Instruction manual

Defining the Format Header
A Format Header begins a format file.
Syntax {F,format#,action,device,measure,length,
width,"name" p
F1. F Format Header.
F2. format# Unique number from 1 to 999 to identify the format.
F3. action Action. Enter A to add the format to the printer.
F4. device Format storage device. Options:
F Flash (must be formatted first. See “Formatting Flash”
and “Flash Memory Guidelines” in Chapter 2 for more information.)
R Volatile RAM
F5. measure Unit of measure. E (English - in 1/100 inches), M (Metric -in 1/10 mm), or
G (Graphic - in dots). See the following table.
Printer Unit of
Measure
Supply
Length
Supply
Width
9825/
9855/
9860
English
Metric
203 dpi Dots
75-1600
191-4064
152-3248
32-400
81-1016
62-812
9855/
9860
English
Metric
300 dpi Dots
75-1200
191-3048
225-3600
32-400
81-1016
96-1200
9855RFMP/
9855HF
English
Metric
203 dpi Dots
300 dpi Dots
75-1300
191-3302
152-2639
225-3900
75-400
191-1016
152-812
225-1200
F6. length Supply length in selected units. Measure supply from the leading edge of
one label to the leading edge of the next label. Use the table above.
Note: You can create longer images if you reallocate memory to increase
your image buffer. See "Defining the Memory Packet" in Chapter 2
for more information.
F7. width Width, from left to right, in selected units. Use the table above.
F8. “name” Format name (optional), 0 to 8 characters, enclose within quotation marks.
The range is 1 to 256 characters for the 9855 XML-enabled printer.
3-2 Defining Fields