User guide

36 Label Studio Inkjet Reference
Defining escape codes
for Generic Text
drivers
In Label Toolbox, you can easily enter, store, and use your escape codes to
control your printer. If you do not use one of the available printer files with the
POSTNET escape codes defined for you, your printer’s documentation should list
the escape codes available. You need to transfer those codes into Label Toolbox.
1. With a Generic Text driver design file open in Label Toolbox, choose Tools >
Printer setup.
2. Select your printer, and click Modify.
3. Select Escapes, and click the New button that appears at the bottom of the
window.
4. Enter a name for your escape code in the Value Name field and a value for
the escape code in the Value field. For example, enter a name such as
BoldOn and a value of \027\nnn or \xlb\xnn where \nnn or \xnn represent
the values your printer uses to turn bold on. Click OK.
5. Click OK, and click Close in the Printer Setup window.
These escape codes are now available as objects to drag and drop on your design
or use them to define the LineBeginning and LineEnding values in the Line
Properties window, see “Lines” on page 58.
Printer escape objects After you define your printer escape codes, they appear in the Objects window.
You can drag and drop these onto your layout to activate printer commands.
For example, suppose you want to make the customer’s name appear in bold text
on your address labels. You would create printer escape objects for turning the
bold text on and off and then drop them onto your layout in the appropriate
positions.
1. From the objects window, click and drag the BoldOn escape object to the
position before the DB.Name field.
2. Click and drag the BoldOff escape object and drag it to the position
immediately after the DB.Name field.
If you do not include the BoldOff escape object, every field on every label after
the BoldOn object will have bolded text. You must send a command to the printer
to tell it to stop printing bolded text.
Adding comments to
printers
When you create or modify a Generic Text, Data Stream, or Inkjet printer, you
can add some comments or a description about the printer.
1. Choose Tools > Printer Setup.
2. Select your printer, and click Modify.
3. Type a comment and click OK.
You can also enter a comment when you create a new printer.
You’ll be able to see the comment in the following windows:
 Design Settings within Label Toolbox.
 Printer selection on the first window in the Label Toolbox Design File
Wizard.
 Execution Options when running a job.