Zebra Technologies 14245L-003 manual Command Conventions, Basic Command Syntax

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Introduction

Command Conventions

Command Conventions

The manual uses the following typographic conventions to describe commands.

Example	Description
A	Commands (case sensitive)
p1,p2,p3	Required parameters
[p,p,p]	Optional parameters
{Choice 1Choice2}	Indicates a mandatory choice between two or more items. You
	must include one of the items unless all of the items are also
	enclosed in square brackets.
“NAME”	The name of a form or graphic in double quote marks.
“DATA”	The text or bar code data in double quote marks. The
	backslash (\) character designates the following character is a
	literal and will encode into the data field.
		To Print	Enter into data field
	"		\"
		“Company”	\”Company\”
	\		\\
		\code\	\\code\\
“PROMPT”	An ASCII text field that will be transmitted to the host (via the
	serial interface) each time this command is executed.

Important • All commands and alpha character command parameters are case sensitive!

Basic Command Syntax

Each command consists of one or two ASCII (case sensitive) alpha characters to identify the specific command desired. Some commands require one or more additional parameters to supply the printer with sufficient information to complete the command. Refer to Figure 1- for the basic command syntax.

Figure 1 • Basic Command Syntax

Command Name

WRITE TEXT

A p1,p2,p3,p4,p5,p6,p7,"DATA"

Command Parameters Command

Specific

Data

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