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1. 1 they are not printed either when z or when z Y Even if the zeroes are suppressed when the field value is zero 0 it is printed all the same In compliance with the instructions issued by the Z command on page 16 the value of the last label printed the interrupted one is retained for progressive numbering from which the printer restarts after resetting The increase or decrease of the fields continues until the last label in the current lot is printed as determined by the command on page 40 159 Default value 160 1 is the default value 161 1 is the default value 1 Default value 36 CZL Programmer Manual 3 1 6 4 Variable fields When it is necessary to modify a certain number of fields on a label which is for the most part uniform printer performance can be optimized by using variable fields Accordingly only a portion of the image affected by the modified fields is processed producing a saving in processing time The mechanism by which this effect is produced is similar to what is described in section 3 1 7 3 on page 33 In this case rather than saving the label image and giving it a name although the operation is rapid it nonetheless takes a little time and even more so if the image is saved in flash memory it is saved in the working RAM until the machine is turned off or it is explicitly deleted It forms the background for labels printed afterwards on which variable fields are updated
2. Disable Dump Mode 46 WC Print Configuration Label 46 4 Font and bar code specifications 47 4 1 Fonts 47 4 2 Bar codes 48 5 Examples 50 5 1 Example with alphanumeric strings bar codes and boxes 50 52 Example with graphic images 53 5 3 Example of reverse 55 5 4 Example with serial fields 56 5 5 Example with variable fields 57 6 ASCII tables 59 7 List of figures 61 8 Listof tables 62 CZL Programmer Manual 2 INTRODUCTION In order to operate thermal printers need to receive a series of commands sent to them in order according to precise procedures To address all needs we have developed the CZL language for its own printers among others In general a CZL command consists of a prefix a two character mnemonic code and a string of parameters The prefix the mnemonic code and the string of parameters are composed of printable characters without any control character e g escape this guarantees easy loading of the software onto different types of computers For the same reason the print file to be sent to the printer may be a simple text file composed with any editor alternatively the instructions may be sent in the form of a programming language e g Basic or the label may be laid out on the monitor screen with WYSIWIG or word processing software that by means of a driver converts the label into instructions that can be understood by the printer In this later case the user can ignore the programming l
3. See note 136 on page 30 150 means one or more occurrences of any character signifies and only one occurrence of any character P See note 150 on page 34 1 See note 136 on page 30 153 See note 150 on page 34 154 See note 150 on page 34 153 See note 150 on page 34 156 Default value 34 CZL Programmer Manual EG o Erase Downloaded Graphic This command deletes all the images contained in the RAM memory 3 1 8 Advanced commands All commands that are sufficient for printing in CZL emulation have been described in the preceding sections Several advanced commands are described here so that the user can take full advantage of all the features of the machine achieve special effects and or optimize its performance 3 1 8 1 Comments FXaa a Comment This command is used when clarifying comments must be inserted in the printing program Comments inserted in this way do not have any effect on the printed label is an alphanumeric comment string Whatever is written between the FX command and the following character has no effect on the printed label its only function is to introduce a comment string for future reference and greater program clarity It is good practice to use these comments for the preparation of basic documentation that will simplify subsequent program maintenance 3 1 8 2 Graphic effects FR Field Reverse Print It is possible to write som
4. 39 2 71025 RS 30 gt 6 94 5 126 087379 2 table 9 ASCII table 0 127 59 CZL Programmer Manual ems pepe __ o 2 25 pue 5 6 as 195 9 227 3 ies a s 2s f pesas 129151 166 as 199 ce n 250 167 A 199 cr p 2 oo cs b 22 3 c 6 23 o 29 pas pep y pepe 168 169 170 171 172 B 1351 55 rasa 136 88 BECOME NN 138 139 8B 140 8C 141 8D 142 8E 143 144 90 146 92 LT 1 2982 148 94 491 35 150 96 51517 5979 1 152 98 153 99 154 9A iss 156 9C 157 9D 158 9 159 IER CUNT gr em mW AB Ese __ __ 15 AF 16 i B2 LE 0 B4 gi BS i 5 E 6 gt i7 B ___ 18 BC m 190 BE I J NNI table 10 ASCII table 1
5. 73 See note 136 on page 30 7 See note 150 on page 34 note 150 on page 34 76 Default value 7 See note 136 on page 30 39 CZL Programmer Manual is the name of the desired list and it may contain the wildcard characters and 277 It can be from 1 to 8 characters long and its default value is is the file name extension and it too may contain the wildcard characters and The strings fixed in length returned by the printer have a defined format lt STX gt lt CR gt lt LF gt DIR R xx lt CR gt lt LF gt aaaaaaaa eee nnnnnn lt CR gt lt LF gt aaaaaaaa eee nnnnnn lt CR gt lt LF gt lt CR gt lt LF gt xxxxxxx bytes free lt CR gt lt LF gt lt ETX gt where aaaaaaaa is the name of the object eee is its extension and the symbol indicates a space This command is processed in the order in which it is sent to the printer The printer returns the list of objects saved as soon as it can consistently with the operations that it was already performing at the time the command was received 3 1 8 6 Copies of labels POt p d c Print Quantity This command makes it possible to print the same label times while checking several operations such as the number of labels before the machine pauses and the number of copies for each serial field see section 3 1 8 3 on page 36 t is a whole number between 1 and 99 999 999 that indicates the number of copies de
6. see note 7 on page 9 l The maximum length of the printing area is in turn limited by the available RAM Please refer to the User Manual 19 CZL Programmer Manual Regardless the number of characters coded by the 2 5 Interleaved bar code must be even if it is not a zero will be added to the most significant position on the left r is a letter that determines the rotation of the bar code It can assume the following values N normal rotation 09 R rotated 90 I inverted 180 B bottom up rotation 270 is a whole number between and 9999 and expresses the height of the bar code expressed in dots h is the letter Y if printing of the human readable field is desired if not it is the letter N p is the letter Y yes no If the human readable field is desired when h Y it is possible to position it above or below pzN c is the letter Y yes or 7 no Y if the check digit is to be added N if not B3r c a h p Code 39 This code accepts numerals and upper case letters and its length is variable with optional check digit it accepts ratios from 2 to 3 see table 8 on page 49 The command accepts up to 100 characters but the limit is determined by the width of the label or the maximum length of the printing area if the bar code is rotated by 90 270 together with the ratio set by the BY command on page 19 In other words if the bar code spills over the boundaries of the printing
7. 38 when the format is recalled 5 is the unit where the format is saved R indicates RAM B C or D flash memory This parameter is optional is the name assigned to the format It can be from 1 to 8 characters long and its default value is UNKNOWN eee is the file name extension which must for formats WDs aa a eee Print Directory on Label This command is necessary for producing a list of the objects contained in the memory units including an indication of the file name extension and size and printed on a label 5 is the unit for which the list is desired R indicates RAM B C or D the flash memory This parameter is optional is the name for the list and it may contain the wildcard characters and 277 It can be from 1 to 8 characters long and its default value is is the file name extension and it too may contain the wildcard characters and Host Directory List This command makes it possible to obtain a list of the objects saved in the machine memory whether in RAM and or flash memory Unlike the WD command the list is returned to the host as long as the printer is connected through the serial port 5 is the unit whose list is desired R indicates RAM C or D flash memory This parameter is optional The default value is 0 70 Default value 7 See note 136 on page 30 72 Default value
8. 8 mm if the resolution is 300 dpi to 1 12 mm Default value 7 Although it is possible to insert any whole number up to 9999 the limit is determined by the maximum printing length turn limited by the available amount of RAM A larger number displaces the image outside the useful printing area See the printer User Manual CZL Programmer Manual y is whole number from 0 to 9999 and expresses the length of the printing page in numbers of dots LSx Label Shift In reference to fig 2 on page 9 this command shifts the entire image of the label to the left by x dots x is a whole number from 0 to 9999 and expresses the amount of displacement in numbers of dots This command too must be sent before the first FS command page 13 and remains in effect until the machine is reset or receives the next LS command In practice the amount in dots the label is moved from the origin of the coordinates illustrated in fig 2 on page 9 is determined by the following formula LHx FOx LSx If the result of this formula is a negative value it is interpreted as equal to 0 because it is not possible to print farther to the left than the first useful dot on the print head 3 1 1 3 Rotation commands FWa Field Orientation This permits clockwise rotation by 0 90 180 or 270 according to the value assigned to parameter of all and only those fields which can be assigned a rotation parameter In o
9. 9999 and indicates the width of the character expressed in dots If one of the two height a or width parameters is omitted the other is forced proportionately Thus if a width double the normal dimension for that font type is specified without indicating the height the latter is also assumed to be doubled in order to preserve the proportion of the character If both parameters a and are omitted the default values or those of the last command received are applied The fact is that the language does not allow all possible heights for non scalable fonts those from A to H Approximations of multiples of the whole numbers closest to standard sizes are used for the dimensions set with parameters a and Referring to table 5 on page 47 if the selected height of font is 16 the language forces the height to 18 which corresponds to double the standard height 9 x 2 Axr a l Alphanumeric Font This command lets you select the font field by field x is a letter between A and H and identifies the font type see section 4 1 on page 47 r is one of the following four letters and indicates the clockwise rotation of the field N normal rotation of 0 R rotated by 90 I inverted by 180 38 Default value The default value is specified font by font in table 5 on page 47 See note 39 31 The default value is N or generally the last value received with the FW command described on page 10 17 CZL Programmer
10. In general after resetting following an operating error e g when the paper or ribbon run out the printer reprints the whole label that was interrupted due to the error This command is used to disable this function The parameter a can assume one of the following two values Y reprinting is enabled N printing is disabled 35 The default value is 0 36 See note 5 on page 9 37 Default value 16 CZL Programmer Manual The instruction is ignored if the parameter is ignored or different from the two allowed and it only affects subsequent labels 3 1 5 Font The language offers a selection of fonts that can be chosen as necessary see section 4 1 on page 47 for their specifications It is possible to set a default font in this case all alphanumeric fields will be in the font selected if not otherwise specified Or it is possible to set the type of font for each field The following commands permit you to determine the type of font and some of their features CFt a l Change Default Font This command makes it possible to chose the machine default font After this command all fields are printed with the selected font as well as their height and width until the next CF or Ax command t is a letter between A and or zero 2 and identifies the font type see section 4 1 on page 47 a is a whole number between 0 and 9999 and indicates the height of the character expressed in dots lis a whole number between 0 and
