Zebra Technologies SL5000r/T5000r manual

Printer Protocol Interpreter (PPI) ZGL™ Pr ogrammer ’ s Refer ence Manual for ZGL, a Zebra ® ZPL ® Printer Pr otocol Interpr eter Thermal Series Printers[...]

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Prin ter Protoc ol Interpreter (PPI) ZGL Programmer’s Reference Manual for ZGL, a Zebra ZPL Printe r Pr otocol Interpreter Ther mal Ser ies Prin ters[...]

T rad emark Ackno wledgme nt s ZPL, ZPL II, a nd Zebra a re regi stered trad emarks of Ze bra Techn ologies Cor por ation . PPI is a trademar k of Pr introni x, Inc. Printroni x and PSA ar e regist ered tra demarks of Pri ntronix , Inc. COPYRIGHT © 2002, 2 006 PRIN TRONIX, INC. All ri ghts res erved.[...]

1 Introducti on ....... ...... ......... ......... ...... ......... ......... .... 9 About This Manua l . ................... ............. ............. ............. ............. ......... 9 Coax/Twina x Interface Requirem ents ................ ............. ............. ... 9 PPI/ZGL SE TUP Menu .......................... ............. .......[...]

Table of Contents ~DU - Down load Un bounded Tr ueType Font ........... ............. . 18 ~EF / ^EF - Er ase Format ......... ............. ............. ............. ....... 19 ~EG / ^EG - Erase D ownload ed Imag es ..... ............. ............. . 19 ^FA - Field A llocate ................... ............. ............. ............. ....... [...]

Table of Contents ~NR - Set All Network P rinter s Transparent ............. .............. 22 ~NT - Set Currentl y Connec ted Prin ter Transpa rent .............. 23 ^PM - Pri nt Mirror Image of La bel ... ............. .................... ....... 23 ^PW - Print Width ......... ................... ............. ............. ............. . 23 ^S[...]

Table of Contents ^MC - Mp Clea r ................... ............ .................... ............. ....... 3 4 ^MD - Media D arkness ................... ............. ............. ............. . 34 ^MN - Media t racking .......... ............ ............. .................... ....... 3 4 ^PF - Slew Dot Rows ... ............. ............. ..[...]

9 1 Intr oduction About Thi s Manu al This man ual e xplains t he dif ferences betw een the Print er Pro tocol In terprete r Zebra Gr aphic L anguage (ZGL) Utility a nd the Z ebra ® ZPL ® l anguage. Use this manual with your SL500r / T5000r User’s Manual for complete printer- protoco l operation. NOTE: When substitu ting a Zebra Xi III model pr[...]

10 Chapter 1 PPI/ZGL SETUP Menu PPI/ZGL SETUP Menu Enable* Disable 560K Bytes* 160-3600K Bytes PPI/ZGL SETUP 1 ZPL Compatibl e 126* Command Prefix Labe l P refix LP+ Text Mode Delimiter 94* ZPL-II* ZP L-I Preparser Comman d MC Label Fmt Preparser Port PQ Label Fmt List Format* Label Bu f Siz e Host Form Leng th 1-255 1-255 44* 1-255 Absorb* HS Comm[...]

PPI/ZGL SE TUP Submenus 11 PPI/ZGL SE TUP Submenus ZPL Compatib le This menu allows y ou to sel ect the c ompatibil ity to ZPL-I or ZPL -II. • ZPL-I = Z ebra P rogramm ing La nguage I. • ZPL-II = Zebra P rogram ming L anguage II. The defa ult is ZPL-I I. PPI/ZGL SETUP Con’t Standard Sets* Character Group 4 Notes: * = Default. Italicized items[...]

12 Chapter 1 PPI/ZGL SETUP Menu Comman d Prefix This it em allow s you to selec t the pr efix for the cont rol i nstruct ions comma nd. The range is 1-25 5, and th e defau lt is 126 . Label Prefix This item allow s you to selec t the pref ix for th e form at instr uctions comma nd. The range is 1-25 5, and th e defau lt is 94. Delimiter This ite m [...]

