About Fingerprint; About Direct Protocol; About Ipl; About Esim - Intermec PC23 User Manual

Chapter 1 — About the Printers

About Fingerprint

About Direct Protocol

About IPL

About ESim

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Fingerprint is a BASIC-inspired general purpose printer language. Use
Fingerprint to design custom label formats and write printer
application software. If you plan to run Smart Printing applications
directly on the printer, without connecting to a PC, select Fingerprint
as your printer command language. For more information, see the
Intermec Fingerprint Command Reference
The printer uses the Fingerprint printer command language by
default.
Direct Protocol (DP) is a subset of Fingerprint that uses a more
intuitive English-like syntax. This flexible host-based printer
command language can also be used with Smart Printing applications.
Direct Protocol lets you combine predefined layouts and variable data
to create labels, tickets, and tags. If you are using bar code software, like
BarTender, select Direct Protocol as your printer command language.
IPL (Intermec Printer Language) is a host-based printer command
language. Use IPL to design, modify, and download label formats;
write printer application software; and configure the printer. If you are
sending IPL label files to the printer, select IPL as your printer
command language. For more information, see the
Reference Manual.
ESim (EPL command language simulator) interprets Eltron®
programs without requiring any host programming changes. If you are
sending EPL label files to the printer, select ESim as your printer
command language. For more information, see the
Reference Manual.
Manual.
PC23 and PC43 Desktop Printer User Manual
IPL Command
ESim Command