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EasyCoder® 3400e Bar Code Label Printer User’s Manual

Terms and Conventions

Listed below are special terms and conventions used throughout the manual. Refer to the glossary for a complete list of terms found in this manual.

Terms

“Printer” refers to a 3400e bar code label printer.

“Media” is the label stock on which the printer prints labels.

“Host” refers to a personal computer or other computer that communicates with the printer.

A “symbol” or “bar code symbol” consists of alphanumeric characters encoded in a bar code format.

Conventions

The following conventions are used throughout this manual for operating procedures and descriptions of the printer.

•Feed/Pause refers to the Feed/Pause button on the printer front panel.

•Downloaded commands appear in the order that you enter them into the printer with the following conventions:

Convention Description

<> Angle brackets < > enclose mnemonic representations of ASCII control characters. For example, <ETX> represents the ASCII “End of Text” control character.

data Italic text represents variable data, which you must replace with a real value. For example, n signifies a variable for which you must designate a constant value.

[data] Italic text within brackets represents optional data.

Ctrl Bold text represents a key on your keypad. For example, Tab represents the Tab key and M represents the letter M key.

Ctrl-ZWhen two keys are joined with a dash, press them simultaneously. For example,

if you see the command Ctrl-C, press the two keys at the same time.

E3;F3 Type all characters that appear in the Courier font by pressing an individual key on the keypad.

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