SAP Label Printing delay in Intermec Printers

Hi all,
I have created a label using LabelShop Pro and used it in a SAPScript. I noticed that there is a delay in printing the next barcode. A short pause actually. I tried all the control commands interms of setting the printer speed and Band setting. But still there's no chage, it still pauses and prints. Does anybody know what i could do on this.
Please advice.
Regards
Dhanushka.

It has nothing to do with SAP. It's the printer Firmware/software that causes the delay. If you can hook a PC on the Intermecprinter you wiil se that serveral printjobs are queued up in the printer.
We had an issue with Intermec 5 years ago when we started using the Intermec 501xp/601XP printer directly from SAP.

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