Paxar 6035 manual F I N I N G S P E C I a L F I E L D S, Defining Special Fields

D E F I N I N G S P E C I A L F I E L D S 9

This chapter includes information about creating price and

system/date time fields. Create a separate definition for each price and date/time field.

For price fields, you define the way your price appears in the printed format, for example £98.00. You can configure the printer to print using: US Dollars, French Francs, Spanish Pesetas, Belgian Francs, German Marks, British Pounds, Euro-Dollars, Swedish Krona, Danish Marka, Austrian Schilling, and Japanese Yen. See Chapter 3, “Configuring the Printer” for more information. For date/time fields, you define the way the system date and time appear in the printed format, for example 10-15-01 4:00 PM.

NOTE: All samples shown in this chapter are created using 2.0-inch long by 2.0-inch wide supplies.

A b o u t P r i c e a n d S y s t e m D a t e / T i m e F i e l d s

Read the following information to become familiar with the prompts for price and date/time fields. Valid ranges for the prompts are listed as well as information about using price and date/time fields.

Format Name Depending on your printer’s configuration, enter a name for the format. For more information about your printer’s configuration, see Chapter 3, “Configuring the Printer.” The maximum number of characters for the format name is 16.

Format Number Reserved for future use. (Depending on your printer’s configuration, enter a number for the format. The format number range is 1 – 99.)

Format	Reserved for future use. (Depending on your printer’s
Description	configuration, enter a description for the format.)
Supply Length	The length of your loaded supply. Measure from the top of
	one black mark to the top of the next black mark. The
	standard supply lengths are: 55, 78, 110, 150, 200, 300, or

400.

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