User`s guide

STORING DATA IN THE PRINTER MEMORY

DEFINE VARIABLE

Function Defines a variable for use within printer commands

in a label format. When the printer encounters a

variable in a command line, it replaces the variable

name with entered or stored data. It can also

(optionally) send a prompt for data to the user via the

serial port.

Explicit Form

DEFINE_VAR location id length type range

alignpad "prompt" "initial"

Implicit Form

DR location id length type range alignpad

"prompt" "initial"

Memory location to store the defined

variable. The following memory areas

are available:

Location Memory Area

0 Volatile RAM

1 Reserved

2 Expanded Memory

3 Nonvolatile RAM

location

NOTE: Use the VARIABLE

ALLOCATE command to reserve space

in memory area 0 (volatile RAM).

Parameters

The variable name. This must be

eight or fewer ASCII alphanumeric

characters, with the first character an

uppercase or lowercase letter (A - Z or

a - z)

NOTE: The printer has several

predefined variables. You may not use

these variable names when defining

variables.