Paxar 9401 manual Adding Characters to Pad Fields Option

3. Applying Field Options

Adding Characters to Pad Fields (Option 30)

You can add characters to one side of a field to pad the field. Padding lets you fill in remaining spaces when the data does not fill an entire field.

1.Define your text or bar code field on the Format Worksheet as instructed in Chapter 2, "Designing a Format." Remember

∙Write V in box T4 or B4 to ensure this is a variable length field.

NOTE: Do not use this option to pad a UPC or EAN bar code.

Do not use with: Option Description

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2.Find Option 30 on the Format Worksheet. This option defines a pad character for a field.

Make sure you write the pad character in the same row as the field to be padded.

3.Decide whether to place pad characters on the Right or the Left side of the field. Write L or R in box R3, after 30.

4.In box R4, write the character to use as a pad character. Place quotation marks around the character, like this:

"0"

Check Chapter 12, "Quick References" to make sure the character is printable in the font used in this field. See Appendix C, "Printable Characters," to use special characters as the pad character.

Padding is especially useful when printing variable length bar codes in a fixed space. If the maximum number of characters in the bar code is 15, but the operator only enters 10 characters, the padding option fills the remainder of the field with pad characters.

Applying Field Options

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