SAP Device Driver

for SATO Printers

User Manual

Edition 2.3
January 2026
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Table of Contents
Table of Contents ................................................................................................................... 3

1 Introduction ........................................................................................................................ 4

2 SAP Environment .............................................................................................................. 5

3 Overview of Solution ......................................................................................................... 6

4 Using SATO Device Type.................................................................................................. 7

5 Creating Output Device ................................................................................................... 16

6 Functionalities of SATO-SAP Printer Driver ................................................................. 18

6.1 Barcode ................................................................................................................... 18
6.1.1 Defining Barcode ........................................................................................ 19
6.1.2 New Barcode Technology .......................................................................... 20
6.1.3 New Technology Barcode .......................................................................... 23
6.1.4 Old Barcode Technology (Conventional System Barcode) ........................ 25
6.1.5 Old Technology Barcode ............................................................................ 25
6.1.6 Defining Printer Barcodes .......................................................................... 26
6.1.7 Customized Barcode With UNDEF ............................................................ 29
[Link] GS1-128 Barcode With UNDEF .................................................. 29
[Link] GS1 Datamatrix Barcode With UNDEF ...................................... 31
[Link] QR Code With UNDEF................................................................ 34
[Link] RFID “ESC+IP0e:h,epc:” Command ........................................... 36
6.2 Fonts........................................................................................................................ 37
6.2.1 Unicode Printing for NX Series ................................................................... 39
6.3 Smart Styles ............................................................................................................ 48
6.4 Smart Forms............................................................................................................ 50
6.4.1 Adding Text ................................................................................................ 51
6.4.2 Adding Barcode .......................................................................................... 53
6.4.3 Adding Images............................................................................................ 54
6.4.4 Positioning Printing Components ............................................................... 55
6.4.5 Printing the Smart Forms ........................................................................... 55
6.5 System Commands ................................................................................................. 57
6.5.1 Text and Image Rotation ............................................................................ 62
6.5.2 Setup Label Size Using Command ............................................................ 63
6.5.3 Inverse Color Print Area Setup ................................................................... 64

7 Limitations........................................................................................................................ 65

8 Appendix .......................................................................................................................... 66
8.1 Print Controls List for Barcode ................................................................................ 66
8.2 Font Print Controls .................................................................................................. 72

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Introduction 1
“SAP Device Driver for SATO printers” is an SAP Smart Forms printing solution to SATO printers.
It allows users to use a driver for a Page Description Language (PDL) that is implemented in
Advanced Business Application Programming (ABAP) and resided in the SAP environment to print
SATO printer without 3rd party solutions. With this device driver, SATO Barcode Printer Language
(SBPL) is sent to the SATO printer directly from the SAP system –- providing greater performance
and efficiency.

This document explains the necessary environment and configuration to use such a solution.

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SAP Environment 2
The following SAP environment supports the ABAP based PDL drivers:

• SAP_BASIS Release 6.20:

Support Package SAPKB62064 + attached correction instructions or
Support Package SAPKB62065 + attached correction instructions
or Support Package SAPKB62066
Kernel 6.40 patch level 222

• SAP_BASIS Release 6.40:

Support Package SAPKB64022 + attached correction instruction
or Support Package SAPKB64023
Kernel 6.40 patch level 222

• SAP_BASIS Release 7.00:

Support Package SAPKB70014 + attached correction instruction
or Support Package SAPKB70016
Kernel 7.00 patch level 148

• SAP_BASIS Release 7.01:

supported from the beginning

• SAP_BASIS Release 7.10:

not supported in 7.10

• SAP_BASIS Release 7.11 and higher:

supported from the beginning

Please refer to the SAP Notes: 1097563 for the updated information about the overview of the
SAP PDL driver.

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Overview of
Solution
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This solution is primarily for Smart Forms printing. It requires 2 components from the printer
providers, such as SATO.
- ABAP Based PDL device driver
- Device Type files

After uploading the components into the SAP system, users will
- Use Smart Styles to define the available printing items in the device type,
- Use Smart Forms to design the label
- Define Output Device that points to the given Device Type
- Print the Smart Forms through the output device.

SATO ABAP BASED PDL

Device Driver

SATO Device Type Files

SAP Spool Service

SATO Printers

Figure 1 Overview of solution

Please refer to the SAP Notes: 1135106 for the updated information about the SATO PDL Driver.

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Using SATO
Device Type
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The following device types for SATO PDL Driver are available:

Codepage Name of Device Type Resolution Supported Models

Latin1 (ISO8859-1) YSTLTGT2 203dpi LT408
MB400i
**S84-ex 203dpi
**S86-ex 203dpi
YSTLTGT3 305dpi MB410i
**S84-ex 305dpi
**S86-ex 305dpi
YSTLTGT6 609dpi **S84-ex 609dpi
YSTLTSR2 203dpi *PT408e
*MR400e
*CL4NX-J/CL4NX-J Plus 203dpi
*CL6NX-J/CL6NX-J Plus 203dpi
*CT4-LX-J/HC4-LX-J 203dpi
*PW4NX-J 203dpi
*CL4-SXR TT203 (JP)
*CL6-SXR TT203 (JP)
YSTLTSR3 305dpi *PT412e
*MR410e
*SG112T/R/ex
*CL4NX-J/CL4NX-J Plus 305dpi
*CL6NX-J/CL6NX-J Plus 305dpi
*CT4-LX-J/HC4-LX-J 305dpi
*CL4-SXR TT305 (JP)
*CL6-SXR TT305 (JP)
YSTLTSR6 609dpi *CL4NX-J/CL4NX-J Plus 609dpi
*CL4-SXR TT609 (JP)
YSTLTHR6 609dpi HR224
YSTLTCN2 203dpi **CL4NX/CL4NX Plus 203dpi
**PW208NX/PW208mNX
**CT4-LX/CT4-LX-HC/HC4-LX
203dpi
**S84NX 203dpi
**PW4NX 203dpi
**CL4-SXR TT203
**CL6-SXR TT203
YSTLTCN3 305dpi **CL4NX/CL4NX Plus 305dpi
**FX3-LX
**CT4-LX/CT4-LX-HC/HC4-LX
305dpi
**S84NX 305dpi
**CL4-SXR TT305
**CL6-SXR TT305
YSTLTCN6 609dpi **CL4NX/CL4NX Plus 609dpi
**S84NX 609dpi
**CL4-SXR TT609

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Codepage Name of Device Type Resolution Supported Models
English Only YSTENGT2 203dpi **S84-ex 203dpi
(7-Bit USA ASCII) **S86-ex 203dpi
LT408
YSTENGT3 305dpi **S84-ex 305dpi
**S86-ex 305dpi
YSTENGT6 609dpi **S84-ex 609dpi
YSTENSR2 203dpi *MR400e
*CL4NX-J/CL4NX-J Plus 203dpi
*CL6NX-J/CL6NX-J Plus 203dpi
*CT4-LX-J/HC4-LX-J 203dpi
*PW4NX-J 203dpi
*CL4-SXR TT203 (JP)
*CL6-SXR TT203 (JP)
YSTENSR3 305dpi *MR410e
*SG112T/R/ex
*CL4NX-J/CL4NX-J Plus 305dpi
*CL6NX-J/CL6NX-J Plus 305dpi
*CT4-LX-J/HC4-LX-J 305dpi
*CL4-SXR TT305 (JP)
*CL6-SXR TT305 (JP)
YSTENSR6 609dpi *CL4NX-J/CL4NX-J Plus 609dpi
*CL4-SXR TT609 (JP)
YSTENHR6 609dpi HR224
YSTENCN2 203dpi **CL4NX/CL4NX Plus 203dpi
**PW208NX/PW208mNX
**CT4-LX/CT4-LX-HC/HC4-LX
203dpi
**S84NX 203dpi
**PW4NX 203dpi
**CL4-SXR TT203
YSTENCN3 305dpi **CL4NX/CL4NX Plus 305dpi
**FX3-LX
**CT4-LX/CT4-LX-HC/HC4-LX
305dpi
**S84NX 305dpi
**CL4-SXR TT305
YSTENCN6 609dpi **CL4NX/CL4NX Plus 609dpi
**S84NX 609dpi
**CL4-SXR TT609
Europe Characters YSTCPCL2 203dpi CT408i
(Codepage 850) M84-Pro2
CG208, CG408
WS408
**CL6NX/CL6NX Plus 203dpi
**S86NX 203dpi
**CL6-SXR TT203
YSTCPCL3 305dpi CT412i
M84-Pro3
CG212, CG412
WS412
**CL6NX/CL6NX Plus 305dpi
**S86NX 305dpi
**CL6-SXR TT305
YSTCPCL6 609dpi M84-Pro6

