Specifications

Chapter 3— Designing Bar Code Labels
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Data for Example
<STX><ESC>E5<CAN><ETX>
<STX>Lot 23455 262948<CR><FS>307 91747<FS><ESC>I2<ETX>
<STX><RS>5<ETB><ETX>
Use the <ETX> and <STX> characters to mark the beginning and end of
the command strings. The other characters are explained in the following
table. Most of the printer command lines explained below contain
commands previously not discussed in this chapter. Refer to previous
examples for clarification of the lines that are not explained, or see Chapter
7, “IPL Command Reference,” for a further explanation of the command
language.
Label Format Example Command Descriptions
Command Description
<ESC>C
Selects Advanced mode.
<ESC>P
Selects Program mode.
E5;F5;
Erases anything previously stored as format five and accesses the location for format five.
H0;
Defines field 0 as a human-readable field.
o35,40;
Sets the origin of field 0 at coordinates (35,40).
c25;
Sets the font for field 0 to font 25.z
d3,Cat.;
Sets the data for field 0 to have the constant value: Cat.
k12;
Sets the point size to 12.
L6;
Defines field 6 as a line field.
o740,10;
Sets the origin for field 6 at (740,10).
f3;
Rotates field 6 by 270 degrees counterclockwise around the field origin.
l1300;
Sets the length of the line in field 6 to 130 dots.
w8;
Sets the width of field 6 to 8 dots.
H8;
Defines field 8 as a human-readable field.
o30,165;
Sets the origin of field 8 at (30,165).
c25;
Defines the font for field 8 as font 25.
f3;
Rotates field 8 by 270 degrees counterclockwise around the origin.
r1;
Rotates the characters in field 8 by 90 degrees counterclockwise.
d3,Size;
Defines the constant data for field 8.
k12;
Sets the point size to 12.
H10;
Defines field 10 as a human-readable field.
o150,165;
Sets the origin for field 10 at (150,165).
f3;
Rotates field 10 by 270 degrees counterclockwise around the origin.
r1;
Rotates the characters in field 10 by 90 degrees counterclockwise.
c25;
Sets the font for field 10 to font 25.
d3,3/4;
Defines constant data for field 10.
k12;
Sets the point size to 12.