Datamax-O'Neil Labelpoint Programmer’s Manual

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Programmer’s Manual

Covers the following models:

MP Nova

MP Compact Mark II

MP Compact Mobile Mark II

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Table of Contents

Labelpoint features: ..........................................................................................2

Scalable text field.............................................................................................. 7

Bitmap text field (deprecated) ........................................................................10

The text to be printed ...................................................................................... 11

Fixed text ........................................................................................................11

Variable information.......................................................................................11

Counters.......................................................................................................... 11

Date and time .................................................................................................. 11

Best-before date ..............................................................................................12

Check digits ....................................................................................................13

Line breaks......................................................................................................13

Reverse video.................................................................................................. 13

Barcode symbologies...................................................................................... 16

Bar code interpretation.................................................................................... 19

Defining a 2D barcode field............................................................................ 19

2D barcode symbologies................................................................................. 20

Code 128 ......................................................................................................... 22

RSS .................................................................................................................23

RSS-14 ............................................................................................................ 23

RSS-14 Truncated...........................................................................................23

RSS Limited.................................................................................................... 23

RSS Expanded ................................................................................................23

MaxiCode........................................................................................................ 24

Structured Carrier Message.............................................................................24

Modes.............................................................................................................. 24

Escape Sequences ...........................................................................................25

Data encodation ..............................................................................................25

Structured Append ..........................................................................................25

Code PDF417.................................................................................................. 26

Security level ..................................................................................................26

QR Code..........................................................................................................28

Correction level............................................................................................... 28

Masking pattern ..............................................................................................28

Other escape sequences...................................................................................28

Changing a single variable..............................................................................31

Clearing variable information......................................................................... 32

Clearing the layout..........................................................................................32

Print command................................................................................................ 32

Dormant print (or trigged printkey) ................................................................ 32

Status request 1 ...............................................................................................33

Out of paper ....................................................................................................33

Label not removed (LTS)................................................................................33

Printer restarted...............................................................................................33

No paper in label sensor.................................................................................. 33

Out of ribbon................................................................................................... 34

Heap error ....................................................................................................... 34

Status request 2 ...............................................................................................34

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Stopped on label gap.......................................................................................34

Print incomplete..............................................................................................34

Cool down state...............................................................................................34

Last paper movement type.............................................................................. 34

Layout outside label........................................................................................35

Status request 3 ...............................................................................................35

Operating parameters error .............................................................................35

Internal print button ........................................................................................ 35

Label stock...................................................................................................... 35

Status request 4 ...............................................................................................36

Out of paper ....................................................................................................36

Label not removed (LTS)................................................................................36

Out of ribbon................................................................................................... 36

Head lifted....................................................................................................... 36

Internal print button ........................................................................................ 36

Printer restarted...............................................................................................36

Status request 8 ...............................................................................................37

LTS installed...................................................................................................37

I2C board installed...........................................................................................37

Cutter installed................................................................................................ 37

Black mark photocell...................................................................................... 37

PHD board installed........................................................................................37

Barcode displacement..................................................................................... 52

HTML version ................................................................................................53

Text version ....................................................................................................53

Document start................................................................................................54

Document end................................................................................................. 54

Cutter mode..................................................................................................... 55

Cutting command............................................................................................ 55

Label-taken sensor (LTS) ...............................................................................55

Local printer....................................................................................................56

Network printer...............................................................................................56

Macros.............................................................................................................57

Loading a macro .............................................................................................57

Deleting a macro............................................................................................. 57

Executing a macro...........................................................................................57

Auto macro......................................................................................................57

Graphics.......................................................................................................... 58

Loading a graphics file....................................................................................58

Deleting a graphics file ................................................................................... 58

Counters.......................................................................................................... 59

Initialising counters......................................................................................... 59

Retrieving information about counters ........................................................... 60

Paper feed........................................................................................................60

Automatic reverse feed ...................................................................................60

Paper feed on command..................................................................................60

True two-way communication........................................................................ 61

ENQ - ACK/NAK...........................................................................................61

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Data Format ....................................................................................................64

Segment record ............................................................................................... 64

Data record...................................................................................................... 64

End record.......................................................................................................65

Labelpoint load graphics command................................................................ 66

Graphics format ..............................................................................................66

Control Characters ..........................................................................................67

Limitations...................................................................................................... 67

Code page 850, MS-DOS Latin 1................................................................... 68

Swedish/Finnish character set (7-bit)..............................................................68

German character set (7-bit) ...........................................................................69

UK character set (7-bit) ..................................................................................69

French character set (7-bit) ............................................................................. 70

Norwegian/Danish character set (7-bit).......................................................... 70

Spanish character set (7-bit)............................................................................71

Italian character set (7-bit).............................................................................. 71

Code page 861, MS-DOS Icelandic................................................................72

Code page 1252, Windows Latin 1 (ANSI).................................................... 73

Code page HP Roman-8..................................................................................74

Code page 852, MS-DOS Latin 2 (Central Europe)....................................... 74

Code page 1250, Windows Latin 2 (Central Europe)..................................... 75

Code page 855, MS-DOS Cyrillic ..................................................................75

Code page 1251, Windows Cyrillic (Slavic) .................................................. 76

Code page 1253, Windows Greek ..................................................................76

Code page 1254, Windows Latin 5 (Turkish)................................................. 77

Code page 1257, Windows Latin 6 (Baltic Rim)............................................ 77

Code page ISO 8859-2....................................................................................78

Command summary........................................................................................ 79

Status requests................................................................................................. 79

!S1................................................................................................................... 79

!S2................................................................................................................... 80

!S3................................................................................................................... 80

!S4................................................................................................................... 81

!S8................................................................................................................... 81

Service Commands .........................................................................................82

Printer configuration ....................................................................................... 84

Bar code symbologies..................................................................................... 87

Example 1a - The shoe example................................................................................. 88

Example 1b - The shoe example with variables ......................................................... 89

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The Labelpoint command language

Introduction

The thermal printer family features a simple yet powerful command language, Labelpoint II (LP II). This allows the printers to be controlled from most computers. Most common bar code symbologies are available. Text and bar codes can be printed in all four directions simultaneously. Counters for consecutive numbering are available and an integral real-time clock allows labels to be time-stamped at print time.

Labelpoint II uses only printable ASCII characters to allow commands to be easily manipulated in the host computer. This also avoids problems with control characters that some computer systems reserve for internal use.

Labelpoint features:

• Easy-to-use command language

• Prints text, bar and matrix codes, lines, boxes and graphics

• Contains character sets for all major European languages

• Many barcode symbologies are standard

• Several 2-dimensional (matrix) codes

• Ten scalable fonts as standard (uses Unicode character set internally to be able to

use all latin and cyrillic characters)

• TCP/IP support (LPD, RTELNET)

• Terminal Server functionality (COM1 and/or COM2 connected to the network)

• Easy-to-use configuration menu accessible through COM ports, Telnet port or by

using a common web-browser.

• Date and Time symbols

• Ten onboard counters for consecutive numbering

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The Labelpoint command language

Labelpoint consists of a number of commands for creating a label layout, configuring the printer, checking the printer set-up etc.

The printer receives characters and interprets them as commands or as data. A command instructs the printer to perform some action, e. g. create a field in the label layout. Data can, for example, be variable data that is to be included in the print-out, or it can be a sequence of commands that are to be stored in the printer file system.

The printer acts on incoming data on a line-by-line basis. Input data is buffered until the end-of-line character is received. The default end-of-line character is CR (carriage return, ASCII 13

interpreted. If the line begins with the command character it is treated as a command.

= 0D16). When an end-of-line character is received, the line of data received is

A command line starts with an ! character (ASCII 33

specifying the command type. Some commands take parameters.

Note! The ‘!’ character must be the first character on the command line. Otherwise the line will look like a data line.

Example To print one label, type: !P1 To print 100 labels, type: !P100 Some commands assume a default value if a parameter is omitted. The command to print one label may be given as: !P

The available commands and programming procedures are described in the following sections.

Case is significant for command characters. If the wrong case is used the printer will ignore the command.

Note! All commands must be terminated by the end-of-line character (normally CR.). The end-of-line character will not be shown in the examples in this manual.

= 2116) , followed by a character

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Label layout definition commands

This chapter will explain label designing basics and commands used to create labels in Labelpoint.

The print area

All items (fields) to be printed on a label must be defined with their position on the paper. The coordinate system is shown below:

paper feed direction

The X coordinate grows across the print head, from right to left, viewing the printer from the front. The Y coordinate grows as the paper is fed out.

All fields have a print direction, which is specified by the up vector. This is the "natural" up direction of the field. (The text on this paper has its up vector pointing to the top of the paper.)

The terminology of the compass is used to specify the up vector. "North" is defined as the paper feed direction. Text printed with up vector = the top of the characters appearing first. Up vector left-most character of the text is the first to appear, etc.

The position of a field on the paper is given as its baseline and position.

The baseline is the coordinate of the bottom of the field. For fields with up vector

the baseline is the Y coordinate; for fields with up vector fields the baseline is at the base of non-descending characters, so that descending characters (e.g. 'j', 'g', and 'y') will extend below the baseline. ('Above' and 'below' always refer to the up vector of the field, and may thus be different physical directions, depending on the up vector of the field.)

The position parameter determines the position of the field in the direction perpendicular to

the up vector, i. e. sideways. It may be given as the position of either the left end, the right end, or the center of the field.

N (north) is printed across the paper, with

E (east) is turned 90° clockwise, so that the

N or S,

E or W it is the X coordinate. For text

All coordinates are given in 1/10 of a millimeter. The same applies for the length of the bars in a code, and the height and width of a black box.

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Building a label layout

Before printing, the label layout must be defined. The layout defines the position and other attributes (size, font, barcode symbology etc.) of each item to be printed. When the print command is issued, the resulting print picture is printed out. The print format can be changed at any time.

The text to be printed can be fixed or variable. Fixed text is part of the layout and does not change until the layout is changed. Variable text can be entered for each printout of a layout, without changing the layout.

When the label layout with fixed data has been loaded in the printer the variable data (i. e. text that changes for each printout) is sent, followed by the print command to print one or more labels.

!F command defines a layout field, i. e. an item to be printed.

The

A layout field is one of the following:

• one or more lines of text

• a barcode or matrix code

• a line, box or frame

• graphics

When a ‘ layout is built by defining all the fields to be printed. A text, barcode, matrix code or graphics field may include fixed or variable text, or both.

!F’ command is received the printer adds the new field to the label layout. A label

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The shoe example: !C !Y24 60 !Y35 10 !Y42 1 !F T N 100 100 L 14 0 94030 "TESTLABEL" !F T N 200 100 L 10 0 94021 "PRICE: 65.00" !F T N 250 100 L 10 0 94021 "SIZE: 42" !F C N 450 100 L 150 2 41 "65.00" !F B N 120 90 L 80 240 !P

When sending this layout to the printer, you’ll get a 5 x 4 cm label with a black box at the top, the size and price of the shoe, and a barcode at the bottom.

See further explanation for this example in section ‘Print Example’ at the end of this document.

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Defining a text field

There are two different types of textfields, scalable and bitmap fields. Bitmap text fields are deprecated, that is, not recommended for new designs but kept in this manual for backward compatibility.

Scalable text field

The benefit of using scalable fonts is its possibility to use the highest possible resolution for the letters, independent of the size defined. This is due to the font’s appearance being calculated in run time.

Syntax I !F S <a> <h> <s> <f> [wa] <“text“>

Syntax II !F S <a> <h> <w> <f> [s] <“text“>

Note! Parameters enclosed in <> are required and parameters enclosed in [] are optional.

The parameters have the following meanings:

Defines the direction of printing as the ‘up’ direction of the printed characters. One

upper-case character (N, E, S, or W).

<a> The alignment relative to the position. One upper-case character.

<h> The font height, in points. <w>

<f> The font number. See tables below. <s>

<wa> Width adjustment, in percent. Valid values are 50 (%) to 200 (%).

The baseline of the field, in

The position, in

L = left end of the field aligned at p. R = right end of the field aligned at p. C = the field is centered around p.

The font width in points. To get normal character width, set parameter w to the same value as parameter h.

Inter-character spacing in

To get normal character width, set parameter wa to 100. This parameter is only used in syntax I. (Optional)

/10 mm.

/10 points. (Optional in syntax II)

<”text”>

Specifies the text to be printed. The text must be enclosed in double quotes (

").

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Labelpoint uses Agfa Universal Font Scaling Technology® to generate scalable font characters. Fonts are stored in either Agfa MicroType™ format or TrueType format.

There are ten fonts included in the printer. The printer also emulates a number of italic fonts styles for sans serif fonts.

PCL typeface name PCL typeface number Univers Medium Univers Italic (emulated) Univers Bold 1 94023 Univers Bold Italic (emulated) 1 94024 Univers Condensed Medium 2 94029 Univers Condensed Italic (emulated) 2 94039 Univers Condensed Bold 2 94030

94021 94022

Univers Condensed Bold Italic (emulated) 2 94040 CG Times 1 92500 CG Times Italic 1 92501 CG Times Bold 1 92504 CG Times Bold Italic 1 92505 Letter Gothic Bold 2 93779 Letter Gothic Bold Italic (emulated) 2 93780 Coronet (script) 2 90249

For faster printouts from MS-Windows systems, the Arial fonts and the Times New Roman fonts are also emulated. On next page is a list with the fonts and their corresponding font number:

Latin 1, 2, 5, 6, Greek and Cyrillic characters available

Latin 1, 2, 5 and 6 characters available

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PCL typeface name PCL typeface number Arial (emulated) 24459 Arial Italic (emulated) 24460 Arial Bold (emulated) 24461 Arial Bold Italic (emulated) 24462 Times New Roman (emulated) 24455 Times New Roman Italic (emulated) 24456 Times New Roman Bold (emulated) 24457 Times New Roman Bold Italic (emulated) 24458

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Bitmap text field (deprecated)

Bitmap text fields are deprecated. This section is kept for backward compatibility reasons. Use scalable fonts instead.

Syntax !F T <a> <h> <w> <f> <”text”>

Note! Parameters enclosed in <> are required and parameters enclosed in [] are optional.

The parameters have the following meanings:

Defines the direction of printing as the ‘up’ direction of the printed characters. One

upper-case character (N, E, S, or W).

<a> The alignment relative to the position. One upper-case character.

<h> The height expansion of the characters, 1 – 16. <w> The width expansion of the characters, 1 – 16. <f> The logical number of the font to be used for printing, 1 – 7. <text>

The baseline of the field, in

The position, in

L = left end of the field aligned at p. R = right end of the field aligned at p. C = the field is centered around p.

Specifies the text to be printed. The text must be enclosed in double quotes (

/10 mm

/10 mm.

Bitmap font name Bitmap font number 7x9-dot bold 1 hv18r 2 15-dot bold 3 9-dot 4

").

