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How do I code Tear-off in ZPL II?

How do I code Tear-off in ZPL II?

How do I code Tear-off in ZPL II?

(OP)
Can't seem to get the cutter to move to desired position.  Can set printer config. manually but want to include the tear-off as part of the label format.  Trying the TA but not having any success.  Any ideas?

RE: How do I code Tear-off in ZPL II?

It the ~TA command isn't working for you, do you perhaps have the ^XB command in force that suppresses backfeed?

If so try removing ^XB and see if your problems go away.

Jim Asman
http://www.spectracolorservices.com

RE: How do I code Tear-off in ZPL II?

(OP)
No, no XB present.  Here's the code I'm trying to no avail.  Note the TA+56.  

~CC¬                                      
¬XA¬JMA¬FS¬XZ                             
¬XA¬SS,,,0870¬FS¬XZ                       
¬XA¬MTT¬FS¬XZ                             
¬XA¬MNW¬FS¬XZ                             
¬XA¬MMC¬FS¬XZ                             
¬XA¬TA+56¬FS¬XZ                           
¬XA¬MD+19¬FS¬XZ                           
¬XA¬LT-64¬FS¬XZ                           
¬XA¬PRB¬FS¬XZ                             
¬XA¬IDR:*.LGO¬XZ                          
¬XA¬IDR:*.*¬XZ                            
¬XA¬MCY¬XZ                                
¬XA¬LH0000,0000¬FS¬PON¬FS                 
¬FO0021,0411¬A0N,0041,0051¬FDSize :¬FS    
¬FO0033,0531¬A0N,0028,0030¬FDDpt/Cl¬FS    
¬FO0318,0531¬A0N,0028,0030¬FDSeason¬FS    
¬ISLB,N¬FS¬XZ¬XA¬MCY¬XZ¬XA¬ILLB¬FS                        
¬FO0000,0000¬AAN,0000,0000¬FD ¬FS                         
¬FO0057,0270¬BY4,2,100¬BUN,0090,Y,N,Y¬FD007311040351¬FS   
¬FO0021,0195¬A0N,0041,0051¬FDDB-142 SMART XX¬FS           
¬FO0018,0234¬A0N,0041,0051¬FDBLUE CHECK PATT¬FS           
¬FO0138,0411¬A0N,0041,0051¬FD16.5 34¬FS                   
¬FO0282,0792¬A0N,0057,0068¬FD29.99¬FS                     
¬FO0039,0654¬BY2,2,100¬BCN,0090,N,N¬FD900780100005950¬FS  
¬FO0045,0495¬A0N,0028,0030¬FD0781¬FS                      
¬FO0351,0492¬A0N,0028,0030¬FDE3¬FS                        
¬PQ0001,0000,0000,N¬FS¬MCN¬XZ                                     

RE: How do I code Tear-off in ZPL II?

I'm not sure what the punctuation character is before each command as displayed here. Make sure you are using ~TA with a tilde in the real file.

The only thing that comes to mind is that you may have to pad the distance with a 0 to make it 3 digits, So try...

~TA+056

or

~TA056

Maybe it doesn't like the "+"

Jim Asman
http://www.spectracolorservices.com

RE: How do I code Tear-off in ZPL II?

(OP)
For some reason, our label software (TL Ashford) replaces the carat with that other character.  I'd actually discovered that I needed a tilde for the TA prior to your reply.

But it was the 3 digits that did the trick.  I just assumed that it was a max of 3 digits, not a requirement.  I saw that other commands worked that way.  But as long as it works, I'm happy.

The resolution was:

¬XA~TA056¬FS¬XZ

Thanks for your help.  You're a genuis!

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