Programming Language

BAR CODE PRINTER SERIES

PROGRAMMING
MANUAL
Document Conventions
This manual uses the following typographic conventions.

Convention Description

[expression list] Items inside square brackets are optional, expression

maximum length 2*1024 bytes;

<ESC> ESCAPE (ASCII 27), control code of status

polling command returns the printer status
immediately.

~ (ASCII 126), control code of status polling

command, returns the printer status only when
the printer is ready.

Space (ASCII 32) characters will be ignored in the

command line.

“ (ASCII 34), beginning and ending of expression

CR,LF (ASCII 13),(ASCII 10) denotes end of command line.

NULL (ASCII 0) supported in the expression, except

the 2D bar code commands.

Note: 203 DPI: 1 mm = 8 dots Arial font in bold and italic type is used for note.
Object Position Calculation

DIRECTION 0

X=7mm Y Label origin (0,0)

Y=3mm

Paper feed direction

DIRECTION 0
TEXT 56,24,”3”,0,1,1,”ABC”

203 DPI, 1mm=8 dots

300 DPI, 1mm=12 dots
Label origin (0,0) X
DIRECTION 1
Y=3mm
Y X=7mm

Paper feed direction

DIRECTION 1
TEXT 56,24,”3”,0,1,1,”ABC”
Setup and System Commands
z SIZE
Description
This command defines the label width and length.

Syntax
(1) English system (inch)
SIZE m,n
(2) Metric system (mm)
SIZE m mm,n mm
(3) Dot measurement
SIZE m dot,n dot
This command is only supported in v6.27 and later firmware.

Parameter Description
m Label width (inch or mm)
n Label length (inch or mm)

Note:
200 DPI: 1 mm = 8 dots
300 DPI: 1mm = 12 dots
For metric and dot systems, there must be a space between parameter and
“mm” or “dot”.
Example
(1) English system (inch)
SIZE 3.5, 3.00
(2) Metric system (mm)
SIZE 100 mm, 100 mm

See Also
GAP, BLINE
z GAP
Description
Defines the gap distance between two labels

Syntax
(1). English system (inch)
GAP m,n
(2) Metric system (mm)
GAP m mm,n mm

Parameter Description
m The gap distance between two labels
0 ≤ m ≤1 (inch), 0 ≤ m ≤ 25.4 (mm)
n The offset distance of the gap
n ≤ label length (inch or mm)
0,0 Continuous label.

Note: For metric system, there must be a space between parameter and “mm”.
When the sensor type is changed from “Black Mark” to “GAP”, please
send the “GAP” command to the printer first.
Ex: In DOS mode,
C:\>copy con lpt1 <Enter>
GAP 2 mm,0 <Enter>
<Ctrl>+<Z> <Enter>

Example
Normal gap
(1). English system (inch)
GAP 0.12,0
(2) Metric system (mm)
GAP 3 mm,0
(3). Continuous label
GAP 0,0
Special gap
(1). English system (inch)
GAP 0.30, 0.10
(2). Metric system (mm)
GAP 7.62 mm, 2.54 mm

See Also
SIZE, BLINE
z GAPDETECT
Description
Feeds paper through the gap sensor in an effort to determine the paper and gap sizes,
respectively. This command references the user’s approximate measurements. If the
measurements conflict with the actual size, the GAPDETECT command will not
work properly. This calibration method can be applied to the labels with pre-printed
logos or texts.

If parameter x,y parameters are ignored then printer will calibrate and determine the
paper length and gap size automatically.

Syntax
GAPDETECT [x, y]

Parameter Description
x Paper length (in dots)
y Gap length (in dots)

See Also
GAP, SIZE
z BLINE
Description
This command sets the height of the black line and the user-defined extra label
feeding length each form feed takes.

Syntax
(1) English system (inch)
BLINE m,n
(2) Metric system (mm)
BLINE m mm,n mm

Parameter Description
m The height of black line either in inch or mm.
0 ≤ m ≤ 1 (inch), 0 ≤ m ≤ 25.4 (mm)
n The extra label feeding length. 0 ≤ n ≤ label length
0,0 Continuous label.

Note: For metric system, there must be a space between parameter and “mm”.
When the sensor type is changed from “GAP” to “Black Mark”, please
send the “BLINE” command to the printer first.
Ex : In DOS mode,
C :\>copy con lpt1 <Enter>
BLINE 2 mm,0 <Enter>
<Ctrl>+<Z> <Enter>

Example
(1) English system (inch)
BLINE 0.20,0.50

(1) Metric system (mm)

BLINE 5.08 mm,12.7 mm
See Also
SIZE, GAP
z OFFSET
Description
This command defines the selective, extra label feeding length each form feed takes,
which, especially in peel-off mode and cutter mode, is used to adjust label stop
position, so as for label to register at proper places for the intended purposes. The
printer back tracks the extra feeding length before the next run of printing.

Syntax
(2) English system (inch)
OFFSET m
(3) Metric system (mm)
OFFSET m mm

Parameter Description
m The offset distance (inch or mm)
-1 ≤ m ≤ 1(inch)

CAUTION: Impropriety offset value may cause paper jam.

Example
(1) English system (inch)
OFFSET 0.5

(2) Metric system (mm)

OFFSET 12.7 mm

See Also
SIZE, GAP, SET PEEL, SET CUTTER
z SPEED

Description
This command defines the print speed.

Syntax
SPEED n

Parameter Description
n printing speed in inch per second

Example
SPEED 10

See Also
DENSITY
z DENSITY
Description
This sets the printing darkness.

Syntax
DENSITY n

Parameter Description
n 0~15
0: specifies the lightest level
15: specifies the darkest level

Example
DENSITY 7

See Also
DENSITY
z DIRECTION and Mirror Image
Description
This command defines the printout direction and mirror image. This will be
memorized in the printer memory.

Syntax
DIRECTION n[,m]

Parameter Description
n 0 or 1. Please refer to the illustrations below:
m 0: Print normal image. 1: Print mirror image.
Example
DIRECTION 0[,0]

See Also
REFERENCE
z REFERENCE

Description
This command defines the reference point of the label. The reference (origin) point
varies with the print direction, as shown:

Syntax
REFERENCE x, y

Parameter Description
x Horizontal coordinate (in dots)
y Vertical coordinate (in dots)

Note: 200 DPI: 1 mm = 8 dots

300 DPI: 1 mm = 12 dots

Example
REFERENCE 10,10

See Also
DIRECTION
SHIFT
Description
This command moves the label vertical position. A positive value moves the label
further from the printing direction; a negative value moves towards. For a visual
representation, see next page.

Syntax
SHIFT n

Parameter Description
n The maximum value is 1 inch. For 200 dpi printers, the
range is –203 to 203; for 300 dpi printers, the range
is –300 to 300. The unit is dot.
Example

SIZE 4,2.5
GAP 2 mm,0
DIRECTION 0
SHIFT 30
OFFSET 0
CLS
TEXT 400,200,”3”,0,1,1,”DIRECTION 0”
TEXT 400,250,”3”,0,1,1,”SHIFT 30”
BOX 10,0,780,490,8
PRINT 3,1

See Also
OFFSET, REFERENCE
z COUNTRY

Description
This command orients the keyboard for use in different countries via defining
special characters on the KP-200 series portable LCD keyboard (option).

Syntax
COUNTRY n

Parameter Description
n 001: USA
002: Canadian-French
003: Spanish (Latin America)
031: Dutch
032: Belgian
033: French (France)
034: Spanish (Spain)
036: Hungarian
038: Yugoslavian
039: Italian
041: Switzerland
042: Slovak
044: United Kingdom
045: Danish
046: Swedish
047: Norwegian
048: Polish
049: German
055: Brazil
061: English (International)
351: Portuguese
358: Finnish

Example
COUNTRY 001

See Also
CODEPAGE, ~!I
z CODEPAGE

Description
This command defines the code page of international character set.

Syntax
CODEPAGE n

Parameter Description
n Name or number of code page, which can be divided
into 7-bit code page and 8-bit code page further.
7-bit code page name
USA: USA
BRI: British
GER: German
FRE: French
DAN: Danish
ITA: Italian
SPA: Spanish
SWE: Swedish
SWI: Swiss

8-bit code page number

437: United States
850: Multilingual
852: Slavic
860: Portuguese
863: Canadian/French
865: Nordic
857: Turkish

Windows code page

1250: Central Europe
1252: Latin I
1253: Greek
1254: Turkish

Note: DATA LENGTH determines 7-bit or 8-bit communications parameter.

.
Example
CODEPAGE 437

See Also
COUNTRY, SET COM1, ~!I
z CLS

Description
This command clears the image buffer.

Syntax
CLS

Parameter Description
None N/A

Note: This command must be placed after SIZE command.

Example
CLS

See Also
SIZE, GAP, BLINE
z FEED

Description
This command feeds label with the specified length.
The length is specified by dot.

Syntax
FEED n

Parameter Description
n unit: dot
1 ≤ n ≤ 9999

Example
FEED 40

Note: 200 DPI: 1 mm = 8 dots

300 DPI: 1 mm = 12 dots

See Also
BACKFEED, SIZE, GAP, BLINE, HOME, FORMFEED
z BACKFEED & BACKUP

Description
This command feeds the label in reverse. The length is specified by dot.

Syntax
BACKUP n
BACKFEED n

Parameter Description
n unit: dot
1 ≤ n ≤ 9999

Example
BACKUP 40
BACKFEED 40

CAUTION: Impropriety back feed value may cause paper jam or wrinkle.

Note : 200 DPI : 1 mm = 8 dots

300 DPI : 1 mm = 12 dots
See Also
FEED, SIZE, GAP, BLINE, HOME, FORMFEED
z FORMFEED

Description
This command feeds label to the beginning of next label.

Syntax
FORMFEED

Parameter Description
None N/A

Example
SIZE 4,2.5
GAP 0 mm,0
SPEED 4
DENSITY 7
DIRECTION 0
OFFSET 0.00
REFERENCE 0,0
SET PEEL OFF
SET CUTTER OFF
SET COUNTER @0 +1
@0=”000001”
FORMFEED
CLS
BOX 1,1,360,65,12
TEXT 25,25,”3”,0,1,1,”FORMFEED COMMAND TEST”
TEXT 25,80,”3”,0,1,1,@0
PRINT 3,1

See Also
FEED, SIZE, GAP, BLINE, HOME, BACKFEED
z HOME

Description
This command will feed label until the internal sensor has determined the origin.
Size and gap of the label should defined before using this command.

Syntax
HOME

Parameter Description
None N/A

Example
SIZE 4,2.5
GAP 2 mm,0
SPEED 4
DENSITY 7
DIRECTION 0
OFFSET 0.00
REFERENCE 0,0
SET PEEL OFF
SET CUTTER OFF
SET COUNTER @0 +1
@0="000001"
HOME
CLS
BOX 1,1,360,65,12
TEXT 25,25,"3",0,1,1,"HOME COMMAND TEST"
TEXT 25,80,"3",0,1,1,@0
PRINT 3,1

See Also
FEED, SIZE, GAP, BLINE, FORMFEED
z SOUND

Description
This command controls the sound frequency of the beeper. There are 10 levels of
sounds. The timing control can be set by the “interval” parameter.

Syntax
SOUND level, interval

Parameter Description
level Sound level: 0~9
interval Sound interval: 1~4095

Example
SOUND 5,200
SOUND 3,200
SOUND 3,200
SOUND 4,200
SOUND 2,200
SOUND 2,200
SOUND 1,200
SOUND 2,200
SOUND 3,200
SOUND 4,200
SOUND 5,200
z CUT

Description
This command activates the cutter to immediately cut the labels without back
feeding the label.

Syntax
CUT

Parameter Description
None N/A

Example
SIZE 3,3
GAP 0 mm,0
CLS
DIRECTION 0
REFERENCE 0,0
OFFSET 0.00 mm
SET CUTTER OFF
SET TEAR OFF
BOX 0,0,866,866,5
TEXT 100,100,"5",0,1,1,"FEED & CUT"
TEXT 100,200,"5",0,1,1,"300 DPI"
PRINT 1,1
FEED 260
CUT

See Also
SET CUTTER, SET BACK, SET PARTITAL_CUTTER
z LIMITFEED

Description
If the gap sensor is not set to a suitable sensitivity while feeding labels, the printer
will not be able to locate the correct position of the gap. This command stops label
feeding and makes the red LED flash if the printer does not locate gap after feeding
the length of one label plus one preset value.

Syntax
LIMITFEED n (inch, the English system)
LIMITFEED n mm (mm, the metric system)

Parameter Description
n inch or mm

Remark
The setting will remain resident in memory.
The default value is 10 inches when printer initializes.
For metric system, there must be a space between parameter n and mm.
z SELFTEST

Description
At this command, the printer will print out the printer information.

Syntax
SELFTEST

Example
SELFTEST
Label Formatting Commands
z BAR

Description
This command draws a bar on the label format.

Syntax
BAR x, y, width, height

Parameter Description
x The upper left corner x-coordinate (in dots)
y The upper left corner y-coordinate (in dots)
width Bar width (in dots)
height Bar height (in dots)

Note: 200 DPI: 1 mm = 8 dots

300 DPI: 1 mm = 12 dots
Recommended max. bar height is 12mm at 4” width. Bar height over than
12 mm may damage the power supply and affect the print quality.
Max. print ratio is different for each printer model. Desktop and industrial
printer print ratio is limited to 20% and 30% respectively.

Example
SIZE 4,2.5
GAP 0,0
SPEED 6
DENSITY 8
DIRECTION 0
CLS
BAR 100, 100, 300, 200
PRINT 1,1

See Also
BOX
z BARCODE
Description
This command prints 1D barcodes.
The available bar codes are listed below:

„ Code 128 (switching code subset automatically)

„ Code 128M (switching code subset manually)
„ EAN 128 (switching code subset automatically)
„ Interleaved 2 of 5
„ Interleaved 2 of 5 with check digit
„ Code 39 standard
„ Code 39 full ASCII
„ Code 39 full ASCII with check digit
„ Code 93
„ EAN 13
„ EAN 13 with 2 digits add-on
„ EAN 13 with 5 digits add-on
„ EAN 8
„ EAN 8 with 2 digits add-on
„ EAN 8 with 5 digits add-on
„ Codabar
„ Postnet
„ UPC-A
„ UPC-A with 2 digits add-on
„ UPC-A with 5 digits add-on
„ UPC-E
„ UPC-E with 2 digits add-on
„ UPC-E with 5 digits add-on
„ MSI
„ PLESSEY
„ China POST
„ ITF14
„ EAN14
Syntax
BARCODE X, Y, ”code type”, height, human readable, rotation, narrow, wide,
“code”

Parameter Description
X Specify the x-coordinate of the bar code on label
Y Specify the y-coordinate of the bar code on label
Code type
128 Code 128, switching code subset A, B, C
automatically
128M Code 128, switching code subset A, B, C manually.

