data:

Text string (The maximum number of characters that can be set is 20 characters (bytes).)

^PS Specify print start command text string

ASCII: ^ P S n1 n2 data Decim al: 94 80 83 nd1 nd2 datad

Hexadecimal: 5E 50 53 nh1 nh2 datah

Parameters

0≤n1≤2

0≤n2≤9 00h≤datah≤FFh

Description  Specifies the text string for the print start command.

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 The default text string for the print start command is “^FF”.  This command is a dynamic command.

Remarks  Invalid if more than 20 characters have been specified

Example  To change the text string for the print start command to “START”:

Since the text string to be specified (data), “START”, contains 5 characters, n1=0 and n2=5. Therefore, the

command will be as follows.

^ P S 0 5 S T A R T

(5Eh 50h 53h 30h 35h 53h 54h 41h 52h 54h)

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(n1*100)+(n2*10)+n3:

Print start received character count (bytes) (1 to 999)

^PC Specify print start received character count

ASCII: ^ P C n1 n2 n3 Decimal: 94 80 67 nd1 nd2 nd3

Hexadecimal: 5E 50 43 nh1 nh2 nh3

Parameters

0≤n1≤9 0≤n2≤9 0≤n3≤9

Description

 Specifies the number of characters to be received in order to start printing.

 The default print start received character count is 10.

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 This command is a dynamic command.

Example  To change the print start received character count to 100 characters:

Since n1=1, n2=0 and n3=0, the command will be as follows.

^ P C 1 0 0 (5Eh 50h 43h 31h 30h 30h)

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(n1*10)+n2:

Length of the text string (between 1 and 20)

data:

Text string (The maximum number of characters that can be set is 20 characters (bytes).)

^SS Specify delimiter

ASCII: ^ S S n1 n2 data Decim al: 94 83 83 nd1 nd2 datad

Hexadecimal: 5E 53 53 nh1 nh2 datah

Parameters

0≤n1≤2

0≤n2≤9 00h≤datah≤FFh

Description

 The delimiter is used to indicate when to move to the next object in data that is being sent.  Specifies the text string for the delimiter.

 The default text string for the delimiter is “09h” (Tab code).

A text string that will not appear in the print data should be specified.  This command is a dynamic command.

Remarks  Invalid if more than 20 characters have been specified

Example  To change the delimiter to “,” (2Ch):

Since the text string contains one character, n1=0 and n2=1. In addition, with the text string (datah) “,”

(2Ch), the command will be as follows.

^ S S 0 1 , (5Eh 53h 53h 30h 31h 2Ch)

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(n1*100)+(n2*10)+n3:

Template number (1 to 255)

^TS Select template

ASCII: ^ T S n1 n2 n3 Decim al: 94 84 83 nd1 nd2 nd3

Hexadecimal: 5E 54 53 nh1 nh2 nh3

Parameters

0≤n1≤2 0≤n2≤9 0≤n3≤9

Description

 Specifies the number of the template selected from the printer.

 The default selection number is 1.

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 This command is a dynamic command.

Remarks  The template numbers that can be set are between 1 and 255.

This command becomes invalid if any other value has been specified or if the number that has been

specified is for a template not transferred to the printer.

Example  To select template number 99:

Since n2=9 and n3=9, the command will be as follows.

^ T S 0 9 9 (5Eh 54h 53h 30h 39h 39h)

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n1:

Auto cut setting (ON: 1 (default); OFF: 0)

(n2*10)+n3:

Auto cut label number setting (1 to 99) (Default value: 1)

n4:

Cut at end setting (ON: 1 (default); OFF: 0)

^CO Select printer settings (cut options)

ASCII: ^ C O n1 n2 n3 n4 Decim al: 94 67 79 nd1 nd2 nd3 nd4

Hexadecimal: 5E 43 4F nh1 nh2 nh3 nh4

Parameters

0≤n1≤1 0≤n2≤9 0≤n3≤9 0≤n4≤1

Description  Specifies the various cut options.

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 This command is a dynamic command.  This command is applied to only a printer with auto cutter.

Remarks  The auto cut label number setting can be between 1 and 99.

This command becomes invalid if any other value has been specified.

Example  To cut after every two labels:

Since the auto cut setting will be set to ON and the auto cut label number will be two labels, n1=1, n2=0

and n3=2. Therefore, the command will be as follows.

^ C O 1 0 2 0 (5Eh 43h 4Fh 31h 30h 32h 30h)

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(n1*100)+(n2*10)+n3:

Number of dots for the line spacing (0 to 255)

^LS Specify line spacing with line feed

ASCII: ^ L S n1 n2 n3 Decim al: 94 76 83 nd1 nd2 nd3

Hexadecimal: 5E 4C 53 nh1 nh2 nh3

Parameters

0≤n1≤2 0≤n2≤9 0≤n3≤9

Description

 Specifies the number of dots for the line spacing when a line feed is entered.

 The default number of dots for the line spacing when a line feed is entered is the number of dots

determined when the template is created in P-touch Editor.  This command is a dynamic command.

Remarks  The number of dots for the line spacing can be between 0 and 255. This command becomes invalid if any

other value has been specified.

Example  To set the line spacing to 10 dots:

^ L S 0 1 0 (5Eh 4Ch 53h 30h 31h 30h)

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Character code

^CC Change the prefix character

ASCII: ^ C C n Decim al: 94 67 67 nd

Hexadecimal: 5E 43 43 nh

Parameters

00h≤nh≤FFh

Description

 Changes the prefix character code.

 The default text string for the prefix character is “^”.  This command is a dynamic command.

Example

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 To change the prefix character from “^” to “_”:

^ C C 5Fh

(5Eh 43h 43h 5Fh) (5Fh stands for “_” in ASCII code)

 However, if the printer is later not turned off, then on again, the prefix character remains set to “_”, and the

initialize command, for example, will be “_II” instead of “^II”.

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(n1*10)+n2:

Length of the text string (can be set between 1 and 20)

data:

Text string (The maximum number of characters that can be set is 20 characters (bytes).)

^RC Specify line feed command text string

ASCII: ^ R C n1 n2 data Decim al: 94 82 67 nd1 nd2 datad

Hexadecimal: 5E 52 43 nh1 nh2 datah

Parameters

0≤n1≤2 0≤n2≤9

00h≤datah≤FFh

Description  Specifies the text string for the line feed command.

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 The default text string for the line feed command is “^CR”.  This command is a dynamic command.

