Chapter 4
Designing Labels Using LDS
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4.4.1 A SAMPLE SESSION WITH A TAG HEADER
This is the tag header from the sample tag in section 4.2.
4,615,153,0,20,30,1,70,4
5
4
4 fields following the header
615
Tag width (LSX) of 615 (615/154= ~4 inches)
153
Tag length (LSY) of 153 (153/154 = ~1 inch)
0
No entry in the WEB parameter means default value of 10
20
Black Line between tags of 20 (20/154 = ~.13 inch)
30
Tag print speed (DPS) of 30 = 2.5 inches per second (from table)
1
A value of 1 tells the printer to look for a black line
70
The AGD could not be defaulted because the stock was less than 2.3 inches in
length (LSY). This value was produced from auto-sizing (LDS command ^D39) the
tag.
4
SPG also could not be defaulted because of the small size of the stock.
5
A carriage return must follow the tag header. There were two parameters left that
were not entered into the header - OFX and OFY. Because they were not entered,
the printer assumes the default values, 0 in their cases. Likewise, if the AGD and
SPG were defaulted, the carriage return could have followed the DPS.
4.5
TAG FIELDS
A tag field is broken down into fourteen different parameters. These parameters contain
the information necessary to position data (text, barcode numbers, etc.) on the tag. It is
not necessary to enter values for all of the field parameters; the default values will be used
if left blank. A carriage return must follow each tag field. The following is a list of the field
element mnemonics and their default values:
TSN, XB, YB, CC,TCI,CGN, FO, FJ, CMX,CMY, CS, TSP,CLX,CLY
1, 0, 0, *, 1, **, 0, 0, 1, 1, *, 1, *, *
*
The default depends on the character generator (CGN) used.
**
The default depends on the TCI used.
TSN
TEXT STRING NUMBER
Determines from which text string the field obtains the printable information. This allows
for more than one field to use the same text string. A TSN of 0 accesses the clock chip
text string (see section 8.3 for more details). A TSN of 1 accesses the first line of text data.
A TSN of 2 accesses the second line of text data, and so forth. (Note: Text data is the
information that follows the ^D2 command (section 5.3).)
XB
X BEGINNING COORDINATE
The X coordinate of the field is measured in dots. The far left edge of the print head as
viewed from the front of the printer is X co-ordinate 1. There is no X co-ordinate 0. The X
coordinate increases in size from left to right (See figure 7). An XB of 154 would place the
text one inch from the left side of the print head.
YB
Y BEGINNING COORDINATE
The Y coordinate of the field is measured in dots. A YB of one would be specified as the
first edge of the tag coming out of the front of the printer during a tag print. The Y
coordinate increases in size from the bottom to the top of the tag (See figure 7). A YB of
154 would place text one inch from the bottom of the tag.
CC
CHARACTER COUNT
The number of characters that will be used in a field. If the number of characters in the
selected text string is more than the quantity specified by CC, then the remainder of the