Control code A B C
096 FNC3 FNC3 NONE
097 FNC2 FNC2 NONE
098 SHIFT SHIFT NONE
099 CODE C CODE C NONE
100 CODE B FNC4 CODE B
101 FNC4 CODE A CODE A
102 FNC1 FNC1 FNC1
103 Start (CODE A)
104 Start (CODE B)
105 Start (CODE C)

Use “!” as a starting character for the control code followed by three control
codes.
If the start subset is not set, the default starting subset is B.

EAN128 Code 128, switching code subset A, B, C

automatically
25 Interleaved 2 of 5
25C Interleaved 2 of 5 with check digits
39 Code 39 full ASCII
Code 39 standard
Auto switch full ASCII and standard code 39 for PLUS
models.
39C Code 39 full ASCII with check digit
Code 39 standard with check digit
Auto switch full ASCII and standard code 39 for PLUS
models.
39S Code 39 standard
93 Code 93
EAN13 EAN 13
EAN13+2 EAN 13 with 2 digits add-on
EAN13+5 EAN 13 with 5 digits add-on
EAN8 EAN 8
EAN8+2 EAN 8 with 2 digits add-on
EAN8+5 EAN 8 with 5 digits add-on
.
 CODA Codabar
POST Postnet
UPCA UPC-A
UPCA+2 UPC-A with 2 digits add-on
UPCA+5 UPC-A with 5 digits add-on
UPCE UPC-E
UPCE+2 UPC-E with 2 digits add-on
UPCE+5 UPC-E with 5 digits add-on
CPOST China post code
MSI MSI code
MSIC
PLESSEY PLESSEY code
ITF14 ITF 14 code
EAN14 EAN 14 code

Height Bar code height (in dots)

Human readable 0: not readable
1: human readable
Rotation
0 No rotation
90 Rotate 90 degrees clockwise
180 Rotate 180 degrees clockwise
270 Rotate 270 degrees clockwise
Narrow Width of narrow element (in dots)
Wide Width of wide element (in dots)

narrow : wide narrow : wide narrow : wide narrow : wide narrow : wide
1:1 1:2 1:3 2:5 3:7
128 10x - - - -
EAN128 10x - - - -
25 - 10x 10x 5x -
25C - 10x 10x 5x -
39 - 10x 10x 5x -
39C - 10x 10x 5x -
93 - - 10x - -
EAN13 8x - - - -
EAN13+2 8x - - - -
EAN13+5 8x - - - -
EAN 8 8x - - - -
EAN 8+2 8x - - - -
EAN 8+5 8x - - - -
CODA - 10x 10x 5x -
POST 1x - - - -
UPCA 8x - - - -
UPCA+2 8x - - - -
UPCA+5 8x - - - -
UPCE 8x - - - -
UPCE+2 8x - - - -
UPCE+5 8x - - - -
CPOST - - - - 1x
MSI - - 10x - -
MSIC 10x -
PLESSY - - 10x - -
ITF14 - 10x 10x 5x -
EAN14 - - - - -

` code number the maximum number

of digits of bar code content

Maximum bar
Barcode type
code length
128 -
EAN128 -
25 -
25C -
39 -
39C -
93 -
EAN13 12
EAN13+2 14
EAN13+5 17
EAN 8 7
EAN 8+2 9
EAN 8+5 12
CODA -
POST 5,9,11
UPCA 11
UPCA+2 13
UPCA+5 16
UPCE 6
UPCE+2 8
UPCE+5 11
CPOST -
MSI -
MSIC
PLESSY -
ITF14 13
EAN14 13

Example
BARCODE 100,100,”39”,96,1,0,2,4,”1000”
BARCODE 10,10,”128M”,48,1,0,2,2,”!104!096ABCD!101EFGH”
(The above example of code 128M encoded with CODE B start character. The next
character will be the code 128 function character FNC3 which is then followed by
the ABCD characters and EFGH characters encoded as CODE A subset.)
z BITMAP

Description
This command draws bitmap images (as opposed to BMP graphic files).

Syntax
BITMAP X, Y, width, height, mode, bitmap data…

Parameter Description
X Specify the x-coordinate
Y Specify the y-coordinate
width Image width (in bytes)
height Image height (in dots)
mode Graphic modes listed below:
0 OVERWRITE
1 OR
2 XOR
bitmap data Bitmap data

Example
 ROW L-Byte R-Byte
(Y- axis) Binary Hexadecimal Binary Hexadecimal
0 00000000 00 00000000 00
1 00000000 00 00000000 00
2 00000000 00 00000000 00
3 00000111 07 11111111 FF
4 00000011 03 11111111 FF
5 00010001 11 11111111 FF
6 00011000 18 11111111 FF
7 00011100 1C 01111111 7F
8 00011110 1E 00111111 3F
9 00011111 1F 00011111 1F
A 00011111 1F 10001111 8F
B 00011111 1F 11000111 C7
C 00011111 1F 11100011 E3
D 00011111 1F 11110111 F7
E 00011111 1F 11111111 FF
F 00011111 1F 11111111 FF

Ex:
SIZE 4,2
GAP 0,0
CLS
BITMAP 200,200,2,16,0, 　　　　 -?????　　
PRINT 1,1

Hexadecimal ASCII
53 49 5A 45 20 34 2C 32 0D 0A 47 41 50 SIZE 4,2
20 30 2C 30 0D 0A 43 4C 53 0D 0A 42 49 GAP 0,0
54 4D 41 50 20 32 30 30 2C 32 30 30 2C CLS
32 2C 31 36 2C 30 2C 00 00 00 00 00 00 BITMAP 200,200,2,16,0,
07 FF 03 FF 11 FF 18 FF 1C 7F 1E 3F 1F 　　　　 -?????　　
1F 1F 8F 1F C7 1F E3 1F E7 1F FF 1F FF PRINT 1,1
0D 0A 50 52 49 4E 54 20 31 2C 31 0D 0A

See Also
PUTBMP, PUTPCX
z BOX

Description
This command draws rectangles on the label.

Syntax
BOX X_start, Y_start, X_end, Y_end, line thickness

Parameter Description
X_start Specify x-coordinate of upper left corner (in dots)
Y_start Specify y-coordinate of upper left corner (in dots)
X_end Specify x-coordinate of lower right corner (in dots)
Y_end Specify y-coordinate of lower right corner (in dots)
line thickness Line thickness (in dots)

Note: 200 DPI: 1 mm = 8 dots

300 DPI: 1 mm = 12 dots
Recommended max. thickness of box is 12mm at 4” width. Thickness of box
larger than 12 mm may damage the power supply and affect the print
quality.
Max. print ratio is different for each printer model. Desktop and industrial
printer print ratio is limited to 20% and 30% respectively.

Example
SIZE 4,2.5
GAP 0,0
SPEED 6
DENSITY 8
DIRECTION 0
CLS
BOX 100,100,200,200,5
PRINT 1,1

See Also
BAR
z DMATRIX

Description
This command is used to define the DataMatrix 2D bar code. Currently, only
ECC200 error correction is supported.

Syntax
DMATRIX x, y, width, height, [xm,row,col], expression

Parameter Description
x Horizontal start position (in dots)
y Vertical start position (in dots)
width The expected width of barcode area (in dots)
height The expected height of barcode area (in dots)
xm Module size (in dots)
row Symbol size of row: 10 to 144
col Symbol size of col: 10 to 144

Example
SIZE 3,3
GAP 0,0
SPEED 4
DENSITY 8
DIRECTION 0
REFERENCE 0,0
OFFSET 0.00
SET CUTTER OFF
SET TEAR ON
CLS
DMATRIX 10,110,400,400,"DMATRIX EXAMPLE 1"
DMATRIX 310,110,400,400,x6,"DMATRIX EXAMPLE 2"
DMATRIX 10,310,400,400,x8,18,18,"DMATRIX EXAMPLE 3"
PRINT 1,1
z ERASE

Description
This command clears a specified region in image buffer.

Syntax
ERASE X_start, Y_start, X_width, Y_height

Parameter Description
X_start The x-coordinate of the starting point (in dots)
Y_start The y-coordinate of the starting point (in dots)
X_width The region width in x-axis direction (in dots)
Y_height The region height in y-axis direction (in dots)

Example
SIZE 4,2.5
GAP 0,0
SPEED 6
DENSITY 8
DIRECTION 0
CLS
BAR 100, 100, 300, 300
ERASE 150,150,200,200
PRINT 1,1

See Also
CLS
z MAXICODE

Description
This command defines a 2D Maxicode.

Syntax
MAXICODE x, y, mode, [class, country, post, Lm,] “message”

For mode 2 or 3:
MAXICODE x, y, mode, class, country, postal code, ”low priority message"
If country is 840, the postal code is in 99999,9999 format.
For other countries, the code is up to 6 alphanumeric characters.

For mode 4,5,6

MAXICODE x, y, mode, [Lm], "message"

* AIM special format is supported, see page 23 in the spec.

Parameter Description
x X-coordinate of the staring point in dot
y Y-coordinate of the starting point in dot
mode 2,3,4,5
class Class of service, 3-digit number (for mode 2,3)
country Country code, 3-digit number (for mode 2,3)
post Post code (for mode 2,3)
Mode 2: (USA) 5-digit+ 4-digit number
Mode3: (Canada) 6 alphanumeric post code
included by double quotes.
Lm Expression length (double quote is ignored) , 1≤m≤138,
(this parameter is just for mode 4 and 5.)
message Barcode content

Example
SIZE 4,2
GAP 0,0
CLS
SPEED 4
DENSITY 8
OFFSET 0.00
REFERENCE 0,0
SET CUTTER OFF
SET TEAR ON

REM *****Mode 2 For USA*****

MAXICODE 110,100,2,300,840,06810,7317,"DEMO 2 FOR USA MAXICODE"
TEXT 100,520,"3",0,2,2,"Mode 2 For USA"
PRINT 1,1

REM *****Mode 3 For Canada*****

CLS
MAXICODE 110,100,3,300,863,"107317","DEMO 3 FOR CANADA
MAXICODE"
TEXT 100,520,"3",0,2,2,"Mode 3 For CANADA"
PRINT 1,1

REM *****MODE4*****
CLS
MAXICODE 110,100,4,"DEMO 4 FOR MAXICODE"
MAXICODE 600,100,4,19,DEMO 4 FOR MAXICODE
TEXT 100,520,"3",0,2,2,"Mode 4 FOR MAXICODE"
PRINT 1,1

REM *****MODE 5*****

CLS
MAXICODE 110,100,5,"DEMO 5 FOR MAXICODE"
MAXICODE 600,100,5,19,DEMO 5 FOR MAXICODE
TEXT 100,520,"3",0,2,2,"DEMO 5 FOR MAXICODE"
PRINT 1
z PDF417

Description
This command defines a PDF417 2D barcode.

Syntax
PDF417 x, y, width, height, rotate, [option], expression

Parameter Description
x X-coordinate of starting point (in dots)
y Y-coordinate of starting point (in dots)
width Expected width (in dots)
height Expected height (in dots)
rotate Rotation counterclockwise.
0: No rotation
90: 90 degrees
180: 180 degrees
270: 270 degrees
expression Barcode text or string expression to be printed.

[option]
P Data compression method
0: Auto encoding
1: Binary mode
E Error correction level
Range: 0~8
M Center pattern in barcode area
0: The pattern will print upper left justified the area
1: The pattern is printed middle of area
Ux,y,c Human readable
x: Human readable characters in the specified
x-coordinate
y: Human readable characters in the specified
y-coordinate
c: Maximum characters of human readable character
per line
W Module width in dot
Range: 2~9
H Bar height in dot
Range: 4~99
R Maximum number of rows
C Maximum number of columns
T Truncation.
0: Not truncated
1: Truncated
Lm Expression length (without double quote), 1≤m≤2048
Example
SIZE 3,3
GAP 0.12,0
CLS
SPEED 6
DENSITY 8
DIRECTION 1
REFERENCE 0,0

REM *****WITHOUR OPTIONS*****

CLS
PDF417 50,50,400,200,0,"Without Options"
PRINT 1,1

REM *****OPTION:E4*****
CLS
PDF417 50,50,400,200,0,E4,"Error correction level:4"
PRINT 1,1

REM *****OPTION:E4 W4*****

CLS
PDF417 50,50,600,600,0,E4,W4,"Error correction level:4
module width 4 dots"
PRINT 1,1

REM *****OPTION:E4 W4 H4*****

CLS
PDF417 50,50,600,600,0,E4,W4,H4,"Error correction level:4
module width 4 dots
bar height 4 dots"
PRINT 1,1

REM *****OPTION:E4 W4 H4 R25*****

CLS
PDF417 50,50,600,600,0,E4,W4,H4,R25,"Error correction level:4
Module Width 4 dots
Bar Height 4 dots
Maximum Number of Rows: 25 Rows
"
PRINT 1,1

REM *****OPTION:E4 W4 H4 R40 C3*****

CLS
PDF417 50,50,600,600,0,E4,W4,H4,R40,C3,"Error correction level:4
Module Width 4 dots
Bar Height 4 dots
Maximum Number of Rows: 40 Rows
Maximum number of columns: 3 Cols
"
PRINT 1,1

REM *****OPTION:E4 W4 H4 R40 C4 T0*****

CLS
PDF417 50,50,600,600,0,E4,W4,H4,R40,C4,T0,"Error correction level:4
Module Width 4 dots
Bar Height 4 dots
Maximum Number of Rows: 40 Rows
Maximum number of columns: 4 Cols
Truncation:0
"
PRINT 1,1

