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Mobile Printing Systems

CPCL Programming Manual

The following pages illustrate separating the above example into a format le and data.

DEFINE FORMAT

Defining a label format file is accomplished using the DEFINE-FORMAT (or DF) command to mark the

beginning of the format, and PRINT to mark the end. A ‘\\’ (double-backslash) acts as a place holder for

DEFINE FORMAT Command Example

! DF SHELF.FMT

! 0 200 200 210 1

TEXT 4 3 0 15 \\

TEXT 4 0 0 95 \\

BARCODE UPCA 1 1 40 0 145 \\

TEXT 7 0 0 185 \\

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