It looks to me like '#' and '&' in this case are just the characters sent to a device and interpreted by the device.

>I am using a product called LinxBasic which is a subset of Quick Basic. We are stuck with this since it comes with the Linx Data terminals we use to send data to our Foxpro tables in our plant. I have had to make a new set of code, which was easy following the pattern of previous code, and made a few changes for a new terminal. We are stuck on making our barcode labels print with the product number, serial #, weight, etc.
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>Can someone explain to me what the following code "#" means? Is this a Basic Language Printer wake-up code? We can't seem to figure out what the wake-up code is for a new DataMax I-4208 Printer. Even the people at Linx Data Inc. don't know how to do this. Any old Basic Language gurus out there? Also, what does the ampersand mean in this context? SendQue "S&"+empl$+","+
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> pc2 "Printing Weight Tag"
> 'sendAux prints the tag to the default printer.
> 'The other printers use a cross-over connector adapter.
> sendAux "#"+getDateCode$+","+Ltrim$(tare$)+","+Mid$(Desc$,1,15)+","+Ltrim$(wkord.carbon$)+","+Ltrim$(wkord.note$)+","+pn$+","+wo$+","+serial$+","+Ltrim$(gross$)+","+Ltrim$(net$)+"&"
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>' We use "S" for STRANDER SCALE. This data goes to the Scale Control, specifically
>' to c:\irl\linx01.txt and c:\irl\linxbkup.txt on the IRWCLOCK workstation.
> SendQue "S&"+empl$+","+GetDate$+" "+GetTime$+",S,"+mach$+",,"+gross$+","+wo$+","+serial$+","+weight.twgt+","+pn$+","+net$+",,G,"+empname$+","+desc$