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

Commands
Immediate Commands
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Immediate Commands
Immediate commands are executed when the printer receives them. The printer mode does not
matter.
Abort Print Job
Purpose To abort the current print job.
Syntax
<EM>
Supported Based on testing, this command works the same on the Zebra printer with
APL-I firmware as on the 3400D printer.
Notes The printer stops printing the current batch, but continues processing the other
commands in the buffer. The batch count is reset.
Error Code, Request
Purpose To check the printer for errors and warnings.
Syntax
<BEL>
Supported Based on testing, this command works the same on the Zebra printer with
APL-I firmware as on the 3400D printer.
Notes The error code is either a command syntax error or a RAM usage error. A returned
ASCII number represents the latest error.
Important • If no error has occurred since the last power up, the printer returns a zero. When
this command is sent, the error code is always reset to 00.
Label and Gap Length, Transmit
Purpose To send the label length and gap length to the host.
Syntax
<ESC>L
Supported Based on testing, this command works the same on the Zebra printer with
APL-I firmware as on the 3400D printer.
Notes If you are using continuous media, the printer sends the length identified by the
Maximum Label Length, Set command. Label length is the length of the current label. If the
current label is longer than the distance between the printhead and the sensor, then the
previous label’s length is used.