Creating Command Strings For The Label Format - Intermec EasyCoder 3240 Developer's Manual

Chapter 2 — Designing Bar Code Labels

Creating Command Strings for the Label Format

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For example, if the distance is 12.5 mm:
12.5 mm x 8 dots/mm = 100. The value for y is 100.
The origin position for the human-readable field is 200, 100.
5 Repeat steps 1 to 4 to find the origin points for the line field and for the
bar code field.
Note: On the 4400, 7421, and PC41 printers, be sure to use the label
width command to set the actual width of your labels; otherwise, the y
origins will be incorrect.
Next, write the IPL command strings to create the label format.
You use IPL commands to create and define each field in the format. For
example, to create a human-readable field, you use the "Human-Readable
Field, Create or Edit" command.
Each type of field is defined by several parameters. For example, a human-
readable field includes settings for field origin point, font, direction, height
and width, data source, and number of characters. For more information,
see the command in the IPL Command Reference Manual.
To create the command strings
1 Open a text editor or word processor application.
2 Type these three command strings to choose Advanced mode, place the
printer in Program mode, and create and define the label format:
<STX><ESC>C<ETX>
<STX><ESC>P<ETX>
<STX>E4;F4<ETX>
The next table explains these values:
Values for Sample Label Command Strings
Text Description
ASCII start of text control code in readable characters. Each command
<STX>
string must begin with the start of text control code or its equivalent in
readable characters.
<ESC>C is the syntax for the "Advanced Mode, Select" command.
<ESC>C
ASCII end of text control code in readable characters. Each command
<ETX>
string must end with the end of text control code or its equivalent in
readable characters.
<ESC>P is the syntax for the "Program Mode, Enter" command. You
<ESC>P
need to place the printer in Program Mode to create and define a label
format.
E is the syntax for the "Format, Erase" command. This command clears
E4
format 4 from the printer memory.
F is the syntax for the "Format, Create" command, which creates a new,
F4
blank format 4 in the printer memory.
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