Programmer’s Reference Manual ESim v4.20 for EasyCoder C4 Bar Code Label Printer Intermec Printer AB P.O. Box 123 S-431 22 Mölndal Sweden Service support: +46 31 869500 Th e information contained herein is proprietary and is provided solely for the purpose of allowing customers to operate and/or service Intermec manufactured equipment and is not to be released, reproduced, or used for any other purpose without written permission of Intermec. Information and specifi cations in this manual are subject to change with- out notice. © 2005 by Intermec Printer AB All Rights Reserved EasyCoder, EasyLAN, Fingerprint, and LabelShop are registered trade- marks of Intermec Technologies Corp. Th e word Intermec, the Intermec logo, InterDriver, PrintSet, and Duratherm are trademarks of Intermec Technologies Corp. Th e name Centronics is wholly owned by GENICOM Corporation. Kimdura is a registered trademark of Kimberly Clark. Microsoft is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation. 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Preface Contents Introduction ................................................................................. vi General Information 1 Dump Mode ..................................................................................2 Memory .........................................................................................3 Direct Mode ..................................................................................3 Form Edit Mode ............................................................................4 Form ..............................................................................................4 Text Editor .....................................................................................4 Commands ....................................................................................4 Field ...............................................................................................5 Field Positioning ............................................................................6 Commands List 2 Direct Mode ................................................................................10 Form Edit Mode ..........................................................................12 Setting Up the Printer 3 Default Setup ..............................................................................14 Example .......................................................................................15 Editing in Direct Mode 4 Example........................................................................................18 Editing in Form Edit Mode 5 Example........................................................................................20 Retrieving and Printing a Form 6 Example............... ........................................................................26 Commands 7 Syntax.......................................................................................... 30 A Print Text ..........................................................................31 Intermec EasyCoder ESim v4.20—Programmer’s Reference Manual iii Preface B Standard Bar Codes ............................................................36 b Two-Dimensional Bar Codes, General Part ........................41 MaxiCode ......................................................................42 PDF417 ........................................................................43 Data Matrix ...................................................................45 QR Code .......................................................................46 C Counter ..............................................................................49 C Cut Immediate ...................................................................53 D Density ...............................................................................54 EI List Soft Fonts ....................................................................57 EK Delete Soft Font .................................................................58 ES Store Soft Font ...................................................................59 eR User-Defi ned Error/Status Character Control .....................62 f Cut Position .......................................................................64 FE End Store Command ..........................................................65 FI Print Form Information ......................................................66 FK Delete Form .......................................................................67 FR Retrieve Form .....................................................................68 FS Form Store .........................................................................69 GG Print Graphics ....................................................................70 GI Print Graphics Information ................................................71 GK Delete Graphics ..................................................................72 GM Store Graphics in Memory .................................................73 GW Store Graphics in Image Buff er ...........................................75 I Character Set Selection .......................................................76 i Asian Character Spacing .....................................................77 JB Disable Top of Form Backup ..............................................78 JF Enable Top of Form Backup ...............................................79 j Media Feed Adjustment ......................................................80 LE Line Draw Exclusive ...........................................................81 LO Line Draw Black .................................................................82 LS Line Draw Diagonal ...........................................................83 LW Line Draw White ...............................................................84 M Memory Allocation ............................................................85 N Clear Image Buff er .............................................................88 O Options Select ....................................................................89 oR Character Substitution ........................................................91 P Print ...................................................................................92 PA Print Automatic ..................................................................93 Q Set Form Length .................................................................94 q Set Label Width .................................................................98 iv Intermec EasyCoder ESim v4.20—Programmer’s Reference Manual Preface R Set Reference Point .............................................................99 S Speed Select ......................................................................100 U Print Confi guration (General) ..........................................101 UC Command Reply Accept Character Control .....................102 UDC Memory Cartridge Information ........................................103 UE Soft Font Information Inquiry ..........................................104 UF Form Information Inquiry ................................................105 UG Graphics Information Inquiry ..........................................106 UI Enable Prompts/Code Page Inquiry ..................................107 UM Code Page & Memory Inquiry .........................................108 UN Disable Error Reporting ...................................................109 UP Code Page & Memory Inquiry/Print ................................110 US Enable Error Reporting ....................................................111 UV Product Identity and Asian Font Types .............................112 V Defi ne Variable .................................................................113 W Windows Mode ................................................................115 X Draw Box .........................................................................116 Y Serial Port Setup ...............................................................117 Z Print Direction .................................................................118 ? Download Variables ..........................................................119 ^@ Reset Printer .....................................................................120 ^A Print Pause Mode .............................................................121 ^B Break Batch Printing ........................................................122 ^C Continue Printing ............................................................123 ^D Remaining Labels .............................................................124 ^ee Immediate Error Report ...................................................125 Fonts 8 Resident Fonts ...........................................................................128 Font Sizes 1-5 ............................................................................129 Code Pages and Character Sets 9 Printout samples ........................................................................132 Error-Handling A Error-Handling Principles ..........................................................148 Error Types ................................................................................150 Error Replies ..............................................................................151