Remarks  Invalid if more than 20 characters have been specified

Example  To change the text string for the line feed command to “0Dh 0Ah”:

Since the text string to be specified (data) contains 2 characters, n1=0 and n2=2. Therefore, the command

will be as follows.

^ R C 0 2 0Dh 0Ah

(5Eh 52h 43h 30h 32h 0Dh 0Ah)

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(n1*100)+(n2*10)+n3:

Number of copies (bytes) (1 to 999)

^CN Specify number of copies

ASCII: ^ C N n1 n2 n3 Decim al: 94 67 78 nd1 nd2 nd3

Hexadecimal: 5E 43 4E nh1 nh2 nh3

Parameters

0≤n1≤9 0≤n2≤9 0≤n3≤9

Description

 Specifies the number of copies to be printed.

 The default number of copies is 1.

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 This command is a dynamic command.

Remarks  When printing is finished, the number of copies specified with this command returns to the number of

copies (static value) specified from the printer.

Example  To change the number of copies to 100:

Since n1=1, n2=0 and n3=0, the command will be as follows.

^ C N 1 0 0 (5Eh 43h 4Eh 31h 30h 30h)

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(n1*100)+(n2*10)+n3:

Number of Numbering copies (bytes) (1 to 999)

^NN Specify number of Numbering copies

ASCII: ^ N N n1 n2 n3 Decim al: 94 78 78 nd1 nd2 nd3

Hexadecimal: 5E 4E 4E nh1 nh2 nh3

Parameters

0≤n1≤9

0≤n2≤9 0≤n3≤9

Description

 Specifies the number of copies to be printed with Numbering.

 The default number of copies printed with Numbering is 1.

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Remarks  When printing is finished, the number of copies specified with this command returns to the number of

copies (static value) specified from the printer.

Example  To change the number of Numbering copies to 100:

Since n1=1, n2=0 and n3=0, the command will be as follows.

^ N N 1 0 0

(5Eh 4Eh 4Eh 31h 30h 30h)

^ID Initialize template data

ASCII: ^ I D Decim al: 94 73 68 Hexadecimal: 5E 49 44

Parameters

None

Description  Returns the data in the selected template to what it was when the template was transferred.

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n=0:

Priority given to print speed

n=1:

Priority given to print quality

^QS Select print options

ASCII: ^ Q S n Decim al: 94 81 83 nd

Hexadecimal: 5E 51 53 nh

Parameters

n: 0, 1

Description

 Selects the print options.

 The default value for the print options is “0” (priority given to print speed).  This command is a dynamic command.

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Example  To set the print options to give priority to print quality:

Since n=1, the command will be as follows.

^ Q S 1

(5Eh 51h 53h 31h)

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(n1*10)＋n2:

Version number (between 0 and 40)

^QV Specify QR Code version

ASCII: ^ Q V n1 n2 Decim al: 94 81 86 nd1 nd2

Hexadecimal: 5E 51 56 nh1 nh2

Parameters

0≤n1≤4 0≤n2≤9

Description

 Specifies the QR Code version.

 The default QR Code version is 0.  This command becomes invalid if a value other than those that can be set (between 0 and 40) has been

specified.  This command is a dynamic command.

Example  To change the version to 10:

Since n1=1 and n2=0, the command will be as follows.

^ Q V 1 0

(5Eh 51h 56h 31h 30h)

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FNC1 replacement setting (ON: 1; OFF: 0 (default))

^FC FNC1 replacement setting

ASCII: ^ F C n Decim al: 94 70 67 nd

Hexadecimal: 5E 46 43 nh

Parameters

0≤n≤1

Description  Selects whether or not GS codes, which are included in barcode protocols such as GS1-128

(UCC/EAN-128), are replaced with FNC1 codes.

 This command is a dynamic command.

Remarks  Invalid if n is a value other than 1 or 0

Example  To disable FNC1 replacement:

Since FNC1 replacement will be disabled, n=0. Therefore, the command will be as follows.

^ F C 0 (5Eh 46h 43h 30h)

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(1)

Print start trigger setting

(2)

Print start command text string

(3)

Print start received character count

(4)

Delimiter

(5)

Number of selected template

(6)

Machine settings (cut options)

(7)

Prefix character

(8)

Number of copies setting

(9)

QR Code version setting

(10)

Line feed command text string

(11 )

FNC1 replacement setting

^II Initialize

ASCII: ^ I I Decim al: 94 73 73

Hexadecimal: 5E 49 49

Parameters

None

Description  Reverts all dynamic settings to the printer settings.

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^OP Perform printer operation (feed)

ASCII: ^ O P n Decim al: 94 79 80 nd

Hexadecimal: 5E 4F 50 nh

Parameters

n: 0 (Fixed)

Description  Causes the printer to perform a feed operation.

Example  To specify that the printer performs a feed operation:

^ O P 0 (5Eh 4Fh 50h 30h)

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Number

Offset

Size

Name

Value/Reference

1 0 1

Print head mark

Fixed at 80h

2 1 1

Size

Fixed at 20h

3 2 1

Brother code

Fixed at “B” (42h)

4 3 1

Series code

Fixed at “7” (37h)

RJ-2150: “9” (39h)

6 5 1

Country code

Fixed at “0” (30h)

7 6 1

Battery level information

Refer to table (5) below.

8 7 1

Reserved

Fixed at 00h

9 8 1

Error information 1

Refer to table (1) below.

10 9 1

Error information 2

Refer to table (2) below.

Media width

Media type

Refer table (3) below.

Number of colors

Fixed at 00h

Media length (higher order bytes)

Media sensor value

Mode

Fixed at 01h

Density

Fixed at 00h

Media length (lower order bytes)

Status type

Refer to table (4) below.

Phase type

Fixed at 00h

Phase number (higher order bytes)

Fixed at 00h

Phase number (lower order bytes)

Fixed at 00h

Notification number

Not used

Expansion area (number of bytes)

Fixed at 00h

^SR Status request

ASCII: ^ S R Decim al: 94 83 82

Hexadecimal: 5E 53 52

Parameters

None

Description  Returns the printer status.

The printer status consists of 32 bytes.

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5 4 1 Model code

Fixed at RJ-2030: “6” (36h) RJ-2050: “7” (37h) RJ-2140: “8” (38h)

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Reserved

Fixed at 00h

Reserved

Fixed at 00h

Reserved

Fixed at 00h

Reserved

Fixed at 00h

Reserved

Fixed at 00h

Reserved

Fixed at 00h

Reserved

Fixed at 00h

Reserved

Fixed at 00h

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Flag

Mask

Definition

Bit 0

01h

“No media” error

Bit 1

02h

“End of media” error

Bit 2

04h

“Cutter jam” error(When printer has a cutter.)

