BIXOLON BXLLIBX.CAB User manual

API Manual
Label Printers
Rev. 2.0.0.1
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1. C onn e c t P r i n t e r
The ConnectPrinter function connect to instance of printer which is installed in
system.
BOOL
C onn e c t P r i n t e r (
LPCSTR s zP ri n t e r Na m e
) ;
Pa r a m e t e r s
szPrinterName
[in] Name of printer instance to connect
Return
Va l u e s
If the function succeeds, the return value is 1 or TRUE.
If the function fails, the return value is zero or FALSE.
2. DisconnectPrinter
The DisconnectPrinter function disconnect to instance of printer which is connected.
BOOL
D i sc onn e c t P ri n t e r () ;
Return
Va l u e s
If the function succeeds, the return value is 1 or TRUE.
If the function fails, the return value is zero or FALSE.
3. StartLabel
The StartLabel function start to make label in printer.
BOOL
S t a r t L a b e l () ;
Return
Va l u e s
If the function succeeds, the return value is 1 or TRUE.
If the function fails, the return value is zero or FALSE.
Re m a r ks
Must be called this function after call “ConnectPrinter” function.

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4. EndLabel
The EndLabel function stop to make label in printer.
void
E ndL a b e l () ;
Re m a r ks
Must be called this function before call “DisconnectPrinter” function.
5. SetConfigOfPrinter
The SetConfigOfPrinter function set up properties of printer.
BOOL
Se t C on f i g O f P r i n t e r (
int n S p ee d ,
int n De n si t y ,
int n O ri e n t ati on ,
bool b A u t o C u t ,
int n C u tti ng Pe ri od ,
bool b B a ck Fee ding ,
) ;
Pa r a m e t e r s
nSpeed
[in] Printing Speed
0: 2.5 ips
1: 3.0 ips
2: 4.0 ips
3: 5.0 ips
4: 6.0 ips
5: 7.0 ips
nDensity
[in] Printing Density (0 ~ 20)
nOrientation
[in] Printing Direction
0: Print from top to bottom
1: Print from bottom to top
bAutoCut
[in] Cut paper
0 or FALSE: Disable Cutter
1 or TRUE: Enable Cutter
nCuttingPeriod
[in] Cutting period
bBackFeeding
[in] Backfeed paper when printing start first
0 or FALSE: Disable backfeeding
1 or TRUE: Enable backfeeding
Return
Va l u e s
If the function succeeds, the return value is 1 or TRUE.
If the function fails, the return value is zero or FALSE.

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6. SetPaper
The SetPaper function set up paper of printer.
BOOL
Se t Pa p e r (
int n H o r i z on t a l Ma r g i n ,
int n Ve r t i c a l Ma r g i n ,
int n Pa p e r W i d t h ,
int n Pa p e r L e ng t h ,
int n Me d i aT y p e,
int n O ff Se t
int nGapLengthORThicknessOfBlackLine
) ;
Pa r a m e t e r s
nHorizontalMargin
[in] Horizontal margin
nVerticalMargin
[in] Vertical margin
nPaperWidth
[in] Paper width
nPaperHeight
[in] Paper height
nMediaType
[in] Media type
0: Gap
1: Continues
2: Blackmark
nOffset
[in] Offset of gap or blackmark
nGapLengthORThicknessOfBlackLine
[in] Gap length or thickness of black line [dots]
Return
Va l u e s
If the function succeeds, the return value is 1 or TRUE.
If the function fails, the return value is zero or FALSE.
7. ClearBuffer
The ClearBuffer function clean up memory of printer.
BOOL
C l ea r B u ff e r () ;
Return
Va l u e s
If the function succeeds, the return value is 1 or TRUE.
If the function fails, the return value is zero or FALSE.

