Halt – CognitiveTPG DLXi User Manual

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HALT

Function

Pauses the printer after it prints one label. If there

are more labels left to print in the current batch,
pressing the printer's feed switch will signal the

printer to print the next label. The HALT command
also activates the label cutter in printers so

equipped.

Explicit Form

HALT

Implicit Form

Parameters None

Comments

This feature is intended for situations that require

many similar labels, presented one at a time. For

example, tagging a large quantity of boxes on a
warehouse floor might call for labels that are

identical except for a serial number. You could write
the label format using the

command to

change the serial number, and use the HALT
command to put printing "on hold." Only one label

prints when you upload the label format to the

printer. If using a portable printer, you could even
disconnect the printer from the host and carry it to

the warehouse with the labels ready to print as
needed, without any other equipment.

Printers that have an integral cutter and label
taken sensor will stream labels without cutting

them unless there is a HALT command in the label

format, or

is ON.