Paxar 9401 manual Creating Date or Time Fields

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3. Applying Field Options

Creating Date or Time Fields

You must apply Options 1 and 3 to print a date or time field. For information about how Option 1, see "Defining Fixed Data."

NOTE: The printer has no built-in clock. The operator must enter the correct time or date.

1.Define your text field on the Format Worksheet as shown in Chapter 2, "Designing a Format." Remember

Write 8 in box T3 to allow for a maximum of eight characters.

Write F in box T4 to specify a• fixed length field.

Do not use with: Option Description

2General Character Restrictions

2.Find Option 1 on the Format Worksheet. This option will fix the slashes or colons in the date or time field.

3.In box R3, after 1, write the fixed characters (/, :, or ;) in

their respective character positions and underscores in all other positions. Put quotation marks around the character string, like this:

"_ _/_ _/_ _"

4.Find Option 3 on the same row of the Format Worksheet. This option creates a data template.

5.Write T in box R3, after 3.

6.In box R4, after T, write the pound sign (#) in positions to be filled by numbers. Place underscores (_) in the fixed character positions defined by option 1. Place quotes around the string of characters, like this:

"##_##_##"

Applying Field Options

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Paxar 9401 manual Creating Date or Time Fields