Datamax DGL manual Set Dot Size Width and Height, Terminate Label Formatting Mode and Print Label

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the pre-printed data.) The ‘C’ command instructs the printer to print label formats nnnn units to the right of the position that the format specifies.

c - Set Cut By Amount

This command is the same as the ‘:’ command except only a two-digit value can be entered. This command allows a predetermined number of labels to be printed before a cut is made. 1 to 99 labels may be printed before a cut is made.

D - Set Dot Size Width and Height

This command is used to change the size of a printed dot, hence the print resolution – dots per inch (DPI) of the printhead. By changing the height of a dot, the maximum length of a label can be increased or decreased.

E - Terminate Label Formatting Mode and Print Label

When the printer is processing Label-Formatting Commands and receives an ‘E’ command, it will immediately print a label based upon the data received at that point. Even if no printable data has been received, the printer will generate and feed a label (other termination commands are ‘X’ and ‘s’). Commands sent to the printer after a “terminate label” command must be Status and Control, System-Level or Font Download type.

F - Advanced Font Attributes

These commends extend the text presentation capabilities for Scalable Fonts. The format attribute allows a set of label format records to select Bolding, Italicizing and Underlining. Additional commands allow the specification of line rotation and font changes within a label field.

FB +/- Turns Bolding on or off

FI +/- Turns Italicizing on or off

FU +/- Turns Underlining on or off

FPn Points

Specify the vertical point size of the following text relative to the base line.

FSn Points

Specify the horizontal point size of the following text relative to the base line.

G - Place Data in Global Register

The ‘G’ command saves the print data of a print format record in a global register (temporary storage). This data may be retrieved and copied to another record in the same label format using the special Label-Formatting Command, <STX>S. Global registers are named in the order received,

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