Wasp WPL305, WPL606, WPL2 Programming Manual

WPL2

MANUAL

Wasp Technologies

BAR CODE

PRINTER SERIES

PROGRAMMING

Revise History

Date Description Remark

2003/09/19

2004/5/21

1. BASIC functions are added to WPL2

2. Supported code page update QR code is supported

TABLE OF CONTENTS

DOCUMENT CONVENTIONS

SETUP AND SYSTEM COMMANDS .................................................................................. 1

SIZE .......................................................................................................................................... 1

GAP ........................................................................................................................................... 3

BLINE ....................................................................................................................................... 5

OFFSET....................................................................................................................................6

SPEED....................................................................................................................................... 7

DENSITY..................................................................................................................................8

DIRECTION ............................................................................................................................ 9

REFERENCE......................................................................................................................... 10

COUNTRY ............................................................................................................................. 11

CODEPAGE........................................................................................................................... 12

FEED....................................................................................................................................... 13

BACKFEED ........................................................................................................................... 14

FORMFEED........................................................................................................................... 15

HOME..................................................................................................................................... 16

PRINT ..................................................................................................................................... 17

CUT ......................................................................................................................................... 18

LABEL FORMATTING COMMANDS..............................................................................19

CLS..........................................................................................................................................19

BAR ......................................................................................................................................... 20

ERASE ....................................................................................................................................21

REVERSE............................................................................................................................... 22

BOX......................................................................................................................................... 23

BITMAP..................................................................................................................................24

PUTBMP................................................................................................................................. 25

PUTPCX ................................................................................................................................. 26

BARCODE..............................................................................................................................27

DMATRIX ..............................................................................................................................31

MAXICODE........................................................................................................................... 32

PDF417....................................................................................................................................34

QRCODE ................................................................................................................................35

TEXT....................................................................................................................................... 39

STATUS POLLING COMMANDS (RS-232) .....................................................................40

<ESC>!?.................................................................................................................................. 40

<ESC>!R .................................................................................................................................41

~!T ............................................................................

~!I............................................................................................................................................. 42

~!F............................................................................................................................................ 43

MESSAGE TRANSLATION PROTOCOLS .....................................................................44

~# ............................................................................................................................................. 44

BEEP ....................................................................................................................................... 45

COMMANDS FOR WINDOWS DRIVER .........................................................................46

!B..............................................................................................................................................46

.................................................................. I

ERROR! BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED.

!J ..............................................................................................................................................47

FILE MANAGEMENT COMMANDS................................................................................48

DOWNLOAD ......................................................................................................................... 48

EOP ......................................................................................................................................... 51

FILES......................................................................................................................................52

KILL........................................................................................................................................53

RUN......................................................................................................................................... 55

BASIC COMMANDS AND FUNCTIONS.......................................................................... 56

ABS( ) ...................................................................................................................................... 56

ASC( )...................................................................................................................................... 57

CHR$( ) ...................................................................................................................................58

END ......................................................................................................................................... 59

EOF( )...................................................................................................................................... 60

OPEN ...................................................................................................................................... 62

READ ......................................................................................................................................64

SEEK....................................................................................................................................... 66

LOF( )...................................................................................................................................... 67

FREAD$( ) .............................................................................................................................. 68

FOR…NEXT ..........................................................................................................................69

GOSUB…RETURN............................................................................................................... 73

GOTO......................................................................................................................................75

INP$( ) .....................................................................................................................................76

INPUT ..................................................................................................................................... 77

REM ........................................................................................................................................78

OUT......................................................................................................................................... 79

GETKEY( ).............................................................................................................................80

INT( ).......................................................................................................................................81

LEFT$( ) ................................................................................................................................. 82

LEN( )...................................................................................................................................... 83

MID$( ).................................................................................................................................... 84

RIGHT$( )...............................................................................................................................85

STR$( ) .................................................................................................................................... 86

VAL( ) ..................................................................................................................................... 87

DEVICE RECONFIGURATION COMMANDS ............................................................... 88

SET COUNTER .....................................................................................................................88

SET CUTTER ........................................................................................................................ 89

SET PEEL ..............................................................................................................................91

SET TEAR.............................................................................................................................. 92

SET GAP.................................................................................................................................93

SET RIBBON .........................................................................................................................95

SET COM1 .............................................................................................................................96

SET PRINTKEY.................................................................................................................... 97

PRINTER GLOBAL VARIABLES ..................................................................................... 97

@LABEL ................................................................................................................................ 98

YEAR ......................................................................................................................................99

MONTH................................................................................................................................100

DATE .................................................................................................................................... 101

HOUR....................................................................................................................................103

MINUTE ............................................................................................................................... 104

SECOND............................................................................................................................... 105

@YEAR ................................................................................................................................106

@MONTH ............................................................................................................................ 107

@DATE................................................................................................................................. 108

@DAY ................................................................................................................................... 109

@HOUR................................................................................................................................ 110

@MINUTE ........................................................................................................................... 111

@SECOND ........................................................................................................................... 112

Document Conventions

This manual uses the following typographic conventions.

Convention

Description

[expression list] Items inside square brackets are optional, expression

maximum length 2*1024 bytes;

<ESC> ESCAPE (ASCII 27), control code of status

polling command, which returns the printer status immediately, no matter the printer is ready or not.

~ (ASCII 126), control code of status polling

command, which returns the printer status only when the printer is ready.

Space , Tab (ASCII 32),(ASCII 9) characters will be ignored in the

command line

“ (ASCII 34), beginning and ending of expression

CR,LF (ASCII 13),(ASCII 10) or (ASCII 10) is placed at the

end of command line.

NULL (ASCII 0) is not supported in the expression,

except the 2D bar code commands.

¥nnn (ASCII 92), nnn is a number. Available range is

from 000 to 255 to express the character in decimal.

FF , EOF (ASCII 12),(ASCII 26) can be used at the end of

command line only.

Note: 200 DPI: 1 mm = 8 dots Arial font in bold and italic type is used for note.

Setup and System Commands

 SIZE

Description

Syntax

Example

This command defines the label width and length.

(1) English system (inch)

SIZE m, n

(2) Metric system (mm)

SIZE m mm, n mm

Parameter Description

m Label width (inch or mm) n Label length (inch or mm)

Note:

200 DPI: 1 mm = 8 dots 300 DPI: 1mm = 12 dots For metric system, there must be a space between parameter and “mm”.

Max.

width WPL606 WPL305

(1) English system (inch)

SIZE 3.5, 3.00

(2) Metric system (mm)

SIZE 100 mm, 100 mm

102mm 104mm 106mm 108mm

x x

See Also

GAP, BLINE

 GAP

Description

Define the gap distance between two labels

Syntax

(1) English system (inch)

(2) Metric system (mm)

Parameter Description

m The gap distance between two labels

n The offset distance of the gap

Note: For metric system, there must be a space between parameter and mm.

Example

Normal gap

(1) English system (inch)

(2) Metric system (mm)

GAP m, n

GAP m mm, n mm

0 ≤ m ≤ 1 (inch), 0 ≤ m ≤ 25.4 (mm)

n ≤ label length (inch or mm)

GAP 0.12,0

GAP 3 mm,0

Special gap

(1) English system (inch)

GAP 0.30, 0.10

(2) Metric system (mm)

GAP 7.62 mm, 2.54 mm

See Also

SIZE, BLINE

 BLINE

Description

This command is used to set the height of the black line and the user-defined extra label feeding length each form feed takes.

Syntax

(1) English system (inch)

BLINE m, n

(2) Metric system (mm)

BLINE m mm, n mm

Parameter

m The height of black line either in inch or mm.

0.1 ≤ m ≤ 1 (inch), 2.54 ≤ m ≤ 25.4 (mm) n The extra label feeding length. 0 ≤ n ≤ label length

Note: For metric system, there must be a space between parameter and mm.

Example

(1) English system (inch)

BLINE 0.20,0.50

(2) Metric system (mm)

BLINE 5.08 mm,12.7 mm

Description

See Also

SIZE, GAP

 OFFSET

Description

This command defines the selective, extra label feeding length each form feed takes, which, especially in peel-off mode and cutter mode, is used to adjust label stop position, so as for label to register at proper places for the intended purposes. The printer backtracks the extra feeding length before the next run of printing.

Syntax

(1) English system (inch)

OFFSET m

(2) Metric system (mm)

OFFSET m mm

Parameter Description

m The offset distance (inch or mm)

-1≤ m ≤1(inch)

CAUTION: Impropriety offset value may cause paper jam.

Example

(1) English system (inch)

OFFSET 0.5

(2) Metric system (mm)

OFFSET 12.7 mm

See Also

SIZE, GAP, SET PEEL, SET CUTTER

 SPEED

Description

This command defines the print speed.

Syntax

SPEED n

Parameter Description

n printing speed in inch per second

N 1 1.5 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 WPL606 WPL305

Example

SPEED 10

See Also

DENSITY

x x x x x x x x x

 DENSITY

Description

This command designates the level of darkness of printing.

Syntax

Example

See Also

DENSITY n

Parameter Description

n 0, specifies the lightest level 15, specifies the darkest level

DENSITY 7

DENSITY

 DIRECTION

Description

Syntax

This command defines the printout direction.