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 Codepage Name of Device Type Resolution Supported Models
Japanese (Shift-JIS) + YSTJAPT2 203dpi *PT408e
English YSTJAPT3 305dpi *PT412e
(7-Bit USA ASCII)
YSTJASR2 203dpi *CL4NX-J/CL4NX-J Plus 203dpi
*CL6NX-J/CL6NX-J Plus 203dpi
*CT4-LX-J/HC4-LX-J 203dpi
*PW4NX-J 203dpi
*CL4-SXR TT203 (JP)
*CL6-SXR TT203 (JP)
YSTJASR3 305dpi *SG112T/R/ex
*CL4NX-J/CL4NX-J Plus 305dpi
*CL6NX-J/CL6NX-J Plus 305dpi
*CT4-LX-J/HC4-LX-J 305dpi
*CL4-SXR TT305 (JP)
*CL6-SXR TT305 (JP)
YSTJASR6 609dpi *CL4NX-J/CL4NX-J Plus 609dpi
*CL4-SXR TT609 (JP)

Table 1 Device Types

Note: * denotes Japanese models
Note: ** denotes printer models that should have the LABEL_SIZE value described in Smart Forms
when printing. For finding out more regarding filling out the label’s width and height, please refer
to Section 6.5.2 and Figure 60 of this document. The label width value using YSTCPCL2 device
type should be 1216 and the value needs to be 1824 when using YSTCPCL3 device type when
printing using the 6-inch label.

Printer Model Supported Languages Device Type

PW4NX Latin1 (ISO8859-1) YSTLTCN2
English (ASCII characters) YSTENCN2
CL4NX/CL4NX Plus xxxdpi Latin1 (ISO8859-1) YSTLTCNx
PW208NX/PW208mNX English (ASCII characters) YSTENCNx
FX3-LX
CT4-LX/CT4-LX-HC/HC4-LX
S84NX xxxdpi
CL4-SXR TTxxx
CL6NX/CL6NX Plus xxxdpi European Characters (codepage 850) YSTCPCLx
CL4xxe/CL6xxe
S86NX xxxdpi
CL6-SXR TTxxx
S84-ex Latin1 (ISO8859-1) YSTLTGTx
English (ASCII characters) YSTENGTx
S86-ex Latin1 (ISO8859-1) YSTLTGTx
English (ASCII characters) YSTENGTx
LT408 Latin1 (ISO8859-1) YSTLTGTx
English (ASCII characters) YSTENGTx
MB4xxi Latin1 (ISO8859-1) YSTLTGTx
English (ASCII characters) YSTENGTx
M84-Pro European Characters (codepage 850) YSTCPCLx
CT4xxi European Characters (codepage 850) YSTCPCLx
CG2xx/CG4xx European Characters (codepage 850) YSTCPCLx
HR224 Latin1 (ISO8859-1) YSTLTHR6
English (ASCII characters) YSTENHR6
WS408 European Characters (Codepage 850) YSTCPCL2
WS412 European Characters (Codepage 850) YSTCPCL3

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 rinter Model Supported Languages Device Type
*SG112T/R/ex Latin1 (ISO8859-1) YSTLTSRx
English (ASCII characters) YSTENSRx
Japanese (Shift-JIS) + English (ASCII) YSTJASRx
*PT4xxe Latin1 (ISO8859-1) YSTLTSRx
Japanese (Shift-JIS) + English (ASCII) YSTJASRx
*CL4NX-J xxxdpi Latin1 (ISO8859-1) YSTLTSRx
*CL4NX-J Plus xxxdpi English (ASCII characters) YSTENSRx
*CT4-LX-J xxxdpi
*HC4-LX-J xxxdpi Japanese (Shift-JIS) + English (ASCII) YSTJASRx
*CL4-SXR TTxxx (JP)
*CL6NX-J xxxdpi Latin1 (ISO8859-1) YSTLTSRx
*CL6NX-J Plus xxxdpi English (ASCII characters) YSTENSRx
*CL6-SXR TTxxx (JP)
Japanese (Shift-JIS) + English (ASCII) YSTJASRx
*PW4NX-J Latin1 (ISO8859-1) YSTLTSR2
English (ASCII characters) YSTENSR2
Japanese (Shift-JIS) + English (ASCII) YSTJASR2

Table 2 Supported Languages of Device Types

Note: * denotes Japanese models (YSTJAxxx version also support English ASCII font)

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The instruction of importing the PDL Device Driver can be found in the SAP Wizard Note:
Note 1103422 - SAP Printer Vendor program: Installing device types, etc.

Copy the transport files to the proper locations in the SAP system:
a. Copy the K*.PDT to the Cofile folder located at \usr\sap\trans\cofile
b. Copy the R*.PDT to the Data folder located at \usr\sap\trans\data

Log on to the SAP ECC Dev System and open transaction STMS (Browse or type “STMS” in the
transaction code area)

Figure 2 Adding transport request for PDL Device Driver

Figure 3 Enter target client and search for transport request

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Search for the desired transport using the *wildcard selection and the transport file name (do not
include the .PDT extension)

Figure 4 Search for transport file name

Figure 5 Identify desire transport number

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Figure 6 Verify transport request

Figure 7 Confirm the transport request by click on the Yes button

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The SATO Device Type has to be uploaded into the SAP system by using the program ‘RSTXSCRP’
in the transaction code ‘se38’.

Figure 8 Uploading SATO Device Type

Click ‘F8’ to execute the command. The following screen will be displayed:

Figure 9 Importing Device Type file

Click on the radio button on ‘Device Type’. Change the Mode (EXPORT/IMPORT) to ‘IMPORT’. Then
key in a name to represent the Device Type.

Note: The name must start with ‘YST’. It should contain 8 characters. The object name must match
with the file name of the device type (without the extension).

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Click the Execute button (F8) to continue.

Figure 10 Selecting device type file

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Creating Output
Device
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Enter ‘/nspad’ transaction code to go to the Spool Administration application.

Figure 11 Creating Output Device

Under the Devices/Servers tab, click on the “Display” button for ‘Output Devices’.

Figure 12 Click on the 'Edit' button to change the Edit mode

Figure 13 Edit Mode buttons

Click on the ‘Create’ button to create a new Output Device.

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Figure 14 Defining Output Device

Enter a meaningful name in the textbox for Output Device. In the drop-down list of Device Type, select
the Device Type you have previously uploaded into the SAP system.

Figure 15 Defining Printing Method

Under the ‘Access Method’, define your Host Spool Access Method. In the above example, method
“G: Front End Printing with Control Tech’ will prompt the user to select a list of installed printer drivers
under the ‘Printer and Faxes’ in your Windows platform.

Note: Method G is used here just for simplicity during testing.

Save the setting once the necessary information has been entered.

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Functionalities of
SATO-SAP Printer
6
Driver
‘SAP ABAP-Based Printer Driver for SATO printers’ provides the following printing features:

6.1 Barcode
Both SAP traditional and new barcode symbology are supported. (Please refer to SAP notes: 430887
and 645158 for more information about the barcode symbology).

