Zebra Technologies SL5000r/T5000r MC Label Fmt, PQ Label Fmt, Label Buf Size, Host Form Length

PPI/ZGL SETUP Submenus

MC Label Fmt

The ^MC command determines whether the printed label image should be retained for use in the immediately following label definition. The MC Label Fmt option determines the internal format to be used for storing the label image: list format or bitmap format.

•List Format (default). Works for most applications and should be used for applications where memory is sufficient.

•Bitmap Format. Should be used in applications where a large amount of data is sent. Bitmap format has greater efficiency of memory use. The label image of the next label is overlaid on the bitmap of the current label (instead of accumulating a list of stored print elements like List Format, which might eventually run out of memory in a large print job).

PQ Label Fmt

Allows selection of two methods of using Print Quantity Label Formats (^PQ) for printing a label from memory.

•List Format (default). A list of all stored print elements (graphics, text, and barcodes) is reprocessed and executed again for each label. Works for most applications.

•Bitmap Format. The bitmap of the first label is stored and copied over for each label printed without reprocessing a list of all print elements. Should be used in applications that print labels of the same data only, as it provides better print speed.

Label Buf Size

This option allows you to set the label buffer size.

The buffer is used to store the data from ^XA up to ^XZ for command processing. The maximum size of the buffer cannot exceed the amount of available memory in the system. If a menu value greater than the amount of memory available is selected, the menu value will be set to the amount available. To increase the amount of available memory, increase the Glob Mem Adjust setting (under the PRINTER CONTROL menu).

Also, the new buffer size only takes effect upon power-up, so do a Save Config. for the new setting and select that config as the Power-up.

The range is 160K Bytes to 3600K Bytes, and the default is 560K Bytes.

Host Form Length

Selects whether the Label Length set in the menu or sent by the host software command is used.

•Enable (default). Label length will be determined by the ^LL command if it is present. If the ^LL command is not present, it will be based on the Label Length value in the QUICK SETUP or MEDIA CONTROL menu.

•Ignore. Label length as determined by the ^LL command is ignored.

•Disable. Label length will be determined by the Label Length value in the QUICK SETUP or MEDIA CONTROL menu.

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