Rockwell Automation 2707-NP DTAM Programming Software - Manual (Page 139)

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Chapter
17–1
DTAM Plus
Printer Form Builder
This chapter describes how to use the Printer Form Builder function
(available on the DTAM Plus only). This chapter contains these sections:
Section Page
Printer Form Builder 17–1
Printer Control 17–1
Print Form Builder Function Keys 17–2
Creating a Printer Form 17–3
Only available on the DTAM Plus with the optional printer port, the Printer
Form Builder lets you create formats for printing alarm messages, production
reports, or any other messages. A print form may contain 1 to 8 lines of text.
You can combine text and controller register data to create a custom print
out. Register data can be scaled prior to being printed.
You have the option of selecting either:
•
a form feed prior to printing the form
•
printer control codes
Printer control codes allow you to enter printer control functions such as Line
Feed or extended ASCII characters into the print form.
Note: The default settings of the printer form prints out all eight lines for
each print form even if all the lines don’t contain text. To save paper on print
forms containing less than 8 lines, we recommend that you:
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disable the form feed option.
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disable the line feed after carriage return option on your printer.
•
enter a line feed printer code (decimal 10) after the end of each line on the
print form.
Chapter Objectives
Printer Form Builder
Printer Control