Output Solutions EZ-2P, EZ-4P, EZ-4TT Owner's Manual

PROGRAMMER’S MANUAL 1

1. COMMUNICATION PORTS SPECIFICATION...........................1

1-1. PARALLEL INTERFACE.............................................................1

1-2 SERIAL INTERFACE..................................................................1

2. FIRMWARE COMMANDS...................................................3

2-1. EZPL....................................................................................3

2-2. LANGUAGE DESCRIPTION........................................................5

2-3. BAR CODES.........................................................................14

2-4. CODE PAGE.........................................................................15

3. EXAMPLE.....................................................................17

APPENDIX........................................................................27

A. EZ-4TT/2P/4P ABOVE 2.10...................................................27

B. EZ-4TT/2P/4P ABOVE 2.20...................................................31

Programmer’s Manual

1. Communication Ports Specification

1-1. Parallel Interface

Handshake : DSTB to printer and BUSY to host. Interface cable : DB25 Male (IBM-PC) 36 position parallel printer cable. Pin out : Tabulated below.

PIN NO. FUNCTION TRANSMITTER

1 Strobe host 2-9 Data 0-7 host 10 Acknowledge printer 11 Busy printer 12 Paper empty printer 13 Select printer 14-16 N/C 17 Chassis Ground 18 N/C 19-30 Signal Ground 31 N/C host 32 Fault printer 33 Signal ground 34-36 N/C

1-2 Serial Interface

Serial port is set at the factory with 9600 baud-rate, no parity, 8 data bits, and 1 stop bit and uses XON/XOFF protocol as well as RTS/CTS.

The connector is RS -232 DB9 female. The pin assignments are listed below.

PIN NO. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NAME +5 V TXD RXD N/C GND DTR/CTS N/C DTR/CTS N/C

PC to printer’s serial port (pin to pin) description

Printer

1 1 +5V

RXD 2 2 TXD

TXD 3 3 RXD

4 4 N/C

GND 5 5 GND

DSR 6 6 DTR/CTS

7 7 N/C

RTS 8 8 DTR/CTS

9 9 N/C

2. Firmware Commands

2-1. EZPL

The EZPL (EZ Programming Language) is a high - level label definition and printer control language.

The features are:

1) The data fields are stored and processed until the printing instruction is received.

2) All the data can be rotated.

3) Image can be downloaded and stored.

There are three basic types of commands:

1) Setup commands: contain the printer control instructions, configuration instructions and image download instructions. See Table 1.1

2) Control commands: cause the printer to take action immediat ely, such as cleaning memory, feeding label. See Table 1.2

3) Label formatting commands: defined field data, such as Line, Rectangle, Barcode, Text and Images. See Table 1.3

Table 1.1 Setup Commands

Setup Command Syntax Page

Stop position setting ^Ex 5 Printing darkness set ^Hx 5 Number of printing pages ^Px 5 Label length setting ^Qx,y(,z ?) 5 Speed setting ^Sx 6 Number of copy per label ^Cx 6 Row column adjustment ^Rx 6 Label format begin sign ^L 6 Stripper sensor ^Ox 6 Download label format ^Fname 6 Recall label format ^Kname 7 Label Width (EZ2P/4P only) ^Wxx 7 Number of label per cut ^Dx 7

Table 1.2 Control Commands

Control Command Syntax Page

Clean image buffer ~Ax 7 Graphics download to external Flash card ~Ex,name,length 8 Graphic driver format ~G 8 Graphic down load to internal memory ~Ix,name,length 8 Print last label ~Px 8 Print version message ~V 8 Date / Time setting ~Dm,d,y,h,i,s 8 Reset printer ~Z 8 Acknowledge from RS -232 ~K 9 Printer header testing ~T 9 Clear flash memory ~MDEL 9 Rotate printing ~Rx 9 Print the available space and data name in the memory card ~Xn 9

