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 Chapter 9    Intermec Shell Startup Program
In Intermec Shell, the menus present the options in infi nite loops. 
To see all the menus and options, refer to the overview later in 
this chapter.
Select Application
The Select application option lets you choose an application program 
that is in in the printer’s memory.
• Current appl. starts the last selected application (by default 
Intermec Fingerprint with "uart1:" selected as standard I/O 
channel).
• Intermec LabelShop sets up the printer
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 for the various Intermec 
LabelShop label formatting programs for Microsoft Windows. 
This option requires that you also select a standard IN/OUT 
channel, which is the channel you want to use for communication 
between the printer and the computer. Refer to the Intermec 
LabelShop manuals.
• Intermec Windows Driver selects the "centronics:" parallel 
interface as standard IN channel and sets up the printer for 
Intermec’s Windows printer drivers, which you can use on 
a personal computer to produce printouts from almost any 
program run under Microsoft Windows. This option requires 
an optional IEEE 1284 parallel interface board to be installed 
in the printer.
• Intermec Fingerprint is used to create, modify, or run programs 
written in the Intermec Fingerprint programming language. This 
option requires that you also select a standard IN/OUT channel, 
which is the channel you want to use for communication between 
the printer and the computer. Normally, you select "uart1:". Refer 
to the Intermec Fingerprint manuals.
• Intermec Direct Protocol is an easy-to-use printer protocol 
for downloading label formats and variable input data to a 
printer from a host computer. This option requires that you also 
select a standard IN/OUT channel, that is the serial channel 
you want to use for communication between the printer and the 
host. Normally, you select "uart1:". Refer to the Intermec Direct 
Protocol, Programmer’s Guide.
• LINE-ALY.PRG (Line Analyzer) is a Fingerprint program that 
captures characters received by the printer on a communication 
channel and prints them on labels. (See later in this chapter.)
• Other Application Programs
     If the printer contains any other application programs, standard or 
custom-made, these will presented as additional options.
Starting with Inter-
mec Shell, cont.
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/. When the Intermec LabelShop 
application is started, the printer’s 
communication setup is changed to 
the following values:
Baud rate:   57600
Char. length:   8
Parity:   None
Stopbits:                              1
RTS/CTS:   Enable
ENQ/ACK:    Disable
XON/XOFF to host:   Disable
XON/XOFF from host:  Disable
New Line:   CR/LF
Receive buffer:   600
Transmit buffer:    600 
If another application is selected 
later, this communication setup 
will remain valid, unless the new 
application includes instructions 
that  automatically change the setup. 
The setup could also be changed 
manually in the Setup Mode.