11. Programmer Manual I inverted 180 B bottom up rotation 270 is a whole number between 7 and 9999 and indicates the height of the bar code expressed in 4015 his the letter if printing of the human readable field is desired N if not p is the letter Y yes or no If the human readable field is desired when h Y it is possible to position it above or below pzN c is the letter Y yes no Y if the check digit is to be added N if not m is the letter N U depending on whether the UCC Case U mode is selected or not Code 128 Subset B Since subset B is the most common it is the one chosen by default if no default subset selection code is chosen see table 4 on page 24 Subset B accepts all alphanumeric characters with the exception of those higher than 94 and the characters gt 30 94 in table 2 on page 23 for which the subset selection characters in table 3 on page 24 must be used Code 128 Subset Ae C Subsets and C accept only pairs of numerals In the first case Subset A the letter corresponding to the pair of numerals as listed in table 2 on page 23 15 coded while in the second Subset C the numbers are coded as is Therefore for the codes listed in table 2 on page 23 even alphanumeric characters can be coded with subset A whereas they cannot be with subset C In fact alphanumeric characters are ignored in this last subset If the letter is in the f
12. TABLE 3 SUBSET SELECTION 8 ntes es eee tea tee asses etta tees osea tasas aseo esatta sae testa aeneae TABLE 4 DEFAULT SUBSET SELECTION CHARACTER 2122 144400460000000000000000000000000000000 00 0000000 rennen eren nn nnns TABLE 5 SPECIFICATIONS OF FONTS A RESOLUTION OF 8 DOTS MM 203 47 TABLE 6 SPECIFICATIONS OF FONTS AT A RESOLUTION OF 12 DOTS MM 300 48 TABLE 7 SPACE BETWEEN CHARACTERS AND HEIGHT OF UPPER CASE CHARACTERS eene ener nennen nnns 48 TABLE 8 BAR CODE 6 titan sese sese eaten annes sense te ranas 49 TABLE9 ASCI TABLE 05127 5 rete deett e peer pee de dee xe pepe pee 59 TABLE 10 ASCII TABLE 128 255 1 1 4 0 11 0 nens sente E innen rennen enn 60 62
13. and placed See section 5 5 on page 57 where an example of printing with variable fields is described MCa Map Clear Normally after a label is printed its image bitmap is deleted from the working RAM When using variable fields the image is saved just as described above with this command is the letter Y for deleting the bitmap not to delete it When the MCN command is received the machine saves the image of the current label until it is switched off or it receives the next MCY command and prints it as the background for all following labels Accordingly the variable fields can be superimposed on it with the following command FVaa a Variable Field Data This command replaces the corresponding command FD page 13 when the field is variable is an alphanumeric string of at most 255 characters If it is omitted the command is ignored The FV fields are always deleted after they have been printed while FD fields are not If there is more than one variable field on the label they are updated in the same order in which they were first entered 3 1 6 5 Saving the format Aside from saving the graphic image of the label see section 3 1 7 3 on page 33 it is possible to save the formats The format is comprised by all the commands that describe the label image By saving the format transmission time is optimized since similar labels which differ by only a few fields are not sent n times Ho
14. baud 0 101 4 800 baud 0 110 9 600 baud 0 111 19 200 baud 1 001 38 400 baud a indicates the handshake protocol XON XOFF when it is low 0 hardware when it is high 1 indicates the parity Odd when it is low 0 even when it is high 1 indicates whether parity has been enabled It has not when it is low 0 and it has when it is high 1 a indicates the number of stop bits Two when it is low 0 one when it is high 7 indicates the number of data bits Seven when it is low 0 eight when it is high 7 b is 1 when the machine is out of paper 0 in other cases c is 1 when the printer is in pause 0 in other cases dddd is a whole number of four digits that indicates the length of the current label expressed in dots eee is the whole number of three digits that indicates the number of labels in the reception buffer f is 1 when the memory buffer is full 0 in other cases g is when the communications diagnostic mode is enabled 0 in other cases h is when the current label is being processed 0 in other cases iii 15 always 000 j is when the RAM is corrupted 0 in other cases is 1 when the head is too cold 0 in other cases J is when the head is too hot 0 in other cases The format of the second of these strings is 43 CZL Programmer Manual STZ mmm n o p q r s te uuuu v www ETX CR LF is base 8 number that describes the communications parame
15. can be printed if the prefix character is changed with the commands CC and CT CT or with the command FH on page 13 This last command FH is useful for printing all characters after the 127 on the ASCII table table 9 and table 10 on pages 59 and 60 and in general all characters that are not directly available on the keyboard Even the characters CR 13 5 00 6 and lt LF gt 10 6 can be entered in the field Field Separator This command is the separator for each field in other words it sets the end of a field and the beginning of the next one Therefore it is obligatory and every command for rotation positioning etc in the field takes effect if it is followed by the F S command FHi Field Hex This command makes it possible to print any character through its hexadecimal code In particular it is possible to insert the hexadecimal code of the character to be printed directly in the string aa a of the FD command as long as it is preceded by the character i defined by the Field Hex command Therefore the FH command must precede every FD command or any other command where a data field 15 specified i can be any printable character as long as its meaning is unambiguous in the following aa a string every appearance of the character signifies hexadecimal code identifier Therefore it makes sense to use a character that is not printed The default is the underline charac
16. command page 39 while possibly updating the dynamic fields defined with the FN command page 38 This command must be come immediately after command page 8 is followed by the commands that must be saved d is the letter which identifies the format destination unit This is when the format is saved RAM B when it is saved in the base flash memory C or D when it is saved in the flash memory on the expander ad a is the name to be assigned to the format It can from 1 to 8 characters long and the default value is UNKNOWN is the file name extension which must for formats A label containing the DF command is not printed until it is recalled from the memory and every immediate command contained in it has an indefinite effect Field Number Analogously to the overlay function see section 3 1 7 3 on page 33 and use of variable fields see section 3 1 8 4 on page 37 it is possible here as well to update the fields before printing the labels In the first case the fields are superimposed on the image of the label by giving them precise coordinates since the CZL functions by default in OR mode the effect is superimposition of field on top of the area reserved to it intentionally left white In the second case the field replaces the variable field defined by the FV command on page 37 In this case the process is similar to but more versatile than
17. it is recalled using its assigned name and then it is positioned as desired The following example in text format produces the label in fig 6 DGLOGO 01014 013 00000000000000000000000000 00000000000000000000000000 00000000000180 000000000003C0 000000000003C0 000000000003C0 000000000007E0 00000000000FE0 00000000000FF0 00000000003F 00000000003F 00000000007F 00000000007F 0000000000FF 0000000000F 0000000000F 0000000001F 0000000007F 0000000007F 000000000FF 000000000FF 000000001FF 000000001FF 000000003FF rjj zi tji BOO 00 i Hj tz j tz Hj xj 53 CZL Programmer Manual 000000003FFFFFFC 000000003FFFFFFC 00000000FFFFFFFF 00000001FFFFFFFF 00000001FFFFFFFFB80 00000003FFFFFFFFCO 00000003FFFFFFFFCO 0000000FFFFFFFFFCO 0000000FFFFFFFFFFO 0000001FFFFFFFFFFS8 0000003FFFFFFFFFFS8 0000003FFFFFFFFFFS8 0000003FFFFFFFFFFC 0000007FFFFFFFFFFE 0000007FFFFFFFFFFE 000001FFFFFFFFFFFF80 000001FFFFFFFFFFFF80 000003FFFFFFFFFFFFCO 000003FFFFFFFFFFFFCO 000007FFFFFFFFFFFFEO 000007FFFFFFFFFFFFEO 000007FFFFFFFFFFFFEO 00000FFFFFFFFFFFFFFO 00003FFFFFFFFFFFFFFC 00003FFFFFFFFFFFFFFC 00003FFFFFFFFFFFFFFC 00007FFFFFFFFFFFFFFE 0000FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFE 0000FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF 0001FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFB80 0001FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFB80 0007FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFB80 0007FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFEO 000FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFO 000FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFO 000FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFO OO01FFFFFFFFFFFFFF
18. off the least significant ones to the right as many zeroes as necessary to reach 12 digits are added in the most significant positions to the left ris a letter that determines the rotation of the bar code It can assume the following values N normal rotation 09 R rotated 90 I inverted 180 B bottom up rotation 270 is a whole number between 7 and 9999 and indicates the height of the bar code expressed in dots h is the letter Y if printing of the human readable field is desired N if not p is the letter Y yes or N no If the human readable field is desired when h Y it is possible to position it above or below BKr c a h p s t ANSI Codabar This bar code accepts alphanumeric characters numerals and symbols its length is variable check digit is optional and the ratio falls between 2 and 3 see table 8 on page 49 In general the command accepts up to 100 characters but the limit is determined by the width of the label or the maximum length of the printing area if the bar code is rotated by 90 270 and the ratio set with the BY command on page 19 In other words if the bar code spills over the boundaries of the printing area due its excessive size determined by the number of characters to be coded and or by the ratio it could be wrongly interpreted by the reader In any event the part that 15 included in the useful printing area is printed r is a letter that determines t
19. on the type of medium that is going to be used the type of ribbon used and the printing speed the print quality is determined by the head temperature There are 30 possible temperature levels one of which is set from the panel By means of this command it is possible to adjust the head temperature and thus print density incrementally according to the value set during configuration Specifically the parameter n is a whole number between 30 and 30 with the convention of assuming all numbers without sign as being positive After executing the current command the number n is added algebraically to the temperature set during configuration the result of the operation is the new printer temperature Even when several commands are sent each one of them refers to the value set in the machine configuration The effect of the commands is not cumulative it is the one resulting from the last command sent If the result of the command MD produces a temperature value over 30 or less than 0 the temperature is assumed to be 50 and 0 respectively LTn Label Top In order to define the exact position of the label this command can be used where n is a whole number between 64 and 64 The result is longitudinal displacement of the entire printing image by n dots reference to the origin of the coordinates as indicated in fig 2 on page 9 Once again it is assumed that numbers without sign are positive JZa Reprint After Error
