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Printer Commands Chapter 5
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118 Home Cutter: When this command is issued, the printer will cycle the cutter
gear to determine the location of the gear and position it in the home position.
This command is only available on the X28 series printer’s.
X 162 Advance/Retract Speed: This command is used to set the advance/retract
speed that is used in conjunction with the different dispense modes. The valid
arguments for the X value are the DPS speed values for the printer. Please
refer to the DPS and ^D49 sections for valid speed values.
5.9.4 Cutter Hold-off
This command is used to avoid cutting “air” or the leading edge of the first label when
printing and cutting without advancing the label stock. This command is used with the Full
or Partial Cut Mode (^D99), but not the Kiosk Cut Mode. This function will skip a pre-set
number of cuts following a Top of Form. Count resets and begins count at TOF or following
the point where the command is given.
Note: Advance distance must be set at “0” for this command to function.
XX 117 Cutter Hold-off: X represents the number of cuts to skip on the first X labels
following a Top of Form.
5.10 Dispensing Commands
Dispensing commands are commands that advance the media for cutting, tear off, or
presenting and then retract the media to a home position so that media is not wasted.
These dispense commands include Peel-n-Dispense, Tag/Tear, Cutter commands, and
optional media handling commands as well. The following commands define these types of
operations. Most of the dispensing commands require that the printer is configured with an
optional Label Present Detector.
5.10.1 Tag/Tear Operation
This command controls a method of dispensing the media so that the perforation between
labels is positioned on the tear bar or peel edge. Once the label is taken, the label media
retracts and allows proper registration of the next label print. Once the label is taken, the
label media retracts and allows proper registration of the next label print.
^A ^D COMMAND
X 97 Tag/Tear Operation:
0 Disable Tag/Tear operation.
1 Advance after every print.
2 Advance after copies count.
3 Advance when idle. (Does not use LPD - retracts stock at next sent label
format.)