Chapter3 Handling Registering Templates The term “template” indicates a standard size label format used by an application that directly controls ESC/ Label commands. Registering a template that can be used for your various labels allows your application to generate only data of variable information and print the data combining it with the registered template. To create a template and to specify the template to print, use the ESC/Label commands. Print job Register Template CW-C8000u Print CW-C8000u Creating Templates Using the ESC/Label commands, write label format to be registered on a text or binary file. In the label format description, write the file name of the template file.
For more details about the commands, refer to the “Save label format” section in “ESC/Label Command Reference Guide”. There is no prescribed file extension for the text or binary file. Registering Templates Click [Store...] in the [Template] field to display a screen to select a template file. Select the text or binary file that you created as the template file, then click [Set]. The template file is stored in the printer. 196