Kroy K4350 Owner's manual

KROY
PROGRAMMING
MANUAL
KROY –K4350 / K4350C Thermal Transfer Printer Series

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CONTENT
DOCUMENT CONVENTIONS...........................................................................................................1
SETUP AND SYSTEM COMMANDS.................................................................................................2
SIZE..................................................................................................................................................2
GAP ..................................................................................................................................................4
BLINE................................................................................................................................................7
OFFSET............................................................................................................................................8
SPEED............................................................................................................................................10
DENSITY.........................................................................................................................................11
DIRECTION.....................................................................................................................................12
REFERENCE ..................................................................................................................................13
COUNTRY.......................................................................................................................................14
CODEPAGE....................................................................................................................................16
CLS.................................................................................................................................................18
FEED ..............................................................................................................................................19
FORMFEED....................................................................................................................................20
HOME .............................................................................................................................................21
PRINT .............................................................................................................................................22
SOUND...........................................................................................................................................23
CUT.................................................................................................................................................24
LIMITFEED .....................................................................................................................................25
LABEL FORMATTING COMMANDS...............................................................................................26
BAR.................................................................................................................................................26
BARCODE.......................................................................................................................................27
BITMAP...........................................................................................................................................32
BOX ................................................................................................................................................33
ERASE............................................................................................................................................34
DMATRIX........................................................................................................................................35

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MAXICODE.....................................................................................................................................36
PDF417...........................................................................................................................................40
PUTPCX..........................................................................................................................................42
REVERSE.......................................................................................................................................43
TEXT...............................................................................................................................................44
STATUS POLLING COMMANDS (RS-232).....................................................................................46
<ESC>!? .........................................................................................................................................46
<ESC>!R.........................................................................................................................................47
~!A..................................................................................................................................................48
~!T ..................................................................................................................................................49
~!C..................................................................................................................................................50
~!I....................................................................................................................................................51
~!F ..................................................................................................................................................52
~!@.................................................................................................................................................53
MESSAGE TRANSLATION PROTOCOLS......................................................................................54
<ESC>! ...........................................................................................................................................54
<ESC>&..........................................................................................................................................54
~#....................................................................................................................................................55
COMMANDS FOR WINDOWS DRIVER .........................................................................................56
!B ....................................................................................................................................................56
!J.....................................................................................................................................................57
!N....................................................................................................................................................58
FILE MANAGEMENT COMMANDS.................................................................................................59
DOWNLOAD...................................................................................................................................59
REDRAW........................................................................................................................................68
EOP ................................................................................................................................................69
FILES..............................................................................................................................................70
KILL.................................................................................................................................................71
MOVE .............................................................................................................................................72
UPDATBIOS....................................................................................................................................73

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BASIC COMMANDS AND FUNCTIONS..........................................................................................74
ABS( ) .............................................................................................................................................74
ASC( ) .............................................................................................................................................75
CHR$( )...........................................................................................................................................76
END ................................................................................................................................................77
EOF( ).............................................................................................................................................78
OPEN..............................................................................................................................................80
READ..............................................................................................................................................82
SEEK ..............................................................................................................................................84
LOF( )..............................................................................................................................................86
FREAD$( ).......................................................................................................................................87
FOR…NEXT......................................................................................................................................88
IF…THEN…ELSE...............................................................................................................................90
GOSUB…RETURN...........................................................................................................................92
GOTO .............................................................................................................................................94
INP$( ).............................................................................................................................................96
INPUT .............................................................................................................................................97
REM................................................................................................................................................99
OUT ..............................................................................................................................................100
GETKEY( ).................................................................................................................................... 101
INT( )............................................................................................................................................. 102
LEFT$( )........................................................................................................................................103
LEN( )............................................................................................................................................104
MID$( )..........................................................................................................................................105
RIGHT$( )...................................................................................................................................... 106
STR$( )..........................................................................................................................................107
VAL( )............................................................................................................................................108
BEEP ............................................................................................................................................109
DEVICE RECONFIGURATION COMMANDS................................................................................ 110
SET COUNTER.............................................................................................................................110

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SET CUTTER................................................................................................................................ 111
SET KEY1..................................................................................................................................... 113
SET KEY2..................................................................................................................................... 113
SET LED1, LED2, LED3................................................................................................................115
SET PEEL..................................................................................................................................... 116
SET DEBUG..................................................................................................................................117
SET GAP.......................................................................................................................................118
SET RIBBON.................................................................................................................................119
SET COM1....................................................................................................................................120
@LABEL .......................................................................................................................................122
PEEL.............................................................................................................................................123
LED1, LED2, LED3........................................................................................................................ 124
KEY1, KEY2..................................................................................................................................125
YEAR ............................................................................................................................................126
MONTH.........................................................................................................................................128
DATE ............................................................................................................................................130
WEEK ...........................................................................................................................................132
HOUR............................................................................................................................................134
MINUTE ........................................................................................................................................136
SECOND.......................................................................................................................................138

