DPI Conversion Program

DPI Conversion Program

This program converts a ZPL format being sent to the printer on the parallel port to 300 dpi (dots per inch) from 200 dpi (dots per inch). This is done by searching for and extracting ZPL commands with resolution-dependent arguments and scaling the arguments for a 300 dpi printer.

Example

This is an example of dpi conversion:
1 rem ************************************************** 1 rem Zebra Technologies ZBI Sample Program 1 rem 1 rem Professional programming services are available. Please contact 1 rem ZBI-Experts@zebra.com for more information. 1 rem 1 rem This is an example of converting a printer from 200 dpi (dots 1 rem per inch 1 rem to 300 dpi. This example covers only some of the ZPL commands 1 rem that 1 rem could be affected by converting from 200 to 300 dpi printing. 1 rem ************************************************** 1 rem open the ports for input and output 1 rem ************************************************** 10 close #1 20 close #2 30 open #1 : name "PAR" 40 open #2 : name "ZPL" 1 rem ************************************************** 1 rem create an array with the search parameters 1 rem ************************************************** 50 declare string find$(20) 60 let find$(1) = "^FO" 70 let find$(2) = "^A0" 80 let find$(3) = "^GB" 90 let find$(4) = "^XZ" 100 let find$(5) = "^A@" 110 let find$(6) = "^LL" 120 let find$(7) = "^LH" 130 let find$(8) = "FO" 140 let find$(9) = "A0" 150 let find$(10) = "GB" 160 let find$(11) = "XZ" 170 let find$(12) = "A@" 180 let find$(14) = "LH" 190 let find$(15) = "^BY" 200 let find$(16) = "BY" 210 let find$(17) = "^B3" 220 let find$(18) = "B3" 1 rem ******************************************************* 1 rem search for the parameters 1 rem ******************************************************* 300 do 310 let in$ = searchto$(1, find$, 2) 1 rem ******************************************************** 1 rem once a parameter is found, determine how to handle it 1 rem ******************************************************** 320 if in$ = "^FO" or in$ = "FO" then 330 gosub 520 340 else if in$ = "^LH" or in$ = "LH" then 350 gosub 520 360 else if in$ = "^A0" or in$ = "A0" then 370 gosub 700 380 else if in$ = "^A@" or in$ = "A@" then 390 gosub 700 400 else if in$ = "^GB" or in$ = "GB" then 410 gosub 1100 420 else if in$ = "^LL" then 430 gosub 1300 440 else if in$ = "^BY" or in$ = "BY" then 450 gosub 1400 460 else if in$ = "^B3" or in$ = "B3" then 470 gosub 1600 480 else if in$ = "^XZ" then 490 print #2: in$; 500 end if 510 loop 1 rem ******************************************************** 1 rem convert the ^FO and ^LH commands from 200 to 300 dpi 1 rem ******************************************************** 520 inbyte #1: a$ 530 let a = ord(a$) 540 if a >= 65 then 550 print #2: in$&a$; 560 goto 660 570 end if 580 let x$ = extract$(1, "", ", ") 590 let x2$ = a$&x$ 600 let y$ = extract$(1, "", "^") 610 let x = val(x2$) 620 let y = val(y$) 630 let x2 = (x/2)+x 640 let y2 = (y/2)+y 650 print #2: in$; x2; ","; y2; "^"; 660 return 1 rem ******************************************************** 1 rem convert the ^A0 and ^A@ commands from 200 to 300 dpi 1 rem ******************************************************** 700 inbyte #1: a$ 710 let a = ord(a$) 720 let b = 0 730 let c = 0 740 if a >= 65 then 750 print #2: in$&a$; ","; 760 let b = 1 770 end if 780 inbyte #1: a$ 790 let h$ = extract$(1, "", ",") 800 if in$ = "^A@" or in$ = "A@" then 810 let c = 1 820 let w$ = extract$(1, "", ",") 830 let m$ = extract$(1, "", "^") 840 else 850 let w$ = extract$(1, "", "^") 860 end if 870 let h = val(h$) 880 let w = val(w$) 900 let h2 = (h/2) + h 910 let w2 = (w/2) + w 920 if b = 1 then 930 print #2: h2; ","; w2; 940 else 950 print #2: in$&"N,"; h2; ","; w2; 960 end if 970 if c = 1 then 980 print #2: ","; m$; 990 end if 1000 print #2: "^"; 1010 return 1 rem ******************************************************** 1 rem convert the ^GB command from 200 to 300 dpi 1 rem ******************************************************** 1020 let w$ = extract$(1, "", ",") 1030 let h$ = extract$(1, "", ",") 1040 let t$ = extract$(1, "", "^") 1050 let h = val(h$) 1060 let w = val(w$) 1070 let t = val(t$) 1080 let h2 = (h/2)+ h 1090 let w2 = (w/2)+ w 1100 let t2 = (t/2)+ t 1110 print #2: in$; w2; ","; h2; ","; t2; "^"; 1120 return 1 rem ******************************************************** 1 rem convert the ^LL command from 200 to 300 dpi 1 rem ******************************************************** 1300 let l$ = extract$(1, "", "^") 1310 let l = VAL(l$) 1320 let l2 = (l/2) + l 1330 print #2: in$; l2; "^"; 1340 return 1 rem ******************************************************** 1 rem convert the ^BY command from 200 to 300 dpi 1 rem ******************************************************** 1400 inbyte #1: a$ 1410 let a = ord(a$) 1420 if a >= 48 and a <= 57 then 1460 let x$ = extract$(1, "", ", ") 1470 let x2$ = a$&x$ 1480 let x = val(x2$) 1490 let x2 = (x/2) + x 1500 if x2 > 10 then 1510 let x2 = 10 1520 end if 1530 print #2: in$; x2; ","; 1540 else 1550 print #2: in$; a$; 1560 end if 1570 return 1 rem ******************************************************** 1 rem convert the ^B3 command from 200 to 300 dpi 1 rem ******************************************************** 1600 let o$ = extract$(1, "", ", ") 1610 let e$ = extract$(1, "", ", ") 1620 let h$ = extract$(1, "", ", ") 1630 let h = val(h$) 1640 let h2 = (h/2) + h 1650 print #2: in$; o$; ","; e$; ","; h2; ","; 1660 return