Rongta Technology RP400 User manual

Rongta Technology (Xiamen) Group Co., Ltd.
www.rongtatech.com
V1.0
Thermal Transfer Barcode Printer
RP400\RP500 Command Set

Command Set
1
Table of Contents
Document Conventions...........................................................................................4
Setup and System Commands.............................................................................. 4
SIZE....................................................................................................................................................4
GAP.................................................................................................................................................... 5
BLINE................................................................................................................................................. 6
OFFSET.............................................................................................................................................8
SPEED............................................................................................................................................... 9
DENSITY........................................................................................................................................... 9
DIRECTION.................................................................................................................................... 10
REFERENCE..................................................................................................................................10
CODEPAGE....................................................................................................................................11
CLS...................................................................................................................................................12
FEED................................................................................................................................................12
BACKFEED.....................................................................................................................................13
FORMFEED.................................................................................................................................... 13
HOME.............................................................................................................................................. 14
PRINT.............................................................................................................................................. 14
SOUND............................................................................................................................................ 15
LIMITFEED......................................................................................................................................16
SELFTEST...................................................................................................................................... 17
Label Formatting Commands.............................................................................. 17
BAR.................................................................................................................................................. 17
BARCODE.......................................................................................................................................18
BITMAP............................................................................................................................................22
BOX.................................................................................................................................................. 23
ERASE.............................................................................................................................................24
PUTBMP..........................................................................................................................................25
PUTPCX.......................................................................................................................................... 26
QRCODE.........................................................................................................................................27
REVERSE....................................................................................................................................... 30
TEXT................................................................................................................................................ 30
Status Polling Commands(RS-232)....................................................................32
<ESC>!?.......................................................................................................................................... 32
<ESC>!R..........................................................................................................................................33

Command Set
2
~!@ ..................................................................................................................................33
~!A.....................................................................................................................................................33
~!C.....................................................................................................................................................34
~!D.....................................................................................................................................................34
~!F..................................................................................................................................................... 34
~!I...................................................................................................................................................... 35
~!T..................................................................................................................................................... 35
FileManagement Commands................................................................................35
DOWNLOAD....................................................................................................................................35
EOP...................................................................................................................................................38
FILES................................................................................................................................................ 39
KILL...................................................................................................................................................39
MOVE............................................................................................................................................... 40
RUN.................................................................................................................................................. 40
BASIC Commands and Functions...................................................................... 41
ABS( )............................................................................................................................................... 41
ASC( )...............................................................................................................................................41
CHR$( )............................................................................................................................................ 42
END...................................................................................................................................................42
EOF( )............................................................................................................................................... 43
OPEN................................................................................................................................................44
READ................................................................................................................................................45
SEEK................................................................................................................................................ 46
LOF( )............................................................................................................................................... 47
FREAD$( )....................................................................................................................................... 47
FOR…NEXT....................................................................................................................................48
IF…THEN…ELSE…ENDIF.......................................................................................................... 49
GOSUB…RETURN........................................................................................................................ 52
GOTO............................................................................................................................................... 53
REM.................................................................................................................................................. 54
INT( ).................................................................................................................................................54
LEFT$( )........................................................................................................................................... 55
LEN( )............................................................................................................................................... 55

Command Set
3
MID$( )..............................................................................................................................................56
RIGHT$( )........................................................................................................................................ 57
STR$( )............................................................................................................................................ 57
VAL( )............................................................................................................................................... 58
BEEP................................................................................................................................................59
Device Reconfiguration Commands..................................................................59
SET COUNTER..............................................................................................................................59
SET KEY1, SET KEY2..................................................................................................................60
SET PEEL....................................................................................................................................... 61
SET TEAR.......................................................................................................................................62
SET HEAD...................................................................................................................................... 63
SET RIBBON.................................................................................................................................. 63
SET COM1...................................................................................................................................... 64
SET PRINTKEY............................................................................................................................. 65
SET REPRINT................................................................................................................................66
PEEL................................................................................................................................................ 67
KEY1, KEY2....................................................................................................................................68
Printer Global Variables........................................................................................ 68
@LABEL..........................................................................................................................................68

Command Set
4
Document Conventions
This manual uses the following typographic conventions.
Convention Description
[expression list] Items inside square brackets are optional, expression maximum
length 2*1024bytes.
<ESC> ASCII 27, control code of status polling command returns/runs the
printerstatus immediately.
~ ASCII 126, control code of status polling command returns the
printer statusonly when the printer is ready.
Note:200 DPI: 1 mm = 12 dots The font in bold and italic type is used for note.
DOWNLOAD “TEST.BAS”
SET COUNTER @1 1
@1=”0001”
TEXT 10,10,”3”,0,1,1,@1
PRINT 3,2
EOP
Setup and System Commands
SIZE
[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
m
Label width (inch or mm/dot)
n
Label length (inch or mm/dot)
))
Notes: 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”.
[Example] (1) English system (inch)
SIZE 3.5, 3.00
(2) Metric system (mm)
SIZE 100 mm, 100 mm

