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> (<) Make Last Field Entered Increment (Decrement)

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The printer is capable of automatically incrementing and decrementing fields on

each label of a batch printed. This command will increment or decrement an

alphanumeric field. This command is useful for serializing labels. The command

format is

*pii

Where:

Is + for numeric increment, or - for numeric decrement

p -

Fill character currently not supported, but must be sent

ii - Is the amount to increment the field by from 01 to 99

Sample:

<STX>L

190000900000000ABC<CR>

>001<CR>

X<CR>

<STX>E0003

<STX>G

The above sample will generate a single field label format that prints the initial

label with a value of ABC and then increments by one for the next two labels

(ABD and ABE).

This command will affect numbers and both lowercase and uppercase letters. If a

non-alphanumeric character is inserted, it will affect all alphanumerics to the

right of this character. Any alphanumerics to the left of it will be ignored. The

increment/decrement value is numeric only. Some examples follow:

Field

Data

Command Label 1 Label 2

A9 >001 A9 B0

a9 >019 a9 c8

A$Z9 >001 A$Z9 A$A0

Ba0 <001 Ba0 Az9

Ba0 <099 Ba0 Aq1