For New Barcode Technology (NBT), the user only needs to define the barcode in the SE73
transaction as System Barcode. The NBT supports the following barcodes:

Figure 16 Barcodes in New Barcode Technology

For the Traditional (old) Barcode, the user needs to create the required barcode definition as System
Barcode in SE73. Then link the barcode definition to the print control as Printer Barcode. The following
shows the provided Print Control in SATO Device Types:

Barcode Type SAP Print Control SBPL command

Postnet SBP07 ESC+BP
UUC/EAN128 XB012 ESC+BI
NW-7 (Codabar, Ratio 1:3) XB101-XB112 ESC+B0<module width>
Interleaved 2 of 5 (Ratio 1:3) XB121-XB132 ESC+B2<module width>
JAN/EAN13 (Ratio 1:3) XB141-XB152 ESC+B3<module width>
JAN/EAN8 (Ratio 1:3) XB161-XB172 ESC+B4<module width>
UPC-A (Ratio 1:3) XB181-XB192 ESC+BH<module width>
NW-7 (Codabar, Ratio 1:2) XB201-XB212 ESC+D0<module width>
Interleaved 2 of 5 (Ratio 1:2) XB221-XB232 ESC+D2<module width>
JAN/EAN13 (Ratio 1:2) XB241-XB252 ESC+D3<module width>
JAN/EAN8 (Ratio 1:2) XB261-XB272 ESC+D4<module width>
UPC-A (Ratio 1:2) XB281-XB292 ESC+DH<module width>
NW-7 (Codabar, Ratio 2:5) XB301-XB312 ESC+BD0<module width>

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 Interleave 2 of 5 (Ratio 2:5) XB321-XB332 ESC+BD2<module width>
JAN/EAN13 (Ratio 2:5) XB341-XB352 ESC+BD3<module width>
JAN/EAN8 (Ratio 2:5) XB361-XB372 ESC+BD4<module width>
UPC-A (Ratio 2:5) XB381-XB392 ESC+BDH<module width>
Code 39 (Ratio 1:3) XB501-XB512 ESC+B1<module width>
Code 39 (Ratio 1:2) XB521-XB532 ESC+D1<module width>
Code 39 (Ratio 2:5) XB541-XB552 ESC+BD1<module width>
Code 93 XB561-XB572 ESC+BC<module width>
Table 3 Barcode Print Controls

• Note: The SATO PDL Driver supports Barcode Code 128 Type-A, Type-B, Type-C
and Auto-Switch. Please refer to SAP Note: 645158 for the approach to use this
barcode.

6.1.1 Defining Barcode

Before a Barcode can be used in the Smart Forms, the definition of the Barcode must be made.

SE73 – SAPscript Font Maintenance

Enter Transaction code SE73 to enter the following screen.

Figure 17 Transaction Code 73 – SAPscript Font Maintenance

Choose the ‘System Bar Codes’ and then click the ‘Change’ button to go to the following screen.

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Figure 18 System Barcode screen

Click the ‘Create’ button or press the ‘F5’ key to create a new System Barcode definition.

Figure 19 Create Button

6.1.2 New Barcode Technology

The following describes how to create a barcode with new Barcode Technology.

Figure 20 Choosing Barcode Technology

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The ‘New Barcode Technology’ supports the following barcodes:
- Code39
- PDF417
- Code93
- 2 of 5 Interleaved
- Code128

Click on the ‘New’ button to enter the following screen.

Figure 21 Entering Barcode information

For SATO barcode, it is recommended to define a Barcode name with the prefix ‘YST’. For example,
to define a new Code39 barcode, the following Barcode name can be used:
YSTCd39
Enter some description on the textbox for ‘Short text’. Click the tick button to continue.

Figure 22 Selecting the Barcode Type

Figure 23 Choosing the Barcode alignment

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Figure 24 Entering Barcode Information

Figure 25 Saving the Barcode definition

Figure 26 Saving the definition to the workspace

That is all for the System Barcode definition. The next step will be defining the Printer Barcode to link
the System Barcode to the Printer Control in the device type.

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6.1.3 New Technology Barcode

For more information about the SATO Barcode printing command, please refer to the printer command
specifications.

Code 39
This barcode is to start and end with ‘*’ characters. If the given data is not started and ended with the
‘*’ character, then the SATO-SAP printer driver will add the characters to the data automatically.

The printer will generate a ‘beep’ sound if invalid data is given.

Code 93
The maximum number of data for this barcode is 99. The printer, not the printer driver, will generate a
check digit when the data is printed on the printer.

Code 128
For example, if the data ‘123456’ was given, the following SBPL command will be generated by the
printer driver: … BG03158>H123456.

Please refer to SAP Note: 645158 for the input approach for the Barcode Code 128. If unexpected
values were received by the SATO PDL Driver, the barcode might not be printed.

Interleaved 2 of 5
The given data of this barcode must be an even number. If odd number data is given, the SATO-SAP
printer driver will generate a ‘0’ in front of the given data.
For example,
If ‘12345’ was given, the barcode with the value ‘012345’ will be printed.

PDF 417
Minimum module width can be set to 01 and 02; however, this may not be read properly.
Note: For rotated PDF417 Barcode, the printed location on the label might differ from what is shown
on the print preview. The user might want to adjust the position in the Smart Forms to get the required
positioning.

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RFID Gen2 Tag
The user has to enter the necessary data based on the following descriptions:

RFID Representation in barcode field data:

Attribute:

EPC value EPC:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx;

(xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx is 24 digit hex value representing 12 bytes)

PC value PC:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx;
(xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx is 24 digit hex value
representing 12 bytes)
(SATO Device Driver does not support this feature)

USR value USR:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx;

(xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx is 24 digit hex value representing 12 bytes)

ACS ACS:yyyyyyyy;
passcode (yyyyyyyy is 8 digit hex value representing 4 bytes)

LOCKMASK LM:yy;
yy is 2 digit hex value representing 1 byte:
0x01 – Lock EPC+PC
0x02 – Perma-lock EPC+PC
0x04 – Lock USR
0x08 – Perma-lock USR
(only Lock EPC and Lock USR are supported by SATO Device Driver)

KILL KILL:yyyyyyyy;
passcode (yyyyyyyy is 8 digit hex value representing 4 bytes)

Table 4 RFID Attributes

Examples:

Barcode data field contents: Meaning:

EPC:F2A07895C1710708090A0B0C; Numerical (hexadecimal) data for EPC

USR:F2A07895C171010203040506;EPC:01 Numerical data for USR and EPC banks

9975F3ABB0010203040506;

EPC:112233445566010203040506;ACS:12 Numerical data for EPC bank,

24489F;LM:01; ACS passcode for LOCK operation is
1224489F,
Memory banks EPC+PC are locked

EPC:1122334455660708090A0B0C;USR:01 Numerical data for EPC and USR banks,

12248D8F060708090A0B0C;ACS:1234567A ACS passcode for PERMALOCK operation
;LM:0A; is 1234567A,
Memory banks EPC+PC and USR are
perma-locked

EPC:123456789ABC0708090A0B0C;KILL:1 Numerical data for EPC,

234567F; KILL passcode is 1234567F

Table 5 RFID input examples

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6.1.4 Old Barcode Technology (Conventional System Barcode)
Click the ‘Old’ button (as in Figure 20 Choosing Barcode Technology to define a Barcode with Old
Barcode Technology.

Figure 27 Defining Barcode with Old Barcode Technology

* In Old Barcode Technology, there is no way to define the Barcode Module Width. Thus, print controls
with such information have been defined. The user has to select the print control which carries the
required Barcode Module Width.

6.1.5 Old Technology Barcode

Interleaved 2 of 5
The given data of this barcode must be an even number. If odd number data is given, the SATO-SAP
printer driver will generate a ‘0’ in front of the given data.
For example,
If ‘12345’ was given, the barcode with the value ‘012345’ will be printed.

CODABAR
The barcode includes start and stop characters: A,B,C,D,E,N,T,a,b,c,d,e,n,t. If the given data is not
started and ended with the start/stop characters, then the SATO-SAP printer driver will embed the
data with Start/Stop character ‘A’.

POSTNET
The SATO-SAP printer driver supports the US Postal Service POSTNET barcode with the following
formats:
- 5 digits (Postnet-32 format)
- 6 digits (Postnet-37 format)
- 9 digits (Postnet-52 format)
- 11 digits (Postnet-62 Delivery Point format)

If data with other formats than above was given, the SATO printer will generate a ‘beep’ sound to
indicate invalid data.