19-dot bold x 18 5 hc42c 6 g19 x 12 7

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The text to be printed

The text parameter can contain both fixed text and references to variable information that changes after each print cycle.

Fixed text

Fixed text is entered with the keyboard with som exceptions.

%, “ and \ are used for different commands. They must therefore be entered twice to get them printed.

To specify characters not available from the keyboard, either a national character escape sequence ‘\x’ or a Unicode escape sequence ‘\u’ can be used.

Examples: To print ‘Å’, type the sequence \xc5 (for code page 1252) To print the Euro symbol ‘€’, type the sequence \u20ac.

Variable information

A variable text reference has the form %<n>V, where n is the number of the variable.

Counters

A counter reference has the form %<n>C where n is the number of the counter.

Date and time

Date and time can be retrieved from the internal real-time clock. The date and time format is programmed by combining the codes below.

%H expands to the hour count (one or two digits) (24-hour clock). %h expands to the hour count (one or two digits) (12-hour clock). %M expands to the minute count (two digits). %S expands to the seconds count (two digits). %J expands to "AM" or "PM" depending on the hours. %j expands to "a.m." or "p.m." depending on the hours. %Y expands to the year (two digits). %y expands to the year (four digits). %N expands to the month (two digits). %D expands to the day of the month (two digits). %K Julian date (three digits). %W Week of the year (two digits). %XA Month (one character, ‘A’ to ‘L’). %XW Weekday (one digit).

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The date symbols can be defined with an offset for best-before dates. The offset value is inserted between the ‘%’ character and the date symbol. The offset value can be either in days or in months:

Best-before date

Today’s date in the examples below is assumed to be the 31 of January 1998 if nothing else is specified.

Input Output

%d10D/%d10N/%d10y 10/02/1998 (ten days best-before date) %m1y-%m1N 1998-02 (one month best-before date)

The offset value may be a variable. If variable one is 30 and variable two is 12, then the following examples will give the result:

Input Output

%d%1VD/%d%1VN/%d%1Vy 02/03/1998 (30 days best-before date) %m%2Vy-%m%2VN 1999-01 (12 months best-before date)

It is possible to use the same best-before date even if the actual date changes and only update it on a monthly basis. This is accomplished by the use of parameter 185, which specifies what day in the month to update the best-before date. The syntax of the label data does not need to be changed. See the following example where parameter 185 is set to ‘15’:

Input Output

%d10D/%d10N/%d10y 25/01/1998 (i.e. calculated from the 15th of

January even though today’s date is 31 January)

When today’s date reaches the 15

of February the output would be 25/02/1998, until 15th

of Mars where it would be 25/03/1998 and so on.

Another feature that can be automated is month truncation. If the calculated best-before date exceeds a certain day in the calculated month, the resulting best-before date will be rounded to the first of next month. The truncation day is specified by setting parameter 186. See the following example where parameter 186 is set to ‘20’:

Input Output

%d10D/%d10N/%d10y 01/02/1998

Note! Earlier versions of Labelpoint did not support best-before dates, week numbers, julian date, week day. Some programs, like Viewpoint, used a similar syntax internally, which was converted to static text before sent to the printer.

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Check digits

Three different checksum types can be inserted in the textfield, EAN/UPC, Code39 and UPU. For usage, se table below.

%Z EAN/UPC checksum. If the characters %Z are inserted in the text they will

be replaced by a 3:1 weighted modulo-10 check digit.

%zC Code39 checksum. If the characters %zC are inserted in the text, they will

be replaced by weighted modulo-43 check digit, which is calculated on the preceding code39 characters.

%zP UPU checksum. If the characters %zP are inserted in the text, they will be

replaced by specially weighted modulo-11 check digit, which is calculated on the preceding 8 digits.

Line breaks

The text to print may include line breaks (carriage return characters) which cause a new field to be automatically generated at a standard distance below the previous field. This is a convenient shorthand method when entering a number of text lines that are to be printed in the same font.

Example: !F T N 100 100 L 12 0 94021 “Printer SÄTERIGATAN 20 S-417 64 GÖTEBORG, Sweden”

Note! If a % or " character is to be printed it must be entered twice (%% or ""), to distinguish it from a % character marking a reference, or the " that terminates the text to print.

Reverse video

Text can be printed in reverse video. This means that the text will be printed with a white font on a black background. The black background square will extend one half character at the sides of the text and extend up to the maximum ascender and down to the maximum descender of the font. It is also possible to change the size of the background square in percent, from 2-999(%) of its original size, which is the described scenario above.

The command to enable/disable reverse video mode is enable and 0 to disable. To change the background square n can be set to a value between 2 and 999.

Example !C !F T N 100 100 L 24 0 92500 “Normal Video” !Y162 1 // Turn on reverse video mode !F T N 200 100 L 24 0 92500 “Reverse Video” !Y162 200 // Turn on reverse video mode and set background // square to

!Y162 <n>, where n is set to 1 to

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200% !Y162 0 // Turn off reverse video mode !P

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Defining a barcode field

This section describes how to create and select barcodes to be printed.

Syntax !F C <a> <h> <w> <s> [d] <”text”>

The parameters have the following meaning:

Defines the direction of printing as the ‘up’ direction of the printed character.

One upper-case character (N, E, S, or W).

<a> The alignment relative to the position. One upper-case character.

<h>

<w> The width expansion of the bars. <s> The bar code symbology to be used. This parameter is a number according to

[d] Optional parameter. Specifies the maximum allowed displacement in east-west

<”text”> Specifies the text to be printed. See ‘Defining a text field’ above.

The baseline of the field in

The position in

L = left end of the field aligned at p. R = right end of the field aligned at p. C = the field is centred around p.

The height of the bars of the code in

table 1.

direction when defining a north- or south oriented barcode field. The displacement is specified in

head diagnostics functionality, see ‘Print Head Diagnostics’ for more information.

/10 mm.

/10 mm and only used in combination with print

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Barcode symbologies

Barcode symbology Barcode type, information

2 of 5 Interleaved – 2:1

2 of 5 Interleaved – 3:1

2 of 5 Interleaved – 5:2

2 of 5 Interleaved – 8:3

2 of 5 Interleaved – 13:5

2 of 5 Interleaved – 11:4

2 of 5 Interleaved – 7:3

Code 39 - 2:1

Code 39 - 3:1

Code 39 - 5:2

Numeric code, variable length. If a check digit is required, it can be inserted with the %Z command. The code must contain an even number of digits. The printer will therefore insert a leading 0 if necessary.

If the 2:1 ratio is used, a minimum width expansion of 4 is required.

Alphanumeric code, variable length. If a check digit is required, it can be inserted with the %zC command (Code39 – modulo 43 checksum) or the %Z command (EAN/UPC – modulo 10 checksum).

Code 39 - 8:3

Code 39 - 13:5

Code 39 - 11:4

Code 39 - 7:3

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21 22 23

USS Codabar – 2:1 USS Codabar – 3:1 USS Codabar – 5:2

Numeric code, variable length. The start and stop characters (‘A’, ‘B’, ‘C’ or ‘D’) must be included in the input data.

24 25 26 27 31 UPC-A Numeric code. Requires 11 digits of input

32 EAN 13 Numeric code. Requires 12 digits of input

33 EAN 8 Numeric code. Requires 7 digits of input

34 UPC-E Numeric code. Requires 6 digits of input

USS Codabar – 8:3 USS Codabar – 13:5 USS Codabar – 11:4 USS Codabar – 7:3

data. The printer automatically appends the check digit. An EAN/UPC extension field could be automatically appended by adding 2 or 5 digits to the input data.

data. The printer automatically appends the check digit.

35 EAN/UPC extension Numeric code. Requires 2 or 5 digits of

input data. This code could maunally inserted with a EAN/UPC extension barcode field, or automatically inserted by adding 2 or 5 digits to a EAN 13 or UPC-A barcode field.

41 Code 128 All 128 ASCII characters plus control

characters can be encoded. The control characters are explained further in - Code 128 function codes -. Variable length.

43 EAN 128 The same as Code 128, except that the

printer automatically inserts a FNC1 as the first character. This is unique for the EAN 128 code. (, ) and space characters are filtered in the barcode, but printed in the human readable text.

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51 52 53 54 55 56 57

ITF 14 – 2:1 ITF 14 – 3:1 ITF 14 – 5:2 ITF 14 – 8:3 ITF 14 – 13:5 ITF 14 – 11:4 ITF 14 – 7:3

Numeric code, fixed length. Requires 13 digits of input data. The printer automatically appends the check digit. A frame is printed around the barcode.

The nominal wide-to-narrow ratio for ITF 14 is 5:2 and the nominal narrow bar width is 1,016 mm. At 8 dots/mm, the width expansion for ITF 14 – 5:2 should then be set to 4. At 12 dots/mm it should be set to 6. The nominal height is 41,4 mm including the frame.

64 RSS-14

RSS-14 Truncated

67 RSS Limited Numeric code. Encodes up to 14 digits of

68 RSS Expanded All 128 ASCII characters plus the FNC1

71 72 73 74 75

Code 2 of 5 – 2:1 Code 2 of 5 – 3:1 Code 2 of 5 – 5:2 Code 2 of 5 – 8:3 Code 2 of 5 – 13:5

Numeric code. Encodes up to 14 digits of numerical data. By selecting height expansion values to appropriate values, RSS-14 and RSS-14 Truncated are used respectively. See the RSS section for appropriate values to distinguish between the two codes.

numerical data. See the RSS section for more information.

control character. Encodes up to 74 numeric or 41 alphabetic characters. Variable length. See the RSS section for more information. (, ) and space characters are filtered in the barcode, but printed in the human readable text.

Numeric code, variable length. Old version of Interleaved 2 of 5. Only the bars carry information. If a check digit is required, it can be inserted with the %Z command.

If the 2:1 ratio is used, a minimum width expansion of 4 is required.

76 77

Code 2 of 5 – 11:4 Code 2 of 5 – 7:3

The "2:1", "3:1", notation in the table defines the width ratio of the wide and narrow bar, in dots. The width of all bars and spaces can be doubled, tripled, etc., by setting the

<width>

parameter in the field command to 2, 3, etc.

Note! Avoid using a width value of 1 when using 2:1 or 3:1 ratios. The resulting bars will be too thin for most codes.

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Bar code interpretation

The printer will automatically print a human-readable text line below the bar code if it has been configured to do so. (The command is described in section - Printer configuration -). This can be done individually for each bar code in a label layout. The command to enable humanreadable text is:

!Y42 1 and to disable: !Y42 0

Example: !Y42 0 !F C S 50 800 L 100 3 1 “%1V“ !Y42 1 !F C S 200 800 L 100 3 33 “%1V“

Defining a 2D barcode field

A two-dimensional (2D) code is normally a matrix code or a stacked barcode. Labelpoint supports a number of 2D codes.

Syntax !F C <a> <h> <w> <s> [o] <“text“>

Note! Parameters enclosed in <> are required and parameters enclosed in [ ] are optional.

The parameters have the following meaning:

Defines the direction of printing as the "up" direction of the printed character. One

upper-case character (N, E, S, or W).

<a> The alignment relative to the position. One upper-case character.

<h>

<w>

The baseline of the field, in

The position, in

L = left end of the field aligned at p. R = right end of the field aligned at p. C = the field is centred around p.

The height of the bars of the code in

16.

The width of the bars of the code in

16.

/10 mm

/10 mm.

/10 mm, or height expansion of the pixels, 1 –

/10 mm, orwidth expansion of the pixels, 1 –

<s> The bar code symbology to be used. This parameter is a number according to table

[o] Optional parameter with different function depending on the code symbology:

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For Royal Mail 4-State Customer Code and the KIX code: Width adjustment. See 2D barcode Symbologies. A value of 50 % to 200 % is

allowed. 100 % is the default and means that the bar width and space widths are the same.

For MaxiCode: An optional two digit number used to define structured appends, where the first

digit specifies the symbol number, and the second digit specifies the total number of symbols.

<”text”> Specifies the text to be printed. See ‘Defining a text field’ above.

2D barcode symbologies

61 PDF417 Stacked barcode. Arbitrary binary data, variable length.

More described in – PDF417 -.

81 USD-5 dot code Matrix code. Numeric data, variable length. 5 to 20 digits.

The printer automatically appends the check digit. The USD-5 code always has the same size, so <h> and <w> should be set to 1.

83 LEB code Stacked barcode. Alpha-numeric code, variable length. <w>

is the expansion factor. <w> = 1 means a dot width of 0.25 mm. <h> is not currently used and should be set to the same value as <w>.

91 Royal Mail 4-State

Customer Code (RM4SCC)

92 KIX barcode The same as Royal Mail 4-State code, except that no start,

101 QR Code, Model 1 Matrix code. Arbitrary binary data, variable length. More

102 QR Code, Model 2 Matrix code. Arbitrary binary data, variable length. More

‘Stacked’ barcode. The character set includes numeric characters and upper-case (A-Z) characters. Start, stop and checksum characters are automatically generated.

The height (<h>) may be from 4.22 mm to 5.84 mm. <w> is the width including both bar and space. 20 - 24 bars per

25.4 mm is allowed. The bar width may be 0.38 - 0.63 mm. Example: !F C N 100 100 L 50 12 91 “1234567” will give a 5 mm high code with 0.60 mm bar width and with

21 bars in 25.4 mm.

stop or checksum characters are generated.

described in – QR Code -. Model 1 is included for backwards compatibility reasons. All new applications should use Model 2.

described in – QR Code -. New version of the QR Code. Should be used in new applications.

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121 122 123 124 131 Data matrix Matrix code. Arbitrary binary data. A maximum of 3116

MaxiCode mode 2 MaxiCode mode 3 MaxiCode mode 4 MaxiCode mode 5

Table 2 – 2D code symbologies in Labelpoint

Matrix code developed by UPS (United Parcel Service) which can encode about 100 characters of data in an area of 28x27 mm. Modes 2 and 3 are optimized for encoding postal address information. Mode 4 is used for encoding arbitrary data. Mode 5 employs enhanced error correction.

numeric, 2335 alphanumeric characters or 1556 bytes binary data can be coded.

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Code 128

Code 128 encodes the full ASCII character set, plus four special non-ASCII characters (function codes) called FNC1, FNC2, FNC3, and FNC4. ASCII control characters and function

codes must be sent to the printer using escape sequences. An escape sequence consists of

the characters "??" followed by a third character.

To print a function code in the bar code send "??1" for FNC1, "??2" for FNC2, etc. To print an ASCII control character (ASCII codes below 32

character corresponding to the desired control character. Any upper or lower case character in the ASCII range 40

Example: "??J" or "??j" is interpreted as the line feed character.

to 7E16 (6410 to 12710) will be recognised.

