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Version Number 002 001 Date 7/2009 7/2008 Description of this document was originally located in this document. Content in : • the Fingerprint Programmer's Reference Manual (P/N 937-005-001). • the Intermec Fingerprint 8.00 Tutorial (P/N 1-960608-00). Intermec Fingerprint Developer's Guide iii Initial release of Change Updated document for new printer models and new symbologies. Document Change Record This page records changes to this document.
Version Number 002 001 Date 7/2009 7/2008 Description of this document was originally located in this document. Content in : • the Fingerprint Programmer's Reference Manual (P/N 937-005-001). • the Intermec Fingerprint 8.00 Tutorial (P/N 1-960608-00). Intermec Fingerprint Developer's Guide iii Initial release of Change Updated document for new printer models and new symbologies. Document Change Record This page records changes to this document.
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... 12 Sending Command Strings in Immediate Mode 12 About Programming Mode 13 Using Line Numbers 14 Programming Without Line Numbers 14 Sending Programs to the Printer 15 Commands for Editing Code 15 Using Conditional Instructions 16 Using an IF...THEN...[ELSE] Instruction 16 Using an IF...THEN...[ELSE]...END IF Instruction... About Branching 17 Branching to Subroutines 17 Instructions for Conditional Branching 18 Unconditional Branching Using a GOTO Statement 21 Branching to an Error-Handling Subroutine 21 Intermec Fingerprint Developer's Guide v
... 12 Sending Command Strings in Immediate Mode 12 About Programming Mode 13 Using Line Numbers 14 Programming Without Line Numbers 14 Sending Programs to the Printer 15 Commands for Editing Code 15 Using Conditional Instructions 16 Using an IF...THEN...[ELSE] Instruction 16 Using an IF...THEN...[ELSE]...END IF Instruction... About Branching 17 Branching to Subroutines 17 Instructions for Conditional Branching 18 Unconditional Branching Using a GOTO Statement 21 Branching to an Error-Handling Subroutine 21 Intermec Fingerprint Developer's Guide v
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... 30 Renaming a Program 30 Saving in CompactFlash Memory Cards 30 Creating a Startup Program 30 3 Managing Files 33 Using Directories in the Printer File System 34 Using Path Shortcuts 34 About File Types 35 Commands for Listing Files 35 Listing a File With the FILELIST Program 35...37 Using the TRANSFER KERMIT Statement 37 Using the ZMODEM Protocol 37 Using a TRANSFER STATUS Statement 37 Commands for Transferring Files Between Printers 38 Checking Transferred Files With CHECKSUM 38 Commands for Working With Arrays 38 Specifying Array Dimensions Using DIM 39 Sorting Arrays 39 ...
... 30 Renaming a Program 30 Saving in CompactFlash Memory Cards 30 Creating a Startup Program 30 3 Managing Files 33 Using Directories in the Printer File System 34 Using Path Shortcuts 34 About File Types 35 Commands for Listing Files 35 Listing a File With the FILELIST Program 35...37 Using the TRANSFER KERMIT Statement 37 Using the ZMODEM Protocol 37 Using a TRANSFER STATUS Statement 37 Commands for Transferring Files Between Printers 38 Checking Transferred Files With CHECKSUM 38 Commands for Working With Arrays 38 Specifying Array Dimensions Using DIM 39 Sorting Arrays 39 ...