Bit 3

08h

Not used

Bit 4

10h

Printer in use

Bit 5

20h

Printer turned off

Bit 6

40h

Not used

Bit 7

80h

Not used

Flag

Mask

Definition

Bit 0

01h

Not used

Bit 1

02h

“Expansion buffer is full.” error

Bit 2

04h

Communication error

Bit 3

08h

Not used

Bit 4

10h

“Cover open” error

Bit 5

20h

Not used

Bit 6

40h

Leading edge detection error

Bit 7

80h

System error

Media Type

Value

Remarks

Continuous length tape

4Ah Die-cut label

4Bh

Status Type

Value

Remarks

Reply to status request

00h (Not used)

01h Error occurred

02h (Not used)

03h to FFh

(1) Error information 1

(2) Error information 2

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(3) Media type

(4) Status type

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Flag

Mask

Meaning

Bit 0

00h

Full battery

Bit 1

01h

Half battery

Bit 2

02h

Low battery

Bit 3

03h

Changing required

Bit 4

04h

AC adapter in use

(5) Battery level information

^VR Retrieve version information

ASCII: ^ V R Decim al: 94 86 82

Hexadecimal: 5E 56 52

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Parameters

None

Description  Retrieves the version information for the printer as a 16-character text string.

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1 2 3

^CR Line feed in object

ASCII: ^ C R Decim al: 94 67 82

Hexadecimal: 5E 43 52

Parameters

None

Description

 Adds a line feed to the next line in the text object.  Valid even if the text string for the line feed command has been changed

Example  To print three lines:

Code: 1 ^ C R 2 ^ C R 3 ^ F F

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(31h 5Eh 43h 52h 32h 5Eh 43h 52h 33h 5Eh 46h 46h)

Print result:

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(n1*10)+n2:

Object number (1 to 99)

^OS Select object (object number)

ASCII: ^ O S n1 n2 Decim al: 94 79 83 nd1 nd2

Hexadecimal: 5E 4F 53 nh1 nh2

Parameters

0≤n1≤9 0≤n2≤9

Description  Selects an object by its object number.

Remarks  The object number can be set between 1 and 99.

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This command becomes invalid if any other value has been specified.  Use this command to insert data starting with an intermediary object.

Example  To select the 33rd object:

^ O S 3 3 (5Eh 4Fh 53h 33h 33h)

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data:

Text string (object name)

^ON Select object (object name)

ASCII: ^ O N data 00 Decim al: 94 79 78 datad 00

Hexadecimal: 5E 4F 4E datah 00

Parameters

None

Description  Selects an object by its object name.

Remarks  The maximum length of text that can be set is 20 characters. If text longer than this has been specified, the

command becomes invalid. In addition, the command becomes invalid if no text has been specified.

 “00h” should be added at the end of the text. This indicates the end of the text.  Use this command to insert data starting with an intermediary object.

Example  To select an object with the name “TEXT1”:

^ O N T E X T 1 00h (5Eh 4Fh 4Eh 54h 45h 58h 54h 31h 00h)

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(nh2*256)+nh1:

Specified number of characters

data:

Text string

1A2

^DI Directly insert object

ASCII: ^ D I n1 n2 data Decim al: 94 68 73 nd1 nd2 datad

Hexadecimal: 5E 44 49 nh1 nh2 datah

Parameters

00h≤nh1≤FFh 00h≤nh2≤FEh

Description  Inserts a text string for the specified number of characters into the object selected in the selected template.

(Even if a print command or delimiter is within the specified number of characters, they are treated as

data.)

Example  If “A” is specified as the print start text string, and the print start trigger is specified as the print start text

string, easily print “A” with the following command.

Code: ^ D I 03h 00h 1 A 2 A (5Eh 44h 49h 03h 00h 31h 41h 32h 41h)

Print result:

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nh=00h or 30h:

ESC/P mode

nh=01h or 31h:

Raster mode

nh=03h or 33h:

P-touch Template mode (default)

nh=04h or 34h:

CPCL Page Print mode

nh=05h or 35h:

CPCL Line Print mode

ESC i a Select command mode

ASCII: ESC i a n Decim al: 27 105 97 nd

Hexadecimal: 1B 69 61 nh

Parameters

nh=00h 01h 03h 04h 05h 30h 31h 33h 34h 35h

Description  Switches the mode.

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 This command is a dynamic command.

Remarks  If the specified value is one other than those that can be set, raster mode will be entered.

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nh3=00h:

When the specified text string is received (default)

nh3=01h:

When all objects are filled (Prints with the delimiter at the end of the data.)

nh3=02h:

When the specified number of characters is received (not including delimiters)

ESC iXT2 Select print start trigger

ASCII: ESC i X T 2 n1 n2 n3 Decim al: 27 105 88 84 50 nd1 nd2 nd3

Hexadecimal: 1B 69 58 54 32 nh1 nh2 nh3

Parameters

nh1=01h (Fixed) nh2=00h (Fixed) 00h≤nh3≤02h

Description  Selects the type of print start trigger.

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 This command is a static command.

Remarks  Invalid if nh3 is a value other than 00h through 02h

Example  When the print start trigger is “when all objects are filled”:

ESC i X T 2 01h 00h 01h

(1Bh 69h 58h 54h 32h 01h 00h 01h)

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nh1+(nh2*256):

Length of the text string (can be set between 1 and 20)

data:

Text string (The maximum number of characters that can be set is 20 characters (bytes).)

ESC iXP2 Specify print start command text string

ASCII: ESC i X P 2 n1 n2 data Decim al: 27 105 88 80 50 nd1 nd2 datad

Hexadecimal: 1B 69 58 50 32 nh1 nh2 datah

Parameters

01h≤nh1≤14h nh2: 00h (Fixed) 00h≤datah≤FFh

Description  Specifies the text string for the print start command.

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 The default text string for the print start command is “^FF”.  This command is a static command.

Remarks  Invalid if more than 20 characters have been specified

Example  To change the text string for the print start command to “START”:

Since the text string to be specified (data), “START”, contains 5 characters, nh1=05h and nh2=00h.

Therefore, the command will be as follows.

