Line And Box Fields; User-Defined Character Or Graphic Fields; Working With Fields; Editing Field Zero (H0) - Intermec EasyCoder 3240 Developer's Manual

Chapter 2 — Designing Bar Code Labels

Line and Box Fields

User-Defined Character or Graphic Fields

Working With Fields

Editing Field Zero (H0)

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You can use lines or boxes in a label format to separate fields and create
borders on the label. Use IPL commands to define the location and size of
line and box fields in a label format.
These fields contain graphics or bitmap characters. You can either
download the graphic to the printer before printing labels, or you can create
the graphic in a command string.
To download graphics or characters to the printer, you need to use:
• the Intermec PrintSet application. PrintSet converts the graphic into the
appropriate format for your printer.
• a third-party label-generation application. These applications convert
your graphics file to a format that your printer can interpret, and send
the file to the printer.
To create the graphic in a command string, you use the IPL command
"Graphic or UDC, Define." For help, see Chapter 3,
and Graphics."
The maximum size of a user-defined graphic is limited by the capacity of
your printer and can be increased if you install expansion RAM.
You can use Direct Graphics mode to reduce the time it takes to download
and print an image. For more information, see
Mode" on page 63.
In addition to understanding the different types of printable fields on the
printer, you need to know how to arrange them to define or change the
format of a label. This section describes how you use IPL commands to
position, size, rotate, and edit label fields.
By default, the printer automatically creates a human-readable field
numbered zero (H0) each time you create a format by using the "Format,
Create" command. H0 is created with default parameters as defined in the
next table.
Defaults for the H0 Field
Command Definition
Field origin is 0,0.
o0,0;
Field direction is horizontal with respect to the label motion from printer.
f0;
Field height magnification is 2.
h2;
Field width magnification is 2.
w2;
"Using Direct Graphics
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