) send "??" followed by the alphabetic

"??[" or "??{" is interpreted as the ESC character (ASCII 27 = 1B yields a single '?' in the code. It is thus possible to encode two consecutive ?'s by sending

"????" to the printer. Escape sequences that do not fit any of the above alternatives are ignored.

The example below shows the commands to define two bar codes. The FNC2 (Message Append) function character is included in the first code. The data for the second code is terminated with a carriage return character. (FNC2 instructs the reader to concatenate the present code with the next code scanned and transmit the data from both codes in one message.)

Example: !F C S 400 1000 L 100 2 41 "??2Printer" !F C S 200 1000 L 100 2 41 "Printer??M"

). The sequence "???"

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RSS

The RSS, Reduced Space Symbology, family of symbols is used for space-constrained applications. Currently supported variations include RSS-14, RSS-14 Truncated, RSS Limited and RSS Expanded. Accompanying 2D Composite Components are currently not supported. Note that the settings for width/height ratio of the RSS barcodes will differ between 200dpi and 300dpi layouts. The width/height ratio for respective RSS symblology is specified in the following sections.

RSS-14

RSS-14 is a linear symbology that supports omni-directional scanning. It encodes full 14digit EAN/UCC Item Identification. RSS-14 is dimensioned as 96X wide by 33X high. X equals "X" dimension or narrow bar width. The check-digit is added by the printer.

Example: !F C S 200 1000 L 200 4 64 "1541215000015"

RSS-14 Truncated

This variant of RSS is identical to RSS-14 but allows truncation of the height to 13X. The normal RSS-14 symbol has a height of 33X. X equals "X" dimension or narrow bar width. The check-digit is added by the printer.

Example: !F C S 200 1000 L 80 4 64 "1541215000015"

RSS Limited

RSS Limited is a linear symbology that encodes the same data as defined for RSS-14. The encoding process is though different and limits the values assigned for Indicator digits to 1 or

0. The result is an RSS code that can be printed very small. RSS Limited is dimensioned as 71X wide by 10X high. X equals "X" dimension or narrow bar width. X equals "X" dimension or narrow bar width. The check-digit is added by the printer.

Example: !F C S 200 1000 L 50 4 67 "1541215000015"

RSS Expanded

RSS Expanded is a variable length, linear symbology that is encoded differently than RSS-

14. This symbology allows up to 74 numeric or 41 alphabetic characters. The FNC1 EAN/UCC Function Character is also supported by entering “#”. Apart from encoding EAN/UCC Item Identification, RSS Expanded also encodes all EAN/UCC Application Identifier Element Strings. Width dimension is variable.

Example: !F C S 200 1000 L 100 4 68 "1045566#17040301"

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MaxiCode

MaxiCode is a two-dimensional symbology built up by an array of hexagons surrounding a central recognition pattern (bullseye). Reed-Solomon error correction is used to ensure integrity of the encoded data.

Structured Carrier Message

The primary message in modes 2 and 3 contains the following formatted data: Ship to Postal Code, Ship to Country Code ISO 3166 3-digit code, Class of Service.

Example: !F C S 100 1000 L 1 1 122 "[)>\x1e Message Header 01\x1d96 Transportation Data Format Header SE41764\x1d Postal Code 752\x1d Country Code 001\x1d Class of Service 1Z12345677\x1d Tracking Number UPSN\x1d Standard Carrier Alpha Code 1234556\x1d UPS Account Number 089\x1d Julian Day of Collection 1234\x1d Shipment ID Number 1/1\x1d Package n/x 10\x1d Package Weight Y\x1d Address Validation SÄTERIGATAN 20\x1d Ship To Street Address GÖTEBORG\x1d Ship To City N/A\x1e Ship To State \x04" End of Transmission

Further detailed information can be retrieved from http://www.maxicode.com/maxicode/MaxicodeGuide.html

Modes

Mode 2 and 3: Structured Carrier Message – The first 20 codewords encodes the Structured Carrier Message. Use mode 2 when the postal code is numeric and mode 3 when the postal code is alphanumeric.

Example, a mode 2 and mode 3 MaxiCode: !F C S 100 1000 L 1 1 121 "[)>\x1e01\x1d9641764\x1d752\x1d001\x1e\x04" !F C S 400 1000 L 1 1 122 "[)>\x1e01\x1d96SE41764\x1d752\x1d001\x1e\x04"

Mode 4: Standard Symbol – The symbol provides 93 6-bit codeword for data encodation.

Example: !F C S 100 1000 L 1 1 123 "MaxiCode Mode 4"

Mode 5: Enhanced Error Correction – The symbol provides 77 6-bit codewords for data encodation.

Example: !F C S 100 1000 L 1 1 124 "MaxiCode Mode 5"

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Escape Sequences

Nonwritable characters can be sent with the standard Labelpoint escape sequence \x<hh>. Note that if either ASCII 0A hex or ASCII 0D hex shall be part of the data stream, the \0a or \0d style escape sequence must be used. Otherwise they are treated as line breaks and removed from the data stream.

Data encodation

The MaxiCode encodes data in six-bit codewords. Hence, in order to encode the full ASCII set, shift symbols must be used to switch between different character sets. This means that fewer symbols can be used to encode the real data. This must be considered so that data is not truncated.

If the data consist of more than nine consecutive numbers, they are compacted into six codewords. This means that for a mode 4 symbol, a maximum of 138 digits can be encoded.

Structured Append

It is possible to connect several MaxiCode symbols in order to encode larger quantities of data through the use of structured append. To specify that a symbol is part of a structured append, use the [o] parameter. The first digit specifies the symbol number, and the second digit specifies the total number of symbols. There can be a maximum of eight connected symbols.

Example: !F C S 100 1000 L 1 1 123 12 "MaxiCode Mode 4 Symbol 1 of 2"

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Code PDF417

PDF417 is a two-dimensional bar code with built-in security. A PDF417 symbol can contain arbitrary binary data. The following rules must be followed when entering the data for a PDF417 code.

1. Control characters (ASCII 00 - 1F hex and 7F hex) must be sent as escape sequences.

2. The double quote " (ASCII 22 hex) serves as terminator for the input data and must be sent as an escape sequence if it is to be encoded in the symbol.

3. The back slash \ (ASCII 5C hex) is used as escape character and must be sent as an escape sequence if it is to be encoded in the symbol.

All other characters, not mentioned in 1, 2, and 3, can be sent as ordinary data.

Any character can be sent as an escape sequence. An escape sequence consists of the escape character followed by a two-digit hexadecimal value. The escape character is \ (ASCII 5C hex). For example, to encode a CR. (carriage return, ASCII 0D hex) in the code, send the escape sequence \0D. The escape character (\) and the double quote (") must be sent as escape sequences if they are to be encoded (ie. \5C and \22, resp).

The data to be printed must be enclosed within double quotes ("). The lines of data may be 256 characters long maximum. A CR. or a CR. LF must be sent to break the lines. (This does not affect the data in the code, the line breaks serve merely to limit the line length.)

To encode the string

Printer prints PDF417

the following command could be sent to the printer.

Example: !F C N 400 200 L 6 2 61 "Printer prints\0DPDF417\0D"

To improve readability when looking at program listings, etc. it could also be sent as follows:

!F C N 400 200 L 6 2 61 " Printer prints\0D PDF417\0D"

Security level

PDF417 allows the user to tune the amount of error correction added to the code to suit a specific application. This is called security level and can be set to a value between 0 and 8. 0 is the lowest level which provides error detection only, 8 is the highest level. The default in the printer is security level 4.

The command to set the security level is

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!V61 <n>

where <n> is the desired security level.

For example, to set the security level to 6, enter the command !V61 6

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QR Code

The QR Code has two main options: Correction level and masking pattern. They are set with an escape sequence in the data string.

Correction level

The correction level is set with the sequence

\L<x>

where <x> is the desired level:

L High density Level M Standard Level Q High Reliability Level H Ultra High Reliability Level

Masking pattern

The masking pattern is usually automatically selected, but can be set manually. The escape sequence is

\M<n>

where <n> is the desired masking pattern 0 – 7 or 8 which means no masking. If omitted, the most optimal masking pattern is automatically selected.

Other escape sequences

See the section about PDF417 for information on how to encode non-printable characters.

Example: !F C S 100 1000 L 1 1 102 "\LQ\M3 QR Code – High Reliability, Pattern 3"

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Defining a line/box field

A line/box field appears as a black area on the label or as a frame window. Diagonal lines can be made using Syntax II.

Syntax I !F B <a> <h> <w>

Syntax II !F B D <y0> <x0> <lw> <y1> <x1>

Note! For diagonal lines must x0 > x1 and y0 > y1

Defines the direction of printing as the "up" direction of the printed character.

One upper-case character (N, E, S, or W). Since there is no inherent ‘up’ or ‘down’ in a black box this parameter is just a convenience which allows lines and boxes to be specified the same way text and bar code fields are specified.

<a> The alignment relative to the position. One upper-case character.

<h>

<w>

<y0> Source y-coordinate. <x0> Source x-coordinate. <lw>

<y1> Destination y-coordinate. <x1> Destination x-coordinate.

The baseline of the field, in

The position, in

L = left end of the field aligned at p. R = right end of the field aligned at p.

C =

the field is centered around p.

The height of the box or width of the line, in

The width of the box or length of the line, in

The width of the border of a window frame, in or set to 0 a filled (solid) box will be created.

Line width, in

/10 mm

/10 mm.

/10 mm

/10 mm. If this parameter is omitted

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Defining a graphics field

A graphics field is linked to a graphics file. The graphics file may be downloaded after the graphics field has been defined.

Syntax !F G <a> <h> <w> <"name">

The parameters have the following meaning:

Defines the direction of printing as the "up" direction of the printed character.

One upper-case character (N, E, S, or W).

<a> The alignment relative to the position. One upper-case character.

<h> The height expansion of the original graphics file, 1 – 16. <w> The width expansion of the original graphics file, 1 – 16. <name> The name of the graphics file to be printed. The name must be enclosed in double

The baseline of the field in

The position, in

L = left end of the field aligned at p. R = right end of the field aligned at p. C = the field is centered around p.

quotes (

") and can also contain variables. See examples below.

/10 mm

/10 mm.

For information on how to download graphics files, see section ‘File System’.

Examples: !F G N 300 500 C 1 1 "Printer"

This command creates a field linked to the graphics file named PRINTER.G. File name containing variable information. !F G N 300 500 C 1 1 "FILE%1V" If variable 1 is ‘10’, then this command creates a field linked to the graphics file named FILE10.G.

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Variable information in text and bar code fields

Lines that are not commands (i. e. lines that do not begin with the command character) are assumed to be variable information (text). The printer counts the number of variable text lines received, and each line is assigned to the next variable text. The first line of text is copied to variable text no. 1, the next line to text no. 2, etc. The variables are cleared and the count is reset to zero when either the !C or the !R command is received.

Copies of the last label printed, will be printed if the print button is pressed before the next print command is received. (Clearing the label format or the variable data prevents printing copies.)

Example 1: !C !F T N 100 100 L 10 0 94021 "Type: %1V Serial no. %1C

Date: %D/%N/%y" !F C N 370 100 L 120 3 1 "%2V" !F T N 410 100 L 10 0 94023 "PART NO: %2V" THERMAL PRINTER (BASIC) 123456 !P THERMAL PRINTER (EXTENDED) 987654 !P

The resulting printout of this example would contain the current date and current value of counter 1 and might look as shown below. Note how the date print is created and the empty line between the "Type" and "Serial no" lines. Variable 2 is referenced twice, in the bar code and the text below the code.

First printout: Second printout:

Note! Only the variable information has to be sent for each label to be printed, once the print format has been defined.

Changing a single variable

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The command !W<n> "<data>" allows text to be entered into one specific variable. The

string <data> is assigned to the variable specified by <n>. All other variables remain unchanged. If the variable does not exist, it will be created.

Clearing variable information

The command !R deletes all the variable texts from memory. The next non-command line

will be copied to variable text no. 1, etc. This command is useful to remove any stray information which may have been assigned to the variable texts. It also clears the print buffer and so prevents making copies of the last label printed.

Clearing the layout

The command !C clears the print format, i. e. removes all the fields defined. It also clears

all variables. This command is used to delete the current print format before defining a new layout and whenever it is desirable to reset the printer to a known idle state.

Send the preceding the command character may make the command look like a variable text line.

!C command twice when clearing the printer, since any stray characters

Print command

The command !P<n> prints out <n> copies of the current label layout. If <n> is

omitted or is not a positive number it defaults to 1.

The counters are updated after each label printed. If the time or date is printed, it is updated for each label. Copies of the last label can be printed by pressing the print button, until the !R or !C command is received. Such copies are identical to the last label printed, i. e. the date/time and up-down counters are not updated.

Dormant print (or trigged printkey)

This printmode requires parameter 67, printkey mode, to be set to dormant print. When set, the printkey can be used to trig a new printout, updating counters, time and date. There are two dormant print modes; limited and unlimited. Which mode to use depends on the print

command. If the !P command is used, a label or a batch of labels will be printed as normal, but

an unlimited number of new printouts can be made after this by repeatedly pressing the printkey. By using

printouts are possible. After this a new layout must be loaded, or !P can be used to enter the

unlimited dormant print mode. Use service commands 93 and 39 to find out how many dormant printouts that have been made or are remaining, respectively.

!p<n> no printout will be made until the printkey is pressed and only <n>

The dormant print mode is useful if the printer is to be used standalone to generate unique printouts without having to be connected to a host after the layout is loaded and/or it is important that only a specific amount of unique labels are to be printed, but not all at once.

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Status request commands

The status request command is !S<n> where n represents the number of the status

request. The printer responds with a string of 8 digits, followed by a carriage return character. Each digit in the string is either

0 Ù Normal value (for error flags) or not available/not executed (for peripherals)

1 Ù Error value or abnormal condition (for error flags) or connected/executed (for per.)

Status request 1

0 or 1. The meaning of each digit in the status response is:

heap error not used not used out of ribbon (TT models only) no paper in paper sensor printer restarted label not removed (LTS) out of paper

Out of paper

The printer has run out of paper. Operator intervention is necessary, as described below.

Label not removed (LTS)

‘1’ Ù Label has not been removed. The printer cannot continue to print until the label has been taken.

Printer restarted

If this flag is set it means that the printer has been restarted since the last status 1 or status 4 requests. This bit is cleared by the status 1 or status 4 requests.

No paper in label sensor

This flag is set if there is currently no paper in the paper sensor. This can occur if there is no paper in the printer or if a label gap happens to be in the paper sensor. If there is no possibility of a label gap being positioned in the label sensor when the printer stops after a print cycle this flag can provide additional security.

This flag is different from the paper out flag, since paper out is only detected during a paper feed or print cycle. If the printer is switched off and then on, paper out is no longer flagged, even if no paper has been loaded.

