EasyCoder® 3400e Bar Code Label Printer User’s Manual
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Terms and Conventions
Listed below are special terms and conventions used throughout the manual. Refer to
the glossary for a complete list of terms found in this manual.
Terms
“Printer” refers to a 3400e bar code label printer.
“Media” is the label stock on which the printer prints labels.
“Host” refers to a personal computer or other computer that communicates with the
printer.
A “symbol” or “bar code symbol” consists of alphanumeric characters encoded in a bar
code format.
Conventions
The following conventions are used throughout this manual for operating procedures
and descriptions of the printer.
•
Feed/Pause refers to the Feed/Pause button on the printer front panel.
•
Downloaded commands appear in the order that you enter them into the printer
with the following conventions:
Convention Description
< > Angle brackets < > enclose mnemonic representations of ASCII control
characters. For example, <ETX> represents the ASCII “End of Text” control
character.
data
Italic text represents variable data, which you must replace with a real value. For
example,
n
signifies a variable for which you must designate a constant value.
[
data
] Italic text within brackets represents optional data.
Ctrl
Bold text represents a key on your keypad. For example,
Tab
represents the Tab
key and
M
represents the letter M key.
Ctrl
-
Z
When two keys are joined with a dash, press them simultaneously. For example,
if you see the command
Ctrl
-
C
, press the two keys at the same time.
E3;F3
Type all characters that appear in the Courier font by pressing an individual key
on the keypad.
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