REM *****OPTION:E4 W4 H4 R40 C4 T1*****

CLS
PDF417 50,50,900,900,0,E4,W4,H4,R40,C4,T1,"Error correction level:4
Module Width 4 dots
Bar Height 4 dots
Maximum Number of Rows:5 Rows
Maximum number of columns:90 Cols
Truncation:1
"
PRINT 1,1

REM *****OPTION:E4 W4 H4 R40 C4 T0 L169*****

CLS
PDF417 50,50,900,900,0,E4,W4,H4,R40,C4,T0,L169,Error correction level:4
Module Width 4 dots
Bar Height 4 dots
Maximum Number of Rows: 40 Rows
Maximum number of columns: 4 Cols
Truncation:0
Expression length:167
PRINT 1,1

REM *****OPTION:E4 W4 H4 R40 C4 T1 L169*****

CLS
PDF417 50,50,900,900,0,E4,W4,H4,R40,C4,T1,L169,Error correction level:4
Module Width 4 dots
Bar Height 4 dots
Maximum Number of Rows: 40 Rows
Maximum number of columns: 4 Cols
Truncation:1
Expression length:169
PRINT 1,1

REM *****OPTION:P0 E4 W4 H4 R40 C4 T1 L169*****

CLS
PDF417 50,50,900,900,0,P0,E4,W4,H4,R40,C4,T1,L169,Error correction level:4
Module Width 4 dots
Bar Height 4 dots
Maximum Number of Rows: 40 Rows
Maximum number of columns: 4 Cols
Truncation:1
Expression length:169
PRINT 1,1

REM *****OPTION:P0 E4 M0 W6 H6 R60 C4 T0 L283*****

SIZE 3,2
CLS
PDF417 50,50,900,600,0,P0,E4,M0,W6,H6,R60,C4,T0,L283,Data compression
method: P0
Error correction level: E4
Center pattern in barcode area: M0
Human Readable: No
Module Width 6 dots: W6
Bar Height 6 dots: H6
Maximum Number of Rows: 60 Rows: R60
Maximum number of columns: 4 Cols: C4
Truncation:0: T0
Expression length:283: L283
PRINT 1,1

REM *****OPTION:P1 E4 M1 U100,500,10 W4 H4 R60 C4 T1 L297*****

CLS
PDF417 50,50,900,600,0,P1,E4,M1,U100,500,10,W6,H6,R60,C4,T1,L297,Data
compression method: P1
Error correction level: E4
Center pattern in barcode area: M1
Human Readable: Yes: U100,300,10
Module Width 6 dots: W6
Bar Height 6 dots: H6
Maximum Number of Rows: 60 Rows: R60
Maximum number of columns: 4 Cols: C4
Truncation:1: T1
Expression length:297: L297
PRINT 1,1
z PUTBMP

Description
This command prints BMP format images.

Syntax
PUTBMP X, Y, ”filename”

Parameter Description
X The x-coordinate of the BMP format image
Y The y-coordinate of the BMP format image
filename The downloaded BMP filename.

Example

See Also
DOWNLOAD, BITMAP, PUTPCX
z PUTPCX

Description
This command prints PCX format images.

Syntax
PUTPCX X, Y, ”filename”

Parameter Description
X The x-coordinate of the PCX image
Y The y-coordinate of the PCX image
filename The downloaded PCX filename. Case sensitive

Example

See Also
DOWNLOAD, BITMAP, PUTPCX
z QRCODE

Description
This command prints QR code

Syntax
QRCODE X, Y, ECC Level, cell width, mode, rotation, [model, mask,]"Data string”

Parameter Description
X The upper left corner x-coordinate of the QR code
Y The upper left corner y-coordinate of the QR code
ECC level Error correction recovery level
L 7%
M 15%
Q 25%
H 30%
cell width 1~10
mode Auto / manual encode
A Auto
M Manual
rotation
0 0 degree
90 90 degree
180 180 degree
270 270 degree
model
M1 (default), original version
M2 enhanced version
mask S0~S8, default is S7
Data string The encodable character set is described as below

Encodable character set:

1). Numeric data: (digits 0~9)
2). Alphanumeric data (digits 0-9; upper case letters A-Z; nine other characters:
space, $ % * + - . / : );
3). 8-bit byte data (JIS 8-bit character set (Latin and Kana) in accordance with
JIS X 0201);
4). Kanji characters (Shift JIS values 8140HEX –9FFCHEX and E040HEX –EAA4
HEX. These are values shifted from those of JIS X 0208. Refer to JIS X 0208
Annex 1 Shift Coded Representation for detail.).
 Data characters per symbol (for maximum symbol size):

Model 1 (Version 14-L) Model 2 (Version 40-L)

1). Numeric data: 1,167 characters 7,089 characters
2). Alphanumeric data: 707 characters 4,296 characters
3). 8-bit byte data: 486 characters 2,953 characters
4). Kanji data: 299 characters 1,817 characters

*If “A” is the first character in the data string, then the following data after “A”
is Alphanumeric data.
*If “N” is the first character in the data string, then the following data after “N”
is numeric data.
*If “B” is the first character in the data string, then the following 4 digits after
“B” is used to specify numbers of data. After the 4 digits is the number of
bytes of binary data to be encoded.
*If “K” is the first character in the data string , then the following data after
“K” is Kanji data.
*If “!” is in the data string and follows by “N”, “A”, “B”, “K” then it will be
switched to specified encodable character set.

Example
Manual mode example:
QRCODE 100,10,L,7,M,0,M1,S1,"ATHE FIRMWARE HAS BEEN
UPDATED"
(Where A: Alphanumeric data)
QRCODE 100,10,M,7,M,0,M1,S2,"N123456"
(Where N: Numeric data)
QRCODE 100,10,Q,7,M,0,M1,S3,"N123456!ATHE FIRMWARE HAS
BEEN UPDATED"
(Where N: Numeric data ; !:Transfer char ; A: Alphanumeric data)
QRCODE 100,10,H,7,M,0,M1,S3,"B0012Product name"
(where B: Binary data ; 0012: 12 bytes )
QRCODE 100,10,M,7,M,0,M1,S3,"K"
(Where K: Kanji data)
 Auto mode example:
QRCODE 100,10,M,7,A,0,"THE FIRMWARE HAS BEEN UPDATED"
(1) Auto mode example
a. General data string
SIZE 4,2.5
GAP 0.12,0
CLS
QRCODE 10,10,H,4,A,0,"ABCabc123"
QRCODE 160,160,H,4,A,0,"123ABCabc"
QRCODE 310,310,H,4,A,0,"印表機 ABCabc123"
PRINT 1,1
b. Data string including <Enter> character (0Dh, 0Ah)
SIZE 4,2.5
GAP 0.12,0
CLS
QRCODE 10,10,H,4,A,0,"ABC<Enter>
abc<Enter>
123"
QRCODE 160,160,H,4,A,0,"123<Enter>
ABC<Enter>
abc"
QRCODE 310,310,H,4,A,0,"印表機<Enter>
ABC<Enter>
abc<Enter>
123"
PRINT 1,1
c. Data string concatenation (Must be used with DOWNLOAD ... EOP command)
DOWNLOAD “DEMO.BAS”
SIZE 4,2.5
CAP 0.12,0
CLS
QRCODE 10,10,H,4,A,0,"ABCabc123"+STR$(1234)
QRCODE 160,160,H,4,A,0,"123ABCabc"+"1234"
QRCODE 310,310,H,4,A,0,"印表機 ABCabc123"+"1234"+"abcd"
PRINT 1,1
EOP
 DEMO
d. Data string including double quote (“) character, please use \["] instead of
SIZE 4,2.5
CAP 0.12,0
CLS
QRCODE 10,10,H,4,A,0,"ABC\["]abc\["]123"
QRCODE 160,160,H,4,A,0,"123\["]ABC\["]abc"
QRCODE 310,310,H,4,A,0,"\["]印表機\["]ABCabc123"
PRINT 1,1
(3) Manual mode
a. General data string：
SIZE 4,2.5
CAP 0.12,0
CLS
QRCODE 10,10,H,4,M,0,"AABC!B0003abc!N123"
QRCODE 160,160,H,4,M,0,"N123!AABC!B0003abc"
QRCODE 310,310,H,4,M,0,"K 印表機!AABC!B0006abc123"
PRINT 1,1
b. Data string including <Enter> character, <Enter> is an 8-bit byte data
SIZE 4,2.5
CAP 0.12,0
CLS
QRCODE 10,10,H,4,M,0,"AABC!B0007<Enter>
abc<Enter>
!N123"
QRCODE 160,160,H,4,M,0,"N123!B0002<Enter>
!AABC!B0005<Enter>
abc"
QRCODE 310,310,H,4,M,0,"K 印表機!B0002<Enter>
!AABC!B0010<Enter>
abc<Enter>
123"
PRINT 1,1
c. Data string concatenation (Must be used with DOWNLOAD ... EOP command)
DOWNLOAD “A.BAS”
SIZE 4,2.5
CAP 0.12,0
CLS
QRCODE 10,10,H,4,M,0,"AABC!B0006abc123!N"+STR$(1234)
QRCODE 160,160,H,4,M,0,"N123!AABC!B0007abc"+"1234"
QRCODE 310,310,H,4,M,0,"K 印表機!AABC!B0014abc123"+"1234"+"abcd"
PRINT 1,1
EOP
A
d. Data string including double quote (“) character, please use \["] instead of
SIZE 4,2.5
CAP 0.12,0
CLS
QRCODE 10,10,H,4,M,0,"AABC!B0005\["]abc\["]!N123"
QRCODE 160,160,H,4,M,0,"N123!B0001\["]!AABC!B0004\["]abc"
QRCODE 310,310,H,4,M,0,"B0001\["]!K 印表機!B0010\["]ABCabc123"
PRINT 1,1
z REVERSE

Description
This command reverses a region in image buffer.

Syntax
REVERSE X_start, Y_start, X_width, Y_height

Parameter Description
X_start The x-coordinate of the starting point (in dots)
Y_start The y-coordinate of the starting point (in dots)
X_width X-axis region width (in dots)
Y_height Y-axis region height (in dots)

Note: 200 DPI: 1 mm = 8 dots

300 DPI: 1 mm = 12 dots
Recommended max. height of reversed black area is 12mm at 4” width.
Height of reversed area that is larger than 12 mm may damage the power
supply and affect the print quality.
Max. print ratio is different for each printer model. Desktop and industrial
printer print ratio is limited to 20% and 30% respectively.

Example
SIZE 4,2.5
GAP 0,0
SPEED 6
DENSITY 8
DIRECTION 0
CLS
TEXT 100,100,"3",0,1,1,"REVERSE"
REVERSE 90,90,128,40
PRINT 1,1
z TEXT

Description
This command prints text on label

Syntax
TEXT X, Y, ”font”, rotation, x-multiplication, y-multiplication, “content”

Parameter Description
X The x-coordinate of the text
Y The y-coordinate of the text
font Font name
0 Monotye CG Triumvirate Bold Condensed, font width and
height is stretchable
1 8 x 12 fixed pitch dot font
2 12 x 20 fixed pitch dot font
3 16 x 24 fixed pitch dot font
4 24 x 32 fixed pitch dot font
5 32 x 48 dot fixed pitch font
6 14 x 19 dot fixed pitch font OCR-B
7 21 x 27 dot fixed pitch font OCR-B
8 14 x25 dot fixed pitch font OCR-A
ROMAN.TTF Monotye CG Triumvirate Bold Condensed, font width
and height proportion is fixed

Rotation The rotation angle of text

0 No rotation
90 90 degrees, in clockwise direction
180 180 degrees, in clockwise direction
270 270 degrees, in clockwise direction

X-multiplication: Horizontal multiplication, up to 10x.

Available factors: 1~10
For “ROMAN.TTF” true type font, this parameter is
ignored.
For font “0”, this parameter is used to specify the width
(point) of true type font.
1 point=1/72 inch.
Y-multiplication: Vertical multiplication, up to 10x.
Available factors: 1~10
For true type font, this parameter is used to specify the
height (point) of true type font.
 1 point=1/72 inch.

Note:
1. If there is any double quote (“) within the text, please change it to \[“].
2. Font “0” and “ROMAN.TTF” internal True Type Fonts are available

3. If font “0” is used, the font width and font height is stretchable by
x-multiplication and y-multiplication parameter. It is expressed by pt
(point). 1 point=1/72inch.
Example
SIZE 3,2
GAP 0,0
CLS
TEXT 100,100,”5”,0,1,1,”\[“]DEMO FOR TEXT\[“]”
TEXT 100,200,”ROMAN.TTF”,0,1,20,”\[“]True Type Font Test Print\[“]”
PRINT 1,1
Status Polling Commands (RS-232)
z <ESC>!?

Description
This command obtains the printer status at any time, even in the event of printer
error. An inquiry request is solicited by sending an <ESC> (ASCII 27, escape
character) as the beginning control character to the printer. A one byte character is
returned, flagging the printer status. A 0 signifies the printer is ready to print labels.

Bit Status
0 Head opened
1 Paper jam
2 Out of paper
3 Out of ribbon
4 Pause
5 Printing
6 Cover opened (option)
Environment Temperature over range (option)

Hex Receive Printer Status

00 Normal
01 Head opened
02 Paper Jam
03 Paper Jam and head opened
04 Out of paper
05 Out of paper and head opened
08 Out of ribbon
09 Out of ribbon and head opened
0A Out of ribbon and paper jam
0B Out of ribbon, paper jam and head opened
0C Out of ribbon and out of paper
0D Out of ribbon, out of paper and head opened
10 Pause
20 Printing
80 Other error

Syntax
<ESC>!?

See Also
<ESC>!R
z <ESC>!R

Description
This command resets the printer. The beginning of the command is an ESCAPE
character (ASCII 27). The files downloaded in memory will be deleted.
This command cannot be sent in dump mode.

Syntax
<ESC>!R

Parameter Description
N/A N/A

See Also
<ESC>!?
z ~!@

Description
This command inquires the mileage of the printer. The integer part of mileage is
returned (the decimal part of mileage is not return). to the PC in ASCII characters.
The ending character of mileage is 0x0D.

Syntax
~!@

Parameter Description
None N/A

Example
~!@
z ~!A

Description
This command inquires the free memory of the printer. The number of bytes of free
memory is returned in decimal digits, with 0x0d as ending code of PC.