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Out of ribbon

The printer has run out of ribbon. Operator intervention is necessary, as described below.

Heap error

The heap (dynamic memory pool) is corrupt. This is a serious error which can not be corrected. The only remedy is to power the printer off and on to restart the program.

Status request 2

layout outside label not used not used last paper movement type not used cool down state print incomplete stopped on a label gap

Stopped on label gap

The last print or paper feed cycle stopped on a label gap, i. e. the paper is now synchronised, if label stock is installed in the printer. If continuous stock is installed this flag will never be set.

Print incomplete

The last print cycle was interrupted before printing was complete, either because a label gap occurred or because the printer has run out of paper. This means that some information may be missing from the printout.

Cool down state

When printing large batches using layouts with a large amount of blackness and/or the printer is located in an environment with temperatures above room temperature, the system temperature of the printer might after a while be too high to continue normal operation. If so, the printer will enter a cool down state, which is indicated by this status flag. The LED will be flashing with a red light and the internal fan will run at maximum speed until temperature has decreased to operational level. Printing will then continue as normal, no sent information will be lost.

Last paper movement type

This flag is set when the forward paper feed command is executed, i. e. a with positive feed length. All other paper movements will reset the flag (by the print button or on command from the host).

!K command

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This flag allows the host to detect when the operator has moved the paper by pressing the print button. It is not safe to issue a reverse paper feed command when the paper is not in a known position.

Layout outside label

This flag can be used to check if any part of the layout is outside the label. See parameter 178 and 179 for more information.

Status request 3

not used label stock not used internal print button active not used operating parameters error not used not used

Operating parameters error

The printer configuration memory is corrupt. Use Service command !V3200 to reset all parameters to their default state and then download the apropriate configuration file or use the configuration menu to setup the printer.

Internal print button

This flag is issued.

Label stock

The printer automatically detects the type of paper installed (labels or continuous). If label stock is loaded, this flag will be

1 if the print button on the printer is pressed at the moment the status request is

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Status request 4

not used printer restarted not used internal print button active head lifted out of ribbon (TT models only) label not removed (LTS) out of paper

Status 4 assembles some of the most commonly needed status flags in one command.

Out of paper

Described above.

Label not removed (LTS)

Described above.

Out of ribbon

Described above.

Head lifted

‘1’ Ù Print head is lifted. Printing cannot continue until print head has been restored to print position.

Note! This feature requires optional hardware for Compact models.

Internal print button

Described above.

Printer restarted

Described above.

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Status request 8

PHD board installed Black mark photocell Cutter installed

C-board installed

I LTS installed not used not used not used

LTS installed

‘1’ Ù LTS is installed. Note! Only Nova models have this feature.

C board installed

For Compact models, this flag has two different meanings depending on the version of the power supply board currently installed.

Power supply board version 1

‘1’ Ù The control board for cutter and LTS (label-taken sensor) is installed and has been initialized.

Power supply board version 2

‘1’ Ù The I initialized.

For Nova models this flag is normally always set, meaning the I functioning properly. If not, there might be some problem with the I electrical interference of some kind.

Cutter installed

‘1’ Ù The cutter is installed and working. This is verified for each cutting cycle.

‘0’ Ù The cutter is either not connected or is jammed (cannot get back to home position).

Note! If no I

Black mark photocell

‘1’ Ù Black mark photocell installed. Note! Nova models have a media-positioning sensor

(MPS) instead, which contain both gap- and blackmark sensors. This status flag will be set only if black mark is selected.

C circuit for cutter, LTS, LED and head lifted is functioning and has been

C connected board is

C bus connection, i.e.

C board is installed, this flag will never be set.

PHD board installed

‘1’ Ù Print-Head diagnostics board installed and activated. Note! Nova models always

have this feature as default.

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The service commands provide a number of different utilities. The printer responds with a line of data to a service command.

The command syntax is !V

Note! Some commands take an additional argument after .

Service command (i) Description 9 [m] Software revision level. If parameter m is zero or omitted, the

printer responds with a string of the form 4.12. If m is equal to 1, the internal revision is appended. Example: 4.12.07.

11 Software date. The printer responds with a string of the form

Feb 19 1999 10:28:20

12 Label count. The printer responds with the total number of labels

printed. 13 Available dynamic RAM, in bytes. 15 Total paper movement, in mm. 16 PROM number. The printer responds with a string of the form

L412-0. ///Deprecated! Use !V9 instead 17 [m] Total paper movement. The printer responds with the amount of

paper it has printed. If parameter m is omitted, the printer responds

with the total paper movement, in metres. The following information

can also be received depending on the parameter m value:

1 – Total paper feed in mm.

2 – Total paper feed in inch.

3 – Total paper feed in feet. 19 Available file system memory, in bytes. 20 <hh:mm:ss> Set the time in the clock in the printer (24-hour clock). The clock is

kept running by a battery when the printer is switched off.

Example: !V20 14:30:00 21 <yy-mm-dd>

or 21 <yyyy-mm-dd>

Set the date in the clock in the printer.

Example: !V21 1999-02-22

22 [m] Get date and time. The response is a string in the form

99-02-22 14:30:00

if parameter m is 0 or omitted, and

1999-02-22 14:30:00

otherwise. 23 <m> Get name of bitmap font by logical number. The response is the

name of font number <m>. (///Deprecated! Use !V80 instead)

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24 <“name”> Get logo information. Quotes must be entered. The string ‘name’ is

the name of a logo stored in printer file system. The response is a

string of four numbers describing the logo (height, width,

orientation and number of bytes per row). 25 <m> Get information about logo number m. The response is a string of

the form: “logoname” 75 58 0 8, where logoname is the name of the

logo and the numbers are the same as for !V24. For information

about other types (macros, rasterized fonts), see !V48. 26 <”name”’> Displays the contents of a macro. Quotes must be entered. The

string ‘name’ is the name of a macro stored in printer file system. 31

32 <m> Get the current state of counter number m. The response is a string

Get length of the last paper movement. The response is in

of five numbers, representing:

y the current value of the counter

y the increment value

y the width of the counter

y the update interval

y the number of labels printed with the current values

/10 mm.

33 Get number of failing dots received from print head diagnostics

(PHD). The PHD functionality is an extra harware option for

Compact models but default for Nova models. 34 <m> Used in combination with service command 33 to get the position

of the failing dot(s). For instance, if service command 33 returns the

value 2 then ‘!V34 1’ returns the position of the first failing dot and

‘!V34 2’ the position of the second failing dot. 39 Gets the remaining number of dormant printouts since last !p<n>

was received. If unlimited printouts is active a ‘*’ is returned. See

Dormant print for more information. 40 <m> Get the name of bitmap font number, where parameter m is the

physical number of the font, not the logical (mapped) number. 44 Automatically sets the sensitivity of the paper sensor. The printer

feeds out some paper to assess the opaqueness of the paper and

then sets the sensitivity of the paper sensor. This command should

be followed by !Z to make the setting permanent. 45 Set default characters spacing for all bitmap fonts. 48 <m> Get information on file number m that resides in the printer file

system. The response is a string of the form t s "file name", where t

is the file type, s the file size and "file name" the name of the file.

The file can be a macro, logo, rastarised font, etc.

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61 <s> [r] [c] Set security level for PDF 417. Parameter s is the security level

ranging from 0 to 8. Parameter r is number of rows and parameter c

is number of columns. If r and c are omitted (or set to 0), Labelpoint

automatically adjusts height and width of the PDF code. If r is set

but c is omitted, then the PDF code will have fixed number of rows,

which means that only the width of the PDF code will grow with

increasing number of characters. 63 Get printer serial number. 74 <m>

80 <m> Show Agfa MicroType™ typeface by index <m>. The response is a

81 <m> Show TrueType typeface by index <m>. The response is a string in

93 [m] If m is omitted the total number of dormat printouts that have been

100 <a>..<c>.<d> Set network IP address.

101 Get network IP address. Use service command 108 if DHCP is used. 102 <a>..<c>.<d> Set network IP mask.

103 Get network IP mask. Use service command 108 if DHCP is used.

If m = 1 the printer will send a form-feed character (ASCII 12= 0C

at the beginning of every print cycle.

m = 0, disables this function

This command allows an external controller to monitor the number

of print cycles without polling the printer.

string in the form: <typeface number> “<typeface name>“

the form: <typeface number> “<typeface name>“

printed is returned. The number is calculated since restart and

!p<n> was sent for the first time. To reset the counter set m to 99.

See Dormant print for more information.

See section ‘Communication ports -> NET’ for more info.

)

104 <”host”> Set network host name.

See section ‘Communication ports -> NET’ for more info. 105 Get network host name. 106 <”m”> Set domain name. 107 Get domain name. 108 [m] Get DHCP info received from DHCP server, if any. Valid values for

m are 0, 1, 2 and the following information can be received:

0 – IP address

1 – IP mask

2 – Gateway 110 <a>..<c>.<d> Set network default gateway.

See section ‘Communication ports -> NET’ for more info.

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111 Get network default gateway. Use service command 108 if DHCP is

used. 114 Get serial number of RF tag (tr ansponder). 115 Set login script. See section ‘Login script’ for more info. 116 Get login script. See section ‘Login sc ript’ for more info. 117 Get active port. Responds with the currently active port. Valid

responses are COM1, COM2 and TCP23. 120 Get the name of the current printer model (e.g. MP Nova6 TT)

Special service commands

The following service commands are ‘silent’ commands and will not respond with CR.

3194 [m] Delete either named macros, graphics or rasterized fonts from the

printer file system. If parameter m is omitted, then all files are

deleted.

m = 2 Delete graphic files

m = 3 Delete macro files

m = 6 Delete rasterized fonts 3196 Restart. The printer is restarted from the power-up state. This

command can be used to restart as an alternative to switching the

printer off and on manually. 3200 Reset all configuration parameters to their default state. 3201 Disconnect port. Only valid for RTELNET. Shuts down the network

connection. 3209 <m> Set password for webserver, m = new password. Requires setup

mode, i.e. service command 38153. 35183 Enter user mode. This command sets default access levels for

configuration parameters if service command 38153 has been used. 38153 Enter setup mode. This command enables modifying those printer

configuration parameters that are protected against accidental

modification. Reset to user mode access level with service

command 38153.

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The printer settings can be set on command from the host computer. The initial settings used at power-up are stored in non-volatile memory. Some settings can be changed during operation while others always retain their power-up value. Using the commands described below can access all of the parameters, but most of the common settings are available via the configuration menu, accessible through the COM ports, Telnet port or the built-in webserver in the printer. See section ‘configuration menu’ below.

Get current value: !X

The printer responds with the current value of the parameter , followed by a carriage return character.

Set value: !Y <n>

The parameter is set to <n>, which must be a decimal number. Not all parameters can be set, see the table below.

Make changes permanent: !Z

The current settings are written into the non-volatile memory so that they will still be in effect when the printer has been switched off.

Note! All parameters that do not have the command. The printer must then be switched off and back on (or restarted by command) before the change becomes active.

suffix must be made permanent with the !Z

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Parameter (i) Explanation 23 <n> 34 <n> Barcode speed (mm/s). Can be set to a value lower or equal to the normal

44 <n> Blank feed speed (mm/s). Can be set to a value higher than the normal print

4,5

<n>

63 Number of dots per mm on the print head. The value should be 8 dots/mm for

4,5

<n> Motor steps per mm. This parameter defaults to 24 for Compact and Nov a

4,5

<n> Print head width, in number of dots. This parameter should be:

Print speed (mm/s).

print speed in order to get a higher print quality for matrix codes and vertical (ladder) barcodes.

speed. Print head type. Caution: Setting the wrong type of print head will give poor

print quality and can even damage the print head. Valid values for n are: 0 = Unknown head

5 = Kyocera type KST 6 = Rohm type KF – 17B 7 = Rohm type KF – 13B 8 = Kyocera type KPC

203 dpi heads, or 12 dots/mm for 300 dpi heads.

models. Valid values for n are any positive numbers. Note! Modify this parameter with caution. An incorrect value will give a

distorted printout and cause labels to stop at the wrong position.

832 for Compact, 203 dpi head 1280 for Compact, 300 dpi head

832 for Nova DT, 203 dpi head 864 for Nova TT, 203 dpi head

95 <n> Dot mode. This parameter determines print behaviour when two print fields

overlap. Valid values for n are {0, 1} and they are interpreted as follows: 0 = black on black prints white, XOR (default)

1 = black on black prints black, OR

103 Manufacturing date. The result is formatted in a four-digit number, two digits

each for year and week (yyww). If the new serial number format is applied, however, the manufacturing year is displayed using a single digit (i.e. yww).

16 <n> Force DT. Only used by TT printer models to be able to use the printer in DT

mode, that is, without ribbon sensing. Valid values for n are {0, 1} and they are interpreted as follows:

0 = normal mode (default) 1 = forced DT mode

Read-only parameter.

Protected parameter. Must be unlocked with the !V38153 command first.

The printer has to be restarted for the new value to take effect.

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20 <n> Threshold level for photo sensor. Valid values for n are {2, 3, …, 12}. 21 <n> Current level to photo sensor. Valid values for n are {0, 1, …, 15}. 23 <n>

Max paper feed length, in

/10 mm. Valid values for n are all positive numbers.

24 <n>

255 <n> Baud rate for COM2. Valid values for n are {300, 600, 1 200, 2 400, 4 800,

265 <n> Parity check for COM2. Valid values for n are {0, 1, …, 4} and they are

275 <n> Number of data bits per character for COM2. Valid values for n are {7, 8}.

285 <n> Number of stop bits for COM2. Valid values for n are {1, 2}. Default is 1 bit. 295 <n> Input buffer size for COM2 in bytes. The input buffer is used to store

Dispensing feed, in next label has reached the print area (for label stock) or after printing is

complete (for continuous stock). It can be set to position the paper for tearoff after printing, or so that pre-cut labels are properly dispensed.

9 600, 19 200, 38 400, 57 600, 115 200}. Default is 9 600 baud.

interpreted as follows: 0 = no parity (default)

1 = zero parity (space) 2 = odd parity 3 = even parity 4 = one parity (mark)

Default is 8 bits.

incoming data when data arrives faster than it can be processed. Its size is usually not important since handshaking between the printer and the host ensures that data is not sent faster than the printer can handle. Valid values for n are {500, 501, …, 10000}. Default is 2000 bytes.

/10 mm. This is the distance the paper is fed after the

305 <n> Baud rate for COM1. Valid values for n are {300, 600, 1 200, 2 400, 4 800,

9 600, 19 200, 38 400, 57 600, 115 200}. Default is 9 600 baud.

315 <n> Parity check for COM1. Valid values for n are {0, 1, …, 4} and they are

interpreted as follows: 0 = no parity (default)

1 = zero parity (space) 2 = odd parity 3 = even parity 4 = one parity (mark)

325 <n> Number of data bits per character for COM1. Valid values for n are = {7, 8}.

