Chapter 4 — ESim Commands
40 ESim for the PC4 and PF8 Printers Programmer’s Reference Manual
^B - Break Batch Printing
Purpose: When batch printing, this high-priority command finishes the
current label, stops printing, and cancels the remainder of the print
job. It also cancels print jobs that have already been paused using a ^A
command.
Syntax: ^B
Remarks: The reply at US is by default <ACK> (can be changed using UCnn
command).
This command can only be sent via RS-232 or USB ports.
Example:
This example renders a box and orders the printer to print 4 copies. At
command ^B, the printing is stopped and cancelled.
X0,0,10,20,40
P4
^B
B - Standard Bar Codes
Purpose: Use this command to print standard bar codes.
Syntax: Bp
1
, p
2
, p
3
, p
4
, p
5
, p
6
, p
7
, p
8,
“DATA”
B Command Parameter Descriptions
Parameter Description
p
1
Horizontal start position (x) in dots.
p
2
Vertical start position (y) in dots.
p
3
Rotation:
0 = No rotation
1 = 90° rotation clockwise
2 = 180° rotation clockwise
3 = 270° rotation clockwise
p
4
Bar code select. See the next example for
reference.