Paxar 9401 Printer User Manual


 
Filling in the Format Worksheet .................................2-9
Defining the Format Header.....................................2-10
Defining Text Fields..................................................2-13
Defining Constant Text Overlays..............................2-23
Defining Bar Code Fields .........................................2-28
Defining Non-Printable Text Fields...........................2-34
Lines and Boxes.......................................................2-36
Defining Lines...............................................2-36
Defining Lines as Segments ............2-36
Defining Lines as Vectors.................2-39
Defining Boxes .............................................2-39
3. Applying Field Options....................................................3-1
Defining Fixed Data (Option 1) ..................................3-3
Entire Field Fixed Character Definition .......... 3-3
Partial Field Fixed Character Definition ......... 3-5
Restricting Data Types ...................................3-6
General Restrictions.......................................3-6
Detailed Character Restrictions .....................3-7
Example .............................................3-8
Restricting Data Types by Character
Position...........................................................3-9
Creating Date or Time Fields .......................3-11
Copying Data Into a Field (Option 4) .......................3-13
Merging Fields..............................................3-16
Sub-Fields ........................................3-16
Defining Data Entry Sources (Option 5) ..................3-17
Eliminating the Operator Prompt..................3-17
Defining a Data Entry Prompt (Option 20) ...............3-18
Adding Characters to Pad Fields (Option 30).......... 3-19
Creating a Price Field (Option 42) ...........................3-20
Incrementing Fields (Option 60)...............................3-21
Entering data for incrementing fields ...........3-22
Fixing the first number in the incrementing
sequence......................................................3-22
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