User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- About This Document
- Introduction
- Commands
- Immediate Commands
- Print Commands
- Advanced Mode, Select
- Alphanumeric Field Separator
- Batch Count, Set
- Clear All Data
- Clear Data From Current Field
- Command Terminator 1
- Command Terminator 2
- Configuration Parameters, Transmit
- Cut
- Data Shift – International Characters
- Direct Graphics Mode, Select
- Emulation Mode, Enter
- Field, Select
- Field Decrement, Set
- Field Increment, Set
- First Data Entry Field, Select
- Font, Transmit
- Form Feed
- Format, Select
- Format, Transmit
- Increment and Decrement, Disable
- Memory Usage, Transmit
- Next Data Entry Field, Select
- Numeric Field Separator
- Options Selected, Transmit
- Page, Select
- Page, Transmit
- Printhead Parameters, Transmit
- Program Mode, Enter
- Program Number, Transmit
- Quantity Count, Set
- Start and Stop Codes (Code 39), Print
- Test and Service Mode, Enter
- User-Defined Characters, Transmit
- User-Defined Tables, Transmit
- Warm Boot
- Configuration Commands
- Amount of Storage, Define
- Auto-Transmit 1, Enable
- Auto-Transmit 2, Enable
- Auto-Transmit 3, Enable
- Auto-Transmit 1, 2, and 3, Disable
- Cutter, Enable or Disable
- Dark Adjust, Set
- Emulation or Advanced Mode on Power-Up
- End-of-Print Skip Distance, Set
- IBM Language Translation, Enable or Disable
- Intercharacter Delay, Set
- Label Rest Point, Adjust
- Label Retract, Enable or Disable
- Label Retract Distance, Set
- Label Stock Type, Select
- Label Width, Set
- Maximum Label Length, Set
- Media Sensitivity, Select
- Message Delay, Set
- Number of Image Bands, Set
- Postamble, Set
- Preamble, Set
- Print Speed, Set
- Printer Language, Select
- Printhead Loading Mode, Select
- Self-Strip, Enable or Disable
- Top of Form, Set
- Program Mode Commands
- Bar Code, Select Type
- Code 39
- Code 93
- Interleaved 2 of 5
- Code 2 of 5
- Codabar
- Code 11
- Code 128
- UPC/EAN
- HIBC Code 39
- Code 16K
- Code 49
- POSTNET
- PDF417
- Using ,m1 to Select the Number of Columns
- Using ,m2 to Select an Error Correction Level
- Using ,m3 to Set the Truncate Flag
- MaxiCode
- JIS-ITF
- HIBC Code 128
- Data Matrix Symbology Versions ECC-100 and ECC-200
- QR Code
- MicroPDF417
- Bar Code Field, Create or Edit
- Bitmap Cell Height for Graphic or UDF, Define
- Bitmap Cell Width for Graphic or UDF, Define
- Bitmap User-Defined Font, Clear or Define
- Border Around Human-Readable Text, Define
- Box Field, Create or Edit
- Character Bitmap Origin Offset, Define
- Character Rotation or Bar Code Ratio, Define
- Code 39 Prefix Character, Define
- Command Tables, Load
- Current Edit Session, Save
- Data Source for Format in a Page, Define
- Field, Delete
- Field Data, Define Source
- Field Direction, Define
- Field Origin, Define
- Font Character Width, Define
- Font Type, Select
- Format, Create or Edit
- Format Direction in a Page, Define
- Format, Erase
- Format Offset Within a Page, Define
- Format Position From Page, Delete
- Format Position in a Page, Assign
- Graphic, Select
- Graphic or UDC, Define
- Height Magnification of Bar, Box, or UDC, Define
- Human-Readable Field, Create or Edit
- Intercharacter Space for UDF, Define
- Interpretive Field, Edit
- Interpretive Field, Enable or Disable
- Length of Line or Box Field, Define
- Line Field, Create or Edit
- Outline Font, Clear or Create
- Outline Font, Download
- Page, Create or Edit
- Page, Delete
- Pitch Size, Set
- Point Size, Set
- Print Line Dot Count Limit, Set
- Program Mode, Exit
- User-Defined Character, Clear or Create
- User-Defined Character Field, Create or Edit
- User-Defined Font Character, Create
- Width of Line, Box, Bar, or Character, Define
- Test and Service Commands
- Ambient Temperature, Transmit
- Command Terminator
- Dark Adjust
- Factory Defaults, Reset
- Formats, Print
- Hardware Configuration Label, Print
- Label Taken Sensor Value, Transmit
- Pages, Print
- Pitch Label, Print
- Print Quality Label, Print
- Printhead Temperature Sensor Value, Transmit
- Reflective Sensor Value, Transmit
- Software Configuration Label, Print
- Test and Service Mode, Exit
- Transmissive Sensor Value, Transmit
- User-Defined Characters (UDC) and Graphics, Print
- User-Defined Fonts, Print
- Set-Get-Do (SGD) Commands
- Network Configuration
- Control Panel Options
- Index

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About This Document
Contacts
11/24/09 APL-I Reference Guide 14177L-003
Contacts
Technical Support via the Internet is available 24 hours per day, 365 days per year.