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... the Last Field Read With LOC 51 Determining File Length With LOF 51 Input From the Printer Keypad 51 Controlling Communication 52 Using BUSY or READY Statements 52 Using an ON LINE | OFF LINE Statement 53 Controlling... Printer Response with VERBON | VERBOFF 53 Managing Background Communication 53 Background Communication Example 54 Retrieving Buffer Status With... to a Sequential File With PRINT 61 Printing Characters by ASCII Values With PRINTONE 61 Intermec Fingerprint Developer's Guide vii
... the Last Field Read With LOC 51 Determining File Length With LOF 51 Input From the Printer Keypad 51 Controlling Communication 52 Using BUSY or READY Statements 52 Using an ON LINE | OFF LINE Statement 53 Controlling... Printer Response with VERBON | VERBOFF 53 Managing Background Communication 53 Background Communication Example 54 Retrieving Buffer Status With... to a Sequential File With PRINT 61 Printing Characters by ASCII Values With PRINTONE 61 Intermec Fingerprint Developer's Guide vii
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... a CLOSE Statement 64 Finding the Last Field Read and Determining File Length With LOC and LOF 64 Output to Communication Channels 64 Output to the Printer Display 65 5 Managing Fonts, Bar Codes, and Images 67 Managing Fonts 68 About Font Types 69 Selecting Fonts 69 Controlling Font Direction, Size, Slant, and... White Printing With NORIMAGE or INVIMAGE 83 Specifying Text for Printing With PRTXT 84 Defining Borders With PRBOX 84 Summary for Text Fields 84 viii Intermec Fingerprint Developer's Guide
... a CLOSE Statement 64 Finding the Last Field Read and Determining File Length With LOC and LOF 64 Output to Communication Channels 64 Output to the Printer Display 65 5 Managing Fonts, Bar Codes, and Images 67 Managing Fonts 68 About Font Types 69 Selecting Fonts 69 Controlling Font Direction, Size, Slant, and... White Printing With NORIMAGE or INVIMAGE 83 Specifying Text for Printing With PRTXT 84 Defining Borders With PRBOX 84 Summary for Text Fields 84 viii Intermec Fingerprint Developer's Guide
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... Handling Errors With ERRHAND.PRG 101 Renumbering Lines When Merging Files 101 Merging Programs 101 Using the Print Key 102 7 Controlling the Printer 103 Using Fingerprint to Control the Printer 104 Controlling Media Feed 104 Adjusting Media Feed Distance With TESTFEED 104 Feeding Media With FORMFEED 104 Overriding Start and Stop Adjust... Repeating the Last Printing Operation With PRINTFEED 106 Enabling Manual Printing With PRINT KEY ON 107 Checking the Transfer Ribbon and Printhead With SYSVAR 107 Intermec Fingerprint Developer's Guide ix
... Handling Errors With ERRHAND.PRG 101 Renumbering Lines When Merging Files 101 Merging Programs 101 Using the Print Key 102 7 Controlling the Printer 103 Using Fingerprint to Control the Printer 104 Controlling Media Feed 104 Adjusting Media Feed Distance With TESTFEED 104 Feeding Media With FORMFEED 104 Overriding Start and Stop Adjust... Repeating the Last Printing Operation With PRINTFEED 106 Enabling Manual Printing With PRINT KEY ON 107 Checking the Transfer Ribbon and Printhead With SYSVAR 107 Intermec Fingerprint Developer's Guide ix
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... FUNCTEST or FUNCTEST 109 Reprinting Labels After Interruptions 109 About Batch Printing 109 Using the Printer Keypad 111 Branching to Subroutines With KEY...ON and ON KEY...GOSUB 111 Defining Audio...Mode 114 Using the Printer Display 114 Printing Text to the Display on PF/PM/PX-Series Printers 114 Controlling the Display Cursor on PF/PM/PX-Series Printers 115 Customizing the ...Hardware and Firmware Versions 122 Checking Immediate Mode and STDIO Status 123 Rebooting the Printer 123 About Printer Memory 124 Permanent Memory 124 Temporary Memory 124 Using Memory Cards 125 Other ...
... FUNCTEST or FUNCTEST 109 Reprinting Labels After Interruptions 109 About Batch Printing 109 Using the Printer Keypad 111 Branching to Subroutines With KEY...ON and ON KEY...GOSUB 111 Defining Audio...Mode 114 Using the Printer Display 114 Printing Text to the Display on PF/PM/PX-Series Printers 114 Controlling the Display Cursor on PF/PM/PX-Series Printers 115 Customizing the ...Hardware and Firmware Versions 122 Checking Immediate Mode and STDIO Status 123 Rebooting the Printer 123 About Printer Memory 124 Permanent Memory 124 Temporary Memory 124 Using Memory Cards 125 Other ...