DIRECTION n

Parameter Description

n 0 or 1. Please refer to the illustrations below:

Example

DIRECTION 0

See Also

REFERENCE

 REFERENCE

Description

This command defines the reference point of the label. The reference (origin) point varies with the print direction, as shown:

Syntax

Example

See Also

REFERENCE x, y

Parameter Description x Horizontal coordinate, with “dot” as the unit. y Vertical coordinate, with “dot” as the unit.

Note: 200 DPI: 1 mm = 8 dots

300 DPI: 1 mm = 12 dots

REFERENCE 10,10

DIRECTION

 COUNTRY

Description

This command defines what special character to have on the WPK-200 portable LCD keyboard (option) to orient the keyboard for use in different countries.

Syntax

COUNTRY n

Parameter Description

n 001: USA 002: Canadian-French 003: Spanish (Latin America) 031: Dutch 032: Belgian 033: French (France) 034: Spanish (Spain) 036: Hungarian 038: Yugoslavian

039: Italian 041: Switzerland 042: Slovak 044: United Kingdom 045: Danish 046: Swedish 047: Norwegian 048: Polish 049: German 055: Brazil 061: English (International) 351: Portuguese 358: Finnish

Example

COUNTRY 001

See Also

CODEPAGE



Description

This command defines the code page of international character set.

Syntax

CODEPAGE n

Parameter Description

n name or number of code page, which can be divided

into 7-bit code page and 8-bit code page further. 7-bit code page name USA: USA BRI: British GER: German FRE: French DAN: Danish ITA: Italian SPA: Spanish SWE: Swedish SWI: Swiss

8-bit code page number 437: United States 850: Multilingual 852: Slavic 860: Portuguese 863: Canadian/French 865: Nordic

Note: Whether to use 7-bit or 8-bit code page is determined by the communication

parameter of DATA LENGTH

.

Example

CODEPAGE 437

See Also

COUNTRY, SET COM1



FEED

Description

This command feeds label with the specified length. The length is specified by dot.

Syntax

FEED n

Parameter Description

n unit: dot 1 ≤ n ≤ 9999

Example

FEED 40

Note: 200 DPI: 1 mm = 8 dots

300 DPI: 1 mm = 12 dots

See Also

BACKFEED, SIZE, GAP, BLINE

BACKFEED



Description

To back feed label with the specified length The length is specified by dot.

Syntax

BACKFEED n

Parameter Description

n unit: dot 1 ≤ n ≤ 9999

Example

BACKFEED 40

CAUTION: Impropriety back feed value may cause paper jam or wrinkle.

Note: 200 DPI: 1 mm = 8 dots

300 DPI: 1 mm = 12 dots

See Also

FEED, SIZE, GAP, BLINE

FORMFEED



Description

This command feeds label to the beginning of next label.

Syntax

FORMFEED

Parameter Description

None N/A

Example

FORMFEED

See Also

FEED, SIZE, GAP, BLINE

 HOME

Description

It is not expected the first label will be printed on the right position when the printer power is turned on. This command will feed label to the beginning of next label. The size of the label should be setup in advance.

Syntax

HOME

Parameter Description

None N/A

Example

HOME

PRINT



Description

Syntax

Example

See Also

This command prints the label format stored in the image buffer.

PRINT m [,n]

Parameter Description

m Specifies how many sets of labels will be printed. 1 ≤ m ≤ 999999999

If m=-1, printer will print the last label content for n

copies.

n Specifies how many copies should be printed for

each set of label.

1 ≤ n ≤ 999999999

SIZE 60 mm, 20 mm SET COUNTER @1 1 @1=”0001” CLS TEXT 10,10,”3”,0,1,1,@1 PRINT 3,2

SET COUNTER, INPUT, DOWNLOAD

 CUT

Description

At this command, the printer will activate the cutter to cut the labels immediately without back feeding the label.

Syntax

CUT

Parameter Description

None N/A

See Also

SET CUTTER

Label Formatting Commands



CLS

Description

This command clears the image buffer.

Syntax

CLS

Parameter Description

None N/A

Note: This command must be placed after SIZE command.

Example

CLS

See Also

SIZE, GAP, BLINE

 BAR

Description

This command is used to draw a line or a bar on the label format.

Syntax

Note: 200 DPI: 1 mm = 8 dots 300 DPI: 1 mm = 12 dots

BAR x, y, width, height

Parameter

x The upper left corner x-coordinate in dot y The upper left corner y-coordinate in dot width The width of bar in dot height The height of bar in dot

Recommended max. bar height is 12mm at 4” width. Bar height over than 12 mm may damage the power supply and affect the print quality. Max. print ratio is different for each printer model. Desktop and industrial printer print ratio is limited to 20% and 30% respectively.

Description

Example

See Also

BAR 100, 100, 300, 200

BOX

ERASE



Description

Syntax

Example

See Also

This command is used to clear a specified region in image buffer.

ERASE X_start, Y_start, X_width, Y_height

Parameter Description

X_start The x-coordinate of the starting point in dot Y_start The y-coordinate of the starting point in dot X_width The region width in x-axis direction in dot Y_height The region height in y-axis direction in dot

ERASE 100,100,200,200

CLS

REVERSE



Description

This command is used to reverse a region in image buffer.

Syntax

REVERSE X_start, Y_start, X_width, Y_height

Parameter Description

X_start The x-coordinate of the starting point in dot Y_start The y-coordinate of the starting point in dot X_width The region width in x-axis direction in dot Y_height The region height in y-axis direction in dot

Note: 200 DPI: 1 mm = 8 dots 300 DPI: 1 mm = 12 dots

Recommended max. height of reversed black area is 12mm at 4” width. Height of reversed area that is larger than 12 mm may damage the power supply and affect the print quality. Max. print ratio is different for each printer model. Desktop and industrial printer print ratio is limited to 20% and 30% respectively.

Example

REVERSE 100,100,200,200



BOX

Description

This command is used to draw rectangles on the label.

Syntax

BOX X_start, Y_start, X_end, Y_end, line thickness

Parameter Description

X_start Specify x-coordinate of upper left corner in dot Y_start Specify y-coordinate of upper left corner in dot X_end Specify x-coordinate of lower right corner in dot Y_end Specify y-coordinate of lower right corner in dot line thickness Line thickness of the box in dot

Note: 200 DPI: 1 mm = 8 dots 300 DPI: 1 mm = 12 dots

Recommended max. thickness of box is 12mm at 4” width. Thickness of box that is larger than 12 mm may damage the power supply and affect the print quality. Max. print ratio is different for each printer model. Desktop and industrial printer print ratio is limited to 20% and 30% respectively.

Example

BOX 100,100,200,200,5

See Also

BAR

BITMAP



Description

This command is used to draw bitmap images (Not BMP graphic file).

Syntax

BITMAP X, Y, width, height, mode, bitmap data…

Parameter Description

X Specify the x-coordinate of the bitmap image Y Specify the y-coordinate of the bitmap image width The width of the image in bytes height The height of the image in dot mode Graphic mode is listed below: 0 OVERWRITE 1 OR 2 XOR bitmap data The bitmap data

Example

BITMAP 100,100,10,1,2,1111111111

See Also

PUTBMP, PUTPCX

PUTBMP



Description

This command is used to print BMP format image.

Syntax

PUTBMP X, Y, ”filename”

Parameter Description

X The x-coordinate of the BMP format image Y The y-coordinate of the BMP format image filename The downloaded BMP filename. Case sensitive

Note: Recommend two-color format (black and white). Maximum 256-color. This

command is available for the following printer models. WPL606, WPL305

Example

PUTBMP 100,100,”LOGO.BMP”

PUTPCX



Description

This command is used to print PCX format image.

Syntax

PUTPCX X, Y, ”filename”

Parameter Description

X The x-coordinate of the PCX image Y The y-coordinate of the PCX image filename The downloaded PCX filename. Case sensitive

Note: Recommend two-color format (black and white). Maximum 256-color.

256-color supported models: WPL606, WPL305

Example

PUTPCX 100,100,”LOGO.PCX”

See Also

BITMAP, PUTPCX

BARCODE



Description

This command is used to print 1D barcodes on label form. The available bar codes are listed below:

Code 128 (switching code subset automatically)



Code 128M (switching code subset manually)



EAN 128 (switching code subset automatically)



Interleaved 2 of 5



Interleaved 2 of 5 with check digit



Code 39



Code 39 with check digit



Code 93



EAN 13



EAN 13 with 2 digits add-on



EAN 13 with 5 digits add-on



EAN 8



EAN 8 with 2 digits add-on



EAN 8 with 5 digits add-on



Codabar



Postnet



UPC-A



UPC-A with 2 digits add-on



UPC-A with 5 digits add-on



UPC-E



UPC-E with 2 digits add-on



UPC-E with 5 digits add-on



MSI



PLESSEY



China POST



ITF14



EAN14



Syntax

BARCODE X, Y, ”code type”, height, human readable, rotation, narrow, wide, “code”

Parameter Description

X Specify the x-coordinate of the bar code on label Y Specify the y-coordinate of the bar code on label code type

128 Code 128, switching code subset A, B, C

automatically

128M Code 128, switching code subset A, B, C manually.