Table 1.3 Label Formatting Commands

Label Formatting Command Syntax Pag

Define date layout Daa|bb|cc 9 Serial number setting Cx,s,? value,prompt 10 Terminate label formatting mode

and print label

E 10

Single line image data Gwxxx 10 Line command La,x,y,x1,y1 10 Rectangle command Rx,y,x1,y1,lrw,ubw 10 Define time layout formatting Th|m|s 11 Graphics Yx,y,name 11 Text command At,x,y,x_mul,y_mul,gap,rotation,data 11 Barcode command Bt,x,y,narrow,wide,height,rotation,readable,data 12 PDF 417 command Px,y,w,h,r,c,ec,len 12 Maxicode command Mx,y,sno,nos,mode,ccode,zip,class,rotation,message 13 Define variable field Vxx,length,prompt 13 Pattern command Qx,y,width,height 13

** 1mm = 8dots (203dpi) = 12dots (300dpi) **

2-2. Language Description

Rules and syntax

EZPL commands have parameter strings associated with them. The commands begin with a letter as ID for each function. The comma (,) is the delimiter to separate each parameter. The CR [Carriage Return: decimal (13), hex (oD)] is the end of every command. Control and Setup commands use the tilde (~) and caret (^) prefix. Label Formatting command have no prefix.

Example: “ ~Ex,name,length ?“ is an image download command, (E) with three parameters (x,name,length) and end with a “CR”.

* Setup Commands

1. Stop position setting

Syntax : ^Ex Parameters : x = 0 ~ 40 (unit : mm) Description : Feed paper to desire stop position.

The suggestion value of x is 10 for stripper operation, 12 for label gap paper, 32 for EZ-4TC, 10 for EZ-2PC and 19 for EZ-4PC.

2. Printing darkness set

Syntax : ^Hx Parameters : x = 00 ~ 19 Description : Set printing darkness.

3. Number of printing pages

Syntax : ^Px Parameters : x = 1 ~ 32767 Description : This command tells the printer how many labels to print; and it will

initiate the program.(refer page18)

4. Label length setting

Syntax : ^Qx,y(,z ?) Parameters :

Die cut label: ^Qx,y (see fig. 1)

x = Label length (unit : mm) y = Gap length (1~13mm)

Plain paper: ^Qx,0,z

x = Label length (unit : mm) y = 0 (constant) z = Feed paper length (unit : mm)

Black line label: ^Qx,y,z? (see fig. 2)

x = label length (unit : mm) y = black mark width (1~13mm) z = black line to top of form position

z+ -- when the position is outside black mark. (see fig. 2) z- -- when the position is inside black mark. (see fig. 2)

Description : Set a label size (length, gap length, [plain paper feed length])

(fig. 1)Die Cut Label Command = ^Qx,y

Example: ^Q25,3? (x= 25, y= 3 )mm

paper feed

direction

(fig. 2)Black line label Command = ^Qx,y,z?

Example: a. ^Q25,4,3+ (x= 25, y= 4, z= 3+)mm b. ^Q25,4,3(x= 25, y= 4, z= 3-)mm

paper feed

direction

^Qx,y,z+

^Q,x,y,0+

^Q,x,y,z-

5. Speed setting

Syntax : ^Sx Parameters : x=1 ~ 4 (inch/sec); ^S4 is 4 inch per second printer only Description : Set printing speed.

6. Number of copy per label

Syntax : ^Cx Parameters : x = 1 ~ 32767 Description : Number of copy for the same label (refer page18)

7. Row column adjustment

Syntax : ^Rx Parameters : x = 0 ~ 399 dots Response : None Description : Set left margin.

8. Label format begin sign

Syntax : ^L Parameters : None Description : Set label format begins sign.

9. Stripper sensor

Syntax : ^Ox Parameters : x = 0 , stripper disable

x = 1 , stripper enable

Description : Set the stripper sensor to be enabled or disabled. When you use this

command, it should be matched with ^Ex.(refer page22)

10. Download label format

Syntax : ^Fname

data

Parameters : name = name of the label format (up to 20 characters); maximum 329

formats (depend on format size) data = the data contain the label formatting command for this stored

format.

