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Thermal Printer Programmer’s Guide 12

Table 4: Example of Printing Barcodes (Compressed Commands)

Table 5: Example of printing Barcodes (Uncompressed Commands

Commands Description

<ESC>%-12345X@PJL SET RESOLUTION =

300

Reset the printer and enter into PJL mode, Set the

resolution to 300 DPI

@PJL SET PAPERWIDTH=2880

Set the label width to 2880 decipoints (4 inches)

@PJL SET PAPERLENGTH=2880

Set the label length to 2880 decipoints (4 inches)

@PJL ENTER LANGUAGE = PCL

Select the PCL emulation

<ESC>&a2160h720v270P Set the horizontal cursor position at 2160

decipoints (3 inches) and the vertical cursor

position at 720 decipoints (1 inch) and set the

writing direction at 270 degrees counter clockwise

from horizontal (down the label).

<ESC>$b1030c360h2a10W9876543210

Select barcode 1030 (Code 128 w/ Auto select).

Set the barcode height of this barcode to 360

decipoints and enable autoprint w/ checksum

(human readable). With the currently selected

barcode (1030), print the data 9876543210 (10

bytes of data)

<ESC>&a0p720h540V Set the writing direction to 0 degrees, the horizontal

cursor position at 720 decipoints horizontally (1

inch) and 540 decipoints vertically (¾ inch).

<ESC>$b1061c360h0a10W1234567890 Select barcode 1061 (Interleave 2 of 5 w/ Bearer

Bars), the height of the barcode to 360 decipoints

(1/2 inch), no autoprint and print the following 10

bytes: 1234567890

<ESC>E Reset PCL (this causes any imaged data to be

printed)

<ESC>%-12345X Reset the printer and wait for more PJL commands

Commands Descriptions

<ESC>%-12345X@PJL SET RESOLUTION =

300

Reset the printer and enter PJL mode

@PJL SET PAPERWIDTH=2880

Set the label width to 2880 decipoints (4 inches)

@PJL SET PAPERLENGTH=2880

Set the label length to 2880 decipoints (4 inches)

@PJL ENTER LANGUAGE = PCL

Select the PCL emulation

<ESC>&a2160H Set the horizontal cursor position to 2160

decipoints

<ESC>&720V

Set the vertical cursor position to 720 decipoints