ESC i X P 2 05h 00h S T A R T

(1Bh 69h 58h 50h 32h 05h 00h 53h 54h 41h 52h 54h)

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nh3+(nh4*256):

Print start received character count (bytes) (1 to 999)

ESC iXr2 Specify print start received character count

ASCII: ESC i X r 2 n1 n2 n3 n4 Decim al: 27 105 88 114 50 nd1 nd2 nd3 nd4

Hexadecimal: 1B 69 58 72 32 nh1 nh2 nh3 nh4

Parameters

nh1: 02h (Fixed) nh2: 00h (Fixed)

00h≤nh3≤FFh 00h≤nh4≤03h

Description  Specifies the number of characters to be received in order to start printing.

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 The default print start received character count is 10.  This command is a static command.

Example  To change the print start received character count to 100 characters:

Since nh3=64h and nh4=00h, the command will be as follows.

ESC i X r 2 02h 00h 64h 00h

(1Bh 69h 58h 72h 32h 02h 00h 64h 00h)

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nh1+(nh2*256):

Length of the text string (between 1 and 20)

data:

Text string (The maximum number of characters that can be set is 20 characters (bytes).)

ESC iXD2 Specify delimiter

ASCII: ESC i X D 2 n1 n2 data Decim al: 27 105 88 68 50 nd1 nd2 datad

Hexadecimal: 1B 69 58 44 32 nh1 nh2 datah

Parameters

01h≤nh1≤14h nh2: 00h (Fixed) 00h≤datah≤FFh

Description

 The delimiter is used to indicate when to move to the next object in data that is being sent.  Specifies the text string for the delimiter.

 The default text string for the delimiter is “09h” (Tab code).  This command is a static command.

Remarks  Invalid if more than 20 characters have been specified

Example  To change the delimiter to “,” (2Ch):

Since the text string contains one character, nh1=01h and nh2=00h. In addition, with the text string (datah)

“,” (2Ch), the command will be as follows.

ESC i X D 2 01h 00h 2Ch (1Bh 69h 58h 44h 32h 01h 00h 2Ch)

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nh1+(nh2*256):

Length of the text string (0 to 20) + 1

data:

Text string (The maximum number of characters that can be set is 20 characters (bytes).)

ESC iXa2 Specify non-printed text strings

ASCII: ESC i X a 2 n1 n2 n3 data Decim al: 27 105 88 97 50 nd1 nd2 nd3 datad

Hexadecimal: 1B 69 58 61 32 nh1 nh2 nh3 datah

Parameters

01h≤nh1≤15h nh2: 00h (Fixed) nh3: 01h (Fixed) 00h≤datah≤FFh

Description  Specifies the non-printed text string.

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 This command is a static command.

Remarks  Invalid if more than 20 characters have been specified

Example  To specify the non-printed text string as “ABCD”:

Since the text string contains four characters, nh1=05h and nh2=00h. Therefore, the command will be as

follows.

ESC i X a 2 05h 00h 01h A B C D

(1Bh 69h 58h 61h 32h 05h 00h 01h 41h 42h 43h 44h)

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nh3=00h:

ESC/P mode

nh3=01h:

Raster mode

nh3=03h:

P-touch Template mode (default)

nh3=04h:

CPCL Page Print mode

nh3=05h:

CPCL Line Print mode

ESC iXi2 Select command mode

ASCII: ESC i X i 2 n1 n2 n3 Decim al: 27 105 88 105 50 nd1 nd2 nd3

Hexadecimal: 1B 69 58 69 32 nh1 nh2 nh3

Parameters

nh1: 01h (Fixed) nh2: 00h (Fixed) nh3: 00h 01h 03h 04h 05h

Description  Switches the mode.

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 This command is a static command.

Remarks  Invalid if a value other than those that can be set has been specified

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n3:

Template number (1 to 255)

ESC iXn2 Select template

ASCII: ESC i X n 2 n1 n2 n3 Decim al: 27 105 88 110 50 nd1 nd2 nd3

Hexadecimal: 1B 69 58 6E 32 nh1 nh2 nh3

Parameters

nh1: 01h (Fixed) nh2: 00h (Fixed) 01h≤nh3≤FFh

Description

 Selects the number of the template selected from the printer.

 The default selection number is 1.

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 This command is a static command.

Remarks  The template numbers that can be set are between 1 and 255.

This command becomes invalid if any other value has been specified or if the number that has been

specified is for a template not transferred to the printer.

Example  To select template number 99:

Since nh3=63h, the command will be as follows.

ESC i X n 2 01h 00h 63h (1Bh 69h 58h 6Eh 32h 01h 00h 63h)

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n3:

Character code

ESC iXf2 Change the prefix character

ASCII: ESC i X f 2 n1 n2 n3 Decim al: 27 105 88 102 50 nd1 nd2 nd3

Hexadecimal: 1B 69 58 66 32 nh1 nh2 nh3

Parameters

nh1: 01h (Fixed) nh2: 00h (Fixed) 00h≤nh3≤FFh

Description

 Changes the prefix character code.

 The default text string for the prefix character is “^”.

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 This command is a static command.

Example  To change the prefix character to “_”:

ESC i X f 2 01h 00h 5Fh (“_”) (1Bh 69h 58h 66h 32h 01h 00h 5Fh)

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nh3=00h:

No cutting

nh3=01h:

Automatically cuts

nh3=08h:

Cut at end of printing

nh3=09h:

Automatically cuts, and cuts at end of printing

ESC iXc2 Select printer settings (cut options)

ASCII: ESC i X c 2 n1 n2 n3 Decim al: 27 105 88 99 50 nd1 nd2 nd3

Hexadecimal: 1B 69 58 63 32 nh1 nh2 nh3

Parameters

nh1: 01h (Fixed) nh2: 00h (Fixed) nh3: 00h 01h 08h 09h

Description  Selects the various cut options.

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 This command is a static command.  This command is applied to only a printer with auto cutter

Example  To select auto cutting:

ESC i X c 2 01h 00h 01h (1Bh 69h 58h 63h 32h 01h 00h 01h)

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nh3:

Cuts after a specified number of labels (01h to 63h)

ESC iXy2 Select printer settings (cut options–specifying number of labels)

ASCII: ESC i X y 2 n1 n2 n3 Decim al: 27 105 88 121 50 nd1 nd2 nd3

Hexadecimal: 1B 69 58 79 32 nh1 nh2 nh3

Parameters

nh1: 01h (Fixed) nh2: 00h (Fixed) 01h≤nh3≤63h

Description  Specifies that the tape will be cut after the specified number of labels. (If the auto cut setting is ON, the

tape will be cut after the number of labels specified with this setting.)

 This command is a static command.  This command is applied to only a printer with auto cutter.

