BarDIMM Pro & BarDIMM Box – Intelligent Barcode Printing System
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7- FREESCAPE feature
PCL codes always begin with the non-printable Escape code (Hexa: 1B, Dec: 27). Some
systems can not use or send binary data to a device. Binary means any character other than
a letter, punctuation or a digit. Such systems include Mainframes where printers are
connected to terminals, and AS/400. That can be a problem to use the HP PCL language,
and to use Barcodes. With the FREESCAPE feature, the Escape code has a synonym, a
user-defined Escape Code or Alternate Escape Code (AEC). That character acts exactly
like the standard Escape Code when found at the beginning of a regular PCL sequence.
Default value for the AEC is the TILDA ‘~’. Freescape is smart enough to ignore the EAC
if it is found as pure data. You can mix regular Escape Codes and Alternate Escape Codes.
The AEC can be one of 10 characters.
Note:
The freescape Escape sequence setting is only valid for the current job.
There is a new PCL sequence to change the Alternate Escape code:
<Esc or AEC>**#J
Where # is the ASCII decimal value of the new AEC: 34 (‘’), 35 (#), 36 ($), 47 (/), 92 (\),
63 (?), 123 ({), 125 (}), 124 (|), 126 (~) and 27.
Indicating 27 disables Freescape
.
Setting the Freescape settings
With BarDIMM Box, the box embedded web page allows to configure the settings.
The Freescape feature can be activated/disabled/configured for all jobs on the front panel
of the printer equipped with a BarDIMM module (on printer with a front panel with
display and except on LJ4000, 5000 and 8000 with FW<4.48).
Browse through the menu options until
appears.
To activate/deactivate Freescape:
Press the
Item
Ò
key until
FREESCAPE=ON
or
FREESCAPE=OFF
appears
Press the
Value +
key to toggle between
ON
and
OFF
Press the
Select
key to validate the choice
When Freescape is deactivated, only the regular Escape code (Hexa: 1B, Dec: 27) can be
used to start PCL commands.
To change the Freescape AEC character (should be performed at installation time):
Press the
Item
Ò
key until
AEC CHAR=
appears
Press the
Value +
and
-
key to toggle between possible AEC. By default, pick TILDA
Press the
Select
key to validate the choice
Note:
The choice will be valid for the next incoming print job.
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