Default is 8 bits. 335 <n> Number of stop bits for COM1. Valid values for n are {1, 2}. Default is 1 bit. 345 <n> Input buffer size for COM1, in bytes. The input buffer is used to store

incoming data when data arrives faster than it can be processed. Its size is

usually not important since handshaking between the printer and the host

ensures that data is not sent faster than the printer can handle. Valid values

for n are {500, 501, …, 10000}. Default is 2000 bytes.

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35 <n> Character set, supported code pages. See Appendix C for tables of different

code pages. The left column is the old numbering system. The right column

is the new numbering system that corresponds to the standard code page

numbers.

A code page may be set individually for each text field. This means that one

field can be using a cyrillic code page, while another field is using a latin 1

code page.

1 850 CP 850, MS-DOS Latin 1

2 Swedish/Finnish (7-bit code page)

3 German (7-bit code page)

4 UK (7-bit code page)

5 French (7-bit code page)

6 Norwegian / Danish (7-bit code page)

7 Spanish (7-bit code page)

8 Italian (7-bit code page)

9 861 CP 861, MS-DOS Icelandic

10 1252 CP 1252, Windows Latin 1 (ANSI)

11 CP HP Roman-8

12 852 CP 852, MS-DOS Latin 2

13 1250 CP 1250, Windows Latin 2 (Central Europe)

14 855 CP 855, MS-DOS Cyrillic

15 1251 CP 1251, Windows Cyrillic (Slavic)

16 1253 CP 1253, Windows Greek

17 1254 CP 1254, Windows Latin 5 (Turkish)

18 1257 CP 1257, Windows Latin 6 (Baltic Rim)

21 8591 ISO 8859-1 (subset of CP 1252)

22 8592 ISO 8859-2 36 <n> Decimal ASCII code of the command character. Valid values for n are all

decimal ASCII code numbers. Default is 33 (‘!’). 39 <n> LTS enable. Normally, when a LTS is installed, the printer will check that the

label has been removed between printouts. This parameter can be used to

disable that check but still keep the LTS installed. Valid values for n are {0,1}

and they are interpreted as follows:

0 = LTS disabled

1 = LTS enabled (default) 40 <n>

42 <n> Printing of bar code interpretation. Can be turned on or off for each bar code

Minimum length of paper to be fed during a print cycle, in

stock paper, sensing is disabled until the specified amount of paper has

been fed. Valid values for n are all positive values. Default is 0.

defined. Valid values for n are {0, 1} and they are interpreted as follows:

0 = bar code interpretation not printed

1 = bar code interpretation printed (default)

/10 mm. With label

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44 <n> Alternate end-of-line (EOL) character. This parameter must be set before CR

as end-of-line can be disabled. See parameter 45. Valid values for n are all

decimal ASCII values. 456 <n>

464 <n> Paper strobe time, in µs. The amount of blackness from a given strobe time

50 <n> Silent mode. When transferring graphic files this parameter can be used to

553 Get type of applicator.

623 Printer production year, two digits. 633 Printer serial number. 66 <n> Enable application. When Application Center is used, this parameter must be

Disable CR as end-of-line. Only valid when an alternate end-of-line

characters is enabled. See parameter 44. Valid values for n are {0,1} and they

are interpreted as follows:

0 = CR enabled (default)

1 = CR disabled

depends on paper type used. For most applications, however, the

recommended value is 510µs for Compact models and 350µs for Nova

models.

disable ACK/NAK responses from the printer. Valid values are {0,1} and they

are interpreted as follows:

0 = printer will respond using ack/nak during file transfers

1 = printer will not respond during file transfers (default).

0 = None

3 = Blow/Wipe/TampLong

set for the application to start. Valid values for n are {0, 1} where 0 is disable

and 1 enable. Default is disabled. See the Application Center manual for

more information. 67 <n> Printkey mode. This parameter is used to disable or change the functionality

of the printkey. Normally, a copy of last printout is made. This can be

disabled to make sure that no copy can be made of a unique printout, i.e a

ticket of some kind. It is also possible to trig a new printout, which

corresponds to sending the command ‘!P’. This can also be accomplished

when using a LTS. See parameter 93 for more information. Valid values for n

are {0, 1, 2} and they are interpreted as follows:

0 = copy of last printout (default)

1 = printkey disabled

2 = dormant (or trigged) print 68 <n>

RAM parameter. Not stored in non-volatile memory.

Horizontal print position adjustment, in

(positive values) or west (negative values). Valid values for n are all integer

values. Default is 0.

/10 mm. Shifts the print picture east

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69 <n>

Vertical print position adjustment, in

(positive values) or south (negative values). Valid values for n are all integer

values. Default is 0.

/10 mm. Shifts the print picture north

72 <n> ... 79 <n>

89 <n> Allow command character anywhere on the line. Valid values for n are {0, 1}

92 <n> Stacked printers mode (daisy chaining). Used when sending commands to a

Font mapping of bitmap fonts. Maps a physical font number (the ordinal

number of the bitmap font in memory) to a logical font number used when

printing.

The physical font number is the parameter number minus 70. For example,

!Y75 3 maps physical font 5 (the 19-dot font) to logical font number 3. The

physical font 1 is always logical font 1.

Physical font Font name

(1 7x9-dot bold)

2 hv18r

3 15-dot bold

4 9-dot

5 19-dot bold x 18

6 hc42c

7 g19 x 12

This option was used in Mk2 printers to emulate different font sets in Mk1

printers.

///Bitmap fonts are deprecated, but kept for backward compatibility!

and they are interpreted as follows:

0 = Command character must be first on the line (default)

1 = Command character can be anywhere on the line

specific printer in a daisy chain. This requires the receiving COM port to be

set to ‘Printer’ mode and the transfering COM port to ‘Stacked printer’ mode.

See parameter 150 and 152. Valid values for n are {0, 1, …, 65535} where n is

the printer to be referenced.

See section ‘Communication modes’ for further information. 93 <n> LTS auto repeat. If enabled, a new copy will be printed when current label is

removed, that is, the LTS will have the same functionality as the default

behaviour of the printkey. It is also possible to print a new printout when the

label is removed, that is, the LTS will have the same functionality as when

sending the command ‘!P’. Valid values for n are {0, 1, 2} and they are

interpreted as follows:

0 = auto repeat disabled (default)

1 = auto repeat enabled (copy of previous printout)

2 = auto repeat enabled (new printout)

Note that parameter 39 must be enabled for the LTS to work at all.

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100 <n>

Reverse paper feed, in

feeds the paper the specified distance before printing. This is used for

layouts starting at the very start of the label, when parameter 24 is set to

position the paper for tear-off. Valid values for n are all positive numbers.

Default is 0.

/10 mm. When set, the printer automatically reverse

101 <n> ... 106 <n> 132<n> Enable mapping of barcode information. Normally barcode information is not

1344 <n> Enable recover page. If a printout is interrupted by media end or ribbon end

136 <n> PDF code security level. Valid values for n are {0, 1, …, 8}. Default is 4. This

137 <n> PDF417 max number of columns. Valid values for n are all positive numbers.

138 <n> PDF417 max number of rows. Valid values for n are all positive numbers.

Set the inter-character space for bitmap font number. Each bitmap font has

an individual inter-character spacing that may be changed in order to

compress or expand the text. ///Bitmap fonts are deprecated, but kept for

backward compatibility!

mapped since it is not considered to be readable text but rather binary

information. Valid values for n are {0,1} and they are interpreted as follows:

0 = barcode mapping disabled (default)

1 = barcode mapping enabled

and then media or ribbon is replaced, a copy of the last printout can be

printed in order to make sure that the whole previous printout is printed.

Valid values for n are {0, 1} and they are interpreted as follows:

0 = recover page disabled

1 = recover page enabled (default)

can also be set with the service command !V61.

Default is 0, which is interpreted as no limit. This can also be set with the

service command !V61.

Default is 0, which is interpreted as no limit. This can also be set with the

service command !V61. 1454 <n>

146 <n> Linespacing, in percent of total font height. This parameter sets the distance

1504 <n> Communication mode for COM1. Valid values for n are {0, 1, 2} and they are

Timeout value for Telnet connections, in seconds. Valid values for n are

{0, 1, …, 7200}. Default is 0, which is interpreted as no timeout.

between the lines in a textfield containing a CR. Valid values for n are {0, 1,

…, 999}, where 0 is the default value and interpreted by the printer as 100%.

interpreted as follows:

0 = Print mode (Labelpoint, default)

1 = Terminal server mode

2 = Terminal client mode

3 = RF-ID mode

4 = Stacked printers mode (daisy chaining)

See section ‘Communication ports’ for further information.

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1514 <n> TCP port for COM1. Valid when communication mode is set to terminal

server mode. See parameter 150.

See section ‘Communication ports’ for further information. 1524 <n> Communication mode for COM2. Valid values for n are {0, 1, 2} and they are

interpreted as follows:

0 = Print mode (Labelpoint, default)

1 = Terminal server mode

2 = Terminal client mode

3 = RF-ID mode

4 = Stacked printers mode (daisy chaining)

See section ‘Communication ports’ for further information. 1534 <n> TCP port for COM2. Valid when communication mode is set to terminal

server mode. See parameter 152.

See section ‘Communication ports’ for further information. 156 <n> Flow control for COM1. Valid values for n are {0, 1, …, 4} and they are

interpreted as follows:

0 = both rts/cts and xon/xoff (default)

1 = rts/cts

2 = xon/xoff

3 = none

4 = disabled 157 <n> Flow control for COM2. Valid values for n are {0, 1, …, 4} and they are

interpreted as follows:

0 = both rts/cts and xon/xoff (default)

1 = rts/cts

2 = xon/xoff

3 = none

4 = disabled 1626 <n> Reverse video mode for text fields. Valid values for n are {0, 1, …, 100} and

they are interpreted as follows:

0 = reverse video mode off

1 = reverse video mode on

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167 <n> Media position sensor (MPS). The MPS can operate in three different modes,

which may be changed depending on how and where labelgaps are

positioned. The different modes are realized by selecting the inner, outer or

black mark sensor. Note that the number of valid sensor types are different

for Compact and Nova models. This is since Compact has an extra option for

the older inverted black mark sensor type, which still is the most common

type for Compact models.

The selection of MPS is also different for Compact and Nova models. Nova

always uses manual select of MPS type, whereas Compact has an automatic

detect function to see which sensor is currently mounted. The reason for this

is that Compact has different hardware for the different sensor types. Nova

has all types in the same hardware. The automatic detect functionality is the

default behaviour for Compact, to change to manual mode use parameter

170.

Valid values for n are {0, 1, 2, 3} and they are interpreted as follows:

0 = outer gap sensor (default)

1 = inner gap sensor

2 = black mark sensor

3 = inverted black mark sensor (Compact only) 1684 <n> Historic control mode. When enabled, historic strobes will automatically be

calculated during printout. Valid values for n are {0, 1} and they are

interpreted as follows:

0 = historic control off

1 = historic control on (default)

Note! This option is not available for older Compact models with the old CPU

board (the ones without USB port) 170 <n> Sensor detect. This parameter is only used by Compact models to decide

when and if an automatic detection of current media position sensor (MPS)

should be made. Valid values for n are {0, 1, 2} and they are interpreted as

follows:

0 = Autodetect sensor at startup (default when upgrading firmware )

1 = Autodetect sensor at autoadjust (default in future releases)

2 = Manual

If the manual mode is selected then parameter 167 is used to select sensor

type. 178 <n>

Maximum labelwidth, in

status register 2 (bit 7, layout outside label) to check if a layout is outside the

label (default) or, if this parameter is set, outside the user defined width. This

feature is useful to verify that a printout is within a certain area of the label.

Valid values for n are {0, 1, … , 1040}. Default is 0.

/10 mm. This parameter is used in combination with

Note! Parameter 179 must also be specified in order to activate the check.

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179 <n>

1805 <n> RAW data port number. A user defined port number can be specified to be

185 <n> Best-before date update day. Specifies what day in the month to update the

186 <n> Best-before date truncation day. Specifies what day in the month to truncate

Maximum labelheight, in

status register 2 (bit 7, layout outside label) to check if a layout is outside the

label (default) or, if this parameter is set, outside the user defined height.

This feature is useful to verify that a printout is within a certain area of the

label. Valid values for n are {0, 1, …, 65535}. Default is 0.

Note! Parameter 178 must also be specified in order to activate the check.

able to send RAW TCP data to the printer. Valid values for n are {1024, 1025,

…, 65535}. Default is 9100.

best-before date. Valid values for n are {0, 1, …, 31} and specifies what day in

the month to do the update. Default is 0, which will update the best-before

date every day. It is not recommended to use a value of n > 28 for obvious

reasons. See Best-before date for more information.

the best-before date to the first of next month. Valid values for n are {0, 1, …,

31} and specifies what day in the month to truncate the date. Default is 0,

which means no truncation. See Best-before date for more information.

Note! Settings are read from memory at power-up. For settings to become permanent, i. e. effective after the printer has been switched off, the !Z command must be issued after a change to make the settings permanent.

/10 mm. This parameter is used in combination with

Consider the following example where the following sequence will set 12 mm dispensing

feed length, Windows Latin 1 character set, 19200 baud and make these settings permanent:

The printer must be restarted for the baud rate change to become valid. The other parameters are changed immediately

Example !Y24 120 !Y35 1252 !Y30 19200 !Z

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Print head diagnostics (PHD)

The purpose of the PHD functionality is to continuously scan through the print head to find out if any dots are failing. The scanning process is active as soon as the printer becomes idle. Use service command 33 to find out if any failing dots are found and use service command 34 to find out at what position the failing dots were found at.

Barcode displacement

Failing dots can be seen in printouts as thin white stripes. It is important to keep track of the failing dots since the white stripes can coincide with the black fields of north- and south oriented barcode fields and thus making them unreadable. To avoid unreadable barcodes due to failing dots Labelpoint supplies a possibility to move the north- and south oriented barcode fields in east- and west directions until the white stripes coincide with the white parts of the barcode, if possible. The more failing dots the less chance to succeed.

The barcode displacement functionality is activated by using the optional parameter when specifying a barcode field in the layout. The optional parameter specifies the maximum allowed east-west displacement of the barcode, in 1/10 mm. In the following example a EAN13 barcode is defined with a maximum displacement of +/-3mm.

Example : !F C N 300 250 L 100 2 32 30 "123456789012"

See ‘Defining a barcode field’ for more information about the barcode field syntax.

Note! The PHD functionality requires extra hardware for Compact models but is mounted as default on Nova models.

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Configuration menu

An easy-to-use configuration menu can be used to access most of the common settings. There are three ways to access it, a text version can be accessed through the COM ports or Telnet port and a HTML version can be accessed through the built-in webserver.

