To get the Barcode Blaster Advantage Series into Barcode Blazer emulation mode, the following files need to be created and copied directly to the port one at a time.
The files to be sent to the Blaster are short and can be created using the DOS editor. The printer recognizes any lines following ! 0 0 0 0 as instructions. “Send” each file to the printer using the DOS COPY command. The second file changes the variable postition on the tag. This example (-50) moves the print 50 points up on the tag. You should print a sample tag to see if the second file copy is necessary. Each time you copy POSITION.SET to the printer, the print on the tag will move up 50 points. You may need to copy this file up to three times. If the print is too high on the tag, you would use a positive number in the file rather than a negative. You can use larger or smaller numbers for finer adjustment
Example: COPY BLAZER.SET LPTn
where n is the number of the LPT port where the Blaster is connected.
Sample File: BLAZER.SET:
! 0 0 0 0
VARIABLE FEED_TYPE BAR
VARIABLE MODE 2 100
VARIABLE DARKNESS 50
VARIABLE WRITE
END
Sample File: POSITION.SET
! 0 0 0 0
VARIABLE POSITION -50
VARIABLE WRITE
END
Note: Be sure that there is a carriage return at the end of each line.