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Designing Labels Using LDS Chapter 4
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Figure 4-4 Label Format Field Elements
4.6.1 TSN (Text String Number)
The parameter determines which line of text data will be used for formatting. This allows for
more than one field to use the same text data. A TSN of “1” accesses the first line of data.
A TSN of “2” accesses the second line of data, and so forth. The text data is the text that
follows the “^D2<CR>” command in the label’s layout. A graphic image field must point to a
text string that contains at least one character. The maximum value for a TSN is 65536.
4.6.2 XB (X Beginning Coordinate)
The X coordinate of the field is measured in thermal dots. The far left edge of the print
head, as viewed from the front of the printer, is X coordinate “1”. There is no X coordinate
of “0”. The X coordinates increase in size from the left to right. An XB of 300 would place
the field one inch from the left side of the print head. Any offsets required for media that is
not as wide as the print head must be manually entered for the XB or the OFX header
element may be used.
Example: The 300 dpi print head is 1280 dots. If 3” or 900 dot wide media is used, the
offset of 190 should be added to each XB coordinate.
Offset example: 1280 – 900 = 380; 380/2 = 190
4.6.3 YB (Y Beginning Coordinate)
The Y coordinate of the field is measured in thermal dots. A YB of 1 would be the bottom
edge of the label as viewed front the front of the printer. The Y coordinates increase in size
from the bottom to the top of the label. A YB of 300 would place the insertion point one inch
from the bottom of the label.
4.6.4 CC (Character Count)
This parameter determines the number of characters that will be used by the format field. If
the number of characters in the selected text string is greater than the quantity specified by
the CC, the remainder of the text string will be ignored. If the text string has less than the
number specified by the CC, then only those characters defined by the text string will be
printed. For example, the text string “character count” should have a CC of “15” including
the space character. This parameter should be set to a value of “1” if the field is a graphic
image.
4.6.5 TCI (Text Conversion Identifier)
The TCI parameter determines how the text string will be printed. The TCI is used to select
text, bar codes, lines, downloadable font, or graphics. All of the TCI values used by the
324M/424M printer are listed in Table 4-4 below. For example, a TCI of “1” for the text
string data “012345” would print the text “012345” while a TCI of “15” would produce an
“Interleaved 2 of 5 symbol”.