HTML version

Before accessing the web server in the printer, all network information in the printer must be set. See section ‘Communication ports -> NET’ for more information.

The webserver listens on port 80, which is default for all HTTP traffic. To access it from a computer connected to the same LAN as the printer, start a common browser (e.g Netscape or Internet Explorer) and enter the printer’s IP address in the address bar of the browser. A configuration menu with most of the common parameters will be shown.

Note! The first time ‘apply’ is pressed a prompt for password will be shown. The default password is empty so just press ‘OK’ to make changes permanent. To set a password use the functionality in the ‘Miscellaneous’ menu or use service command 3209. See the Network and Com guide for more information.

Text version

This menu is accessible via the COM ports by using a simpe terminal program (e.g Hyperterminal). It is also possible to access the manu by connecting to the Telnet port, but this requires that all network information in the printer is set. See section ‘Communication ports -> NET’ for more information. However, when connected, simply type ‘!A’ to access the menu. A configuration menu with most of the common parameters will be shown.

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Document commands

The document commands are a set of commands to control how the document is printed.

In order to support multiple hosts and to optimize the printing process, Labelpoint II has two document commands. They are used to encapsulate print jobs, that is, a number of label printouts.

The Compact printer may be equipped with a cutter. The cutter is automatically detected and normally no manual commands are needed, but for some situations there are commands to further control the cutter.

Document start

!D D S

Document end

!D D E

The document commands enables Labelpoint to optimize the print process. If, for example, automatic reverse feed is used, Labelpoint only reverse feeds the first layout in the print job. This can save a lot of time when printing large batches.

Note! The dispensing feed and reverse feed must be set before the document start command is sent.

Example

!Y24 60 // dispensing feed !Y100 60 // reverse feed !D D S // document start !C // clear layout !F T N 100 100 L 15 0 92501 “%1V print-out” !R // clear variables First !P // print !R Second !P !R Third !P !D D E // document end

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Cutter mode

When the printer is switched on, the cutter operates in automatic mode, that is, after each print-out a cut is executed. The automatic mode can be turned off by the command:

!D T M

To turn automatic cutting on again, send the command:

!D T A

Cutting command

To execute a cut when in manual cutting mode, send the command:

!D T T

(For backwards compatibility with Mk2 printers, the old cut command, !T, can be used.)

Label-taken sensor (LTS)

When the optional LTS is installed it is active by default, that is, after each print-out the printer waits for the label to be taken before it continues with the next print-out. The LTS can be turned off by the command:

!D L 0

To turn the LTS on again, send the command:

!D L 1

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Printer connection

The printer can be connected either as a local printer or as a network printer.

Local printer

When connected locally (with a serial or a parallel cable), the printer can be operated either through a Windows printer driver or directly.

When operated directly, there is a tool, MP Communication API (ComAPI) available to make the communication with the printer more straightforward. It contains high-level calls like SendLayout(), SendVariable(), PrintLabel() etc.

Network printer

To be able to use the printer in a network an IP address must be specified. This can be done with the internal configuration menu or by using service commands. When an IP address is set it is possible to use different protocols by connecting to the corresponding logical port. The following protocols are supported:

• TELNET -> port 23

• FTP -> port 21

• HTTP -> port 80

• LPD -> port 515 (queue name: mp)

• RAW TCP -> default port 9100 (user defined)

For more information see the Network and Communication Guide.

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Printer File System

This chapter describes how to store macros and graphics in the printer file system.

Macros

Commands and variable texts sent to the printer can be stored in the printer's file system and retrieved on command. Such a sequence of data is called a macro and is equivalent to the same commands received from the computer. Macros provide a convenient shorthand for long command sequences, e. g. complex label layouts.

Macros can be loaded, deleted, and executed on command.

Loading a macro

The command to load a macro is:

!L M "<name>"

where <name> is the name to be assigned to the macro. The name can be any sequence of printable characters (except the " character), up to 24 characters, and must be enclosed in double quotes. If a macro with the same name already exists in the internal memory it will be deleted and the new macro loaded in its place. Case is not significant in macro names.

The macro load command should be followed by the macro text. Loading is terminated by the terminate command:

The !L command will terminate the macro load. If no macro is being loaded this command is ignored.

Deleting a macro

To delete a macro, just send the macro load command followed by the terminate command:

!L M “<name>“ !L

Executing a macro

The command for executing a macro is

!M "<name>"

where <name> is the name of the macro to be executed. If the macro <name> does not exist, this command is ignored.

Any command can be included in a macro, except the macro execute command (i. e. nested macros are not allowed).

Auto macro

If a macro with the name AUTO or auto is present in the file system, it will be executed automatically when the printer is switched on.

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Printer File System

Graphics

Graphics can be loaded into the printer’s file system. The procedure is similar to that for loading macros. Graphics data must be transmitted in Intel Hex format. Intel Hex format is described in Appendix A.

The graphics consists of the graphics header and graphics information. For a description of the graphics header, see - Appendix A: Data format –

Loading a graphics file

The command for loading a graphics file is:

!L G “<name>“

where <name> is the name to be assigned to the graphics file, up to 255 characters. This command is followed by the graphics data, including the header, in Intel Hex format. The loading is terminated by the command:

Deleting a graphics file

To delete a graphics file, just send the graphics load command followed by the terminate command:

!L G “<name>“ !L

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Miscellaneous commands

This chapter describes how to use counters and various feeding commands.

Counters

Ten counters are available for consecutive numbering. They are numbered 1, 2, ..., 10. Each counter is completely and independently programmable. The capacity is 9 digits (up to 999 999 999).

Any of the counters may be printed as text or bar code, or both, and more than one counter may be printed on the same label.

Initialising counters

The command to initialise a counter is:

!N<n> <v> <w>

where:

<n> the number by which this counter is referenced (1 - 10) <v> initial count value increment value (negative for counting down) to be added to the count when

updating the counter

<w> width, i.e. number of digits to be printed (1 - 9). Leading zeros are added if the

count value has less than <w> digits. If the count value has more than <w> digits the excess digits are discarded. If <w> = 0 the value of the counter is printed without leading zeroes, up to 9 digits.

update interval, i.e. the number of labels to print before the counter is updated.

may be omitted and defaults to 1.

is omitted <w> may be omitted, in which case it defaults to 0.

and <w> are omitted may also be omitted and will then be set to 1.

Defining a counter only defines its initial state. It will not appear in print until it is referenced in a field as described above.

Only counters that are referenced in the print format will be updated after the print cycle. This makes it possible to maintain different counters for different labels.

All counters retain their value when the printer is switched off and will continue where they left off when the printer is again switched on and printing resumed.

Example: !N1 500 30 4 2

The example above defines counter no. 1 to count 4 digits, starting at 500 and increment by 30 every two labels printed. The count cycle will be:

0500, 0500, 0530, 0530, ..., 9950, 9950, 9980, 9980, 0010, 0010, 0040, etc.

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Miscellaneous commands

Example: !N2 10

The example above defines counter no. 2 to start at 10 and increment by 1 for each label printed. All significant digits are printed. The count cycle will be:

10, 11, 12, 13, 14, ..., 999999999, 0, 1, 2, etc.

Retrieving information about counters

To retrieve information about a counter, send the command:

!V32 <n>

where <n> is the number of the counter. The printer will then respond with the current status of the counter, i.e. the parameters described above.

Paper feed

There are two types of paper feed:

Automatic reverse feed before print-out

Paper feed on command.

Automatic reverse feed

Sometimes, especially for small labels, there is a need to print on the entire label, even on the part that is already feed out to position the label for tear-off. The label may then be retracted before printout. The parameter retract the paper <n> tenths of mm before each print-out. This parameter is usually sent along with the layout.

Paper feed on command

The command printer) if <n> is negative. This command is not so often used since the automatic reverse feed parameter was introduced. It can be used when printing a batch of labels. Then only the first label needs to be retracted, and after the last label has been printed, the paper is fed out for tear-off position. The maximum paper feed allowed is 30 mm (n = 300).

Examples: !K 100 feeds out 10 mm of paper. !K –50 retracts the paper 5 mm.

Note! The negative feed must not exceed the amount of paper fed out outside the print head. Excessive negative paper feed may cause the printer to lose the paper so that it cannot feed the paper.

!K <n> feeds out n / 10 mm of paper. The paper is fed backwards (into the

!Y100 <n> will cause the printer to automatically

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Flow control

The printer supports both software flow control, XON-XOFF, and hardware flow control, RTS-CTS. When the input buffer becomes 75 % full, an XOFF character is sent out and the RTS signal is taken to the inactive state. When the input buffer becomes less than 25 % full,

an XON character is sent out and RTS is set active.

When the printer runs out of paper, processing continues until a print command is received. The printer will refuse to print before new paper has been loaded. If a print command is

received while the printer is out of paper the RTS signal is made inactive and processing is suspended. If the host continues to send data, despite the inactive RTS signal, the printer sends out an XOFF character when the input buffer becomes 75 % full. If the host ignores both the RTS signal and the XOFF the input buffer will eventually overflow, and data will be

lost.

When new paper has been loaded, the printer continues to process input data where it left off.

True two-way communication

If true two-way communication with the printer is possible, the host can send the status request commands described above. The status request should be sent before each print command to verify that there is paper in the printer, and again after the print command. The printer responds to the last status request when the print cycle is complete, and it shows the status after the print cycle.

The status request can also be used as a means of synchronizing with the printer, since the status request command is stored in the input buffer with other commands and data. By sending a status request at regular intervals (smaller than the size of the input buffer), and waiting for the response before proceeding, the host can avoid sending more data than can be accommodated in the input buffer.

If it is not possible to receive status information from the printer it is preferable that the host

computer obey RTS or XON/XOFF flow control, or both. Small amounts of data can be sent

without flow control, but if the printer cannot suspend the data flow from the host it may not be able to preserve all the data it receives when it runs of paper.

ENQ - ACK/NAK

The printer responds to the ENQ character (ASCII 05) with either ACK (ASCII 06) or NAK

(ASCII 15H = 21). NAK is sent if the printer is out of paper, ACK otherwise.

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Appendix A: Intelhex Records.

Paper sensing

The printer is equipped with a photo sensor in the paper track, which is used both to synchronise with holes in the paper or the gap between labels, and to sense the end of the paper.

If no gap appears at the photo sensor before printing is complete the printer stops when the paper has been fed the dispensing feed length after the end of the print. If a minimum paper feed length has been set the printer will not stop before it has fed out at least the specified amount of paper.

If a gap is detected the printer feeds the next label to the print area, and then it feeds the selected dispensing feed length to position the next label for printing.

When the printer runs out of paper it will suspend printing. Press the print button when new paper stock has been installed. The printer will then print a copy of the printout that was interrupted, unless this option has been disabled. (See parameter 134 for more information).

To synchronise with the label gap after loading new paper press the print button and keep it depressed until the paper movement ceases.

Nova models use a media position sensor (MPS), which contains two different types of sensors. The first type has the same function as a regular photo sensor. In the MPS, two sensors of this type exists, but at different positions. The second type detects black marks on the surface opposite to the printing surface. Thus, it is possible to set the MPS in three different modes depending on label gap position and type. Parameter 167 is used to change MPS mode.

Cutter

The printer may be equipped with a cutter. If a cutter is attached, the printer automatically detects it by trying to cut at startup. When printing with a cutter attached, the printer cuts the label/paper after each printout. There are some situations, however, when cutting is not wanted after each printout. Automatic cutting can then be disabled and a manual cut command is used to cut the paper. For more information, see section ‘Document Commands’.

Label taken sensor

The printer may be equipped with a Label taken sensor (LTS). The printer automatically detects the LTS. No further setup is necessary.

When printing a batch, the printer stops and waits until current label has been removed until next label will be printed. When printing a single label, no copy of that label will be printed when removing the current label, unless parameter 93 has been set. (See parameter 93 for more information).

LED indication

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Appendix A: Intelhex Records.

The printer indicates certain events or states by using the LED. The indications have the following meanings:

Green Normal operation. Flashing green Firmware update of I2C board in progress. Note! Nova models only. Yellow Printer is starting up or is in diagnostics mode. Note! Nova models only. Red Paper out, ribbon out or print head lifted. Flashing red System temperature too high, printer has entered cool down state.

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Appendix A: Intelhex Records.

Appendix A: Intel Hex file format

Binary data (e. g. logos, and program code) is sent to the thermal printer in Intel hex format. This is an ASCII data format widely used for transferring binary data between computers and to PROM programming devices. There is also a binary mode available of Intel hex format. See

Appendix B for more information.

This description describes the Intel hex format as used by thermal printers.

Data Format

Intel hex data consists of lines of ASCII hex characters. Each line starts with colon (':') and ends with a checksum, followed by a carriage return character.

Each byte of data is transmitted as two hex characters (0 ... 9, A ... F) with the high-order character transmitted first.

The record format is:

where:

: - record start character Ll - number of data bytes in the record Aaaa - 16-bit load address Tt - record type number Dd - data characters, 2 characters per byte of data Xx - 8-bit checksum, defined so that ll+aa+aa+tt+dd+dd+...+dd+xx = 0

The record type number defines the type of record. The following record types are used in the printer.

Segment record

The segment record sets the segment value of the load address.

Ll = 02 aaaa = 0000 (not used) Tt = 02

:ll aaaa tt dd dd ... dd xx (Spaces are shown for clarity only.)

data = segment load address (4 hex digits)

Data record

Ll = number of data bytes (max 20 = 32 decimal) aaaa = load address Tt = 00 Dd = binary data, 2 characters per byte

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End record

This record must be the last record in a transfer.

Ll = 00 aaaa = 0000 (not used) Tt = 01

Since the address field is not used by the printer the end record always has the form :00000001ff

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Labelpoint load graphics command

When using the Labelpoint load graphics command, needed, since Labelpoint decides automatically where to store the graphics file.

Graphics format

Graphics are stored as bit-mapped graphics, where a bit set to 1 represents a black dot on the paper. The actual bit-map is preceded by a table, which specifies the height and width of the logo.

offset contents 0,1 0A,00 2,3 height of the pattern in dots 4,5 width of the pattern in dots 6,7 00,00

!L G ..., the segment record is not

8,9 Row length, the number of bytes stored for each r ow of bit-mapped data 10 ... the bit-mapped graphic data

The bit-mapped data is stored 8 bits per byte with the specified number of bytes per row. Thus the total number of bytes required for the bitmap will be equal to the row length times the height of the pattern.

The figure below shows how each bit in the bit map corresponds to a dot on the paper.

paper feed direction

12byte

bit

7654321076543210

row 0

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Appendix B: Binary Intelhex Records

The binary intelhex records were designed to improve download speed of graphics data to the printers. The format is supported by MkII, Compact and Nova series of printers.

A binary record (line) has the following structure:

; L AA D... C

The record is ended with <CR> or <CR/LF>.