Command Set
5
[See Also] GAP,BLINE
GAP
[Description] Define the gap distance between two labels.
[Syntax] (1)English system (inch)
GAP m, n
(2)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
Notes:
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.
Example：IN DOS mode
C:\>COPY CON LPT1 <Enter>
GAP 2 mm,0<Enter>
<Ctrl>+<Z><Enter>
[Example] Normal gap
(1).English system (inch)
GAP 0.12,0
(2).Metric system (mm)
GAP 3 mm,0
(3).Continuous label
GAP 0,0
m
LABEL
GAP
n
m:Label Width
n: Label Height

Command Set
6
m
Special gap
(1).English system (inch)
GAP 0.30,0.10
(2).Metric system (mm)
GAP 7.62 mm, 2.54 mm
Feed Direction
Sensor poit
n
m
[See Also] SIZE,BLINE
BLINE
[Description] This command sets the height of the black line and the user-defined
extra label feeding length each form feed takes.
[Syntax] (1)English system (inch)
BLINE m,n

Command Set
7
(2) )Metric system (mm)
BLINE m mm,n mn
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
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.
Example：IN DOS mode
C:\>COPY CON LPT1 <Enter>
BLINE 2 mm,0<Enter>
<Ctrl>+<Z><Enter>
[Example] (1) English system (inch)
BLINE 0.20,0.50
(2)Metric system (mm)
BLINE 5.08 mm,12.7 mm
[See Also] SIZE, GAP
Leading edge
m
Black lime
Feed
Leading edge
Direction
n
Black lime

Command Set
8
OFFSET
[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] (1)English system (inch)
OFFSET m
(2)Metric system (mm)
OFFSET m mm
Parameter
Description
m
The offset distance (inch or mm)
-1 m 1(inch)
CAUTION: Impropriety offset value may cause paper jam.
[Example] (1) English system (inch)
OFFSET 0.5
(2)Metric system (mm)
FFSET 12.7(mm)
Feed Direction
Leading edge
m
[See Also] SIZE, GAP, SET PEEL

Command Set
9
SPEED
[Description] This command defines the print speed.
[Syntax] SPEED n
Parameter
Description
n
printing speed in inch per second
[Example] SPEED 4
[See Also] DENSITY
DENSITY
[Description] This command sets the printing darkness.
[Syntax] DENSITY n
Parameter
Description
n
0~15
0, specifies the lightest level
15, specifies the darkest level
[Example] DENSITY7
[See Also] SPEED
DIRECTION
[Description] This command defines the printout direction. This will be stored in
the printer memory.
[Syntax] DIRECTION n
Parameter
Description
n
0 or 1. Please refer to the illustrations below:

Command Set
10
DIRECTION 1 ， 0
REFERENCE
[Description] This command defines the reference point of the label. The reference
(origin) point varies with the print direction, as shown:
x
y
Reference x,y
Direction 1
Reference x,y
y
Direction 0
x
Feed direction
[Syntax] REFERENCE x, y
Parameter
Description
x
Horizontal coordinate (in dots)
y
Vertical coordinate (in dots).
Note: 200 DPI: 1 mm = 8 dots
300 DPI: 1 mm = 12 dots
[Example] REFERENCE 10,10
DIRECTION 0 ， 0
Feed Direction
123456
ABCDEF
TEST PRINT
Feed Direction

Command Set
11
[See Also] DIRECTION
CODEPAGE
[Description] This command defines the code page of international character set.
[Syntax] CODEPAGE n
Parameter
Description
n
name or number of code page, which can be
divided into 8-bit code page.
437: United States
850: Multilingual
852: Slavic
860: Portuguese
863: Canadian/French
865: Nordic
Windows code page
1250: Central Europe
1252: LatinI
1253: Greek
1254: Turkish
[Example] CODEPAGE 437
CLS
[Description] This command clears the image buffer.
[Syntax] CLS
Note: This command must be placed after SIZE command.
[Example] CLS
[See Also] SIZE, GAP, BLINE
FEED
[Description] This command feeds label with the specified length.
[Syntax] FEED n
Parameter
Description

