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Designing Labels Using LDS Chapter 5
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5.6 Label Format Fields
The Label Format Fields are used to define the characteristics, placement and
representation of the corresponding text data of the individual fields. A format field is
broken down into many different parameters. It is not necessary to enter values for all of the
parameters (default value will be used if a parameter is left blank) but each parameter must
be separated with the comma delimiter (“,”). A carriage return must follow each format field
for proper operation to occur. The values entered must be positive integers for all of the
parameters of the format field.
Below is a list of the format field element mnemonics and their default values:
TSN, XB, YB, CC, TCI, CGN, FO, FJ, CMX, CMY, CS, TSP, , , AN
1, 0, 0, *, 1, **, 0, 0, 1, 1, *, 1, , , 0
*
The default value depends on the character generator (CGN) used.
**
The default value depends on the text conversion identifier (TCI) used.
5.6.1 TSN (Text String Number)
The parameter determines which line of text data will be used for formatting. This allows for
more than one field to use the same text data. A TSN
of “1” accesses the first line of data.
A TSN of “2” accesses the second line of data, and so forth. The text data is the text that
follows the
“^D2<CR>” command in the label’s layout. A graphic image field must point to a
text string that contains at least one character. The maximum value for a TSN is 65536.
5.6.2 XB (X Beginning Coordinate)
The X coordinate of the field is measured in thermal dots. The far left edge of the label, as
viewed from the front of the printer, is X coordinate “1”. There is no X coordinate of “0”. The
X coordinates increase in size from the left to right. An XB of 203 would place the field one
inch (203/203 = 1) from the left side of the label.
5.6.3 YB (Y Beginning Coordinate)
The Y coordinate of the field is measured in thermal dots. A YB of 1 would be the bottom
edge of the label as viewed front the front of the printer. The Y coordinates increase in size
from the bottom to the top of the label. A YB of 203 would place the insertion point one inch
from the bottom of the label.
5.6.4 CC (Character Count)
This parameter determines the number of characters that will be used by the format field. If
the number of characters in the selected text string is greater than the quantity specified by
the CC, the remainder of the text string will be ignored. If the text string has less than the
number specified by the CC, then only those characters defined by the text string will be
printed. For example, the text string “character count” should have a CC of “15” including
the space character. This parameter should be set to a
value of “1” if the field is a graphic
image.