Introduction; The Sato Programming Language - SATO M-8400RVe Operator And Technical Reference Manual

PROGRAMMING REFERENCE

INTRODUCTION

This section presents the commands that are used with the SATO Series "e" printers
to produce labels with logos, bar codes and alphanumeric data. All of the SATO
Programming Language commands use the same syntax. Some commands reference a
physical point on the label using horizontal and vertical dot reference numbers. The
allowable range for these references is dependent upon the particular printer to
accomodate different print widths and resolutions. These differences are noted in
tables under the commands affected.
The following information is presented in this section:

The SATO Programming Language

Selecting Protocol Control Codes
Using Basic
The Print Area
Command Codes
THE SATO PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
A programming language for a printer is a familiar concept to most programmers. It is
a group of commands that are designed to use the internal intelligence of the printer.
The commands, which are referred to as SATO Command Codes, contain
non-printable ASCII characters (such as <STX>, <ETX>, <ESC>) and printable
characters. These commands must be assembled into an organized block of code to be
sent as one data stream to the printer, which in turn interprets the command codes
and generates the desired label output. The programmer is free to use any
programming language available to send the desired data to the SATO Series "e"
printer.
The command codes used by the SATO Series "e" Printers are based upon "Escape"
(1B hexadecimal) sequences. Typically there are four types of command sequences:
These commands generally tell the printer to perform a specific action, like "clear the
memory."
Commands with this format tell the printer to perform a specific action which is
dependent upon the following data, like "print X labels", where the value for X is
contained in the data.
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<ESC>{Command}
<ESC>{Command} {Data}
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