20. section 4 2 on page 48 for a summary of these characteristics Since not all of these parameters are mandatory with others being characteristic of each bar code all the Bx commands are explained in detail with the specific parameters for each one As is true for all the other CZL commands when a parameter is expressly omitted because the default value or the previously set value are accepted the comma separator must nonetheless be used so that the reader can know which one of the parameters has been implied The separator may be omitted when it is not followed by another parameter See note 39 13 note 39 4 See note 202 on page 48 45 The default value is N or generally the last value received with the FW command described on page 10 6 The default value is 15 or the value set with the last command page 17 37 The default value is 12 or the value set with the last command page 17 18 CZL Programmer Manual BYm r a Bar code default values This command makes it possible to set the width of the module the ratio and height of all bar codes included in the label and affects the bar codes that follow it up to the next BY command m is a whole number between and 10 and expresses the width in dots of the narrow bar the base module of the bar code is a rational number with a single decimal place character between 2 0 and 3 0 and sets the ratio of the bar codes The actual ratio accordi
21. the character alone The height is determined by the upper case characters plus the footer of lower case characters such as g or q 9 Including the space between each one OCR gt OCR A Tn order not to confuse zero with the letter o the convention of assigning the meaning of zero is adopted here 46 30 6 9 Since the font is scalable this is the default value 47 CZL Programmer Manual Dimensions of matrix Dimensions of each character Number of characters mm Height x width in dots Height x width in mm 1 9x5 0 75 x 0 50 11x7 0 91 x 0 75 18x10 1 50 x 1 00 42 x 20 1 75 x 1 08 26 x 13 2 16 x 1 34 60 x 40 5 00 x 4 00 34x22 2 81x 2 48 15 x 12 See command A page 18 table 6 Specifications of fonts at a resolution of 12 dots mm 500 dpi Dimensions of matrix Space between each character Height of capital letters in dots Height x width in dots in dots 7 11 14 23 21 47 6 21 Proportional 2 3 x height 4 table 7 Space between characters and height of upper case characters 4 2 Bar codes It is possible to print bar codes with the CZL language The following specific types are available Interleaved 2 5 Code 39 EAN 8 UPC E Code 128 EAN 13 ANSI Codabar MSI UPC EAN 194 See note 187 on page 47 195 See note 188 on page 47 1 See note 189 on page 47 OCR B
22. 0 DEL 22 96 FNC3 FNC3 23 97 2 FNC 2 gt 4 98 SHIFT SHIFT gt 5 99 CODEC CODEC gt 6 100 CODE 4 CODE B gt 7 101 4 CODEA CODEA 28 102 1 1 1 table 3 Subset selection characters In the second case the entire string is coded in the selected subset unless one of the subset selection characters occurs Subset selection character Decimal value 20 103 Subset A gt 104 Subset gt 105 Subset C table 4 Default subset selection character In general the command accepts up to 100 characters but the limit is determined by the width of the label or the maximum length of the printing area if the bar code is rotated by 90 270 and the ratio set by the BY command on page 19 In other words if the bar code spills over the boundaries of the printing area due its excessive size determined by the number of characters to be coded and or by the ratio it could be wrongly interpreted by the reader In any event the part that 15 included in the useful printing area is printed r is a letter that determines the rotation of the bar code It can assume the following values N normal rotation 0 R rotated 90 7 Default value 78 Default value 7 maximum length of the printing area is in turn limited by the available RAM Please refer to the User Manual 80 The default value is that of the last FW command page 10 received 24 CZL
23. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 51 CZL Programmer 1234567890 1234567890 1234567890 1254 5678 123456 CODE ERN 8 vrBe9SrTEeI8 fig 5 Image of label with alphanumeric strings bar codes and boxes Exactly the same result is produced by sending the following text file to the printer FO50 20 GB720 480 4 FS FO100 40 GB320 210 2 FS FO50 260 GB720 0 3 FS FOA50 20 GB0 480 2 FS CFA FO120 70 FD1234567890 FS CFB FO120 90 FD1234567890 FS FO120 110 FD1234567890 FS CFE FO120 130 FD1234567890 FS CFG FO120 170 FD123456 FS FT540 170 B8N 100 Y N N FD12345670 FS FO550 230 FDCODE EAN 8 FS FO130 280 52 CZL Programmer Manual B2R 150 Y Y Y FD12345678 FS FC WR 093 340 DCODE 2 OF 5 FS WN 0590 280 BKR 80 Y N T D123 FS AAB 10 10 0550 260 DANSI CODABAR FS 0450 425 B320 0 2 FS FC 0460 440 B300 2 10 C FDCZL Language printed by 6xxx XZ C Hy gt gt gt gt gt gt gt gt gt gt gt gt gt gt gt D gt gt tj tj Q Q Hj hj 5 2 Example with graphic images Ever more applications require printing of logos which in the simplest of cases is the company logo Two operations are performed to do so see section 3 1 7 2 on page 30 first the logo is loaded onto the memory unit RAM or flash memory then
24. 14 digits when the optional check digit is enabled according to the valued assumed by parameter c and the ratio varies between 2 and 3 see table 8 on page 49 r is a letter that determines the rotation of the bar code It can assume the following values N normal rotation 0 R rotated 90 I inverted 180 B bottom up rotation 270 c is A if check digit is not enabled if check digit Mod 10 is enabled C if check digit 2 Mod 10 is enabled and D if check digit Mod 10 and 1 Mod 11 are enabled is a whole number between and 9999 and indicates the height of the bar code expressed dots his the letter Y if printing of the human readable field is desired N if not p is the letter Y yes or N no If the human readable field is desired when h Y it is possible to position it above or below pzN d is letter N if printing of the check digit in the human readable field is not desired h Y Y if it is desired BSr a h p UPC EAN Extensions This bar code is the extension of bar codes EAN and UPC It is treated as a bar code independently of whether it is used together with one of the first two otherwise it could result in erroneous readings This bar code accepts only numerals is of fixed length 2 or 5 digits does not have check digit and its ratio is fixed see table 8 on page 49 Any character after the second in the first case or after the fifth in the second case is lopped of
25. 28 255 60 CZL Programmer Manual 7 LIST OF FIGURES FIG 1 CLASSIFICATION OF ss se setate esset eaten a assess enn 7 FIG 2 ORIGIN OF THE COORD NA T S E sess estesa assesses eate 9 FIG 3 ROTATION OF A FIELD POSITIONED WITH THE 11 FIG 4 ROTATION OF A FIELD POSITIONED WITH THE 1 2 12 221204 0020000000000000000000000000000000 0 12 FIG 5 IMAGE OF LABEL WITH ALPHANUMERIC STRINGS BAR CODES AND BOXES eese eene enne erts 52 FIG 6 IMAGE OF LABEL WITH LOGO 55 ere ree eger tack ioa ubt d eie edle tos cui 55 FIG 7 IMAGE OF LABEL WITH PARTIAL REVERSE eite ss ense tanen nasse 55 FIG 8 IMAGE OF THE LABEL COMPLETELY IN eren eene 56 FIG 9 IMAGE OF THE LABEL WITH SERIAL 08 2 1 2 73 sees setate nans nen FIG 10 IMAGE OF LABEL WITH VARIABLE FIELDS 61 CZL Programmer Manual 8 LIST OF TABLES TABLE 1 RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE RATIO AND WIDTH OF THE MODULE TABIE2 SUBSETOFCODE 428 etes e
26. A See note 192 on page 47 200 See note 193 on page 47 201 See note 188 on page 47 202 In fonts A the space between each character is constant while the spacing in font is proportional This means that it is proportioned to the dimensions of the character in other words the space after the letter i is less than that after the letter m 48 CZL Programmer Manual Extensions UPC A PostNet Each of these is identified with a numeral or a letter that coincides with the parameter to be inserted in the Bx command on page 18 see table 8 Each type of bar code has its own characteristics some are fixed length others not some accept all characters and others only upper case letters or numerals The widths of the bars are defined according to set ratios Some bar codes require a fixed ratio to be read properly while for others the ratio can vary from 2 to 3 without affecting the reliability of readings Description ASCII characters allowed g Interleaved 2 5 48 57 Variable Optional Code 39 32 36 37 43 45 57 65 90 Variable Optional 8 48 57 7 UPCE 48 57 10 Code 128 32 93 95 126 Variable Optional EAN 13 48 57 12 Yes ANSI Codabar 36 42 43 45 58 65 69 78 84 Variable Optional MSI 48 57 1 14 Optional UPC EAN Extensions 48 57 20 5 48 57 11 Optional PostNet 48 57 Variable No x 2 3 8 9 K M 5 U Z table 8 Bar code spe
27. BBBB FN3 FS XZ Stringa 2 LN Stringa 1 fig 10 Image of label with variable fields 58 CZL Programmer Manual 6 ASCII TABLES 00 32 20 64 40 9 60 jo p org a x sx 2 3 22 B 66 2 b 9 e Er e Ee see eee 4 04 5 36 24 D 68 44 a ENQ 5 05 37 25 E 69 45 101 65 AK 6 o6 amp 38 26 F 70 46 105 66 m poop BS 8 o 7 48 h 14 68 9 o 41 29 1 73 49 i 105 69 K 75 107 6B SCR ac 2921 M 777 109 so 46 2E N 78 dE 110 6E sr 5 oF 47 2F oO 7 o r1 oF DLE 16 oo o 48 30 P 80 50 p 12 70 DOT g pc2 18 12 2 50 32 82 2 14 SYN 2 16 6 54 36 86 56 v 18 7 CAN 24 is 8 56 38 x 88 58 x 120 78 EM 25 19 9 57 39 8 59 y 121 LSuB 26 58 z 90 5A 122 TA FS 28 lt 6 v 92 174 7 GS 29 sp 1 93
28. CZL Programmer Manual rel 1 00 CZL Programmer Manual Sferal wwt srl Via Martiri d Italia 26 10014 Caluso TO Italy 2007 Compuprint Sferal wwt and the identifying product names and numbers herein are trademarks of Compuprint Copyright protection claimed includes all forms and matters of copyrightable materials and information now allowed by statutory or judicial law or hereinafter granted including without limitation material generated from the software programs which are displayed on the screen such as icons screen display tools etc Products names used in this manual may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies and are hereby acknowledged All non Compuprint brands and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies CZL Programmer Manual 1 CONTENTS Contents 3 Introduction 6 Commands 7 3 1 Commands 8 3 1 1 General parameters for the label 8 3 1 1 1 Start and end format commands 8 XA Start Format 8 XZ End Format 8 3 1 1 2 Positioning commands 8 LHx y Label Home 8 LLy Label Length 9 LSx Label Shift 10 3 1 1 3 Rotation commands 10 FWa Field Orientation 10 3 1 2 Field definition 11 FOx y Field Origin 11 FTx y Field Typeset 11 FDaa a Field Data 13 FS Field Separator 13 FHi Fiel
29. DTest Global reverse command FS XZ MR Prova comando Reverse globale fig 8 Image of the label completely in reverse 5 4 Example with serial fields When a certain number of labels must be produced in a progressive sequence the CZL emulation supplies a command that can be used to automate the printing process see section 3 1 8 3 on page 36 The following file produces the label in fig 9 XA LH33 33 FXSerial field test FO30 10 AF SNField NNNOOO1 FS FO30 200 B3 100 SNABCDEFGHIJK3003 FS FO30 350 AF FDSerial command test FS pQ2 SCA 56 CZL Programmer Manual Field n 2 Prova comandi incrementali Field n NN 1 Prova comandi incremental i fig 9 Image of the label with serial fields 5 5 Example with variable fields With the CZL emulation it is possible to save the label to memory RAM or flash and recall it whenever it must be printed updating only the parts that have changed see 3 1 8 5 on page 37 The following text file produces the label appearing in fig 10 XA DFLABEL FS LH33 33 FXTest variable fields FO33 31 AG FN1 FS FO33 133 B3 50 FN3 FS XFLABEL FS FXRecall label and replace fields FDString 1 FN1 FS 57 CZL Programmer FDAAAAA FN3 FS XZ XA XFLABEL FS FXRecall label and replace fields FDString 2 FN1 FS FDB
30. FFFFB8 003FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFC 003FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFC O0FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF O0FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF OlFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF OLFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF80 03FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFCO 03FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFCO 03FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFCO 07FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFEO l1FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFS8 l1FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFS8 3FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFC 3FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFC 7FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFC 7FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFE 00000000000000000000000000 XA PRB FS PFO FS FO325 179 GB97 0 78 W FS FO325 179 XGLOGO 1 1 FS pQ1 0 1 Y XZ 54 CZL Programmer fig 6 Image of label with logo 5 3 Example of reverse The reverse feature see section 3 1 8 2 on page 35 is useful for highlighting parts of the label The label in fig 7 is created with the following file XA LH33 33 FXLocally test the reverse mode on one field FO0 0 GB250 400 200 FS FO30 10 AG xxx FR FS FO30 200 B3 100 FDABCDEFGHIJK FR FS FO30 350 AF FDTest Local reverse command FR FS XZ LIDEMUSSEHT JKE lt locale fig 7 Image of label with partial reverse effect 55 CZL Programmer The reverse effect can be used on the entire label The following file produces the label appearing in fig 8 LH33 33 LRY FXSet reverse mode FO0 0 GB500 400 400 FS FO30 10 AG FDxxx FS FO30 200 B3 100 FDABCDEFGHIJK FS FO30 350 AF F