UPC Barcode Type A

The data of this barcode should be 11 digits + 1 check digit. If the user supplies 12 digits data, then
the SATO-SAP printer driver will assume the last digit is the given check digit. Else, the driver will
generate the check digit.

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EAN 8 Barcode
The data of this barcode should be 7 digits + 1 check digit. If the user supplies 8 digits data, then the
SATO-SAP printer driver will assume the last digit is the given check digit. Else, the driver will
generate the check digit based on Modulo 10 formula.

EAN 13 Barcode
The data of this barcode should be 12 digits + 1 check digit. If the user supplies 13 digits data, then
the SATO-SAP printer driver will assume the last digit is the given check digit. Else, the driver will
generate the check digit based on Modulo 10 formula.

Code 39
Code39 is an alphanumeric code that can represent the following characters in the bar code data:
Numbers: 1234567890
Capital letters: ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
Special characters: - . $ / + %
Blank characters (space characters)

The start and stop character for the Code39 bar code is represented by an asterisk (*) in the text view
of the bar code data (also called "human-readable text" or "interpretation line").
If the given data is enclosed in asterisk (*), no check digit will be generated by the driver.

Code 93
Code93 is an alphanumeric code that can represent the following characters directly in the bar code
data:
Numbers: 1234567890
Capital letters: ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
Special characters: - . $ / + %
Blank characters (space characters)

6.1.6 Defining Printer Barcodes

Once the System Barcode (Old Technology) has been defined, then proceed to define the printer
barcode. Note: This step is not required for barcode defined with New Barcode Technology.

Figure 28 Printer Barcode Definition

Choose the ‘Printer Barcodes’ and then click the ‘Change’ button to create a Printer Barcode
definition.

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Figure 29 Device List for Printer Barcodes

Double click the SATO device type which starts with the prefix ‘YST’.

Figure 30 Printer Barcode List in the device type

Click on the ‘Create’ button or ‘F5’ key to create a new definition of Printer Barcode.

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Figure 31 Defining Printer Barcode

Select the System Barcode which has been defined previously from the entry list. Then key in the
required Print Control. Note: Key in the same print control for both ‘Bar code prefix’ and ‘Bar code
suffix’.

Refer to Table 3 Barcode Print Controls for the available print control definition in the device type.

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6.1.7 Customized Barcode With UNDEF
Note that this task should only be performed by advanced users. Please contact SATO technical team
at [Link] should you have any queries.

If the printer-resident (such as GS1-128) is not supported in the SAP system, customized print control
can be added to the device type and the “UNDEF” barcode type can be used to map to the print
control.

UNDEF is only in Old Barcode Technology. To start with UNDEF, go to SE73->System Bar codes to
define a Barcode using the Conventional System Barcode (choose ‘Old’)

[Link] GS1-128 Barcode With UNDEF

Figure 32 Customized Barcode Definition

i. Create Customized Barcode Definition
Go to SE73->System Bar Codes to create a GS1-128 Barcode definition (Figure 32
Customized Barcode Definition). Use “UNDEF” as the Bar code type. Note that the “Bar
code width” of the above definition will not be used.

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ii. Create Print Control in device type

Figure 33 Defining Print Control in Device type

Use SPAD->Full Administration->Device Types to open the Print Controls tab of the device
type. Add a new barcode print control (Prefix SB) and input the hex value of the Control
Character Sequence. In this example, the hex value of “<Esc>EU1203” is entered for Print
Control SB012.

This print control defines SATO Barcode commands for GS1-128 (UCC/EAN128) with CC-C
with Narrow Barcode with = 3 dots. The Barcode Height will be extracted from the Barcode
Definition (Figure 32 Customized Barcode Definition). The Barcode Data will be supplied from
Smart Forms or SAP Database.

iii. Mapping of Barcode Definition to Print Control

Go to SE73->Printer Bar Codes

Figure 34 Mapping of Print Control

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 Click on the Device Type to add the barcode mapping to Print Control.

Figure 35 Mapping of Print Control

[Link] GS1 Datamatrix Barcode With UNDEF

Create a New Barcode Definition

Note:
1. The name of the Barcode
must start with “YSTDMX”.
This is how the SATO Device
Driver identifies this as the
Barcode Definition for
Datamatrix.
2. The Barcode Type must be
UNDEF.
3. The rest of the parameters
(except Rotation) will not be
used by SATO Device Driver
for the Datamatrix barcode.
Those parameters have to be
defined inside the Print
Control as below.

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 Define the Print Control Information in the Device Type

SB013 defines the prefix which carries the following SATO Print Commands:
Font ID: 01
Error correction level: 20 (ECC200)
Cell width: 02
Cell pitch: 02
No. of cells per line: 000
No. of cell lines: 000
Mirror image: Normal (Standard print)
＜ESC>ＢＸ０１2００２０２００００００００１
＜ESC>ＤＣ

The height and the width of the barcode are controlled by the cell width and pitch:

Example 1)
Cell width: 05, Cell pitch 05
<Esc>ＢＸ０１2００5０5００００００００１
Output:

Example 2)
Cell width: 09, Cell pitch 09
<Esc>ＢＸ０１2００9０9００００００００１
Output:

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Example 3)
Cell width: 09, Cell pitch 15
<Esc>ＢＸ０１2００915００００００００１
Output:

The data of the Barcode will be appended to the Prefix print control (in this case, SB013).
If there is any special code (such as the FNC1 code), you can append it here (as a hex value).
SB014 defines the suffix. If there is no data for the Suffix, you can leave the print control empty.

Click this for “Hex” input 1B425830313230303630363030303030303030311B4443

<Esc> B X 0 1 2 0 0 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1<Esc>DC

Cell Width: 06 Cell Pitch: 06

Mapping the Barcode Definition to Print Control

Go to SE73->Printer Bar codes. Create the mapping in the device type.

Select the Barcode Definition created previously and map it to the print controls.

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 FNC Special Characters in GS1 Datamatrix Command

The logic applied in order to produce the command containing the FNC special character(s) is the
same as this paragraph states doing that originally for the command not having the special character
within but:

- The name of the Barcode must start with “YSTQDM”.

- The Smart Form’s tag generating the final FNC special character must be the “*FNC*”

- The example Hex string generating the <ESC>2D51,10,10,000,000<ESC>DN command

might look like: "1B324435312C31302C31302C3030302C3030301B444E".

Command Format
<2D51>,aa,bb,ccc,ddd
Parameters:
a [Horizontal cell size] = Valid Range : 01 to 99 dots
b [Vertical cell size] = Valid Range : 01 to 99 dots
c [Number of cell in one line] = Valid Range : 010 to 144000 : (Auto-setting)
d [Number of cell lines] = Valid Range : 008 to 144 000 : (Auto-setting)
Data part
<DN>mmmm,n～n
Parameters:
m [Number of data] = Valid Range : 1 to 3116
n [Print data] = Data

[Link] QR Code With UNDEF

Create a New Barcode Definition.
Note:
1. The name of the Barcode
must start with “YSTQR_”.
This is how the SATO Device
Driver identifies this as the
Barcode Definition for QR
Code.
2. The Barcode Type must be
UNDEF.
3. The rest of the parameters
(except Rotation) will not be
used by SATO Device Driver
for the QR Code. Those
parameters have to be defined
inside the Print Control as
below.

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 Define the Print Control Information in the DeviceType

SB015 defines the prefix which carries the following SATO Print Commands:
Entered commad in
Hex: 1B324433302c4d2c30352c312c301b444e
ASCII: 2D30,M,05,1,0DN
Command Format: <2D30>,a,bb,c,d
SBPL Command: <ESC>2D30
Parameters:
a Error Correction = L: 7%, M: 15%, Q: 25%, H: 30%
b Cell Size= 01 to 32 dots
c Data Setting Mode = 0: Manual, 1: Auto
d Concentration Mode = 0: Normal, 1 Concentration Mode (using 1 required more parameters)

For Data Part

Command Format : <DN>mmmm,n~n
SBPL Command : <ESC>DN
Parameters:
m No of data = 1 to 2953
n data = Print Data

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 Mapping the Barcode Definition to Print Control

Go to SE73->Printer Bar codes. Create the mapping in the device type.