Control code A B C

096 FNC3 FNC3 NONE 097 FNC2 FNC2 NONE 098 SHIFT SHIFT NONE 099 CODE C CODE C NONE 100 CODE B FNC4 CODE B 101 FNC4 CODE A CODE A 102 FNC1 FNC1 FNC1 103 Start (CODE A) 104 Start (CODE B) 105 Start (CODE C)

Use “!” as a starting character for the control code followed by three control codes. If the start subset is not set, the default starting subset is B.

EAN128 Code 128, switching code subset A, B, C

automatically 25 Interleaved 2 of 5 25C Interleaved 2 of 5 with check digits 39 Code 39 39C Code 39 with check digits 93 Code 93 EAN13 EAN 13 EAN13+2 EAN 13 with 2 digits add-on EAN13+5 EAN 13 with 5 digits add-on EAN8 EAN 8 EAN8+2 EAN 8 with 2 digits add-on EAN8+5 EAN 8 with 5 digits add-on CODA Codabar POST Postnet UPCA UPC-A UPCA+2 UPC-A with 2 digits add-on

UPCA+5 UPC-A with 5 digits add-on UPCE UPC-E UPCE+2 UPC-E with 2 digits add-on UPCE+5 UPC-E with 5 digits add-on CPOST China post code MSI MSI code

PLESSEY PLESSEY code

ITF14 ITF 14 code EAN14 EAN 14 code

height bar code height expressed by dot human readable 0: human not readable 1: human readable rotation Rotate bar code clockwise

in degrees 0 non rotation 90 rotate 90 degrees clockwise 180 rotate 180 degrees clockwise 270 rotate 270 degrees clockwise

narrow width of narrow element in dot wide width of wide element in dot

Narrow : wide

1:1

Narrow : wide

1:2

narrow : wide

1:3

128 10x - - -

EAN128 10x - - -

25 - 10x 10x 5x

25C - 10x 10x 5x

39 - 10x 10x 5x

39C - 10x 10x 5x

93 - - 10x -

EAN13 8x - - EAN13+2 8x - - EAN13+5 8x - - -

EAN 8 8x - - EAN 8+2 8x - - EAN 8+5 8x - - -

CODA - 10x 10x 5x

POST 1x - - -

UPCA 8x - - UPCA+2 8x - - UPCA+5 8x - - -

UPCE 8x - - -

UPCE+2 8x - - UPCE+5 8x - - -

CPOST - 10x 10x 5x

MSI - - - -

narrow : wide

2:5

PLESSY - - - -

ITF14 - 10x 10x 5x

EAN14 - - - -

code number the maximum number of digits of bar code content

Barcode type

Maximum bar

code length

128 -

EAN128 -

25 -

25C -

39 -

39C -

93 -

EAN13 12 EAN13+2 14 EAN13+5 17

EAN 8 7 EAN 8+2 9 EAN 8+5 12

CODA -

POST -

UPCA 11 UPCA+2 13 UPCA+5 16

UPCE 6 UPCE+2 8 UPCE+5 11

CPOST -

MSI -

PLESSY -

ITF14 13

EAN14 13

Example

BARCODE 100,100,”39”,96,1,0,2,4,”1000” BARCODE 10,10,”128M”,48,1,0,2,2,”!104!096ABCD!101EFGH” (The above example of code 128M encoded with CODE B start character. The next character will be the code 128 function character FNC3 which is then followed by the ABCD characters and EFGH characters encoded as CODE A subset.)

 DMATRIX

Description

This command is used to define the DataMatrix 2D bar code. Currently, it supports ECC200 error correction only.

Syntax

DMATRIX x, y, width, height, [Xm, Lm], expression

Parameter

x Horizontal start position in dot y Vertical start position in dot width The expected width of barcode area in dot height The expected height of barcode area in dot Xm Module size in dot Lm Expression length (without double quote), 1≤m≤2048

Example

DMATRIX 10,10,400,400,”DMATRIX” DMATRIX 10,10,400,400,L7,DMATRIX

Description

MAXICODE



Description

This command is used to define a 2D Maxicode.

Syntax

MAXICODE x, y, mode, [class, country, post, Lm,] “message”

For mode 2 or 3: MAXICODE x, y, mode, class, country, postal code, ”low priority message" if country is 840, the postal code is in 99999,9999 format. For other countries, the code is up to 6 alphanumeric characters.

For mode 4,5,6 MAXICODE x, y, mode, [Lm], "message"

* AIM special format is supported, see page 23 in the spec.

Note: Mode 6 is not supported in WPL303, WPL305 Printers firmware.

Parameter Description

x X-coordinate of the staring point in dot y Y-coordinate of the starting point in dot mode 2,3,4,5 class Class of service, 3-digit number (for mode 2,3) country Country code, 3-digit number (for mode 2,3) post Post code (for mode 2,3) Mode 2: (USA) 5-digit+ 4-digit number Mode3: (Canada) 6 alphanumeric post code included

Lm Expression length (double quote is ignored) , 1≤m≤138 message Barcode content

Example

For USA: MAXICODE 100,100,2,300,840,0681,07317,”DEMO FOR MAXICODE”

by double quotes.

For Canada: MAXICODE 100,100,3,300,840,”107317”,”DEMO FOR MAXICODE”

EXAMPLES: REM MODE 4 SPEED 6

CLS SIZE 4.00,3.00 GAP 0.10,0 DENSITY 10 MAXICODE 24,24,4,"THIS IS A 93 CHARACTER CODE SET A MESSAGE THAT FILLS A MODE 4, UNAPPENDED, MAXICODE SYMBOL..." BOX 424,16,700,60,2 DIRECTION 0 PRINT 1

REM MODE 5 SPEED 6 CLS SIZE 4.00,3.00 GAP 0.10,0 DENSITY 10 REM SET MAXIMODE 5 MAXICODE 24,24,5,"THIS IS A 93 CHARACTER CODE SET A MESSAGE THAT FILLS A MODE 4, UNAPPENDED, MA" BOX 424,16,700,60,2 DIRECTION 0 PRINT 1

 PDF417

Description

This command is used to define a PDF417 2D barcode.

Syntax

PDF417 x, y, width, height, rotate, [option], expression

Parameter Description x X-coordinate of the starting point in dot y Y-coordinate of the starting point in dot width The expected width of barcode in dot height The expected height of barcode in dot rotate Rotation counterclockwise. 0: 0 degree 90: 90 degrees 180: 180 degrees 270: 270 degrees expression Barcode text or string expression to be printed on label.

[option] E Error correction level Range: 0~8 W Module width in dot Range: 2~9 H Bar height in dot Range: 4~99 R Maximum number of rows C Maximum number of columns T Truncation. 0: Not truncated 1: Truncated Lm Expression length (without double quote) , 1≤m≤2048

Example

PDF417 100,200,200,300,0,E1,”abcdef” PDF417 100,200,200,300,0,E1,L6,abcdef

 QRCODE

Description

This command is used to print QR code

Syntax

QRCODE X, Y, ECC Level, cell width, mode, rotation, [model, mask,]"Data string”

Parameter Description

X The upper left corner x-coordinate of the QR code Y The upper left corner y-coordinate of the QR code ECC level Error correction recovery level

L 7% M 15% Q 25% H 30% cell width 1~10 mode Auto / manual encode

A Auto M Manual rotation

0 0 degree 90 90 degree 180 180 degree 270 270 degree model

1 (default), original version

2 enhanced version mask 0~8, default is 7 Data string The encodable character set is described as below

Encodable character set:

1). Numeric data: (digits 0~9)

2). Alphanumeric data (digits 0-9; upper case letters A-Z; nine other characters: space, $ % * + - . / : );

3). 8-bit byte data (JIS 8-bit character set (Latin and Kana) in accordance with

JIS X 0201);

4). Kanji characters (Shift JIS values 8140

. These are values shifted from those of JIS X 0208. Refer to JIS X 0208

HEX

Annex 1 Shift Coded Representation for detail.).

Data characters per symbol (for maximum symbol size):

Model 1 (Version 14-L) Model 2 (Version 40-L)

1). Numeric data: 1,167 characters 7,089 characters

2). Alphanumeric data: 707 characters 4,296 characters

HEX

–9FFC

and E040

HEX

–EAA4

3). 8-bit byte data: 486 characters 2,953 characters

4). Kanji data: 299 characters 1,817 characters

*If “A” is the first character in the data string, then the following data after “A”

are Alphanumeric data.

*If “N” is the first character in the data string, then the following data after “N”

*If “B” is the first character in the data string, then the following 4 digits after

*If “K” is the first character in the data string , then the following data after “K”

*If “!” is in the data string and follows by “N”, “A”, “B”, “K” then it will be

switched to specified encodable character set.

Example

are numeric data.

“B” is used to specify numbers of data. After the 4 digits are the number of bytes of binary data to be encoded.

is Kanji data.