PPI/ZGL SE TUP Submenus 13 MC L abel Fm t The ^MC c omman d determi nes whethe r the pr inted labe l ima ge should be retained for use in the immediate ly follo wing l abel defin ition . The MC L abel Fmt option d etermine s the inte rnal for mat to be used fo r storing the label image: li st forma t or b itmap for mat. • List Format (defaul t). [...]

14 Chapter 1 PPI/ZGL SETUP Menu Left Pos iti on The ^LS comma nd spe cifies a hori zonta l offset to be adde d to al l labe l element pos ition s. The Left P osition op tion displ ays th e value spe cifie d by the ^LS comm and and provid es an alte rnative method for speci fying the horizontal offset. The defa ult is 0. T op Po sition The value of [...]

PPI/ZGL SE TUP Submenus 15 IS Label Format The ^IS c omman d saves the pr inted lab el im age by name fo r later recall as part of a label definitio n. The IS Label Fmt opti on determ ines t he intern al format to be use d for sto ring the label ima ge: li st forma t or bit fo rmat. • List Format (default) . Shou ld be used for most a pplicati on[...]

16 Chapter 1 PPI/ZGL SETUP Menu Character Group And Character Set s This m enu ite m selec ts the charact er se t used by the pr inter. T he avai lable charac ter sets ar e sho wn below. Character Group (ZGL) Standard Sets* Arabic Se ts Cyrillic Sets European Sets Greek S ets Hebrew Sets Tu rkish Sets USA 1* USA 2 UK Holland Denmark/Norway Sweden/F[...]

17 2 Fully Supported Commands ^Bx - Barcodes This com mand sel ects var ious ba rcodes . PPI sup ports the followin g ZPL barcode s: ^B1 Code 11 ^B2 Int erl eaved 2 of 5 ^B3 Code 39 ^B5 Planet ^B7 PDF417 ^B8 EAN-8 ^B9 UPCE ^BA Code 93 ^BC Code 12 8 ^BD UPS Ma xicod e ^BE EAN-13 ^BI Industrial 2 of 5 ^BK Codaba r ^BL Logmars ^BM MSI ^BP P lessey ^BR[...]

18 Chapter 2 When bar codes a re gener ated on printers with uni que pri nt densiti es, the do t ratio of the wi de/narrow bar /space do es not match the ZPL printer. Match the exact nu mber of do ts sh ifted fo r each d ensity t hrough trial a nd error . ^BY - Barcode Defaul ts This com mand c hanges de fault s etting s associ ated wit h barcod es[...]

19 ~EF / ^EF - Erase Format This com mand de letes al l label f ormats s tored wi th the ^DF D ownload Forma t comm and. ~EG / ^E G - Erase Downloaded Images This com mand de letes all gra phics i mages previo usly st ored in R AM with variou s com mands ( ^IS, ~DG , etc .). ^F A - Fiel d Allocate This com mand al loca tes spac e for a dy namic f i[...]

20 Chapter 2 ^FT - Fi el d T y pe Se t This com mand sets the x / y coor dinate (relative to the “h ome” pos ition) o f a subsequ ent fie ld. It diffe rs from the ^FO co mmand i n that t he coord inate is always f or the le ft end of the “bas eline” o f a fie ld regar dless o f rotatio n. ^FW - Fi eld Ori entati on This com mand sets the de[...]

21 ^HY - Upload Graphic This comma nd uploa ds differen t graphic imag e formats fro m RAM or Flash to the host. ^IL - Image Load This com mand r ecalls an entir e label gr aphic i mage p revious ly stor ed in RAM for overl aying wi th other l abel da ta whic h follows this c ommand . ^IM - Image Mov e This com mand rec alls the stored g raphi c bi[...]

