Datamax-oneil Labelpoint Programmer’s Manual Manuel d'utilisateur

Programmer’s Manual Covers the following models: MP Nova MP Compact Mark II MP Compact Mobile Mark II

PROGRAMMER’S REFERENCE MANUAL Label layout definition commands Page 6 The shoe example: !C !Y24 60 !Y35 10 !Y42 1 !F T N 100 100 L 14 0 94030 &qu

PROGRAMMER’S REFERENCE MANUAL Label layout definition commands Page 7 Defining a text field There are two different types of textfields, scalable

PROGRAMMER’S REFERENCE MANUAL Label layout definition commands Page 8 Labelpoint uses Agfa Universal Font Scaling Technology® to generate scalable

PROGRAMMER’S REFERENCE MANUAL Label layout definition commands Page 9 PCL typeface name PCL typeface number Arial (emulated) 24459 Arial Italic

PROGRAMMER’S REFERENCE MANUAL Label layout definition commands Page 10 Bitmap text field (deprecated) Bitmap text fields are deprecated. This sect

PROGRAMMER’S REFERENCE MANUAL Label layout definition commands Page 11 The text to be printed The text parameter can contain both fixed text and r

PROGRAMMER’S REFERENCE MANUAL Label layout definition commands Page 12 The date symbols can be defined with an offset for best-before dates. The o

PROGRAMMER’S REFERENCE MANUAL Label layout definition commands Page 13 Check digits Three different checksum types can be inserted in the textfiel

PROGRAMMER’S REFERENCE MANUAL Label layout definition commands Page 14 200% !Y162 0 // Turn off reverse video mode !P

PROGRAMMER’S REFERENCE MANUAL Label layout definition commands Page 15 Defining a barcode field This section describes how to create and select ba

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PROGRAMMER’S REFERENCE MANUAL Label layout definition commands Page 16 Barcode symbologies Barcode symbology Barcode type, information 1 2 3

PROGRAMMER’S REFERENCE MANUAL Label layout definition commands Page 17 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 USS Codabar – 2:1 USS Codabar – 3:1 USS Codabar – 5:2

PROGRAMMER’S REFERENCE MANUAL Label layout definition commands Page 18 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 ITF 14 – 2:1 ITF 14 – 3:1 ITF 14 – 5:2 ITF 14 – 8:3 IT

PROGRAMMER’S REFERENCE MANUAL Label layout definition commands Page 19 Bar code interpretation The printer will automatically print a human-readab

PROGRAMMER’S REFERENCE MANUAL Label layout definition commands Page 20 For Royal Mail 4-State Customer Code and the KIX code: Width adjustment. Se

PROGRAMMER’S REFERENCE MANUAL Label layout definition commands Page 21 121 122 123 124 MaxiCode mode 2 MaxiCode mode 3 MaxiCode mode 4 MaxiCode mo

PROGRAMMER’S REFERENCE MANUAL Label layout definition commands Page 22 Code 128 Code 128 encodes the full ASCII character set, plus four special n

PROGRAMMER’S REFERENCE MANUAL Label layout definition commands Page 23 RSS The RSS, Reduced Space Symbology, family of symbols is used for space-c

PROGRAMMER’S REFERENCE MANUAL Label layout definition commands Page 24 MaxiCode MaxiCode is a two-dimensional symbology built up by an array of he

PROGRAMMER’S REFERENCE MANUAL Label layout definition commands Page 25 Escape Sequences Nonwritable characters can be sent with the standard Labe

PROGRAMMER’S REFERENCE MANUAL Table of Contents Table of Contents Labelpoint features: ...

PROGRAMMER’S REFERENCE MANUAL Label layout definition commands Page 26 Code PDF417 PDF417 is a two-dimensional bar code with built-in security. A

PROGRAMMER’S REFERENCE MANUAL Label layout definition commands Page 27 !V61 <n> where <n> is the desired security level. For example

PROGRAMMER’S REFERENCE MANUAL Label layout definition commands Page 28 QR Code The QR Code has two main options: Correction level and masking patt

PROGRAMMER’S REFERENCE MANUAL Label layout definition commands Page 29 Defining a line/box field A line/box field appears as a black area on the l

PROGRAMMER’S REFERENCE MANUAL Label layout definition commands Page 30 Defining a graphics field A graphics field is linked to a graphics file. Th

PROGRAMMER’S REFERENCE MANUAL Label layout definition commands Page 31 Variable information in text and bar code fields Lines that are not command

PROGRAMMER’S REFERENCE MANUAL Label layout definition commands Page 32 The command !W<n> "<data>" allows text to be entered

PROGRAMMER’S REFERENCE MANUAL Service commands Page 33 Status request commands The status request command is !S<n> where n represents the nu

PROGRAMMER’S REFERENCE MANUAL Service commands Page 34 Out of ribbon The printer has run out of ribbon. Operator intervention is necessary, as des

PROGRAMMER’S REFERENCE MANUAL Service commands Page 35 This flag allows the host to detect when the operator has moved the paper by pressing the p

PROGRAMMER’S REFERENCE MANUAL Table of Contents Stopped on label gap...

