Cutter Command - SATO M-5900RV Operator And Technical Reference Manual

Command Structure
Command Function
Printer Input
Printer Output
Special Notes
PN 9001081
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Cutter Command

<ESC>~aaaa
aa = Number of labels to print between each cut (01-9999)
Example: <ESC>~0002
Placement: Following the Print Quantity command <ESC>Q
Default: <ESC><~>0001 (if cutter enabled)
To control the cutting of labels when using a SATO cutter unit with the printer.
This command allows the cutting of a multi-part tag or label at a specified interval
within a print job.
<ESC>A
<ESC>H0020<ESC>V0020<ESC>WB1TESTLABEL<ESC>Q3
<ESC>0002
<ESC>Z
This set of commands will print 6 labels (3 x 2) with two labels between each cut.
1. You must have the optional printer cutter to use this function. Contact your
SATO representative for more information.
2. To use this command the printer configuration must have the cutter option
enabled. See Installation and Configuration in Section 2 of this manual.
3. If the cutter option has been enabled in the printer configuration and the cut
value (aaaa = 0000) the cutter is inactive.
The <NUL> represents the ASCII 00 Hex character and can be interchanged
with a tilde character.
4. When using the Cutter command the total number of labels printed is the
product of the cut value and the print quantity. For example: If the cut value is
2 and the print quantity is 20 then 20 sets of two labels will be printed.
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