31. Manual B bottom up rotation of 270 is a whole number between 0 and 9999 indicating the height of the character expressed in dots Lis a whole number between 0 and 9999 indicating the width of the character expressed in dots Once again the same observations made regarding the height and width specified by the CF command on page 17 apply to which the reader is referred A 1 Scalable font Scalable fonts merit a separate discussion They can be of any width or height and their proportion is guaranteed by the algorithm resident in the programming language Otherwise the dimensions of the bitmap fonts those identified by letters A H are multiples of the standard This means that there is a limited number of possible sizes even if the number is high Furthermore the scalable fonts are proportionately spaced which enhances their appearance Like the bitmap fonts the parameter r is one of the following four letters and indicates the clockwise rotation of the field N normal rotation of 0 R rotated by 90 I inverted rotated by 180 B bottom up rotation of 270 a is a whole number between 10 and 1500 indicating the character height dots Lis a whole number between 10 and 15007 indicating the width of the character in dots 3 1 6 Bar code 3 1 6 1 Bx Bar code In order to insert a bar code its type and characteristics e g rotation height etc must be specified where some these are typical see
32. NE 50 CZL Programmer Manual 1 CFA SET FONT FO120 70 SET COORDINATE FD SCRITTA1 STRING 1 1 1 SET FONT B FO120 90 SET COORDINATE SCRITTA2 STRING 1 1 1 SAME AS ABOVE FO120 110 FD 4 SCRITTA3 1 1 SAME AS ABOVE FO120 130 AED SCRITTA4S 1 1 SAME AS ABOVE FO120 170 AED SCRITTA5S RR p 1 1 FT540 170 SET STARTING POINT B8N 100 Y N N BAR CODE EANSTXTS FS BAR CODE CODE SET FONT FO550 230 COORDINATE SCRITTA6S FS STRING UNDER THE BAR CODE 1 1 FO130 280 SAME AS ABOVE B2R 150 Y Y Y FD n FWR FO93 340 FD SCRITTA7 1 1 n pwN FO590 280 SAME AS ABOVE BKR 80 Y N T AFD ANSITXTS FS 10 10 FO550 260 FD SCRITTA8S 1 1 FOA450 425 SET COORDINATE GB320 0 2 rFS HORIZONTAL LINE ACFC SET FONT FOA460 440 COORDINATE FB300 2 10 C AED SCRITTA9S FS STRING 1 1 1 pA 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
33. anging the font type the dimensions of the box are automatically adjusted If the number of lines is not sufficient to contain all the lines of text that are to be printed the last of these 15 overwritten thus becoming illegible until all characters to be printed are consumed s is a whole number between 9999 and 9999 and indicates the space in dots to add if the number is positive or subtract if the number is negative between one line and another The numbers without sign are read as positive g is a letter that can assume the following value on the basis of the type of justification desired L for left justification of the text C to center it in the box J for full justification and R for right justification m is a whole number between 0 and 9999 indicating the number of dots that the left margin is indented for lines after the first Its function is thus to indent text To render formatting of text inside the box easier the following sequences of special characters can be used amp corresponds to a CR Carriage Return LF Line Feed to force a carriage return corresponds to a word break If the split word is close to the left margin the printer adds word break hyphen Otherwise the word break is ignored serves to print the character V If a word is too long to be contained on a single line and is not broken by any character a word break hyphen is automatically added close to the left marg
34. anguage described by this manual even if knowing it is useful to a full understanding of the functions and potential of the machine This software is extremely powerful and makes it possible for non expert users to create labels by using just the mouse and the keyboard while also making it possible to use our printers with any application database word processing and others On the other hand if the user wishes to optimize machine performance the best approach is to program the printer with the CZL language described in this manual What You See Is What You Get CZL Programmer Manual 3 COMMANDS In the CZL language all commands can be sent both in upper and lower case characters or partially in upper case and partially in lower case which produce the same result and are always preceded by a prefix that identifies their type The character 94 5 on ASCII table identifies the commands and the character 126 or 7 the ASCII table the commands see fig 1 Some commands support both the prefix and CZL commands commands General parameters for the label Field definition Text formatting Printer configuration Font Barcode Graphic object Advanced commands commands Query commands Calibration and setting commands Cancel commands Control commands Prefix replacem ent commands Diagnostic commands fig 1 Classification of commands Both prefixes can be replaced wit
35. anual If not required by the application it is possible to select a resolution that is lower than the allowed maximum in order to optimize processing times JMa Set resolution This command is used to choose between the maximum possible resolution and half of it is letter A for maximum resolution 203 dpi 8 dots per mm or 300 dpi 12 dots per mm It is letter B for half resolution 100 dpi 4 dots per mm or 150 dpi 6 dot per mm Obviously doubled dot size corresponds to half resolution and thus the size of the images appears doubled 3 2 Commands Immediate commands are sent to the printer at any time and provide where possible for immediate execution They can be sent in groups or individually Commands regarding treatment of graphic images DG and DN have already been described in section 3 1 7 2 on page 30 immediate commands are preceded by the tilde character In general they are high level commands through which it is possible to act physically on the printer configuration parameters Commands requiring a response by the printer work only if it is connected to the host through the serial port since the parallel port is not bi directional In other words to use these commands correctly the printer must be connected through the serial port otherwise the host may wait for a response that will never arrive and this could lead to malfunctions 3 2 1 Query commands Memory Status The p
36. area due its excessive size determined by the number of characters to be coded and or by the ratio it could be wrongly interpreted by the reader In any event the part that is included in the useful printing area is printed The two start and stop asterisks provided by Code 39 are automatically added r is a letter that determines the rotation of the bar code It can assume the following values N normal rotation 09 R rotated 90 I inverted 180 B bottom up rotation 270 c is the letter Y yes or no Y if the check digit is to be added N if not is a whole number between 7 and 9999 and expresses the height of the bar code expressed in dots h is the letter if printing of the human readable field is desired N if not 52 The default value is that of the last FW command page 10 received 53 The default value is that of the last BY command page 19 received 54 See note 5 on page 9 gt Default value Default value 57 Default value 58 The maximum length of the printing area is in turn limited by the available RAM Please refer to the User Manual gt The default value is that of the last FW command page 10 received 60 Default value 51 The default value is that of the last BY command page 19 received 62 See note 5 on page 9 53 Default value 20 CZL Programmer Manual p is the letter Y yes or no If the human readable field is desired when h Y it is possible to posit
37. bottom to top that could spill over the top limit for the label In this case only the part of the label contained within the printing area is printed and the excess amount is left out In fig 2 on page 9 the origin of the coordinates corresponds to the upper left corner of the label and thus everything that goes beyond the origin with absurdly negative coordinates is lost When the FO command is used upon an increase in font size the box resizes itself from top to bottom the origin of the coordinates is the upper left corner as appears in fig 3 on page 11 and therefore the risk consists in losing the portion extending below the lower edge of the label More generally with the emulation the useful bitmap 15 determined by the size of the label never does it happen that one part of the image is printed on one label and the other part on another For the FB command to take effect it must be preceded by the data string and be followed by the FS command 3 1 4 Printer configuration Many of the printer configuration parameters please refer to the User Manual can also be defined with software The parameters defined with software override those defined through the machine configuration menu Or if one of the configuration parameters is modified with a software command the current configuration of the machine is modified until it is reset When the machine is turned on again the configuration parameters assume the values of t
38. cifications 203 See table 9 and table 10 on pages 59 and 60 respectively 49 CZL Programmer Manual 5 EXAMPLES The following examples clarify the meaning of the commands described in previous sections Since all CZL commands are comprised of printable characters it does not matter whether they are sent through a simple program e g Basic or with text file For a detailed description of each command please refer to the preceding pages 5 1 Example with alphanumeric strings bar codes and boxes The following example was developed in Basic and its result appears in fig 5 on page 52 CONST SCRITTA1 CONST SCRITTA2 CONST SCRITTA3 CONST SCRITTA4S CONST SCRITTA5 1234567890 1234567890 1234567890 1234567890 123456 CONST 20 5 5 12345678 CONST EAN8TXT 12345670 CONST ANSITXT 123 CONST SCRITTA6S CODE EAN 8 CONST SCRITTA7S CODE 2 OF 5 CONST SCRITTA8S ANSI CODABAR CONST SCRITTA9S CZL Language lptl1 FOR OUTPUT AS 1 OPEN COM2 9600 n 8 1 c85000 FOR OUTPUT AS 1 1 yA 1 LHO O 1 1 1 1 2 SETTING ROTATION WIDTH OF NARROW BAR BAR CODE 1 FO50 20 1 720 480 47 5 LARGE BOX 1 FO100 40 1 GB320 210 2 FS SMALL BOX 1 FO50 260 1 GB720 0 3 rsS HORIZONTAL LINE 1 FO450 20 1 GB0 480 2 rFS VERTICAL LI
39. d Hex 13 3 1 3 Text formatting 13 FBl n s g m Field Block 13 3 1 4 Printer configuration 15 MNa Media Tracking 15 Thermal Media 16 MDn Media Darkness 16 ALTn Label 16 JZa Reprint After Error 16 3 1 5 Font 17 CFt a l Change Default Font 17 Axr a l Alphanumeric Font 17 A Zr a l Scalable font 18 3 1 6 Bar code 18 3 1 6 1 Bar code 18 AB Yim r a Bar code default values 19 B2r a h p c Interleaved 2 5 19 B3r c a h p Code 39 20 AB8r a h p 8 21 B9r a h p c UPC E 21 ABCr a h p c m Code 128 22 ABEr a h p EAN 13 25 ABKr c a h p s t ANSI Codabar 26 ABMr c a h p d MSI 27 ABSr a h p UPC EAN Extensions 27 ABUr a h p c UPC 28 BZr a h p PostNet 28 CZL Programmer Manual 3 1 7 Graphic objects 3 1 7 1 Boxes Graphic Box 3 1 7 2 Graphic images DGd aa a eee b r xx x Download Graphic DN Abort Download Graphic XGs aa eee my my Recall Graphic Ms aa a eee Image Move 3 1 7 3 Treating labels as graphic images saving Sd aa a eee p Image Save Ls aa a eee Image Load 3 1 7 4 Moving and deleting objects TOs aga a egeses d agag ag egegeg Transfer Object Ds aa a eee Item Delete EG o EG Erase Downloaded Graphic 3 1 8 Advanced commands 3 1 8 1 Comments AFXaa a Comment 3 1 8 2 Graphic effects FR Fie
