About Fingerprint; About Direct Protocol; About Ipl - Intermec PM23c User Manual

About Fingerprint

About Direct Protocol

About IPL

PM23c, PM43, and PM43c Mid-Range Printer User Manual
The printer supports these command languages and language
simulator support options:
• Fingerprint
• Direct Protocol (DP)
• IPL (Intermec Printer Language)
• ZSim (ZPL command language simulator)
• DSim (DPL command language simulator)
• Smart Printing
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.
Chapter 1 — About the Printer
Manual.
IPL Command
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