Zebra Technologies EPL2 Printer User Manual


 
AUTOFR Command - Automatic Form Printing
Description This special form process allows you to detach
the printer from the computer and print in a
standalone mode. The EPL2 printer reserves
the form name AUTOFR to allow the printer to
automatically start a form when the printer is in
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itialized power-up. This feature can be used in
many ways:.
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Feed a single label in peel mode and print
multiple labels set to the number of labels on
the roll.
·
Have a form with a variable and enter the
variable with a scanner, terminal, weight
scale, circuit analyzer or any other device ca
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pable of sending ASCII character data.
Using AUTOFR Download a form to the printer with the name
AUTOFR.
Example:
¿ :Line Feed to initialize the printer
FK"AUTOFR"¿ :Form Kill (delete any existing AUTOFR)
FS"AUTOFR"¿ :Form Save (save file from here to FE at
: the bottom)
V00,8,L,""¿ :Variable field definition
Q254,20¿ :Label height followed by gap width
S2¿ :Speed (2ips)
D7¿ :Density setting
ZB¿ :Print direction (ZT flips it 180 degrees)
A340,20,0,4,1,2,N,"QUANTITY"¿
:Fixed text line
B265,75,0,3,2,4,101,B,V00¿ :Bar code definition
PA1¿ :Print 1 label Automatically *
FE¿ :Form End (Line Feed)
* - If using the CAL TOOLS, CAL WIN, etc. programs to gener
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ate label files (files with .ejf extensions), then the PA command
must be added manually by editing the .ejf file.
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