Syntax
~!A

Parameter Description
None N/A

Example
~!A

See Also
FILES
z ~!C

Description
This command inquires the presence of Real Time Clock. One byte is return from
the printer, indicating whether or not the RTC is installed.

Return value Description

0 RTC is not installed.
1 RTC is installed.

Syntax
~!C

Parameter Description
None N/A

Example
~!C

See Also
YEAR, MONTH, DATE, WEEK, HOUR, MINUTE, SECOND, @YEAR,
@MONTH, @DATE, @DAY, @HOUR, @MINUTE, @SECOND
z ~!D

Description
This command enters the printer into DUMP mode. In DUMP mode, the printer
outputs code directly without interpretation.

Syntax
~!D

Parameter Description
None N/A

Example
~!D
z ~!F

Description
This command inquires all about files resident in the printer memory, and fonts
installed in the memory module.
The filename are returned in ASCII characters. Each file name ends with 0x0D. The
ending character is 0x1A.
Entering this command multiple times will cycle through the files resident on
memory.

Syntax
~!F

Parameter Description
None N/A

Example
~!F

See Also
FILES
z ~!I

Description
The command inquires the code page and country setting of the printer.
The returned information is given in the following format:
code page, country code
ex: 8 bit: 437, 001
7 bit: USA, 001
Regarding the code pages and country codes supported by the printer, please refer to
the CODEPAGE and COUNTRY command respectively.

Syntax
~!I

Parameter Description
None N/A

Example
~!I

See Also
COUNTRY, CODEPAGE
z ~!T

Description
This command inquires the model name and number of the printer. This information
is returned in ASCII characters.

Syntax
~!T

Parameter Description
None N/A

Example
~!T

See Also
~!I, ~!F
Message Translation Protocols
z ~#
Description
The beginning identifier (~#) of the prompt message is sent from the printer to the
KP-200 portable keyboard. The ending identifier is ~&.

@0 following the ending identifier ~& is used to instruct keyboard to display the
prompt in the first line of LCD display.

@1 following the ending identifier ~& is used to instruct keyboard to display the
prompt in the first line of LCD display.

If @0 or @1 are not present, prompt string will be displayed in first line of LCD
and input data will be displayed in second line of LCD.

Syntax
~#Prompt~&[@0]
~#Prompt~&[@1]

Parameter Description
None N/A

Example
DOWNLOAD "A.BAS"
OUT "~#KP-200~&@0"
OUT "~#Testing~&@1"
EOP
A

See Also
INPUT, OUT
Commands for Windows Driver
z !B

Description
This command stores bitmap image data in the memory. Behind the nnn is the
bitmap data.

Syntax
!Bnnn

Parameter Description
nnn The number of bytes of image data sent from PC
to printer, expressed in 3 decimal digits.

Example
!B100

See Also
BITMAP
z !J

Description
This command prints bitmap data at the specified position (in y-direction).

Syntax
!Jnnnn

Parameter Description
nnnn Print image at the specified position in y-direction.
The position is expressed in 4 decimal digits.

Example
!J0100

See Also
FEED
z !N

Description
This command prints a specified number of labels.

Syntax
!Nnnn

Parameter Description
nnn Specifies the number of copies to be printed.

Example
!N001
File Management Commands
z DOWNLOAD

Description
“DOWNLOAD” is a header of the file that is to be saved in the printer's memory.
The downloaded files can be divided to two categories: program files and
data files (including text data files, PCX graphic files and bitmap font files)
The detailed descriptions regarding the download syntax for different files
a
6\QWD[
'RZQORDGDSURJUDPILOHre as follows:
DOWNLOAD [n,]“FILENAME.BAS”
Parameter Description
n Specify memory used to save downloaded files.
n is ignored Download files to DRAM only. If you would like to
save the files from DRAM to Flash memory before
turning off power, issue the MOVE command to
printer.
F: Download files to main board flash memory.
E: Download files to expansion memory module.

FILENAME.BAS The filename resident in printer memory.

Note:
(1). Ffilenames are case sensitive.
(2). File extensions must be “.BAS”
(3). Filenames must be in 8.3 format.
(4). If memory is not specified, all files will be downloaded to DRAM.
No Battery is used to back up files in DRAM. which will be lost in
the event printer power is lost.
2. Download a data file
DOWNLOAD [n,]“FILENAME”, DATA SIZE, DATA CONTENT…where

Parameter Description
n Specify the memory location to save downloaded
files.
n is ignored Download files to DRAM only. If you would like to
save the files from DRAM to Flash memory before
turning off power, issue the MOVE command to
printer.
F: Download files to main board flash memory.
E: Download files to expansion memory module.
FILENAME The name of data file that will remain resident in the
printer memory (case sensitive).
DATA SIZE The actual size in bytes of the data file (without
header)

Note:
(1). For text data files, CR (carriage return) 0x0D and LF (Line Feed)
0x0A is the separator of data.
(2). If memory is not specified, all files will be downloaded to DRAM.
No Battery is used to back up files in DRAM. which will be lost in
the event printer power is lost.
Example
The example program listed below will download to printer SDRAM.
DOWNLOAD “EXAMPLE.BAS”
SIZE 4,4
GAP 0,0
DENSITY 8
SPEED 6
DIRECTION 0
REFERENCE 0,0
SET CUTTER OFF
SET PEEL OFF
CLS
TEXT 100,100,”3”,0,1,1,”EXAMPLE PROGRAM”
PRINT 1
EOP

Note: When writing a download program, “DOWNLOAD” header must be placed

in the beginning of file, and “EOP” must be placed at the end of program.
 To run the program, call the main filename without BAS extension or use
RUN command to start the download program.
Example:
1. Call the main filename
C:\>COPY CON LPT1<ENTER>
EXAMPLE<ENTER>
<CTRL><Z>
C:\>

2. Use Run command to start the program

C:\>COPY CON LPT1<ENTER>
RUN “EXAMPLE.BAS”<ENTER>
<CTRL><Z>
C:\>

Below is an example of downloading data file.

DOWNLOAD “DATA”,20,COMPUTER<Enter>
2001<Enter>
21<Enter>

Note: <ENTER> stands for keyboard “ENTER” key. In the above

example, please press “ENTER” key instead of typing <ENTER>

See Also
EOP, RUN, PUTBMP, PUTPCX, INPUT
z EOP
Description
End of program. To declare the start and end of BASIC language commands used in
a program, DOWNLOAD “FILENAME.BAS” must be added in the first line of the
program, and “EOP” statement at the last line of program.

Syntax
EOP

Example
DOWNLOAD “DEMO.BAS”
SIZE 4,4
GAP 0,0
DENSITY 8
SPEED 6
DIRECTION 0
REFERENCE 0,0
SET CUTTER OFF
SET PEEL OFF
CLS
TEXT 100,100,”3”,0,1,1,”DEMO PROGRAM”
PRINT 1
EOP

See Also
DOWNLOAD, EOP, INPUT
z FILES
Description
This command prints out the total memory size, available memory size and files
lists (or lists the files through RS-232) in the printer memory (both FLASH memory
and DRAM).

Syntax
FILES

Example
Follow the steps below to print out (or list through RS-232) files saved in printer
memory using the DOS environment through serial port or parallel port connection.

C:\>MODE COM1 96,N,8,1<ENTER>

C:\>COPY CON COM1<ENTER>
FILES<ENTER>
<CTRL><Z><ENTER>
C:\>

Or

C:\>COPY CON LPT1<ENTER>

FILES<ENTER>
<CTRL><Z><ENTER>

Note: <ENTER> stands for PC keyboard “ENTER” key.

<CTRL><Z> means to hold PC keyboard “CTRL” key then press the PC
keyboard <Z> key.

See Also
~!F, KILL
z KILL

Description
This command deletes a file in the printer memory. The wild card (*) will delete all
files resident in specified DRAM or FLASH memory.

Syntax
KILL [n],”FILENAME”

Parameter Description
n Specify the memory location that files will be deleted.
n is ignored Kill files saved in DRAM.
F: Kill files from main board flash memory.
E: Kill files from expansion memory module.

Note:
Example
Users can use printer SELFTEST utility to list printer configurations and files saved
in the printer memory, or use the FILES command to print the downloaded file list
in printer. Follow the steps below to delete files in the printer memory via parallel
port connection.
C:\>COPY CON LPT1<ENTER>
FILES<ENTER>
<CTRL><Z><ENTER>
C:\>COPY CON LPT1<ENTER>
KILL “DEMO.BAS” <ENTER>
<CTRL><Z><ENTER>
C:\>COPY CON LPT1<ENTER>
FILES<ENTER>
<CTRL><Z><ENTER>

Note: <ENTER> stands for PC keyboard “ENTER” key.

<CTRL><Z> means to hold PC keyboard “CTRL” key then press the
PC keyboard <Z> key

See Also
~!F, FILES
z MOVE

Description
This command moves downloaded files from DRAM to FLASH memory.

Syntax
MOVE

Parameter Description
N/A N/A

See Also
DOWNLOAD, EOP
z RUN

Description
This command executes a program resident in the printer memory

Syntax
RUN “FILENAME.BAS”

Example
C:\>COPY CON LPT1<ENTER>
RUN “DEMO.BAS”<ENTER>
<CTRL><Z><ENTER>
C:\>

Note: <ENTER> stands for PC keyboard “ENTER” key.

<CTRL><Z> means to hold PC keyboard “CTRL” key then press the
PC keyboard <Z> key
BASIC Commands and Functions
z ABS( )
Description
This function returns the absolute value of an integer, floating point or variable.

Syntax
ABS (-100)
ABS (-99.99)
ABS (VARIABLE)

Example
DOWNLOAD “TEST.BAS”
SIZE 4,4
GAP 0,0
DENSITY 8
SPEED 3
DIRECTION 0
REFERENCE 0,0
SET CUTTER OFF
SET PEEL OFF
CLS
A=ABS(-100)
B=ABS(-50.98)
C=-99.99
TEXT 100,100,”3”,0,1,1,STR$(A)
TEXT 100,150,”3”,0,1,1,STR$(B)
TEXT 100,200,”3”,0,1,1,STR$(ABS(C))
PRINT 1
EOP

See Also
DOWNLOAD, EOP
z ASC( )
Description
This function returns the ASCII code of the character.

Syntax
ASC (“A”)

Example
DOWNLOAD “TEST.BAS”
SIZE 4,4
GAP 0,0
DENSITY 8
SPEED 3
DIRECTION 0
REFERENCE 0,0
SET CUTTER OFF
SET PEEL OFF
CLS
CODE1=ASC(“A”)
TEXT 100,100,”3”,0,1,1,STR$(CODE1)
PRINT 1
EOP

See Also
DOWNLOAD, EOP, STR$()
z CHR$( )
Description
This function returns the character with the specified ASCII code.

Syntax
CHR$(n)

Parameter Description
n The ASCII code

Example
DOWNLOAD “TEST.BAS”
SIZE 4,4
GAP 0,0
DENSITY 8
SPEED 3
DIRECTION 0
REFERENCE 0,0
SET CUTTER OFF
SET PEEL OFF
CLS
A=65
WORD$=CHR$(A)
TEXT 100,100,”3”,0,1,1,WORD$
PRINT 1
EOP

See Also
DOWNLOAD, EOP, STR$(), ASC$()
z END
Description
This command states the end of program.

Syntax
END

Example
DOWNLOAD "DEMO.BAS"
SIZE 4,2
GAP 0,0
DENSITY 8
SPEED 6
DIRECTION 0
REFERENCE 0,0
SET CUTTER OFF
SET PEEL OFF
CLS
TEXT 200,60,"4",0,1,1,"END COMMAND TEST"
X=300
Y=200
X1=500
Y1=400
GOSUB DR_LINE
PRINT 1
END

:DR_LINE
FOR I=1 TO 100 STEP 10
BOX X+I,Y+I,X1-I,Y1-I,5
NEXT
RETURN
EOP
DEMO

See Also
DOWNLOAD, EOP
z EOF( )
Description
This function is used to detect an opened download file to see whether it has
reached the end of file.

Syntax
EOF (File Handle)

Parameter Description
File handle Either 0 or 1.

Return value Description

None-zero End of file
0 Not end of file

Example
DOWNLOAD "DATA",16,COMPUTER
2000

DOWNLOAD "DEMO.BAS"
SIZE 3,3
GAP 0.0,0
DENSITY 8
SPEED 4
DIRECTION 0
REFERENCE 0,0
SET CUTTER OFF
SET PEEL OFF
CLS
OPEN "DATA",0
SEEK 0,0
Y=110
TEXT 10,10,"3",0,1,1,"*****EOF TEST*****"
:A
Temp$=""
READ 0,ITEM$,P
TEXT 10,Y,"2",0,1,1,ITEM$+"$"+STR$(P)+"[EOF(0)="+STR$(EOF(0))+"]"
BARCODE 10,Y+25,"39",40,1,0,2,4,"PRICE-"+STR$(P)
Y=Y+100
IF EOF(0)=0 THEN GOTO A
PRINT 1
EOP
DEMO

See Also
DOWNLOAD, EOP, OPEN, READ, SEEK
z OPEN
Description
This command opens a downloaded file and establishes the file handle. Up to two
file handles are supported, thus only up to two files can be opened simultaneously.
The file to be opened should be downloaded prior to using this command.

Syntax
OPEN “Filename”, File handle

Parameter Description
Filename The file downloaded in the printer memory
File handle Either 0 or 1.

