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Adding the Auto Print Command to the Printer

With the CW-80’s Print Function parameter set to auto print (PFunct=AP3 or AP4), the print command will be sent

to the printer at the appropriate time. Before the command is executed however, a prompt appears on the KDU

asking the operator to enter the number of labels to print. The operator must select some number–usually 1–and

press ENTER to complete the print command.

To eliminate this manual entry, the Eltron command to auto print a single label (PA1) can be added to the printer’s

command string.

To add PA1 to the command string, perform the following steps:

1. Open the CAL Tools program and create the desired label.

2. Name and SAVE the label file. The example at right was named BACON.

NOTE: To verify that the label file was actually transferred to the printer’s

memory, press F2 on the KDU to print a list of all label files stored in

memory.

3. With the label file still open, select GEN. COMMAND FILE from the CAL

Tools menu. This will automatically generate a print command file for the

label and save it in your hard drive as an Eltron Journal File with an .EJF

suffix. The sample label command file became BACON.EJF.

4. Close CAL Tools.

5. Open a text editor program on your PC such as MS-DOS Edit

6. Do a directory search for the .EJF file you created. There

should be only one .EJF file in your system. The sample

appeared as BACON.EJF in the PC’s directory.

7. Open the .EJF file in MS-DOS Editor. The sample

BACON.EJF file is shown at right.

8. When the text file opens, you will see a string of commands,

the final one being the file-end command, FE. Insert your

text cursor directly before the FE and enter the single auto-

print command, PA1. Press RETURN. PA1 should now

show as a separate line and FE should again be in the final

position as shown at right.

9. Press SAVE to save the modified .EJF file with the original

name. The sample was still named BACON.EJF.

10. Press PRINT. When the Print dialog box appears, select

COMPLETE DOCUMENT and press OK. This transfers the

command file, including the single auto-print command, to

the printer memory.

11. Close MS-DOS Editor. The PC can now be disconnected

from the printer. The CW-80 will now auto print as config-

ured without manual input from the operator.

204134

#2 PLATTER BACON

2499

Sample label: BACON

FK"4134"

FS"4134"

V00, 15, N, "weight"

Q609, 20+0

R0, 0

TTh:m:s:,+

TDy2. mn. dd

A160, 93, 0, 5, 2, 2, N, "204134"

A160, 347, 0, 4, 2, 2, N, "#2 PLATTER BACON"

A313, 499, 0, 3, 1, 3, N, V00