Wasp WPL305 Owner's manual

WPL2
PROGRAMMING
MANUAL
Wasp Technologies
BAR CODE
PRINTER SERIES

Revise History
Date Description Remark
2003/09/19
1. BASIC functions are added to WPL2
2. Supported code page update
2004/5/21 QR code is supported

TABLE OF CONTENTS
DOCUMENT CONVENTIONS.................................................................. I
SETUP AND SYSTEM COMMANDS ..................................................................................1
SIZE .......................................................................................................................................... 1
GAP ...........................................................................................................................................3
BLINE .......................................................................................................................................5
OFFSET .................................................................................................................................... 6
SPEED.......................................................................................................................................7
DENSITY..................................................................................................................................8
DIRECTION ............................................................................................................................9
REFERENCE.........................................................................................................................10
COUNTRY .............................................................................................................................11
CODEPAGE...........................................................................................................................12
FEED.......................................................................................................................................13
BACKFEED ...........................................................................................................................14
FORMFEED...........................................................................................................................15
HOME.....................................................................................................................................16
PRINT .....................................................................................................................................17
CUT .........................................................................................................................................18
LABEL FORMATTING COMMANDS..............................................................................19
CLS..........................................................................................................................................19
BAR .........................................................................................................................................20
ERASE ....................................................................................................................................21
REVERSE...............................................................................................................................22
BOX.........................................................................................................................................23
BITMAP..................................................................................................................................24
PUTBMP.................................................................................................................................25
PUTPCX .................................................................................................................................26
BARCODE..............................................................................................................................27
DMATRIX .............................................................................................................................. 31
MAXICODE...........................................................................................................................32
PDF417....................................................................................................................................34
QRCODE ................................................................................................................................35
TEXT.......................................................................................................................................39
STATUS POLLING COMMANDS (RS-232) .....................................................................40
<ESC>!?..................................................................................................................................40
<ESC>!R .................................................................................................................................41
~!T ............................................................................ERROR! BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED.
~!I.............................................................................................................................................42
~!F............................................................................................................................................43
MESSAGE TRANSLATION PROTOCOLS .....................................................................44
~# ............................................................................................................................................. 44
BEEP .......................................................................................................................................45
COMMANDS FOR WINDOWS DRIVER .........................................................................46
!B..............................................................................................................................................46

!J ..............................................................................................................................................47
FILE MANAGEMENT COMMANDS................................................................................48
DOWNLOAD .........................................................................................................................48
EOP .........................................................................................................................................51
FILES......................................................................................................................................52
KILL........................................................................................................................................53
RUN.........................................................................................................................................55
BASIC COMMANDS AND FUNCTIONS..........................................................................56
ABS( ) ......................................................................................................................................56
ASC( )......................................................................................................................................57
CHR$( ) ................................................................................................................................... 58
END .........................................................................................................................................59
EOF( )......................................................................................................................................60
OPEN ......................................................................................................................................62
READ ...................................................................................................................................... 64
SEEK.......................................................................................................................................66
LOF( )......................................................................................................................................67
FREAD$( ) ..............................................................................................................................68
FOR…NEXT .......................................................................................................................... 69
GOSUB…RETURN............................................................................................................... 73
GOTO......................................................................................................................................75
INP$( ) .....................................................................................................................................76
INPUT .....................................................................................................................................77
REM ........................................................................................................................................78
OUT.........................................................................................................................................79
GETKEY( ).............................................................................................................................80
INT( ).......................................................................................................................................81
LEFT$( ) .................................................................................................................................82
LEN( )......................................................................................................................................83
MID$( )....................................................................................................................................84
RIGHT$( )...............................................................................................................................85
STR$( ) ....................................................................................................................................86
VAL( ) .....................................................................................................................................87
DEVICE RECONFIGURATION COMMANDS ...............................................................88
SET COUNTER .....................................................................................................................88
SET CUTTER ........................................................................................................................89
SET PEEL ..............................................................................................................................91
SET TEAR..............................................................................................................................92
SET GAP.................................................................................................................................93
SET RIBBON .........................................................................................................................95
SET COM1 ............................................................................................................................. 96
SET PRINTKEY....................................................................................................................97
PRINTER GLOBAL VARIABLES .....................................................................................97
@LABEL ................................................................................................................................98
YEAR ...................................................................................................................................... 99
MONTH................................................................................................................................100
DATE .................................................................................................................................... 101
HOUR....................................................................................................................................103
MINUTE ...............................................................................................................................104

SECOND...............................................................................................................................105
@YEAR ................................................................................................................................106
@MONTH ............................................................................................................................107
@DATE.................................................................................................................................108
@DAY ...................................................................................................................................109
@HOUR................................................................................................................................110
@MINUTE ...........................................................................................................................111
@SECOND ...........................................................................................................................112

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Document Conventions
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, 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.
Space , Tab (ASCII 32),(ASCII 9) characters will be ignored in the
command line
“ (ASCII 34), beginning and ending of expression
CR,LF (ASCII 13),(ASCII 10) or (ASCII 10) is placed at the
end of command line.
NULL (ASCII 0) is not supported in the expression,
except the 2D bar code commands.
¥nnn (ASCII 92), nnn is a number. Available range is
from 000 to 255 to express the character in
decimal.
FF , EOF (ASCII 12),(ASCII 26) can be used at the end of
command line only.
Note: 200 DPI: 1 mm = 8 dots Arial font in bold and italic type is used for
note.

