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Values for Human-Readable Field Command String, Designing Bar Code Labels

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Chapter 2 - Designing Bar Code Labels 3 Type the following text to create and define the human-readable field: H0,o200,100;c25;f0;h20;w20;d0,30 The next table explains these values. Values for Human-Readable Field Command String Text H0 o200,100 ; c25 f0 h20 w20 d0,30 Description H is the syntax for "Human-Readable Field, Create or Edit" command, with field number 0. o sets the origin point for this field, where x = 200 and y = 100. For more information, see "Positioning Fields in a Label Format" on page 23. ; is the command terminator character, which is used to separate each command and its associated data with the next command. c selects the font to be used in this field. 25 = outline font. f sets the field direction. 0 = horizontal. h sets the height magnification (in this case, 20). w sets the width magnification value (in this case, 20). d sets the data source and length for this field. 0 chooses data field 0, with a maximum length of 30 characters. 4 Press Enter and type the following text to create and define the line field: L1;o200,200;f0;l575;w5; The next table explains these values: Values for Line Field Command String Text Description L1 L is the syntax for the "Line Field, Create or Edit" command, with field number 1. o200,200 o sets the origin of the line field, where x = 200 and y = 200. ; f0 l575 w5 ; is the command terminator character. f sets the direction of the line field (horizontal). l sets the length of the line in dots (575). w sets the width of the line in dots (5). Note: The difference between the lowercase letter "l" and the numeral "1" is not very noticeable in the Courier font. Make sure that you enter the correct command. 5 Press Enter and type the following text to create and define the bar code field: B2;o203,153;c0,0;h100;w2;i1;d0,10; The next table explains the bar code field command string values: Intermec Printer Language (IPL) Developer's Guide 25

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Chapter 2 — Designing Bar Code Labels
Intermec Printer Language (IPL) Developer’s Guide
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3
Type the following text to create and define the human-readable field:
<STX>H0,o200,100;c25;f0;h20;w20;d0,30<ETX>
The next table explains these values.
4
Press
Enter
and type the following text to create and define the line field:
<STX>L1;o200,200;f0;l575;w5;<ETX>
The next table explains these values:
5
Press
Enter
and type the following text to create and define the bar code field:
<STX>B2;o203,153;c0,0;h100;w2;i1;d0,10;<ETX>
The next table explains the bar code field command string values:
Values for Human-Readable Field Command String
Text
Description
H0
H
is the syntax for “Human-Readable Field, Create or Edit”
command, with field number 0.
o200,100
o
sets the origin point for this field, where x = 200 and y = 100.
For more information, see
“Positioning Fields in a Label
Format” on page 23
.
;
; is the command terminator character, which is used to separate
each command and its associated data with the next command.
c25
c
selects the font to be used in this field. 25 = outline font.
f0
f
sets the field direction. 0 = horizontal.
h20
h
sets the height magnification (in this case, 20).
w20
w
sets the width magnification value (in this case, 20).
d0,30
d
sets the data source and length for this field. 0 chooses data
field 0, with a maximum length of 30 characters.
Values for Line Field Command String
Text
Description
L1
L
is the syntax for the “Line Field, Create or Edit” command, with
field number 1.
o200,200
o
sets the origin of the line field, where x = 200 and y = 200.
;
; is the command terminator character.
f0
f
sets the direction of the line field (horizontal).
l575
l
sets the length of the line in dots (575).
w5
w
sets the width of the line in dots (5).
Note:
The difference between the lowercase letter “l” and the numeral “1” is not
very noticeable in the Courier font. Make sure that you enter the correct
command.