Starting Up With Intermec Shell - Intermec EasyCoder 501 XP Installation & Operation Manual

Starting Up with
Intermec Shell,
cont'd.
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/. When the Intermec Labelshop
application is started, the printer's
communication setup is changed to
the following values:
Baudrate:
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, these setup parameters will
still be valid, unless the new
application includes instructions
to automatically change the setup.
The setup could also be changed
manually in the Setup Mode.
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In Intermec Shell, the options are presented in stacks of menus,
organized as infi nite loops, where you can select the desired option,
as illustrated by the diagram below.
Select Application
The Select application option allows you to enter a stack of menus
showing the various application programs in the printer's memory.
• Current appl. starts the last selected application (by default
Intermec Fingerprint with "uart1:" selected as std I/O channel).
• Intermec LabelShop sets up the printer
Intermec LabelShop label design programs for Microsoft
Windows. This option requires that you also select a std IN/OUT
channel, i.e. 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
the various Intermec Windows Drivers, which you can use
on a personal computer to produce printouts from almost
any program run under Microsoft Windows. The Windows
Driver requires an optional Centronics interface board to be
fi tted in the printer.
• Intermec Fingerprint is used to create, modify or run programs
written in the Intermec Fingerprint programming language. This
option requires that you also select a standard IN/OUT channel,
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i.e. the channel you want to use for communication between
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the printer and the computer (normally "uart1:"). Refer to the
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Intermec Fingerprint manuals.
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Enable
• Intermec Direct Protocol is an easy-to-use printer protocol for
Disable
down-loading label layouts and variable input data to a printer
Disable
from a host computer. This option requires that you also select
a standard IN/OUT channel, i.e. the serial channel you want
CR/LF
to use for communication between the printer and the host.
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Normally, select "uart1:". Refer to the Intermec Direct Protocol
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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 as described 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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for the various
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