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XX 50 Load X direction offset (OFX): ^A indicates the X offset.
XX 51 Load Y direction offset (OFY): ^A denotes the Y offset.
5.3.7 SAVED FORMAT FILE COMMANDS
The printer has the capability to store format files to RAM without processing them. Later,
these format files can be accessed repeatedly at very high speeds, because access to the
formats are now a direct memory fetch. If formats are saved in Non-Volatile memory the
printer will retain these format files after removal of power. The printer can be configured
through software dip switch 2 (see section 5.3) to use one of these formats as the power-up
label default.
^A ^D Command
XX 54 Send Non-Volatile Saved Format File to Serial Port: ^A selects which single
non-volatile saved format (1-32) to send to the host via the serial port.
XX 58 Process Non-Volatile Saved Format File: ^A selects which user entered format
(1-32) is to be printed.
XX 59 Save Format File to Non-Volatile Memory: ^A selects which slot (1-32) in which
the user entered format is to be placed. The format file must be terminated by an
ESCape (1B hex) character.
USAGE:
To save a file in memory, first send the ^D59 command. This indicates to the printer that a
format file is following and should be placed in the first available slot. (Note: If the slot
number of the format is critical, the printer can be instructed to put the format in a specific
slot be sending ^A(slot #)^D595.)
The final step is to send the label format. The format file must be terminated with an
ESCape character (1B hex) so that the printer knows that the complete file has been sent.
The printer will not accept an ASCII representation of the ESCape character.
To access the stored file, serially send the ^A(slot #)^D585 command. The printer will now
process the stored file.
Additional files may be saved in the same manner by simply following the above
instructions and substituting a new (slot #). Remember the printer has 32 slots available to
store different label formats.
It is important to note that the saved format file mode works very well with variable data.
Configure the format file with all the positioning and header information. Follow this
information with all the fixed text data. Terminate the file with an ESCape character. Now
the variable data may serially be sent to the file. It may be the difference between sending
two lines of data versus the full 120 lines of the file! Access is very fast.