Zebra Technologies EPL2 User Manual

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B Command - Bar Code

Data with the RTC

Time & Date

Functions

The “

Data”

field can be replaced by or com-

bined with the following variables:

= Prints the current time at this position in

the predefined format. See the

com-

mand for format selection. This variable

is available only if the printer Time &

Date option is installed.

=Prints the current date at this position in

the predefined format. See the

command

for format selection. This variable is available

only if the printer Time & Date option is in-

stalled.

Some bar code formats will not support date names

or the date or time delimiters used by the printer to

separate

Code 128 Bar Code

Function Characters

The printer supports code 128 function control

characters (

FCN#)

. Multiple

FCN#

and “

DATA

” strings can be concatenated, al-

lowing them to be inserted anywhere within the

symbol.

FCN2, FCN3 and FCN4

are illegal in code

128 mode C (

= 1C) and will result in a syn-

tax error.
Please refer to the Code 128 standard for a de-

scription of function characters

FNC1

through

FNC3

“Standard” Code 128 can encode all 128 stan-

dard ASCII characters (0-127). Function char-

acter

FCN4

provides a means of also encoding

extended ASCII characters (128-255). It directs

the reader to add 128 to the value of each af-

fected character before transmitting it.
Two consecutive

FCN4

s toggle between stan-

dard and extended ASCII mode for all succeed-

ing data characters (until the end of the symbol,

or until another pair of s is encountered). This is

referred to as latching into extended ASCII

mode or latching into standard ASCII mode.

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