Specifications

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ST3xx ST4xx ST5xx
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The “d” parameter in the ST3xx series is used to activate the dispenser. If the dispenser is
active, the next label will not be printed until the printed label has been removed.
In the ST4xx series however, the "d" parameter is used to configure the applicator func-
tions.
Synchronism on the applicator –
means that the printer, independently to the package
presence sensor, will print the label which is to be applied. The applicator will collect the
label and advance the plate. The applicator will stop in this position and will wait for the
photo sensor to detect the package. As soon as the photocell detects the package, the ap-
plicator will blow the label and take the plate back to its rest position.
Synchronism on print –
means that the applicator waits for the package presence sensor
before printing the next label. Only after the package has been detected will the label be
printed and picked up by the applicator and taken to the package where it is applied.
The polarity
determines whether the package is considered to have arrived when the
photocell is obstructed (Active High) or when the cell is illuminated (Active Low).
e
dispenser / rewind (values: 0=strip, 1=rewind);
When the dispensing mode has been selected, the values for J are corrected on the printers
that need it to restore the right ratio for the shape. In any case, printers with a firmware
release of 2.0 onwards, having the auto positioning function, will take into consideration
the fact that the label must not stop under the printhead if it is to be picked off manually.
This results in a limited number of millimetres not being available for printing.
t
direct thermal / thermal transfer (values: 0=direct, 1=transfer).
The ribbon presence photo sensor will be deactivated automatically when direct thermal is
selected. All of the printers in the ST3xx and ST4xx series will automatically configure
themselves for direct thermal if they are switched on without a ribbon mounted.
17.30 /Ldlllltt
The
/L
command is used to design line segments, starting with the current position of the
sensor.
It must be followed by 3 parameters having the following significance:
d
direction in which the segment is to be drawn (values: 0=right, 1=down, 2=left,
3=up);
llll
length of the segment in dots (values: from 0008 to the border in the selected di-
rection).
tt
thickness of the segment in dots (values: from 01 to 99).
The direction of this command has priority over the rotation currently selected for printing
(first parameter of the
/R
command), whereas the colour of the lines drawn depends on the
type of design currently used (second parameter of the command
/R
): mode 0= colour
black, mode 1= colour white , mode 3= colour opposite to that of the background.