Example
If a file by the name of “DATA” is to be downloaded,
The file format contains:

DOWNLOAD "DATA1",56,COMPUTER
2000
12
MOUSE
500
13
KEYBOARD
300
100

DOWNLOAD "DATA2",56,Computer
3000
32
Mouse
900
93
Keyboard
700
700

Save the above contents of data under the file name of “DATA”. Follow the steps
below to download data to the printer

C:\>COPY DATA/B LPT1

If a file by name of “DEMO.BAS is to be downloaded, the file format contains:

DOWNLOAD "DEMO.BAS"
 SIZE 3,1
GAP 0,0
DENSITY 8
SPEED 4
DIRECTION 0
REFERENCE 0,0
SET CUTTER OFF
SET PEEL OFF
I=1
Y=100
GOSUB OpenData
:Start
CLS
TEXT 10,10,"3",0,1,1,"*****OPEN COMMAND TEST*****"
ITEM$=""
READ 0,ITEM$,P,Q
TEXT 10,Y,"2",0,1,1,ITEM$+"$"+STR$(P)+"[EOF(0)="+STR$(EOF(0))+"]"
BARCODE 10,Y+25,"39",40,1,0,2,4,"PRICE*"+STR$(Q)+"="+STR$(P*Q)
Y=Y+100
PRINT 1
Y=100
IF EOF(0)=1 THEN GOSUB OpenData
IF EOF(0)=0 THEN GOTO Start
END
:OpenData
IF I=1 THEN OPEN "DATA1",0
IF I=2 THEN OPEN "DATA2",0
SEEK 0,0
IF I>2 THEN END
I=I+1
RETURN
EOP
DEMO
Saving the above contents of data under the file name of “DEMO”.
Follow the steps below to download data to the printer
<under MS-DOS mode>:
C:\>COPY DEMO/B LPT1
Execute DEMO.BAS in printer:
C:\>COPY CON LPT1
DEMO
<Ctrl><Z>
The above example instructs the printer to open the file “DATA1” and “DATA2”
with same file handle of 0, and read items from the file.

See Also
DOWNLOAD, EOP, READ, EOF, LOF, SEEK, FREAD$()
z WRITE
Description
This command writes data to a downloaded data file. Two files can be open
simultaneously, by virtue of printer support for two file handles.

Syntax
WRITE file handle, variables

Parameter Description
file handle 0 or 1
variables string, integer or float point variable

See Also
READ, DOWNLOAD, EOP, OPEN, EOF, LOF, SEEK, FREAD$()
z READ
Description
This command reads data from downloaded data file.

Syntax
READ file handle, variables

Parameter Description
file handle 0 or 1
variables string, integer or float point variable

Example
DOWNLOAD "DATA1",20,COMPUTER
2000
12

DOWNLOAD "DATA2",16,Mouse
900
93

DOWNLOAD "DEMO.BAS"
SIZE 3,1
GAP 0,0
DENSITY 8
SPEED 4
DIRECTION 0
REFERENCE 0,0
SET CUTTER OFF
SET PEEL OFF
I=0
Y=100
OPEN "DATA1",0
OPEN "DATA2",1
SEEK 0,0
SEEK 1,0
:Start
CLS
TEXT 10,10,"3",0,1,1,"*****READ COMMAND TEST*****"
TEXT 10,50,"3",0,1,1,"OPEN-READ DATA"+STR$(I+1)
ITEM$=""
READ I,ITEM$,P,Q
TEXT 10,Y,"2",0,1,1,ITEM$+"$"+STR$(P)
BARCODE 10,Y+25,"39",40,1,0,2,4,"PRICE*"+STR$(Q)+"="+STR$(P*Q)
Y=Y+100
PRINT 1
Y=100
 IF I<=1 THEN
IF EOF(I)=1 THEN
I=I+1
GOTO Start
ELSE
GOTO Start
ENDIF
ELSE
END
ENDIF
EOP
DEMO

See Also
DOWNLOAD, EOP, OPEN, EOF, LOF, SEEK, FREAD$()
z SEEK
Description
This command shifts the specified file pointer to a certain position.

Syntax
SEEK file handle, offset

Parameter Description
file handle 0 or 1
offset the offset characters which are shifted to a
new position

Example
DOWNLOAD “DATA”,12,1234567890

DOWNLOAD “TEST.BAS”
SIZE 3,1
GAP 0,0
DENSITY 8
SPEED 3
DIRECTION 1
REFERENCE 0,0
CLS
OPEN “DATA”,0
SEEK 0,4
READ 0,Num$
TEXT 100,10,”3”,0,1,1,”SEEK COMMAND TEST”
BAR 100,40,300,4
TEXT 100,60,”3”,0,1,1,”SHIFT 4 CHARACTERS”
TEXT 100,110,”3”,0,1,1,Num$
BAR 100,140,300,4
SEEK 0,0
READ 0,Num$
TEXT 100,160,”3”,0,1,1,”SHIFT 0 CHARACTERS”
TEXT 100,210,”3”,0,1,1,Num$
PRINT 1
EOP
TEST

See Also
DOWNLOAD, EOP, OPEN, READ, EOF, LOF, FREAD$()
z LOF( )
Description
This function returns the size of the specified file.

Syntax
LOF (“FILENAME”)

Parameter Description
FILENAME The file downloaded in the printer memory.

Example
DOWNLOAD “DATA1”,10,1234567890

DOWNLOAD “DATA2”,15,ABCDEFGHIJKLMNO

DOWNLOAD “LofTest.BAS”
SIZE 3,3
GAP 0.08,0
DENSITY 8
SPEED 3
DIRECTION 0
REFERENCE 0,0
SET CUTTER OFF
SET PEEL OFF
CLS
OPEN “DATA1”,0
OPEN “DATA2”,1
TEXT 10,20,”4”,0,1,1,”LOF() FUNCTION TEST”
J=LOF(“DATA1”)
K=LOF(“DATA2”)

TEXT 10,140,”3”,0,1,1,”DATA1 IS: “+STR$(J)+” Bytes”

TEXT 10,200,”3”,0,1,1,”DATA2 IS: “+STR$(K)+” Bytes”
PRINT 1
EOP
LofTest

See Also
DOWNLOAD, EOP, OPEN, READ, EOF, SEEK, FREAD$()
z FREAD$( )
Description
This function reads a specified number of bytes of data from a file.

Syntax
FREAD$ (file handle, byte)

Parameter Description
file handle Either 0 or 1
byte Number of bytes to be read

Example
DOWNLOAD “DATA1”,10,1234567890

DOWNLOAD “DATA2”,15,ABCDEFGHIJKLMNO

DOWNLOAD “OPEN2.BAS”
SIZE 3,3
GAP 0.08,0
DENSITY 8
SPEED 3
DIRECTION 0
REFERENCE 0,0
SET CUTTER OFF
SET PEEL OFF
CLS
OPEN “DATA1”,0
OPEN “DATA2”,1
SEEK 0,0
SEEK 1,0
Y$=FREAD$(0,6)
Z$=FREAD$(1,6)
TEXT 10,260,”3”,0,1,1,”FREAD$(0,6) IS: “+Y$
TEXT 10,320,”3”,0,1,1,”FREAD$(1,6) IS: “+Z$
PRINT 1
EOP

See Also
DOWNLOAD, EOP, OPEN, READ, EOF, LOF(), SEEK
z FOR…NEXT LOOP
Description
Loop is used to execute one or more lines of program repetitively. A loop counter
value specifics the number of executions. Nested loop are allowed (up to 39 nested
loops) in this printer. Jumping out in the middle of the FOR…NEXT loop is
prohibited.

Syntax
For variable = start TO end STEP increment
statement; start < end
NEXT

Parameter Description
variable The variable name is (up to 8 characters)
start Integer or floating point numbers
end Integer of floating point numbers
increment Integer or floating point, positive or negative.

Example
DOWNLOAD “LOOP.BAS”
SIZE 3,3
GAP 0.08,0
DENSITY 8
SPEED 4
DIRECTION 1
CLS
FOR I=1 TO 10 STEP 1
TEXT 100,10+30*(I-1),”3”,0,1,1,STR$(I)
NEXT
FOR I=1 TO 1000 STEP 100
TEXT 200,10+((I-1)/10)*3,”3”,0,1,1,STR$(I)
NEXT
FOR I=110 TO 10 STEP -10
TEXT 300,10+(ABS(I-110))*3,”3”,0,1,1,STR$(I)
NEXT
FOR I=1 TO 5 STEP 0.5
IF I-INT(I)=0 THEN Y=10+60*(I-1) ELSE Y=Y+30
TEXT 400,Y,”3”,0,1,1,STR$(I)
NEXT
PRINT 1
EOP
LOOP

See Also
DOWNLOAD, EOP
z IF…THEN…ELSE…ENDIF LOOP
Description
Use IF…THEN block to execute one or more statements conditionally. Either a
single-line syntax or multiple-line “block” syntax can be used:

Syntax
IF condition THEN statement
Note the single-line form of IF …THEN does not use an ENDIF
statement.

Or

IF condition THEN
Statements
ENDIF

Or

IF condition THEN
Statements
ELSE
Statements
ENDIF

Or

IF condition 1 THEN
Statement block 1
ELSEIF condition 2 THEN
Statement block 2
．．．
ELSEIF condition n THEN
Statement block n
ENDIF

The syntax of IF…THEN…ELSE requires that the command be typed eeping

one single line in less than 255 characters.
 Parameter Description
condition Available relational operator: <, >, =, <=, >=
statement Only one statement is available in

Example
DOWNLOAD "DEMO.BAS"
SIZE 3,3
GAP 0.12,0
SPEED 4
DENSITY 8
DIRECTION 1
REFERENCE 0,0
OFFSET 0.00
SET CUTTER OFF
SET PEEL OFF
CLS

A=0
B=0
C=0
D=0
E=0
F=0
G=0
H=0
J=0
K=0
L=0

FOR I=1 TO 100

IF I-INT(I/1)*1=0 THEN A=A+I
IF I-INT(I/2)*2=1 THEN B=B+I ELSE C=C+I
IF I-INT(I/3)*3=0 THEN
D=D+I
ENDIF
IF I-INT(I/5)*5=0 THEN
E=E+I
ELSE
F=F+I
ENDIF
IF I-INT(I/7)*7=0 THEN
G=G+I
ELSEIF I-INT(I/17)*17=0 THEN
H=H+I
ELSEIF I-INT(I/27)*27=0 THEN
J=J+I
ELSEIF I-INT(I/37)*37=0 THEN
K=K+I
ELSE
L=L+I
ENDIF
NEXT
TEXT 100,110,"3",0,1,1,"(1) 1+2+3+...+100="+STR$(A)
TEXT 100,160,"3",0,1,1,"(2) 1+3+5+...+99="+STR$(B)
TEXT 100,210,"3",0,1,1,"(3) 2+4+6+...+100="+STR$(C)
TEXT 100,260,"3",0,1,1,"(4) 3+6+9+...+99="+STR$(D)
TEXT 100,310,"3",0,1,1,"(5) 5+10+15+...+100="+STR$(E)
TEXT 100,360,"3",0,1,1," (1)-(5)="+STR$(F)
TEXT 100,410,"3",0,1,1,"(6) 7+14+21+...+98="+STR$(G)
TEXT 100,460,"3",0,1,1,"(7) 17+34+51+...+85="+STR$(H)
TEXT 100,510,"3",0,1,1,"(8) 27+54+...+81="+STR$(J)
TEXT 100,560,"3",0,1,1,"(9) 37+74="+STR$(K)
TEXT 100,610,"3",0,1,1," (1)-(6)-(7)-(8)-(9)="+STR$(L)
PRINT 1,1
EOP

DOWNLOAD “IFTHEN.BAS”
SIZE 4,4
GAP 0,0
DENSITY 8
SPEED 3
DIRECTION 0
REFERENCE 0,0
SET CUTTER OFF
SET PEEL OFF
CLS
 A=50
B=5
C$=""
D$=""

:L1
IF A>100 THEN GOTO L1 ELSE A=A+10
C$=STR$(A)+" IS SMALLER THAN 100"
TEXT 100,10,"4",0,1,1,C$
PRINT 1
END

:L2
A=A+B
D$=STR$(A)+" IS LARGER THAN 100"
TEXT 100,100,"4",0,1,1,D$
PRINT 1
GOTO L1
EOP

Note
If the result of the expression is nonzero, the statement following THEN will be
executed. If the result of the expression is zero, and the statement following the
ELSE present, it will be executed. Otherwise the next line of statement is
executed.
If there are block of statements in IF…THEN …ELSE, ENDIF must be used at
the end of the IF…THEN …ELSE statement.
Limitations:
The total numbers of nested IF …THEN …ELSE statement in a program can
not exceed than 40.
The total numbers of nested IF …THEN …ELSE, FOR…NEXT, GOSUB
RETURN in a program can not exceed than 40 loops.

See Also
DOWNLOAD, EOP
z GOSUB…RETURN
Description
Branch to a subroutine, executing statements until “RETURN” is reached.

Syntax
GOSUB LABEL
statement
END
:LABEL
statement
RETURN

Parameter Description
LABEL Beginning of the subroutine. The maximum
length of the label is 8 characters.
Example
DOWNLOAD "GOSUB1.BAS"
SIZE 3,3
GAP 0,0
DENSITY 8
SPEED 4
DIRECTION 0
CLS
TEXT 10,10,"3",0,1,1,"GOSUB & RETURN COMMAND TEST"
GOSUB DR_BOX
PRINT 1
END
:DR_BOX
FOR I=21 TO 81 STEP 10
BOX 80+I,80+I,80+300-I,80+300-I,5
NEXT
RETURN
EOP
GOSUB1

See Also
DOWNLOAD, EOP, END, GOTO
z GOTO

Description
This command is used to branch to a specified label. The label cannot exceed 8
characters in length.

Syntax
GOTO LABEL

:LABEL

Parameter Description
None N/A

Example
DOWNLOAD "GOTO1.BAS"
SIZE 3,3
GAP 0.08,0
DENSITY 8
SPEED 4
DIRECTION 1
REFERENCE 0,0
SET CUTTER OFF
SET PEEL OFF
CLS
A=0
TOTAL=0
:START
IF A<100 THEN
GOTO SUM
ELSE
GOTO PRTOUT
ENDIF
:SUM
A=A+1
TOTAL=TOTAL+A
GOTO START
:PRTOUT
B$="THE SUMMATION OF 1..100 IS "+STR$(TOTAL)
TEXT 10,100,"3",0,1,1,B$
PRINT 1
END
EOP

See Also
DOWNLOAD, EOP, END, GOSUB…RETURN
z INP$( )
Description
One byte is received from a serial port through this function.

