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II. Command Examples
How to construct a label using EZ-Series command:
To create a label, it must be an order command combination.
Control command
And
Setup up command
^L ^L is precedent for the beginning of label
format
Label format
command
Label format command must be
included between the ^L and E
command
E E is ending of label format
** Control or setup commands to be used in the label command area will be ineffective.
Example:
The following example is printing a label with EAN8. The program is a text file. No matter what language
you use in programming, simply send out the text file of the contents and you can control the printing
with EZ-Series printers.
Save the following contents (command file named: EX1.TXT).
Program command Description
^Q25,3 Setting up the height 25mm, gap 3mm
^W32 Setting up the width 32mm
^H10 Setting up the darkness 10
^S6 Setting up the speed 6 inches per second
^P1 Setting up the number of printing 1
^E10 Setting up the paper advance length to 10 mm from the print head after
printing. The label will move back 10 mm when the next label is printed.
^C1 Setting up the number of copies (start value is 1)
^O0 Setting up the Label Dispenser function to be turned OFF
^R0 Setting up the left margin 0 dot
^D0 Turning the cutting function off
^L The label content of start symbol
BB,42,39,2,5,100,0,1,12345
67
Select EAN8 label, data content is 1234567
E Label content of stop symbol
The label can be created by the following MS-DOS command:
C:\>COPY EX1.TXT PRN↵
To send the label to serial port by the following MS-DOS command:
C:\>MODE COM1 96,N,8,1
C:\>TYPE EX1.TXT >> COM1