Microcom 410 ECA, Руководство оператора

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Designing Labels Using LDS
Chapter 4
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14 410 ECA Operators Manual
(Note: COM1 may be any available communications port on your PC.)
C:>MODE COM1:9600,N,8,1,P
Next, send the file to the printer using the following DOS command.
C:>COPY FILENAME COM1
4.2.3 LEARNING LDS
You can test some of the control code functions (see section 5.1) directly through the keyboard.
Large tag formats, such as some of those illustrated in Appendix B, may be entered in a straight
ASCII text word editor and then up-loaded to the printer using a terminal emulation program or the
DOS copy command. (To use the DOS copy command, first use the DOS mode instruction to
configure the PC. For example, MODE COM1:9600,N,8,1,P).
There are some special features offered by the 410 ECA printer that will aid tag design. For
example, the autosize command (^A2^D39
5
) will provide most of the header format information
needed to define the different properties of tag stock. The state of the machine is accessed
through the enquiry command (^D5
5
or ^E). The statistical printer information is made available
through the ^A0^D29
5
command.
The following sections of this chapter are designed to give an overview of a tag format, define the
tag header, and list the different types of field information available. Chapter 5 explains the special
functions of the control codes. Once some understanding of these basic concepts are achieved,
use the quick reference guide in Appendix D for expedient tag design.
4.3 FORMATTING TAGS: AN OVERVIEW
A tag format consists of a header record and field records, followed by the text data to be printed.
The records describe how the tag is to be printed. The header contains information about the tag
itself such as tag height, width, print speed, etc. The field records refer to the data section and
contain information about positioning coordinates, the type of character generators or barcodes to
use, etc.. Below is a sample tag format. We will refer to this format as we break down the
components of its structure.
(See figure 5)
^D57
5
4,615,153,,20,30,1,70,4
5
1,100, 40, 4, 1,4
5
2,100, 60,17, 1,4
5
3,100,100, 5, 1,6
5
3,100,150, 5,16,2,,,,30
5
^D56
5
^D2
5
EASY
5
MICROCOM MAKES IT
5
HELLO
5
^D3
5
A format is coming
Header information
Field #1 information
Field #2 information
Field #3 information
Field #4 information
Select RAM Format
Text Data is Coming
Text String #1
Text String #2
Text String #3
Print