Print Quantity - SATO CL608VA Operator And Technical Reference Manual

Command Structure
Command Function
Input to Printer
Printer Output
Special Notes
SATO CL Series Printers

Print Quantity

<ESC>Qaaaaaa
aaaaaa = Total number of labels to print (1-999999)
Example: <ESC>Q500
Placement: Just preceding <ESC>Z, unless <ESC>NUL exists, then
preceding that. This command must be present in every
print job.
Default: None
To specify the total number of labels to print for a given print job.
<ESC>A
<ESC>H0100<ESC>V0100<ESC>WB1CL408
<ESC>Q3
<ESC>Z
Three labels containing the data "CL408" wll be printed.
1. To pause during a print job, you must press the LINE key on the
Operator Panel.
2. To cancel a print job, you must turn off the printer, or you may send
the <CAN> code if using the Bi-Com mode. Multi-Buffer jobs can
be cleared with the <ESC>* Clear Print Jobs and Memory
command (see page 4-29).
3. When used with the <ESC>F Sequential Numbering command (see
Page 4-72, the Print Quantity value should be equal to the total
number of labels to be printed.
4. If you do not specify a Print Quantity, the printer will not print a label.
5. For this command, leading zeroes do not have to be entered. The
command Q1 is equivalent to Q000001.
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