Select the Barcode Definition created previously and map it to the print controls.

[Link] RFID “ESC+IP0e:h,epc:” Command

The old barcode technology barcode “IP0_1” must be created - the barcode’s name must start with the
“IP0_” value and it must be “UNDEF” type as similar actions are already described in this document.
The following hexadecimal “1B411B495030653A682C6570633A” string representing
“ESC+AESC+IP0e:h,epc:” value is located in the print control of the chosen device type.
If you wish to achieve “ESC+IP0e:h,epc:” only, you must remove the first two hex values of the print
control’s hex string.

The 44 length string placed in a Smart Form:

"31004A00440041003100370031003400350037003600;"

Generated the RFID command section sent to the printer:

"ESC+AESC+IP0e:h,epc:31004A00440041003100370031003400350037003600;"

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6.2 Fonts

SATO-SAP Printer Driver supports the following fonts:

Latin 1 (ISO8859-1 codepage) device types:

SAP Font SATO Font Type SBPL Command
HELVETICA CG Triumvirate Scalable ESC+RDB
TIMES CG Times Scalable ESC+RDA

English only device types:

SAP Font SATO Font Type SBPL Command
HELVETICA CG Triumvirate Scalable ESC+RDB
TIMES CG Times Scalable ESC+RDA
COURIER Helvetica Outline Font, fixed Scalable ESC+$B, ESC+$=
BOLD character pitch
(optional Italic)
LETGOTH SATO Fixed Size M Font Bitmap, fixed size ESC+M
LNPRINT SATO Fixed Size S Font Bitmap, fixed size ESC+S

Codepage 850 device types :

SAP Font SATO Font Type SBPL Command
HELVETICA CG Triumvirate Scalable ESC+RDB
TIMES CG Times Scalable ESC+RDA
COURIER Helvetica Outline Font, fixed Scalable ESC+$B, ESC+$=
BOLD character pitch
(optional Italic)

Korean (Wangsung Encoding/Unicode) device types:

SAP Font SATO Font Type SBPL Command
KPBATANG HYRGothic-Medium Scalable ESC+RDK
Proportional

Simplified Chinese (GB2312/Unicode) device types:

SAP Font SATO Font Type SBPL Command
CNSONG MKaiSO-Medium-U Scalable ESC+RDC
Proportional

Traditional Chinese (Big 5/Unicode) device types:

SAP Font SATO Font Type SBPL Command
TWSONG MHeiS-Bold -U Scalable ESC+RDc
Proportional

Japanese (Shift-JIS) + English ASCII device types:

SAP Font SATO Font Type SBPL Command
DBGothic, SATO Japanese resident Bitmap, fixed size ESC+K
DBMincho, bitmap font
JPMincho
HELVETICA ^ CG Triumvirate Scalable ESC+RDB
TIMES ^ CG Times Scalable ESC+RDA
COURIER Helvetica Outline Font, fixed Scalable ESC+$B, ESC+$=
BOLD * character pitch
(optional Italic)
Note: * YSTJAPTx not supported, ^ YSTJALPx not supported
Table 6 Supported font in SATO-SAP Printer Driver
For Fixed size SATO Resident Font, please refer to the Font Appendix for a list of the supported size
of the font.

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Note:
1. SATO 203dpi printer does not support printing of 8 points or lower Courier Font (ESC+$A,
ESC+$B, ESC+$=). It will be printed in a slightly larger size instead.

2. There could be some discrepancies between the string length shown on Smart Forms and
what printed from the printer. This is because when converting the SAP font point size into
SATO font dot size for a specific resolution, there is a rounding up of fractions in the
calculation.

3. For Japanese device types that offer SATO Resident Bitmap fonts, the Japanese text will
appear shorter than what is shown on the print preview of Smart Forms. This is because the
width of the 1-byte characters in the SAP Japanese fonts is 0.5 times of the 2-byte characters.
But in SATO Japanese fonts, the width of the 1-byte characters is slightly larger, about 0.6
times, of the 2-byte characters.

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6.2.1 Unicode Printing for NX Series
This section is about making of the device type Unicode printing for NX Series printers.

Creating Printer Font

Please go to Spool Administration and choose the correct device type which you would like to use.

Select a “Print Controls” tab

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Click on the “Change” button to edit the values, key-in the new e.g SFU01 into the “Name” row section,
check the “Hexadecimal” radio button, type the correct value into the “Control Character Sequence” and
click the “Save” button. The meaning of HEX values has been elaborated further in this chapter.

The control character sequence name must start with the “SFU” prefix containing two-digit numbers only
at its end, for example: “SFU01”, SFU02”, “SFU15” etc.

Please use SE73 transaction, select “Printer Fonts” and click on the “Change” button.

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Use CTRL+F keys combinations to find your device type and click on the device type later.

Create a new font.

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Fill out all necessary details and confirm your choice. Important – deselect “Font is Scalable”, provide a
“Font Size” (180=18, this is the size we will be referring to in Smart Styles later), key-in the correct Print
Controls name representing Unicode command (e.g.“SFU01” etc.) have used before and select the Font
Family. The Font Family we use is LETGOTH but it can also be a different built-in font such as COURIER
etc.
The entire idea to make Unicode (2-Byte) characters work is about calling a correct and previously
created Smart Style’s tag in the Smart Form, configuring that Smart Style’s calling font tag by selecting
a correct font and its size in the Smart Style (calling a font - making a reference to the just created on
the below screen font, font passing the command parameters in SFU tag to the driver). There must be
font’s identification (among many fonts having the same parameters) in the Smart Style’s tag, the Smart
Style must know to call the correct/original font referring to the SFU print control user wants – there can’t
be two the same fonts having the same parameters as the situation for the new tag on the Smart Form
will be ambiguous if let’s say we want use LETGOTH 150. That is why we must use the “original” font
for the new Smart Style’s tag as below.
In brief, the Smart Form calls your newly created Smart Style’s tag, that tag calls the original/unique
device type’s font which kind of refers to the printer control (HEX command passing the command to
the driver) being under that particular device type. When printing the Smart Form, the Smart Form calls
the correct tag and the output device refers to that mentioned device type finally getting our final label
having Unicode charters printed.

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Creating a Tag in a Smart Style
It is how the tag is created in the Smart Style.

Choosing the correct font in the tag on the Smart Style. Please make sure to click the “Save” and
“Activate” buttons when finished.

Font type here must be equal to font type in the Font Maintenance Window. Font size 18 here must be
equal to the size 180 in the previous Font Maintenance Window.

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Now the Smart Form is ready to call the Unicode language tags residing in the Smart Style.

Smart Form’s Text Field Content

Smart Form’s Final Printout on The Label

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A few words about <RG> command construction and its processing:

<ESC>RG0,5,0,20,20,こんにちは

Example of Full RG Japanese Command in ASCII Containing the Printing Data

<esc> R G 0 , 5 , 2 , 2 0 , 2 0 ,
1B 52 47 30 2C 35 2C 32 2C 32 30 2C 32 30 2C

Mapping an Another Example RG Japanese Command to the Hex String

<ESC>RG0,5,0,20,20,
1B5247302C352C302C32302C32302C

Example of RG Japanese Command in ASCII and HEX With No Printing Data

<ESC>RG0,14,0,45,45,
1B5247302C31342C302C34352C34352C

Example of RG Hebrew Command in ASCII and HEX With No Printing Data

<ESC>CE1250<ESC>RG0,0,1,20,20,
1B4345313235301B5247302C302C312C32302C32302C

Example of RG With <CE> commands (for Polish, Croatian printing, etc.) With No Data

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The print control contains the pure command only without the printing data inside. The parameter ‘a’
must be always fixed to the ‘0’ value, UTF-8.

