Paxar Monarch Pathfinder Ultra Gold manual N s i d e r i n g F i e l d T y p e s

C o n s i d e r i n g F i e l d T y p e s

After you select a supply size, the next step in designing a format is to decide what information you want to print on the label. For example, you may want to print your company name, price of an item, and a bar code that combines information from other places. Everything you want to print falls into one of the following categories.

Field Type	Field Class	Description	Examples
Text	Simple	Contains letters,	Item number, item
	Price	numbers, or symbols	description, department
	Date/Time	you want to print.	number, price, date
	Combo
Bar Code	Simple	Used for printing bar	Item or serial numbers, zip
	Price	codes that can be	codes, information you do
	Date/Time	scanned.	not want to have visible to
	Combo		customers
Constant	N/A	Prints fixed characters	Company name or
Text		that print without	company address
		changing.
Line	N/A	Highlights or separates	Line marking out the
		items.	regular price

For each field type, keep the following in mind:

Maximum field The maximum number of characters in the field. The number of

lengthcharacters depends on the font size, label size, whether you are using a check digit, or if the field is printed horizontally or vertically. If your data is a price, remember to include the currency symbol (dollars, francs, etc.) in the length of your field. See Chapter 3, “Configuring the Printer” for more information about setting a currency symbol. The range is 0 – 40.

4-4Designing a Format