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Printer Configuration

Changing Printer Settings

 

Table 11 • LANGUAGE Menu (Continued)

 

 

 

Command

Set the Format Command Prefix Value

Character

The format command prefix is a two-digit hex value used as a parameter place marker in

 

ZPL/ZPL II format instructions. The printer looks for this hex character to indicate the start

 

of a ZPL/ZPL II format instruction.

 

 

Set the format command character to match what is used in your label formats.

 

Important • You cannot use the same hex value for the format command prefix,

 

control character, and delimiter characters. The printer must see different characters

 

to work properly. If you are setting the value through the control panel, the printer

 

will skip any value that is already in use.

 

 

 

 

Accepted values:

00 to FF

 

 

 

 

Related ZPL command(s):

^CC or ~CC

 

SGD command used:

zpl.caret

 

Printer web page:

View and Modify Printer Settings > ZPL Control

 

 

 

Control

Set the Control Prefix Character Value

Character

The printer looks for this two-digit hex character to indicate the start of a ZPL/ZPL II

 

control instruction.

 

 

 

Set the control prefix character to match what is used in your label formats.

 

 

 

 

Accepted values:

00 to FF

 

 

 

 

Related ZPL command(s):

^CT or ~CT

 

SGD command used:

zpl.control_character

 

Printer web page:

View and Modify Printer Settings > ZPL Control

 

 

 

 

Delimiter

Set the Delimiter Character Value

 

Character

The delimiter character is a two-digit hex value used as a parameter place marker in

 

ZPL/ZPL II format instructions.

 

 

 

Set the delimiter character to match what is used in your label formats.

 

 

 

 

Accepted values:

00 to FF

 

 

 

 

Related ZPL command(s):

^CD or ~CD

 

SGD command used:

zpl.delimiter

 

Printer web page:

View and Modify Printer Settings > ZPL Control

 

 

 

 

ZPL Mode

Set the ZPL Mode

 

 

 

Select the mode that matches what is used in your label formats.

 

This printer accepts label formats written in either ZPL or ZPL II, eliminating the need to

 

rewrite any ZPL formats that already exist. The printer remains in the selected mode until it

 

is changed in one of the ways listed here.

 

 

 

 

 

Accepted values:

•

ZPL II

 

 

•

ZPL

 

 

 

 

Related ZPL command(s):

^SZ

 

SGD command used:

zpl.zpl_mode

 

Printer web page:

View and Modify Printer Settings > ZPL Control

 

 

 

 

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