User`s guide

STANDARD PRINTER COMMANDS

HALT

Function Pauses the printer after it prints one label. If there

are more labels left to print in the current batch,

pressing the printer's feed switch will signal the

printer to print the next label. The HALT command

also activates the label cutter in printers so

equipped.

Explicit Form

HALT

Implicit Form

Parameters None

Comments This feature is intended for situations that require

many similar labels, presented one at a time. For

example, tagging a large quantity of boxes on a

warehouse floor might call for labels that are

identical except for a serial number. You could write

the label format using the ADJUST command to

change the serial number, and use the HALT

command to put printing "on hold." Only one label

prints when you upload the label format to the

printer. If using a portable printer, you could even

disconnect the printer from the host and carry it to

the warehouse with the labels ready to print as

needed, without any other equipment.

Printers that have an integral cutter and label

taken sensor will stream labels without cutting

them unless there is a HALT command in the label

format, or VARIABLE AUTOCUT is ON.