Paxar 9401 Printer User Manual


 
5. In box R5, write the left-most position to be counted in the
field. Field positions are numbered from left to right,
beginning with 1.
6. In box R6, enter the right-most position to be counted in
the field.
Entering data for incrementing fields
There are two ways to enter the first number in the
incrementing sequence.
The operator enters the first number during batch entry
Use Option 1 to define the first number as fixed
characters.
NOTE: The first number in the sequence must contain
the same number of digits as the highest number
to be counted. For example, to count the
numbers 1 to 999, the first number in the
sequence must be entered as 001.
Fixing the first number in the incrementing sequence
To enter the first number in the sequence automatically, use
Option 1 to define the first number. See "Defining Fixed Data"
earlier in this chapter.
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