3 using serial commands, Using serial commands – Rice Lake 920i Installation Manual V2.0 User Manual
Page 61
Print Formatting
57
Each print format can be edited from the front panel
using a character selection like that shown in
Figure 6-3. Use the navigation keys (
up
,
down
,
left
,
right
) to move around and between the format
command line and the character selection list.
Figure 6-3. Print Formatting Character Selection Display
¥
To add a character: position the cursor in the
format where you want to add the character. Use
the
up
key to return to the character selection
list, use the navigation keys to highlight the
character to add, then press
enter
. The new
character is added to the left of the current
cursor location in the format string.
¥
To add a blank space to a string, position the
cursor to the right of where the space is to be
inserted in the format string, highlight the
SP
character in the selection list, and press
enter
.
¥
To delete a character, position the cursor to the
right of the character to be deleted from the
format string, then press the
CLR
key.
¥
To add a special character, insert the
<
and
>
delimiter characters from the selection list. Use
the numeric keypad to insert the decimal ASCII
value (1Ð255) of the character between the
delimiters. For example, insert
<2>
to add the
STX character to the print format.
To save the edited format string, position the cursor in
the format string and press enter. Softkeys shown on
the character selection display provide additional
functions:
Default
Restores the string to its default value.
Home
Positions cursor at the beginning of the
format string.
Cancel
Exits without saving changes to the
format string.
End
Positions cursor at the end of the format
string.
Restore
Restores the string to its previously
saved value.
A
P r i n t Te s t
softkey is shown under the
F M T
parameter after exiting the character selection display.
If a printer is attached, this key can be used to verify
the edited string format before exiting setup mode.
NOTE:
The Print Test softkey is not available for the
HDRFMTx formats. These formats can be output only
when inserted into one of the printable ticket formats by
using the or
print format commands.
6.3.3
Using Serial Commands
With a personal computer, terminal, or remote keyboard attached to one of the
920i
serial ports, you can use the
serial command set described in Table 6-1 on page 53 to customize the print format strings.
To view the current setting of a format string, type the name of the print format and press the
enter
key. For
example, to check the current conÞguration of the GFMT format, type GFMT.FMT and press
enter
. The
indicator responds by sending the current conÞguration for the gross format:
GFMT.FMT=
To change the format, use the GFMT.FMT or NFMT.FMT serial command followed by an equals sign (=) and
the modiÞed print format string. For example, to add the name and address of a company to the gross format, you
could send the following serial command:
GFMT.FMT=MOE'S DUMP
A ticket printed using this format might look like the following:
MOE'S DUMP
2356 EAST HIGHWAY ROAD
SMALLTOWN
1345 LB GROSS
The ticket above could also be formatted by specifying the company address information in the HDRFMT1
ticket format, then substituting the
command for the address in the GFMT ticket format:
HDRFMT1=MOE'S DUMP
GFMT.FMT=