Syntax
INP$(n)

Parameter Description
n 1: com1 port in printer

Example
DOWNLOAD "DEMO.BAS"
SIZE 3,3
GAP 0,0
DENSITY 8
SPEED 3
DIRECTION 0
REFERENCE 0,0
SET CUTTER OFF
SET PEEL OFF
CLS
T$=""
FOR I=1 TO 5
T$=T$+INP$(1)
NEXT
TEXT 100,100,"4",0,1,1,"INP$(1)="+T$
PRINT 1
EOP
DEMO
12345

See Also
DOWNLOAD, EOP, END, INPUT, GOSUB…RETURN, GOTO
z INPUT
Description
This command receives data through serial port. This command is used with
portable keyboard KP-200.

Syntax
INPUT [“Prompt string”, number of digits], variables
The comma also can be replaced by semicolon, such as:
INPUT [“Prompt string”; number of digits]; variables

Parameter Description
Prompt string The prompt string is shown on keyboard LCD
screen. The maximum length of prompt string is 20
characters.
Number of digits Maximum number of characters is 255.
Variables The variable to receive input data.

Example
DOWNLOAD "INPUT1.BAS"
SIZE 3,3
GAP 0.08,0
DENSITY 8
SPEED 4
DIRECTION 0
REFERENCE 0,0
SET CUTTER OFF
SET PEEL OFF

:START
CLS
A$=""
TEXT 20,50,"3",0,1,1,"INPUT and KP-200 Test"
INPUT "CODE 39 :",C39$
INPUT "EAN 13:",12,E13$

BARCODE 20,100,"39",48,1,0,2,5,C39$
BARCODE 20,200,"EAN13",48,1,0,4,4,E13$

PRINT 1
GOTO START
EOP

See Also
DOWNLOAD, EOP, END, GOTO
z INPUTFILTER
Description
This command alters the method by which INPUT and related commands receive
information. The corresponding TCF command is

INPUT FILTER = 0 or 1

with 0 corresponding to OFF.

Syntax
SET INPUTFILTER Setting
INPUTPREFIX “Prefix”
INPUTSUFFIX “Suffix”

Parameter Description
Setting ON or OFF only
Prefix INPUT command will begin reading after the
designated prefix
Suffix INPUT command will stop reading at the designated
suffix

OFF is the default setting. In this mode, information being fed via the INPUT
command stops immediately at the carriage feed OA OD (seen as a new line,
produced via the computer “ENTER” key.)

Example:

SET INPUTFILTER ON
INPUTPREFIX “3”
INPUTSUFFIX “7”
INPUT A$

The user subsequently enters the string: 123456789

In this example, the A$ variable will be stored as 456

See Also
INPUT, INPUTPREFIX, INPUTSUFFIX, DOWNLOAD
z INPUTPREFIX
Description
This command alters the method by which INPUT and related commands receive
information. The prerequisite for use of this command is INPUTFILTER. The
corresponding TCF command is

DEFAULT INPUT PREFIX = “setting”

Syntax
INSTR$([Start, ] Start string, End String)

Parameter Description
Start (optional) string, integer or float point variable to be used
Start string origin for the INSTR measurement
End String ending point for the INSTR ending measurement.

Example:
A$=”blank blank blank blank [[ HELLO ]] blank blank”
INSTR=(A$,”[[“,”]]”)

In this example, INSTR will be equal to 7.

See Also
INPUT, INPUTFILTER, INPUTSUFFIX, DOWNLOAD
z INPUTSUFFIX
Description
This command alters the method by which INPUT and related commands receive
information. The prerequisite for use of this command is INPUTFILTER. The
corresponding TCF command is

DEFAULT INPUT SUFFIX = “setting”

Syntax
INSTR$([Start, ]Start string, End String)

Parameter Description
Start (optional) string, integer or float point variable to be used
Start string origin for the INSTR measurement
End String ending point for the INSTR ending measurement.

Example:
A$=”blank blank blank blank [[ HELLO ]] blank blank”
INSTR=(A$,”[[“,”]]”)

In this example, INSTR will be equal to 7.

See Also
INPUT, INPUTFILTER, INPUTPREFIX, DOWNLOAD
z REM
Description
Comment. Prefix is “REM”, which will be ignored by the printer.

Syntax
REM

Example
REM ********************************
REM This is a demonstration program*
REM ********************************
DOWNLOAD "REMARK.BAS"
SIZE 3,3
GAP 0.08,0
DENSITY 8
SPEED 4
DIRECTION 1
REFERENCE 0,0
SET CUTTER OFF
SET PEEL OFF
CLS
TEXT 50,50,"3",0,1,1,"REMARK DEMO PROGRAM"
REM TEXT 50,100,"3",0,1,1,"REMARK DEMO PROGRAM"
PRINT 1,1
EOP

See Also
DOWNLOAD, EOP, END
z OUT
Description
This command sends data through the printer serial port.

Syntax
OUT “prompt”, variable

Parameter Description
prompt Prompt which is shown on LCD screen.
Variable The output message

Example
DOWNLOAD "DEMO.BAS"
SIZE 3,3
GAP 0.08,0
DENSITY 8
SPEED 4
DIRECTION 0
REFERENCE 0,0
SET CUTTER OFF
SET PEEL OFF
CLS
PRICE$="123456"
OUT "PRICE:",PRICE$
EOP

See Also
DOWNLOAD, EOP, END, ~#…~&
z GETKEY( )
Description
This command is used to get the status of the PAUSE and FEED keys. This
command waits until either key is pressed, whereupon 0 is returned if PAUSE key is
pressed and 1 is returned if FEED key is pressed.

Syntax
GETKEY()

Example
DOWNLOAD “DEMO4.BAS”
SIZE 4,4
GAP 0,0
DENSITY 8
SPEED 3
DIRECTION 0
REFERENCE 0,0
SET CUTTER OFF
SET PEEL OFF
CLS
:START
A=GETKEY()
IF A=0 THEN GOTO PAUSEB
IF A=1 THEN GOTO FEEDB
:PAUSEB
CLS
TEXT 50,10,"4",0,1,1,"PAUSE key is pressed !"
PRINT 1
 GOTO START
:FEEDB
CLS
TEXT 50,10,"4",0,1,1,"FEED key is pressed !"
PRINT 1
EOP

See Also
DOWNLOAD, EOP, END, GOTO
z INT( )
Description
This function truncates a floating point number.

Syntax
INT (n)

Parameter Description
n positive or negative integer, floating
point number or mathematical expression.

Example
DOWNLOAD "DEMO.BAS"
SIZE 4,2
GAP 0,0
DENSITY 8
SPEED 3
DIRECTION 0
REFERENCE 0,0
SET CUTTER OFF
SET PEEL OFF
CLS
REM **** To round up or down****
INPUT "Number:",Num
N=INT(Num+0.5)
IF N>Num THEN
TEXT 50,100,"3",0,1,1,"To round up= "+STR$(N)
ELSE
TEXT 50,100,"3",0,1,1,"To round down= "+STR$(N)
ENDIF
PRINT 1
EOP

See Also
DOWNLOAD, EOP, END, ABS(), ASC(), STR$()
z LEFT$( )

Description
This function returns the specified number of characters down from the initial
character of a string.

Syntax
LEFT$ (X$, n)

Parameter Description
X$ The string to be processed
n The number of characters to be returned

Example
DOWNLOAD "STR1.BAS"
SIZE 3.00,3.00
GAP 0.08,0.00
SPEED 4.0
DENSITY 8
SET CUTTER OFF
DIRECTION 0
REFERENCE 0,0
CLS
A$="BARCODE PRINTER DEMO PRINTING"
C$=LEFT$(A$,10)
TEXT 10,10,"3",0,1,1,A$
TEXT 10,100,"3",0,1,1,"10 LEFT 10 CHARS: "+C$
PRINT 1
EOP

See Also
DOWNLOAD, EOP, END, RIGHT$(), MID$(), LEN(), STR$()
z LEN( )

Description
This function returns the length of a string.

Syntax
LEN (string)

Parameter Description
string The string whose length is to be measured. .

Example
DOWNLOAD "DEMO.BAS"
SIZE 3.00,3.00
GAP 0.08,0.00
SPEED 4.0
DENSITY 8
SET CUTTER OFF
DIRECTION 0
REFERENCE 0,0
CLS
A$="TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD"
B=LEN(A$)
TEXT 10,10,"3",0,1,1,A$
TEXT 10,50,"3",0,1,1,"STRING LENGTH="+STR$(B)
PRINT 1
EOP

See Also
DOWNLOAD, EOP, END, LEFT$(), LEN(), RIGHT$(), MID$(), STR$(), VAL()
z MID$( )

Description
This function retrieves the specified number of characters down from the mth
character of a string.

Syntax
MID$(string, m, n)

Parameter Description
string The string to be processed.
m The beginning of mth characters in the string.
1 <= m <= string length
n The number of characters to return.

Example
DOWNLOAD "DEMO.BAS"
SIZE 3.00,3.00
GAP 0.08,0.00
SPEED 4.0
DENSITY 8
SET CUTTER OFF
DIRECTION 0
REFERENCE 0,0

CLS
A$="TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD"
E$=MID$(A$,11,10)
TEXT 10,10,"3",0,1,1,A$
TEXT 10,200,"3",0,1,1,"10 MIDDLE CHARS: "+E$
PRINT 1
EOP

See Also
DOWNLOAD, EOP, END, LEFT$(), LEN(), RIGHT$(), STR$(), VAL()
z RIGHT$( )
Description
This function returns a specified number of characters up from the end of a string.

Syntax
RIGHT$ (X$, n)

Parameter Description
X$ The string to be processed
n The number of characters to be returned from the
right side (end) of the string

Example
DOWNLOAD "DEMO.BAS"
SIZE 3.00,3.00
GAP 0.08,0.00
SPEED 4.0
DENSITY 8
SET CUTTER OFF
DIRECTION 0
REFERENCE 0,0

CLS
A$="TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD"
D$=RIGHT$(A$,10)
TEXT 10,10,"3",0,1,1,A$
TEXT 10,150,"3",0,1,1,"10 RIGHT CHARS: "+D$
PRINT 1
EOP

See Also
DOWNLOAD, EOP, END, LEFT$(), LEN(), MID$(), STR$(), VAL()
z LTRIM$()
Description
This command removes leading spaces from a string variable.

Syntax
LTRIM$(variable)

Parameter Description
variable string, integer or float point variable

Example:
A$=“ Sample”
B$=LTRIM$(A$)

In this example, B$ is now equal to “Sample”

See Also
RTRIM$(), TRIM$()
z RTRIM$()
Description
This command removes trailing spaces from a string variable.

Syntax
RTRIM$(variable)

Parameter Description
variable string, integer or float point variable

Example:
A$=“Sample ”
B$=LTRIM$(A$)

In this example, B$ is now equal to “Sample”

See Also
LTRIM$(), TRIM$()
z TRIM$()
Description
This command removes both leading and trailing spaces from a string variable.

Syntax
TRIM$(variable)

Parameter Description
variable string, integer or float point variable

Example:
A$=“ Sample ”
B$=LTRIM$(A$)

In this example, B$ is now equal to “Sample”

See Also
LTRIM$(), TRIM$()
z INSTR()
Description
This command the extracts a length of a given string.

Syntax
INSTR$([Start, ]Start string, End String)

Parameter Description
Start (optional) string, integer or float point variable to be used
Start string origin for the INSTR measurement
End String ending point for the INSTR ending measurement.

Example:
A$=”blank blank blank blank BEGIN HELLO END blank blank”
B$=INSTR(A$,”BEGIN“,”END”)

In this example, B$ will be equal to 7 (1 leading space, 5 character spaces, 1

trailing space)

See Also
z STR$( )

Description
This function converts a specified value or expression into corresponding string of
characters.

Syntax
STR$ (n)

Parameter Description
n An integer, floating point number or mathematical
expression

Example
DOWNLOAD "DEMO.BAS"
SIZE 3.00,3.00
GAP 0,0.00
SPEED 4.0
DENSITY 8
SET CUTTER OFF
DIRECTION 0
REFERENCE 0,0
CLS
A$="TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD"
F=100
G=500
H$=STR$(F+G)
TEXT 10,10,"3",0,1,1,A$
TEXT 10,60,"3",0,1,1,"F="+STR$(F)
TEXT 10,110,"3",0,1,1,"G="+STR$(G)
TEXT 10,160,"3",0,1,1,"F+G="+H$
PRINT 1
EOP
DEMO

See Also
DOWNLOAD, EOP, END, LEFT$(), LEN(), RIGHT$(), MID$(), VAL()
z VAL( )

Description
This function converts numeric characters into corresponding integer or floating
point number.

Syntax
VAL (“numeric character”)

Parameter Description
numeric character “0~9”, “.”

Example
DOWNLOAD "DEMO.BAS"
SIZE 3.00,3.00
GAP 0.00,0.00
SPEED 4.0
DENSITY 8
SET CUTTER OFF
DIRECTION 0
REFERENCE 0,0
CLS
A$="TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD"
F$="100"
G$="500"
H=VAL(F$)+VAL(G$)
I$=STR$(H)
TEXT 10,10,"3",0,1,1,A$
TEXT 10,60,"3",0,1,1,"F="+F$
TEXT 10,110,"3",0,1,1,"G="+G$
TEXT 10,160,"3",0,1,1,"F+G="+I$
PRINT 1
EOP
DEMO

See Also
DOWNLOAD, EOP, END, LEFT$(), LEN(), RIGHT$(), MID$(), STR$()
z BEEP
Description
This command issues a beep sound on portable keyboard. Printer sends the string
0x07 to KP-200 portable keyboard.

Syntax
BEEP

Parameter Description
None N/A

Example
DOWNLOAD “DEMO.BAS”
SIZE 4,4
GAP 0,0
DENSITY 8
SPEED 6
DIRECTION 0
REFERENCE 0,0
SET CUTTER OFF
SET PEEL OFF
CLS
BEEP
INPUT “Text1 =”,TEXT1$
TEXT 100,100,”3”,0,1,1,TEXT1$
PRINT 1
EOP
Device Reconfiguration Commands
z SET COUNTER

Description
Counters can be a real counter or a variable.
This setting sets the counter number in program and their increments.
There are three different types of counters: digit (0~9~0), lower case letter (a~z~a)
or upper case letter (A~Z~A).

Syntax
SET COUNTER @n step
@n = “Expression”

Parameter Description
@n n: counter number. There are 51 counters available
(@0~@50) in the printer.
step The increment of the counter, can be positive or
negative.
-999999999<= step <=999999999
If the counter is used as a fixed variable, please set the
increment to 0.