Description : Download label format into external memory card (M1 or M2). After

finished the download, the printer will beep 2 times (refer page25

). If do not

install Flash Card (M1 or M2), the printer will beep 1 time.

^Fname : : ^L : : E

Control/Setup command

Label format command

data

11. Recall label format

Syntax : ^Kname Parameters : name = name of recall label format (up to 20 characters). Description : Recall label format from external memory card (M1 or M2). (refer page25)

^Kname : : E : : ~Px

data

Control/Setup command [option]

12. Label Width (EZ2P/4P only)

Syntax : ^Wxx Parameters : x= label width Description : Set the label width

13. Number of label per cut

Syntax : ^Dx Parameters : X = 0 , disable cutting

X = 1 ~ 32767 , number of label per cut

Description : Number of label per cut. When you use this command, it should be

matched with ^Ex.(refer page22)

* Control Commands

1. Clean image buffer

Syntax : ~Ax Parameters : x = I ; internal image buffer. Description : Clear the internal 64K RAM.

2. Graphics download to external Flash card

Syntax : ~Ex,name,length Parameters : x = P, p ;PCX file

x = B, b ;BMP file name : Name for image (up to 20 characters) length : length of image (bytes), maximum 512K bytes

Description : Download monochrome image into external flash card. After finished the

download, the printer will beep 2 times (refer page23). If do not install Flash Card (M1 or M2), the printer will beep 1 time.

3. Graphic driver format

Syntax : ~G Parameters : None Description : Printer is in the image-receiving mode. Image data are directly send from

host to the printing buffer. (refer page23)

4. Graphi c down load to internal memory

Syntax : ~Ix,name,length Parameters : x = P, p ;PCX file

x = B, b ;BMP file name = name for image (maximum character length 20 character) length = length of image (bytes), maximum 64K bytes

Description : Download monochrome images into internal memory. After finished the

download, the printer will beep 2 times (refer page22).

5. Print last label

Syntax : ~Px Parameters : x = 1 ~ 32767 Description : This command will repeatedly print the indicated copi

es of last label format.

(refer page18)

6. Print version message

Syntax : ~V Parameters : None Description : print firmware version (refer page24)

7. Date / Time setting

Syntax : ~Dm,d,y,h,i,s Parameters : m = Month (01~12)

d = Day (01~31) y = Year (Last two digits of year)

h = Hour (00~23) i = Minutes (00~59) s = Seconds (00~59)

Description : setting Real time clock(refer page19)

8. Reset printer

Syntax : ~Z Parameters : None Description : Reset the printer. The LED will flash once.

9. Acknowledge from RS-232

Syntax

~Kn

Parameters :N = 0, disable

N = 1, enable (enable the printer to send a characher to PC through

RS-232) Return Value :Y? Description :Acknowledge a Y(0D0A) from RS -232 back to host each printing label

10. Printer header testing

Syntax : ~T Parameters : None Description : This command will print a pattern for the user to determine if the print head

is damaged (refer page24)

11. Clear flash memory

Syntax : ~MDEL Parameters : None Description : Clear all of the information in the external flash memory. When you use

external memory the first time, send this command to clear the external memory.

12. Rotate printing

Syntax : ~Rx Parameters : x = label width ; from 1 to 104 (unit : mm) Description : Rotate the label formats a 180-degree when printing. (refer page24)

Return the original print direction, setting x > 104.

13. Print the available space and data name in the memory card

Syntax : ~Xn Parameters : n = 1, print label format name and available space in memory card.

n = 2, print graphics name and available space in memory card. n = 3, print fonts name and available space in memory card. n = 4, print the name of the label format, graphics and fonts, and available

space in memory card.

Description : Print the available space in the memory card (unit: bytes)

Label Formatting Commands

1. Define date layout

Syntax : Daa|bb|cc Parameters : aa, bb and cc define the year, month and day, the available formats are as

following.

y2 : year with two digits (97) y4 : year with four digits (1997)

me : Month in letters (JAN, FEB, .... )

mn : Month in numeric (01, 02, .... )

dd : Day in numeric

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