Simple Programming Lesson; Create Your First Label; Explanation Of This Example - CAB A+ Series Programming Manual

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Simple programming lesson

Target:
Learn how easy it is to teach your printer to do what you want.
Understand the language structure of JScript by testing the following sample.
Get the feeling what might go wrong if the syntax is not correct.
Modify this sample with other items of this manual.

Create your first label:

1. Connect your printer to the PC, select „Country United Kingdom" on the printer´s control panel.
The handling is explained in the operator´s manual (the language changes to „English" and the
measurements to „millimeters" - as the label is designed in millimeters)
2. Start your preferred plain texteditor (we will use Notepad for this example)
3. Key in following data and don´t forget to press the ENTER key on your keyboard after the „A 1" in
the last line is keyed in.
Example:

Explanation of this example

(Details are described in the respective sections of this manual)
J
H 100
S l1;0,0,68,70,100
O R
T 10,10,0,5,pt20;sample
B 10,20,0,EAN-13,SC2;401234512345
G 8,3.5,0;R:30,9,0.3,0.3
A 1
4. Save that file now with the name „sample1.txt" in your root directory of Harddrive C:
cab Produkttechnik GmbH & Co KG
m m
J
H 100
S l1;0,0,68,70,100
O R
T 10,10,0,5,pt20;sample
B 10,20,0,EAN-13,SC2;401234512345
G 8,4,0;R:30,9,0.3,0.3
A 1
Job start
Heat (Speed) setting (100mm/sec)
Size of the Label (68 x100mm, gap 2mm)
Orientation Rotated by 180°
Text line- font:Swiss bold, 20 pt
Barcode EAN 13, size SC 2
Graphic, Rectangle
Amount of labels (in this sample 1)
30x9mm, 0.3mm
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