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OPTIMIZE BATCH ON/OFF
Chapter 2 Program Instructions
Field of Application Statement for enabling/disabling optimizing for batch printing.
Syntax OPTIMIZE "BATCH" ↔ ON | OFF
ON|OFF enables/disables optimizing respectively.
Default: Disabled (OFF)
Remarks This facility is intended to speed up batch printing, i.e. the uninterrupted
printing of large numbers of identical or very similar labels. OPTIMIZE
BATCH is not recommended for the printing of labels with frequently
varying content.
The program execution will not wait for the printing of the label to be
completed, but proceeds executing next label image into the other of the two
image bufferes as soon as possible.
By default, OPTIMIZE BATCH is disabled (OFF). However, if the following
conditions are all fulfilled, the OPTIMIZE BATCH is automatically enabled
(ON):
- A value larger than 1 has been entered for the PRINTFEED statement.
- LTS& OFF (default)
- CUT OFF (default)
Examples Run these two examples and watch the differences in the printer's performance:
10 OPTIMIZE "BATCH" ON
20 FOR I%=1 TO 10
30 PRTXT I%
40 PRINT "Before printfeed"
50 PRINTFEED
60 PRINT "After printfeed"
70
RUN
NEXT
10 OPTIMIZE "BATCH" OFF
20 FOR I%=1 TO 10
30 PRTXT I%
40 PRINT "Before printfeed"
50 PRINTFEED
60 PRINT "After printfeed"
70 NEXT
RUN
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