<RG> Command Font Set List

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<CE> Command Parameters against Code Pages

Multiple Language Samples

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6.3 Smart Styles

Enter Transaction code ‘/nsmartstyles’ to use the Smart Styles application.

Figure 36 Smart Styles

Create or edit a Smart Styles to define the printing items which are to be used in the Smart Forms.

Figure 37 Create node of printing items

Right-click on the ‘Character Formats’ and choose ‘Create Node’.

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Figure 38 Defining Barcode printing item in Smart Styles

Figure 39 Defining Font Printing item in Smart Styles

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After defining the necessary Barcode and Fonts as printing items, check and activate the Smart
Styles.

Figure 40 Check and Activate the Smart Styles

6.4 Smart Forms

Enter transaction code ‘/nsmartforms' to run the Smart Forms application.

Figure 41 Smart Forms application

Create or edit a Smart Forms in which the name is prefixed with ‘YST’.

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Figure 42 Applying the Smart Styles

Click on the ‘Global Settings’->’Form Attributes’, in the ‘Output Options’, apply the Smart Styles
defined previously.

6.4.1 Adding Text

Right-click on the ‘Page1’, choose ‘Create’->’Window’.

Figure 43 Creating Window

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Give the Window component a meaningful name. Then right-click on it and create a ‘Text’ component.

Figure 44 Creating Text Component

Figure 45 Defining Text Component

Under the ‘Output Options’ tab, select the Smart Styles which previously defined. So that the text
printing item can be available to use.

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Figure 46 Adding Text

Click on the ‘General Attributes’ tab and click on the ‘Editor’ button to insert the text. Note: This
procedure could be varied depending on the editor mode.

Figure 47 Entering the text with format

The message is embedded in format tags. In the above example, the message is included in <H0>
and </> format tags which specify the SATO CG Triumvirate Font (ESC+RD). Format H0 is a text
printing item defined in the Smart Styles.

6.4.2 Adding Barcode

Define a ‘Window’ component under ‘Page1’ and give it a meaningful name. From this new window
create a ‘Text’ component.

Figure 48 Creating Barcode component

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Apply the Smart Styles in the ‘Output Options’. Then in the Editor under ‘General Attributes’, type the
Barcode value, and apply the Barcode printing format.

Figure 49 Entering Barcode value

The message is embedded in format tags. In the above example, the message is included in <B2>
and </> format tags which specify the SATO Code 128A Barcode. Format B2 is a Barcode printing
item defined in the Smart Styles.

6.4.3 Adding Images

Figure 50 Creating Image component

All images must be imported to the SAP system through the SE78 command before attaching them to
the smart form. Select the required image from the Name drop-down list under the General Attributes.
Then key in the Resolution information for the image. For example, if the image is to be printed in a 300
resolution printer, then select 300 from the Resolution field.

Currently, the images supported by SATO-SAP Printer Driver have the following constraints:
- Only ‘Black and White Bitmap Images’ are supported and they should be limited to 1bpp (bit
per pixel) color deepness
- The images cannot be ‘compressed’ when uploaded using Transaction code SE78.

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6.4.4 Positioning Printing Components

Form Painter

Figure 51 Positioning printing items

The positions of the printing items can be adjusted by drag & drop the components in the ‘Form
Painter’. Alternatively, it can be done by manipulating the values in the Left and Upper margin fields
under the ‘Output Options’ tab of the window component.

6.4.5 Printing the Smart Forms

After the Smart Forms has been made, it must be checked and activated before it can be printed.

Figure 52 Check and Activate the Smart Forms

Figure 53 Printing Smart Forms

Click the ‘Print’ button to continue.

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Figure 54 Printing Screen

Click the ‘Execute’ button to continue.

Figure 55 Printing Screen - Select the output device

Select the required Output Device and check on the ‘Print Immediately’ checkbox. Then click the
‘Print’ button to print.

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6.5 System Commands
Users can specify the System Commands of SBPL in the Smart Forms label by using the Command
nodes.

Right-click on the Window node->Create->Flow Logic->Command to display the Command node

feature.

Figure 56 Defining System Command using Command node

Under the ‘Output Options’, the user is to define the System Command in the Name-Value pairs
format. The value must be enclosed within the single quote character ( ‘ ) or empty, depending
on the command.

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Figure 57 Name-Value pairs information

The following are the available system commands:

Function Command Name Command Value SBPL Remarks

Command
Print Speed PRINT_SPEED 1~11 ESC+CS
Print PRINT_DARKNESS ab, ESC+#E
Darkness a: 1~ 5
b: A~F
Label Size LABEL_SIZE Refer to the ESC+A1 The printer driver
command will generate a
specification default ESC+A1
command, based
on the label size of
designed Smart
Forms if this
System command
is not specified.
Start Print START_POINT Refer to the ESC+A3 The printer driver
Correction command will generate a
specification default ESC+A3
command, based
on the position of
the designed Smart
Forms if this
System command
is not specified.
Enlargement ENLARGEMENT_AREA No value is ESC+AX
of Print Area needed
Standard Print STANDAR_AREA No value is ESC+AR
Area needed
Print End PRINT_END_POS No value is ESC+EP
Position needed
Multiple MULTIPLE_CUT 0~9999 ESC+~(Null This command is
Cutting ) valid only when the
printer is equipped
with cutter

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No. of Labels CUT_SEGMENT 0~9999 ESC+~A This command is
per Cut valid only when the
Segment printer is equipped
with cutter
Cutting CUT_OPERATION No value is ESC+~B This command is
Operation needed valid only when the
printer is equipped
with cutter
Cut Number CUT_CTCOMMAND 0~9999 ESC+CT This command is
Unit valid only when the
printer is equipped
with cutter
Eject and Cut CUT_NCCOMMAND No value is ESC+NC This command is
needed valid only when the
printer is equipped
with cutter
Auto Linefeed AUTO_LINEFEED 0~999 ESC+E
90 degree ROTATE_90_x Name of Window ESC+%1 x is any number to
Text Rotation to be rotated make sure the
command name is
not repeated in the
Smart Forms

180 degree ROTATE_180_x Name of Window ESC+%2 x is any number to

Text Rotation to be rotated make sure the
command name is
not repeated in the
Smart Forms
270 degree ROTATE_270_x Name of Window ESC+%3 x is any number to
Text Rotation to be rotated make sure the
command name is
not repeated in the
Smart Forms

Page Number PRINT_QUANTITY Number of pages ESC+Q It is print command

to print is not specified, the
page is printed
once. Example of
the value:
'%PAGE2:4'
This means the
page with the name
“%PAGE2” will be
printed 4 times. The
subsequent page
number can be
added with a
comma separator.
For example,
'%PAGE2:4,
%PAGE3:3' This
means page
‘%PAGE2’ is
printed 4 times and
page ‘%PAGE3’ is
printed 3 times
Inverse Print INVERSE_PRNTAREA vvvvv,hhhh,aaaa, ESC+( It can specify
bbbbb multiple inverse
v: vertical position print area by using
h: horizontal a semicolon ‘;’ as
position the separator
a: length of
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b: length of
horizontal
Print PRINT_DARKNESS_F ab, ESC+#F This commands for
Darkness a: 1~ 10 supported model
(#F command) b: A~F SG112R/ex.
Print Motion PRINTMOTION_MODE 0-8 ESC+PM To specify motion
Mode mode temporarily.
Print Off-set LABELSTOP_OFFSET abcc, ESC+PO To specify
a: 0~3 adjustment of label
b: +/- stop position during
c:00~99(dot) every motion
temporarily.
Table 7 System Commands
It is important to refer to the command specification of the printer models to understand the correct
range of value can be used for the Command values. Note that the Command Names are case-
sensitive.
System command should be used carefully. Invalid input may result in an unexpected outcome of the
printout.

The table below shows the supported System Commands on models.

