Chapter 8 — Intermec Shell Startup Program
82 EasyCoder PF2i Bar Code Label Printer User’s Guide (Fingerprint Version)
When you enter the Intermec Shell from the countdown menus, 
the Select Application menu will be displayed:
In this menu, you can choose between two options:
•Press Enter to go to menus where you can select an 
application program.
•Press X to go to the Facilities part of Intermec Shell.
Selecting an Application
In Intermec Shell, the menus present the options in infinite 
loops, To see all menus and options, refer to the overview in this 
chapter. The Select application lets you choose an application 
program that resides in the printer’s memory:
• Current appl. starts the last selected application (by default 
Intermec Fingerprint with "auto" selected as standard I/O 
channel).
• Fingerprint is used to create, modify, or run programs written 
in the Intermec Fingerprint programming language and to 
run the Intermec InterDriver. 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.
• 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 
Fingerprint v8.xx, Command Reference Manual.
• LINE-AXP.PRG (Line Analyzer) is a Fingerprint program 
that captures characters received by the printer on a 
communication channel and prints them on labels. 
• Other Application Programs will presented as additional 
options.
SHELL
SEL. APPLICATION