Command Set
12
n
Unit: dot
1 n 9999
[Example] FEED 40
Note: 200 DPI: 1 mm = 8 dots
300 DPI: 1 mm = 12 dots
[See Also] BACKFEED, SIZE, GAP, BLINE, HOME, FORMFEED
BACKFEED &BACKUP
[Description] This command feeds the label in reverse.
[Syntax] BACKFEED n
Parameter
Description
n
Unit: dot
1 n 9999
CAUTION: Impropriety back feed value may cause paper jam or wrinkle.
Note: 200 DPI: 1 mm = 8 dots
300 DPI: 1 mm = 12 dots
[Example] BACKFEED 40
BACKFEED 40
[See Also] FEED, SIZE, GAP, BLINE, HOME, FORMFEED
FORMFEED
[Description] This command feeds label to the beginning of next label.
[Syntax] FORMFEED
[Example]
SIZE 4,2.5
GAP 0 mm,0
SPEED 4
DENSITY 7
DIRECTION 0
OFFSET 0.00
REFERENCE 0,0
SET PEEL OFF
SET COUNTER @0 +1
@0="000001"
FORMFEED
CLS

Command Set
13
BOX 1,1,360,65,12
TEXT 25,25,"3",0,1,1,"FORMFEED COMMAND TEST"
TEXT 25,80,"3",0,1,1,@0
PRINT 3,1
[See Also] FEED, SIZE, GAP, BLINE, HOME, FORMFEED
HOME
[Description] This command will feed label until the internal sensor has determined
the origin. Size and gap of the label should be defined before using
this command.
[Syntax] HOME
[Example] Sample code
SIZE 4,2.5
GAP 2 mm,0
SPEED 4
DENSITY 7
DIRECTION 0
OFFSET 0.00
REFERENCE 0,0
SET PEEL OFF
SET COUNTER @0 +1
@0="000001"
HOME
CLS
BOX 1,1,360,65,12
TEXT 25,25,"3",0,1,1,"HOME COMMAND TEST"
TEXT 25,80,"3",0,1,1,@0
PRINT 3,1
[See Also] FEED, SIZE, GAP, BLINE, FORMFEED
PRINT
[Description] This command prints the label format currently stored
in the image buffer
. [Syntax] PRINT m[,n]
Parameter
Description
m
Specifies how many sets of labels will be printed.
1 m 999999999
n
Specifies how many copies should be printed for
each particular label set.
1 n 999999999
[Example]
SIZE 60 mm, 20 mm
SET COUNTER @1 1
@1=”0001”

Command Set
14
CLS
TEXT 10,10,”3”,0,1,1,@1
PRINT 3,2
[See Also] SET COUNTER, INPUT, DOWNLOAD
SOUND
[Description] This command is used to control the sound frequency of the beeper.
There are 10 levels of sounds. The timing control the sound can be set
by the “interval” parameter.
[Syntax] SOUND level, interval
Parameter
Description
level
Sound level: 0~9
interval
Sound interval: 1~4095
[Example] SOUND 5,200
SOUND 3,200
SOUND 3,200
SOUND 4,200
SOUND 2,200
SOUND 2,200
SOUND 1,200
SOUND 2,200
SOUND 3,200
SOUND 4,200
SOUND 5,200
LIMITFEED
[Description] If the gap sensor is not set to a suitable sensitivity while feeding labels,
the printer will not be able to locate the correct position of the gap.
[Syntax] (the English system, inch)
LIMITFEED n
(the metric system, mm)
LIMITFEED n mm
Parameter
Description
N
The maximum
length for sensor
detecting
[Note] 1、The setting will remain resident in memory.
2、The default value is 4 inches when printer initializes.

Command Set
15
3、For metric system, there must be a space between parameter n and mm.
SELFTEST
[Description] At this command, the printer will print out the printer information.
[Syntax] SELFTEST
[Example] SELFTEST
Label Formatting Commands
BAR
[Description] This command draws a bar on the label format.
[Syntax] BAR x, y, width, height
Parameter
Description
x
The upper left corner x-coordinate in dot
y
The upper left corner y-coordinate in dot
width
The width of bar in dot
height
The height of bar in dot
Note: 200 DPI: 1 mm = 8 dots
300 DPI: 1 mm = 12 dots
[Example]
SIZE 4,2.5
GAP 0,0
SPEED 6
DENSITY 8
DIRECTION 0
CLS
BAR 100, 100, 300, 200
PRINT 1,1
(100,100)
200
300
[See Also] BOX

Command Set
16
BARCODE
[Description] This command prints 1D barcodes
The available barcodes are listed below:
 Code 128
 Code 128M
 EAN 128
 Interleaved 2 of 5
 Interleaved 2 of 5 with check digit
 Code 39 standard
 Code 39 with check digit
 Code 93
 EAN 13
 EAN 13 with 2 digits add-on
 EAN 13 with 5 digits add-on
 EAN 8
 EAN 8 with 2 digits add-on
 EAN 8 with 5 digits add-on
 Codabar
 Postnet
 UPC-A
 UPC-A with 2 digits add-on
 UPC-A with 5 digits add-on
 UPC-E
 UPC-E with 2 digits add-on
 UPC-E with 5 digits add-on
 MSI
 PLESSEY
 China POST
 ITF14
 EAN14
[Syntax] BARCODE X, Y, ”code type”, height, human
readable, rotation, narrow, wide, “code”
Parameter
Description
x
Specify the x-coordinate of the bar code on label
y
Specify the y-coordinate of the bar code on label
Codetype
128
Code 128, switching code subset A, B, C
automatically.
128M
Code 128, switching code subset A, B, C manually
Controlcode
A
B
C
096
FNC3
FNC3
NONE