Example  To cut after every five labels (However, the auto cut setting must be set to ON.):

ESC i X y 2 01h 00 05h (1Bh 69h 58h 79h 32h 01h 00h 05h)

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nh3=00h:

Brother standard

nh3=01h:

Windows1250 (Eastern Europe)

nh3=02h:

Windows1252 (Western Europe)

nh3=03h:

ZPL II Emulation

nh3=04h:

Japan

ESC iXm2 Select character code set

ASCII: ESC i X m 2 n1 n2 n3 Decim al: 27 105 88 109 50 nd1 nd2 nd3

Hexadecimal: 1B 69 58 6D 32 nh1 nh2 nh3

Parameters

nh1: 01h (Fixed) nh2: 00h (Fixed) 00h≤nh3≤04h

Description  Selects the character code set. (For details on the character code sets, refer to the character code tables

in “Appendix B: Character Code Tables”.)

 Invalid if nh3 is set to a value other than 00h through 04h.  This command is a static command.

Example  To set the character code set to the Brother standard:

ESC i X m 2 01h 00h 00h (1Bh 69h 58h 6Dh 32h 01h 00h 00h)

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nh3=00h:

USA

nh3=01h:

France

nh3=02h:

Germany

nh3=03h:

Britain

nh3=04h:

Denmark I

nh3=05h:

Sweden

nh3=06h:

Italy

nh3=07h:

Spain I

nh3=08h:

Japan

nh3=09h:

Norway

nh3=0Ah:

Denmark II

nh3=0Bh:

Spain II

nh3=0Ch:

Latin America

nh3=0Dh:

South Korea

nh3=40h:

Legal

ESC iXj2 Select international character set

ASCII: ESC i X j 2 n1 n2 n3 Decim al: 27 105 88 106 50 nd1 nd2 nd3

Hexadecimal: 1B 69 58 6A 32 nh1 nh2 nh3

Parameters

nh1: 01h (Fixed) nh2: 00h (Fixed) 00h≤nh3≤0Dh, 40h

Description  Selects the character set according to the country selected, and switches some character codes in the

code table according to the value for nh3.

 The following 12 codes are switched.

 The default setting is nh3=00h (USA).  This command is a static command.

Example  To change the international character set to that for Japan:

23h 24h 40h 5Bh 5Ch 5Dh 5Eh 60h 7Bh 7Ch 7Dh 7Eh

(For the characters that are switched, refer to “International character set table”.)

ESC i X j 2 01h 00h 08h

(1Bh 69h 58h 6Ah 32h 01h 00h 08h)

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nh1+(nh2*256):

Length of the text string (can be set between 1 and 20)

data:

Text string (The maximum number of characters that can be set is 20 characters (bytes).)

ESC iXR2 Specify line feed command text string

ASCII: ESC i X R 2 n1 n2 data Decim al: 27 105 88 82 50 nd1 nd2 datad

Hexadecimal: 1B 69 58 52 32 nh1 nh2 datah

Parameters

01h≤nh1≤14h nh2: 00h (Fixed) 00h≤datah≤FFh

Description  Specifies the text string for the line feed command.

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 The default text string for the line feed command is “^CR”.  This command is a static command.

Remarks  Invalid if more than 20 characters have been specified

Example  To change the text string for the line feed command to “0Dh 0Ah”:

Since the text string to be specified (data), contains 2 characters, nh1=02h and nh2=00h. Therefore, the

command will be as follows.

ESC i X R 2 02h 00h 0Dh 0Ah

(1Bh 69h 58h 52h 32h 02h 00h 0Dh 0Ah)

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nh3+(nh4*256):

Number of copies (bytes) (1 to 999)

ESC iXC2 Specify number of copies

ASCII: ESC i X C 2 n1 n2 n3 n4 Decim al: 27 105 88 67 50 nd1 nd2 nd3 nd4

Hexadecimal: 1B 69 58 43 32 nh1 nh2 nh3 nh4

Parameters

nh1: 02h (Fixed) nh2: 00h (Fixed)

00h≤nh3≤FFh 00h≤nh4≤03h

Description  Specifies the number of copies to be printed.

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 The default number of copies is 1.  This command is a static command.

Example  To change the number of copies to 100:

Since nh3=64h and nh4=00h, the command will be as follows.

ESC i X C 2 02h 00h 64h 00h

(1Bh 69h 58h 43h 32h 02h 00h 64h 00h)

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nh3+(nh4*256):

Number of Numbering copies (bytes) (1 to 999)

ESC iXN2 Specify number of Numbering copies

ASCII: ESC i X N 2 n1 n2 n3 n4 Decim al: 27 105 88 78 50 nd1 nd2 nd3 nd4

Hexadecimal: 1B 69 58 4E 32 nh1 nh2 nh3 nh4

Parameters

nh1: 02h (Fixed) nh2: 00h (Fixed)

00h≤nh3≤FFh 00h≤nh4≤03h

Description  Specifies the number of copies to be printed with Numbering.

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 The default number of copies printed with Numbering is 1.  This command is a static command.

Exam ple  To change the number of Numbering copies to 100:

Since nh3=64h and nh4=00h, the command will be as follows.

ESC i X N 2 02h 00h 64h 00h

(1Bh 69h 58h 4Eh 32h 02h 00h 64h 00h)

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nh3=00h:

FNC1 replacement setting OFF

nh3=01h:

FNC1 replacement setting ON

ESC iXF2 FNC1 replacement setting

ASCII: ESC i X F 2 n1 n2 n3 Decim al: 27 105 88 70 50 nd1 nd2 nd3

Hexadecimal: 1B 69 58 46 32 nh1 nh2 nh3

Parameters

nh1: 01h (Fixed) nh2: 00h (Fixed) nh3: 00h 01h

Description  Selects whether or not GS codes, which are included in barcode protocols such as GS1-128

(UCC/EAN-128), are replaced with FNC1 codes.

 This command is a static command.

Example  To disable FNC1 replacement:

ESC i X F 2 01h 00h 00h

(1Bh 69h 58h 46h 32h 01h 00h 00h)

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nh3=00h:

Priority given to print speed

nh3=01h:

Priority given to print quality

ESC iXq2 Select print options

ASCII: ESC i X q 2 n1 n2 n3 Decim al: 27 105 88 113 50 nd1 nd2 nd3

Hexadecimal: 1B 69 58 71 32 nh1 nh2 nh3

Parameters

nh1: 01h (Fixed) nh2: 00h (Fixed) nh3: 00h, 01h

Description  Selects the print options.

P-touch Template 2.0 Command Reference

 The default value for the print options is “00h” (priority given to print speed).  This command is a static command.

