Specifications

Chapter 3— Designing Bar Code Labels

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4 Combine the command strings you defined into one file and add the

following commands bracketed by <STX> and <ETX>:

Command Description

<ESC>C

Selects Advanced mode

<ESC>P

Enters Program mode

E4;F4;

Erases what was in format 4 and creates a new format 4

Saves the format and exits to Print mode

<ESC>E4

Accesses format 4

<ETB>

Prints the format

5 Create the data lines for the human-readable field and the bar code

field. Do this by completing the following tasks:

a Type the information that you want to appear in the human-readable

field and the bar code field in two separate lines.

b Separate the information with a <CR> at the end of the first text

string.

The <CR> tells the printer to enter the text into different fields. The

first line will be the text for the human-readable field and so on.

c Preface the data lines with the <CAN> command. It erases all data in

the current format.

Your command strings should look like this:

Command String Definition

<CAN>

Erases all data in current format

THIS IS THE SAMPLE LABEL<CR>

Text for the human-readable field

SAMPLE

Text for the bar code field

d Bracket the command strings between <STX> and <ETX>.

6 Combine all of the command strings into one format and it should look

like the following example.

Note: The difference between the lowercase letter “l” and the numeral

“1” is not very noticeable in the Courier font. Make sure that you enter

the correct command.