40. e 19 received See note 5 on page 9 Default value 7 Default value If the Case mode is used the default value is Y Default value The maximum length of the printing area is in turn limited by the available RAM Please refer to the User Manual Ex puo eme Cpu pus 28 CZL Programmer Manual by the ratio it could be wrongly interpreted by the reader In any event the part that is included in the useful printing area is printed r is a letter that determines the rotation of the bar code It can assume the following values N normal rotation 09 R rotated 90 I inverted 180 B bottom up rotation 270 is a whole number between and 99997 and indicates the height of the bar code expressed in dots his the letter Y if printing of the human readable field is desired if not p is the letter Y yes no If the human readable field is desired when h Y it is possible to position it above or below pzN 3 1 7 Graphic objects 3 1 7 1 Boxes GBl a s c Graphic Box This command makes it possible to draw boxes and or lines that can mark off or highlight parts of the label Lis a whole number between 0 and 9999 and expresses the width in 40157 of the box ais a whole number between 0 and 9999 and expresses the height in dots of the box s is a whole number between and 999972 and expresses the thickness in dots of the box o
41. e 2 and each of these contains 106 characters that can be printed differently for each subset 73 Default value 74 Default value 75 Default value 22 Subset Subset B Subset C Subset A CZL Programmer Manual Subset B Subset C WIND 11 11 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 FS FS GS GS RS RS US US FNC3 FNC3 FNC2 FNC2 SHIFT SHIFT Subset C Subset C Subset B Subset B FNC4 FNC4 1 1 76 Default value AAPL 25 gt AAO 12 7 table 2 Subset of Code 128 23 CZL Programmer Manual Each subset can be chosen in one of two ways using a special character for subset selection incorporated in the string to be coded or a code at the beginning of the string called default subset selection In the first case all the characters following the special character belong to the chosen subset up to the next subset selection character see table 3 Subset selection character Decimal value Subset A Subset B Subset C gt lt 62 gt 0 30 gt gt gt 94 gt 1 95 05
42. e fields in reverse to highlight them they appear in white against a black background instead of black on a white background More generally what is black becomes white and what is white becomes black Refer to section 5 3 on page 55 where two examples of labels in reverse are described To produce this effect a black box of the desired dimensions must be provided see the GB command on page 29 superimposed on the field in question As a result the black of the box is superimposed on the black of the writing according to mode and the field is deleted from the box With the command the mode of the current field is locally changed to XOR until the next FS or XZ command The resulting effect is of a field in reverse whose colors are inverted More generally where the field is superimposed on another the color becomes white 77 OR mode means that black on black produces the result black black black black just as black white black 158 XOR mode means that black on black produces the result white black black white just as black white black 35 CZL Programmer Manual Obviously the FR command is effective only when the field is superimposed on another if it is not superimposed an another whether it is a box or another field it does not have any effect I Ra Label Reverse Print This command is very similar to the preceding command but affects all fields follow
43. e image when the label is created defining its size and uploading the image on the printer memory The name given does not necessarily have to be the same as the name of the file in which the file is stored on the computer However it must adhere to several conventions that are explained below CZL emulation interprets the space return character or extension as the end of the name Therefore in order to preserve the uniqueness of names it is wise not to use a space inside names because two names consisting of more than one word having the same first word will be treated as being the same and the images to which these names have been applied will no longer be treated as separate and distinct Therefore different names must be given even mnemonic ones to different images a file given an existing name will not be saved to memory d is to save the image to RAM B when it is saved in the base flash D when it is saved in the flash memory on the expander is the name to be attributed to the graphic image It can be from 1 to 8 characters long and the default value is UNKNOWN b is the total whole number of bytes of the graphic image r is the number of bytes per line is a string of numbers in hexadecimal code comprising the representation of the graphic image eee is the extension of the file name which must be GRF for graphic images This format specifies that each bl
44. e thing filling the line with ones 1 The colon indicates repetition of the last line Since the number of bytes is whole the hexadecimal characters comprising the representation of the graphic image are always even in number Therefore the action of the comma and exclamation point characters described above is calculated on the pairs of characters In other words to avoid 137 The length of the line is determined by the parameter 31 CZL Programmer Manual misinterpretations the comma and or the exclamation point are inserted after an even number of characters For example FF0 must be sent rather than 1 0000000 and not FF Otherwise FFF000000 can be transformed into FFF The editor or application being used can introduce special characters CR and or LF to break the line the CZL emulation ignores them DN Abort Download Graphic This command makes it possible to interrupt loading of graphic images onto the printer before it is completed The printer then returns to normal print mode However any other or command interrupts loading XGs da d eee m m Recall Graphic This command is used to recall the graphic image to be printed e g company logo Once the image has been stored in memory with the DG command on page 30 it is possible to recall it whenever necessary even many times just as it is possible to use it together with other images and or fields inside the same
45. f the least significant ones to the right alternatively as many zeroes as necessary to reach 2 or 5 digits are added in the most significant positions to the left r is a letter that determines the rotation of the bar code It can assume the following values N normal rotation 0 R rotated 90 Default value 00 Default value The default value is that of the last FW command page 10 received 02 Default value 03 The default value is that of the last BY command page 19 received 0 See note 5 on page 9 Default value 09 Default value 9 Default value 08 The default value is that of the last FW command page 10 received 27 CZL Programmer Manual I inverted 180 B bottom up rotation 270 a is a whole number between and 9999 and indicates the height of the bar code expressed in dots h is the letter Y if printing of the human readable field is desired N if not p is the letter Y yes or If the human readable field is desired when h Y it is possible to position it above or below BUr a h p c UPC A This bar code accepts only numerals its length is fixed 11 characters check digit is optional and the ratio is fixed see table 8 on page 49 Any digit beyond the 11 is lopped off the least significant ones to the right as many zeroes as necessary to reach 11 digits are added to the most significant positions to the left r is a let
46. ge 8 This way the label image 15 recalled and positioned at 0 0 see fig 2 on page 9 The following commands make it possible to overlay the variable fields on the saved labels to compose the complete image of the desired label 5 is the unit where the image is saved indicates RAM B C or D flash memory This parameter is optional is the name assigned to the graphic image It can be from 1 to 8 characters long and the default value is UNKNOWN is the file extension which must be GRF for graphic images 3 1 7 4 Moving and deleting objects Images and more in general any object can be moved from one unit to another in a way similar to the copy command in DOS This is useful for moving graphic images from RAM to flash memory 144 This operation is often referred to with the term overlay 145 Default value 146 See note 136 on page 30 147 Default value 148 See note 136 on page 30 33 CZL Programmer Manual or vice versa as well as downloading or uploading images onto the expander cards before inserting them in other machines The source and or destination units must be available on the machine in use otherwise the move will not be completed Please refer to the User Manual for more information TOs a a a 6 d a a e e Transfer Object 5 the source unit from which the object will be moved indicates RAM B C or D flash memory a a a name of t
47. h the commands CC or Change Caret and CT or Change Tilde described on page 46 CZL Programmer Manual The parameters are separated from each other and their respective commands by a separator character the comma 44 or 2 on the ASCII table Please refer to section 5 on page 50 where several examples illustrate the functions of the commands 3 1 Commands 3 1 1 General parameters for the label 3 1 1 1 Start and end format commands XA Start Format When it receives this command the printer prepares to receive the commands that will be performed in the order in which they have been received In other words all commands are preceded by the command XA and followed by the subsequent command XZ AXZ End Format This is normally the last in a series of commands sent to the printer It follows all commands which can thus be inserted between the command XA and XZ After this command the printer only interprets commands or another command 3 1 1 2 Positioning commands LHx y Label Home This command makes it possible to position the origin of the coordinates or move the entire bitmap away from zero the upper left corner see fig 2 CZL Programmer Manual x y 0 0 Yx fig 2 Origin of the coordinates xis a whole number from 0 to 9999 and expresses the horizontal offset expressed in dots y is a whole number from 0 to 9999 and expresse
48. he User Manual or by software with this command JD Disable Dump Mode This command disables the dump mode and the printer resumes interpreting the commands it receives WC Print Configuration Label This command produces the print configuration label just as it can be printed upon turning on the machine please refer to the User Manual 46 CZL Programmer Manual 4 FONT AND BAR CODE SPECIFICATIONS Different types of fonts and bar codes are available The printing density depends on the resolution of the head used on the printer which is better explained in the User Manual The following specifications summarize the characteristics of the available fonts and bar codes 4 1 Fonts The image of the label to be printed can be built using the commands described in section 3 1 The font used is the default font which itself can be defined with the CF command page 17 Following below are the features of each Dimensions of matrix Size of each character Number of characters per mm in mmr Height x width in dots Height x width in mm l 1 12 x 0 76 1 37 x 1 12 2 26 x 1 50 3 50 x 2 49 3 25 x 2 00 7 49 x 5 00 2 61 x 2 36 See command A on page 18 table 5 Specifications of fonts at a resolution of 8 dots mm 203 dpi 87 fonts and H only accept upper case letters and numerals while all the others accept upper and lower case letters and numerals 8 Of
49. he last saved configuration and those changed with software are lost if they have not been saved MNa Media Tracking Through this command it is possible to inform the printer of the type of label in use continuous form no reference marker or labels with a reference marker be it a gap black tick mark or hole In the two cases where the parameter a assumes the following values N for continuous form Y for the reference label With the continuous form it is necessary to define the page length with the LL command already described above page 9 where the label is separated by a reference marker of any type the length of the printing page is determined by the paper sensor set up to detect the gap or black tick mark or hole The instruction is ignored if the parameter is ignored or different from these two See page 13 15 CZL Programmer Manual MTa Thermal Media In general thermal printers can print on different types of media using ink ribbon this type of printing is called thermal transfer or directly onto thermal paper this is called direct thermal printing The printing mode is defined with a specific machine configuration parameter or with the following command In this case a can assume two different values T to set the thermal transfer mode D to set the direct thermal mode The instruction is ignored if the parameter is omitted or is different from these two MDn Media Darkness Depending