Each upper case character represents one data byte.

L number of data bytes in the record (can be up to 128)

AA load address (offset)

D... up to 128 data bytes

C two's complement of the sum of the length, address, and data bytes

L, A, D, and C are binary data. However, data bytes below 20 hex must be transformed to non-control characters by shift control characters so that the resulting data is always between 20 hex and FF hex except for the control characters below.

SI sets control character mode. The following bytes will be masked to 5 bits. SI

remains in effect up to the end of the record.

SO clears control character mode

DLE toggles the control character mode, for one byte only.

Binary Intelhex Records do not have transfer type descriptors, type is always data. There is no start, end or segment records.

Control Characters

SO 0E(hex)

SI 0F(hex)

DLE 10(hex)

Limitations

MkII series does not support long lines of data, max number of characters per line should not exceed 80.

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Appendix C: Code Pages

Code page 850, MS-DOS Latin 1

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F

0 @ P ` p Ç É á ð Ó -

! 1 A Q a q ü æ í Ð ß ±

" 2 B R b r é Æ ó Ê Ô

# 3 C S c s â ô ú Ë Ò ¾

$ 4 D T d t ä ö ñ È õ ¶

% 5 E U e u à ò Ñ Á ı Õ §

& 6 F V f v å û ª Â ã Í μ ÷

' 7 G W g w ç ù º À Ã Î þ ¸

) 9 I Y i y ë Ö ® Ú ¨

* : J Z j z è Ü ¬ Û ·

+ ; K [ k { ï ø ½ Ù ¹

, < L \ l | î £ ¼ ý ³

- = M ] m } ì Ø ¡ ¢ ¦ Ý ²

. > N ^ n ~ Ä × « ¥ Ì ¯

/ ? O _ o Å ƒ » ¤ ´

Swedish/Finnish character set (7-bit)

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F

0 É P é p

! 1 A Q a q

" 2 B R b r

# 3 C S c s

$ 4 D T d t

§ % 5 E U e u

& 6 F V f v

' 7 G W g w

( 8 H X h x

) 9 I Y i y

* : J Z j z

+ ; K Ä k ä

, < L Ö l ö

- = M Å m å

. > N Ü n ü

/ ? O _ o



Ç É á _ _ Ó

ï ø ½ Ù î £ ¼ ý

ì Ø Ý ² Ä Ì Å

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German character set (7-bit)

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F

0 @ P ` p

! 1 A Q a q

" 2 B R b r

# 3 C S c s

$ 4 D T d t

§ % 5 E U e u

& 6 F V f v

' 7 G W g w

( 8 H X h x

) 9 I Y i y

* : J Z j z

+ ; K Ä k ä

, < L Ö l ö

- = M Ü m ü

. > N ^ n ß

/ ? O _ o

Ç É á _ _ Ó

ü æ í _ Ð ß

é Æ ó _ Ê Ô â ô ú _ Ë Ò ¾ ä ö ñ È õ à ò Ñ Á Õ å û Â ã Í

ç ù À Ã Î þ

ê ÿ © Ï Þ

ë Ö ® Ú

è Ü Û

ï ø ½ Ù î £ ¼ ý ì Ø Ý ²

Ä Ì



UK character set (7-bit)

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F

0 @ P ` p

! 1 A Q a q

" 2 B R b r

£ 3 C S c s

$ 4 D T d t

§ % 5 E U e u

& 6 F V f v

' 7 G W g w

( 8 H X h x

) 9 I Y i y

* : J Z j z

+ ; K [ k {

, < L \ l |

- = M ] m }

. > N ^ n ~

/ ? O _ o

Ç É á _ _ Ó

ü æ í _ Ð ß

é Æ ó _ Ê Ô â ô ú _ Ë Ò ¾ ä ö ñ È õ à ò Ñ Á Õ å û Â ã Í

ç ù À Ã Î þ

ê ÿ © Ï Þ

ë Ö ® Ú

è Ü Û

ï ø ½ Ù î £ ¼ ý ì Ø Ý ²

Ä Ì



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French character set (7-bit)

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F

0 à P ` p

! 1 A Q a q

" 2 B R b r

£ 3 C S c s

$ 4 D T d t

§ % 5 E U e u

& 6 F V f v

' 7 G W g w

( 8 H X h x

) 9 I Y i y

* : J Z j z

+ ; K ° k é

, < L ç l ù

- = M § m è

. > N ^ n ~

/ ? O _ o

Ç É á _ _ Ó

ü æ í _ Ð ß

é Æ ó _ Ê Ô â ô ú _ Ë Ò ¾ ä ö ñ È õ à ò Ñ Á Õ å û Â ã Í

ç ù À Ã Î þ

ê ÿ © Ï Þ

ë Ö ® Ú

è Ü Û

ï ø ½ Ù î £ ¼ ý ì Ø Ý ²

Ä Ì



Norwegian/Danish character set (7-bit)

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F

0 @ P ` p

! 1 A Q a q

" 2 B R b r

# 3 C S c s

$ 4 D T d t

§ % 5 E U e u

& 6 F V f v

' 7 G W g w

( 8 H X h x

) 9 I Y i y

* : J Z j z

+ ; K Æ k æ

, < L Ø l ø

- = M Å m å

. > N ^ n ~

/ ? O _ o

Ç É á _ _ Ó

ü æ í _ Ð ß

é Æ ó _ Ê Ô â ô ú _ Ë Ò ¾ ä ö ñ È õ à ò Ñ Á Õ å û Â ã Í

ç ù À Ã Î þ

ê ÿ © Ï Þ

ë Ö ® Ú

è Ü Û

ï ø ½ Ù î £ ¼ ý ì Ø Ý ²

Ä Ì



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Spanish character set (7-bit)

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F

0 @ P ` p

! 1 A Q a q

" 2 B R b r

# 3 C S c s

$ 4 D T d t

§ % 5 E U e u

& 6 F V f v

' 7 G W g w

( 8 H X h x

) 9 I Y i y

* : J Z j z

+ ; K ! k {

, < L Ñ l ñ

- = M ? m }

. > N ^ n ~

/ ? O _ o

Ç É á _ _ Ó

ü æ í _ Ð ß

é Æ ó _ Ê Ô â ô ú _ Ë Ò ¾ ä ö ñ È õ à ò Ñ Á Õ å û Â ã Í

ç ù À Ã Î þ

ê ÿ © Ï Þ

ë Ö ® Ú

è Ü Û

ï ø ½ Ù î £ ¼ ý ì Ø Ý ²

Ä Ì



Italian character set (7-bit)

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F

0 @ P ù p

! 1 A Q a q

" 2 B R b r

£ 3 C S c s

$ 4 D T d t

§ % 5 E U e u

& 6 F V f v

' 7 G W g w

( 8 H X h x

) 9 I Y i y

* : J Z j z

+ ; K ° k à

, < L ç l ò

- = M é m è

. > N ^ n ì

/ ? O _ o

Ç É á _ _ Ó

ü æ í _ Ð ß

é Æ ó _ Ê Ô â ô ú _ Ë Ò ¾ ä ö ñ È õ à ò Ñ Á Õ å û Â ã Í

ç ù À Ã Î þ

ê ÿ © Ï Þ

ë Ö ® Ú

è Ü Û

ï ø ½ Ù î £ ¼ ý ì Ø Ý ²

Ä Ì



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Code page 861, MS-DOS Icelandic

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F

0 @ P ` p Ç É á

! 1 A Q a q ü æ í

" 2 B R b r é Æ ó

# 3 C S c s â ô ú

$ 4 D T d t ä ö ñ

§ % 5 E U e u à þ Í

& 6 F V f v å û Ó

' 7 G W g w ç Ý Ú

( 8 H X h x ê ý

) 9 I Y i y ë Ö

* : J Z j z è Ü

+ ; K [ k { Ð ø ½

, < L \ l | ð £ ¼

- = M] m} Þ Ø¡

. > N ^ n ~ Ä «

/ ? O _ o Å ƒ »

α ß ±

Γ π Σ σ

τ Φ ° Θ Ω

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Code page 1252, Windows Latin 1 (ANSI)

In Labelpoint, this code page was previously called ‘DEC Multi-national’ which means

ISO 8859-1. ANSI-1252 is superset of ISO 8859-1 with characters between 80 and 9F added.

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F

0 @ P ` p € ° À Ð à ð

! 1 A Q a q ‘ ¡ ± Á Ñ á ñ

" 2 B R b r ‚ ’ ¢ ² Â Ò â ò

# 3 C S c s ƒ “ £ ³ Ã Ó ã ó

$ 4 D T d t „ ” ¤ ´ Ä Ô ä ô

% 5 E U e u … • ¥ µ Å Õ å õ

& 6 F V f v † – ¦ ¶ Æ Ö æ ö

' 7 G W g w ‡ — § · Ç × ç ÷

( 8 H X h x ˆ ˜ ¨ ¸ È Ø è ø

) 9 I Y i y ‰

* : J Z j z Š š ª º Ê Ú ê ú

+ ; K [ k { ‹ › « » Ë Û ë û

, < L \ l | Œ œ ¬ ¼ Ì Ü ì ü

- = M ] m } - ½ Í Ý í ý

. > N ^ n ~ ® ¾ Î Þ î þ

/ ? O _ o Ÿ ¯ ¿ Ï ß ï ÿ

©¹ ÉÙ é ù

™

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Code page HP Roman-8

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F

0 @ P ` p ¯ â Å Á Þ

! 1 A Q a q À Ý ê î Ã þ

" 2 B R b r Â ý ô Ø ã ·

# 3 C S c s È ° û Æ Ð µ

$ 4 D T d t Ê Ç á å ð ¶

% 5 E U e u Ë ç é í Í ¾

& 6 F V f v Î Ñ ó ø Ì —

' 7 G W g w Ï ñ ú æ Ó ¼

( 8 H X h x ´ ¡ à Ä Ò ½

) 9 I Y i y ` ¿ è ì Õ ª

* : J Z j z ˆ ¤ ò Ö õ º

+ ; K [ k { ¨ £ ù Ü Š «

, < L \ l | ˜ ¥ ä É š

- = M ] m } Ù § ë ï Ú »

. > N ^ n ~ Û ƒ ö ß Ÿ ±

/ ? O _ o £ ¢ ü Ô ÿ

Code page 852, MS-DOS Latin 2 (Central Europe)

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F

0 @ P ` p Ç É á đ Ó -

! 1 A Q a q ü Ĺ í Ð ß ˝

" 2 B R b r é ĺ ó Ď Ô ˛

# 3 C S c s â ô ú Ë Ń ˇ

$ 4 D T d t ä ö Ą ď ń ˘

% 5 E U e u ů Ľ ą Á Ň ň §

& 6 F V f v ć ľ ŽÂĂ Í Š ÷

' 7 G W g w ç Ś ž Ĕ ă Î š ¸

( 8 H X h x ł ś Ę Ş ě Ŕ °

) 9 I Y i y ë Ö ę Ú ¨

* : J Z j z Ő Ü¬ ŕ ·

+ ; K [ k { ő Ť ź Ű ű

, < L \ l | î ť Č ý Ř

- = M ] m } Ź Ł ş Ż Ţ Ý ř

. > N ^ n ~ Ä × « ż Ů ţ

/ ? O _ o Ć č » ¤ ´

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Code page 1250, Windows Latin 2 (Central Europe)

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F

0 @ P ` p € ° Ŕ Đ ŕ đ

! 1 A Q a q ‘ ˇ ± Á Ń á ń

" 2 B R b r ‚ ’ ˘ ˛ ÂŇ â ň

# 3 C S c s “ Ł ł Ă Ó ă ó

$ 4 D T d t „ ” ¤ ´ Ä Ô ä ô

% 5 E U e u … • Ą μ Ĺ Ő ĺ ő

& 6 F V f v † – ¦ ¶ Ć Ö ć ö

' 7 G W g w ‡ — § · Ç × ç ÷

( 8 H X h x ¨ ¸ Č Ř č ř

* : J Z j z Š š Ş ş Ę Ú ę ú

+ ; K [ k { ‹ › « » Ë Ű ë ű

, < L \ l | Ś ś ¬ Ľ Ĕ Ü ĕ ü

- = M ] m } Ť ť - ˝ Í Ý í ý

. > N ^ n ~ Ž ž ® ľ Î Ţ î ţ

/ ? O _ o Ź ź Ż ż Ď ß ď ·

Code page 855, MS-DOS Cyrillic

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F

0 @ P ` p ђ љ а л Я -

! 1 A Q a q Ђ Љ А Л р ы

" 2 B R b r ѓ њ б м Р Ы

# 3 C S c s Ѓ Њ Б М с з

$ 4 D T d t ё ћ ц н С З

% 5 E U e u Ё Ћ Ц x Н т ш

& 6 F V f v є ќ д X к о Т Ш

' 7 G W g w Є Ќ Д и К О у э

( 8 H X h x ѕ ў е И п У З

) 9 I Y i y Ѕ Ў Е ж щ

* : J Z j z і џ ф Ж Щ

+ ; K [ k { І Џ Ф в ч

, < L \ l | ї ю г В Ч

- = M ] m } Ї Ю Г й П ь

. > N ^ n ~ ј ъ « Й я Ь

/ ? O _ o Ј Ъ » ¤ №

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Appendix B, Binary Intelhex Records

Code page 1251, Windows Cyrillic (Slavic)

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F

0 @ P ` p Ђ ђ ° А Р а р

! 1 A Q a q Ѓ ‘ Ў ± Б С б с

" 2 B R b r ‚ ’ ў І В Т в т

# 3 C S c s ѓ “ Ј і Г У г у

$ 4 D T d t „ ” ¤ ґ Д Ф д ф

% 5 E U e u … • Ґ µ Е Χ е х

& 6 F V f v † – ¦ ¶ Ж Ц ж ц

' 7 G W g w ‡ — § · З Ч з ч

( 8 H X h x € Ё ё И Ш и ш

) 9 I Y i y ‰

* : J Z j z Љ љ Є є К Ъ к ъ

+ ; K [ k { ‹ › « » Л Ы л ы

, < L \ l | Њ њ ¬ ј М Ь м ь

- = M ] m } Ќ ќ - Ѕ Н Э н э

. > N ^ n ~ Ћ ћ ® ѕ О Ю о ю

/ ? O _ o Џ џ Ї ї П Я п я

™

Code page 1253, Windows Greek

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F

0 @ P ` p € ° ΐ Π ΰ π

! 1 A Q a q ‘ ΅ ± Α Ρ α ρ

" 2 B R b r ‚ ’ Ά ² Β β ς

# 3 C S c s ƒ “ £ ³ Γ Σ γ σ

$ 4 D T d t „ ” ¤ ´ Δ Τ δ τ

% 5 E U e u … • ¥ µ Ε Υ ε υ

& 6 F V f v † – ¦ ¶ Ζ Φ ζ φ

' 7 G W g w ‡ — § · Η Χ η χ

( 8 H X h x ¨ Έ Θ Ψ θ ψ

* : J Z j z ª Ί Κ Ϊ κ ϊ

+ ; K [ k { ‹ › « » Λ Ϋ λ ϋ

, < L \ l | ¬ Ό Μ ά μ ό

- = M ] m } - ½ Ν έ ν ύ

. > N ^ n ~ ® Ύ Ξ ή ξ ώ

/ ? O _ o ― Ώ Ο ί ο

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Appendix C: Code Pages

Code page 1254, Windows Latin 5 (Turkish)

