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====== Working with Zebra EPL II codes ====== | ====== Working with Zebra EPL II codes ====== | ||
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+ | [[https:// | ||
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+ | 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, | ||
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+ | To try and clarify why this is so important, here is an example of a EPL II code based label for the Zebra label printers: | ||
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+ | < | ||
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+ | N | ||
+ | q457 | ||
+ | Q228,32,-16 | ||
+ | X10, | ||
+ | A12, | ||
+ | A100, | ||
+ | A20, | ||
+ | B30, | ||
+ | P1 | ||
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+ | </ | ||
+ | </ | ||
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+ | ===== Line Wrapping ===== | ||
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+ | From version 6.1.0.1 up, System Five now support wrapping of a text field onto multiple lines. | ||
+ | All earlier versions of System Five would only allow printing a single line of text, which would be truncated when it reached the far edge of the label, or it would wrap back overtop of itself when it ran out of room. | ||
+ | So in order to take advantage of this new enhancement you will need to upgrade to the current release if you are not already on 6.1.0.1. | ||
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+ | The most common use for this enhancement would be to have a description field that contains a long description to be printed on multiple lines. Also this enhancement looks for spaces in the field, so that words are not broken and separated onto another line. | ||
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+ | To make use of this feature, you would no longer use the field < | ||
+ | Instead you would substitute the field < | ||
+ | Here is an example of a 2.25 inch x .75 inch label utilizing two lines for the description "Skid Mount Turf Sprayer | ||
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+ | {{: | ||
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+ | < | ||
+ | N | ||
+ | q456 | ||
+ | Q145 | ||
+ | A19, | ||
+ | B19, | ||
+ | A19, | ||
+ | A19, | ||
+ | P1 | ||
+ | </ | ||
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+ | In this example we have also limited the number of characters per line to 35. | ||
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+ | If your label requires two separate description fields with word wrapping (say for a two part label or label with a tear-off section), you would use < | ||
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+ | ===== System Five Label Code Fields ===== | ||
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+ | https:// | ||
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+ | ====== | ||
+ | == Created By Jason Kirby September 17 2008 == | ||
+ | == Updated By Steve Wind June 10 2021 |
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