Intermec EasyCoder PF4i - Startup Files

Chapter
3
—
Starting
Up
Startup
Files
Whentheprinterisswitchedon,itsbehaviordependsontheexistenceof
astartup
fi
le(autoexec.bat)initsmemory.Therearetwocases:
ATheprinterisonlyfittedwiththeIntermecShellfile-managing
program,whichallowstheoperatortochoosebetweenavarietyof
applicationsandfunctions.
BInadditiontoIntermecShell,theprinterisalsofittedwithacustom-
madeapplicationprogramthatisdesigntoperformaspeci
fi
ctask,for
exampletoprinttickets,baggagetags,orproductlabelsforacertain
company.Suchaprogrammaybeinitiatedbyastartup
fi
le(autoexec.
bat)storedintheprinter’spermanentmemoryorinamemorycard.
Therecanbeonestartupfilestoredineachofthreedifferentpartsofthe
printer’smemory.Iftherearestartup
fi
lesstoredinmorethanonepart,
onlyonewillbeusedwiththefollowingpriority:
1.Anautoexec.batfilestoredinamemorycard,providedthecardwas
insertedintheprinterbeforethepowerwasswitchedon.
2.Anautoexec.batfilestoredintheread/writepartoftheprinter’sper-
manentmemory(device"/c").
3.Thepup.batfile(IntermecShell)intheread-onlypartoftheprinter’s
permanentmemory(device"/rom").
Note:
IfyouinsertaCompactFlashmemorycardthatcontains
astartup
fi
lebeforeyouswitchontheprinter,thisstartup
fi
le
willbeusedinsteadofIntermecShell.
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