Datamax-O'Neil DPL Programmer’s Manual - Manual (Page 135)

Label Formatting Command Functions
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Embedding
Numeric strings for incrementing may also be embedded between alphabetic characters
(e.g., when systems require alphanumeric bar codes with alphabetic prefixes or
suffixes).
Sample:
L
161100000100010AB0001CD
+ 100
Q0003
E
The sample above will print three labels, incrementing 0001 by 1
on each label with AB and CD remaining untouched: AB0001CD,
AB0002CD, AB0003CD. Note that the increment value has one
leading blank and two trailing zeros, while the blank is a pad
character and the trailing zeroes are placeholders that leave CD
unchanged.
– (<)()) Make Last Field Entered Decrement
This command, useful in printing sequenced labels, causes the printer to automatically
decrement a field in a batch of labels. The numeric data in the field will decrement by
the value assigned after the minus (-) sign each time a label is produced [or the less
than character [<] can be substituted to make the field decrement alphabetically, or the
right parenthesis [)] can be substituted to make the field decrement hexadecimal data
(valid hexadecimal data is 0-9 or A-F, usually in pairs)]. This command is effective only
on the label format record that it follows, and is intended to be used with the Q, E
or G commands.
Syntax: *pii
Where:
*
- Is – for numeric decrement, < for alphanumeric
decrement, or) for hexadecimal decrement.
p
- Is the fill character for the leftmost character of the
field.
ii
- Is the amount by which to decrement the field.
Sample:
L
132200000000000123AB
<01
Q0003
E
The sample above will generate a single field label format that
prints the initial label with a value of 123AB, and then decrements
that number by one for the next two labels.