Manual mode example: QRCODE 100,10,L,7,M,0,M1,S1,"ATHE FIRMWARE HAS BEEN UPDATED"

(Where A: Alphanumeric data)

QRCODE 100,10,M,7,M,0,M1,S2,"N123456"

(Where N: Numeric data)

QRCODE 100,10,Q,7,M,0,M1,S3,"N123456!ATHE FIRMWARE HAS BEEN UPDATED"

(Where N: Numeric data ; !:Transfer char ; A: Alphanumeric data)

QRCODE 100,10,H,7,M,0,M1,S3,"B0012Product name"

(where B: Binary data ; 0012: 12 bytes )

QRCODE 100,10,M,7,M,0,M1,S3,"K"

(Where K: Kanji data)

Auto mode example: QRCODE 100,10,M,7,A,0,"THE FIRMWARE HAS BEEN UPDATED"

(1) Auto mode example

a. General data string

SIZE 4,2.5 GAP 0.12,0 CLS QRCODE 10,10,H,4,A,0,"ABCabc123" QRCODE 160,160,H,4,A,0,"123ABCabc" QRCODE 310,310,H,4,A,0," PRINT 1,1

b. Data string including <Enter> character (0Dh, 0Ah)

SIZE 4,2.5

印表機

ABCabc123"

GAP 0.12,0 CLS QRCODE 10,10,H,4,A,0,"ABC<Enter> abc<Enter> 123" QRCODE 160,160,H,4,A,0,"123<Enter> ABC<Enter> abc" QRCODE 310,310,H,4,A,0," ABC<Enter> abc<Enter> 123"

印表機

<Enter>

PRINT 1,1

c. Data string concatenation (Must be used with DOWNLOAD ... EOP command)

DOWNLOAD “DEMO.BAS” SIZE 4,2.5 CAP 0.12,0 CLS

QRCODE 10,10,H,4,A,0,"ABCabc123"+STR$(1234) QRCODE 160,160,H,4,A,0,"123ABCabc"+"1234" QRCODE 310,310,H,4,A,0,"

印表機

ABCabc123"+"1234"+"abcd" PRINT 1,1 EOP DEMO

d. Data string including double quote (“) character, please use ¥["] instead of

SIZE 4,2.5 CAP 0.12,0 CLS QRCODE 10,10,H,4,A,0,"ABC¥["]abc¥["]123"

QRCODE 160,160,H,4,A,0,"123¥["]ABC¥["]abc" QRCODE 310,310,H,4,A,0,"¥["]

印表機

¥["]ABCabc123"

PRINT 1,1

(3) Manual mode

a. General data string：

SIZE 4,2.5 CAP 0.12,0 CLS QRCODE 10,10,H,4,M,0,"AABC!B0003abc!N123" QRCODE 160,160,H,4,M,0,"N123!AABC!B0003abc" QRCODE 310,310,H,4,M,0,"K

PRINT 1,1

印表機

!AABC!B0006abc123"

b. Data string including <Enter> character, <Enter> is an 8-bit byte data

SIZE 4,2.5 CAP 0.12,0 CLS

c. Data string concatenation (Must be used with DOWNLOAD ... EOP command)

PRINT 1,1

QRCODE 10,10,H,4,M,0,"AABC!B0007<Enter> abc<Enter> !N123" QRCODE 160,160,H,4,M,0,"N123!B0002<Enter> !AABC!B0005<Enter> abc" QRCODE 310,310,H,4,M,0,"K !AABC!B0010<Enter> abc<Enter> 123"

印表機

!B0002<Enter>

PRINT 1,1

SIZE 4,2.5 CAP 0.12,0

CLS

QRCODE 10,10,H,4,M,0,"AABC!B0006abc123!N"+STR$(1234) QRCODE 160,160,H,4,M,0,"N123!AABC!B0007abc"+"1234" QRCODE 310,310,H,4,M,0,"K

印表機

!AABC!B0014abc123"+"1234"+"abcd"

e. Data string including double quote (“) character, please use ¥["] instead of

SIZE 4,2.5 CAP 0.12,0 CLS QRCODE 10,10,H,4,M,0,"AABC!B0005¥["]abc¥["]!N123" QRCODE 160,160,H,4,M,0,"N123!B0001¥["]!AABC!B0004¥["]abc" QRCODE 310,310,H,4,M,0,"B0001¥["]!K PRINT 1,1

印表機

!B0010¥["]ABCabc123"



TEXT

Description

This command is used to print text on label

Syntax

TEXT X, Y, ”font”, rotation, x-multiplication, y-multiplication, “content”

Parameter Description

X The x-coordinate of the text Y The y-coordinate of the text font Font name 1 8 x 12 fixed pitch dot font 2 12 x 20 fixed pitch dot font 3 16 x 24 fixed pitch dot font 4 24 x 32 fixed pitch dot font 5 32 x 48 dot fixed pitch font 6 14 x 19 dot fixed pitch font OCR-B

7 21 x 27 dot fixed pitch font OCR-B 8 14 x25 dot fixed pitch font OCR-A

ROMAN.TTF ROMAN True type font

Rotation The rotation angle of text 0 0 degree 90 90 degrees, in clockwise direction 180 180 degrees, in clockwise direction

270 270 degrees, in clockwise direction

X-multiplication: Horizontal multiplication, up to 10x.

Y-multiplication: Vertical multiplication, up to 10x.

Example

TEXT 100,100,”3”,0,1,1,”DEMO FOR TEXT” TEXT 100,400,”ROMAN.TTF”,0,1,20,”True Type Font Test Print”

Available factors: 1~10

For true type font, this parameter is ignored.

Available factors: 1~10

For true type font, this parameter is used to specify the height (point) of true type font.

1 point=1/72 inch.

Status Polling Commands (RS-232)



<ESC>!?

Description

Syntax

See Also

This command is used to obtain the printer status. An inquiry request is solicited by sending an <ESC> (ASCII 27, escape character) as the beginning control character to the printer. It can be sent any time, even in the event of printer error. One byte character is returned, of which one bit is used to flag the printer’s current readiness status. If 0 is returned, the printer is ready to print labels.

Bit Status

0 Head opened 1 Paper jam 2 Out of paper 3 Out of ribbon 4 Pause 5 Printing 6 Cover opened (option) 7 Environment Temperature over range (option)

<ESC>!?

Parameter

None N/A

<ESC>!R

Description

<ESC>!R



Description

This command is used to reset the printer. It can be sent at any time as long as the printer is powered on and not in the dump mode. The beginning of the command is an ESCAPE character (ASCII 27). The files downloaded in memory will be deleted.

Syntax

<ESC>!R

Parameter Description N/A N/A

See Also

<ESC>!?

 ~!I

Description

Syntax

See Also

The command is used to inquire the code page and country setting of the printer. The returned information is given in the following format

code page, country code

ex: 8 bit: 437, 001 7 bit: USA, 001 Regarding the code pages and country codes supported by the printer, please refer to

CODEPAGE

the

~!I

Parameter

None N/A

COUNTRY, CODEPAGE, SET COM1

COUNTRY

and

command respectively.

Description

 ~!F

Description

This command is used to inquire about files resident in the printer memory and fonts installed in the memory module. The filename is returned in ASCII characters. Each file name ends with 0x0D 0x0A. The ending character is 0x1A.

Syntax

~!F

Parameter Description None N/A

See Also

FILES, KILL

Message Translation Protocols

 ~#

Description

The beginning identifier (~#) of the prompt message is sent from the printer to the KP-200 portable keyboard. The ending identifier is ~&.

@0 following the ending identifier ~& is used to instruct keyboard to display the prompt in the first line of LCD display.

@1 following the ending identifier ~& is used to instruct keyboard to display the prompt in the first line of LCD display.

If @0 or @1 is ignored, prompt string will be displayed in first line of LCD and input data will be displayed in second line of LCD.

Syntax

~#Prompt~&[@0] ~#Prompt~&[@1]

Parameter Description

None N/A

Example

OUT "~#KP-200 V1.0~&@0" OUT "~#Initialization~&@1"

See Also

INPUT, OUT

 BEEP

Description

This command is used to issue a beep sound on portable keyboard. Printer sends 0x07 to KP-200 portable keyboard.

Syntax

BEEP

Parameter Description

None N/A

Example

DOWNLOAD “DEMO.BAS” SIZE 4,4 GAP 0,0 DENSITY 8 SPEED 6 DIRECTION 0 REFERENCE 0,0 SET CUTTER OFF SET PEEL OFF CLS BEEP INPUT “Text1 ?”,TEXT1$ TEXT 100,100,”3”,0,1,1,TEXT1$ PRINT 1 EOP

Commands for Windows Driver

 !B

Description

This command is used to store bitmap image data in the memory. Behind the nnn is the bitmap data.

Syntax

!Bnnn

Parameter Description

nnn The number of bytes of image data sent from PC

to printer,expressed in 3 decimal digits.

Example

!B100

See Also

BITMAP

 !J

Description

Syntax

Example

See Also

This command is used to print the bitmap data at the specified position (in y-direction).

!Jnnnn

Parameter Description

nnnn Print image at the specified position in y-direction.

The position is expressed in 4 decimal digits.

!J0100

FEED

File Management Commands



DOWNLOAD

Description

“DOWNLOAD” is a header of the file that is to be saved in the printer's memory. The downloaded files can be divided to two categories: program file and data file (including text data file, PCX graphic files and bitmap font file) The detailed descriptions regarding the download syntax for different files are shown below:

Maximum numbers of file saved in DRAM: 50 Maximum numbers of file saved in Flash Files: 100

Syntax

1. Download a program file

DOWNLOAD [n,]“FILENAME.BAS”

Parameter Description

n Specify the memory which is used to save the

download files. F: Download files to main board flash memory. E: Download files to expansion memory module.

