Bematech LB-1000 Programming Manual

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Programming Manual LB-1000

Part number: 501012560 - Revision 1.0

August/2012

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About the manual .................................................................................................................................................... V

Who should read this manual? ................................................................................................................................ V

Other Publications Related ..................................................................................................................................... V

Document Conventions .......................................................................................................................................... VI

Object Position Calculation ................................................................................................................................... VII

Printer Models List ................................................................................................................................................. IX

Setup and System Commands ............................................................................................................................... 1

SIZE .......................................................................................................................................................... 1

GAP .......................................................................................................................................................... 3

GAPDETECT ............................................................................................................................................ 5

BLINEDETECT ......................................................................................................................................... 6

AUTODETECT ......................................................................................................................................... 7

BLINE ....................................................................................................................................................... 8

OFFSET.................................................................................................................................................... 9

SPEED.................................................................................................................................................... 10

DENSITY ................................................................................................................................................ 11

DIRECTION

AND

M

IRROR

I

MAGE

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REFERENCE .......................................................................................................................................... 14

SHIFT ..................................................................................................................................................... 15

COUNTRY .............................................................................................................................................. 17

CODEPAGE ............................................................................................................................................ 18

CLS ......................................................................................................................................................... 20

FEED ...................................................................................................................................................... 21

BACKFEED

&

BACKUP .......................................................................................................................... 22

FORMFEED ............................................................................................................................................ 23

HOME ..................................................................................................................................................... 24

PRINT ..................................................................................................................................................... 25

SOUND ................................................................................................................................................... 26

CUT ........................................................................................................................................................ 27

LIMITFEED ............................................................................................................................................. 28

SELFTEST .............................................................................................................................................. 29

Label Formatting Commands ................................................................................................................................ 30

BAR ........................................................................................................................................................ 30

BARCODE .............................................................................................................................................. 31

BITMAP .................................................................................................................................................. 36

BOX ........................................................................................................................................................ 38

CIRCLE................................................................................................................................................... 39

DMATRIX ................................................................................................................................................ 40

ERASE.................................................................................................................................................... 41

MAXICODE ............................................................................................................................................. 42

PDF417................................................................................................................................................... 44

AZTEC .................................................................................................................................................... 48

PUTBMP ................................................................................................................................................. 50

PUTPCX ................................................................................................................................................. 51

QRCODE ................................................................................................................................................ 52

RSS ........................................................................................................................................................ 56

REVERSE ............................................................................................................................................... 59

TEXT....................................................................................................................................................... 60

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Status Polling Commands (RS-232) ..................................................................................................................... 62

<ESC>!? ...................................................................................................................................................... 62

<ESC>!R ..................................................................................................................................................... 63

~!@ .............................................................................................................................................................. 64

~!A ............................................................................................................................................................... 65

~!C ............................................................................................................................................................... 66

~!D ............................................................................................................................................................... 67

~!F ............................................................................................................................................................... 68

~!I ................................................................................................................................................................ 69

~!T ............................................................................................................................................................... 70

Message Translation Protocols ............................................................................................................................. 71

~# ................................................................................................................................................................ 71

Commands for Windows Driver ............................................................................................................................ 72

!B ................................................................................................................................................................. 72

!J .................................................................................................................................................................. 73

!N ................................................................................................................................................................. 74

File Management Commands ............................................................................................................................... 75

DOWNLOAD ........................................................................................................................................... 75

EOP ........................................................................................................................................................ 78

FILES ...................................................................................................................................................... 79

KILL ........................................................................................................................................................ 80

MOVE ..................................................................................................................................................... 82

RUN ........................................................................................................................................................ 83

BASIC Commands and Functions ........................................................................................................................ 84

ABS(

) ..................................................................................................................................................... 84

ASC(

) ..................................................................................................................................................... 85

CHR$(

) ................................................................................................................................................... 86

END ........................................................................................................................................................ 87

EOF(

) ..................................................................................................................................................... 88

OPEN...................................................................................................................................................... 88

WRITE .................................................................................................................................................... 91

READ ...................................................................................................................................................... 92

SEEK ...................................................................................................................................................... 94

LOF(

)...................................................................................................................................................... 95

FREAD$(

) .............................................................................................................................................. 96

FOR…NEXT

LOOP ................................................................................................................................ 97

IF…THEN…ELSE…ENDIF

LOOP ....................................................................................................... 98

GOSUB…RETURN .............................................................................................................................. 102

GOTO ................................................................................................................................................... 103

INP$(

)................................................................................................................................................... 104

INPUT ................................................................................................................................................... 105

REM ...................................................................................................................................................... 106

OUT ...................................................................................................................................................... 107

GETKEY(

) ............................................................................................................................................ 108