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8. PrintDirect
The PrintDirect function send data to port directly.
BOOL
P ri n t Di r e c t (
LPCSTR p Di r e c t Da t a,
) ;
Pa r a m e t e r s
pDirectData
[in] Data to send
Return
Va l u e s
If the function succeeds, the return value is 1 or TRUE.
If the function fails, the return value is zero or FALSE.
9. Prints
The Prints function start to
print.
BOOL
P r i n t s (
int nL a b e l Se t ,
int n C op i e s O f Ea c h l a b e l
) ;
Pa r a m e t e r s
nLabelSet
[in] Number of label sets (1 ~ 65535)
nCopiesOfEachLabel
[in] Number of copies of each label.
Return
Va l u e s
If the function succeeds, the return value is 1 or TRUE.
If the function fails, the return value is zero or FALSE.

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10. PrintDeviceFont
The PrintDeviceFont function print the device font of printer.
BOOL
P ri n t De vic eF on t (
int n H o ri z on t a l P o s ,
int n Ve r ti c a l P o s ,
int n F on t Na m e,
int n H o ri z on t a l M u l t i ,
int n Ve r ti c a l M u l t i ,
int n R o t a t i on ,
bool b B o l d ,
LPCSTR s zTe x t
) ;
Pa r a m e t e r s
nHorizontalPos
[in] Horizontal position
nVerticalPos
[in] Vertical position
nFontName
[in] Font Name
[0 ~ 9: EnglishFont]
0: Size 6 (9 x 15) 1: Size 8 (12 x 20)
2: Size 10 (16 x 25) 3: Size 12 (19 x 30)
4: Size 15 (24 x 38) 5: Size 20 (32 x 50)
6: Size 30 (48 x 76) 7: Size 14 (22 x 34)
8: Size 18 (28 x 44) 9: Size 24 (37 x 587)
[a ~ f] Korean Font or Chinese Font
a: Size 1 (16 x 16) b: Size 2 (24 x 24)
c: Size 3 (20 x 20) d: Size 4 (26 x 26)
e: Size 5 (38 x 38) m: GB2312 (24 x 24)
n: BIG5 (24 x 24)
nHorizontalMulti
[in] Font width multiplier (1 ~ 4)
nVerticalMulti
[in] Font height multiplier
nRotation
[in] Rotation type
0: No rotation
1: 90 degrees (Clockwise)
2: 180 degrees (Clockwise)
3: 270 degrees (Clockwise)
bBold
[in] Bold font
0 or FALSE: Normal
1 or TRUE: Bold
szText
[in] Text to print
Return
Va l u e s
If the function succeeds, the return value is 1 or TRUE.
If the function fails, the return value is zero or FALSE.

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11. PrintTrueFontLib
The PrintTrueFontLib function send data to port directly.
BOOL
PrintTrueFontLib(
int nHorizontalPos,
int nVerticalPos,
LPCSTR strFontName,
int nFontSize,
int nRotaion,
BOOL bItalic,
BOOL bBold,
BOOL bUnderline,
LPCSTR strText
)
Pa r a m e t e r s
nHorizontalPos
[in] Horizontal position
nVerticalPos
[in] Vertical position
strFontName
[in] Pointer to a null-terminated string that specifies the name of true font
nFontSize
[in] Number of the size of true font.
nRotation
[in] Roation type
0: No rotation
1: 90 degrees (Clockwise)
2: 180 degrees (Clockwise)
3: 270 degrees (Clockwise)
bItalic
[in] Italic font
0 or FALSE: Normal
1 or TRUE: Italic
bBold
[in] Bold font
0 or FALSE: Normal
1 or TRUE: Bold
bUnderline
[in] Underline font
0 or FALSE: Normal
1 or TRUE: Bold
szText
[in] Text to print
Return
Va l u e s
If the function succeeds, the return value is 1 or TRUE.
If the function fails, the return value is zero or FALSE.