PROGRAMMER’S REFERENCE MANUAL Service commands Page 36 Status request 4 not used printer restarted not used internal print button active hea

PROGRAMMER’S REFERENCE MANUAL Service commands Page 37 Status request 8 PHD board installed Black mark photocellCutter installed I2C-board in

PROGRAMMER’S REFERENCE MANUAL Service commands Page 38 Service commands The service commands provide a number of different utilities. The printer

PROGRAMMER’S REFERENCE MANUAL Service commands Page 39 24 <“name”> Get logo information. Quotes must be entered. The string ‘name’ is the n

PROGRAMMER’S REFERENCE MANUAL Service commands Page 40 61 <s> [r] [c] Set security level for PDF 417. Parameter s is the security level ran

PROGRAMMER’S REFERENCE MANUAL Service commands Page 41 111 Get network default gateway. Use service command 108 if DHCP is used. 114 Get serial

PROGRAMMER’S REFERENCE MANUAL Printer settings Page 42 Printer settings The printer settings can be set on command from the host computer. The ini

PROGRAMMER’S REFERENCE MANUAL Printer settings Page 43 Parameter (i) Explanation 23 <n> Print speed (mm/s). 34 <n> Barcode speed (m

PROGRAMMER’S REFERENCE MANUAL Printer settings Page 44 20 <n> Threshold level for photo sensor. Valid values for n are {2, 3, …, 12}. 21 &l

PROGRAMMER’S REFERENCE MANUAL Printer settings Page 45 35 <n> Character set, supported code pages. See Appendix C for tables of different c

PROGRAMMER’S REFERENCE MANUAL Table of Contents Data Format ...

PROGRAMMER’S REFERENCE MANUAL Printer settings Page 46 44 <n> Alternate end-of-line (EOL) character. This parameter must be set before CR a

PROGRAMMER’S REFERENCE MANUAL Printer settings Page 47 69 <n> Vertical print position adjustment, in 1/10 mm. Shifts the print picture north

PROGRAMMER’S REFERENCE MANUAL Printer settings Page 48 100 <n> Reverse paper feed, in 1/10 mm. When set, the printer automatically reverse f

PROGRAMMER’S REFERENCE MANUAL Printer settings Page 49 1514 <n> TCP port for COM1. Valid when communication mode is set to terminal server

PROGRAMMER’S REFERENCE MANUAL Printer settings Page 50 167 <n> Media position sensor (MPS). The MPS can operate in three different modes, w

PROGRAMMER’S REFERENCE MANUAL Printer settings Page 51 179 <n> Maximum labelheight, in 1/10 mm. This parameter is used in combination with s

PROGRAMMER’S REFERENCE MANUAL Printer settings Page 52 Print head diagnostics (PHD) The purpose of the PHD functionality is to continuously scan t

PROGRAMMER’S REFERENCE MANUAL Printer settings Page 53 Configuration menu An easy-to-use configuration menu can be used to access most of the comm

PROGRAMMER’S REFERENCE MANUAL Document commands Page 54 Document commands The document commands are a set of commands to control how the document

PROGRAMMER’S REFERENCE MANUAL Document commands Page 55 Cutter mode When the printer is switched on, the cutter operates in automatic mode, that i

PROGRAMMER’S REFERENCE MANUAL The Labelpoint command language Page 2 Introduction The thermal printer family features a simple yet powerful comma

PROGRAMMER’S REFERENCE MANUAL Printer File System Page 56 Printer connection The printer can be connected either as a local printer or as a networ

PROGRAMMER’S REFERENCE MANUAL Printer File System Page 57 Printer File System This chapter describes how to store macros and graphics in the print

PROGRAMMER’S REFERENCE MANUAL Printer File System Page 58 Graphics Graphics can be loaded into the printer’s file system. The procedure is similar

PROGRAMMER’S REFERENCE MANUAL Miscellaneous commands Page 59 Miscellaneous commands This chapter describes how to use counters and various feeding

PROGRAMMER’S REFERENCE MANUAL Miscellaneous commands Page 60 Example: !N2 10 The example above defines counter no. 2 to start at 10 and increm

PROGRAMMER’S REFERENCE MANUAL Flow control Page 61 Flow control The printer supports both software flow control, XON-XOFF, and hardware flow contr

PROGRAMMER’S REFERENCE MANUAL Appendix A: Intelhex Records. Page 62 Paper sensing The printer is equipped with a photo sensor in the paper track,

PROGRAMMER’S REFERENCE MANUAL Appendix A: Intelhex Records. Page 63 The printer indicates certain events or states by using the LED. The indicati

PROGRAMMER’S REFERENCE MANUAL Appendix A: Intelhex Records. Page 64 Appendix A: Intel Hex file format Binary data (e. g. logos, and program code)

PROGRAMMER’S REFERENCE MANUAL Appendix A: Intelhex Records. Page 65 End record This record must be the last record in a transfer. Ll = 00 aaaa =

