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Extended System Commands
E-Class DPL Programmer’s Manual 53
Sample:
<STX>L<CR>
161100000100010AB0001CD<CR>
+100<CR>
Q0003<CR>
E<CR>
The sample will print three labels, incrementing 0001 by 1 on each label with AB and CD remaining
untouched: AB0001CD, AB0002CD, AB0003CD. Note that the increment value has one leading
blank and two trailing zeros; the blank is a pad character with no consequences in this example, and
the trailing zeroes are placeholders which leave CD unchanged.
-(<) Make Last Field Entered Decrement Numeric (Alphanumeric)
This command, useful in printing sequenced labels, causes the printer to automatically decrement a
field on the labels in a batch. The numeric data in the field will decrement by the value assigned after
the minus (-) sign each time a label is produced (or the less than character [<] can be substituted to
make the field decrement alphabetically). This command is effective only on the label format record
that it follows, and is intended to be used with the Q, <STX>E or <STX>G commands.
Syntax:
*pii
Where:
*
- Is - for numeric decrement, or < for alphanumeric decrement.
p
- Is the fill character for the leftmost character of the field.
ii
- Is the amount by which to decrement the field.
Sample:
<STX>L<CR>
132200000000000123AB<CR>
<01<CR>
Q0003<CR>
E<CR>
The sample will generate a single field label format that prints the initial label with a value of
123AB, and then decrements that number by one for the next two labels.
Embedding
Numeric strings for decrementing may also be embedded between alphabetic characters (e.g., when
systems require alphanumeric barcodes with alphabetic prefixes or suffixes).
Sample:
<STX>L<CR>
1611000001000101000CD<CR>
-100<CR>
Q0003<CR>
E<CR>
The sample will print three labels: 1000CD, 999CD, and 998CD. Note that the pad character is a
placeholder for digits removed from the left side in the subtraction process. When a fixed pitch font
(where all characters have the same width) is used, the justification of the rightmost character is
sustained regardless of the number of digits replaced by the pad character on the left side.