22 Chapter 2 ^LL - Label Length This co mman d defin es the le ngth of a label in pr inter do ts. An y lab el print ed on contin uous media c auses the defi ned length of medi a to be moved . ^LR - La bel Reverse This com mand pr ovides the ab ility to revers e print ALL field s foll owing the ^LR in a label ( in contra st with the ^FR co mmand whi[...]

23 ~NT - S et Currently Con nected Printer T ransp arent This comman d sets the curre ntly connec ted ne twork prin ter to tra nsparen t. ^PM - Print M irror Image of Lab el This com mand pri nts the entire l abel a s a “mirror imag e.” ^PW - Print W id th This comman d sets the print wi dth. ^SF - Serialization Field This com mand allo ws the [...]

24 Chapter 2 ^XF - Recall Format This com mand r ecalls a l abel d efinit ion previo usly stored with the ^DF Download F ormat c omman d and mer ges ^FN dyna mic f ields to produce a label. ^XG - Recall Graphic This com mand r ecalls a store d graphic bit-im age and places it on t he label. ^XZ - Label End This com mand de notes the end of a la bel[...]

25 3 Command Enhancements And Differ ences ^A@ - Select Fo nt by Name This com mand on ly appli es to bui lt-in fo nts or bi tmap fo nts downlo aded v ia the ~D B com mand. ^Ax - Select Alphanumeric Fon t PPI use s scala ble fon ts rathe r than bit mapped fonts. ^B$x - Barcodes PPI inc ludes the follow ing barc odes: ^B$A - UPC-E0 Command F ormat :[...]

26 Chapter 3 ^B$B - UPCSHIP Command F ormat : ^B$B fp, hgt, r dt, pos b: UPCSHIP barcode command fp: Barcode orienta tion N = No Rotat ion (Default) R = Rotate 9 0 degree s, cloc kwise I = Rotate 1 80 degr ees, inve rted B = Rotate 90 deg rees, c ounter -clockwi se hgt: Barcod e Heigh t Value en tered in dots at the pr inter dpi . The default i s 1[...]

27 ^ B$D - FIM Command F ormat : ^B$D fp, type, height d: FIM ba rcode comm and fp: Barcode orienta tion N = No Rotat ion (Default) R = Rotate 9 0 degree s, cloc kwise I = Rotate 1 80 degr ees, inve rted B = Rotate 90 deg rees, c ounter -clockwi se type: Type of FIM b arcode. Only fou r ch oices ar e va lid: A (defau lt), B, C, and D. ^B$E - German[...]

28 Chapter 3 S tandard Sets (cont .) Germa n 006 France 1 007 France 2 008 It aly 0 09 Sp a i n 0 1 0 Miscell aneous 01 1 Jap an 012 IBM CP 850 013 Arabic Sets ASMO 449 100 ASMO 449+ 101 ASMO 708 102 ASMO 708+ 103 MS DOS CP 710 104 MS DOS CP 720 105 SAKR CP714 10 6 APTE C CP7 15 107 CP 786 108 IBM CP86 4 109 IBM CP10 46 110 Arab ic Lam One 111 Arab[...]

29 Europea n Sets Latin 2 8859 -2 300 Code Pag e 852 301 Mazo via 3 02 Kamenic ky 30 3 Roma n 8 304 PC-437 Sl avic 305 Slavic 1 250 306 Code Pag e 865 307 Code Pag e 860 308 Latin 1 8 859-1 30 9 Latin 5 8 859-9 31 0 Latin 9 8 859-1 5 311 Polish POL1 312 CP 858 E URO 313 Greek S ets DEC 256 G reek 400 ELOT 928 Gr eek 401 Greek 3 402 ABY Gr eek 403 A[...]

30 Chapter 3 ^CW - Font Identifier PPI uses scala ble fon ts rathe r than bitmap ped font s. The d evice na ming conventi on di ffers as fol lows: ZPL dev ice sp ecifi ers: R: DRAM B: Optio nal Me mory E: Extr a EPROM Z: S tandard EPROM PPI de vice sp ecifie rs: R: DRAM B: FLAS H Z: S tandard Fonts ~DB - Downl oad Bi tmap Font Downloaded bitma p fo[...]

