Printronix LQH-HWTM manual Alphanumerics, Incremental Fixed Data Fields, Format Alpha, RPT n

Chapter 2 Command Codes

Alphanumerics, Incremental: Fixed Data Fields

Purpose To automatically increment/decrement fixed alphanumeric data fields.

Mode CREATE

Note In the command format below, incremental alphanumeric command parameters are shown in boldface type. Standard alphanumeric command parameters and optional nonincremental parameters are shown in italics and are described in the Alphanumerics section (starting on page 29). Due to space constraints, the command parameters are separated into two lines. During actual IGP input, DO NOT separate command parameters.

Format ALPHA

[R;] [E;] [Cn;] I; [DIR;] [UC;] [DARK;] [POINT;] [HSn or HSDn;] SR; SC; VE; HE; [idir] STEPMASK; [RPTn;] [RSTn;] (D)STARTDATA(D)

STOP

IIdentifies this alphanumeric command as an Incremental Alphanumeric command; enter I.

idir	The optional increment direction parameter to
	specify an increment (add) or decrement (subtract)
	to the data. Enter a plus sign (+) or leave the field
	blank to increment (the default). Enter a minus sign
	(-) to decrement.

STEPMASK Defines the increment amount (step), the number

	of character positions in the data field, and provides
	a mask to control the increment function on specific
	parts of the data. Refer to Table 5 on page 35 for
	complete information on STEPMASK parameter
	values.
RPTn	The optional incremental repeat count parameter to
	specify the number of times a particular field value
	is repeated before it is incremented. A repeated
	field value is useful when printing multiple
	rows/columns of identical labels before increasing
	to the next value.
	To use the repeat count parameter, enter RPT and
	replace n with a numeric value ranging from 1 to
	65,535 to specify the repeat count. The default
	repeat count parameter is 1, which will increment
	the field value each time it prints.

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