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4100 Bar Code Label Printer User's Manual
Downloading Printer Commands Using PC Communications
Programs or Host Terminals
You can download commands to your printer through a PC communications
program, a terminal emulation program, or a host terminal. With many
communications or terminal emulation software, you create the commands by
using the equivalent ASCII control characters. For example, <ETX> is entered as
[Ctrl]+[C]. When you enter ASCII decimal equivalents in a word processor,
they display on the screen as special characters.
For hexadecimal equivalents, consult the translation chart in the Appendix.
In any of these situations, the commands you enter through the keyboard are
sent immediately to the printer in real time. Therefore, if you make an error
while entering commands, you need to retype the entire command string
instead of just editing it. Minimize this inconvenience by keeping your
command strings short. In other words, design your formats as combinations of
several short command strings rather than one very long one.
For example, the following format can be sent to the printer in one of two ways.
The first example shows the format organized into several short command
strings. The second example illustrates the same format sent to the printer as
one long command string.
Example 1
<STX><ESC>c<ETX>
<STX><ESC>P<ETX>
<STX>E3;F3<ETX>
<STX>H0;o81,100;f0;c0;d0,16;h1;w1;<ETX>
<STX>H1;o81,120;f0;c0;d0,16;h1;w1;<ETX>
<STX>H2;o81,150;f0;c2;d0,14;h1;w1;<ETX>
<STX>H3;o81,190;f0;c2;d0,16;h1;w1;<ETX>
<STX>B4;o81,0;f0;c0,1;h50;w1;d0,11;i0;p@;<ETX>
<STX>R<ETX>
Example 2
<STX><ESC>P;E3;F3;H0;o81,100;f0;c0;d0,16;h1;w1;H1;
o81,120;f0;c0;d0,16;h1;w1;H2;o81,150;f0;c2;
d0,14;h1;w1;H3;o81,190;f0;c2;d0,16;h1;w1;
B4;o81,0;f0;c0,1;h50;w1;d0,11;i0;p@;R<ETX>
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