Expression Initial string. String length is 101 bytes

Example
SIZE 3,3
GAP 0,0
DENSITY 8
SPEED 6
DIRECTION 0
REFERENCE 0,0
SET COUNTER @1 1
@1="00001"
SET COUNTER @2 5
@2="AB000001"
CLS
TEXT 50,50,"3",0,1,1,@1
BARCODE 50,100,"39",48,1,0,2,4,@2
PRINT 2,1

See Also
PRINT, TEXT, BARCODE
z SET CUTTER

Description
This setting activates or deactivates the cutter and defines how many printed labels
is to be cut at one time.
This setting will be saved in printer memory after turning off the power.

Syntax
SET CUTTER OFF/BATCH/pieces

Parameter Description
OFF Disable cutter function.
BATCH Set printer to cut label at the end of printing job.
Pieces Set number of printing labels per cut.
0<= pieces <=65535
Example
REM ***SET CUTTER FUNCTION OFF EXAMPLE PROGRAM***
SIZE 3,3
GAP 0,0
DENSITY 8
SPEED 6
DIRECTION 0
REFERENCE 0,0
SET CUTTER OFF
SET PEEL OFF
CLS
TEXT 50,50,"3",0,1,1,"SET CUTTER OFF"
PRINT 3
REM ***This program cuts once at the batch***
SET CUTTER BATCH
CLS
TEXT 50,50,"3",0,1,1,"SET CUTTER BATCH"
PRINT 3,2
REM ***This program cuts every label***
SET CUTTER 1
CLS
TEXT 50,50,"3",0,1,1,"SET CUTTER 1"
PRINT 3,2
REM ***This program cuts 2 label***
SET CUTTER 2
CLS
TEXT 50,50,"3",0,1,1,"SET CUTTER 2"
PRINT 3,2

See Also
OFFSET, PRINT, SET PARTIAL_CUTTER
z SET PARTIAL_CUTTER

Description
This setting activates or deactivates the cutter and defines how many printed labels
is to be cut at one time.
This setting will be saved in printer memory after turning off the power.
This function prevents label back feeding after a cut.

Syntax
SET PARTIAL_CUTTER OFF/BATCH/pieces

Parameter Description
OFF Disable cutter function.
BATCH Set printer to cut label at the end of printing job.
Pieces Set number of printing labels per cut.
0<= pieces <=65535
Example
REM **SET PARTIAL_CUTTER FUNCTION OFF EXAMPLE PROGRAM**
SIZE 3,1
GAP 0,0
DENSITY 8
SPEED 6
DIRECTION 0
REFERENCE 0,0
SET PARTIAL_CUTTER OFF
CLS
TEXT 50,50,"3",0,1,1,"SET PARTIAL_CUTTER OFF"
PRINT 3
REM ***This program cuts once at the batch***
SET PARTIAL_CUTTER BATCH
CLS
TEXT 50,50,"3",0,1,1,"SET PARTIAL_CUTTER BATCH"
PRINT 3,2
REM ***This program cuts every label***
SET PARTIAL_CUTTER 1
CLS
TEXT 50,50,"3",0,1,1,"SET PARTIAL_CUTTER 1"
PRINT 3,2
REM ***This program cuts 2 label***
SET PARTIAL_CUTTER 2
CLS
TEXT 50,50,"3",0,1,1,"SET PARTIAL_CUTTER 2"
PRINT 3,2

See Also
OFFSET, PRINT, SET CUTTER
z SET BACK

Description
This setting is used after SET CUTTER function.
This function prevents label backfeeding after a cut. Backfeeding after a cut
backfeed when cut off

Syntax
SET BACK OFF/ON

Parameter Description
OFF Disable back function.
ON Enable back function.

Example
REM **SET BACK FUNCTION OFF EXAMPLE PROGRAM**
SIZE 3,1
GAP 0,0
DENSITY 8
SPEED 6
DIRECTION 1
REFERENCE 0,0
SET CUTTER 1
SET BACK OFF
CLS
TEXT 50,50,”3”,0,1,1,”SET BACK OFF”
PRINT 3

CLS
SET CUTTER 1
SET BACK ON
TEXT 50,50,”3”,0,1,1,”SET BACK ON”
PRINT 3

See Also
OFFSET, PRINT, SET CUTTER
z SET KEY1, SET KEY2, SET KEY3

Description
This setting is used to enable/disable the KEY1/KEY2/KEY3 function. The default
function of KEY1 is “MENU” key, KEY2 is “PAUSE” key and KEY3 is “FEED”
key. Before setting KEY1/KEY2/KEY3 function otherwise, please disable
KEY1/KEY2/KEY3 first. The setting will remain resident in the printer even when
the printer is power off.

Syntax

SET KEY1 ON/OFF

SET KEY2 ON/OFF
SET KEY3 ON/OFF

Parameter Description
ON Enable KEY1 as MENU function
Enable KEY2 as PAUSE function
Enable KEY3 as FEED function
OFF Disable KEY1 as MENU function
Disable KEY2 as PAUSE function
Disable KEY3 as FEED function

Note: The setting will remain in the printer even if the printer is power off.
Example
DOWNLOAD “DEMO.BAS”
SIZE 3,1
GAP 0,0
DENSITY 8
SPEED 3
DIRECTION 0
REFERENCE 0,0
SET CUTTER OFF
SET KEY1 OFF
SET KEY2 OFF
SET KEY3 OFF
KEY1=0
KEY2=0
KEY3=0

CLS
:START

IF KEY1=1 THEN
CLS
TEXT 100,10,”3”,0,1,1,”KEY1 (MENU key) is pressed!!”
PRINT 1,1
ELSEIF KEY2=1 THEN
CLS
TEXT 100,10,”3”,0,1,1,”KEY2 (PAUSE key) is pressed!!”
PRINT 1,1
ELSEIF KEY3=1 THEN
CLS
TEXT 100,10,”3”,0,1,1,”KEY3 (FEED key) is pressed!!”
TEXT 100,60,”3”,0,1,1,”End of test”
PRINT 1,1
SET KEY1 ON
SET KEY2 ON
SET KEY3 ON
END
ENDIF
GOTO START
EOP
DEMO
See Also
OFFEST, PRINT
z SET PEEL

Description
This setting is used to enable/disable the self-peeling function.
The default setting for this function is off. When this function is set on, the printer
stops after each label printing, and does not print the next label until the peeled label
is taken away.
This setting will be saved in printer memory when turning off the power.

Syntax
SET PEEL ON/OFF

Parameter Description
ON Enable the self-peeling function
OFF Disable the self-peeing function

Example
REM ***SELF-PEELING FUNCTION ON***
SIZE 4,4
GAP 0,0
DENSITY 8
SPEED 6
DIRECTION 0
REFERENCE 0,0
SET CUTTER OFF
SET PEEL ON
CLS
TEXT 50,100,”3”,0,1,1,”SELF-PEELING FUNCTION TEST”
PRINT 5

See Also
OFFEST, PRINT
z SET TEAR & SET STRIPER

Description
This command is used to enable/disable feeding of labels to gap/black mark position
for tearing off.
This setting will be saved in printer memory when turning off the power.

Syntax
SET TEAR ON/OFF
SET STRIPER ON/OFF

Parameter Description
ON The label gap will stop at the tear off position after print.
OFF The label gap will NOT stop at the tear off position after
print. The beginning of label will be aligned to print head.

Example

REM ***TEAR FUNCTION ON***

SIZE 3,3
GAP 0.08,0
DENSITY 8
SPEED 4
DIRECTION 0
REFERENCE 0,0
SET CUTTER OFF
SET PEEL OFF
SET TEAR ON
CLS
TEXT 50,100,"3",0,1,1,"TEAR FUNCTION TEST"
PRINT 1

See Also
SET PEEL, SET CUTTER
z SET GAP

Description
This setting sets the gap sensor emission sensitivity. The printer initiates automatic
gap sensor calibration the PAUSE key is held down while powering up. This
function may cease to work if the thickness of the backing paper and that of label
with backing paper are not of appreciable difference to the sensor, or when there are
pre-printed marks or patterns on the label. In such case, users must calibrate the gap
sensor manually by this command through trial-and-error method to attain the
proper setting.
This setting will be saved in printer memory when turning off the power.

Syntax
SET GAP n/AUTO/OFF/0,/REVERSE/OBVERSE

Parameter Description
n Gap sensor light emission strength. Available
range is listed as below. 0 is the lowest sensitivity
AUTO The printer will feed 2 or 3 labels to calibrate the gap.
If the label is continuous, the printer will feed label to
limit 10~20 inches to confirm if the label is continuous.
OFF Disable the SET GAP AUTO function.
0, Automatically calibrate the gap size.
REVERSE This function is using when the Black Mark is the
separation in front of the label and which can’t be detected
by Black Mark sensor. The parts of the media where can
be passed through by GAP sensor are defined to be the
printable area, otherwise there will be defined to the GAP
of the media.
OBVERSE Disable the “SET GAP REVERSE” function.

Note: When in “SET HEAD OFF” mode, the function “SET GAP AUTO”
doesn’t work even the printer head is opened and closed, but it
can work when power on the printer.
 Example
The example below is operated in DOS environment via the parallel port connection
to setup the label size, gap distance and sensor sensitivity.

C:\>COPY CON LPT1<ENTER>

SIZE 4,2.5<ENTER>
GAP 0.12,0<ENTER>
SET GAP 1<ENTER>
<CTRL><Z><ENTER>
C:\>

Note: <ENTER> stands for keyboard “ENTER” key. In the above

example, please press “ENTER” key instead of typing <ENTER>
in the above example.
<CTRL> stands for keyboard “Ctrl” key.

Troubleshooting:
Press the FEED key to test. Does printer stop at the same position on each label
without the error light blinking? If not, adjust the setting to a larger number
When adjusting this setting, begin from 0 and then on to higher values
incrementally.

See Also
SIZE, GAP, BLINE
z SET HEAD

Description
This setting is used to enable/disable head open sensor. If the head open sensor is
closed, an open printer head will not return an error message. This setting will be
saved in printer memory.
This command is only available for BPL2 printers.

Syntax
SET HEAD ON /OFF

Parameter Description
ON Turn on the “HEAD OPEN” sensor
OFF Turn off the “HEAD OPEN” sensor

Example
SET HEAD ON
SET HEAD OFF
z SET RIBBON

Description
This setting is used to enable/disable ribbon sensor detection. (Thermal Transfer
Printing/Thermal Direct Printing)
Printer will detect the presence of a ribbon to determine using either direct thermal
or thermal transfer printing upon printer startup.
This setting will not be saved in printer memory.

Syntax
SET RIBBON ON /OFF

Parameter Description
ON Thermal transfer printing
OFF Thermal direct printing

Example
REM ***Direct printing****
SIZE 4,4
GAP 0,0
DENSITY 8
SPEED 6
DIRECTION 0
REFERENCE 0,0
SET CUTTER OFF
SET PEEL OFF
SET RIBBON OFF
CLS
BARCODE 100,100,"39",48,1,0,2,5,"CODE 39”
PRINT 1
z SET COM1

Description
This setting defines communication parameters for printer serial port.

Syntax
SET COM1 baud, parity, data, stop

Parameter Description
baud Baud rate, available baud rates are as listed :
24: 2400 bps
48: 4800 bps
96: 9600 bps
19: 19200 bps
38: 38400 bps
57: 57600 bps
115: 115200 bps

parity Parity check

N: No parity check
E: Even parity check
O: Odd parity check

data Data bit

8: 8 bits data
7: 7 bits data

stop Stop bit

1: 1 stop bit
2: 2 stop bits

Example

The parallel port is used to setup the printer serial port in this example via
MS-DOS mode.

C:\>COPY CON LPT1<ENTER>

SET COM1 19,N,8,1<ENTER>
<CTRL><Z><ENTER>
C:\>

Note: <ENTER> stands for PC keyboard “ENTER” key.

<CTRL><Z> means to hold PC keyboard “CTRL” key then press the PC
keyboard <Z> key.
z SET PRINTKEY

Description
This command will print one label and feed label gap to tear bar position for tearing
away. Press FEED button to print the next label or batch of labels. If label content
includes serial text or barcode, it will change the serial number accordingly. This
setting will be saved in printer memory.

Syntax
SET PRINTEKY OFF/ON/AUTO/<num>

Parameter Description
OFF Disable this function
ON Enable this function
AUTO Enable this function
<num> Numbers of labels will be printed if FEED button is
pressed.

Example
Execute:
SIZE 4,2.5
GAP 0.12,0
SET PRINTKEY ON
SET COUNTER @0 1
@0=”0001”
CLS
TEXT 10,10,”5”,0,1,1,@0
PRINT 1
 Execute:

Syntax Receive “PRINT m” Print Out

SET PRINTKEY ON or 1.) PRINT 2 Label 1~2
SET PRINTKEY AUTO 2.) Press FEED key Label 3~4

Syntax Receive “PRINT m,n” Print Out

SET PRINTKEY ON or 1.) PRINT 1,2 Label 1, Label 1
SET PRINTKEY AUTO 2.) Press FEED key Label 2, Label 2

Syntax Receive “PRINT -1,n” Print Out

SET PRINTKEY ON or 1.) PRINT -1,2 Label 1, Label 1
SET PRINTKEY AUTO 2.) Press FEED key Label 1, Label 1

Syntax Receive “PRINT m” Print Out

1.) PRINT 2 Label 1~2
SET PRINTKEY 5
2.) Press FEED key Label 3~7
Syntax Receive “PRINT m,n” Print Out
1.) PRINT 1,2 Label 1, Label 1
SET PRINTKEY 5
2.) Press FEED key Label 2~6

Syntax Receive “PRINT –1,n” Print Out

1.) PRINT -1,2 Label 1, Label 1
SET PRINTKEY 5
2.) Press FEED key Label 1, Label 1
z SET REPRINT

Description
This command will disable/enable a reprinting attempt subsequent to a “no paper”,
“no ribbon” or “carriage open” error

Syntax
SET REPRINT OFF/ON

Parameter Description
OFF Disable this function
ON Enable this function

Example
SET REPRINT ON
z PEEL

Description
This command obtains the status of the peel-off sensor. This attribute is read only.