Command Set
17
097
FNC2
FNC2
NONE
098
SHIFT
SHIFT
NONE
099
CODE C
CODE C
NONE
100
CODE B
FNC4
CODE B
101
FNC4
CODE A
CODE A
102
FNC1
FNC1
FNC1
103
Start (CODE A)
104
Start (CODE B)
105
Start (CODE C)
Use “!” as a starting character for the control code followed by three control codes.
If the start subset is not set, the default starting subset is B.
 EAN128Code 128, switching code subset A, B, C automatically
 25 Interleaved 2 of5
 25C Interleaved 2 of5 with check digits
 39 Code 39
 39C Code 39full ASCII with check digit
 93 Code 93
 EAN 13 EAN 13
 EAN 13+2 EAN 13 with 2 digits add-on
 EAN 13+5 EAN 13 with 5 digits add-on
 EAN 8 EAN 8
 EAN 8+2 EAN 8 with 2 digits add-on
 EAN 8+5 EAN 8 with 5 digits add-on
 CODA Codabar
 POST Post net
 UPCA+2 UPC-A with 2 digits add-on
 UPCA+5 UPC-A with 5 digits add-on
 UPCE UPC-E
 UPCE+2 UPC-E with 2 digits add-on
 UPCE+5 UPC-E with 5 digits add-on
 CPOST China post code
 MSI MSI code
 MSIC
 PLESSEY PLESSEY code
 ITF 14 ITF 14 code
 EAN 14 EAN 14 code
 Height bar code height expressed by dot
 human readable 0: human not readable
1: human readable
 rotation Rotate bar code clockwise in degrees
0 non rotation
90 rotate 90 degrees clockwise

Command Set
18
180 rotate 180 degrees clockwise
270 rotate 270 degrees clockwise
Narrow Wide
Width of narrow element (in dots) Width of wide element
(indots)
POST
1x
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
UPCA
8x
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
UPCA+2
8x
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
UPCA+5
8x
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
UPCE
8x
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
UPCE+2
8x
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
UPCE+5
8x
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
CPOST
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
1x
MSI
N/A
N/A
10x
N/A
N/A
MSIC
N/A
N/A
10x
N/A
N/A
PLESSY
N/A
N/A
10x
N/A
N/A
ITF14
N/A
10x
10x
5x
N/A
EAN14
N/A
N/A
N/A
5x
N/A
Barcode type
Maximum bar
Code length
Barcode type
Maximum bar
Code length
128
—
POST
5,9,11
EAN128
—
UPCA
11
25
—
UPCA+2
13
narrow:wide
1:1
narrow: wide
1:2
narrow: wide
1:3
narrow: wide
3:7
128
10x
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
EAN128
10x
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
25
N/A
10x
10x
5x
N/A
25C
N/A
10x
10x
5x
N/A
39
N/A
10x
10x
5x
N/A
39C
N/A
10x
10x
5x
N/A
93
N/A
N/A
10x
N/A
N/A
EAN13
8x
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
EAN13+2
8x
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
EAN13+5
8x
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
EAN8
8x
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
EAN8+2
8x
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
EAN8+5
8x
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
CODA
N/A
10x
10x
5x
N/A

Command Set
19
25C
—
UPCA+5
16
39
—
UPCE
6
39C
—
UPCE+2
8
93
—
UPCE+5
11
EAN13
12
CPOST
—
EAN13+2
14
MSI
—
EAN13+5
17
MSIC
—
EAN8
7
PLESSY
—
EAN8+2
9
ITF14
13
EAN8+5
12
EAN14
13
CODA
—
[Example] BARCODE 100,100,”39”,96,1,0,2,4,”1000”
BARCODE 10,10,”128M”,48,1,0,2,2,”!104!096ABCD!101EFGH”
(The above example of code 128M encoded with CODE B start
character. The next character will be the code 128function character
FNC3 which is then followed by the ABCD characters and EFGH
characters encoded as CODE A subset.
BITMAP
[Description] This command draws bitmap images (as opposed to
BMP graphic files).
[Syntax] BITMAP X, Y, width, height, mode, bitmap data…
Parameter
Description
x
Specify the x-coordinate
y
Specify the y-coordinate
width
Image width (in bytes)
height
Image height (in dots)
mode
Graphic modes listed below:
0
OVERWRITE
1
OR
2
XOR
bitmap data
Bitmap data
[Example]