INT(

) ..................................................................................................................................................... 109

LEFT$(

) ................................................................................................................................................ 110

LEN(

)..................................................................................................................................................... 111

MID$(

) .................................................................................................................................................. 112

RIGHT$(

) ............................................................................................................................................. 113

STR$(

) ................................................................................................................................................. 114

STRCOMP

(

) ........................................................................................................................................ 115

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INSTR

(

) ............................................................................................................................................... 116

TRIM$(

) ................................................................................................................................................ 117

LTRIM$(

) .............................................................................................................................................. 118

RTRIM$(

) ............................................................................................................................................. 119

VAL(

) .................................................................................................................................................... 120

BEEP .................................................................................................................................................... 121

NOW$(

) ................................................................................................................................................ 122

FORMAT$(

) .......................................................................................................................................... 123

Device Reconfiguration Commands .................................................................................................................... 125

SET

COUNTER .................................................................................................................................... 125

SET

CUTTER ....................................................................................................................................... 126

SET

PARTIAL_CUTTER ....................................................................................................................... 127

SET

BACK ............................................................................................................................................ 129

SET

KEY1,

SET

KEY2,

SET

KEY3 ....................................................................................................... 130

SET

LED1,

SET

LED2,

SET

LED3 ........................................................................................................ 132

SET

PEEL ............................................................................................................................................. 134

SET

TEAR

&

SET

STRIPER ................................................................................................................. 135

SET

GAP .............................................................................................................................................. 136

SET

HEAD ............................................................................................................................................ 138

SET

RIBBON ........................................................................................................................................ 139

SET

COM1 ............................................................................................................................................ 140

SET

PRINTKEY .................................................................................................................................... 141

SET

REPRINT ...................................................................................................................................... 143

PEEL..................................................................................................................................................... 144

LED1,

LED2,

LED3 ............................................................................................................................... 145

KEY1,

KEY2,

KEY3 ............................................................................................................................... 146

Printer Global Variables ...................................................................................................................................... 147

@LABEL .................................................................................................................................................... 147

YEAR .................................................................................................................................................... 148

MONTH................................................................................................................................................. 149

DATE .................................................................................................................................................... 150

WEEK ................................................................................................................................................... 151

HOUR ................................................................................................................................................... 152

MINUTE ................................................................................................................................................ 153

SECOND .............................................................................................................................................. 154

@YEAR ..................................................................................................................................................... 155

@MONTH .................................................................................................................................................. 156

@DATE...................................................................................................................................................... 157

@DAY ........................................................................................................................................................ 158

@HOUR .................................................................................................................................................... 159

@MINUTE ................................................................................................................................................. 160

@SECOND ............................................................................................................................................... 161

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This manual provides instructions on how to program Bematech’s LB-1000 Label Printer.

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This manual was developed either for technical and common users, in order to provide instructions on how to

program the equipment.

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User Manual

Service Manual (exclusive for Technical Assistance)

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http://www.bematech.com.br

http://www.bematech.com

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This manual uses the following typographic conventions.

Convention Description

[expression list] Items inside square brackets are optional, expression maximum

length 2*1024 bytes;

<ESC> ESCAPE (ASCII 27), control code of status

polling command returns the printer status

immediately.

~ (ASCII 126), control code of status polling

command, returns the printer status only when the

printer is ready.

Space (ASCII 32) characters will be ignored in the

command line.

“ (ASCII 34), beginning and ending of expression

CR,LF (ASCII 13),(ASCII 10) denotes end of command line.

NULL (ASCII 0) supported in the expression, except the 2D

bar code commands.

Note: 203 DPI: 1 mm = 8 dots Arial font in bold and italic type is used for note.

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DIRECTION 0

Label origin (0,0)

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203 DPI, 1mm=8 dots

300 DPI, 1mm=12 dots

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DIRECTION 0

TEXT 56,24,”3”,0,1,1,”ABC”

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DIRECTION 1

TEXT 56,24,”3”,0,1,1,”ABC”

Paper feed direction

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Label origin (0,0)

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Series

Models

LB

-

1000

1.

BASIC

2. ADVANCED

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Description

This command defines the label width and length.

Syntax

English system (inch)

SIZE m,n

Metric system (mm)

SIZE m mm,n mm

Dot measurement

SIZE m dot,n dot

This command is only supported in v6.27 and later firmware.

Parameter Description

m Label width (inch or mm)

n Label length (inch or mm)

Note :

200 DPI : 1 mm = 8 dots

300 DPI : 1mm = 12 dots

For metric and dot systems, there must be a space between parameter and

“mm” or “dot”.

