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EPL Forms Mode
6/12/06 KDU Plus User’s Manual 980548-001 Rev. A
F2 - List Forms
Press the F2 function key on the KDU Plus. The printer will print a forms file listing. Form
names printed on the list are in the exact form needed for retrieval. EPL printer form names are
case sensitive.
Form - Form Retrieval
The KDU Plus does not directly store label forms. The forms are stored in the printer. The
KDU Plus sends the form retrieval commands directly to the printer to start a form.
Press the Form key to retrieve a form. Enter the form name exactly as it is shown in the List
Forms printout.
Important • The AUX1, AUX2 and the PS/2 style input ports are turned off during form
retrieval. The input ports are active once a form is running and the KDU Plus prompts the
operator for data input.
• Form names used by the KDU Plus can be up to 8 alpha-numeric characters long.
• EPL form names can also support any valid DOS and Windows file name characters
as long as the name does not exceed 8 characters.
• The KDU Plus will not recognize a filename that includes the file extension. The
printer has stripped the file extension from the form file during the storage process in
the printer. Note the file name and form name do not have to match. EPL can even
process multiple forms in a single file. See the EPL programmer’s manual for more
details.
The EPL form name of AbC123zP would be entered as:
• Press the Enter key to finish retrieving your form. The printer and KDU Plus will now
begin processing the form.
• Press the Clr key to clear the form name entry.
• The right and left arrow keys, Del key and the Backspace keys are active during
Forms Mode.
• Press the Exit or Esc keys at any time to quit form retrieval or form data entry.