Intermec EasyCoder F4 Installation & Operation Manual page 70

Starting with Inter-
mec Shell, cont.
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/. When the Intermec LabelShop
application is started, the printer's
communication setup is changed to
the following values:
Baud rate:
Char. length:
Parity:
Stopbits:
RTS/CTS:
ENQ/ACK:
XON/XOFF to host:
XON/XOFF from host: Disable
New Line:
Receive buffer:
Transmit buffer:
If another application is selected
later, this communication setup
will remain valid, unless the new
application includes instructions
that automatically change the setup.
The setup could also be changed
manually in the Setup Mode.
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In Intermec Shell, the menus present the options in infi nite loops.
To see all the menus and options, refer to the overview later in
this chapter.
Select Application
The Select application option lets you choose an application program
that is in in the printer's memory.
• Current appl. starts the last selected application (by default
Intermec Fingerprint with "uart1:" selected as standard I/O
channel).
• Intermec LabelShop sets up the printer
LabelShop label formatting programs for Microsoft Windows.
This option requires that you also select a standard IN/OUT
channel, which is the channel you want to use for communication
between the printer and the computer. Refer to the Intermec
LabelShop manuals.
• Intermec Windows Driver selects the "centronics:" parallel
interface as standard IN channel and sets up the printer for
Intermec's Windows printer drivers, which you can use on
a personal computer to produce printouts from almost any
program run under Microsoft Windows. This option requires
an optional IEEE 1284 parallel interface board to be installed
in the printer.
• Intermec Fingerprint is used to create, modify, or run programs
written in the Intermec Fingerprint programming language. This
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option requires that you also select a standard IN/OUT channel,
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which is the channel you want to use for communication between
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the printer and the computer. Normally, you select "uart1:". Refer
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to the Intermec Fingerprint manuals.
Enable
Disable
• Intermec Direct Protocol is an easy-to-use printer protocol
Disable
for downloading label formats and variable input data to a
printer from a host computer. This option requires that you also
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select a standard IN/OUT channel, that is the serial channel
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you want to use for communication between the printer and the
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host. Normally, you select "uart1:". Refer to the Intermec Direct
Protocol, Programmer's Guide.
• LINE-ALY.PRG (Line Analyzer) is a Fingerprint program that
captures characters received by the printer on a communication
channel and prints them on labels. (See later in this chapter.)
• Other Application Programs
If the printer contains any other application programs, standard or
custom-made, these will presented as additional options.
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