Field placement in the packet is an important consideration when using field color attributes, because fields are imaged in the order they are received. If a line field is defined before the overlay (text or constant text) field, the line field is blocked out by the overlay field, depending on the overlay field’s color attribute. If a line field is defined after the overlay field, the line field is not blocked out by the overlay field, regardless of the overlay field’s color attribute.

C9. alignment Alignment of constant text in the field. Options:

LAlign on left side of field.

B Align at midpoint of field

E Align at end of field.

Use L, B, or E for any font.

C10. char rot Character rotation. Options:

0Top of character points to top of field (Use for scalable font.)

1Top of character points to left of field

2Top of character points to bottom of field

3Top of character points to right of field

NOTE: Font 50 and downloaded TrueType fonts do not support character rotation.

C11. field rot Field rotation. Lower left corner of field is the pivot point. Options:

0Top of overlay points to top of supply

1Top of overlay points to left of supply

2Top of overlay points to bottom of supply

3Top of overlay points to right of supply

NOTE: Rotation is affected by the pivot point, which varies depending on how text is justified.

C12. "fixed char" Fixed characters to appear in the field. Maximum 2710 (100 for 9403) characters. Enclose in quotation marks.

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