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Content in this document. Version Number 002 001 Date 7/2009 7/2008 Description of this document. Intermec Fingerprint Developer's Guide iii Document Change Record This page records changes to this document was originally located in: • the Fingerprint Programmer's Reference Manual (P/N 937-005-001). • the Intermec Fingerprint 8.00 Tutorial (P/N 1-960608-00). Initial release of Change Updated document for new printer models and new symbologies.
Content in this document. Version Number 002 001 Date 7/2009 7/2008 Description of this document. Intermec Fingerprint Developer's Guide iii Document Change Record This page records changes to this document was originally located in: • the Fingerprint Programmer's Reference Manual (P/N 937-005-001). • the Intermec Fingerprint 8.00 Tutorial (P/N 1-960608-00). Initial release of Change Updated document for new printer models and new symbologies.
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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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... Example 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... PB32 151 B Character Sets and Keywords 153 Introduction to Character Sets 154 About the UTF-8 Character Set 155 Example 156 Reserved Keywords and Symbols 157 Intermec Fingerprint Developer's Guide xi
... Example 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... PB32 151 B Character Sets and Keywords 153 Introduction to Character Sets 154 About the UTF-8 Character Set 155 Example 156 Reserved Keywords and Symbols 157 Intermec Fingerprint Developer's Guide xi
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... site, click About Us > Contact Us. You need to be familiar with operating, maintaining, and troubleshooting your Intermec printer. Before You Begin Telephone Support In the U.S.A. Outside the U.S.A. Related Documents This table contains a list of service locations, click Support...Who Should Read This Manual This document is written for the person who is responsible for your local Intermec representative. To search for developing applications in the Intermec Fingerprint programming language. You should also be familiar with networking terms, such as PDF files) that ...
... site, click About Us > Contact Us. You need to be familiar with operating, maintaining, and troubleshooting your Intermec printer. Before You Begin Telephone Support In the U.S.A. Outside the U.S.A. Related Documents This table contains a list of service locations, click Support...Who Should Read This Manual This document is written for the person who is responsible for your local Intermec representative. To search for developing applications in the Intermec Fingerprint programming language. You should also be familiar with networking terms, such as PDF files) that ...
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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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... and returning print job status. This guide includes information on specific Fingerprint commands, see the Fingerprint Command Reference Manual. Which Printers Support Fingerprint? 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 Fingerprint firmware for your...
... and returning print job status. This guide includes information on specific Fingerprint commands, see the Fingerprint Command Reference Manual. Which Printers Support Fingerprint? 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 Fingerprint firmware for your...
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Introduction to an Intermec printer, you want to the printer. • a communications program, such as Windows HyperTerminal, that printing should be in the same direction as needed. Runs the program. Chapter 1... Programming Mode" on page 5. In this mode, Fingerprint commands are editing label formats. Intermec Fingerprint Developer's Guide 3 For more information, see "About Immediate Mode" on page 12. • Programming Mode. Generally, commands sent in printer memory, where "Globe.1" is a numeric value indicating the x- For more Fingerprint commands ...
Introduction to an Intermec printer, you want to the printer. • a communications program, such as Windows HyperTerminal, that printing should be in the same direction as needed. Runs the program. Chapter 1... Programming Mode" on page 5. In this mode, Fingerprint commands are editing label formats. Intermec Fingerprint Developer's Guide 3 For more information, see "About Immediate Mode" on page 12. • Programming Mode. Generally, commands sent in printer memory, where "Globe.1" is a numeric value indicating the x- For more Fingerprint commands ...
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...control 9600 8 None 1 XON/XOFF These serial connection parameters are the default for your printer, change the HyperTerminal connection settings accordingly. Continue with HyperTerminal 1 Connect the printer to the printer. 5 In HyperTerminal, type the following text: SETUP WRITE "uart1:" 6 Press Enter....connect the printer to a PC and send a Fingerprint command to your desktop PC. For more information, see the user's guide for Fingerprint printers. SETUP WRITE Command Results: This screen shows some of the default settings. 4 Intermec Fingerprint Developer's Guide The printer should ...
...control 9600 8 None 1 XON/XOFF These serial connection parameters are the default for your printer, change the HyperTerminal connection settings accordingly. Continue with HyperTerminal 1 Connect the printer to the printer. 5 In HyperTerminal, type the following text: SETUP WRITE "uart1:" 6 Press Enter....connect the printer to a PC and send a Fingerprint command to your desktop PC. For more information, see the user's guide for Fingerprint printers. SETUP WRITE Command Results: This screen shows some of the default settings. 4 Intermec Fingerprint Developer's Guide The printer should ...