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... 133 Using the ERRHAND.PRG Utility Program 134 Modifying ERRHAND Variables and Subroutines 134 Complete Listing of ERRHAND.PRG 135 Standard Error Codes 138 A Printer Keypad Layouts 139 PF2i, PF4i, PF4ci 140 PM4i 142 PX4i and PX6i Standard Keypad, PA30 144 PX4i, PX6i Alphanumeric Keypad 146 About ID... Numbers and ASCII Values 146 PD42 148 PB50 and PB51 151 PB21, PB31, PB22, and PB32 151 B Character Sets and Keywords 153 Introduction to Character Sets 154 About the UTF-8 Character...
... 133 Using the ERRHAND.PRG Utility Program 134 Modifying ERRHAND Variables and Subroutines 134 Complete Listing of ERRHAND.PRG 135 Standard Error Codes 138 A Printer Keypad Layouts 139 PF2i, PF4i, PF4ci 140 PM4i 142 PX4i and PX6i Standard Keypad, PA30 144 PX4i, PX6i Alphanumeric Keypad 146 About ID... Numbers and ASCII Values 146 PD42 148 PB50 and PB51 151 PB21, PB31, PB22, and PB32 151 B Character Sets and Keywords 153 Introduction to Character Sets 154 About the UTF-8 Character...
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...-755-5505. and Canada, contact your local representative, from the Intermec web site, click About Us > Contact Us. You need to be familiar with operating, maintaining, and troubleshooting your Intermec printer. xiv Intermec Fingerprint Developer's Guide For technical support in South Korea, use the... for the person who is responsible for free. Outside the U.S.A. Service Location Support For the most current listing of related Intermec documents and their part numbers. Related Documents This table contains a list of service locations, click Support >Returns and Repairs ...
...-755-5505. and Canada, contact your local representative, from the Intermec web site, click About Us > Contact Us. You need to be familiar with operating, maintaining, and troubleshooting your Intermec printer. xiv Intermec Fingerprint Developer's Guide For technical support in South Korea, use the... for the person who is responsible for free. Outside the U.S.A. Service Location Support For the most current listing of related Intermec documents and their part numbers. Related Documents This table contains a list of service locations, click Support >Returns and Repairs ...
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1 Introduction to Fingerprint This chapter introduces Intermec Fingerprint and includes these topics: • What Is Fingerprint? • Which Printers Support Fingerprint? • Learning the Structure of Fingerprint Commands • Fingerprint Operating Modes • Sending Fingerprint Commands to the Printer Intermec Fingerprint Developer's Guide 1
1 Introduction to Fingerprint This chapter introduces Intermec Fingerprint and includes these topics: • What Is Fingerprint? • Which Printers Support Fingerprint? • Learning the Structure of Fingerprint Commands • Fingerprint Operating Modes • Sending Fingerprint Commands to the Printer Intermec Fingerprint Developer's Guide 1
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... to help you use to perform a variety of many lines that instruct the printer to design custom label formats and printer application software. The next table lists Intermec printers and supported Fingerprint versions. Programs can be supported. Fingerprint firmware is a programming ...conditional branching and subroutines. For more information, see the Fingerprint Command Reference Manual. Intermec Printer PA30 Print Engine PF2i, PF4i, PM4i, PX4i, PX6i PD41, PD42 PB21, PB31, PB22, PB32, PB50, PB51 Supports Fingerprint Version 8.x.x 8.x.x 10.x.x 11.x.x To locate the latest ...
... to help you use to perform a variety of many lines that instruct the printer to design custom label formats and printer application software. The next table lists Intermec printers and supported Fingerprint versions. Programs can be supported. Fingerprint firmware is a programming ...conditional branching and subroutines. For more information, see the Fingerprint Command Reference Manual. Intermec Printer PA30 Print Engine PF2i, PF4i, PM4i, PX4i, PX6i PD41, PD42 PB21, PB31, PB22, PB32, PB50, PB51 Supports Fingerprint Version 8.x.x 8.x.x 10.x.x 11.x.x To locate the latest ...
