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: DO NOT use the same hex value for the control, format, and delimiter character. The printer needs to see different characters to function properly.

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Display Shows

Action/Explanation

 

 

Control Prefix Character: Press the LEFT BLACK OVAL key

 

 

to move to the next digit position, press the RIGHT BLACK

 

 

OVAL key to increase the value of the digit.

 

CONTROL PREFIX

Default: 7E (tilde - displayed as a black square)

 

 

Range: 00-FF

 

 

The printer looks for this 2-digit hex character to indicate the

 

 

start of a ZPL/ZPL II control instruction.

 

 

 

 

 

Format Prefix Character: Press the LEFT BLACK OVAL key

 

 

to move to the next digit position, press the RIGHT BLACK

 

 

OVAL key to increase the value of the digit.

 

FORMAT PREFIX

Default: 5E (caret)

 

 

Range: 00 - FF

 

 

The printer looks for this 2-digit hex character to indicate the

 

 

start of a ZPL/ZPL II format instruction.

 

 

 

 

 

Delimiter Character: Press the LEFT BLACK OVAL key to

 

 

move to the next digit position, press the RIGHT BLACK OVAL

 

 

key to increase the value of the digit.

 

 

Default: 2C (comma)

 

DELIMITER CHAR

Range: 00 - FF

 

 

The delimiter character is a 2-digit hex value used as a

 

 

parameter place marker in ZPL/ZPL II format instructions.

 

 

Refer to the ZPL II Programming Guide Volume I for more

 

 

information.

 

 

 

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