Labelpoint Features - Datamax MP-Compact4 Programmer's Reference Manual

PROGRAMMER'S REFERENCE MANUAL
The Labelpoint command language
Introduction
The thermal printer family features a simple yet powerful command language, Labelpoint II
(LP II). This allows the printers to be controlled from most computers. Most common bar code
symbologies are available. Text and bar codes can be printed in all four directions
simultaneously. Counters for consecutive numbering are available and an integral real-time
clock allows labels to be time-stamped at print time.
Labelpoint II uses only printable ASCII characters to allow commands to be easily
manipulated in the host computer. This also avoids problems with control characters that some
computer systems reserve for internal use.

Labelpoint features:

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Easy-to-use command language
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Prints text, bar and matrix codes, lines, boxes and graphics
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Contains character sets for all major European languages
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Many barcode symbologies are standard
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Several 2-dimensional (matrix) codes
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Ten scalable fonts as standard (uses Unicode character set internally to be able to
use all latin and cyrillic characters)
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TCP/IP support (LPD, RTELNET)
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Terminal Server functionality (COM1 and/or COM2 connected to the network)
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Easy-to-use configuration menu accessible through COM ports, Telnet port or by
using a common web-browser.
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Date and Time symbols
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Ten onboard counters for consecutive numbering
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