Programming instructions

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Intermec Fingerprint 6.13 – Programmer's Guide
Program File Types
Program files are used to run and control the printer and to produce
labels or other printouts. A program file is always composed of
numbered lines, although the numbers may be invisible during the
editing process (see chapter 5.4).
A special case of program files is startup files, i.e. files that
automatically start running when the printer is turned on (also called
“autoexec-files”). Startup files were explained in chapter 5.13
“Creating a Startup Program”.
Instructions
The following instructions are used for creating and handling
program files:
LOAD Copies a specified program file to the
printer's working memory.
LIST Lists the program file in the working
memory to the standard OUT channel,
usually the screen of the host.
MERGE Adds copy of a specified program file to
the program file currently residing in the
printer's working memory.
RUN Executes the instruction in the program
file. RUN must be issued in the Immedi-
ate Mode, i.e. not in a numbered line.
SAVE Saves a copy of the program file in the
working memory to the printer's RAM
memory ("ram:") or, optionally, to a non
DOS-formatted memory card ("card1:").
If a file with the same name already exists
the that directory, it will be replaced by the
new file.
NEW Clears the working memory to allow a
new program file to be created.
COPY Copies a file to another name and/or di-
rectory.
KILL Deletes a file from the RAM memory or
from a DOS-formatted memory card.
6. FILE SYSTEM, cont'd.
3. Program Files
☞ Standard OUT Channel
Also see:
• Chapter 7.1
☞ Creating, Saving, Copying, Killing
and Executing Program Files
Also see:
• Chapter 5.11 and 5.13