PROGRAMMER’S REFERENCE MANUAL The Labelpoint command language Page 3 The Labelpoint command language Labelpoint consists of a number of commands f

PROGRAMMER’S REFERENCE MANUAL Appendix A: Intelhex Records. Page 66 Labelpoint load graphics command When using the Labelpoint load graphics comm

PROGRAMMER’S REFERENCE MANUAL Appendix B, Binary Intelhex Records Page 67 Appendix B: Binary Intelhex Records The binary intelhex records were de

PROGRAMMER’S REFERENCE MANUAL Appendix B, Binary Intelhex Records Page 68 Appendix C: Code Pages Code page 850, MS-DOS Latin 1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

PROGRAMMER’S REFERENCE MANUAL Appendix B, Binary Intelhex Records Page 69 German character set (7-bit) 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F 0

PROGRAMMER’S REFERENCE MANUAL Appendix B, Binary Intelhex Records Page 70 French character set (7-bit) 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F 0

PROGRAMMER’S REFERENCE MANUAL Appendix B, Binary Intelhex Records Page 71 Spanish character set (7-bit) 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F 0

PROGRAMMER’S REFERENCE MANUAL Appendix B, Binary Intelhex Records Page 72 Code page 861, MS-DOS Icelandic 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F 0 0

PROGRAMMER’S REFERENCE MANUAL Appendix B, Binary Intelhex Records Page 73 Code page 1252, Windows Latin 1 (ANSI) In Labelpoint, this code page wa

PROGRAMMER’S REFERENCE MANUAL Appendix B, Binary Intelhex Records Page 74 Code page HP Roman-8 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F 0 0 @ P ` p

PROGRAMMER’S REFERENCE MANUAL Appendix B, Binary Intelhex Records Page 75 Code page 1250, Windows Latin 2 (Central Europe) 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A

PROGRAMMER’S REFERENCE MANUAL Label layout definition commands Page 4 Label layout definition commands This chapter will explain label designing

PROGRAMMER’S REFERENCE MANUAL Appendix B, Binary Intelhex Records Page 76 Code page 1251, Windows Cyrillic (Slavic) 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D

PROGRAMMER’S REFERENCE MANUAL Appendix C: Code Pages Page 77 Code page 1254, Windows Latin 5 (Turkish) 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F 0 0 @ P

PROGRAMMER’S REFERENCE MANUAL Appendix B, Code Pages Page 78 Code page ISO 8859-2 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F 0 0 @ P ` p ° Ŕ Ð ŕ đ 1

PROGRAMMER’S REFERENCE MANUAL Apendix C, Quick Reference Guide Appendix C: Quick Reference Guide Command summary !C Clear label layout !D Docume

PROGRAMMER’S REFERENCE MANUAL Apendix C, Quick Reference Guide Page 80 !S2 layut outside label not used not used last paper movement typen

PROGRAMMER’S REFERENCE MANUAL Apendix C, Quick Reference Guide Page 81 !S4 not used printer restarted not used internal print button act

PROGRAMMER’S REFERENCE MANUAL Apendix C, Quick Reference Guide Page 82 Service Commands !V9 Software revision level !V11 Software date !V12 Labe

PROGRAMMER’S REFERENCE MANUAL Apendix C, Quick Reference Guide Page 83 !V103 Get network IP mask !V104 Set network host name !V105 Get network

PROGRAMMER’S REFERENCE MANUAL Apendix C, Quick Reference Guide Page 84 Printer configuration !Y2 Print speed (mm/s) !Y3 Barcode speed (mm/s) !Y4

PROGRAMMER’S REFERENCE MANUAL Apendix C, Quick Reference Guide Page 85 !Y50 Silent mode (disable, enable) !Y55 Get type of applicator !Y62 Ser

PROGRAMMER’S REFERENCE MANUAL Label layout definition commands Page 5 Building a label layout Before printing, the label layout must be defined. T

PROGRAMMER’S REFERENCE MANUAL Apendix C, Quick Reference Guide Page 86 !Y185 Best-before date update day !Y186 Best-before date truncation day

PROGRAMMER’S REFERENCE MANUAL Apendix C, Quick Reference Guide Page 87 Bar code symbologies 1 – 7 2 of 5 Interleaved – ratios 2:1, 3:1, 5:2, 8:3

PROGRAMMER’S REFERENCE MANUAL Print Example Page 88 Print Example Example 1a - The shoe example In the following example we use the “shoe exampl

PROGRAMMER’S REFERENCE MANUAL Print Example Page 89 Example 1b - The shoe example with variables !C !Y24 40 !Y35 1 !Y42 1 !Y102 3 !F T S 450

PROGRAMMER’S REFERENCE MANUAL Index Page 90 2 2 of 5 Interleaved ... See - Barcodes - B Bar code field ...

PROGRAMMER’S REFERENCE MANUAL Index Page 91 U UPC-A.............. 17 UPC-E......... S