FILENAME.BAS The filename resident in printer memory.

Note:

(1). The filename is case sensitive. (2). The extension of of the program file must be “.BAS” (3). Filename format must be in 8.3 format. (4). If memory is not specified, all files will be downloaded to DRAM.

No Battery is used to backup DRAM. The downloaded files in DRAM will be lost in case turns off printer power.

2. Download a data file

DOWNLOAD [F,]“FILENAME”, DATA SIZE, DATA CONTENT…where

Parameter Description

n Specify the memory which is used to save the

download files. F: Download files to main board flash memory. E: Download files to expansion memory module.

FILENAME: The name of data file that will remain resident in the printer

memory. It is case sensitive.

DATA SIZE: The actual size (numbers of byte) of the data file without header.

Note:

(1). For text data file, CR (carriage return) 0x0D and LF (Line Feed)

0x0A is the separator of data.

(2). If memory is not specified, all files will be downloaded to DRAM.

No Battery is used to backup DRAM. The downloaded files in DRAM will be lost in case turns off printer power.

Example

The program listed below will download to printer SDRAM.

DOWNLOAD “EXAMPLE.BAS” SIZE 4,4 GAP 0,0 DENSITY 8 SPEED 6 DIRECTION 0 REFERENCE 0,0 SET CUTTER OFF SET PEEL OFF CLS TEXT 100,100,”3”,0,1,1,”EXAMPLE PROGRAM” PRINT 1 EOP

Note: When writing a download program, “DOWNLOAD” header must be placed

in the beginning of file, and “EOP” must be placed at the end of program. To run the program, you can call the main filename without BAS extension or use RUN command to start the download program. Example:

1. Call the main filename C:¥>COPY CON LPT1<ENTER> EXAMPLE<ENTER> <CTRL><Z> C:¥>

2. Use Run command to start the program C:¥>COPY CON LPT1<ENTER> RUN “EXAMPLE.BAS”<ENTER> <CTRL><Z> C:¥>

Below is an example of downloading data file.

DOWNLOAD “DATA”,20,COMPUTER<ENTER> 2001<ENTER> 21<ENTER>

Note: <ENTER> stands for keyboard “ENTER” key. In the above

example, please press “ENTER” key instead of typing <ENTER> in the above example.

See Also

EOP, RUN, PUTBMP, PUTPCX, INPUT

 EOP

Description

End of program. To declare the start and end of BASIC language commands used in a program, the “DOWNLOAD “FILENAME.BAS” must be added in the first line of the program, and “EOP” statement at the last line of program.

Syntax

EOP

Example

DOWNLOAD “DEMO.BAS” SIZE 4,4 GAP 0,0 DENSITY 8 SPEED 6 DIRECTION 0 REFERENCE 0,0 SET CUTTER OFF SET PEEL OFF CLS TEXT 100,100,”3”,0,1,1,”DEMO PROGRAM” PRINT 1 EOP

See Also

DOWNLOAD, EOP, INPUT

 FILES

Description

This command lists the files that remained in the printer memory (both FLASH memory and DRAM). The total memory size and available memory size are listed as well.

Syntax

FILES

Example

Follow the steps below to list the files that are saved in printer memory in DOS environment through serial port connection . C:¥>MODE COM2 96,N,8,1<ENTER> C:¥>COPY CON COM2<ENTER>

C:¥>

Note: <ENTER> stands for keyboard “ENTER” key. In the above

See Also

~!F, KILL

FILES<ENTER> <CTRL><Z><ENTER>

example, please press “ENTER” key instead of typing <ENTER> in the above example.

<CTRL> stands for keyboard “Ctrl” key.

 KILL

Description

This command deletes a file in the printer memory. The wild card (*) will delete all files resident in specified DRAM or FLASH memory.

Syntax

KILL [n],”FILENAME”

Note: If optional parameter n is not specified, firmware will delete the

Syntax example

1. KILL “FILENAME”

2. KILL “*.PCX”

3. KILL “*”

4. KILL F,“FILENAME”

5. KILL E,“*.PCX”

Example

Users can use printer SELF TEST utility to list printer configurations and files saved in the printer memory, or use the FILES command to print the downloaded file list in printer.

Follow the steps below to delete files in the printer memory via serial port connection . C:¥>COPY CON LPT1<ENTER> FILES<ENTER> C:¥>COPY CON LPT1<ENTER>

C:¥>FILES<ENTER>

Note: <ENTER> stands for keyboard “ENTER” key. In the above

Parameter Description

n Specify the memory location that files will be deleted.

F: Download files to main board flash memory. E: Download files to expansion memory module.

file in DRAM.

KILL “DEMO.BAS” <ENTER> <CTRL><Z><ENTER>

example, please press “ENTER” key instead of typing <ENTER> in the above example.

<CTRL> stands for keyboard “Ctrl” key.

See Also

~!F, FILES

 RUN

Description

This command is used to execute a program that resident in printer memory

Syntax

RUN “FILENAME.BAS”

Example

C:¥>COPY CON LPT1<ENTER> RUN “DEMO.BAS”<ENTER> <CTRL><Z><ENTER> C:¥>

Note: <ENTER> stands for keyboard “ENTER” key. In the above

See Also

DOWNLOAD, EOP

example, please press “ENTER” key instead of typing <ENTER> in the above example.

<CTRL> stands for keyboard “Ctrl” key.

BASIC Commands and Functions

 ABS( )

Description

This function returns the absolute value of an integer, floating point or variable.

Syntax

Example

See Also

ABS (-100) ABS (-99.99) ABS (VARIABLE)

DOWNLOAD “TEST.BAS” SIZE 4,4 GAP 0,0 DENSITY 8 SPEED 3 DIRECTION 0 REFERENCE 0,0 SET CUTTER OFF SET PEEL OFF CLS A=ABS(-100) B=ABS(-50.98) C=-99.99 TEXT 100,100,”3”,0,1,1,STR$(A) TEXT 100,150,”3”,0,1,1,STR$(B) TEXT 100,200,”3”,0,1,1,STR$(ABS(C)) PRINT 1 EOP

DOWNLOAD, EOP

 ASC( )

Description

This function returns the ASCII code of the character.

Syntax

ASC (“A”)

Example

DOWNLOAD “TEST.BAS” SIZE 4,4 GAP 0,0 DENSITY 8 SPEED 3 DIRECTION 0 REFERENCE 0,0 SET CUTTER OFF SET PEEL OFF CLS CODE1=ASC(“A”) TEXT 100,100,”3”,0,1,1,STR$(CODE1) PRINT 1 EOP

See Also

DOWNLOAD, EOP, STR$()

 CHR$( )

Description

This function returns the character that has the specified ASCII code.

Syntax

CHR$(n)

Parameter Description

n The ASCII code

Example

DOWNLOAD “TEST.BAS” SIZE 4,4 GAP 0,0 DENSITY 8 SPEED 3 DIRECTION 0 REFERENCE 0,0 SET CUTTER OFF SET PEEL OFF CLS A=65 WORD$=CHR$(A) TEXT 100,100,”3”,0,1,1,WORD$ PRINT 1 EOP

See Also

DOWNLOAD, EOP, STR$(), ASC$()

 END

Description

This command states the ending of program.

Syntax

END

Example

DOWNLOAD “DEMO.BAS” SIZE 4,4 GAP 0,0 DENSITY 8 SPEED 3 DIRECTION 0 REFERENCE 0,0 SET CUTTER OFF SET PEEL OFF CLS TEXT 10,600,"5",0,1,1,"GOSUB & RETURN COMMAND TEST" X=300 Y=300 GOSUB DASH GOSUB DR_LINE PRINT 1 END

:DR_LINE BOX X,Y,X+200,Y+200,5 RETURN

:DASH SET PEEL OFF DENSITY 13 FOR I=21 TO 50 TEXT 10,I,100,”3”,0,1,1,”==============================” NEXT RETURN

EOP

See Also

DOWNLOAD, EOP

 EOF( )

Description

This function is used to detect an opened download file to see whether it has reached the end of file.

Syntax

EOF (File Handle)

Parameter Description

File handle Either 0 or 1.

Return value Description

None-zero End of file 0 Not end of file

Example

DOWNLOAD “DEMO.BAS” SIZE 4,4 GAP 0,0 DENSITY 8 SPEED 3 DIRECTION 0 REFERENCE 0,0 SET CUTTER OFF SET PEEL OFF CLS OPEN "DATA",0 SEEK 0,4 :A ITEM$="" READ 0,ITEM$,PRICE,QTY TEXT 10,10,"3",0,1,1,"SEEK COMMAND TEST (SHIFT 4 CHARACTERS)" BOX 98,48,502,514,2 A$="ITEMS:"+ITEM$ B$="PRICE:"+STR$(PRICE) C$="QTY:"+STR$(QTY) TEXT 128,114,"2",0,1,1,A$ TEXT 130,198,"2",0,1,1,B$ TEXT 132,268,"2",0,1,1,C$ BARCODE 132,365,"39",96,1,0,2,4,"PRICE-2000" PRINT 1 I=EOF(0) IF I=0 THEN GOTO A PRINT 1 EOP

See Also

DOWNLOAD, EOP, OPEN, READ, SEEK

 OPEN

Description

This command is used to open a downloaded file and establish the file handle. Up to 2 files can be opened at the same time. The file to be opened should be downloaded prior to using this command.