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INDEX
!B......................................................................56
!J ......................................................................57
!N......................................................................58
@LABEL ........................................................122
~!@...................................................................53
~!A....................................................................48
~!C....................................................................50
~!F....................................................................52
~!I .....................................................................51
~!T....................................................................49
~#......................................................................55
<ESC>!.............................................................54
<ESC>!? ..........................................................46
<ESC>!R..........................................................47
<ESC>&............................................................54
ABS( )...............................................................74
ASC( )...............................................................75
BAR..................................................................26
BARCODE.......................................................27
BEEP..............................................................109
BITMAP............................................................32
BLINE.................................................................7
BOX..................................................................33
CHR$( )............................................................76
CLS...................................................................18
CODEPAGE ....................................................16
COUNTRY.......................................................14
CUT..................................................................24
DATE..............................................................130
DENSITY..........................................................11
DIRECTION.....................................................12
DMATRIX.........................................................35
DOWNLOAD ...................................................59
END..................................................................77
EOF( )..............................................................78
EOP..................................................................69
ERASE.............................................................34
FEED................................................................19
FILES...............................................................70
FOR…NEXT......................................................88
FORMFEED ....................................................20
FREAD$( ).......................................................87
GAP....................................................................4
GETKEY( ).....................................................101
GOSUB…RETURN ..........................................92
GOTO ..............................................................94
HOME ..............................................................21
HOUR.............................................................134
IF…THEN…ELSE...............................................90
INP$( )..............................................................96
INPUT ..............................................................97
INT( )..............................................................102
KEY1, KEY2..................................................125
KILL..................................................................71
LED1, LED2, LED3.......................................124
LEFT$( ).........................................................103
LEN( ).............................................................104
LIMITFEED......................................................25
LOF( )...............................................................86
MAXICODE......................................................36
MID$( )...........................................................105
MINUTE.........................................................136
MONTH..........................................................128
MOVE...............................................................72
OFFSET.............................................................8
OPEN...............................................................80

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OUT................................................................100
PDF417............................................................40
PEEL ..............................................................123
PRINT...............................................................22
PUTPCX...........................................................42
READ................................................................82
REDRAW.........................................................68
REFERENCE...................................................13
REM..................................................................99
REVERSE........................................................43
RIGHT$( ) ......................................................106
SECOND........................................................138
SEEK................................................................84
SET COM1.....................................................120
SET COUNTER.............................................110
SET CUTTER................................................111
SET DEBUG..................................................117
SET GAP.......................................................118
SET KEY1......................................................113
SET KEY2......................................................113
SET LED1, LDE2, LED3...............................115
SET PEEL......................................................116
SET RIBBON.................................................119
SIZE...................................................................2
SOUND............................................................23
SPEED.............................................................10
STR$( ) ..........................................................107
TEXT................................................................44
UpdatBios ........................................................73
VAL( ).............................................................108
WEEK ............................................................132
YEAR .............................................................126

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Document Conventions
This manual uses the following typographic conventions.
Convention Description
[expression list] Items inside square brackets are optional.
<ESC> ESCAPE (ASCII 27), control code of status
polling command, which returns the printer
status immediately, no matter the printer is
ready or not.
~(ASCII 126), control code of status polling
command, which returns the printer status
only when the printer is ready.
Note: 200 DPI: 1 mm = 8 dots Arial font in bold and italic type is used for
300 DPI: 1 mm = 12 dots notes.
DOWNLOAD “TEST.BAS” The courier font is used for program code.
SET COUNTER @1 1
@1=”0001”
TEXT 10,10,”3”,0,1,1,@1
PRINT 3,2
EOP

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Setup and System Commands
lSIZE
Description
This command defines the label width and length.
Syntax(1) English system (inch)
SIZE m, n
(2) Metric system (mm)
SIZE m mm, n mm
Parameter Description
mLabel width (inch or mm)
nLabel length (inch or mm)
Note: 200 DPI: 1 mm = 8 dots*
300 DPI: 1 mm = 12 dots
Example
(1) English system (inch)
SIZE 3.5, 3.00
(2) Metric system (mm)
SIZE 100 mm, 100 mm
*As used in the printer jargon of dot matrix. Note that like inch or millimeter, it is almost always referred to in
this manual as a measurement unit.

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