Max. width

72mm

104mm

106mm

108mm

219.5mm

LB

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1000

X

Example

(1) English system (inch)

SIZE 3.5, 3.00

(2) Metric system (mm)

SIZE 100 mm, 100 mm

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GAP, BLINE

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Description

This command sets the distance between two labels.

Syntax

English system (inch)

GAP m,n

Metric system (mm)

GAP m mm,n mm

Parameter Description

m The gap distance between two labels

0  m 1 (inch), 0  m  25.4 (mm)

n The offset distance of the gap n  label length (inch or mm)

0,0 Continuous label.

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Note: For metric system, there must be a space between parameter and “mm”.

When the sensor type is changed from “Black Mark” to “GAP”, please send the

“GAP” command to the printer first.

Ex: In DOS mode,

C:\>copy con lpt1 <Enter>

GAP 2 mm,0 <Enter>

Example

Normal gap

English system (inch)

GAP 0.12,0

Metric system (mm)

GAP 3 mm,0

Continuous label

GAP 0,0

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GAP 0.30, 0.10

Metric system (mm)

GAP 7.62 mm, 2.54 mm

See Also

SIZE, BLINE

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Description

This command feeds the paper through the gap sensor in an effort to determine the paper and gap

sizes, respectively. This command references the user’s approximate measurements. If the

measurements conflict with the actual size, the GAPDETECT command will not work properly. This

calibration method can be applied to the labels with pre-printed logos or texts.

Syntax

GAPDETECT [x, y]

Parameter Description

x Paper length (in dots)

y Gap length (in dots)

Note: If the x, y parameters are ignored then the printer will calibrate and

determine the paper length and gap size automatically.

See Also

GAP, SIZE, BLINEDETECT, AUTODETECT

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Description

This command feeds the paper through the black mark sensor in an effort to determine the paper and

black mark sizes, respectively. This command references the user’s approximate measurements. If the

measurements conflict with the actual size, the BLINEDETECT command will not work properly. This

calibration method can be applied to the labels with pre-printed logos or texts.

Syntax

BLINEDETECT [x, y]

Parameter Description

x Paper length (in dots)

y Gap length (in dots)

Note: If the x, y parameters are ignored then the printer will calibrate and

determine the paper length and gap size automatically.

See Also

GAP, SIZE, GAPDETECT, AUTODETECT

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Description

This command feeds the paper through the gap/black mark sensor in an effort to determine the paper

and gap/black mark sizes, respectively. This command references the user’s approximate

measurements. If the measurements conflict with the actual size, the AUTODETECT command will not

work properly. This calibration method can be applied to the labels with pre-printed logos or texts.

Syntax

AUTODETECT [x, y]

Parameter Description

x Paper length (in dots)

y Gap length (in dots)

Note:

(1). If the x, y parameters are ignored then the printer will calibrate and

determine the paper length and gap/black mark size automatically.

(2). When using this command, the printer will detect the label by the proper

sensor type so please don’t set the command GAP or BLINE in your

program.

(3). It is supported in firmware V6.86EZ or later.

See Also

GAP, SIZE, GAPDETECT, BLINEDETECT

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Description

This command sets the height of the black line and the user-defined extra label feeding length each

form feed takes.

Syntax

English system (inch)

BLINE m,n

Metric system (mm)

BLINE m mm,n mm

Parameter Description

m The height of black line either in inch or mm.

0  m  1 (inch), 0  m  25.4 (mm)

n The extra label feeding length. 0  n  label length

0,0 Continuous label.

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Note: For metric system, there must be a space between parameter and “mm”. When

the sensor type is changed from “GAP” to “Black Mark”, please send the

“BLINE” command to the printer first.

Ex : In DOS mode,

C :\>copy con lpt1 <Enter>

BLINE 2 mm,0 <Enter>

Example

English system (inch)

BLINE 0.20,0.50

Metric system (mm)

BLINE 5.08 mm,12.7 mm

See Also

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Description

This command defines the selective, extra label feeding length each form feed takes, which, especially

in peel-off mode and cutter mode, is used to adjust label stop position, so as for label to register at

proper places for the intended purposes. The printer back tracks the extra feeding length before the

next run of printing.

Syntax

English system (inch)

OFFSET m

Metric system (mm)

OFFSET m mm

Parameter Description

m The offset distance (inch or mm). -1  m  1(inch)

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CAUTION: Impropriety offset value may cause paper jam.

Example

English system (inch)

OFFSET 0.5

Metric system (mm)

OFFSET 12.7 mm

See Also

SIZE, GAP, SET PEEL, SET CUTTER

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Description

This command defines the print speed.

Syntax

SPEED n

Parameter Description

n printing speed in inch per second

Model / IPS

1

1.5

2

2.5

3

3.5

4

5

6

8

10

12

LB

-

1000

x

Example

SPEED 10

See Also

DENSITY

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