Syntax

OPEN “Filename”, File handle

Parameter Description

Filename The file downloaded in the printer memory File handle Either 0 or 1.

Example

If a file by the name of “DATA is to be downloaded, The file format contains:

DOWNLOAD DATA”,20,Computer<CR> 20000<CR> 15<CR>

Saving the above contents of data under the file name of “DATA”. Follow the steps below to download data to the printer

<under MS-DOS mode>: C:¥>MODE COM2:96,N,8,1 ↵ C:¥>COPY DATA /B COM2 ↵

The above example sets the following: baud rate at 9600 bps, no parity, 8 bits data, 1 top bit. If a file by name of “DEMO.BAS is to be downloaded, the file format contains:

DOWNLOAD “DEMO.BAS” SIZE 3.00,3.00 CLS SPEED 2 DENSITY 8 SET CUTTER OFF SET PEEL OFF DIRECTIO 0 REFERENCE 0,0 OPEN “DATA”,1 SEEK 1,0 READ 1,ITEM$,PRICE,QTY I=EOF(1)

IF I>0 THEN END BOX 98,48,502,514,2 A$=”ITEMS:”+ITEM$ B$=”PRICE:”+STR$(PRICE) C$=”QTY:”+STR$(QTY) TEXT 128,114,”2”,0,1,1,A$ TEXT 130,198,”2”,0,1,1,B$ TEXT 132,268,”2”,0,1,1,C$ BARCODE 132,365,”39”,96,1,0,2,4,”PRICE-2000” PRINT 1 CLOSE 1 EOP

Saving the above contents of data under the file name of “DEMO

”.

Follow the steps below to download data to the printer <under MS-DOS mode>: C:¥>MODE COM1:96,N,8,1

↵

C:¥>COPY DEMO COM1 ↵

The above example sets the following: baud rate at 9600 bps, no parity, 8 bits data, 1 stop bit. Saving the following command of program under the file name of “EXECUTE”: DEMO C:¥>COPY EXECUTE COM1↵ The above example instructs the printer to open the file “DATA” with a file handle of 1 and read items from the file.

See Also

DOWNLOAD, EOP, READ, EOF, LOF, SEEK, FREAD$()

 READ

Description

This command is used to read data from downloaded data file

Syntax

READ file handle, variables

Parameter Description

file handle 0 or 1 variables string, integer or float point variable

Example

DOWNLOAD “OPEN1.BAS” SIZE 4,4 GAP 0,0 DENSITY 8 SPEED 3 DIRECTION 0 REFERENCE 0,0 SET CUTTER OFF SET PEEL OFF CLS OPEN "DATA",0 OPEN "DATA1",1 SEEK 0,4 :A ITEM$="" READ 0,ITEM$,PRICE,QTY TEXT 10,10,"3",0,1,1,"SEEK COMMAND TEST (SHIFT 4 CHARACTERS)" BOX 98,48,502,514,2 A$="ITEMS:"+ITEM$ B$="PRICE:"+STR$(PRICE) C$="QTY:"+STR$(QTY) TEXT 128,114,"2",0,1,1,A$ TEXT 130,198,"2",0,1,1,B$ TEXT 132,268,"2",0,1,1,C$ BARCODE 132,365,"39",96,1,0,2,4,"PRICE-2000" PRINT 1 I=EOF(0) IF I=0 THEN GOTO A SEEK 1,0 :B READ 1,ITEM$,PRICE,QTY TEXT 10,10,"4",0,1,1,"OPEN, READ, EOF() COMMAND TEST" BOX 98,48,502,514,2

A$="ITEMS:"+ITEM$ B$="PRICE:"+STR$(PRICE) C$="QTY:"+STR$(QTY) TEXT 128,114,"2",0,1,1,A$ TEXT 130,198,"2",0,1,1,B$ TEXT 132,268,"2",0,1,1,C$ BARCODE 132,365,"39",96,1,0,2,4,"PRICE-2000" PRINT 1 I=EOF(1) IF I=0 THEN GOTO B OPEN "DATA2",0 CLS Z$="" Z$=FREAD$(0,6) TEXT 10,20,"4",0,1,1,"FREAD$() FUNCTION TEST" TEXT 10,70,"4",0,1,1,"ITEM3$= "+Z$ J=LOF("DATA2") TEXT 10,140,"3",0,1,1,"THE FILE SIZE OF DATA2 IS: "+STR$(J)+" Bytes" PRINT 1 EOP

See Also

DOWNLOAD, EOP, OPEN, EOF, LOF, SEEK, FREAD$()

 SEEK

Description

This command is used to shift the specified file pointer to a certain position.

Syntax

SEEK file handle, offset

Parameter Description

file handle 0 or 1 offset the offset characters which are shifted to the

Example

DOWNLOAD “TEST.BAS” SIZE 4,4 GAP 0,0 DENSITY 8 SPEED 3 DIRECTION 0 REFERENCE 0,0 SET CUTTER OFF SET PEEL OFF CLS OPEN "DATA",0 SEEK 0,4 ITEM$="" READ 0,ITEM$,PRICE,QTY TEXT 10,10,"3",0,1,1,"SEEK COMMAND TEST (SHIFT 4 CHARACTERS)" BOX 98,48,502,514,2 A$="ITEMS:"+ITEM$ B$="PRICE:"+STR$(PRICE) C$="QTY:"+STR$(QTY) TEXT 128,114,"2",0,1,1,A$ TEXT 130,198,"2",0,1,1,B$ TEXT 132,268,"2",0,1,1,C$ BARCODE 132,365,"39",96,1,0,2,4,"PRICE-2000" PRINT 1 EOP

See Also

DOWNLOAD, EOP, OPEN, READ, EOF, LOF, FREAD$()

beginning of a new position

 LOF( )

Description

This function returns the size of the specified file.

Syntax

Example

See Also

LOF (“FILENAME”)

Parameter Description

FILENAME The file downloaded in the printer memory.

DOWNLOAD “OPEN2.BAS” SIZE 4,4 GAP 0,0 DENSITY 8 SPEED 3 DIRECTION 0 REFERENCE 0,0 SET CUTTER OFF SET PEEL OFF CLS OPEN "DATA2",0 CLS Z$="" Z$=FREAD$(0,6) TEXT 10,20,"4",0,1,1,"FREAD$() FUNCTION TEST" TEXT 10,70,"4",0,1,1,"ITEM3$= "+Z$ J=LOF("DATA2") TEXT 10,140,"3",0,1,1,"THE FILE SIZE OF DATA2 IS: "+STR$(J)+" Bytes" PRINT 1 EOP

DOWNLOAD, EOP, OPEN, READ, EOF, SEEK, FREAD$()

 FREAD$( )

Description

This function reads a specified number of bytes of data from a file.

Syntax

FREAD$ (file handle, byte)

Parameter Description

file handle Either 0 or 1 byte Number of bytes to be read

Example

DOWNLOAD “FREAD.BAS” SIZE 4,4 GAP 0,0 DENSITY 8 SPEED 3 DIRECTION 0 REFERENCE 0,0 SET CUTTER OFF SET PEEL OFF CLS OPEN "DATA2",0 CLS Z$="" Z$=FREAD$(0,6) TEXT 10,20,"4",0,1,1,"FREAD$() FUNCTION TEST" TEXT 10,70,"4",0,1,1,"ITEM3$= "+Z$ J=LOF("DATA2") TEXT 10,140,"3",0,1,1,"THE FILE SIZE OF DATA2 IS: "+STR$(J)+" Bytes" PRINT 1 EOP

See Also

DOWNLOAD, EOP, OPEN, READ, EOF, LOF(), SEEK

 FOR…NEXT LOOP

Description

Loop is used to execute one or more lines of program repetitively. Before anything, a value should be assigned the loop counter to specify the execution times. Nested loop is allowed (up to 10 nested loops) in this printer. Jumping out in the middle of the FOR…NEXT loop is prohibited because it is not a good programming skill..

Syntax

For variable = start TO end statement; start < end

Parameter Description variable The variable name is up to 8 characters start Can be integer or floating point numbers end Can be integer of floating point numbers increment Integer or floating point, positive or negative.

Example

DOWNLOAD “FREAD.BAS” SIZE 4,4 GAP 0,0 DENSITY 8 SPEED 3 DIRECTION 0 REFERENCE 0,0 SET CUTTER OFF SET PEEL OFF CLS A$="" B$="" C$="" H$="" FOR I=1 TO 10 STEP 1 A$=A$+STR$(I)+" " TEXT 10,10,"3",0,1,1,A$ NEXT

FOR I=1 TO 1000 STEP 100 B$=B$+STR$(I)+" " TEXT 10,50,"3",0,1,1,B$ NEXT

FOR I=50 TO 10 STEP -10 C$=C$+STR$(I)+" "

TEXT 10,100,"3",0,1,1,C$ NEXT

FOR I=1 TO 5 STEP 0.5 H$=H$+STR$(I)+" " TEXT 10,150,"3",0,1,1,H$ NEXT

PRINT 1 EOP

See Also

DOWNLOAD, EOP

 IF…THEN…ELSE

Description

Use IF…THEN block to execute one or more statements conditionally. You can use either a single-line syntax or multiple-line “block” syntax:

Syntax

IF condition THEN statement

Notice that the single-line form of IF …THEN does not use an ENDIF

statement.