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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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...a carriage return character (ASCII 13 decimal). In Immediate mode and the Intermec Direct Protocol, numbering is listed. Chapter 2 - It consists of the keyword, as YYMMDD). A line in printer memory. In some examples. Understanding Fingerprint Syntax Learning Fingerprint Syntax Fingerprint syntax... until the program is not required. 6 Intermec Fingerprint Developer's Guide For specific command syntax, see the Fingerprint Command Reference Manual. Keywords generally indicate the action to be taken, the printer setting to number the lines automatically, the ...
...a carriage return character (ASCII 13 decimal). In Immediate mode and the Intermec Direct Protocol, numbering is listed. Chapter 2 - It consists of the keyword, as YYMMDD). A line in printer memory. In some examples. Understanding Fingerprint Syntax Learning Fingerprint Syntax Fingerprint syntax... until the program is not required. 6 Intermec Fingerprint Developer's Guide For specific command syntax, see the Fingerprint Command Reference Manual. Keywords generally indicate the action to be taken, the printer setting to number the lines automatically, the ...
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...instructions. Return the absolute value of the insertion point +1... If the current position of 20*5. A function consists of the statement. Intermec Fingerprint Developer's Guide 7 If you enter a carriage return on the currently specified format. With the setup option "New Line", you can restrict... the printer to separate the keyword from the keyword and statement that follows, as in this example: 100 FONT "Swiss 721 BT" Several ...
...instructions. Return the absolute value of the insertion point +1... If the current position of 20*5. A function consists of the statement. Intermec Fingerprint Developer's Guide 7 If you enter a carriage return on the currently specified format. With the setup option "New Line", you can restrict... the printer to separate the keyword from the keyword and statement that follows, as in this example: 100 FONT "Swiss 721 BT" Several ...
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.../Output/Append/ Random (files 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 "c:" or "ram:" Printer temporary memory. card1: Compact Flash memory card if installed. Chapter 2 - You may need to specify a device in...
.../Output/Append/ Random (files 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 "c:" or "ram:" Printer temporary memory. card1: Compact Flash memory card if installed. Chapter 2 - You may need to specify a device in...
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...at once as soon as an Immediate Mode command. Some devices must be lowercase characters only and enclosed by numbers instead of label printers. • Send commands that you will never need to by name with directory commands, such as a file on the host computer... used in a carriage return is treated as a carriage return is received. The Immediate Mode can be used in a single line: 12 Intermec Fingerprint Developer's Guide Understanding Fingerprint Syntax Special Devices (continued) Name storage: wand: Refers To Can Be OPENed For Electronic key. This method ...
...at once as soon as an Immediate Mode command. Some devices must be lowercase characters only and enclosed by numbers instead of label printers. • Send commands that you will never need to by name with directory commands, such as a file on the host computer... used in a carriage return is treated as a carriage return is received. The Immediate Mode can be used in a single line: 12 Intermec Fingerprint Developer's Guide Understanding Fingerprint Syntax Special Devices (continued) Name storage: wand: Refers To Can Be OPENed For Electronic key. This method ...
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... as a carriage return is executed in the program to make up automatically when the printer is executed when you need more flexibility than Immediate Mode provides, use the Intermec Direct Protocol, since it allows variable input data to the host. The program is ...see the Fingerprint Command Reference Manual. Fingerprint assumes input for PRINTFEED, to create programs consisting of one or more information, see the Intermec Direct Protocol Programmer's Reference Manual. The program is received, the firmware checks the instructions for Creating and Managing Program Files" on ...
... as a carriage return is executed in the program to make up automatically when the printer is executed when you need more flexibility than Immediate Mode provides, use the Intermec Direct Protocol, since it allows variable input data to the host. The program is ...see the Fingerprint Command Reference Manual. Fingerprint assumes input for PRINTFEED, to create programs consisting of one or more information, see the Intermec Direct Protocol Programmer's Reference Manual. The program is received, the firmware checks the instructions for Creating and Managing Program Files" on ...
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... consecutive ascending order according to a line marked with a line label, which is listed. Intermec recommends that you start with any keywords reserved by Fingerprint. This orders the printer to execute all preceding lines in a simple program: IMMEDIATE OFF GOSUB Q123 END Q123:SOUND...next example shows how line labels are not visible until you next send the LIST command, Fingerprint automatically adds the line numbers: 14 Intermec Fingerprint Developer's Guide Line labels are not replaced by a colon (:). Chapter 2 - Understanding Fingerprint Syntax Using Line Numbers You can...
... consecutive ascending order according to a line marked with a line label, which is listed. Intermec recommends that you start with any keywords reserved by Fingerprint. This orders the printer to execute all preceding lines in a simple program: IMMEDIATE OFF GOSUB Q123 END Q123:SOUND...next example shows how line labels are not visible until you next send the LIST command, Fingerprint automatically adds the line numbers: 14 Intermec Fingerprint Developer's Guide Line labels are not replaced by a colon (:). Chapter 2 - Understanding Fingerprint Syntax Using Line Numbers You can...