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--- tec_label_printing [2016/01/08 09:53 (8 years ago)] – swind
+++ tec_label_printing [2021/04/19 21:44 (3 years ago)] (current) – [TEC Label Printing (Basics)] kturner
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 ====== TEC Label Printing (Basics) ======
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 The large format TEC (Toshiba) printers must use code based labels. They do not print directly from a windows printer driver.
+<note important> All of the fields you are using on your labels must not contain any special characters. Some of these special characters are commas, open and closing brackets () or {} or [], greater than and less than signs <>, pipes |, colons :, semicolons ;, and single or double quotes " or '. All these symbols mean specific things within a code based label, so having them in your part numbers, descriptions, and comment fields will cause issues with printing your code based labels.
+To try and clarify why this is so important, here is an example of a code based label for the TEC label printers:
+<code>
+{D0250,1270,0230|}
+{C|}
+{D0250,1270,0230|}
+{AX;+000,+000,+00|}
+{AY;+00,0|}
+{XB00;0080,0100,9,3,04,0,0076,+0000000000,000,0,00|}
+{RB00;<BARCODE,-1>|}
+{PC000;0040,0132,10,10,E,33,B|}
+{RC000;<PRICE.0,-1>|}
+{PC001;0080,0170,05,05,M,00,B|}
+{RC001;<BARCODE,-1>|}
+{PC002;0080,0030,05,05,M,00,B|}
+{RC002;<DESCRIPTION,-1>|}
+{XS;I,0001,0002C3200|}
+</code>
+</note>
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 ====== Label Samples ======
+{{ :code_based_labels:tec:img_2066.jpg?600 |}}
 <code>
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 </code>
+Notice that we still need to tell it when to wrap the text. To do this we added ",22" to the <DESCRIPTION#> field in the same way we have set the maximum number of characters to print in the <DESCRIPTION> field.
+We have also integrated additional functionality into this new field to enable it to recognize spaces in the description, and to split the description information at a space, instead of splitting a word part way through.
+So as an example, a part with the description "Brother MFC-XXXX USB & Parallel Interface"
+using:
+<code>
+{PC006;0575,0164,05,05,E,00,B|}
+{RC006;<DESCRIPTION,22>|}
+</code>
+would be truncated down to:
+<code>
+Brother MFC-XXXX USB &
+</code>
+The same example "Brother MFC-XXXX USB & Parallel Interface" using:
+<code>
+{PC006;0575,0164,05,05,E,00,B|}
+{RC006;<DESCRIPTION#1,22>|}
+{PC007;0575,0192,05,05,E,00,B|}
+{RC007;<DESCRIPTION#1,22>|}
+</code>
+Would print:
+<code>
+Brother MFC-XXXX USB &
+ Parallel Interface
+</code>
+.
 Created by Steve Wind October 21 2014