Or

IF condition THEN

ENDIF

Or

IF condition THEN

ELSE

ENDIF

Or

IF condition1 THEN

The syntax of IF…THEN…ELSE requires that the command be typed in one single line in less than 255 characters.

Parameter Description

condition Available relational operator: <, >, =, <=, >= statement Only one statement is available in

Example

DOWNLOAD “IFTHEN.BAS” SIZE 4,4 GAP 0,0

Statements

Statement block 1

DENSITY 8 SPEED 3 DIRECTION 0 REFERENCE 0,0 SET CUTTER OFF SET PEEL OFF CLS A=50 B=5 C$="" D$=""

:L1 IF A>100 THEN GOTO L1 ELSE A=A+10 C$=STR$(A)+" IS SMALLER THAN 100" TEXT 100,10,"4",0,1,1,C$ PRINT 1 END

:L2 A=A+B D$=STR$(A)+" IS LARGER THAN 100" TEXT 100,100,"4",0,1,1,D$ PRINT 1 GOTO L1 EOP

Note

If the result of the expression is nonzero, the statement following THEN will be executed. If the result of the expression is zero, and the statement following the ELSE present, it will be executed. Otherwise the next line of statement is executed. If there are block of statements in IF…THEN …ELSE, ENDIF must be used at the end of the IF…THEN …ELSE statement. Limitations: The total numbers of IF …THEN …ELSE statement in a program can not exceed than 40. The total numbers of IF …THEN …ELSE, FOR…NEXT, WHILE…WEND, and DO …LOOP in a program can not exceed than 40 loops.

See Also

DOWNLOAD, EOP

 GOSUB…RETURN

Description

Branch to and return from a subroutine. Branch to the specified label and execute subroutines until “RETURN” is reached and then go back to the statement following the GOSUB statement.

Syntax

GOSUB LABEL

END

:LABEL

RETURN

Parameter Description

LABEL Beginning of the subroutine. The maximum

Example

DOWNLOAD “GOSUB1.BAS” SIZE 4,4 GAP 0,0 DENSITY 8 SPEED 3 DIRECTION 0 REFERENCE 0,0 SET CUTTER OFF SET PEEL OFF CLS TEXT 10,600,"5",0,1,1,"GOSUB & RETURN COMMAND TEST" X=300 Y=300 GOSUB DASH GOSUB DR_LINE PRINT 1 END

:DR_LINE BOX X,Y,X+200,Y+200,5 RETURN

:DASH

statement

length of the label is 8 characters.

SET PEEL OFF DENSITY 13 FOR I=21 TO 50 TEXT 10,I,100,”3”,0,1,1,”==============================” NEXT RETURN

EOP

See Also

DOWNLOAD, EOP, END, GOTO

 GOTO

Description

This command is used to branch to a specified label. The label cannot exceed 8 characters in length.

Syntax

GOTO LABEL

:LABEL

Parameter Description

None N/A

Example

DOWNLOAD “GOSUB1.BAS” SIZE 4,4 GAP 0,0 DENSITY 8 SPEED 3 DIRECTION 0 REFERENCE 0,0 SET CUTTER OFF SET PEEL OFF CLS A=0 TOTAL=0

:START IF A<100 THEN GOTO SUM ELSE GOTO PRTOUT :SUM A=A+1 TOTAL=TOTAL+A GOTO START :PRTOUT B$="THE SUMMATION OF 1..100 IS "+STR$(TOTAL) TEXT 10,100,"3",0,1,1,B$ PRINT 1 END EOP

See Also

DOWNLOAD, EOP, END, GOSUB…RETURN

 INP$( )

Description

One byte is received from a serial port through this function.

Syntax

Example

See Also

INP$(n)

Parameter

n 1: com1 port in printer

DOWNLOAD “DEMO.BAS” SIZE 4,4 GAP 0,0 DENSITY 8 SPEED 3 DIRECTION 0 REFERENCE 0,0 SET CUTTER OFF SET PEEL OFF CLS PRICE$=”123456” T$=INP$(1) TEXT 100,100,”4”,0,1,1,T$ PRINT1 EOP

DOWNLOAD, EOP, END, INPUT, GOSUB…RETURN, GOTO

Description

 INPUT

Description

This command is used to receive data through serial port. This command is used with portable keyboard KP-200.

Syntax

Example

See Also

INPUT [“Prompt string”], variables

Parameter Description

Prompt string The prompt string is shown on keyboard LCD screen.

Variables The variable to receive input data.

DOWNLOAD “INPUT1.BAS” SIZE 4,4 GAP 0,0 DENSITY 8 SPEED 3 DIRECTION 0 REFERENCE 0,0 SET CUTTER OFF SET PEEL OFF CLS :START CLS A$="" TEXT 20,50,"3",0,1,1,"Please connect LCD keyboard for testing" INPUT "Enter the code number", A$ BARCODE 20,100,"39",48, 1, 0, 2, 5, A$ PRINT 1 GOTO START EOP

DOWNLOAD, EOP, END, GOTO

The maximum length of prompt string is 20 characters.

 REM

Description

Comment. Prefix is “REM” that will be ignored by the printer.

Syntax

REM

Example

REM ******************************** REM This is a demonstration program* REM ******************************** DOWNLOAD “REMARK.BAS” SIZE 4,4 GAP 0,0 DENSITY 8 SPEED 3 DIRECTION 0 REFERENCE 0,0 SET CUTTER OFF SET PEEL OFF CLS TEXT 50,50,”3”,0,1,1,”REMARK DEMO PROGRAM” EOP

See Also

DOWNLOAD, EOP, END

 OUT

Description

This command is used to send data through printer serial port.

Syntax

OUT “prompt”, variable

Parameter Description

prompt Prompt which is shown on LCD screen. Variable The output message

Example

DOWNLOAD “DEMO.BAS” SIZE 4,4 GAP 0,0 DENSITY 8 SPEED 3 DIRECTION 0 REFERENCE 0,0 SET CUTTER OFF SET PEEL OFF CLS PRICE$=”123456” OUT “PRICE:”,PRICE$ EOP

See Also

DOWNLOAD, EOP, END, ~#…~&

 GETKEY( )

Description

This command is used to get the status of PAUSE key and FEED key. This command waits until either key is pressed. 0 is returned if PAUSE key is pressed and 1 is returned if FEED key is pressed.

Syntax

GETKEY()

Example

DOWNLOAD “DEMO4.BAS” SIZE 4,4 GAP 0,0 DENSITY 8 SPEED 3 DIRECTION 0 REFERENCE 0,0 SET CUTTER OFF SET PEEL OFF CLS :START A=GETKEY() IF A=0 THEN GOTO PAUSEB IF A=1 THEN GOTO FEEDB :PAUSEB CLS TEXT 50,10,"4",0,1,1,"PAUSE key is pressed !" PRINT 1 GOTO START :FEEDB CLS TEXT 50,10,"4",0,1,1,"FEED key is pressed !" PRINT 1 EOP

See Also

DOWNLOAD, EOP, END, GOTO

 INT( )

Description

This function is used to truncate a floating point number.

Syntax

INT (n)

Parameter Description

n n can be positive or negative integer, floating

Example

DOWNLOAD “DEMO5.BAS” SIZE 4,4 GAP 0,0 DENSITY 8 SPEED 3 DIRECTION 0 REFERENCE 0,0 SET CUTTER OFF SET PEEL OFF CLS A=INT(99.99) B=INT(-199.89) C=INT(80) TEXT 50,100,”3”,0,1,1,”INT(99.99)”+STR$(A) TEXT 50,150,”3”,0,1,1,”INT(-199.89)”+STR$(B) TEXT 50,200,”3”,0,1,1,”INT(80)”+STR$(C) PRINT 1 EOP

See Also

DOWNLOAD, EOP, END, ABS(), ASC(), STR$()

point number or mathematical expression.

 LEFT$( )

Description

This function returns the specified number of characters down from the initial character of a string.

Syntax

LEFT$ (X$, n)

Parameter Description

X$ The string to be processed n The number of characters to be returned

Example

DOWNLOAD "STR1.BAS" SIZE 4.00,4.00 GAP 0.12,0.00 SPEED 2.0 DENSITY 8 SET CUTTER OFF DIRECTION 0 REFERENCE 0,0 SET DEBUG LABEL CLS A$="BARCODE PRINTER DEMO PRINTING" C$=LEFT$(A$,10) TEXT 10,10,"3",0,1,1,A$ TEXT 10,100,"3",0,1,1,"10 LEFT CHARS "+C$ PRINT 1 EOP

See Also

DOWNLOAD, EOP, END, RIGHT$(), MID$(), LEN(), STR$()

 LEN( )

Description

This function returns the length of a string.

Syntax

LEN (string)

Parameter Description

string The string whose length is to be measured. .

Example

DOWNLOAD "DEMO6.BAS" SIZE 4.00,4.00 GAP 0.12,0.00 SPEED 2.0 DENSITY 8 SET CUTTER OFF DIRECTION 0 REFERENCE 0,0 SET DEBUG LABEL CLS A$="TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD" B=LEN(A$) TEXT 10,10,"3",0,1,1,A$ TEXT 10,50,"3",0,1,1,"STRING LENGTH="+STR$(B) PRINT 1 EOP

See Also

DOWNLOAD, EOP, END, LEFT$(), LEN(), RIGHT$(), MID$(), STR$(), VAL()

 MID$( )

Description

This function is used to get the specified number of characters down from the mth character of a string.

