LABEL PRINTER API USING LUA PROGRAM SCRIPTING LANGUAGE

摘要

A system and method are defined for modifying functionality of a printer thatis providedwith firmware for controlling printing operations. First programming code isdeveloped that,when executed on a computer readable medium, interfaces with the printer'sfirmware andmodifies the functionality of the printer. The first programming code iswritten in a firstprogramming language, such as the LUA programming language, and the firmwareis written ina second programming language other than the first programming language.Thereafter, the firstprogramming code is executed on the computer readable, and the functionalityof the printer ismodified as a function of the executed first programming code interfacing withthe firmware.The firmware is not modified by the interfacing.