Epson LABELWRITER SE450 User Manual

Technical Reference® DYMO LabelWriter SE450 Label Printer®

Configuring the Host Computer for RS-232 Serial InterfaceRS-232 CablingRS-232 cable pinouts are shown in the table below. For details on RS-232 signal

Programming OverviewThis chapter includes the information needed to control the LabelWriter SE450 printercorrectly using ASCII Escape commands (referr

Programming OverviewPRINT #1, “HELLO WORLD”In a nutshell, that’s all there is to controlling the LabelWriter printer. Any formatting orspecial effect

Programming the LabelWriter PrinterTo allow for longer distances to be specified, two 8-bit characters are used to specify thevalue, by combining them

Programming Overview710 base 10 = 0000001011000110n1 binary = 00000010 or "2" decimaln2 binary = 11000110 or "198" decimalFont Spe

Print Modesa top-of-form hole before this maximum feed distance is reached, it will stop at that point,rather than continuing. This command is only ne

Programming OverviewCertain commands are disabled or work differently while the printer is in portrait mode.Exact details can be found with each comma

Barcode Objectscommand. While a text object is active, commands that alter text line attributes (such asfont and double-height character commands) are

Programming Overviewparameter specifies whether a fixed amount of data will be sent or whether delimiters willbe used. In either case, the data sent m

Command ReferenceThis chapter describes the commands you can use to program your LabelWriter SE450printer. Below are some of the things you can do wit

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Command ReferenceNAME DESCRIPTIONESC gSet Print Temperature to HighESC J nFeed n LinesESC LSet Feed LengthESC MSet Font to 12 cpiESC PSet Font to 16 c

Commands by FunctionNAME DESCRIPTIONGS L n1 n2Set Feed LengthGS l n1 n2 l1 l2 mDraw Line in Landscape ModeGS q n m d1…dkPrint UPC/EAN ChecksumGS RSSet

Command ReferenceNAME DESCRIPTIONCRCarriage ReturnESC J nFeed n SublinesESC X n1 n2Set Horizontal Starting PositionESC Y n1Set Vertical Starting Posit

Commands by FunctionNAME DESCRIPTIONSOSet Font to Double Wide ModeBarcodesNAME DESCRIPTIONGS A n1 n2Barcode Start PositionGS W Thin ThickSet Barcode E

Command ReferenceRaster CompatibilityNAME DESCRIPTIONSYNRaster Mode GraphicsETBRaster Mode Compressed GraphicsESC *Reset to DefaultsESC @Reset Printer

CommandsThese characters, while not part of an escape (command) sequence, will be printed usingthe currently selected font. The standard, printable AS

Command ReferenceESC A Return Printer StatusDescriptionProvided for LabelWriter printer raster compatibility. ESC A is identical to the GS Scommand de

CommandsESC c Set Print Temperature to LowUsed to adjust the printing strobe.This command is also supported by the LabelWriter SE300 and the LabelWrit

Command ReferenceASCII ESC dDecimal 27 100Hex 1B 64ParametersNoneESC E Form FeedDescriptionPrints the contents of the text buffer and advances the pri

CommandsNoneESC F 1 n FeednLinesDescriptionProvided for LabelWriter raster compatibility.The command is used to feed the next "n" lines on t

ContentsIntroduction 1Configuring the Host Computer for RS-232 Serial Interface 3RS-232 Settings 3RS-232 Cabling 4RS-232 Signal Levels 4Programming Ov

Command ReferenceASCII ESC J nDecimal 27 74 nHex 1B 4A nParametersn = the desired number of sublines to feedESC L Set Feed LengthDescriptionProvided f

CommandsFontHeight WidthHorizontalcpiVertical cpiESC P 24 12 16.9 8.4ESC M 32 16 12.7 6.4ESC U 32 20 10.2 6.4ESC T 56 28 7.3 3.6ESC P Set Font to 16 c