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F

0 @ P ` p € ° À Ğ à ğ

! 1 A Q a q ‘ ¡ ± Á Ñ á ñ

" 2 B R b r ‚ ’ ¢ ² Â Ò â ò

# 3 C S c s ƒ “ £ ³ Ã Ó ã ó

$ 4 D T d t „ ” ¤ ´ Ä Ô ä ô

% 5 E U e u … • ¥ µ Å Õ å õ

& 6 F V f v † – ¦ ¶ Æ Ö æ ö

' 7 G W g w ‡ — § · Ç × ç ÷

( 8 H X h x ˆ ˜ ¨ ¸ È Ø è ø

* : J Z j z Š š ª º Ê Ú ê ú

+ ; K [ k { ‹ › « » Ë Û ë û

, < L \ l | Œ œ ¬ ¼ Ì Ü ì ü

- = M ] m } - ½ Í İ í ı

. > N ^ n ~ ® ¾ Î Ş î ş

/ ? O _ o Ÿ ¯ ¿ Ï ß ï ÿ

Code page 1257, Windows Latin 6 (Baltic Rim)

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F

0 @ P ` p € ˚ Ą Š ą š

! 1 A Q a q ‘ ˇ ± Į Ń į ń

" 2 B R b r ‚ ’ ˘ ˛ Ā Ņ ā ņ

# 3 C S c s “ £ ³ Ć Ó ć ó

$ 4 D T d t „ ” ¤ ´ Ä Ō ä ō

% 5 E U e u … • µ Å Õ å õ

& 6 F V f v † – ¦ ¶ Ę Ö ę ö

' 7 G W g w ‡ — § · Ē × ē ÷

( 8 H X h x ¨ ¸ Č Ų č ų

* : J Z j z Ŗ ŗ Ź Ś ź ś

+ ; K [ k { ‹ › « » Ė Ū ė ū

, < L \ l | ¬ ¼ Ģ Ü ģ ü

- = M ] m } - ½ Ķ Ż ķ ż

. > N ^ n ~ ® ¾ Ī Ž ī ž

/ ? O _ o Æ æ Ļ ß ļ ˙

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Appendix B, Code Pages

Code page ISO 8859-2

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F

0 @ P ` p ° Ŕ Ð ŕ đ

! 1 A Q a q Ą ą ÁŃ á ń

" 2 B R b r ˘ ˛ ÂŇ â ň

# 3 C S c s Ł ł Ă Ó ă ó

$ 4 D T d t ¤ ´ Ä Ô ä ô

% 5 E U e u Ľ ľ Ĺ Ő ĺ ő

& 6 F V f v Ś ś Ć Ö ć ö

' 7 G W g w § ˇ Ç × ç ÷

( 8 H X h x ¨ ¸ Č Ř č ř

) 9 I Y i y Š š É Ů é ů

* : J Z j z Ş ş Ę Ú ę ú

+ ; K [ k { Ť ť ËŰ ë ű

, < L \ l | Ź ź Ě Ü ě ü

- = M ] m } - ˝ Í Ý í ý

. > N ^ n ~ Ž ž Î Ţ î ţ

/ ? O _ o Ż ż Ď ß ď ˙

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Apendix C, Quick Reference Guide

Appendix C: Quick Reference Guide

Command summary

Clear label layout

!D !F !K !L !M !N !P !R !S !V !W !X !Y !Z

Document command

Label layout field (text, bar code, line/box or logo)

Paper feed

Load file (macro, logo etc.)

Execute macro

Set counter

Clear variable information

Status request

Service command

Change a single variable

Get printer configuration parameter

Set printer configuration parameter

Make settings permanent

Status requests

!S1

heap error not used not used out of ribbon (TT models only) immediate value from gap sensor (‘1’ means gap) printer restarted label not removed (LTS) out of paper

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!S2

layut outside label not used not used last paper movement type not used cool down state print incomplete stopped on a label gap

!S3

not used label stock not used internal print button active not used operating parameters error invalid barcode/2D code specified not used

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!S4

not used printer restarted not used internal print button active head lifted out of ribbon (TT models only) label not removed (LTS) out of paper

!S8

PHD board installed Black mark photocell Cutter installed

C-board installed

I LTS installed not used not used not used

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Service Commands

!V9 Software revision level !V11 Software date !V12 Label count !V13 Available dynamic RAM (bytes) !V15 Total paper feed (mm) !V16 PROM number !V17 Total paper feed !V19 Free file system size (bytes) !V20 !V21 !V22 Get date and time !V23 Get bitmap font name by logical number !V24 Get logo information by name !V25 Get logo information by number !V26 Get macro content !V31 Get length of last paper movement !V32 Show contents of counter !V33 Number of failing dots (PHD) !V34 Position of failing dot !V39 Get remaining number of dormant printouts !V40 Get bitmap font name by physical font number !V44 Automaticallu adjust sensitivity of paper sensor !V45 Set default character spacing for bitmap fonts !V48 Get filename !V61 Set security level for PDF417

Set time (Ex: !V20 14:30:00) Set date (Ex: !V21 94-02-17)

!V63 Get serial number !V74 Form-feed character at the beginning of every print cycle !V80 Show Agfa MicroType typeface by index <m> !V81 Show TrueType typeface by index <m> !V93 Get number of dormant printouts !V100 Set network IP address !V101 Get network IP address !V102 Set network IP mask

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!V103 Get network IP mask !V104 Set network host name !V105 Get network host name !V106 Set domain name !V107 Get domain name !V108 Get DHCP info (IP address, IP mask, gateway) !V109 Get MAC address !V110 Set network default gateway !V111 Get network default gateway !V114 Get RF tag serial no !V115 Set terminal client login script !V116 Get terminal client login script !V117 Get active communicati ons port !V120 Get printer model !V3194 Delete files !V3196 Restart !V3200 Reset parameter values !V3201 Disconnect port !V35183 Enter user mode !V38153 Enter setup mode

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Printer configuration

!Y2 Print speed (mm/s) !Y3 Barcode speed (mm/s) !Y4 Blank feed speed (mm/s) !Y5 Print head type !Y6 Dots per mm !Y7 Motor steps per mm (24) !Y8 Dots on head !Y9 Dot mode (0 = XOR, 1= OR) !Y10 Manufacturing date (year and week) !Y16 Force DT (off, on) !Y20 Threshold level for photosensor (<n>=2, ...,12) !Y21 Current level to photosensor !Y23

!Y24

!Y25 COM2 Baud rate !Y26 COM2 Parity !Y27 COM2 word length !Y28 COM2 Stop bits !Y29 COM2 Input buffer size !Y30 COM1 Baud rate !Y31 COM1 Parity !Y32 COM1 word length !Y33 COM1 Stop bits !Y34 COM1 Input buffer size !Y35 Character set !Y36 Command character !Y39 LTS disable

Max. paper feed (1/10 mm/s)

Dispensing feed (1/10 mm/s)

!Y40 Min. Paper feed !Y42 Bar code interpretation !Y44 Alternate end-of-line (EOL) character !Y45 Disable CR !Y46 Print head strobe time

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!Y50 Silent mode (disable, enable) !Y55 Get type of applicator !Y62 Serial number year, two digits !Y63 Serial number !Y66 Enable application (disable, enable) !Y67 Printkey mode (normal, disabled, trigged) !Y68 Horizontal print position adjustment !Y69 Vertical print position adjustment !Y72 - 79 Map physical font to logical number !Y89 Allow command character anywhere on the line !Y92 Stacked printers mode (daisy chaining) !Y93 LTS auto repeat (disable, enable copy, enable new) !Y100 Automatic reverse paper feed before printing !Y101 - 106 Set inter-character spacing for logical font !Y132 Enable barcode mapping !Y134 Enable recover page !Y136 PDF417 security level !Y137 PDF417 max columns !Y138 PDF417 max rows !Y145 Telnet keepalive (s) !Y146 Line spacing !Y150 COM1 Communication mode !Y151 COM1 TCP port !Y152 COM2 Communication mode !Y153 COM2 TCP port !Y156 COM1 flow control !Y157 COM2 flow control !Y162 Reverse video !Y167 MPS type (gap outer, gap inner, black mark, inverted black mark) !Y168 Historic control (on, off) !Y170 Sensor detect (startup, adjust, manual) !Y178 Max label width !Y179 Max label height !Y180 Raw data port number

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!Y185 Best-before date update day !Y186 Best-before date truncation day

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Bar code symbologies

1 – 7 2 of 5 Interleaved – ratios 2:1, 3:1, 5:2, 8:3, 13:5, 11:4, 7:3 11 - 17 Code 39 – ratios 2:1, 3:1, 5:2, 8:3, 13:5, 11:4, 7:3 21 - 27 USS Codabar – ratios 2:1, 3:1, 5:2, 8:3, 13:5, 11:4, 7:3 31 UPC-A 32 EAN 13 33 EAN 8 34 UPC-E 35 EAN/UPC extension code (2 or 5 digits) 41 Code 128 43 EAN 128 51 - 57 ITF 14 – ratios 2:1, 3:1, 5:2, 8:3, 13:5, 11:4, 7:3 61 PDF 417 64 RSS-14, RSS-14 Truncated 67 RSS Limited 68 RSS Expanded 71 - 77 Code 2 of 5 – ratios 2:1, 3:1, 5:2, 8:3, 13:5, 11:4, 7:3 81 USD-5 dot code 83 LEB code 91 Royal Mail 4-State Customer Code 92 KIX barcode 101 QR code model 1 102 QR code model 2

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Print Example

Example 1a - The shoe example

In the following example we use the “shoe example” on page 5.

!Y24 40

!Y35 1

!Y42 1

!Y102 3

!F T S 450 1000 L 2 1 2 "TESTLABEL"

!F T S 350 1000 L 1 1 2 "PRICE: 65.00"

!F T S 300 1000 L 1 1 2 "SIZE: 42"

!F C S 100 1000 L 150 2 41 "65.00"

!F B S 430 1010 L 80 240 0

like label length, current character set.

print the current layout.

Clear layout. Note! If this field is omitted, the new layout

fields will be added the previos fields.

The Y commands are used to change the printers settings,

Add a box field to the layout. Note! This field

entierly covers the “testlabel” field, the result will be a black box with the white text inside, since the printer uses the XOR bit manipulation for overlapping fields.

Add text fields to the layout.

Add a barcode field to the layout, with the price for the shoe.

Now we want to change the price of the shoe to 62.50 (good pricing). Since the price is written in both the text and the barcode we have to change both, but instead of doing this we can use variable information. First we have to change the fixed field text to variable information fields, see next example.

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Print Example

Example 1b - The shoe example with variables

!Y24 40

!Y35 1

!Y42 1

!Y102 3

!F T S 450 1000 L 2 1 2 "TESTLABEL"

!F T S 350 1000 L 1 1 2 "PRICE: %1V"

!F T S 300 1000 L 1 1 2 "SIZE: %2V"

!F C S 100 1000 L 150 2 41 "%1V"

!F B S 430 1010 L 80 240 0

Clear layout. Note! If this field is omitted, the new layout fields

will be added the previos layout.

The Y commands are used to change the printers settings,

like label length, current character set.

Add text fields to the layout.

Using variable 1 and 2.

Add a barcode field to the layout, also

using variable 1.

Add a box field to the layout. Note! This

field entierly covers the “testlabel” field, the result will be a black box with the white text inside, since the printer uses the XOR bit manipulation for overlapping fields.

Now after we have downloaded the field layout to the printer, we can send the variable information to the printer.

62.50

To print another label with another price

we send another data set for the variables.

78.10

clear variable information.

variable 1 is assigned to 62.50 (the price of the shoe)

variable 2 is assigned 42 (the size of the shoe)

print the label

Index

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Index

2 of 5 Interleaved ............. See - Barcodes -

Bar code field .......................................... 15

Bar code interpretation............................ 19

Barcodes

2 of 5 Interleaved ....................................... 16

Code 128 ............................................. 17, 22

Code 39 ..................................................... 16

EAN 128..................................................... 17

EAN 13....................................................... 17

EAN 8......................................................... 17

ITF 14......................................................... 18

LEB code ................................................... 20

PDF417................................................ 20, 26

Royal Mail 4-state customer code ............. 20

UPC-E........................................................ 17

USD-5 dot code ......................................... 20

USS Codabar............................................. 17

Baseline .................................................... 4

Baud rate ................................................ 45

Character set .......................................... 46

French........................................................ 71

German ...................................................... 70

Italian ......................................................... 72

Norwegian/Danish ..................................... 71

Spanish ...................................................... 72

Swedish/Finnish......................................... 69

UK .............................................................. 70

Clearing the layout .................................. 32

Clearing variable info. .......See - Variables -

Code 128 ......................... See - Barcodes -

Code 39 ........................... See - Barcodes -

Counters ........................................... 11, 60

Date

Get date ..................................................... 39

Set date...................................................... 39

Date symbols .................................... 11, 13

Fonts........................................................48

Graphics ..................................................59

Graphics/logo field ...................................30

Intel Hex format .......................................65

ITF 14 ...............................See - Barcodes -

Line/box field............................................29

Logo format..............................................67

Logos .......................................................59

Macros .....................................................58

Auto macro................................................. 58

Out of paper.. See - Status request 1 or 4 -.

See - Status request 1 or 4 -

Paper feed .........................................49, 61

Paper type ...............................................47

PDF417.............................See - Barcodes -

Position ......................................................4

Print area ...................................................4

Print commands.......................................32

Printer configuration.................................43

RTS/CTS .................................................62

Service commands ..................................39

Status request 1.......................................34

Status request 3.......................................36

EAN 128........................... See - Barcodes -

EAN 13............................. See - Barcodes -

EAN 8............................... See - Barcodes -

ENQ-ACK/NAK ....................................... 62

Text field ....................................................7

Time

Get time ..................................................... 39

Set time...................................................... 39

Time symbols.....................................11, 13

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Index

UPC-A..................................................... 17

UPC-E.............................. See - Barcodes -

USD-5 dot code ....................See Barcodes

USS Codabar................... See - Barcodes -

Variables............................................11, 31

Changing a single variable ........................ 32

Clearing variable information..................... 32

XON/XOFF ..............................................62

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