Pitney Bowes J640 - Manual (Page 131)

Option 1 (Fixed Data) –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
Example R,1,"_ _ _%$_ _ _ _ _"
p
Syntax R,1,"fixed char"
p
R1. R Indicates option header.
R2. 4 Indicates Option 1.
R3. fixed char Characters to insert. Enclose in quotation marks. If you
are defining fixed characters for part of a field, place
underscores (_) in non-fixed positions.
NOTE: Underscore characters are stripped out and the
data is compressed if no data is supplied by the
batch and the field length is variable.
Option 4 (Copy Data) –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
NOTE: When copying from more than one field, copy into
the destination field from left to right.
Example R,4,3,1,3,1,1
p
Syntax R,4,src fld,src start,# to copy,dest start,
copy code
p
R1. R Indicates option header.
R2. 4 Indicates Option 4.
R3. src fld Field number from which data is copied.
R4. src start Position number in the source field of the first character to
be copied.
R5. # to copy Number of characters to copy.
R6. dest start Position number where copied characters are to begin
printing in the destination field.
R7. copy code Copy Method.
1 Copy field as is (including price symbols,
pad characters, check digits, etc.).
2 Copy unformatted data (without price characters,
pad characters, etc.).
J640 Programmer’s Manual
7-16