Command ReferenceESC Q Set Top MarginDescriptionProvided for LabelWriter raster compatibility.ESC S Set Font to 20 cpiDescriptionChanges to the 20 cpi

CommandsFonts may only be changed at the beginning of a line, prior to any printable characters.This font will remain in effect until the printer is r

Command ReferenceExpressionASCII ESCUDecimal 27 85Hex 1B 55ParametersNoneFont Height WidthHorizontalcpiVertical cpiESC S 16 10 20.3 12.7ESC P 24 12 1

Commandsn2 are received successfully by the host, you can be reasonably assured that there is aLabelWriter printer attached connected and your program

Command ReferenceThis command is used in landscape printing to set a new offset from the top marginfrom which to begin printing text and barcode objec

CommandsSee AlsoESC *ExpressionASCII ESC @Decimal 27 64Hex 1B 40ParametersNoneETB Raster Mode Compressed GraphicsDescriptionProvided for LabelWriter p

Command Reference16 white pixels16 printed pixelsTotal 192 pixels = 24 bytes x 8Using the ETB command, along with the ESC D and ESC B commands, can dr

CommandsNoneGS A Starting Position of Bar CodeDescriptionDefines the distance from the left where the first barcode will print. The distance isreprese

CR Carriage Return 19DC4 Cancel Double Wide Mode 19ESC A Return Printer Status 20ESC a Return Hardware Status 20ESC B Set Dot Tab 20ESC c Set Print Te

Command ReferenceGS DC3ExpressionASCII GS DC2Decimal 29 18Hex 1D 12ParametersNoneGS DC3 Cancel Double HeightDescriptionCancels the double-height chara

CommandsGS h Set Barcode HeightDescriptionDefines the height of the bars (in dots) for barcodes. The height is defined in n/203 inchincrements. For ex

Command ReferenceCharacter Value Barcode Symbologyn = 2 EAN/UPC Autom = 6 UPC - Em = 7 EAN-8m = 8 invalidm = 9 UPC-E + 2m = 10 UPC Auto (UPC-E/UPC-A)m

CommandsFor Data Matrix encoding, the LabelWriter SE450 printer supports only basic ASCIIcharacters 0x00-0x7F.Data Matrix barcodes are only supported

Command ReferenceRows ColumnsNumber ofEncodable ASCIIbytesEncodable numeric bytes with"Numbers-only" compression10 10 3 614 14 8 1618 18 18

CommandsGS 0x6B 0x0F 0xC0 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x05 0x3132333435Prints the following image:Here, 5 characters are also sent: ABCDE. However, since they are

Command Referencel Numeric Compaction mode: 2528 characters (at 2.93 data characters per codeword).n Symbol size:l Number of rows: 3 to 90.l Number of

Commandse = user defined error correction level (0 to 8), if it is 0 which means the error correctionlevel will be set according to PDF417 specificati

Command ReferenceParametersn1 most significant byte of the offset from the left (in dots)n2 least significant byte of the offset from the left (in dot

CommandsGS L Set Feed LengthDescriptionSets the distance the print media will advance upon receipt of a form feed (FF or ESCE) command. The distance i

PDF417 2D Barcode 39GS l Draw Line in Landscape Mode 41GS L Set Feed Length 43GS q Print UPC/EAN Checksum 44GS RS Set Inverse Print Mode 44GS S Return

Command ReferenceGS q Print UPC/EAN ChecksumDescriptionPrints the checksum digit for the specified barcode. The checksum digit is printed in thecurren

CommandsGS S Return Printer StatusDescriptionReturns a single status byte. The printer status is determined by testing the individualbits within the r

Command ReferenceGS T Select Line Wrap/Truncate ModesDescriptionDetermines how to handle a text wrap condition. A text wrap condition occurs whentext

CommandsGS US Cancel Inverse Print ModeDescriptionCancels the inverse print mode (white on black) and returns text back to its normalattributes for th

Command ReferenceGS V Set Print OrientationDescriptionCauses the LabelWriter printer to print the data stored in the print buffer and thenchange to th