Web Site: www.zebra.com
E-mail Back Technical Library:
E-mail address: emb@zebra.com
Subject line: Emaillist
Self Service Knowledge Base: www.zebra.com/knowledgebase
Online Case Registration: www.zebra.com/techrequest
Which Department
Do You Need?
The Americas
Europe, Middle East,
and Africa
Asia Pacific
and India
Regional Headquarters
Zebra Technologies Corporation
475 Half Day Road, Suite 500
Lincolnshire, IL 60069 USA
T: +1 847 634 6700
Toll-free +1 866 230 9494
F: +1 847 913 8766
Zebra Technologies Europe Limited
Dukes Meadow
Millboard Road
Bourne End
Buckinghamshire, SL8 5XF
United Kingdom
T: +44 (0) 1628 556000
F: +44 (0) 1628 556001
Zebra Technologies Asia Pacific
Pte. Ltd.
120 Robinson Road
#06-01 Parakou Building
Singapore 068913
T: + 65 6858 0722
F: +65 6885 0838
Technical Support
For questions on the
operation of Zebra
equipment and software,
please call your distributor.
For additional assistance,
contact us.
Please have your model and
serial numbers available.
T: +1 877 ASK ZEBRA (275 9327)
F: +1 847 913 2578
Hardware: ts1@zebra.com
Software: ts3@zebra.com
Kiosk printers:
T: +1 866 322 5202
E: kiosksupport@zebra.com
T: +44 (0) 1628 556039
F: +44 (0) 1628 556003
E: Tseurope@zebra.com
T: +65 6858 0722
F: +65 6885 0838
E: China: tschina@zebra.com
All other areas:
tsasiapacific@zebra.com
Repair Service
Department
For back-to-base service and
repair.
T: +1 877 ASK ZEBRA (275 9327)
F: +1 847 821 1797
E: repair@zebra.com
To request a repair in the U.S.,
go to www.zebra.com/repair
.
T: +44 (0) 1772 693069
F: +44 (0) 1772 693046
New requests: ukrma@zebra.com
Status updates:
repairupdate@zebra.com
T: +65 6858 0722
F: +65 6885 0838
E: China: tschina@zebra.com
All other areas:
tsasiapacific@zebra.com
Technical Training
Department
For Zebra product training
courses.
T: +1 847 793 6868
T: +1 847 793 6864
F: +1 847 913 2578
E: ttamerica@zebra.com
T: +44 (0) 1628 556000
F: +44 (0) 1628 556001
E: Eurtraining@zebra.com
T: + 65 6858 0722
F: +65 6885 0838
E: China: tschina@zebra.com
All other areas:
tsasiapacific@zebra.com
Inquiry Department
For product literature and
distributor and dealer
information.
T: +1 877 ASK ZEBRA (275 9327)
E: inquiry4@zebra.com
T: +44 (0) 1628 556037
F: +44 (0) 1628 556005
E: mseurope@zebra.com
E: China: GCmarketing@zebra.com
All other areas:
APACChannelmarketing@zebra.com
Customer Service
Department (US)
Internal Sales
Department (UK)
For printers, parts, media,
and ribbon, please call your
distributor or contact us.
T: +1 877 ASK ZEBRA (275 9327)
E: clientcare@zebra.com
T: +44 (0) 1628 556032
F: +44 (0) 1628 556001
E: cseurope@zebra.com
T: +65 6858 0722
F: +65 6885 0836
E: China: order-csr@zebra.com
All other areas:
csasiapacific@zebra.com
Key:
T: Telephone
F: Facsimile
E: E-mail