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About Line-Breaks, View the Printer Image Buffer, Printer LCD Considerations - label printing

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About Line-Breaks Line-breaks in Linux-based systems are represented as LF (ASCII 10). This is different from Windows-based systems, which use CR (ASCII 13) + LF (ASCII 10) to represent line-breaks. A C# application developed for both Windows and Linux systems may get the property value for Environment.NewLine, which returns "\n" on the printer and "\r\n" on Windows systems. View the Printer Image Buffer The current label buffer content (typically the last label printed) is stored in the printer. 1 Open a web browser. 2 In the URL field, type: http:///printer/label.png 3 Press Enter. The label appears in the browser. Printer LCD Considerations When selecting a font size for displaying text on the printer LCD screen, make sure you select a size that is easily readable. Certain smaller font sizes or color combinations may be difficult to read. The LCD screen dimensions for the printers are: • PMx3 printers: 240 pixels wide by 320 pixels high • PC-series printers: 314 pixels wide by 234 pixels high Printer Keypad Information PM-series printers with a full numeric keypad generate duplicate key events for keys with double functions (such as for the numeral "8", which is also "arrow up"). For a list of all key codes, see the Smart Printing API Reference. The keypad options for the printers are: • PMx3 printers: 1-button or full numeric keypad • PC-series printers: 1-button or navigational keypad About Accessory Support Support for certain API classes depends on the accessories installed on the printer. For example, the Communication.IndustrialInterface class requires a physical Industrial Interface board in the printer, and only the PM-series printers support this accessory. For more information on printer accessories, contact your local Intermec sales representative. 20 IDL Smart Printing Resource Kit Developer Guide

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IDL Smart Printing Resource Kit Developer Guide
About Line-Breaks
Line-breaks in Linux-based systems are represented as LF (ASCII 10). This is
different from Windows-based systems, which use CR (ASCII 13) + LF (ASCII 10) to
represent line-breaks.
A C# application developed for both Windows and Linux systems may get the
property value for Environment.NewLine, which returns “\n” on the printer and
“\r\n” on Windows systems.
View the Printer Image Buffer
The current label buffer content (typically the last label printed) is stored in the
printer.
1
Open a web browser.
2
In the URL field, type:
http://<
printer IP address
>/printer/label.png
3
Press
Enter
. The label appears in the browser.
Printer LCD Considerations
When selecting a font size for displaying text on the printer LCD screen, make sure
you select a size that is easily readable. Certain smaller font sizes or color
combinations may be difficult to read.
The LCD screen dimensions for the printers are:
PMx3 printers: 240 pixels wide by 320 pixels high
PC-series printers: 314 pixels wide by 234 pixels high
Printer Keypad Information
PM-series printers with a full numeric keypad generate duplicate key events for keys
with double functions (such as for the numeral “8”, which is also “arrow up”). For a
list of all key codes, see the
Smart Printing API Reference
.
The keypad options for the printers are:
PMx3 printers: 1-button or full numeric keypad
PC-series printers: 1-button or navigational keypad
About Accessory Support
Support for certain API classes depends on the accessories installed on the printer.
For example, the Communication.IndustrialInterface class requires a physical
Industrial Interface board in the printer, and only the PM-series printers support
this accessory.
For more information on printer accessories, contact your local Intermec sales
representative.