Instruction manual

Overview of Compliance Labels
You can create compliance labels by using a graphic packet for the fixed
fields and a format packet for the variable fields of your compliance label.
The fixed fields of a compliance label are composed of text, lines, or boxes,
which are repeated on each label. The variable fields are composed of text,
bar codes, and order information, which changes with each label. Using a
graphic packet for the fixed fields saves time, because the printer does not
have to image all the lines or boxes each time the compliance label is
printed.
Also, using a graphic packet for a compliance label reduces the number of
fields in your format. Formats have a maximum number of fields per packet
(0 to 999). However, you can bypass that requirement by placing your
compliance layout in a graphic packet. When you process your formats, you
only need one line in the format packet to reference the graphic packet.
The following example shows how to reference a graphic packet from within
a format packet.
{ start of header
F,1,A,R,E,400,400,"RDCI" p format header
G,57,0,0,0,0 p reference to graphic packet
C,40,10,0,2,2,2,B,L,0,0,"To:",0p constant text field
B,2,13,V,310,30,8,4,50,8,L,0 p bar code field
} end of header
Once you have your compliance label format set, all you need to do is add
the variable sections (bar codes, addresses, and order information) to the
format packet.
To see a sample compliance label graphic packet, see “Sample Compliance
Graphic Packet.” To see a sample compliance label using a graphic packet
within a format, see “Sample Compliance Label.”
5-2 Creating Graphics