Epson 410 manual Text Strings Commands, Command Clears command

Chapter 5 Printer Commands

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5.3.9TEXT STRINGS COMMANDS

The following commands support special editing features that allows the positioning of new text, protects existing text, and enters text without using the ^D2<CR> or ^B delimiter. These commands are generally used when there is a format already loaded in RAM. They are used to edit that file in order to print variations, often only the text in one field.

^A ^D Command

60Clears command 61

XX61 Mark Text Starting Position: ^A designates which text field to start entering new data. This is useful for creating variable data fields after a string of fixed data fields. ^AXX^D61<CR> marks the text starting position, where XX is the text string number where the new text will begin. If XX is a 2, the first line of new text entered following a ^D2<CR> will overwrite text line two. If two new text strings are entered, the existing text lines two and three will be over-written. If three new text strings are entered, the existing lines two, three and four will be overwritten, and so forth.

62Pre-padded Text: This command is sent after text that is to appear at the beginning of each field. Text sent after this command will be appended to the pre- padded text. This is useful, for example, if the first two numbers of a bar code are always constant and only the new bar code numbers need to be sent. The printer would automatically update the new bar code with the two fixed numbers. A ^D62 prevents existing text lines from being over-written. Any new text entered after a ^D62<CR> will be appended to the existing lines.

63Text Mode Control: Allows entry of new text without a ^D2 and/or clears all text when new text is added. The following ^AXX values have the following effects:

0	Disable 1 & 2.
1	Enable auto-print mode: New text entered after this command are recognized as
	text lines and will overwrite existing text. The ^D2<CR> is not needed at the
2	beginning of new text.
	Clear all previous text upon receiving new data. When one or more characters of
	new text is entered, the existing text area will be erased in its entirety. The printer
	can be programmed to enter this mode automatically upon power-up by setting
3	position 7 of software dip switch 2 (See ^D21, section 5.3.1).
	Enable 1 & 2.

^A ^D Command

XX64 Auto Print String Count: ^A tells the printer how many text strings to accept before printing. Used in conjunction with ^A1^D63.

When the printer is put in auto-print mode, it is not necessary to send a ^D2<CR> to inform the printer that text is coming or send a ^D3<CR> to tell the printer to print a label. The printer will accept all incoming data as text strings (except

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