Other Commands
FB Suppress characters
Syntax=FBnnxxyy..zz (nn: The numeric value (00‐15) for the number of suppressed characters; xxyy..zz: The hex value of the
characters to be suppressed)
Suppress all occurrences of up to 15 different characters, starting at the current cursor position, as the cursor is advanced by other
commands.
FB Example: Remove spaces in barcode data
This example shows a barcode that has spaces in the data. You may want to remove the spaces before sending the data. Using the
barcode above:
Command string: FB0120F10D
FB is the "Suppress characters" command
03 is the number of the characters to be suppressed
20 is the hex value for a space
F1 is the "Send all characters" command 0D is the hex value for a CR
The data is output as: 12345678
E4 Replace characters
Syntax = E4nnxx1xx2yy1yy2... Zz1zz2 (nn: number of substituted characters + number of substituted characters; xx1: hexadecimal
value of substituted characters, xx2: hexadecimal value of substituted characters, and so on)
Starting from the right side of the cursor, replace the output character (up to 15 characters) without moving the cursor.
E4 Example: Replace zeros with CRs in barcode data
If the barcode has characters that the host application does not want included, you can use the E4 command to replace those
characters with something else. In this example, you will replace the zeros in the barcode above with carriage returns.
Command string: E402300DF10D
E4 is the "Replace characters" command
02is the total count of characters to be replaced, plus the replacement characters (0 is replaced by CR, so total characters=2)
30 is the hex value for 0
199 **Exit Setup
<CR>
Enter Setup