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(HB) Head Bias – This command instructs the printer to switch the dot zero position: as viewed
from the printer's front panel (or label output side) – when dot zero occupies the left-most
location on the print head then printing is left justified; when dot zero occupies the right-most
location, printing is right justified.
(HC) Head Cleaning – This command controls the print head cleaning routine. The entered value
specifies the inch (or centimeter) count to reach before prompting a print head cleaning. If the
number specified is exceeded three times, the printer will fault until cleaning is initiated.
Note: The number specified is multiplied by one thousand. Zero disables this function.
(HE) Heat – See Hnn for command details.
(HT) Host Timeout – This command controls the number of seconds a communications port must
be idle before the printer may process data from a different port. The value is also used to
"timeout" an image / label format download (i.e., if, at any time, data flow stops before a
complete label format is received, the data will be ignored).
(IC) Ignore Control Codes – This command allows the user to remove control codes (< 20 Hex)
in the data field. The selected line terminator is processed. When enabled, DPL Control Code
(SOH, STX, CR, ESC, and ^) characters are removed from the data string. (Note that some fonts
do have printable characters in this range and they will not be printed when enabled.)
(IE) Ignore Distances – This command, when enabled, prevents <STX>O processing that will
change the start of print position.
(IL) Imaging Mode – This command instructs the printer whether to pre-image the label format:
Value
M
S
Note: This selection can affect the accuracy of time-stamped labels and label throughput.
Class Series Programmer's Manual
Extended System-Level Command Functions
Units / Interpretation
Multiple Label
Single Label
Imaging Mode Definition
The printer images multiple labels as memory permits,
achieving the fastest throughput; however, if time-
stamping, the time will reflect the moment the label is
imaged rather than when actually printed.
The printer images the next label only after the previous
label has been successfully printed. Single processing
provides time-stamps that are more accurate, but it slows
label throughput time.
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