31 ~DG - Download Graphics The device na ming conv ention dif fers as follow s: ZPL dev ice sp ecifi ers: R: DRAM B: Optio nal Me mory E: Extr a EPR OM Z: S tandard EPROM PPI de vice sp ecifie rs: R: DRAM B: FLAS H Z: S tandard Fonts ~DY - Do wnload Graph ic The dev ice nami ng co nvention is the sa me as ~DG. Th e comman d does not currentl y supp[...]

32 Chapter 3 ^HR - Calibrate RFID T ransponder Pos ition This com mand i nitiate s an R FID trans ponde r calib ration fo r a spec ific RFID label and return s the resul ts to th e host co mputer. ~HS - Ho st S t atus Return The ~HS co mmand re turns vario us printe r status info rmation to the ho st. The status i nformati on is re turned in three [...]

33 ^JE - Disable Diagnostics This com mand dis ables Hex Dum p mode . ~JP - P ause & Cancel The PPI ONLINE l ight is ill uminated when the printer is onli ne. ^JU - Config uration Up date This com mand cont rols whe ther th e printe r reprints a la bel after a fault conditi on clear s. ^JU op , num op = Configur ation upd ate ope ration to perf[...]

34 Chapter 3 When LP+ Text Mode is set to “A uto Pass- thru,” no n-PPI dat a is autom atica lly detected a nd pas sed th rough to t he LP+ em ulatio n (PPI d ata is process ed normall y). If the hex c omman ds 0x02 or 0x03 a re receiv ed, the y are trea ted as binary data a nd passe d through to the L P+ emula tion; t hey are n ot tre ated as t[...]

35 ~PP / ^P P - Progr amma ble Pa use The ~P P com mand t akes the print er off line a s soo n as t he curr ent la bel being printed is comp leted. Th e exact m oment a t whic h this occu rs in th e label stream may no t match exactly. The ^P P comman d take s the p rinter offline after the label definitio n in wh ich the c ommand appears is fini s[...]

36 Chapter 3 ^RZ - S et RFID T ag P assword This com mand l ets you d efine th e passwo rd for the ta g during writing. ~SD - Set Darkness Identical darkne ss val ues ma y not p roduce the sam e relati ve da rkness on your pr inter as ZPL. Th is co mmand overrides the cur rent va lue of t he darkness setting f ront panel optio n. ^SP - St art Prin [...]

37 A ZGL Menu Conversions When sub stitu ting a Ze bra Xi II I model printer wi th a SL 5000r/T 5000r pr inter, refer to the ZGL c onversion table bel ow. T able 2: ZGL Menu Zebra Xi lll Series SL5000r /T5000r with ZGL Emulat ion Darkness - (0 to +30 ) +10* . Dark ness of image o n label. QUICK SETUP Menu, Print Intensity - (-15 to +1 5) -3* Te a r[...]

38 Appendix A Zebra Xilll Series SL5000r /T5000r with ZGL Emulat ion Print Wid th - Widt h of im age t o be pri nted in Inches , MM or Dot s. Printer wid th dependent. QUICK SETUP Menu, Label W id th - Widt h of ima ge to be p rinted i n Inches or MM. Printer wid th dependent. Label Len gth - Print able length o f label in Inches or MM. QUICK SETUP[...]

39 Zebra Xilll Series SL5000r/T500 0r with ZGL Em ulation Media Powe r Up - Media acti on when the prin ter is po wer ed up . Feed* - Fee ds a labe l to1st w eb. Cali br at ion - Recalibrate s media when prin ter is po wer ed up . Length - Determi nes leng th of labe l. No Motion - Media does not mo ve. CALIBRA TE CTRL Menu, NOTE: SL5000r/T 5000r a[...]