Model PT4xxe/ CT4xxi/ LT4xx/MR4xxe S-8x-ex

MB4xxi/HR224 CGxxx /M84Pro/CLxNX
Command
PRINT_SPEED O O O O
PRINT_DARKNESS O O O O

LABEL_SIZE O O O O
START_POINT O O O O
ENLARGEMENT_AREA O O
STANDARD_AREA O O
PRINT_END_POS O O O
AUTO_LINEFEED O O O O
ROTATE_xx_X O O O O
PRINT_QUANTITY O O O O
INVERSE_PRNTAREA O O O

Table 8 System Commands on Models

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The table below shows the supported Cutting Commands on models.

Model PT4xxe/ CT4xxi/ LT4xx MR4xxe S-8x-ex

MB4xxi/ CGxxx /M84Pro
HR224 /CLxNX

Command
MULTIPLE_CUT O* O* O* O*
CUT_SEGMENT O* O* O* O*
CUT_OPERATION O* O* O* O*
CUT_CTCOMMAND O* O*
CUT_NCCOMMAND O* O*

Table 9 Cutting Commands on Models

*: Only possible when the Cutter unit is installed.

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6.5.1 Text and Image Rotation
To rotate a text or an image on Smart Forms, the user is to create a command in the window to be
rotated. The name of the parameter (e.g., ROTATE_180_x) should not be repeated. The image below
is an example of how the rotated text can be setup:

Figure 58 Text Rotation

Rotation Result:

Figure 59 Rotation result

Please refer to the command specification for the behavior of the rotation.

There are a few restrictions on the Rotation functions:

- Smart Form will not display the rotated text on the print preview. The user is to adjust the
position of the window by checking the actual printout.
- The rotated text should not have more than 1 line.
- Each rotated window should have only 1 line of text or only 1 image.

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6.5.2 Setup Label Size Using Command

This is the alternative method to setup custom label size using SATO Printer Language, A1 command.
This will overwrite the standard Label size value by Page Format setting of Smart Forms. Users should
consult the SBPL manual for the A1 command before using it in Smart Forms. As described in Table 7
System Commands, add the LABEL_SIZE command with the Parameter of label height follow by
label width with the correct number of digits as described in the SBPL manual for a specific printer.

Note: GL printer could not accept a longer length than the height of label for label width. Thus, the
Landscape Orientation setup on the printer (using LCD Menus and Buttons) should utilize (that means
the shorter length of the label is the width and the longer length is height.)

Figure 60 Standard Label Size Setup with an appropriate Page Format setting

Figure 61 Custom Label Size Setup with Command

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6.5.3 Inverse Color Print Area Setup

To define the inverse print area in Smart Form, the user is to create a command in the window. The
name of the parameter (INVERSE_PRNTAREA) should be placed. The image below is an example of
how to setup the inverse print area.

Figure 62 Inverse print area Setup. (Example print two Inverse area, V100H100 length 200
height 50 and V50H50 length 200 height 70)

【Valid Range】
Model Valid Range：Horizontal Valid Range：Vertical
Line Length (dot) Line Length (dot)
M84Pro 8～832 8～1424
CT400DT/TT 8～832 8～3200
CT410DT/TT 8～1248 8～4800
CL4NX/CL4NX Plus/CL4NX-J/CL4NX-J Plus,
PWNX, S84-ex 203 dpi, S84NX 203dpi, 8～832 8～20000
CL4-SXR TT203/CL4-SXR TT203 (JP)
CL4NX/CL4NX Plus/CL4NX-J/CL4NX-J Plus,
S84-ex 305 dpi, S84NX 305dpi, 8～1248 8～18000
CL4-SXR TT305/CL4-SXR TT305 (JP)
CL4NX/CL4NX Plus/CL4NX-J/CL4NX-J Plus,
S84-ex 609dpi, S84NX 609dpi, 8～2496 8～9600
CL4-SXR TT609/CL4-SXR TT609 (JP)
CL6NX/CL6NX Plus/CL6NX-J/CL6NX-J Plus,
S86-ex 203 dpi, S86NX 203dpi, 8～1216 8～20000
CL6-SXR TT203/CL6-SXR TT203 (JP)
CL6NX/CL6NX Plus/CL6NX-J/CL6NX-J Plus,
S86-ex 305 dpi, S86NX 305dpi, 8～1984 8～18000
CL6-SXR TT305/CL6-SXR TT305 (JP)

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Limitations 7
Please note the following are not supported by the SATO PDL Driver:
- Compressed graphics and color bitmap
- Underlined, superscript and subscript text
- There could be some slight variations of font size in Smart Forms and the actual font size
printed from the SATO printer. This is due to the size conversion and rounding up issues.
- Courier Font (which will be mapped to SATO Fixed Width Scalable font) does not support 8
points or lower font size printing in 203dpi printer. It will be printed in a slightly larger font size
instead.
- Some European characters from ISO8859-1 and Codepage 850 device types are not
available from the printer. Please refer to the command specifications of the printer for details.

For other functionalities of SATO printers that are not supported by the SATO PDL driver, please
approach the technical team of SATO for customization requests at:
[Link]

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Appendix 8
8.1 Print Controls List for Barcode
For the control list of New Barcode Technology, please refer to Table 3 Barcode Print Controls.

The following is the control list for the old barcodes:

Barcode (Ratio 1:3)

NW-7 (CODABAR)
SAP Print Narrow Mapped to
Control Bar Width SBPL
Command
SB101 1 ESC+B001
SB102 2 ESC+B002
SB103 3 ESC+B003
SB104 4 ESC+B004
SB105 5 ESC+B005
SB106 6 ESC+B006
SB107 7 ESC+B007
SB108 8 ESC+B008
SB109 9 ESC+B009
SB110 10 ESC+B010
SB111 11 ESC+B011
SB112 12 ESC+B012

Interleaved 2 of 5
SB121 1 ESC+B201
SB122 2 ESC+B202
SB123 3 ESC+B203
SB124 4 ESC+B204
SB125 5 ESC+B205
SB126 6 ESC+B206
SB127 7 ESC+B207
SB128 8 ESC+B208
SB129 9 ESC+B209
SB130 10 ESC+B210
SB131 11 ESC+B211
SB132 12 ESC+B212

JAN/EAN13
SB141 1 ESC+B301
SB142 2 ESC+B302
SB143 3 ESC+B303
SB144 4 ESC+B304
SB145 5 ESC+B305
SB146 6 ECS+B306
SB147 7 ESC+B307

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 SB148 8 ESC+B308
SB149 9 ESC+B309
SB150 10 ESC+B310
SB151 11 ESC+B311
SB152 12 ESC+B312

JAN/EAN8
SB161 1 ESC+B401
SB162 2 ESC+B402
SB163 3 ESC+B403
SB164 4 ESC+B404
SB165 5 ESC+B405
SB166 6 ESC+B406
SB167 7 ESC+B407
SB168 8 ESC+B408
SB169 9 ESC+B409
SB170 10 ESC+B410
SB171 11 ESC+B411
SB172 12 ESC+B412

UPC-A
SB181 1 ESC+BH01
SB182 2 ESC+BH02
SB183 3 ESC+BH03
SB184 4 ESC+BH04
SB185 5 ESC+BH05
SB186 6 ESC+BH06
SB187 7 ESC+BH07
SB188 8 ESC+BH08
SB189 9 ESC+BH09
SB190 10 ESC+BH10
SB191 11 ESC+BH11
SB192 12 ESC+BH12

PostNet
SB007 ESC+BP

Barcode (Ratio 1:2)

NW-7 (CODABAR)
SAP Print Narrow Mapped to
Control Bar Width SBPL
Command
SB201 1 ESC+D001
SB202 2 ESC+D002
SB203 3 ESC+D003
SB204 4 ESC+D004
SB205 5 ESC+D005
SB206 6 ESC+D006
SB207 7 ESC+D007
SB208 8 ESC+D008
SB209 9 ESC+D009
SB210 10 ESC+D010
SB211 11 ESC+D011
SB212 12 ESC+D012

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Interleaved 2 of 5
SB221 1 ESC+D201
SB222 2 ESC+D202
SB223 3 ESC+D203
SB224 4 ESC+D204
SB225 5 ESC+D205
SB226 6 ESC+D206
SB227 7 ESC+D207
SB228 8 ESC+D208
SB229 9 ESC+D209
SB230 10 ESC+D210
SB231 11 ESC+D211
SB232 12 ESC+D212

