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Intermec Fingerprint 6.13 – Programmer's Guide
10. LABEL DESIGN, cont'd.
2. Text Field
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A text field consists of one or several alphanumeric characters on
the same line (max 300 characters). Intermec Fingerprint cannot
wrap text to a new line, but each line must be specified as a separate
text field.
In addition to the standard positioning statements PRPOS, ALIGN
and DIR, a text field can contain the following instructions:
FONT (FT)
Specifies the bitmap font to be printed. There is no default font.
Therefore, a font must always be specified or an error condition will
occur. Once a font has been specified, it will be used in all text fields
until a new FONT statement is executed.
Optionally, the extension can be included in the font name. If so, the
extension of the selected font must match the print direction:
Extension .1 matches DIR 1 and DIR 3
Extension .2 matches DIR 2 and DIR 4
If no extension is specified in the font name, the software automati-
cally selects the font according to the selected direction.
In some EasyCoder printers, outline fonts in Speedo and TrueType
format can be scaled and converted to bitmap fonts.
MAG
Bitmap fonts can be magnified 1-4 times independently in regard
of height and width. Scalable fonts can be scaled to a suitable size
when the bitmap font is generated.
NORIMAGE (NI) / INVIMAGE (II)
Normally, text is printed in black on a paper-coloured background
(NORIMAGE). Using INVIMAGE the printing can be inversed so
the paper gives the colour of the characters, whereas the back-
ground will be black. The size of the background is decided by the
character cell. A NORIMAGE statement is only needed when
changing back from INVIMAGE printing.
PRTXT (PT)
Text can be entered in the form of numeric expressions and/or string
expressions. Two or more expression can be combined using
semicolons (;) or, in case of string expressions, by plus signs (+).
String constants must be enclosed by double quotation marks ("...").
Variables are useful for printing e.g. time, date or various counters,
and when the same information is to appear in several places, e.g.
both as plain text and as bar code input data.
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Fonts
Also see:
• Chapter 12
NORIMAGE
INVIMAGE