SATO manual Sato M-8400RV

Section 4. Programming Reference

4.The font for the date/time elements must be specified before this command.

6.The printer’s internal clock may be set through the Calendar Set command (see Page 4-80).

7.This command can be used up to six times per job.

8.The Copy (<ESC>WD), Mirror Image (<ESC>RM) or Reverse Image (<ESC>/) commands cannot be used with this command.

9.Up to 16 characters can be used with this command.

10.Century Ranges are:

For Year + YY, any year equal to or greater than 80 and less or equal to 99, then the century equals 19. for any year equal to or greater than 80, then the century equals 20.

11.The Julian date is the accumulated day from January 1st to the current date. The first day of the year is January 1st (001) and the last day of the year is December 31st (365 or 366 for leap years).

12.The TT command parameter should not be specified for printing in numeric only bar codes.

13.The Week Calendar specification follows ISO8601. Days of the week are numbered 1 thru 7, beginning with Monday. The first week of the year is the week containing the first Thursday. If January 1st falls on Friday, it belongs to the last week of the previous year. If December 31st falls on a Wednesday, it belongs to the first week of the following year. If Calendar Increment calculation extends over the year, the result belongs to the week number of the following year.

14.All time and date rules conform to the ISO8601 specification.

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