Microcom 438 - Manual (Page 43)

Designing Labels Using LDS Chapter 4
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4.6.12 TSP (Text Starting Position)
This parameter marks the starting position of the character in the text string to be used as
data. This is useful for allowing several fields to use sections of the same text string,
minimizing the amount of data transmitted. For example, for the text string 0123456789, a
TSP of 5 and a CC (Character Count) of 2 would print 45.
4.6.13 ,,, (Reserved Spaces)
These are spaces reserved for future use and nothing should be entered between the
comma delimiters.
4.6.14 AN (Attribute Number)
The AN parameter has four different effects. If set to a value of “0” the character spacing is
proportional. Reverse Text (white on black) is created by setting the AN to a value of “1”
and printing a black box on top of the text using the Line Draw function. (Special Note: The
AN parameter of the line field should also be set to a “1” for proper reverse imaging.) If the
AN parameter is set to a value of “2”, the character spacing will be fixed / non-proportional.
A setting of “3” will print both fixed/non-proportional character spacing and reversed text.
0 Proportional Character Spacing
1 Reverse Video
2 Fixed / Non-proportional Character Spacing
3 Fixed / Non-proportional Character Spacing and Reverse Video
8 True Reverse Video: Character cell = BLACK, Character = WHITE
4.7 Line Draw
It is possible to design lines into a label utilizing some of the elements of label format fields.
Specifically, a TCI value of “6” enables the line draw function. XB and YB provide a starting
position for a line draw. CMX and CMY provide length and thickness to a line. Other
elements not necessary to draw a line such as CC, CGN, FO, FJ, CS, and AN are ignored
by simply adding delimiters (commas) without values.
An example of two lines drawn on a label is shown in Figure 4-5. This 3 x 3” label was
designed for a 424 printer with a 300 DPI print head.
^D57 <CR>
2,1280,900,19,38,7,0,1,385,0,0 <CR>
1,340,750,,6,,,,600,25,,,,,0 <CR>
1,627,150,,6,,,,25,600,,,,,0 <CR>
^D56 <CR>
^D2 <CR>
Line <CR>
^D3 <CR>
Figure 4-5 Line Draw Sample