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The default print formats are shown in Table 7-2:

Table 7-2. Default Print Formats

Format

Default Format String

Sample Output

GFMT

GROSS

123456.7 lb GROSS

GPFMT

Group Weight:
Head Count:
Weight: with Shrink
Avg Weight:
Accumulated Gross Weight:

Group Weight - 1
Head Count: 4
Weight: 429.7 lb with 5.00% Shrink
Avg Weight: 107.4 lb
Accumulated Gross Weight: 740.6 lb

LDFMT

Total Load Weight
Groups:

Total Gross Weight:

Total Head Count:

Total Weight: with Shrink
Shrink Percentage:

Avg Weight:

Total Load Weight
Groups: 3

Total Gross Weight: 1408.6 lb

Total Head Count: 12

Total Weight: 1408.6 lb with Shrink
Shrink Percentage: 0.00%

Avg Weight: 117.3 lb

Note

• The command listed in Table 7-1 prints the gross weight in non-displayed units—that is, in the units not

currently displayed on the indicator.

• ID numbers included in the print format string ( command) must be set using the UID EDP command.

• The 300-character limit of each print format string includes the output field length of the print formatting commands,

not the command length. For example, if the indicator is configured to show a decimal point, the command
generates an output field of 13 characters: the 10-character weight value (including decimal point), one space, and a
two-digit units identifier.

7.2

Customizing Print Formats

The following sections describe procedures for customizing the GFMT, GPFMT, and LDFMT formats using the
EDP port, the front panel (PFORMT menu), and the Revolution configuration utility.

7.2.1

Using the EDP Port

With a personal computer, terminal, or remote keyboard attached to the 590 AG Indicator EDP port, you can use
the EDP command set to customize the print format strings.

To view the current setting of a format string, type the name of the string (GFMT, GPFMT, or LDFMT) and press

ENTER

.

For example, to check the current configuration of the GFMT format, type GFMT and press

ENTER

. The indicator

responds by sending the current configuration for the gross format:

GFMT= GROSS

To change the format, use the GFMT, GPFMT, or LDFMT EDP command followed by an equals sign (=) and the
modified print format string.

For example, to add the name and address of a company to the gross format, you could send the following EDP
command:

GFMT=MLC SHIPPING1357 WEST HOWARD ROADBIGTOWN GROSS

A ticket printed using this format might look like the following:

MLC SHIPPING
1357 WEST HOWARD ROAD
BIGTOWN

27862 LB GROSS