JAN/EAN13
SB241 1 ESC+D301
SB242 2 ESC+D302
SB243 3 ESC+D303
SB244 4 ESC+D304
SB245 5 ESC+D305
SB246 6 ESC+D306
SB247 7 ESC+D307
SB248 8 ESC+D308
SB249 9 ESC+D309
SB250 10 ESC+D310
SB251 11 ESC+D311
SB252 12 ESC+D312

JAN/EAN8
SB261 1 ESC+D401
SB262 2 ESC+D402
SB263 3 ESC+D403
SB264 4 ESC+D404
SB265 5 ESC+D405
SB266 6 ESC+D406
SB267 7 ESC+D407
SB268 8 ESC+D408
SB269 9 ESC+D409
SB270 10 ESC+D410
SB271 11 ESC+D411
SB272 12 ESC+D412

UPC-A
SB281 1 ESC+DH01
SB282 2 ESC+DH02
SB283 3 ESC+DH03
SB284 4 ESC+DH04
SB285 5 ESC+DH05
SB286 6 ESC+DH06
SB287 7 ESC+DH07
SB288 8 ESC+DH08
SB289 9 ESC+DH09
SB290 10 ESC+DH10
SB291 11 ESC+DH11
SB292 12 ESC+DH12

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Barcode (Ratio 2:5)
NW-7 (CODABAR)
SAP Print Narrow Mapped to
Control Bar Width SBPL
Command
SB301 1 ESC+BD001
SB302 2 ESC+BD002
SB303 3 ESC+BD003
SB304 4 ESC+BD004
SB305 5 ESC+BD005
SB306 6 ESC+BD006
SB307 7 ESC+BD007
SB308 8 ESC+BD008
SB309 9 ESC+BD009
SB310 10 ESC+BD010
SB311 11 ESC+BD011
SB312 12 ESC+BD012

Interleaved 2 of 5
SB321 1 ESC+BD201
SB322 2 ESC+BD202
SB323 3 ESC+BD203
SB324 4 ESC+BD204
SB325 5 ESC+BD205
SB326 6 ESC+BD206
SB327 7 ESC+BD207
SB328 8 ESC+BD208
SB329 9 ESC+BD209
SB330 10 ESC+BD210
SB331 11 ESC+BD211
SB332 12 ESC+BD212

JAN/EAN13
SB341 1 ESC+BD301
SB342 2 ESC+BD302
SB343 3 ESC+BD303
SB344 4 ESC+BD304
SB345 5 ESC+BD305
SB346 6 ESC+BD306
SB347 7 ESC+BD307
SB348 8 ESC+BD308
SB349 9 ESC+BD309
SB350 10 ESC+BD310
SB351 11 ESC+BD311
SB352 12 ESC+BD312

JAN/EAN8
SB361 1 ESC+BD401
SB362 2 ESC+BD402
SB363 3 ESC+BD403
SB364 4 ESC+BD404
SB365 5 ESC+BD405
SB366 6 ESC+BD406
SB367 7 ESC+BD407
SB368 8 ESC+BD408
SB369 9 ESC+BD409

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 SB370 10 ESC+BD410
SB371 11 ESC+BD411
SB372 12 ESC+BD412

UPC-A
SB381 1 ESC+BDH01
SB382 2 ESC+BDH02
SB383 3 ESC+BDH03
SB384 4 ESC+BDH04
SB385 5 ESC+BDH05
SB386 6 ESC+BDH06
SB387 7 ESC+BDH07
SB388 8 ESC+BDH08
SB389 9 ESC+BDH09
SB390 10 ESC+BDH10
SB391 11 ESC+DBH11
SB392 12 ESC+BDH12

Code 39 (Ratio 1:3)

SB501 1 ESC+B101
SB502 2 ESC+B102
SB503 3 ESC+B103
SB504 4 ESC+B104
SB505 5 ESC+B105
SB506 6 ESC+B106
SB507 7 ESC+B107
SB508 8 ESC+B108
SB509 9 ESC+B109
SB510 10 ESC+B110
SB511 11 ESC+B111
SB512 12 ESC+B112

Code 39 (Ratio 1:2)

SB521 1 ESC+D101
SB522 2 ESC+D102
SB523 3 ESC+D103
SB524 4 ESC+D104
SB525 5 ESC+D105
SB526 6 ESC+D106
SB527 7 ESC+D107
SB528 8 ESC+D108
SB529 9 ESC+D109
SB530 10 ESC+D110
SB531 11 ESC+D111
SB532 12 ESC+D112

Code 39 (Ratio 2:5)

SB541 1 ESC+BD101
SB542 2 ESC+BD102
SB543 3 ESC+BD103
SB544 4 ESC+BD104
SB545 5 ESC+BD105
SB546 6 ESC+BD106
SB547 7 ESC+BD107
SB548 8 ESC+BD108
SB549 9 ESC+BD109

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SB550 10 ESC+BD110
SB551 11 ESC+BD111
SB552 12 ESC+BD112

Code 93
SB561 1 ESC+BC01
SB562 2 ESC+BC02
SB563 3 ESC+BC03
SB564 4 ESC+BC04
SB565 5 ESC+BC05
SB566 6 ESC+BC06
SB567 7 ESC+BC07
SB568 8 ESC+BC08
SB569 9 ESC+BC09
SB570 10 ESC+BC10
SB571 11 ESC+BC11
SB572 12 ESC+BC12

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8.2 Font Print Controls
203dpi 305dpi 609dpi
Print
ESC+M ESC+L Point Control
(13x20) 1 7 5 2 SF301
(Courcyr) 2 14 9 5 SF302
3 21 14 7 SF303
4 28 19 10 SF304
5 36 24 12 SF305
6 43 28 14 SF306
7 50 33 17 SF307
8 57 38 19 SF308
9 64 43 21 SF309
10 71 47 24 SF310
11 78 52 26 SF311
12 85 57 28 SF312

ESC+S 1 5 4 2 SF201
(8x15) 2 11 7 4 SF202
(Lnprint) 3 16 11 5 SF203
4 21 14 7 SF204
5 27 18 9 SF205
6 32 21 11 SF206
7 37 25 12 SF207
8 43 28 14 SF208
9 48 32 16 SF209
10 53 35 18 SF210
11 59 39 20 SF211
12 64 43 21 SF212

ESC+XM 1 8.5 5.5 SF301

(24x24) 2 17.0 11.5 SF302
(Letgoth) 3 25.5 17.5 SF303
LM4 4 34.0 22.5 SF304
Device 5 42.5 28.5 SF305
Type 6 51.0 34.0 SF306
7 59.5 39.5 SF307
8 68.0 45.5 SF308
9 76.5 51.0 SF309
10 85.0 56.5 SF310
11 93.5 62.5 SF311
12 68 SF312

ESC+XS 1 6.0 4.0 SF201

(17x17) 2 12.0 8.0 SF202
(Lnprint) 3 18.0 12.0 SF203
LM4 4 24.0 16.0 SF204
Device 5 30.0 20.0 SF205
Type 6 36.0 24.0 SF206
7 42.0 28.0 SF207
8 48.0 32.0 SF208
9 54.5 36.0 SF209
10 60.5 40.0 SF210
11 66.5 44.0 SF211
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 12 72.5 48.0 SF212

ESC+XU 1 3.0 2.0 SF101

(5x9) 2 6.5 4.0 SF102
(Cour_i7) 3 9.5 6.5 SF103
LM4 4 13.0 8.5 SF104
Device 5 16.0 10.5 SF105
Type 6 19.0 12.5 SF106
7 22.5 15.0 SF107
8 25.5 17.0 SF108
9 28.5 19.0 SF109
10 32.0 21.0 SF110
11 35.0 23.5 SF111
12 38.5 25.5 SF112

Note: The fixed size resident fonts are only supported in English-only and LM4 Device Types.

Other font information can be found at 6.2 Fonts.

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