Syntax

MID$(string, m, n)

Parameter Description

string The string to be processed. m The beginning of mth characters in the string. 1 <= m <= string length n The number of characters to return.

Example

DOWNLOAD "DEMO7.BAS" SIZE 4.00,4.00 GAP 0.12,0.00 SPEED 2.0 DENSITY 8 SET CUTTER OFF DIRECTION 0 REFERENCE 0,0 SET DEBUG LABEL CLS A$="TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD" E$=MID$(A$,11,10) TEXT 10,10,"3",0,1,1,A$ TEXT 10,200,"3",0,1,1,"10 MIDDLE CHARS "+E$ PRINT 1 EOP

See Also

DOWNLOAD, EOP, END, LEFT$(), LEN(), RIGHT$(), STR$(), VAL()

 RIGHT$( )

Description

This function returns the specified number of characters up from the end of a string.

Syntax

RIGHT$ (X$, n)

Parameter

X$ The string to be processed n The number of characters to be returned from the

Example

DOWNLOAD "DEMO8.BAS" SIZE 4.00,4.00 GAP 0.12,0.00 SPEED 2.0 DENSITY 8 SET CUTTER OFF DIRECTION 0 REFERENCE 0,0 SET DEBUG LABEL CLS A$="TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD" D$=RIGHT$(A$,10) TEXT 10,10,"3",0,1,1,A$ TEXT 10,150,"3",0,1,1,"10 RIGHT CHARS "+D$ PRINT 1 EOP

See Also

DOWNLOAD, EOP, END, LEFT$(), LEN(), MID$(), STR$(), VAL()

Description

right side (end) of the string

 STR$( )

Description

This function converts a specified value or expression into corresponding string of characters.

Syntax

STR$ (n)

Parameter Description

n An integer, floating point number or mathematical

Example

DOWNLOAD "DEMO9.BAS" SIZE 4.00,4.00 GAP 0.12,0.00 SPEED 2.0 DENSITY 8 SET CUTTER OFF DIRECTION 0 REFERENCE 0,0 SET DEBUG LABEL CLS A$="TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD" F$="100" G$="500" H=VAL(F$)+VAL(G$) I$=STR$(H) TEXT 10,10,"3",0,1,1,A$ TEXT 10,250,"3",0,1,1,"STR$() FUNCTION TEST "+I$ PRINT 1 EOP

See Also

DOWNLOAD, EOP, END, LEFT$(), LEN(), RIGHT$(), MID$(), VAL()

expression

 VAL( )

Description

This function is used to convert numeric character into corresponding integer or floating point number.

Syntax

VAL (“numeric character”)

Parameter Description

numeric character “0~9”, “.”

Example

DOWNLOAD "DEMO10.BAS" SIZE 4.00,4.00 GAP 0.12,0.00 SPEED 2.0 DENSITY 8 SET CUTTER OFF DIRECTION 0 REFERENCE 0,0 SET DEBUG LABEL CLS A$="TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD" F$="100" G$="500" H=VAL(F$)+VAL(G$) I$=STR$(H) TEXT 10,10,"3",0,1,1,A$ TEXT 10,250,"3",0,1,1,"VAL FUNCTION TEST= "+I$ PRINT 1 EOP

See Also

DOWNLOAD, EOP, END, LEFT$(), LEN(), RIGHT$(), MID$(), STR$()

Device Reconfiguration Commands



SET COUNTER

Description

Counter can be a real counter or a variable. This setting sets the counter number in program and their increments. There are three different kind of counters: digit (0~9~0), lower case letter (a~z~a) and upper case letter (A~Z~A).

Syntax

SET COUNTER @n step @n = “Expression”

Parameter Description

@n n: counter number. There are 50 counters available

(0~49) in the printer.

step The increment of the counter, can be positive or

negative.

-999999999<= step <=999999999 If the counter is used as a fixed variable, please set the increment to 0.

Expression Initial string. String length is 2K bytes

Example

SIZE 4,4 GAP 0,0 DENSITY 8 SPEED 6 DIRECTION 0 REFERENCE 0,0 COUNTER @1 1 @1=”00001” COUNTER @2 5 @2=”AB000001” CLS TEXT 50,50,”3”,0,1,1,@1 BARCODE 50,500,”39”,48,1,0,2,4,@2 PRINT 100

See Also

PRINT, TEXT, BARCODE

 SET CUTTER

Description

This setting is used to activate/deactivate the cutter and define how many printed labels to be cut at one time. This setting will be saved in printer memory when turning off the power.

Syntax

SET CUTTER OFF/BATCH/pieces

Parameter Description

OFF Disable cutter function. BATCH Set printer to cut label at the end of printing job. Pieces Set number of printing labels per cut. 0<= pieces <=65535

Example

REM SET CUTTER FUNCTION OFF EXAMPLE PROGRAM SIZE 4,4 GAP 0,0 DENSITY 8 SPEED 6 DIRECTION 0 REFERENCE 0,0 SET CUTTER OFF SET PEEL OFF CLS TEXT 50,50,”3”,0,1,1,”SET CUTTER 0” BARCODE 50,500,”39”,48,1,0,2,4,”DEMO14” PRINT 1

REM SET CUTTER BATCH EXAMPLE PROGRAM REM This program cuts 3 times (3 sets) SIZE 4,4 GAP 0,0 DENSITY 8 SPEED 6 DIRECTION 0 REFERENCE 0,0 SET CUTTER BATCH SET PEEL OFF CLS TEXT 50,50,”3”,0,1,1,”SET CUTTER BATCH” BARCODE 50,500,”39”,48,1,0,2,4,”DEMO14” PRINT 3,2

REM SET CUTTER PIECE EXAMPLE PROGRAM REM This program cuts each printed label SIZE 4,4 GAP 0,0 DENSITY 8 SPEED 6 DIRECTION 0 REFERENCE 0,0 SET CUTTER 1 SET PEEL OFF CLS TEXT 50,50,”3”,0,1,1,”SET CUTTER PIECE” BARCODE 50,500,”39”,48,1,0,2,4,”DEMO16” PRINT 3,2

See Also

OFFSET, PRINT

 SET PEEL

Description

This setting is used to enable/disable the self-peeling function. The default setting for this function is off. When this function is set on, the printer stops after each label printing, and does not print the next label until the peeled label is taken away. This setting will be saved in printer memory when turning off the power.

Syntax

SET PEEL ON/OFF

Parameter Description

ON Enable the self-peeling function OFF Disable the self-peeing function

Example

REM SELF-PEELING FUNCTION ON SIZE 4,4 GAP 0,0 DENSITY 8 SPEED 6 DIRECTION 0 REFERENCE 0,0 SET CUTTER OFF SET PEEL ON CLS TEXT 50,100,”3”,0,1,1,”SELF-PEELING FUNCTION TEST” PRINT 5

See Also

OFFEST, PRINT

 SET TEAR

Description

This command is used to enable/disable feeding label to gap/black mark position for tearing off. This setting will be saved in printer memory when turning off the power.

Syntax

SET TEAR ON/OFF

Parameter Description

ON The label gap will stop at the tear off position after print. OFF The label gap will NOT stop at the tear off position after

Example

REM SELF-PEELING FUNCTION ON SIZE 4,4 GAP 0,0 DENSITY 8 SPEED 6 DIRECTION 0 REFERENCE 0,0 SET CUTTER OFF SET TEAR ON CLS TEXT 50,100,”3”,0,1,1,”SELF-PEELING FUNCTION TEST” PRINT 5

See Also

SET PEEL, SET CUTTER

print. The beginning of label will be aligned to print head.

 SET GAP

Description

This setting is used to set the gap sensor emission sensitivity. The printer initiates automatic gap sensor calibration as you hold down the PAUSE key and then turn on the printer power. But this function may cease to work if the thickness of the backing paper and that of label with backing paper are not of appreciable difference to the sensor, or when there are pre-printed marks or patterns on the label. In such case, users have to calibrate the gap sensor manually by this command. This is a trial-and-error method to attain the proper setting. This setting will be saved in printer memory when turning off the power.

Syntax

SET GAP n

Parameter Description

n The gap sensor light emission strength. Available

WPL606 WPL305

Example

The example below is operated in DOS environment via the parallel port connection to setup the label size, gap distance and sensor sensitivity.

C:¥>COPY CON LPT1<ENTER>

SIZE 4,2.5<ENTER> GAP 0.12,0<ENTER> SET GAP 1<ENTER> <CTRL><Z>

C:¥>

Note: <ENTER> stands for keyboard “ENTER” key. In the above

example, please press “ENTER” key instead of typing <ENTER> in the above example.

<CTRL> stands for keyboard “Ctrl” key.

Press the FEED key to test. Does printer stop at the same position on each label without the error light blinking? If not, please adjust the setting to a larger number again. When trying with this setting, please begin from 0 and then on to higher values gradually.

range is listed as below. 0 is the lowest sensitivity

Printer model Range

0~31 0~31

See Also

SIZE, GAP, BLINE

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