Example  To set the print options to priority given to print quality:

Since nh3=01h, the command will be as follows.

ESC i X q 2 01h 00h 01h (1Bh 69h 58h 71h 32h 01h 00h 01h)

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nh3=00h:

Disable recovery print

nh3=01h:

Enable recovery print

ESC iXd2 Specify recovery setting

ASCII: ESC i X d 2 n1 n2 n3 Decim al: 27 105 88 100 50 nd1 nd2 nd3

Hexadecimal: 1B 69 58 64 32 nh1 nh2 nh3

Parameters

nh1: 01h (Fixed) nh2: 00h (Fixed) nh3: 00h, 01h

Description  Select enable or disable of recovery print.

P-touch Template 2.0 Command Reference

 The default value of “nh3” is 01h.  This command is a static command.

Example  For being enable recovery print.

Since nh3=01h, the command will be as follows.

ESC i X d 2 01h 00h 01h (1Bh 69h 58h 64h 32h 01h 00h 01h)

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nh3=00h:

No margin

nh3=01h:

Add margin

ESC iXE2 Specify barcode margin setting

ASCII: ESC i X E 2 n1 n2 n3 Decim al: 27 105 88 69 50 nd1 nd2 nd3

Hexadecimal: 1B 69 58 45 32 nh1 nh2 nh3

Parameters

nh1: 01h (Fixed) nh2: 00h (Fixed) nh3: 00h, 01h

Description  Select an existence of barcode margin.

P-touch Template 2.0 Command Reference

 The default value of nh3 is 01h.  This command is a static command.

Example  For setting “No margin”.

Since nh3=00h, the command will be as follows.

ESC i X E 2 01h 00h 00h (1Bh 69h 58h 45h 32h 01h 00h 00h)

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nh3=00h:

No rotation

nh3=01h:

180 degrees rotation

ESC iXh2 Specify rotated print

ASCII: ESC i X h 2 n1 n2 n3 Decim al: 27 105 88 104 50 nd1 nd2 nd3

Hexadecimal: 1B 69 58 68 32 nh1 nh2 nh3

Parameters

nh1: 01h (Fixed) nh2: 00h (Fixed) nh3: 00h, 01h

Description  Select rotate setting.

P-touch Template 2.0 Command Reference

 The default value for the rotate setting is "00h" (No rotaion).  This command is a static command.

Example  To set the rotate setting to 180 degrees rotation:

Since nh3=01h, the command will be as follows.

ESC i X h 2 01h 00h 01h (1Bh 69h 58h 68h 32h 01h 00h 01h)

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[1]:

01h (Fixed)

[2]:

00h (Fixed)

[3]:

Setting

02h: When the specified number of characters is received

ESC iXT1 Retrieve print start trigger setting

ASCII: ESC i X T 1 n1 n2 Decim al: 27 105 88 84 49 nd1 nd2

Hexadecimal: 1B 69 58 54 31 nh1 nh2

Parameters

nh1=00h (Fixed) nh2=00h (Fixed)

Description  The print start trigger is returned as 3-byte data.

P-touch Template 2.0 Command Reference

00h: When the specified text string is received 01h: When all objects are filled

 The retrieved value is a value specified by a static command.

Example  The print start trigger specified for the printer is retrieved. When the setting is “when the specified text

string is received”:

Code: ESC i X T 1 00h 00h (1Bh 69h 58h 54h 31h 00h 00h)

Returned value: 01h 00h 00h

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P-touch Template 2.0 Command Reference

[1,2]:

nh1 nh2 (number of characters) nh1+(nh2*256)

[3 and later]:

Text string

ESC iXP1 Retrieve print start command setting text string

ASCII: ESC i X P 1 n1 n2 Decim al: 27 105 88 80 49 nd1 nd2

Hexadecimal: 1B 69 58 50 31 nh1 nh2

Parameters

nh1: 00h (Fixed) nh2: 00h (Fixed)

Description

 Retrieves the text string specified for the print start command.  3- to 22-byte data is returned from the printer. (Varies depending on the length of the text string)

 The retrieved value is a value specified by a static command.

Example  When the text string for the print start command is specified as “START”:

Code: ESC i X P 1 00h 00h (1Bh 69h 58h 50h 31h 00h 00h) Returned value: 05h 00h S T A R T (05h 00h 53h 54h 41h 52h 54h)

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P-touch Template 2.0 Command Reference

[1]:

02h (Fixed)

[2]:

00h (Fixed)

[3,4]:

nh3 nh4 settings nh3+(nh4*256): Print start received character count

ESC iXr1 Retrieve print start received character count

ASCII: ESC i X r 1 n1 n2 Decim al: 27 105 88 114 49 nd1 nd2

Hexadecimal: 1B 69 58 72 31 nh1 nh2

Parameters

nh1: 00h (Fixed) nh2: 00h (Fixed)

Description

 Retrieves the number of characters specified to be received in order to start printing.  4-byte data is returned from the printer.

 The retrieved value is a value specified by a static command.

Example  For a print start received character count of 500 characters:

Code: ESC i X r 1 00h 00h (1Bh 69h 58h 72h 31h 00h 00h)

Returned value: 02h 00h F4h 01h (244+1*256=F4h+01h*256=500 characters)

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P-touch Template 2.0 Command Reference

[1,2]:

nh1 nh2 (number of characters) nh1+(nh2*256)

[3 and later]:

Text string

ESC iXD1 Retrieve delimiter

ASCII: ESC i X D 1 n1 n2 Decim al: 27 105 88 68 49 nd1 nd2

Hexadecimal: 1B 69 58 44 31 nh1 nh2

Parameters

nh1: 00h (Fixed) nh2: 00h (Fixed)

Description

 Retrieves the text string specified for the delimiter.  3- to 22-byte data is returned from the printer. (Varies depending on the length of the text string)

 The retrieved value is a value specified by a static command.

Example  When the delimiter is set as “,” (2Ch):

Code: ESC i X D 1 00h 00h (1Bh 69h 58h 44h 31h 00h 00h) Returned value: 01h 00h (01h 00h 2Ch)

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P-touch Template 2.0 Command Reference

[1,2]:

nh1 nh2 (number of characters) nh1+(nh2*256)

[3 and later]:

Text string

ESC iXa1 Retrieve non-printed text strings

ASCII: ESC i X a 1 n1 n2 n3 Decim al: 27 105 88 97 49 nd1 nd2 nd3

Hexadecimal: 1B 69 58 61 31 nh1 nh2 nh3

Parameters

nh1: 01h (Fixed) nh2: 00h (Fixed) nh3: 01h (Fixed)

Description

 Retrieves the specified non-printed text string.  2- to 22-byte data is returned from the printer. (Varies depending on the length of the text string)

 The retrieved value is a value specified by a static command.

