Zebra Technologies P1059693-001 Rev. A Life Jacket User Manual


 
6/4/2013 ZKDU User’s Guide P1059693-001 Rev. A
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EPL ZKDU System
This chapter covers the unique features that a Zebra label printer operating with EPL
programming exhibits when operating with the ZKDU.
Contents
Unique ZKDU EPL Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Important EPL Commands for Operator Interactive Print Forms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
EPL Mode ZKDU Use Example. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Printing Forms without Variables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Printing Forms with Variables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Printing Forms with Consecutive Number Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Forcing the Operator to Re-enter Variable Input Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Protecting Operator Variable Input Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Configuring Language Locales for the ZKDU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
ZKDU EPL Supported Language Code Pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
ZKDU EPL Supported Locales (Country Codes). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Character Overlay Support by Country and Code Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Programming the EPL Printer and ZKDU for Language and Locale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Adding the Keyboard Overlay to the ZKDU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Entering the Alternate Characters for Display and Print . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26