Communicating With The Printer; Using The Printset Software; Using Third-Party Software; Using Intermec Printer Language (Ipl) Commands - Intermec EasyCoder 4420 User Manual

Communicating With the Printer

Using the PrintSet Software

Using Third-Party Software

Using Intermec Printer Language (IPL) Commands

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Now that your printer is connected to your system, you are ready to print
labels by downloading data from the host to the printer. Downloading is
the universal term used to describe the transfer of information from the
host to any connected peripheral device, such as the printer. When you
transfer data from your printer to the host, you are performing a process
called uploading.
You can use several methods to download information in your data
collection system. This section describes three different ways to
communicate with the printer:
1 Using the PrintSet software
2 Using third-party software
3 Using Intermec Printer Language (IPL) commands
You can install the PrintSet application software from the Printer
Companion CD that shipped with the printer. Use PrintSet to easily
configure your printer from your PC. You can also use PrintSet to
• download graphics and fonts (including TrueType).
• print test labels.
• modify and download configuration files.
Refer to the online help for information on using PrintSet.
You can use third-party software to set many of the printer parameters.
You can configure the parameters that your software does not set by using
the printer command set or the configuration DIP switches.
Use your third-party software to create label formats and convert graphics
into a user-defined character (UDC) format that the printer can interpret.
Refer to your third-party documentation and the IPL Programming
Reference Manual (P/N 066396) for more information.
You can create labels by downloading formats (designs) and data with IPL
commands. You can use the IPL commands to perform any function or
activate any feature of the printer except for those features or functions
that you set with the DIP switches.
For help using IPL commands, see the IPL Programming Reference
Manual.
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