Example  When “ABCD” is specified as the non-printed text string:

The following command is sent to the printer.

Code: ESC i X a 1 01h 00h 01h (1Bh 69h 58h 61h 31h 01h 00h 01h) Returned value: 04h 00h A B C D

(04h 00h 41h 42h 43h 44h)

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[1]:

01h (Fixed)

[2]:

00h (Fixed)

[3]:

Setting

05h: CPCL Line Print mode

ESC iXi1 Retrieve command mode setting

ASCII: ESC i X i 1 n1 n2 Decim al: 27 105 88 105 49 nd1 nd2

Hexadecimal: 1B 69 58 69 31 nh1 nh2

Parameters

nh1: 00h (Fixed) nh2: 00h (Fixed)

Description

 Retrieves the setting for the command mode.  3-byte data is returned from the printer.

P-touch Template 2.0 Command Reference

00h: ESC/P mode 01h: Raster mode 03h: P-touch Template mode 04h: CPCL Page Print mode

 The retrieved value is a value specified by a static command.

Example  When the setting is for raster mode:

Code: ESC i X i 1 00h 00h (1Bh 69h 58h 69h 31h 00h 00h)

Returned value: 01h 00h 01h

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[1]:

01h (Fixed)

[2]:

00h (Fixed)

[3]:

Setting

ESC iXn1 Retrieve number of selected tem plate

ASCII: ESC i X n 1 n1 n2 Decim al: 27 105 88 110 49 nd1 nd2

Hexadecimal: 1B 69 58 6E 31 nh1 nh2

Parameters

nh1: 00h (Fixed) nh2: 00h (Fixed)

Description

 Retrieves the template number selected from the printer.  3-byte data is returned from the printer.

P-touch Template 2.0 Command Reference

 The retrieved value is a value specified by a static command.

Example  When template number 99 is selected:

Code: ESC i X n 1 00h 00h (1Bh 69h 58h 6Eh 31h 00h 00h)

Returned value: 01h 00h 63h

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[1]:

01h (Fixed)

[2]:

00h (Fixed)

[3]:

Setting

01h: Automatically cuts

ESC iXc1 Retrieve printer settings (cut options)

ASCII: ESC i X c 1 n1 n2 Decim al: 27 105 88 99 49 nd1 nd2

Hexadecimal: 1B 69 58 63 31 nh1 nh2

Parameters

nh1: 00h (Fixed) nh2: 00h (Fixed)

Description

 Retrieves the various cut settings.  3-byte data is returned from the printer.

P-touch Template 2.0 Command Reference

00h: No cutting

 The retrieved value is a value specified by a static command.  This command is applied to only a printer with auto cutter.

Example  When auto cutting is selected:

Code: ESC i X c 1 00h 00h (1Bh 69h 58h 63h 31h 00h 00h)

Returned value: 01h 00h 01h

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P-touch Template 2.0 Command Reference

[1]:

01h (Fixed)

[2]:

00h (Fixed)

[3]:

Setting

ESC iXy1 Retrieve printer settings (cut options–specifying number of labels)

ASCII: ESC i X y 1 n1 n2 Decim al: 27 105 88 121 49 nd1 nd2

Hexadecimal: 1B 69 58 79 31 nh1 nh2

Parameters

nh1: 00h (Fixed) nh2: 00h (Fixed)

Description

 Retrieves the setting for cutting after a specified number of labels.  3-byte data is returned from the printer.

 The retrieved value is a value specified by a static command.  This command is applied to only a printer with auto cutter.

Example  When cutting is specified for every five labels:

Code: ESC i X y 1 00h 00h (1Bh 69h 58h 79h 31h 00h 00h)

Returned value: 01h 00h 05h

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P-touch Template 2.0 Command Reference

[1]:

01h (Fixed)

[2]:

00h (Fixed)

[3]:

Setting

04h: Japan

ESC iXm1 Retrieve character code set setting

ASCII: ESC i X m 1 n1 n2 Decim al: 27 105 88 109 49 nd1 nd2

Hexadecimal: 1B 69 58 6D 31 nh1 nh2

Parameters

nh1: 00h (Fixed) nh2: 00h (Fixed)

Description  Retrieves the specified character code set. (For details on the character code sets, refer to “Appendix B:

Character Code Tables”.)

 3-byte data is returned from the printer.

00h: Brother standard 01h: Windows1250 (Eastern Europe) 02h: Windows1252 (Western Europe) 03h: ZPL II Emulation

 The retrieved value is a value specified by a static command.

Example  When the character code set is the Brother standard:

Code: ESC i X m 1 00h 00h (1Bh 69h 58h 6Dh 31h 00h 00h)

Returned value: 01h 00h 00h

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[1]:

01h (Fixed)

[2]:

00h (Fixed)

[3]:

Setting

00h: USA

01h: France

02h: Germany

03h: Britain

04h: Denmark I

05h: Sweden

06h: Italy

07h: Spain I

08h: Japan

09h: Norway

0Ah: Denmark II

0Bh: Spain II

0Ch: Latin America

0Dh: South Korea

40h: Legal

ESC iXj1 Retrieve international character set setting

ASCII: ESC i X j 1 n1 n2 Decim al: 27 105 88 106 49 nd1 nd2

Hexadecimal: 1B 69 58 6A 31 nh1 nh2

Parameters

nh1: 00h (Fixed) nh2: 00h (Fixed)

Description

 Retrieves the international character set setting.  3-byte data is returned from the printer.

P-touch Template 2.0 Command Reference

 The retrieved value is a value specified by a static command.

Example  When the international character set is that for Japan:

Code: ESC i X j 1 00h 00h (1Bh 69h 58h 6Ah 31h 00h 00h)

Returned value: 01h 00h 08h

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[1]:

01h (Fixed)

[2]:

00h (Fixed)

[3]:

Specified character

ESC iXf1 Retrieve prefix character

ASCII: ESC i X f 1 n1 n2 Decim al: 27 105 88 102 49 nd1 nd2

Hexadecimal: 1B 69 58 66 31 nh1 nh2

Parameters

nh1: 00h (Fixed) nh2: 00h (Fixed)

Description

 Retrieves the prefix character code.  3-byte data is returned from the printer.

P-touch Template 2.0 Command Reference

 The retrieved value is a value specified by a static command.

