^FHField Hexadecimal Indicator

What ^FH does

^FH lets you embed hexadecimal escape sequences in ^FD data, so control or extended characters can be sent as _XX. It is the standard way to include characters that can't be typed directly, such as newlines or accented letters.

Syntax

^FHa

Parameters

Example

^XA
^CI28
^FO50,50^A0N,30,30^FH^FDCaf_C3_A9^FS
^XZ

_C3_A9 is the UTF-8 byte sequence for 'é'.

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Related commands

• ^FD — Field Data
• ^CI — Change International Encoding

See the full ZPL command reference for all 92 documented commands.