Format Header First line of a format, immediately following the start of packet ({). A format header must begin with F, followed by various header elements.

{F,1,A,R,E,600,400,"Fmt-1" p

Monospaced Fonts All characters have the same width and are easy to center justify. (Standard, bold, and reduced are monospaced.)

Option

Any line within a format that applies special formatting

R,4,6,1,3,1

to a field. This line always begins with R and must

 

immediately follow the field it applies to.

Packet

Any string of characters within ({ }).

{B,1,N,1

 

2,"Monarch"

}

Pre-image

A way to optimize the printer, because it images the

 

fields while data is collected. After the last field is

 

imaged, the label prints almost immediately.

Proportionally All characters have different widths and are difficult to

Spaced Fonts center justify (CG Triumvirate™ Typefaces).

Scalable Fonts All characters are scalable and smooth at any point size. There are no jagged edges at any point size because the font is created from an equation every time it is used.

Soft (Downloaded) Reside in the printer’s RAM. They can be erased or

Fontsoverwritten.

TrueType Fonts All characters follow the TrueType outline font standard. All characters are scalable and smooth at any point size.

Volatile RAM Contains information that is LOST on power-down.

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