50. he paper sensor via software please refer to the User Manual and measures the length of the label in use so that it is properly lined up under the head 44 CZL Programmer Manual JL Set Label Length This command unlike the previous command JC only measures the length of the label being used 3 2 3 Cancel commands Cancel This command terminates printing of the current label and deletes the rest from the command buffer as if the user had pressed the CANCEL button Pause and Cancel Format Similarly to the command above this command cancels the current job and places the printer in pause This command has the same effect as pressing the CANCEL button without pausing the printer Cancel Current Partially Input Format This command cancels the label that is being sent to the printer without affecting the others e g the one currently being printed 3 2 4 Control commands PH Slew to Home Position This command pushes out a blank label just like the FEED button PH works after the current label is printed or when the printer is paused PH is sent after completion of the entire label printing job Programmable Pause pauses the printer after the current label is printed PP pauses it after the entire label printing job is completed In both cases the printer remains in pause until the ON LINE button is pressed or another PS command is rece
51. he rotation of the bar code It can assume the following values N normal rotation 0 R rotated 90 I inverted 180 B bottom up rotation 270 c is the letter Y yes or N no Y if the check digit is to be added N if not is a whole number between and 9999 and indicates the height of the bar code expressed in dots h is the letter Y if printing of the human readable field is desired N if not p is the letter Y yes or N no If the human readable field is desired when h Y it is possible to position it above or below pzN 87 The default value is that of the last FW command page 10 received 88 The default value is that of the last BY command page 19 received 8 See note 5 on page 9 Default value Default value If the UCC Case mode is used the default value is Y 9 The maximum length of the printing area is in turn limited by the available RAM Please refer to the User Manual 9 The default value is that of the last FW command page 10 received Default value 9 The default value is that of the last BY command page 19 received See note 5 on page 9 97 Default value Default value 26 CZL Programmer Manual s is the start character C D Eo T t is the start character A B C N Eo T BMr c a h p d MST This bar code accepts only numerals is of variable length up to 13 digits when check digit is not enabled up to
52. he same time if the string is longer than 10 characters it is truncated at the seventh character eliminating all the less significant ones to the right r is letter that determines the rotation of the bar code It can assume the following values N normal rotation 09 R rotated 90 I inverted 180 B bottom up rotation 270 a is a whole number between and 9999 and indicates the height of the bar code expressed in dots Default value 9 The default value is that of the last FW command page 10 received 96 The default value is that of the last BY command page 19 received 57 See note 5 on page 9 68 Default value 9 Default value 70 The default value is that of the last FW command page 10 received 7 The default value is that of the last BY command page 19 received See note 5 on page 9 21 CZL Programmer Manual h is the letter Y if printing of the human readable field is desired if not p is the letter Y yes or no If the human readable field is desired when h Y it is possible to position it above or below pzN c is the letter Y yes or no Y if the check digit is to be added N if not BCr a h p c m Code 128 This is a high density code accepts numerals and letters both upper and lower case and its length is variable with optional check digit Its ratio is fixed see table 8 on page 49 Code 128 accepts three character subsets see tabl
53. he source graphic file It can be from 1 to 8 characters long and can include the wildcard characters and 27 e ee is the file name extension for graphic images which is GRF It can be replaced by the wildcard characters and 277 d is the destination unit to which the object is moved indicates RAM B C or D flash memory 15 the name of the graphic image destination It can be from 1 to 8 characters long and can include the wildcard characters and 27 1 the file name extension for graphic images which is GRF It can be replaced by the wildcard characters and If the destination unit does not have sufficient space to save all objects only those that fit are moved To avoid problems in case any doubt exists it is good practice to check the list of objects actually moved by using the commands HW page 39 and or WD page 39 IDs aa a eee Item Delete This command enables deletion of saved objects only from RAM and it is capable of selecting them one by one Since this command can include the wildcard characters and 2 5 it is possible to cancel groups of objects as well 5 15 the unit where the object is saved which must be 18 the name assigned to the object It can be 1 to 8 characters long and its default value 15 UNKNOWN eee is the file name extension which is GRF for graphic images and ZPL for formats see section 3 1 8 5 on page 37
54. in of the block and the rest of the word is printed on the following line The language does not provide any rule for syllabification of the words they are split apart according to their length Therefore it is necessary to force their break with the command to respect the syllabification rules of the word itself These special sequences of characters also fall within the limit of 3072 characters indicated for the command That is each alphanumeric string aa a including special sequences cannot be longer than 3072 characters 25 Just as in word processing the text is justified on the left center full justification or on the right and returns automatically inside the box 26 See note 5 on page 9 27 Default value 28 Therefore the parameter is mandatory since the default value 0 would be used instead Default value 30 0 is the default value 31 See note 5 on page 9 Default value Default value 14 CZL Programmer Manual The normal characters i e different from the amp sequence mentioned above CR 13 5 OD j6 and LF 10 are ignored just like the spaces 32 20 at the end of the line When the FT command is used the field origin is the lower left corner see fig 4 on page 12 Therefore especially when also using the FB command it is necessary to check whether upon enlargement of the font size there could be a change in the dimensions of the box from
55. ing the LR command of the current and subsequent labels is the letter Y to enable the reverse mode if not The reverse mode remains active until it is disabled with the LRN command or the machine is turned off 3 1 8 3 Serial numerical fields SNaa a i z Serialization Data It is often convenient to have a field that can be automatically increased or decreased by a pre set value for every label Refer to section 5 4 on page 56 where an example of printing with serial fields is illustrated This command makes it possible to create numerical fields with up to 12 digits If the field is alphanumeric the operation is performed on the first whole number found starting from the right side of the field itself is the starting string generally alphanumeric for the field The numerical portion of the field that must be increased decreased is a whole number with a maximum of 12 digits 151 is a related whole number with the negative sign if the field must be decreased with maximum of 12 digits z is the letter Y if it is necessary to add zeroes to the most significant positions to the left N if not When zeroes are used in the most significant positions two distinct cases must be pointed out if zeroes are included in the field e g aa a 0001 they are replaced with spaces when z N and are printed when 2 Y if no zeroes are included and in their place are spaces e g
56. ion it above or below pzN b r a h p 6 This is a reduced EAN 13 code see page 22 accepts only numerals has a fixed length 7 characters with check digit and a fixed ratio see table 8 on page 49 Since its length is fixed if you attempt to code a string shorter than 7 characters CZL will add as many zeroes as are missing from the most significant positions to the left At the same time if the string 15 longer than 7 characters it is truncated at the seventh character eliminating all the less significant ones to the right ris a letter determining the rotation of the bar code It can assume the following values N normal rotation 09 9 R rotated 90 I inverted 180 B bottom up rotation 270 is a whole number between and 9999 and expresses the height of the bar code as expressed in dots his the letter if printing of the human readable field is desired and N if not p is the letter Y yes or no If the human readable field is desired when h Y it is possible to position it above or below pzN B9r a h p c UPC E This code is a reduced version of UPC A see page 27 accepts only numerals and has a fixed length 10 characters with check digit the ratio 1s fixed see table 8 on page 49 Since its length is fixed if you attempt to code a string shorter than 10 characters CZL will add as many zeroes as are missing from the most significant positions to the left At t
57. irst position of a pair of characters e g it is simply ignored and if the letter is in the second position e g A the entire pair is invalidated In the case of subset C there must be an even number of digits and thus if there is an odd number of digits there are different outcomes depending on whether the check digit set by parameter c has been enabled If it is enabled check digit makes the number of digits balance and if not the excess amount is lopped off If check digit is enabled and the number of digits is even it is not printed because if it were the even number of digits would be upset bEr a h p 13 This bar code accepts only numerals is fixed in length 12 digits the 13 is check digit which CZL automatically calculates and the ratio is fixed see table 8 on page 49 The default value is that of the last BY command page 19 received 82 See note 5 on page 9 83 Default value 81 Default value If the UCC Case mode is used the default value 1 Y 35 Default value 86 When the UCC Case mode is selected the Code 128 length becomes the set length 19 characters accepts only numerals and subset C is automatically selected with the value 1 Characters beyond the first 19 are eliminated and if there are less than 19 characters as many zeroes are added as missing in the least significant position on the right 25 CZL Programmer Manual Any character beyond the 12 is lopped
58. ived PS Print Start This command brings the printer back on line after a or PP is sent just as if the ON LINE button were pressed on the control panel 45 CZL Programmer Manual 3 2 5 Prefix replacement commands CCx Change Caret With some hosts the CZL command prefixes must be other than a tilde or a caret The caret character can be changed with any two others from the ASCII table see table 9 on page 59 and table 10 on page 60 with the current command x is any ASCII character as long as it has not already been used for another prefix Obviously the alternative character must be carefully chosen so that it will not be confused with other printable characters and thus lead to problems of interpretation o CTx Change Tilde Just like the tilde character the caret character can be changed This command is used in the same way as the CC command above x is any ASCII character that has not already been used for another prefix Both commands must be bracketed by two limiting commands XA and XZ see page 8 and apply to all subsequent commands 3 2 6 Diagnostic commands JD Enable Dump Mode In dump mode the printer does not interpret incoming commands but prints them in ASCII with their respective hexadecimal code so that the proper functioning of the printer itself can be evaluated The printer can be placed in dump mode when it is turned on please refer to t