Example  When the prefix character is set to “_”:

Code: ESC i X f 1 00h 00h (1Bh 69h 58h 66h 31h 00h 00h)

Returned value: 01h 00h 5Fh (5Fh stands for “_” in ASCII code)

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P-touch Template 2.0 Command Reference

[1, 2]:

nh1 nh2 (number of characters) nh1+(nh2*256)

[3 and later]:

Text string

ESC iXR1 Retrieve line feed command setting text string

ASCII: ESC i X R 1 n1 n2 Decim al: 27 105 88 82 49 nd1 nd2

Hexadecimal: 1B 69 58 52 31 nh1 nh2

Parameters

nh1: 00h (Fixed) nh2: 00h (Fixed)

Description

 Retrieves the text string specified for the line feed command.  2- to 22-byte data is returned from the printer. (Varies depending on the length of the text string)

 The retrieved value is a value specified by a static command.

Example  When the text string for the line feed command is specified as “0Dh 0Ah”:

Code: ESC i X R 1 00h 00h (1Bh 69h 58h 52h 31h 00h 00h)

Returned value: 02h 00h 0Dh 0Ah

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[1]:

02h (Fixed)

[2]:

00h (Fixed)

[3, 4]:

nh3 nh4 settings nh3+(nh4*256): Print start received character count

ESC iXC1 Retrieve number of copies setting

ASCII: ESC I X C 1 n1 n2 Decim al: 27 105 88 67 49 nd1 nd2

Hexadecimal: 1B 69 58 43 31 nh1 nh2

Parameters

nh1: 00h (Fixed) nh2: 00h (Fixed)

Description

 Retrieves the number of copies specified to be printed.  4-byte data is returned from the printer.

P-touch Template 2.0 Command Reference

 The retrieved value is a value specified by a static command.

Example  When the number of copies is set to 500:

Code: ESC i X C 1 00h 00h (1Bh 69h 58h 43h 31h 00h 00h)

Returned value: 02h 00h F4h 01h (F4h+01h*256=244+256=500)

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[1]:

02h (Fixed)

[2]:

00h (Fixed)

[3, 4]:

nh3 nh4 settings nh3+(nh4*256): Number of Numbering copies

ESC iXN1 Retrieve number of Numbering copies setting

ASCII: ESC i X N 1 n1 n2 Decim al: 27 105 88 78 49 nd1 nd2

Hexadecimal: 1B 69 58 4E 31 nh1 nh2

Parameters

nh1: 00h (Fixed) nh2: 00h (Fixed)

Description

 Retrieves the number of copies specified to be printed with Numbering.  4-byte data is returned from the printer.

P-touch Template 2.0 Command Reference

 The retrieved value is a value specified by a static command.

Example  When the number of Numbering copies is set to 500:

Code: ESC i X N 1 00h 00h (1Bh 69h 58h 4Eh 31h 00h 00h)

Returned value: 02h 00h F4h 01h (F4h+01h*256=244+256=500)

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[1]:

01h (Fixed)

[2]:

00h (Fixed)

[3]:

Setting

01h: FNC1 replacement setting ON

ESC iXF1 Retrieve FNC1 replacement setting

ASCII: ESC i X F 1 n1 n2 Decim al: 27 105 88 70 49 nd1 nd2

Hexadecimal: 1B 69 58 46 31 nh1 nh2

Parameters

nh1: 00h (Fixed) nh2: 00h (Fixed)

Description

 Retrieves the FNC1 replacement setting.  3-byte data is returned from the printer.

P-touch Template 2.0 Command Reference

00h: FNC1 replacement setting OFF

 The retrieved value is a value specified by a static command.

Example  When the FNC1 replacement setting is OFF:

Code: ESC i X F 1 00h 00h (1Bh 69h 58h 46h 31h 00h 00h)

Returned value: 01h 00h 00h

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Brother RJ-2150, RJ-2140, RJ-2050, RJ-2030 User Manual

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

IMPORTANT - PLEASE READ CAREFULLY

Note

Condition of Use

No Warranty

Introduction

What is P-touch Template 2.0?

1. Using P-touch Template 2.0

2. P-touch Template Settings Tool User’s Guide

3. Examples for Using Commands

3.1 Example for using P-touch Template 2.0

3.2 Example for using ZPL II in P-touch Template 2.0

3.3 Example for printing logo/external characters in P-touch Template 2.0

4. P-touch Template 2.0 Limitations

4.1 Relating to text objects

4.1.1 Font, size, etc.

4.1.2 Character alignment

4.1.3 Text Layout settings

4.2 Relating to barcodes

4.2.1 Barcodes

4.2.2 1D barcodes

4.2.3 2D barcodes

4.3 Relating to images

4.4 Relating to Numbering

4.5 Relating to Database

4.6 Others

4.6.1 Transferring templates

4.6.2 About objects in a template

5. Precautions

5.1 Notes for printers with Bluetooth interface

5.2 Relationship between the P-touch Editor settings and the printer image

5.3 Making a template in order to save time before starting to print

6. Control Code Lists

6.1 Setting and retrieving commands for P-touch Template mode

6.2 Setting and retrieving commands for raster mode

7. Control Command Details

^PT Select print start trigger

^FF Start printing

^PS Specify print start command text string

^PC Specify print start received character count

^SS Specify delimiter

^TS Select template

^CO Select printer settings (cut options)

^LS Specify line spacing with line feed

^CC Change the prefix character

^RC Specify line feed command text string

^CN Specify number of copies

^NN Specify number of Numbering copies

^ID Initialize template data

^QS Select print options

^QV Specify QR Code version

^FC FNC1 replacement setting

^II Initialize

^OP Perform printer operation (feed)

^SR Status request

^VR Retrieve version information

^CR Line feed in object

^OS Select object (object number)

^ON Select object (object name)

^DI Directly insert object

ESC i a Select command mode

ESC iXT2 Select print start trigger

ESC iXP2 Specify print start command text string

ESC iXr2 Specify print start received character count

ESC iXD2 Specify delimiter

ESC iXa2 Specify non-printed text strings

ESC iXi2 Select command mode

ESC iXn2 Select template

ESC iXf2 Change the prefix character

ESC iXc2 Select printer settings (cut options)

ESC iXy2 Select printer settings (cut options–specifying number of labels)

ESC iXm2 Select character code set

ESC iXj2 Select international character set

ESC iXR2 Specify line feed command text string

ESC iXC2 Specify number of copies

ESC iXN2 Specify number of Numbering copies

ESC iXF2 FNC1 replacement setting