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Chapter 1— Programming Introduction
Manual Conventions
Getting Printer Information
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This manual details the various commands in the Comtec Printer
Language (CPL) that allow the programmer to use the built in text,
graphics, bar code printing, and communications capabilities of Intermec
portable printers. The following notation conventions are used throughout
this manual:
{ }
Required item
[ ]
Optional item
( )
Abbreviated command
< >
Literal item
A space character is used to delimit each field in a command line.
Many commands are accompanied by examples of the command in use.
After the word "Input" in each example, the file name of that example
appears in parentheses. Many of these files can be found in the samples
section of the PL-Series Companion CD that came with your printer.
The printer can produce a report containing information about the
application resident in printer memory. A report similar to the example
printouts shown on the following pages can be obtained from your printer
by doing a two-key reset.
To do a two-key reset
1 Turn the printer off.
2 While holding the Feed button down, turn the printer on.
3 When printing begins, release the Feed button.
The printer prints a line of interlocking x characters and then produces
two reports. The first report indicates the printer model, ROM version,
serial number, baud rate, and other printer information.
The second report contains a print quality test and application
information. The last digits in the application number indicate the
software version (for example, "Software: HTLK40d" indicates a software
version of 40). If no second report appears, there is no application loaded.
The Wireless Communications section appears if the printer has a
Bluetooth or 802.11b wireless option installed. If no wireless options are
installed, the Wireless Communications Section consists of a blank line.
The Label section shown in the second report reports the maximum size
label that can be printed, based on a printer resolution of 8 dots per mm
(203 dots per inch or dpi).
EasyCoder PL-Series Printer Programmer's Reference Manual
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