Syntax
PEEL

Return Value Description

0 Paper is not on top of peel sensor
1 Paper is on top of peel sensor

Example
DOWNLOAD “DEMO.BAS”
SIZE 4,1
GAP 0,0
SPEED 4
DENSITY 8
SET PEEL OFF
SET KEY1 OFF
SET LED1 OFF
SET LED3 OFF
:START
LED1=0
LED3=0
IF KEY1=1 THEN GOTO A
GOTO START
:A
LED1=1
CLS
TEXT 10,10,”3”,0,1,1,”PEEL Function Test!!”
PRINT 1,1

:B
LED1=0
IF PEEL=1 THEN
LED3=1
GOTO B
ELSE
CLS
TEXT 10,10,”3”,0,1,1,”The label is removed from the PEEL sensor!!”
PRINT 1,1
GOTO START
ENDIF
EOP
DEMO
Printer Global Variables
z @LABEL
Description
This variable counts how many pieces of labels have been printed. This attribute
cannot be initialized if the printer is reset, and will be retained if the printer power is
turned off.

Syntax
Write attribute: @LABEL=n or @LABEL=”n”
Read attribute: A=LABEL or A$=STR$(LABEL)

Parameter Description
n Number of labels printed. 0<=n<=999999999

Example
DOWNLOAD "DEMO.BAS"
SIZE 4,2.5
GAP 2 mm,0
SPEED 6
DENSITY 12
CLS
TEXT 10,50,"3",0,1,1,@LABEL
TEXT 10,100,"3",0,1,1,"@LABEL="+STR$(LABEL)
TEXT 10,150,"3",0,1,1,"*****Statement 1*****"
IF LABEL>1000 THEN
TEXT 10,200,"3",0,1,1,"LABEL>1000"
ELSE
TEXT 10,200,"3",0,1,1,"LABEL<1000"
ENDIF
TEXT 10,250,"3",0,1,1,"*****Statement 1*****"
A=LABEL
IF A>1000 THEN
TEXT 10,300,"3",0,1,1,"A>1000"
ELSE
TEXT 10,300,"3",0,1,1,"A<1000"
ENDIF
TEXT 10,350,"3",0,1,1,"*****Statement 3*****"
A$=STR$(LABEL)
IF VAL(A$)>1000 THEN
TEXT 10,400,"3",0,1,1,"VAL(A$)>1000"
ELSE
TEXT 10,400,"3",0,1,1,"VAL(A$)<1000"
ENDIF
PRINT 1,1
EOP
z YEAR

Description
This variable reads/writes the year data via the Real Time Clock (RTC). Four-digit
year formats are supported by RTC.

Syntax
Write attribute: YEAR=02
Read attribute: A=YEAR
Range: 00~50=2000~2050 ; 51~99=1951~1999

Example
DOWNLOAD "SetYear.BAS"
REM *****Set Year Parameter to RTC*****
YEAR=05
EOP
SetYear

DOWNLOAD "DEMO.BAS"
SIZE 3,3
GAP 0.08,0
DENSITY 8
SPEED 4
DIRECTION 0
REFERENCE 0,0
SET CUTTER OFF
SET PEEL OFF
CLS

REM *****Read YEAR parameter form RTC*****

YEAR$=STR$(YEAR)
Y=YEAR

REM *****Print*****
TEXT 10,10,"5",0,1,1,"YEAR1="+YEAR$
TEXT 10,110,"5",0,1,1,"YEAR2="+STR$(Y)
TEXT 10,210,"5",0,1,1,"YEAR3="+STR$(YEAR)
PRINT 1
EOP
DEMO

See Also
~!C, MONTH, DATE, DAY, HOUR, MINUTE, SECOND
z MONTH
Description
This variable reads/writes the month data via the Real Time Clock (RTC). Two-digit
(01~12) month formats are supported by RTC.

Syntax
Write attribute: MONTH=01
Read attribute: A=MONTH
Range: 01~12

Example
DOWNLOAD "SetMonth.BAS"
REM *****Set Month Parameter to RTC*****
MONTH=05
EOP
SetMonth

DOWNLOAD "DEMO.BAS"
SIZE 3,3
GAP 0.08,0
DENSITY 8
SPEED 4
DIRECTION 0
REFERENCE 0,0
SET CUTTER OFF
SET PEEL OFF
CLS

REM *****Read Month parameter form RTC*****

MONTH$=STR$(MONTH)
M=MONTH

REM *****Print*****
TEXT 10,10,"5",0,1,1,"MONTH1="+MONTH$
TEXT 10,110,"5",0,1,1,"MONTH2="+STR$(M)
TEXT 10,210,"5",0,1,1,"MONTH3="+STR$(MONTH)
PRINT 1
EOP
DEMO

See Also
~!C, MONTH, DATE, DAY, HOUR, MINUTE, SECOND
z WEEK

Description
This variable reads/writes the day of the week data via the Real Time Clock (RTC),
which is represented by one single digit (1~7).
Syntax
Write attribute: WEEK=3
Read attribute: A=WEEK
Range: 1(Sunday)~7(Saturday)

Example
DOWNLOAD "SetWeek.BAS"
REM *****Set Week Parameter to RTC*****
WEEK=6
EOP
SetWeek

DOWNLOAD "DEMO.BAS"
SIZE 3,3
GAP 0.08,0
DENSITY 8
SPEED 4
DIRECTION 0
REFERENCE 0,0
SET CUTTER OFF
SET PEEL OFF
CLS

REM *****Read Week parameter form RTC*****

WEEK$=STR$(WEEK)
W=WEEK

REM *****Print*****
TEXT 10,10,"5",0,1,1,"WEEK1="+WEEK$
TEXT 10,110,"5",0,1,1,"WEEK2="+STR$(W)
TEXT 10,210,"5",0,1,1,"WEEK3="+STR$(WEEK)
PRINT 1
EOP
DEMO

See Also
~!C, MONTH, DATE, DAY, HOUR, MINUTE, SECOND
z HOUR
Description
This variable reads/writes the hour data via the Real Time Clock (RTC). The
24-hour-day system (00~23) is supported by RTC.

Syntax
Write attribute: HOUR=12
Read attribute: A=HOUR
Range: 00~23

Example
DOWNLOAD "SetHour.BAS"
REM *****Set Hour Parameter to RTC*****
HOUR=11
EOP
SetHour

DOWNLOAD "DEMO.BAS"
SIZE 3,3
GAP 0.08,0
DENSITY 8
SPEED 4
DIRECTION 0
REFERENCE 0,0
SET CUTTER OFF
SET PEEL OFF
CLS

REM *****Read Hour parameter form RTC*****

HOUR$=STR$(HOUR)
H=HOUR

REM *****Print*****
TEXT 10,10,"5",0,1,1,"HOUR1="+HOUR$
TEXT 10,110,"5",0,1,1,"HOUR2="+STR$(H)
TEXT 10,210,"5",0,1,1,"HOUR3="+STR$(HOUR)
PRINT 1
EOP
DEMO

See Also
~!C, MONTH, DATE, DAY, HOUR, MINUTE, SECOND
z MINUTE

Description
This variable reads/writes the minute data via the Real Time Clock (RTC).
Two-digits (00~59) minute format is supported by RTC.

Syntax
Write attribute: MINUTE=12
Read attribute: A=MINUTE
Range: 00~59

Example
DOWNLOAD "SetMinute.BAS"
REM *****Set Minute Parameter to RTC*****
MINUTE=59
EOP
SetMinute

DOWNLOAD "DEMO.BAS"
SIZE 3,3
GAP 0.08,0
DENSITY 8
SPEED 4
DIRECTION 0
REFERENCE 0,0
SET CUTTER OFF
SET PEEL OFF
CLS

REM *****Read Minute parameter form RTC*****

MINUTE$=STR$(MINUTE)
MIN=MINUTE

REM *****Print*****
TEXT 10,10,"5",0,1,1,"MINUTE1="+MINUTE$
TEXT 10,110,"5",0,1,1,"MINUTE2="+STR$(MIN)
TEXT 10,210,"5",0,1,1,"MINUTE3="+STR$(MINUTE)
PRINT 1
EOP
DEMO

See Also
~!C, MONTH, DATE, DAY, HOUR, MINUTE, SECOND
z SECOND

Description
This variable reads/writes the second data via the Real Time Clock (RTC).
Two-digits (00~59) second format is supported by RTC.

Syntax
Write attribute: SECOND=12
Read attribute: A=SECOND
Range: 00~59

Example
DOWNLOAD "SetSecond.BAS"
REM *****Set Second Parameter to RTC*****
SECOND=59
EOP
SetSecond

DOWNLOAD "DEMO.BAS"
SIZE 3,3
GAP 0.08,0
DENSITY 8
SPEED 4
DIRECTION 0
REFERENCE 0,0
SET CUTTER OFF
SET PEEL OFF
CLS

REM *****Read Second parameter form RTC*****

SECOND$=STR$(SECOND)
SEC=SECOND

REM *****Print*****
TEXT 10,10,"5",0,1,1,"SECOND1="+SECOND$
TEXT 10,110,"5",0,1,1,"SECOND2="+STR$(SEC)
TEXT 10,210,"5",0,1,1,"SECOND3="+STR$(SECOND)
PRINT 1
EOP
DEMO

See Also
~!C, MONTH, DATE, DAY, HOUR, MINUTE, SECOND
z @YEAR

Description
This variable reads/writes the year data via the Real Time Clock (RTC). Two-digit
year formats are supported by RTC.
@YEAR global variable can be accessed directly without using BASIC language
functions.

Syntax
Write attribute: @YEAR=”01”
Read attribute: @YEAR
Range: 00~99

Example
REM *****Set @YEAR*****
@YEAR=”05”
REM *****Print*****
SIZE 3,3
GAP 0.08,0
DENSITY 8
SPEED 6
DIRECTION 0
REFERENCE 0,0
SET CUTTER OFF
SET PEEL OFF
CLS
TEXT 10,10,”5”,0,1,1,”@YEAR”
TEXT 310,10,”5”,0,1,1,@YEAR
PRINT 1

See Also
~!C, @MONTH, @DATE, @DAY, @HOUR, @MINUTE, @SECOND
z @MONTH
Description
This variable reads/writes the month data via the Real Time Clock (RTC).
Two-digits (01~12) month formats are supported by RTC.
@MONTH global variable can be accessed directly without using BASIC language
functions.

Syntax
Write attribute: @MONTH=”01”
Read attribute: @MONTH
Range: 01~12

Example
REM *****Set @MONTH*****
@MONTH="12"

REM *****Print*****
SIZE 3,3
GAP 0.08,0
DENSITY 8
SPEED 6
DIRECTION 0
REFERENCE 0,0
SET CUTTER OFF
SET PEEL OFF
CLS
TEXT 10,10,"5",0,1,1,"@MONTH"
TEXT 310,10,"5",0,1,1,@MONTH
PRINT 1

See Also
~!C, @YEAR, @DATE, @DAY, @HOUR, @MINUTE, @SECOND
z @DAY

Description
This variable reads/writes the day of the week data via the Real Time Clock (RTC),
which is represented by one single digit (1~7).
@DAY global variable can be accessed directly without using BASIC language
functions.

Syntax
Write attribute: @DAY=”3”
Read attribute: @DAY
Range: 1(Sunday)~7(Saturday)

Example
REM *****Set @DAY*****
@DAY="5"

REM *****Print*****
SIZE 3,3
GAP 0.08,0
DENSITY 8
SPEED 6
DIRECTION 0
REFERENCE 0,0
SET CUTTER OFF
SET PEEL OFF
CLS
TEXT 10,10,"5",0,1,1,"@DAY"
TEXT 310,10,"5",0,1,1,@DAY
PRINT 1

See Also
~!C, @YEAR, @MONTH, @DATE, @HOUR, @MINUTE, @SECOND
z @HOUR
Description
This variable reads/writes the hour data via the Real Time Clock (RTC). The
24-hour-day system (00~23) is supported by RTC.
@HOUR global variable can be accessed directly without using BASIC language
functions.

Syntax
Write attribute: @HOUR =”12”
Read attribute: @HOUR
Range: 00~23

Example
REM *****Set @HOUR*****
@HOUR=”23”

REM *****Print*****
SIZE 3,3
GAP 0.08,0
DENSITY 8
SPEED 6
DIRECTION 0
REFERENCE 0,0
SET CUTTER OFF
SET PEEL OFF
CLS
TEXT 10,10,”5”,0,1,1,”@HOUR”
TEXT 310,10,”5”,0,1,1,@HOUR
PRINT 1

See Also
~!C, @YEAR, @MONTH, @DATE, @DAY, @MINUTE, @SECOND
z @MINUTE

Description
This variable reads/writes the minute data via the Real Time Clock (RTC). The
two-digits (00~59) minute format is supported by RTC.
@MINUTE global variable can be accessed directly without using BASIC language
functions.

Syntax
Write attribute: @MINUTE =”12”
Read attribute: @MINUTE
Range: 00~59

Example
REM *****Set @MINUTE*****
@MINUTE="59"

REM *****Print*****
SIZE 3,3
GAP 0.08,0
DENSITY 8
SPEED 6
DIRECTION 0
REFERENCE 0,0
SET CUTTER OFF
SET PEEL OFF
CLS
TEXT 10,10,"5",0,1,1,"@MINUTE"
TEXT 310,10,"5",0,1,1,@MINUTE
PRINT 1

See Also
~!C, @YEAR, @MONTH, @DATE, @DAY, @HOUR, @SECOND
z @SECOND

Description
This variable reads/writes the second data via the Real Time Clock (RTC). The
Two-digit (00~59) second format is supported by RTC.
@SECOND global variable can be accessed directly without using BASIC language
functions.

Syntax
Write attribute: @SECOND=”12”
Read attribute: @SECOND
Range: 00~59

Example
REM *****Set @SECOND*****
@SECOND="59"

REM *****Print*****
SIZE 3,3
GAP 0,0
DENSITY 8
SPEED 6
DIRECTION 0
REFERENCE 0,0
SET CUTTER OFF
SET PEEL OFF
CLS
TEXT 10,10,"5",0,1,1,"@SECOND"
TEXT 310,10,"5",0,1,1,@SECOND
PRINT 1

See Also
~!C, @YEAR, @MONTH, @DATE, @DAY, @HOUR, @MINUTE