2. Sending Commands, cont.
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EasyCoder E4 Direct Protocol v2.10 – Programmer's Reference Manual
Therre are two methods for creating the label shown to the left:
Immediate Mode
You can send the string as a single line:
BF ON:BF "Swiss 721 BT",9,0:PP 10,20:
PX 400,300,10:PP 25,25:PM "ROM:GLOBE.1":
PP 75,250:BT "CODE39":PB "ABC":PP 75,200:
FT "Swiss 721 BT",9,0:PT "My FIRST
label!":PF ↵
You can also send the same string line by line:
BF ON ↵
BF "Swiss 721 BT",9,0 ↵
PP 10, 20 ↵
PX 400,300,10 ↵
PP 25,25 ↵
PM "ROM:GLOBE.1" ↵
PP 75,250 ↵
BT "CODE39" ↵
PB "ABC" ↵
PP 75,200 ↵
FT "Swiss 721 BT",9,0 ↵
PT "My FIRST label!" ↵
PF ↵
Layout Mode
First, create a layout:
LAYOUT INPUT "LABEL1" ↵
BF ON ↵
BF "Swiss 721 BT",9,0 ↵
PP 10,20 ↵
PX 400,300,10 ↵
PP 25,25 ↵
PM "ROM:GLOBE.1" ↵
PP 75,250 ↵
BT "CODE39" ↵
PB VAR1$ ↵
PP 75,200 ↵
FT "Swiss 721 BT",9,0 ↵
PT VAR2$ ↵
LAYOUT END ↵
Chapter 3
Principles of Operation
(enable bar code interpretation)
(select bar code interpr. font)
(insertion point for box fi eld)
(insertion point for image fi eld)
(insertion point for bar code fi eld)
(input data to bar code fi eld)
(insertion point for text fi eld)
(enable bar code interpretation)
(select bar code interpr. font)
(insertion point for box fi eld)
(insertion point for image fi eld)
(insertion point for bar code fi eld)
(variable input data to bar code fi eld)
(insertion point for text fi eld)
(variable input data to text fi eld)
(create a box)
(select image)
(select bar code type)
(select font for text fi eld)
(input data to text fi eld)
(print one label)
(start layout recorder)
(create a box)
(select image)
(select bar code type)
(select font for text fi eld)
(save layout)
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