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Printer Commands Chapter 5
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^A ^D Command
XX 95 Load User Defined Steps for Label to Advance: Used in conjunction with
tag/tear, peel-and-dispense and cutter mode. This value will advance the label
after a print, a user defined distance. While the user may specify 64,000 steps,
it is not recommended that the number of steps create a situation where the
entire label is back fed into the printer. This command has a default value of
XXX.
5.3.8 TEXT STRINGS COMMANDS
The following commands support special editing features that allows the positioning of new
text, protects existing text, and enters text without using the ^D2? or ^B delimiter. These
commands are generally used when there is a format already loaded in RAM. They are used to
edit that file in order to print variations, often only the text in one field.
^A ^D Command
60 Clears command 61
XX 61 Mark Text Starting Position: ^A designates which text field to start entering
new data. This is useful for creating variable data fields after a string of fixed
data fields. ^AXX^D61? marks the text starting position, where XX is the text
string number where the new text will begin. If XX is a 2, the first line of new text
entered following a ^D2? will overwrite text line two. If two new text strings are
entered, the existing text lines two and three will be over-written. If three new
text strings are entered, the existing lines two, three and four will be overwritten,
and so forth.
62 Pre-padded Text: This command is sent after text that is to appear at the
beginning of each field. Text sent after this command will be appended to the
pre-padded text. This is useful, for example, if the first two numbers of a bar
code are always constant and only the new bar code numbers need to be sent.
The printer would automatically update the new bar code with the two fixed
numbers. A ^D62 prevents existing text lines from being over-written. Any new
text entered after a ^D62? will be appended to the existing lines.
63 Text Mode Control: Allows entry of new text without a ^D2 and/or clears all text
when new text is added. The following ^AXX values have the following effects:
0 Disable 1 & 2.
1 Enable auto-print mode: New text entered after this command are recognized as
text lines and will overwrite existing text. The ^D2? is not needed at the
beginning of new text.
2 Clear all previous text upon receiving new data. When one or more characters
of new text is entered, the existing text area will be erased in its entirety. The
printer can be programmed to enter this mode automatically upon power-up by
setting position 7 of software dip switch 2 (See ^D21, section 5.3.1).
3 Enable 1 & 2.
^A ^D Command