59. label s is the unit where the image is stored in memory gt indicates RAM B C or D flash memory This parameter is optional is the name attributed to the graphic image It can be from 1 to 8 characters long and the default value is UNKNOWN m is the multiplier along the x axis It is a whole number between and 10 m is the multiplier along the y axis It is a whole number between and 10 eee is the extension of the name which must be GRF for graphic images IMs aa a eee Image Move This command just like the XG command permits recovery of a previously saved graphic image The only difference is that it is not possible to change its size and it requires less processing time 5 is the unit where the image is stored R indicates RAM B C or D flash gt This parameter is optional 18 the name attributed to the graphic image It can be from 1 to 8 characters long and the default value is UNKNOWN eee is the extension of the name which must be GRF for graphic images 138 Default value 1 See note 136 on page 30 140 Default value 141 Default value 142 Default value See note 136 on page 30 32 CZL Programmer Manual 3 1 7 3 Treating labels as graphic images saving CZL makes it possible to treat labels as if they were graphic images This means that it is possible to save the label image to memory both temporary and other according
60. ld Reverse Print LRa Label Reverse Print 3 1 8 3 Serial numerical fields ASNaa a 1 z Serialization Data 3 1 8 4 Variable fields Map Clear AFVaa a Variable Field Data 3 1 8 5 Saving the format EF o EF Erase Format DFd aa a eee Download Format ENn Field Number FAn Field Allocate XFs aa a eee Recall Format WDs aa a eee Print Directory on Label HWs aa a eee Host Directory List 3 1 8 6 Copies of labels PQt p d c Print Quantity 3 1 8 7 Setting printer speed APRs f Print Rate 3 1 8 8 Backfeed Suppress Backfeed 3 1 8 9 Resolution AJMa Set resolution 32 Commands 3 2 1 Query commands HM Memory Status HS Host Status Power On Reset 322 Calibration and setting commands Set Media Sensor Calibration JL Set Label Length 3 2 3 Cancel commands Cancel Pause and Cancel Format CZL Programmer Manual JX Cancel Current Partially Input Format 45 3 2 4 Control commands 45 o PH Slew to Home Position 45 o PP Programmable Pause 45 PS Print Start 45 3 2 5 Prefix replacement commands 46 o CCx Change Caret 46 o CTx Change Tilde 46 32 6 Diagnostic commands 46 JD Enable Dump Mode 46
61. mages involves sending and more generally handling of files of moderate dimensions CZL offers the possibility of reducing file dimensions with a special compression algorithm More specifically it often happens that perfectly equal sequences of hexadecimal codes must be sent this corresponds to having extended black parts in the image or recurrent elementary figures In this case the letters after F can be used as a multiplier according to the following table G H I J K LIMIN O P Q R S T U VW x Y 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 When it receives UB the machine reads with the identical result 15 times in other words BBBBBBBBBBBBBBB Likewise for lower case letters g h 1 k 1 m N y 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200 220 240 260 280 300 320 340 360 380 400 Sending AB is like sending B 40 times BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB The upper and lower case letters can be combined so that for example or UhB corresponds to 55 times B In regard to file compression CZL specifies the use of several other special characters The comma fills the current line from the right with pairs whole bytes of zeroes 0 from its position to the end of the line The exclamation point does the sam
62. ng to which the bar code is printed is limited by the fact that it is not possible to break up a dot into fractions Therefore it depends on the parameter r together with the parameter m in accordance with table 1 In fixed ratio bar codes this parameter has no effect is a whole number between 7 and 9999 and indicates the height of the bar code expressed in dots Ratio r Module m 5 6 table 1 Relationship between the ratio and width of the module B2r a h p c Interleaved 2 5 This is a high density code accepts only numerals and is of variable length with an optional digit check it accepts ratios from 2 to 3 see table 8 on page 49 The command accepts up to 100 characters but the limit is determined by the label width or by the maximum length of the printing area if the bar code is rotated by 90 270 together with the ratio set by the BY command on page 19 In other words if the bar code spills over the boundaries of the printing area due its excessive size determined by the number of characters to be coded and or by the ratio it could be wrongly interpreted by the reader In any event the part that is included in the useful printing area is printed 5 The default value is 2 49 The default value is 3 0 The point is used as the decimal separator 50 The default value is 10 The upper limit is determined by the greatest length of the label
63. ock of 4 bits nibble is the image of 4 adjacent dots the high bit 1 corresponds to the on bit black and the low bit 0 corresponds to the off bit white The entire graphic image is coded in the same way in practice it is a single long string of hexadecimal values The total number of bytes b is a function of the dimensions of the image and the printer resolution please see the User Manual according to the following formula Cri a ris b 135 Default value 136 Since flash memory is a non volatile memory it is available on the expander cards so that it can transport the images it contains Unit B is the flash memory contained in the base machine C and D are the memory contained in the expander cards where provided and the letter indicates in which of the two available slots the expander card is installed Please refer to the User Manual for more information 30 CZL Programmer Manual where 115 the width of the image in ris the resolution in dots mm the height of the image in 8 is the number of bits per byte and b is the total number of bytes The result of the division ris 8 must be rounded to the next highest whole number The number of bytes per line r depends on the width of the image and the printer resolution as appears in the following formula I ris 8 From which it is deduced that b r a ris The hexadecimal code described above for representation of the graphic i
64. peed of 6 inches a second 8 or E for a speed of 8 inches a second The printer operates at the selected speed until it is turned off and or it receives a new PR command Since the speed and temperature corresponding to the type of ribbon and support used affect printing quality it is advisable to perform a printing test to determine the proper speed 3 1 6 6 Backfeed When the peel off system or cutter is used see the User Manual for the machine in question upon completion of printing operations the paper must stick out far enough for proper alignment of the cutting blade or peel off system Before resuming printing of the next label the paper must then return to position in alignment with the head This is the backfeed movement The extent of this adjustment can be selected from the panel by means of a special parameter Please refer to the User Manual for instructions on how to use it When the present sensor is enabled and thus the peel off system or cutter are used the backfeed is automatically enabled by the amount set with the parameter described above However to disable it the following command is used XB Suppress Backfeed This command force disables the backfeed at the end of label printing until the machine is turned off 184 Default value 155 Default value 41 CZL Programmer Manual 3 1 6 9 Resolution The maximum resolution of the machine depends on the model being used please refer to the User M
65. r line c is letter when black lines are desired and W when white lines are desired This latter choice is useful when you want to draw a white box inside a black rectangle without using the reverse function The default value is that of the last FW command page 10 received The default value is that of the last BY command page 19 received 22 See note 5 on page 9 Default value 24 Default value If the Case mode is used the default value is Y Default value When the width is 0 the box becomes a line of height a and thickness s 26 See note 4 on page 9 27 See note 5 on page 9 28 Default value When the width is 0 the box becomes a line of width and thickness s See note 4 on page 9 30 See note 5 on page 9 Default value 32 See note 4 on page 9 33 See note 5 on page 9 Default value 29 CZL Programmer Manual 3 1 7 2 Graphic images DGd aa a eee b r xx x Download Graphic CZL makes it possible to save graphic images in hexadecimal format that are created in any application whether CAD or a graphic layout program Once they are saved in temporary memory or elsewhere the images can be used on the label as desired Refer to section 5 2 on page 53 where a printing example with graphic images is described The current command controls the following functions placing the printer in graphic mode giving a name to the image which is the same that will be used to retrieve th
66. rinter returns the RAM memory status to the host The returned string consists of 3 numbers comprised of four digits separated by commas according to the following format NANNA DPMP PAn NNA nnnn is the total number of Kbytes available the machine is the number of Kbytes available to the user for saving graphic images etc 186 The tilde control character can be replaced by using the CC command on page 46 42 CZL Programmer Manual is the number of free Kbytes for saving graphic images etc taken from n n n n of those already used Obviously nnn gt gt The first two values are set through configuration of the machine or the inserted expander cards the third value changes dynamically upon saving the graphic images and or other objects HS Host Status The printer reports the status through three strings where each begins with the character lt STX gt ends with the sequence ETX CR LF just as the lines are separated by the host for easy reading The format of the first one of these is STX aaa b c dddd eee f g h iii j k l lt ETX gt lt CR gt lt LF gt aad is a base 8 number that describes the communication parameters of the serial port aaa is the octal representation of the binary number 454443 together with a a indicates the baud rate 0 001 300 baud 0 010 600 baud 0 011 1 200 baud 0 100 2 400
67. s the vertical offset expressed in dots After receiving this command which must be sent before the first command FS as described page 13 the printer keeps these values until it is reset or until it receives another LH command The command only affects the commands that follow it so it is normally one of the first to be sent in order for it to affect the entire label It is useful for example in centering text on a pre printed label LLy Label Length In thermal printers the paper is positioned under the head by means of a reference the gap between labels the hole or the black tick mark on the back If the paper does not contain any reference marker meaning that it is a continuous form the printer must be informed of the operating procedure with the MN command on page 15 and length of the printing page using the label length command The command must be sent before the first command page 13 it does not matter whether it comes before or after the command and remains in effect until the machine 15 reset or receives another LL command Default value Although it is possible to insert any whole number up to 9999 the limit is determined by the number of dots on the print head or its width for the set resolution A greater number displaces the image outside the useful printing area See the printer User Manual If the printer resolution see the User Manual is 203 dpi one dot corresponds to 1
68. sired p is a whole number between 07 and 99 999 999 that indicates the number of copies printed before the machine is paused d is a whole number between 1 and 99 999 999 that indicates at what point in the printing operation it is desired to increase the serial fields In practice it is possible to print the same label d times without increasing the field is the letter Y to prevent the printer from going into pause after p labels it is the letter for enabling the parameter p in other words to pause the printer after p labels 178 See note 150 on page 34 19 See note 150 on page 34 180 Default value 33 Default value 182 Default value 183 Default value 40 CZL Programmer Manual 3 1 8 7 Setting printer speed PRs f Print Rate This command is used to set the print and or feed rate of the printer independently of the rate set in configuration s is anumber or letter according to the following scheme 2 or for a speed of 2 inches a second 3 or B for a speed of 3 inches a second 4 or C for a speed of 4 inches a second 5 for a speed of 5 inches a second 6 or D for a speed of 6 inches a second amp or E for a speed of 8 inches a second fis a number or letter according to the following scheme 2 or A for a speed of 2 inches a second 3 or B for a speed of 3 inches a second 4 or C for a speed of 4 inches a second 5 for a speed of 5 inches a second 6 or D for a s