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12. Print1DBarcode
The Print1DBarcode function print the 1D Barcode.
BOOL
P r i n t 1D B a r c od e(
Int nHorizontalPos,
int nVerticalPos,
int nBarcodeType,
int nNarrowBarWidth,
int nWideBarWidth,
int nBarcodeHeight,
int nRotation,
bool bHRI,
LPCSTR pData
) ;
Pa r a m e t e r s
nHorizontalPos
[in] Horizontal position
nVerticalPos
[in] Vertical position
nBarcodeType
[in] Barcode symbol type
nNarrowBarWidth
[in] Narrow bar width
nWideBarWidth
[in] Wide bar width
nBarcodeHeight
[in] Height of Barcode
nRotation
[in] Roation type
0: No rotation
1: 90 degrees (Clockwise)
2: 180 degrees (Clockwise)
3: 270 degrees (Clockwise)
bHRI
[in] Human Readable Interpretation
0: Not printed
1: Below the bar code (FontSize : 1)
2:Above the bar code (FontSize : 1)
3: Below the bar code (FontSize : 2)
4:Above the bar code (FontSize : 2)
5: Below the bar code (FontSize : 3)
6:Above the bar code (FontSize : 3)
7: Below the bar code (FontSize : 4)
8:Above the bar code (FontSize : 4)
pData
[in] Barcode data
Return
Va l u e s
If the function succeeds, the return value is 1 or TRUE.
If the function fails, the return value is zero or FALSE.

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13. PrintQRCode
The PrintQRCode function print the QRCode.
BOOL
PrintQRCode(
Int nXPos ,
Int nYPos,
Int nModel ,
Int nECCLevel,
Int nQRCodeSize,
Int nRotation,
LPCSTR pData,
) ;
Pa r a m e t e r s
nXPos
[in] Horizontal position (X) [dot]
nYPos
[in] Vertical position (Y) [dot]
nModel
[in] MODEL selection ( 1 or 2 )
nECCLevel
[in] ECC Level
L : 7%
M : 15%
Q : 25%
H : 30%
nQRCodeSize
[in] Barcode Size : 1~4
nRotation
[in] Rotation
0 : No Ratation
1 : 90 degrees
2 : 180 degrees
3 : 270 degrees
pData
[in] Barcode data
Return Va l u e s
If the function succeeds, the return value is 1 or TRUE.
If the function fails, the return value is zero or FALSE.

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14. PrintBlock
The PrintBlock function draw line block.
BOOL
P r i n t B l o ck (
int n H o r i z on t a l S t a r t P o s ,
int n Ve r t i c a l S t a r t P o s ,
int n H o r i z on t a l E nd P o s ,
int n Ve r t i c a l E nd P o s ,
int n O p t i on ,
int n T h i ck n e ss
) ;
Pa r a m e t e r s
nHorizontalStartPostion
[in] Horizontal start position of line block
nVerticalStartPosition
[in] Vertical start position of line block
nHorizontalEndPosition
[in] Horizontal end position of line block
nVerticalEndPosition
[in] Vertical end position of line block
nOption
[in] Option of line block
0: Line Overwriting
1: Line Exclusive OR
2: Line Delete
3: Slope
4: Box
nThickness
[in] Thickness of line block
Return Va l u e s
If the function succeeds, the return value is 1 or TRUE.
If the function fails, the return value is zero or FALSE.
15. PrintCircle
The PrintCircle function draw circle.
BOOL
P r i n tCircle (
int n H o r i z on t a l S t a r t P o s ,
int n Ve r t i c a l S t a r t P o s ,
int nDiameter ,
int nMulti ,
) ;
Pa r a m e t e r s
nHorizontalStartPostion
[in] Horizontal start position of line block
nVerticalStartPosition
[in] Vertical start position of line block
nDiameter
[in] Circle diameter (1~6)
nMulti
[in] Circle multiplier (1~4)
Return
Va l u e s
If the function succeeds, the return value is 1 or TRUE.
If the function fails, the return value is zero or FALSE.

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16. PrintImageLib
The PrintImageLib function print image from image file.
BOOL
P ri n tImageLib (
int n H o ri z on t a l S t a r t P o s ,
int n Ve r t i c a l S t a r t P o s ,
LPCSTR pImageFilename,
int nDither ,
BOOL bWithRLE
) ;
Pa r a m e t e r s
nHorizontalStartPostion
[in] Horizontal start position of line block
nVerticalStartPosition
[in] Vertical start position of line block
pImageFilename
[in] Pointer to a null-terminated string that specifies the name of the image file.
nDither
[in] Ditheroption( -1,0,1,6,7)
bWithRLE
[in] Datacompressed
Return
Va l u e s
If the function succeeds, the return value is 1 or TRUE.
If the function fails, the return value is zero or FALSE.