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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Commands
Program Mode Commands
11/24/09 APL-I Reference Guide 14177L-003
Using ,m1 to Select the Number of Columns
Purpose To set the number of columns in the PDF417 bar code.
Syntax This parameter, which defaults to 0, is the number of columns of data characters; the
range of values is 0 to 30.
Supported Based on testing, this command works the same on the Zebra printer with
APL-I firmware as on the 3400D printer.
Notes ,m1 represents the number of columns needed to create a symbol. The range is 0
(default) to 30. If you select 0, the printer automatically uses the number of columns necessary
for the symbol that is closest to the shape of a square.
Using ,m2 to Select an Error Correction Level
Purpose To set an error correction level for a PDF417 bar code.
Syntax This parameter, which defaults to 9, is the error correction level; the range of values
is 0 to 9.
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 correction level should be set according to the number of code words
(compressed data) generated from the PDF417 bar code’s data. The table below shows a list of
the values of m2, the corresponding suggested number of code words, and the error detection
characters that will be generated at that setting.
m2 Number of Code words
Error Detection Characters
Generated
0 <not recommended> 2 (no error recovery)
1 <not recommended> 4
2 1-40 8
3 41-160 16
4 161-320 32
5 321-863 64
6 <reserved for special applications> 128
7 <reserved for special applications> 256
8 <reserved for special applications> 512
9
<printer automatically determines
error correction level> varies