Intermec PC23d

Chapter 1 — About the Printers
18 PC23 and PC43 Desktop Printer User Manual
About Printer Languages
The printer uses the Intermec Fingerprint printer command language
by default. You can load and run Fingerprint programs and send
Fingerprint commands or Direct Protocol print jobs directly to the
printer.
The printer supports these command languages:
• Direct Protocol (DP)
• IPL (Intermec Printer Language)
• ESim (EPL command language simulator)
• ZSim (ZPL command language simulator)
You can change the default printer command language through the
printer web page, the Main Menu, or PrintSet.
About ESim/ZSim Auto-Configuration
Use the ESim/ZSim auto-configuration feature when you are
replacing another printer whose command language is unknown.
When the printer command language is set to ESim/ZSim, on its first
run the printer automatically calibrates the media, identifies the
command language of the first incoming print job, configures the
printer for the appropriate language (ESim or ZSim), and prints the
label.
The data stream must be at least 10 bytes long. Command language
identification is activated after a 2-second timeout, or when the data
buffer is full (1 MB).
The printer command language is saved to memory, and remains set to
ESim/ZSim until you change this setting.
Note: Load media before you turn the printer on, since the printer
automatically calibrates the media when it starts in ESim/ZSim
auto-configuration mode.