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Generating Label Formats

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Field

Valid Inputs

Meaning

eee

000 to 999 (000 to 099 Reserved), A04 to A72, x04 – x72,

Where x is an upper case letter; see Appendix H.

Font / Size

ffff

0000 to 9999

Row

gggg

0000 to 9999 Dependent upon printer. See Appendix K.

Column

jj…j

Valid ASCII character string up to 255 characters followed by a

termination character.

Data


3: Scalable Fonts

The Smooth Scalable Font Technology is licensed from AGFA. Both Microtype and

TrueType (.TTF) Scalable Font file formats are supported. The eee field identifies
the scalable font*, and data type – normal (binary) or Hex ASCII. Uppercase S or U

– binary, lowercase u – Hex ASCII (see Appendix H). Values S00 to S9z, and U00 to
U9z (u00 to u9z), select a scalable font. S00, S01 and SAx are used for the

standard internal (resident) fonts.

Field

Valid Inputs

Meaning

a

1, 2, 3 and 4

Rotation

b

9

Fixed Value

c

1 to 9, A to Z, and a to z

Width Multiplier

d

1 to 9, A to Z, and a to z

Height Multiplier

eee

S00 to Szz, U00-Uzz, u00-uzz

Font Data Type

ffff

0000 to 9999

Row

gggg

Dependent upon printer. See Appendix K.

Column

hhhh

P004-P999, 0016-4163**

Character Height;

points, dots

iiii

P004-P999, 0014-4163**

Character Width;

points, dots

jj…j

Valid ASCII character string up to 255 characters followed by a

termination character.

Data

* The actual scalable font available is depending on your printer model and equipped options.

**Character sizes are resolution dependent, as indicated in the following table.

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