User`s manual

TLS PC Link

Programmer’s Guide

Table of Contents

Introduction................................................................................................................. 1

Scope....................................................................................................................... 1

Programming Overview.............................................................................................. 2

Basic print language overview ................................................................................ 2

Control Codes.......................................................................................................... 3

Power up Conditions ............................................................................................... 3

Generating and Printing a Label With the TLS PC Link Programming Language . 4

Determining Printer Status ...................................................................................... 5

COM Port Settings...................................................................................................... 6

Immediate Commands <SOH>................................................................................... 7

Summary of Immediate Commands........................................................................ 7

Reset (SOH #) ......................................................................................................... 7

Send ASCII Status String (SOH A)......................................................................... 8

Toggle Pause (SOH B)............................................................................................ 9

Cancel (SOH C)..................................................................................................... 10

Disable SOH (SOH D) .......................................................................................... 10

Send Batch Quantity (SOH E)............................................................................... 10

System-Level Commands <STX> ............................................................................ 11

Summary of System Level Commands ................................................................. 11

Disable Feedback Characters (STX A) ................................................................. 12

Enable Feedback Characters (STX a).................................................................... 12

Enter Heat Setting Offset (STX b) ........................................................................ 13

Disable Feeding to Cut Position after Print (STX C) ............................................ 13

Enable Feeding to Cut Position after Print and Perform a Feed to Cut (STX c) ... 14

Set Quantity for Stored Label (STX E) ................................................................. 14

Form Feed (STX F)............................................................................................... 15

Set Form Stop Position (STX f) ............................................................................ 15

Print Last Label Format (STX G).......................................................................... 16

Enable SOH Commands (STX H)......................................................................... 16

Input Image Data (STX I)...................................................................................... 17

Extended System Commands (STX K)................................................................. 18

Enter Label Formatting Command (STX L) ......................................................... 18

Set Printer to Metric (STX m)............................................................................... 18

Set Printer to Inches (STX n) ................................................................................ 19

Set Start of Print Offset (STX O) .......................................................................... 19

Horizontal Alignment Offset (STX o)................................................................... 20

Set Continuous Label Length (STX P).................................................................. 20

Clear All Memory (STX Q) .................................................................................. 21

Set Continuous Label Spacing (STX S) ................................................................ 21

Printhead Dot Pattern Test Label (STX T)............................................................ 22

Send Binary Touch Cell Data (STX t)................................................................... 22