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... point. 5 indicates that printing should be saved after they are executed as soon as the printer receives a carriage return. For more information, see "About Immediate Mode" on page 13. Intermec Fingerprint Developer's Guide 3 and y-coordinates of text, a bar code, an image, a ... file name. For more information, see "Understanding Fingerprint Syntax" on page 5. Sending Fingerprint Commands to the Printer To send Fingerprint commands to an Intermec printer, you are editing label formats. Specifies which can transmit and receive ASCII characters. Generally, commands sent in ...
... point. 5 indicates that printing should be saved after they are executed as soon as the printer receives a carriage return. For more information, see "About Immediate Mode" on page 13. Intermec Fingerprint Developer's Guide 3 and y-coordinates of text, a bar code, an image, a ... file name. For more information, see "Understanding Fingerprint Syntax" on page 5. Sending Fingerprint Commands to the Printer To send Fingerprint commands to an Intermec printer, you are editing label formats. Specifies which can transmit and receive ASCII characters. Generally, commands sent in ...
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... 1 XON/XOFF These serial connection parameters are the default for Fingerprint printers. The printer returns its current setup parameters. SETUP WRITE Command Results: This screen shows some of the default settings. 4 Intermec Fingerprint Developer's Guide The printer should now be connected to the printer. 5 In HyperTerminal, type the following text: SETUP WRITE "uart1:" 6 Press Enter...
... 1 XON/XOFF These serial connection parameters are the default for Fingerprint printers. The printer returns its current setup parameters. SETUP WRITE Command Results: This screen shows some of the default settings. 4 Intermec Fingerprint Developer's Guide The printer should now be connected to the printer. 5 In HyperTerminal, type the following text: SETUP WRITE "uart1:" 6 Press Enter...
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2 Understanding Fingerprint Syntax This chapter explains the basics of Fingerprint command syntax and includes these sections: • Learning Fingerprint Syntax • About Devices • About Immediate Mode • About Programming Mode • Sending Programs to the Printer • Commands for Editing Code • Using Conditional Instructions • About Branching • About Loops • Structuring Your Program • Executing the Program • Breaking Program Execution • Breaking Program Execution Intermec Fingerprint Developer's Guide 5
2 Understanding Fingerprint Syntax This chapter explains the basics of Fingerprint command syntax and includes these sections: • Learning Fingerprint Syntax • About Devices • About Immediate Mode • About Programming Mode • Sending Programs to the Printer • Commands for Editing Code • Using Conditional Instructions • About Branching • About Loops • Structuring Your Program • Executing the Program • Breaking Program Execution • Breaking Program Execution Intermec Fingerprint Developer's Guide 5
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...keyword, usually followed by a carriage return character (ASCII 13 decimal). Keywords generally indicate the action to be taken, the printer setting to number the lines automatically, the numbers are always numbered, although if you allow Fingerprint to be placed in a... indicates a required space character. The next table lists some cases, a space character is listed. A statement is not required. 6 Intermec Fingerprint Developer's Guide About Keywords, Statements, and Lines A Fingerprint command begins with a keyword. Some keywords can be listed to a subroutine at...
...keyword, usually followed by a carriage return character (ASCII 13 decimal). Keywords generally indicate the action to be taken, the printer setting to number the lines automatically, the numbers are always numbered, although if you allow Fingerprint to be placed in a... indicates a required space character. The next table lists some cases, a space character is listed. A statement is not required. 6 Intermec Fingerprint Developer's Guide About Keywords, Statements, and Lines A Fingerprint command begins with a keyword. Some keywords can be listed to a subroutine at...
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...the current time based on a line containing other instructions and to separate the function from other instructions. A function can restrict the printer to insert additional lines (for ASCII code 65. Description Return the readable character for example 11,12,13...etc.), should the need...number, or delete it easier to only echo back either a Carriage Return (ASCII 13 decimal) or a Line Feed (ASCII 10 decimal). Intermec Fingerprint Developer's Guide 7 The next table lists function examples. Chapter 2 - Understanding Fingerprint Syntax Note: By default, if you can be ...