69. t is vertical whether its rotation is rotated or bottom up NORMAL INVERTED fig 3 Rotation of a field positioned with the FO command x is a whole number from 07 to 9999 and is the horizontal position along the x axis see fig 2 page 9 in the upper left corner of the field expressed in dots is a whole number from 0 to 9999 and is the vertical position along the y axis in the upper left corner of the field expressed in dots FTx y Field Typeset This command like the previous one sets the position of the origin of the field in relation to the zero coordinate set by the LH command described on page 8 consistently with the content of the 5 Default value 1 See note 4 on page 9 17 See note 5 on page 9 18 Default value See note 7 on page 9 11 CZL Programmer Manual field and does not change the rotation In practice the field rotates around its origin generally the lower left corner as appears in fig 4 BOTTOM UP NORMAL INVERTEO ROTATED fig 4 Rotation of a field positioned with the FT command x is a whole number from 02 to 9999 and is the horizontal position along the x axis see fig 2 on page 9 expressed in dots y is a whole number from 0 to 9999 and is the vertical position along the y axis expressed in dots The origin of the field whose coordinates are set by the parameters
70. ter _ 95 OF ig After the i identifier the machine interprets the two subsequent characters as the hexadecimal code of the character to be printed and thus the two following characters can be any two of the following 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 A a B b C c D d E e F f 3 1 3 Text formatting FBl n s g m Field Block This command makes it possible to print different lines of text enclosed in a virtual box that assumes the properties origin font rotation of the text field This makes it possible to move enlarge and otherwise manipulate the entire box without modifying each string of text This 13 CZL Programmer Manual command incorporates an automatic word wrapping function to make operations easier without worrying about the placement of individual strings 1 is the width of the box expressed in It can be any whole number between 0 and 9999 However it must not be smaller than the width of a character or larger than the width of the printing area see note 4 on page 9 If the width of the block is not sufficient to contain at least one character nothing is printed if it is not large enough to contain everything only the text contained in the block is printed is the maximum number of lines that the box can contain It can be any whole number between 17 and 9999 n practice this parameter determines the height of the box which is thus expressed in number of lines Thus by ch
71. ter that determines the rotation of the bar code It can assume the following values N normal rotation 0 R rotated 90 I inverted 180 B bottom up rotation 270 is a whole number between 7 and 999974 and indicates the height of the bar code expressed in dots h is the letter Y if printing of the human readable field is desired N if not p is the letter Y yes N If the human readable field is desired when h Y it is possible to position it above or below c is the letter Y yes or N no Y to add check digit and N not to BZr a h p PostNet This bar code accepts only numerals is of variable length its ratio is fixed and check digit is not enabled see table 8 on page 49 In general the command accepts up to 100 characters but the limit depends on the width of the label the maximum length of the printing area if bar code is rotated 90 270 and the ratio set with the BY command on page 19 In other words if the bar code spills over the boundaries of the printing area due its excessive size determined by the number of characters to be coded and or The default value is that of the last BY command page 19 received See note 5 on page 9 Default value Default value When the UCC Case mode is used the default value is Y The default value is that of the last FW command page 10 received The default value is that of the last BY command pag
72. ters of the serial port 18 octal representation of the binary number mmm mmm my is always 0 Reserved indicates the type of form in use With a reference marker gap black tick mark or hole when it is low 0 continuous form when it is high 7 mg is always 0 Reserved m is always 0 Reserved m are not used and thus always 0 indicates the printing mode Direct thermal transfer when it is low 0 thermal transfer when it is high 7 n 15 always 0 Reserved 0 is always 0 Reserved is high 7 when the ribbon is out 0 in other cases 15 always 0 Reserved 5 15 always 6 Reserved t is 1 when there is a label under the present sensor 0 in other cases uuuu is the whole number of four digits that indicates the number of labels in the current batch that remain to be printed is always 1 Reserved www is the whole number of 3 digits that indicates the number of graphic images in the RAM memory The format of the third string 15 lt STZ gt xxxx y lt ETX gt lt CR gt lt LF gt xxxx 15 always 0000 Reserved for future uses is always 0 Reserved for future uses JR Power On Reset This command has exactly the same effects as shutting off and then turning on the machine All registers are reset the RAM is deleted etc 3 2 2 Calibration and setting commands JC Set Media Sensor Calibration This command forces adjustments in the sensitivity of t
73. the second since the format is saved with a name it is necessary to number the variable fields which are more accurately defined as dynamic Accordingly it is possible to refer to them directly without respecting their order It is also possible to assign the same identifying number to more than one field so that they can be updated simultaneously with the same content The FN is used instead of the FD command page 13 upon saving and together with the FD command when the label is recalled before printing 165 Default value 166 See note 136 on page 30 167 See note 157 on page 35 168 Or black if the field is to be in reverse see section 3 1 8 2 on page 35 38 CZL Programmer Manual nis the whole number assigned to the dynamic field to identify it It falls between 1 and 9999 FAn Field Allocate number n is a whole number between 1 and 256 that indicates the number of characters and space required to reserve the space to be occupied by the dynamic fields XF s aa a eee Recall Format This command recalls from memory unit 5 the format aa a eee so that the described image can be completed with the necessary dynamic fields processed and then printed The format can be recalled whenever necessary and the dynamic fields are updated periodically with the current value If dynamic fields numbered have been provided for at the time of saving these fields must be updated with the FN command on page
74. ther words the rotation defined by this command is the default setting if another one is not specified The parameter a may assume the following values Normal 0 orientation R Rotated 90 orientation Inverted 180 orientation B Bottom Up 2709 orientation The command affects only those fields which can be assigned a rotation parameter when it is omitted When the rotation parameter can be assigned and is used it overrides the FW command Like the others the FW command affects only the commands that follow it until the printer is reset or the next FW command is sent Default value See note 7 on page 9 See note 5 on page 9 Default value 12 See note 5 on page 9 P See pages 8 and 11 respectively for a description of the commands LH and FO Default value 10 CZL Programmer Manual 3 1 2 Field definition These commands make it possible to define the type and position of the fields e g alphanumeric strings that comprise the label FOx y Field Origin This command determines the position of the upper left corner of the field in relation to the zero coordinate set by the command LH page 8 and is independent of the rotation In other words whatever the rotation the upper left corner of the rectangle surrounding the field is set to the coordinate x y see fig 3 When the field is horizontal whether its rotation is normal or inverted it is always in the same position as when i
75. to available computer resources please refer to the User Manual and then use it as desired calling it up with the name assigned to it This permits optimal computer performance when similar labels including complicated ones varying only in a few fields have to be printed In this case rather than sending the entire label every time the common part can be saved and then recalled later when the missing fields are added the variable from label to 1 leading to significant savings in processing time in direct relation to the complexity of the label ISd aa a eee p Image Save This command is used to save the label image to memory RAM or flash as a graphic image It will then be possible to recall it at any time with the name given to it and then adding any variable fields In light of the fact that this command saves the image of the current label it is normally the last one just before the command XZ page 8 d is R for saving the image in RAM B for saving it in the base flash memory C or D for saving it in the flash memory on the expander card is the name attributed to the graphic image It can be from 1 to 8 characters long and the default value is UNKNOWN is the file extension which must be GRF for graphic images ILs aa a eee Image Load This command recalls the image of label aa a stored in memory unit s It is normally the second one just after the command XA pa
76. wever processing time is not shortened In fact when the label is recalled from memory before printing its image is processed with the addition of any variable fields this happens whenever the label is printed Aside from optimizing the aforementioned transmission time saving the format reduces the memory space used since the space occupied by the format is less than that of the graphic image The formats can be saved in both RAM and flash memory within the limits of available space CZL is not programmed to give any error message if the format is larger than the space available on the destination unit In this case the format is not saved in its entirety and the user becomes aware of 163 Default value 164 The machine operates by default in OR mode See note 157 on page 35 37 CZL Programmer Manual this only when he or she attempts to recall it or upon recalling the list of objects contained in the memory by means of the HW page 39 and or WD commands page 39 EF o EF Erase Format This command deletes all the formats saved on the RAM unit A formatting selection can be deleted with the D command on page 34 the file name extension for formatting objects is ZPL DFd aa a eee Download Format This command makes it possible to save the label descriptions in CZL language as text strings in RAM and or flash memory while assigning a name to them Accordingly the label can be recalled as desired by using the XF
77. x and y varies according to its type In text fields the origin 1 located at the intersection of the line on which the characters are aligned and the vertical line with which the first character is aligned in the case of horizontal writing this 15 the lower left corner If the coordinates are omitted even just one of these the coordinates of the last field entered are used as if the label image were virtually shifted with a cursor This is how the fields can be more easily positioned with respect to one of them by changing the coordinates of the reference field all the other fields are moved while preserving their relative position with respect to the first field In the bar code fields the origin is the base of the bar code even when there is a human readable field beneath them or when the bar code provides for a line above and below it The origin of the graphic box fields is the lower left corner The origin of the images is the lower left corner of the rectangle in which the graphic image is inserted Default value See note 4 on page 9 See note 5 on page 9 Default value 2 See note 7 on page 9 12 CZL Programmer Manual FDaa a Field Data This command makes it possible to define the string to be entered in the field is an alphanumeric string up to 3072 characters long of any printable character with the exception of the two prefix characters e g and The characters and

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