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Generating Label Formats
60 E-Class DPL Programmer’s Manual
The first line in the sample format (Table 8-1) is the System-Level Command directing the printer to
begin label formatting. (Other System-Level Commands may precede the <STX>L for printer setup.)
Lines 2, 14, and 15 are Label-Formatting Commands. Line 15 is the exit and print command. The
remaining lines (3-13) are print format records, explained in this chapter.
A record is a data string that contains the information to be printed on the label(s). Records are the
building blocks of label formats. Every record must end with a termination character (usually a carriage
return, <CR>). Omitting termination characters will result in the concatenation of records. Omitting the
carriage return that precedes the termination character E, which is necessary to complete the label
formatting and begin printing, will cause the printer to continue interpreting all subsequent data as label
print format records.
Generating Records
Every record is made of three parts: (1) A header that is 15 bytes in length, (2) the data to be printed,
and (3) a termination character (e.g., <CR>) marking the end of the field. The header is used to select
the appearance of the data when printed by specifying rotation, font type, size, and position. Every
header contains similar information, but this information may be used in different ways by different
types of records. The six record types are:
1. Internal Bit-Mapped Font
2. Smooth Font (Simulated)
3. Scalable Font
4. Bar code
5. Images
6. Graphics
The Structure of a Record
The basic structure of the record is described below. For details regarding the various interpretations
of the six types see Record Structure Types.
The third line of the label format example in Table 8-1 consists of the following:
121100000050005HOME POSITION<CR>
This string comprises a complete record, shown below, divided into its three basic component parts.
Header Data String Termination Character
121100000050005 HOME POSITION <CR>
Table 8-2: Record Structure Components
The record conforms to the following fixed field format (spaces added for visual clarity). Identifying
lower case letters have been placed below the field values for reference in the following sections:
1 2 1 1 000 0005 0005 <CR>
a b c d eee ffff gggg
HOME POSITION
[hhhh iiii] jj…j Termination character
- Programmer’s Manual 1
- Part Number: 88-2265-01 2
- Revision: D 2
- Table of Contents 3
- Appendix A 8
- Appendix B 8
- Appendix C 8
- Getting to Know the Printer 13
- Control Codes 15
- Immediate Commands 17
- SOH B Toggle Pause 18
- SOH C Stop/Cancel 18
- SOH D SOH Shutdown 18
- SOH E Send Batch Quantity 19
- SOH F Send Status Byte 19
- System-Level Commands 21
- STX d Set Double Buffer Mode 23
- STX e Select Edge Sensor 24
- STX F Form Feed 24
- STX G Print Last Label Format 24
- STX I Image Downloading 25
- STX k Test RS-232 Port 26
- STX m Set Metric Mode 27
- STX o Cycle Cutter 28
- STX p Controlled Pause 28
- STX Q Clear All Modules 29
- STX q Clear Module 29
- STX S Set Feed Speed 29
- STX s Set Single Buffer Mode 30
- STX T Print Dot Pattern Label 30
- STX t Test DRAM Memory Module 30
- STX X Set Default Module 34
- STX x Delete File from Module 35
- STX Y Output Sensor Values 35
- STX y Select Font Symbol Set 36
- STX z Pack Module 36
- Extended System Commands 37
- STX Kb Backfeed Time Delay 38
- STX KC Get Configuration 39
- STX Kc Set Configuration 39
- STX KD Database Configuration 43
- STX KE Character Encoding 44
- STX Kf Set Present Distance 46
- Label-Formatting Commands 49
- A Set Format Attribute 50
- C Set Column Offset Amount 51
- F Font Attributes 53
- H Select Heat Setting 55
- M Select Mirror Mode 55
- P Set Print Speed 56
- Q Set Print Quantity 57
- R Set Row Offset Amount 58
- S Set Slew Speed 59
- Embedding 62
- ^ Set Count by Amount 64
- STX T Print Time and Date 65
- Font Loading Commands 67
- *c###E Character Code 68
- (s#W Character Download Data 68
- Generating Label Formats 69
- Generating Records 70
- The Structure of a Record 70
- TheHeaderFields 71
- Record Structure Types 73
- Width Multiplier 76
- Height Multiplier 76
- (continued) 82
- 10K OHM 1/4 WATT 83
- ‘C’ Language Program 84
- ASCII text file 84
- VB Application Generating DPL 85
- Appendix D 100
- Appendix E 101
- (E2) ISO 8859/2 Latin 2 Set 102
- (E5) ISO 8859/5 Latin 5 Set 102
- (LG) Legal Symbol Set 103
- 0123456789ABCDEF 106
- (VU) Ventura US Symbol Set 108
- Appendix F 111
- Appendix G 113
- W1z / W1Z: MicroPDF417 137
- Appendix H 141
- Specifications (optional) 142
- Standard internal fonts 142
- Appendix I 143
- Character Map Selection 145
- Appendix J 147
- Appendix K 149
- Appendix L 151
- Table L-1 152
- Appendix M 153
- Figure M-2: Sample Label 154
- Appendix N 155
- Appendix O 157
- ILPC-KANJI Option 158
- Appendix H for details) 158
- Appendix P 163
- Appendix Q 165
- Appendix R 167
- Glossary 169
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