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

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Chapter 4—Feeding & Printing Instructions

with black marks. At the same time, the sensitivity of the sensor is

adjusted according to the characteristics of the media, for example the

transparency of the liner.

In case of continuous stock, the LSS will only detect possible out-

of-paper conditions and the amount of media feed is decided in two

different ways:

• Fixed length strip

°e amount of media feed for each

FORMFEED

,

TESTFEED

, and

PRINTFEED

operation is decided by the “Media Size; Length” setup.

• Variable length strip

°e amount of media feed for each

TESTFEED

and

FORMFEED

operation is decided by the size of the print image. Note that

“invisible” printable objects like a space character or the transparent

part of an image also are included

in the print image.

°e Detection setup allows you to perform two global adjustments to the

media feed described above:

• Start Adjust

• Stop Adjust

By default, both these two parameters are set to 0, which allows for

proper tear-off operation when there is no requirement of printing

immediately at the forward edge of the label (or the equivalent).

•

Start Adjust decides how much media will be fed out or pulled back

before the

FORMFEED

,

TESTFEED

, or

PRINTFEED

is executed. Usually,

there is a small distance between the tear bar and the printhead. °us,

if you want to start printing directly at the forward edge of the label,

you must pull back the media before printing by means of a negative

start adjust value.

•

Stop Adjust decides how much more or less media will be fed out after

the

FORMFEED

,

TESTFEED

, or

PRINTFEED

is executed.

If a

FORMFEED

instruction is issued without any specification of the feed

length, a complete blank label (or the equivalent) will be fed out. Do not

use

FORMFEED

instructions with specified feed length to substitute the

Start- and Stopadjust setup.

°e relation between media and printhead at the moment when the

actual printing starts decides all positioning along the Y-axis, that is along

the media path. Likewise, the relation between the media and the cutting

edge when the cutter is activated decides where the media will be cut off.

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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you must pull back the media before printing by means of a negative, start adjust value.

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