40 Appendix A Zebra Xilll Series SL5000r /T5000r with ZGL Emulat ion Head Re sistor - M ust be up dated wh en print head chan ged. NOTE: Head Resist ance detected & u pdated auto mati cal ly by SW . V erifier Port - How printer reac ts to Optiona l On-Line V erifier . Off* - V erifier port is of f. 1 VER-RPRINT - Label r eprinte d if error dete[...]

41 Zebra Xilll Series SL5000r/T500 0r with ZGL Em ulation Save Settings - Permanent* - Sa ves c hange s even a fter powe r is turn ed off . T e mporary - Sav es until changed again or unti l pow er is tur ned off. Cancel - Cance ls all c hanges s ince ente ring Config mode. Loa d def aul ts - Loads Factory d efault s . N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A CONFIG CO[...]

42 Appendix A Zebra Xilll Series SL5000r /T5000r with ZGL Emulat ion Subnet Ma sk (opt) - Dynamic - User may set, but se rver can assig n. Permanent* - User must se t. ETHERNET ADDRESS Menu, (opt) Subnet Mask - User se ts Subn et Mask for T CP/IP prot oco l un l ess i t is D yna mic , th en rea d- onl y . Default Gateway (opt) - Sets Gate way Addre[...]

43 B ZGL-DBCS Overview This appe ndix d escri bes the ad dition al and unique c ommand s for • T5000 The rmaLine ZGL-DBCS Series The T5000 Therma Line ZGL- DBCS inc lude the ZGL-Ha ngul, ZGL-Hanz iGB, an d ZGL-J AP em ulatio n softwar e ZGL-DBCS is an exte nsion to the exi sting ZG L (ASCII) e mulation suppo rting Ko rean KSC, Chine se G B, and J[...]

44 Appendix B ZGL-DBCS Series ZGL-DBCS Series The ZGL-DB CS se ries incl ude ZG L-Hangul , ZGL-Hanzi GB, and Z GL-JAP emul ati on sof twar e. High Byte Menu The menu select ion “ HIGH BYT E” on th e Front Panel under ME NU MODE - > PGL/ZGL SETUP tur ns the mo st signific ant bi t on or of f. When “HI GH BY TE” is set to “Di sable”, t[...]

Command Syntax 45 Orit Font or ientation : N - No rotat ion (Defau lt) R - Rotate 90 degr ees clockw ise I - Invert ed B - Rotate 270 deg rees cloc kwise For Scalable fonts: Height Individ ual char acter he ight in pr inter d ots Default v alue: 10 do ts Accepta ble valu e: 10 to 1500 Widt h Individ ual char acter width in pr inter dot s Default v [...]

46 Appendix B ZGL-DBCS Series (C) Font Identifier Com mand Purp os e This com mand as signs a one- charac ter ident ifier to a buil t-in or downlo aded font. Synta x ^ CW font_id,{src:}fname ^CW Font Iden tifier command. font_id The inte rnal cha racter (0 -9, A-Z) to be used to identi fy a font to b e substit uted or the new font to be a dded. N o[...]

47 C Contact Information Print ronix Customer Support Center IMPORT ANT Please h ave th e followin g inform ation av ailable prio r to call ing the Printronix Customer Supp ort Center: • Model num ber • Serial num ber (l ocated on the bac k of th e printer) • Installe d optio ns (i.e ., interfac e and host type if app licable to the p roblem)[...]

48 Appendix C Cor por ate Of fices Corporate Offices Printroni x, Inc. 14600 Myford Road P.O. Box 1955 9 Irvine, CA 926 23-9559 Phone: ( 714) 368- 2300 Fax: (714 ) 368-26 00 Printroni x, Inc. Nederland B V P.O. Box 163, Nieu weweg 283 NL-6600 A d Wijc hen The Neth erla nds Phone: ( 31) 24 64 89489 Fax: (31) 2 4 64894 99 Printroni x Schwe iz GmbH 42[...]

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