...the current time based on a line containing other instructions and to separate the function from other instructions. A function can restrict the printer to insert additional lines (for ASCII code 65. Description Return the readable character for example 11,12,13...etc.), should the need...number, or delete it easier to only echo back either a Carriage Return (ASCII 13 decimal) or a Line Feed (ASCII 10 decimal). Intermec Fingerprint Developer's Guide 7 The next table lists function examples. Chapter 2 - Understanding Fingerprint Syntax Note: By default, if you can be ...
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... only) Special Devices Name lock: Refers To Electronic key. Can Be OPENed For Input Intermec Fingerprint Developer's Guide 11 The next table lists available device names. Also called "rom:". card1: Compact Flash memory card if installed. Main printer memory. Chapter 2 - Understanding Fingerprint Syntax Examples of Logical Operator OR A B F F A OR B F About Devices "Device...
... only) Special Devices Name lock: Refers To Electronic key. Can Be OPENed For Input Intermec Fingerprint Developer's Guide 11 The next table lists available device names. Also called "rom:". card1: Compact Flash memory card if installed. Main printer memory. Chapter 2 - Understanding Fingerprint Syntax Examples of Logical Operator OR A B F F A OR B F About Devices "Device...
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... Syntax Special Devices (continued) Name storage: wand: Refers To Can Be OPENed For Electronic key. Input/Output/Random Data from Code 128 bar code via printer bar Input code wand interface. In instructions used in other types of names: 0 = "console:" 1 = "uart1:" 2 = "uart2:" 3 = "uart3:" 4 = "centronics...used for example, "/c"). Sending Command Strings in Immediate Mode You can be used , but ending in a single line: 12 Intermec Fingerprint Developer's Guide Chapter 2 - Devices are specified by quotation marks (for three main purposes: • Send commands to ...
... Syntax Special Devices (continued) Name storage: wand: Refers To Can Be OPENed For Electronic key. Input/Output/Random Data from Code 128 bar code via printer bar Input code wand interface. In instructions used in other types of names: 0 = "console:" 1 = "uart1:" 2 = "uart2:" 3 = "uart3:" 4 = "centronics...used for example, "/c"). Sending Command Strings in Immediate Mode You can be used , but ending in a single line: 12 Intermec Fingerprint Developer's Guide Chapter 2 - Devices are specified by quotation marks (for three main purposes: • Send commands to ...
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... that are created as a carriage return is received, the firmware checks the instructions for Creating and Managing Program Files" on , the printer returns either manually entered as the program is switched on a line, followed by a carriage return. Provided there is a working two-...is executed when you wish. A program can be saved, copied, loaded, listed, merged, and killed. Intermec Fingerprint Developer's Guide 13 or with each line ending in printer memory and used anytime. Not all Fingerprint commands can be abbreviated. For more information, see "Commands for syntax...
... that are created as a carriage return is received, the firmware checks the instructions for Creating and Managing Program Files" on , the printer returns either manually entered as the program is switched on a line, followed by a carriage return. Provided there is a working two-...is executed when you wish. A program can be saved, copied, loaded, listed, merged, and killed. Intermec Fingerprint Developer's Guide 13 or with each line ending in printer memory and used anytime. Not all Fingerprint commands can be abbreviated. For more information, see "Commands for syntax...
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... are used in consecutive ascending order according to read, you next send the LIST command, Fingerprint automatically adds the line numbers: 14 Intermec Fingerprint Developer's Guide Understanding Fingerprint Syntax Using Line Numbers You can write the program line by line without line numbers may be inserted...plus a carriage return. Finish the program by line numbers. Line labels are not visible until you write program lines. This orders the printer to execute all preceding lines in a simple program: IMMEDIATE OFF GOSUB Q123 END Q123:SOUND 440,50 RETURN IMMEDIATE ON RUN If you...
... are used in consecutive ascending order according to read, you next send the LIST command, Fingerprint automatically adds the line numbers: 14 Intermec Fingerprint Developer's Guide Understanding Fingerprint Syntax Using Line Numbers You can write the program line by line without line numbers may be inserted...plus a carriage return. Finish the program by line numbers. Line labels are not visible until you write program lines. This orders the printer to execute all preceding lines in a simple program: IMMEDIATE OFF GOSUB Q123 END Q123:SOUND 440,50 RETURN IMMEDIATE ON RUN If you...