If you use the COPY command to download your formats, set flow control to DTR (not XON/XOFF). Also, do not use the MS-DOS prompt from inside Windows, because you will get a framing error.

D e f i n i n g t h e B a t c h H e a d e r

Batch data is the actual information printed on the supply. Batch data fills in the format’s text, bar code, and non-printable text fields.

A batch packet contains three parts:

batch header

identifies the format and how many labels to

 

print.

batch control

defines the print job.

batch data

defines the actual information printed on the

(optional)

label.

A batch header begins the file. It tells which format the batch uses and how many labels to print. To record batch data, make a copy of the worksheet in Appendix D, "Format Design Tools."

Syntax

{B,format#,N/U,quantity p

B1.

B

Batch Header.

B2. format#

Format number (0-999) to use.

B3.

N/U

Controls how image is generated.

 

 

N New. Erase image and re-image all fields using

 

 

online data. Any missing fields will be blank.

 

 

U Update last image with 1 or more fields.

 

 

All other fields remain the same as the last

 

 

queued batch.

B4.

quantity

Quantity to print (1-32000).

 

 

NOTE: Using 0 pre-images the field to reduce the imaging

 

 

time for labels. See "Batch Quantity Zero Method"

 

 

for more information.

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