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PRODUCT MARKING AND BARCODE IDENTIFICATION
Programming cab printers - a simple lesson
Target:
Learn how easy it is to teach your printer to do what you want.
Understand the language structure of JScript by testing the following sample.
Get the feeling what might go wrong if the syntax is not correct.
Modify this sample with other items of this manual
Create your first label:
1. Connect your printer to the PC, select "Country United Kingdom" on the printer´s control panel.
The handling is explained in the operator´s manual (the language changes to "English" and the
measurements to "millimeters" - as the label is designed in millimeters)
2. Start your preferred plain texteditor ( we will use Notepad for this example)
3. Key in following data and don´t forget to ress the ENTER key on your keyboard after the "A 1" in
the last line is keyed in.
J
H 100
O R
S l1;0,0,68,70,100
T 10,10,0,5,pt20;sample
B 10,20,0,EAN-13,SC2;401234512345
G 8,4,0;R:30,9,0.3,0.3
A 1
Explanation of this Example
(Details are described in the respective sections of this manual)
J
H 100
O R
S l1;0,0,68,70,100
T 10,10,0,5,pt20;sample
B 10,20,0,EAN-13,SC2;401234512345
G 8,3.5,0;R:30,9,0.3,0.3
A 1
4. Save that file now with the name "sample1.txt" in your root directory of Harddrive C:
5. Switch to the DOS - mode or to the command prompt (depending on your operating system
version)
6. At the command prompt key in: C:\> copy/b sample1.txt LPT1: ( LPT1: - if the printer is
connected with the parallel port of the PC.)
The result should be that the printer prints the label which is shown on the following side
[TABLE OF CONTENTS] [COMMAND LIST]
cab Produkttechnik GmbH & Co KG
Job start
Heat (Speed) setting (100mm/sec)
Orientation Rotated by 180°
Size of the Label (68 x100mm, gap 2mm)
Text line- font:Swiss bold, 20 pt
Barcode EAN 13, size SC 2
Graphic, Rectangle
Amount of labels (in this sample 1)
[ESC] [i] [L] [S]
30x9mm, 0.3mm
[INDEX]
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15
This
function is
available
for:
A-series
Apollo
Hermes
M-series
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