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Intermec Direct Protocol v.8.60—Programmer’s Reference Manual

Chapter 5—Setting Up the Printer

5.1 Enabling/Disabling Direct Protocol

Unless you use Intermec Shell to select the Intermec Direct Protocol,

you must issue this instruction to switch from the Intermec Fingerprint

Immediate Mode to the Intermec Direct Protocol:

INPUT ON

When you start the Intermec Direct Protocol, you enable the reception

of data to a layout, start up the error handler and sets the verbosity to off.

°e message “Direct Protocol 8.60” appears in the printer’s display.

To return from the Intermec Direct Protocol to the Immediate Mode,

use this instruction:

INPUT OFF

Reception of data to layouts are disabled, the error-handler is turned off

and the verbosity is reset to the level selected before last INPUT ON

instruction was executed. °e message “Fingerprint 8.60” appears in the

display.

5.2 Selecting Standard IN/OUT Channel

By default, the printer will scan all communication ports for incoming

data and automatically switch to that port (“autohunting”). However,

you can select specific communication channels as standard IN and

OUT channels using a

SETSTDIO

instruction. In case of parallel com-

munication, the two-way communication will be lost and the printer will

not be able to echo any data back to the host or returning any other data.

It is possible to select different standard IN and standard OUT channels.

SETSTDIO <IN channel>[, <OUT channel>]

<IN channel> and <OUT channel> can be individually specified:

1 = "uart1:" serial communication channel (standard)

2 = "uart2:" serial communication channel (optional board)

3 = "uart3:" serial communication channel (optional board)

4 = "centronics:” parallel communication channel (optional board)

5 = "net1:" Ethernet communication channel (optional board)

6 = "usb1:" USB serial communication channel ( standard)

7 = "uart4:" serial communication channel (secondary option board, PM4i & PM4/6i models only)

8 = "uart5:" serial communication channel (secondary option board, PM4i & PM4/6i models only)

100 = "auto" autohunting

Example:

SETSTDIO 2,2

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Section	Page
Introduction	7
1 Getting Started	9
1.1 Computer Connection	10
1.2 Media and Ribbon Supply	10
1.3 Switch On the Printer	11
1.4 Intermec Shell Startup Program	11
1.5 Intermec Fingerprint	11
1.6 Serial Communications Test	12
2 Principles of Operation	13
2.1 Entering from Intermec Shell	14
2.2 Entering from Immediate Mode	14
2.3 Special Direct Protocol Features	14
2.4 Sending Instructions	15
2.5 Fields	18
2.6 General Formatting Instructions	18
2.7 Field-Related Formatting Instructions	19
2.8 Layout Instructions	20
2.9 Printable Data Instructions	20
2.10 Feeding and Printing Instructions	20
2.11 Setting Up the Printer	21
2.12 Reading the Printer’s Status	22
2.13 File-Handling Instructions	22
2.14 Syntax Descriptions	23
3 Label Design	25
3.1 Field Types	26
3.2. General Formatting Instructions	27
3.3 Text Fields	33
3.4 Bar Code Field	36
3.5 Image Field	41
3.6 Box Field	43
3.7 Line Field	44
3.8 Layout Instructions	45
3.9 Printable Data Instructions	47
4 Feeding & Printing Instructions	53
4.1 Media Feed	54
4.2 Label Printing	56
4.3 Batch Printing	57
5 Setting Up the Printer	61
5.1 Enabling/Disabling Direct Protocol	62
5.2 Selecting Standard IN/OUT Channel	62
5.4 Selecting Format for Date and Time	63
5.5 Changing Separators	65
5.6 Creating Counters	66
5.7 Enabling/Disabling Label Taken Sensor	67
5.8 Enabling/Disabling Automatic Cutting	67
5.9 Enabling/Disabling the Print Key	68
5.10 Producing Audible Signals	68
5.11 Formatting Printer’s Memory	68
5.12 Preprocessing Input Data	69
5.13 Selecting Character Set	70
5.14 Rebooting the Printer	71
5.15 Setting the Verbosity Level	71
5.16 Selecting Type of Error Message	71
5.17 Error Handling	72
5.18 Setting Break for Batch Printing	74
5.19 Changing the Printer’s Setup	75
5.20 Clearing Media Feed Data at Headlift	77
5.21 Minimum Gap Length	77
5.22 Overriding Media Feed Setup	77
6 Reading the Printer’s Status	79
6.1 Introduction	80
6.3 Reading Date and Time	80
6.4 Testing the Printhead	80
6.5 Reading System Counters	81
6.6 Reading Sensors and Straps	81
6.7 Reading Printer’s Status	82
7 File Handling	83
7.1 Reading the Printer’s Memory	84
7.2 Removing Fonts, Images, and Files	84
7.3 Copying Files	85
7.4 Downloading Binary Files	85
7.5 Downloading Image Files	85
8 Advanced Features	87
8.1 Specifying Complex Bar Codes	88
8.2 Using International Character Sets	89
8.3 XMLReady™ Printing	92
9 Character Sets and Fonts	93
9.1 Character Sets	94
9.2 Resident Fonts	118
A Error Messages	119
Table of Error Messages	120
B Reference Lists	123
Instructions in Alphabetic Order	124

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