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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)
n Label length (inch or mm)
Note:
200 DPI: 1 mm = 8 dots
300 DPI: 1mm = 12 dots
For metric system, there must be a space between parameter and “mm”.
Max.
width
102mm 104mm 106mm 108mm
WPL606 x
WPL305 x
Example
(1) English system (inch)
SIZE 3.5, 3.00
(2) Metric system (mm)
SIZE 100 mm, 100 mm
See Also

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GAP, BLINE

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 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)
Note: For metric system, there must be a space between parameter and mm.
Example
Normal gap
(1) English system (inch)
GAP 0.12,0
(2) Metric system (mm)
GAP 3 mm,0

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Special gap
(1) English system (inch)
GAP 0.30, 0.10
(2) Metric system (mm)
GAP 7.62 mm, 2.54 mm
See Also
SIZE, BLINE

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 BLINE
Description
This command is used to set 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
(2) Metric system (mm)
BLINE m mm, n mm
Parameter Description
m The height of black line either in inch or mm.
0.1 ≤m ≤1 (inch), 2.54 ≤m ≤25.4 (mm)
n The extra label feeding length. 0 ≤n ≤label length
Note: For metric system, there must be a space between parameter and mm.
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

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 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 backtracks 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)
OFFSET 12.7 mm
See Also
SIZE, GAP, SET PEEL, SET CUTTER

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 SPEED
Description
This command defines the print speed.
Syntax
SPEED n
Parameter Description
n printing speed in inch per second
N 1 1.5 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12
WPL606 x x x x x
WPL305 x x x x
Example
SPEED 10
See Also
DENSITY

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 DENSITY
Description
This command designates the level of darkness of printing.
Syntax
DENSITY n
Parameter Description
n 0, specifies the lightest level
15, specifies the darkest level
Example
DENSITY 7
See Also
DENSITY

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 DIRECTION
Description
This command defines the printout direction.
Syntax
DIRECTION n
Parameter Description
n 0 or 1. Please refer to the illustrations below:
Example
DIRECTION 0
See Also
REFERENCE

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 REFERENCE
Description
This command defines the reference point of the label. The reference (origin) point
varies with the print direction, as shown:
Syntax
REFERENCE x, y
Parameter Description
x Horizontal coordinate, with “dot” as the unit.
y Vertical coordinate, with “dot” as the unit.
Note: 200 DPI: 1 mm = 8 dots
300 DPI: 1 mm = 12 dots
Example
REFERENCE 10,10
See Also
DIRECTION

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 COUNTRY
Description
This command defines what special character to have on the WPK-200 portable
LCD keyboard (option) to orient the keyboard for use in different countries.
Syntax
COUNTRY n
Parameter Description
n 001: USA
002: Canadian-French
003: Spanish (Latin America)
031: Dutch
032: Belgian
033: French (France)
034: Spanish (Spain)
036: Hungarian
038: Yugoslavian
039: Italian
041: Switzerland
042: Slovak
044: United Kingdom
045: Danish
046: Swedish
047: Norwegian
048: Polish
049: German
055: Brazil
061: English (International)
351: Portuguese
358: Finnish
Example
COUNTRY 001
See Also
CODEPAGE

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
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 7-bit code page and 8-bit code page further.
7-bit code page name
USA: USA
BRI: British
GER: German
FRE: French
DAN: Danish
ITA: Italian
SPA: Spanish
SWE: Swedish
SWI: Swiss
8-bit code page number
437: United States
850: Multilingual
852: Slavic
860: Portuguese
863: Canadian/French
865: Nordic
Note: Whether to use 7-bit or 8-bit code page is determined by the communication
parameter of DATA LENGTH
.
Example
CODEPAGE 437
See Also
COUNTRY, SET COM1

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
FEED
Description
This command feeds label with the specified length.
The length is specified by dot.
Syntax
FEED n
Parameter Description
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

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
BACKFEED
Description
To back feed label with the specified length
The length is specified by dot.
Syntax
BACKFEED n
Parameter Description
n unit: dot
1 ≤n ≤9999
Example
BACKFEED 40
CAUTION: Impropriety back feed value may cause paper jam or wrinkle.
Note: 200 DPI: 1 mm = 8 dots
300 DPI: 1 mm = 12 dots
See Also
FEED, SIZE, GAP, BLINE