CommandsASCII GSW Thin ThickDecimal 29 87 Thin ThickHex 1D 57 Thin ThickParametersThin thickness of thin barsThick thickness of thick barsGS w Set Ba

Command ReferenceGS * Landscape Mode GraphicsDescriptionPrints a graphic image (in landscape mode only).ExpressionASCII GS * n1 n2 t h w d1…dmDecimal

CommandsHT Horizontal TabDescriptionMoves cursor position to next multiple of eight single-width characters. Note thatdouble-width characters count as

Command ReferenceCauses all the text that follows the command on the same line to be printed as double-wide characters. Double-wide characters are can

The Caret Featurerequired because this amount exceeds the longest possible string of bitmap data bytesthat the LabelWriter printer expects.See AlsoESC

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Command ReferenceWhen using the caret feature, three-digit characters must always follow the caret (^). Also,while the caret feature is enabled, the p

The Caret FeatureCharacter CodesBelow is a list showing the ASCII codes from 1 to 255. The list shows the ASCII charactersand names, and the correspon

Character CodesCharName Decimal Hex Binary^[ESC27 1B 0001 1011^\FS28 1C 0001 1100^]GS29 1D 0001 1101^^RS30 1E 0001 1000^US31 1F 0001 1111Spacespace32

The Caret FeatureCharName Decimal Hex Binary;semicolon59 3B 0011 1011<less than sign60 3C 0011 1100=equal sign61 3D 0011 1101>greater than sign6

Character CodesCharName Decimal Hex Binary[open bracket91 5B 0101 1011\back slash92 5C 0101 1100]close bracket93 5D 0101 1101^caret94 5E 0101 1110_und

The Caret FeatureCharName Decimal Hex Binary{open brace123 7B 0111 1011|vertical line124 7C 0111 1100}close brace125 7D 0111 1101~tilde126 7E 0111 111

Character CodesCharName Decimal Hex Binary› 155 9B 1001 1011œ 156 9C 1001 1100157 9D 1001 1101ž 158 9E 1001 1110Ÿ 159 9F 1001 1111160 A0 1010 0000¡ 16

The Caret FeatureCharName Decimal Hex Binary» 187 BB 1011 1011¼ 188 BC 1011 1100½ 189 BD 1011 1101¾ 190 BE 1011 1110¿ 191 BF 1011 1111À 192 C0 1100 00

Character CodesCharName Decimal Hex BinaryÛ 219 DB 1101 1011Ü 220 DC 1101 1100Ý 221 DD 1101 1101Þ 222 DE 1101 1110ß 223 DF 1101 1111à 224 E0 1110 0000

The Caret FeatureCharName Decimal Hex Binaryû 251 FB 1111 1011ü 252 FC 1111 1100ý 253 FD 1111 1101þ 254 FE 1111 1110ÿ 255 FF 1111 111163

IntroductionThe LabelWriter SE450 printer is a compact, thermal-transfer label printer. Featuring bothRS-232 serial and USB connections and including

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Configuration MenuThe LabelWriter SE450 printer has a Printer Configuration Menu built into the firmware.Through this menu, flash memory settings such

Configuration MenuB4 Set 14,400 BaudB5 Set 19,200 BaudB6 Set 28,800 BaudB7 Set 38,400 BaudB8 Set 57,600 BaudB9 Set 115,200 BaudF? Display Default Feed

Printer SpecificationsThis section covers hardware specifications for the LabelWriter SE450 printer.n Hardware specificationsn Interface specification

Printer SpecificationsAverage Life 2 million lineal inches (over 31 miles) Print head is replaceablePrinting Method Direct thermalSpeed40 labels per m

USB SettingsUSB SettingsThe LabelWriter SE450 printer communicates with the host computer using a full-speedUSB 2.0 interface. This interface also ope

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Configuring the HostComputer for RS-232Serial InterfaceThis chapter describes how to configure the host computer to communicate with theLabelWriter SE