What Is Ipl; Which Printers Support Ipl; About Ipl Commands - Intermec EasyCoder 3240 Developer's Manual

Chapter 1 — Introduction to IPL Commands

What Is IPL?

Which Printers Support IPL?

About IPL Commands

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Intermec Printer Language (IPL) is one of the programming languages that
has been developed for use with Intermec printers. IPL is an easy-to-use
programming language that lets you:
• design formats (templates) for bar code labels, download formats to the
printer, or modify formats stored in the printer.
• download data to fill in a bar code label (or RFID tag information) and
print the label.
• enable or disable printer features and options, or abort print jobs and
reset the printer.
• query the printer for hardware diagnostic data and status of print jobs.
This Developer's Guide includes information on how to use IPL to develop
applications for your Intermec printer. For information on specific IPL
commands, see the IPL Command Reference Manual.
IPL is supported by these Intermec printers:
• 3240, 3400, 3440, 3600, 4100, 4400, 4420, 4440, 4630, 4830, 7421,
PC41
• F2, F4
• PD/PF/PM/PX series: PD41, PD42, PF2i, PF4i, PM4i, PX4i, PX6i
• PB50
The PD series supports IPL v10.0 and later. The PF/PM/PX series support
IPL v2.0 and later. The PB50 supports IPL v11.0 and later. Other Intermec
printers support earlier versions of IPL. To locate the correct IPL version for
your printer, visit www.intermec.com, choose Support > Downloads, and
choose your printer from the list.
There are six types of IPL commands:
• Communications commands set printer communications parameters
for 802.1x, Bluetooth, Serial, and Wired and Wireless LAN
communications.
• Print commands download data to the printer, print bar code labels or
RFID tag labels, or pass data to RFID tag formats. The printer must be
placed in Print mode to use these commands.
Intermec Printer Language (IPL) Developer's Guide