Paxar 9430R - Manual (Page 9)

Creating and Printing Formats 2-1
C R E A T I N G A N D P R I N T I N G
F O R M A T S
A format is the design what your data stream prints. It consists of fields
placed at various locations on the format. Fields can contain text, graphics,
and bar codes.
This chapter describes how to create a format.
O v e r v i e w
To create a format:
1 . Draw a rough sketch of how you want the format to look. For example,
a graphic may appear at the top, followed by the name of your
organization, followed by a list of items purchased. Your format could
be organized any number of ways.
NOTE: There are .157-inch no-print zones on the left and right sides of the
format, and a .7-inch no-print zone at the top of the format.
2 . Code the commands to implement your format design, as described in
this chapter.
3 . Add any commands to the data stream related to how the printer
performs. For example, at the data stream's beginning, enter the
command to initialize the printer (18 hex).
4 . Send the data stream from the host to the printer and test what you
have written.
C r e a t i n g T e x t F i e l d s
Text fields can contain letters, numbers, and symbols. To specify text for
the format, write the text directly to the printer. There is no special
command to use. There are, however, commands/control characters to
select a character set to use and to format the text.
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