Fields; General Formatting Commands; Field-Related Formatting Commands - Intermec EasyCoder 301 Programmer's Manual

2. Sending
Commands,
cont'd.

3. Fields

4. General Format-
ting Commands
5. Field-Related
Formatting
Commands
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/ . This refers to one-dimensional
bar codes only. Complex two-
dimensional bar or dot codes
may have other formatting
parameters.
Intermec EasyCoder 301 Direct Protocol 2.0 – Programmer's Guide Ed. 3
Then add the variable input data and a print command:
LAYOUT RUN "LABEL1"
INPUT ON
<STX>
ABC
My FIRST label!
<EOT>
PF
INPUT OFF
The printable information on a label, ticket, tag or piece of strip
consists of various types of field. A field can consist of:
• A single line of text
• A bar code with or without human readable interpretation
• An image, i.e. a picture, logo or sign in .PCX format
• A box, i.e. a hollow square or rectangle
• A line
Any type of field should be specified with regard to:
• Position
• Alignment
• Direction
Depending on the type of field, additional formatting commands
can be used:
• Text Field:
- Font (typeface)
- Font Size
- Font Slant
- Magnification
- Normal Image/Inverse Image
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• Bar Code Field :
- Bar Code Type
- Height (height of bar pattern)
- Ratio (wide bars/narrow bars)
- Magnification (bar pattern)
- Bar Code Interpretation On/Off
- Bar Code Interpretation Font
- Bar Code Interpretation Font Size
- Bar Code Interpretation Font Slant
Chapter 3 Principles of Operation
(enables layouts and var. data fields)
(start of input data, ASCII 02 dec)
(variable input data to VAR1$)
(variable input data to VAR2$)
(end of input data, ASCII 04 dec)
(print one label)
(disables layouts and var. data fields)
(select layout)
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