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Guide User’s Printer IIXi Zebra

Setting Communications Mode Press the right or left oval key to display other choices.

Default: Normal Mode Selections: Normal Mode, Diagnostics

The Communication Diagnostics Mode is a troubleshooting tool for checking the interconnection between the printer and the host. When “Diagnostics” is selected, all data sent from the host to the printer will be printed as straight ASCII hex characters. The printer prints all characters received including control codes, like CR (Carriage Return). A sample printout is shown in Figure 18 on page 73.

S

N

IO

T

A

IC

N

U

M

M

O

C

Notes on diagnostic printouts:

•An FE indicates a framing error.

•An OE indicates an overrun error.

•An PE indicates a parity error.

•An NE indicates noise.

For any errors, check that your communication parameters are correct. Set the print width equal to or less than the label width used for the test. See page 36 for more information.

Selecting Prefix and Delimiter Characters

Prefix and delimiter characters are 2-digit hex values used within the ZPL/ZPL II formats sent to the printer. The printer uses the last prefix and delimiter characters sent to it, whether from a ZPL II instruction or from the front panel.

Note: To change the values, refer to the ASCII code chart on page 112 for character choices. DO NOT use the same hex value for the Con- trol, Format, and Delimiter character. The printer needs to see different characters to function properly.

 

 

Control Prefix Character

Press the left oval key to move to the next digit position, press the

 

 

right oval key to increase the value of the digit.

 

 

Default: 7E (tilde - displayed as a black square) Range: 00 - FF (Exclude the values indicated

 

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on the ASCII code chart on page 112.)

 

 

The printer looks for this 2-digit hex character to indicate the start of a ZPL/ZPL II control instruc-

 

 

tion.

 

 

 

 

 

Operation