Electronic Journal - TransAct POSjet 1500 Programmer's Manual

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Electronic Journal

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The POSjet 1500 has the capability to store electronic journal
can be made into the electronic journal. The first is by selecting the journal station. The second is by requesting
that print data (either validation or receipt) be placed into the electronic journal.
Before the electronic journal can be used it must be configured and initialized.
Configuring the Electronic Journal
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The POSjet 1500 has 196K of flash that can be assigned to the electronic journal or to extended user store. The
196K is segmented in 64K segments which may be assigned to either to electronic journal or extended user store.
That is you can assign 2 segments or 128K to the electronic journal and the remaining segment or 64K will be
assigned to extended user store.
When electronic journal is in use, you can not reconfigure the configuration of the extended flash memory. If you
want to reconfigure the flash, the electronic journal must be erased. To erase the electronic journal you must know
the password that was assigned when it was initialized. When printers are initially configured by TransAct, the
extended flash is erased and partitioned but not initialized. Before you use the electronic journal you must initialize
it.
CAUTION: You can use the extended user store without initializing the electronic journal. If any data has been
stored in the extended user store, it will be lost if the extended flash is repartitioned.
CAUTION: The printer does not stop if the electronic journal runs out of memory. If the printer were to stop there
would be no way for the host to print and clear the journal. The host system should monitor the Journal with the
[ENQ]<25> command. This command will return the electronic journal status and report how much memory is
remaining (See page 165). When the free electronic journal space is less than a predetermined amount, the journal
should be printed or retrieved and then reinitialized.
Electronic Journal Security
Electronic journal security is provided by applying a password to the erase feature of the electronic journal.
Additionally, there is a factory set configuration that disables the ability for the operator to print the journal through
the keypad.
It is possible to assign a blank password to the electronic journal. If this is done either through the keypad or by host
control, the manual print mode will be allowed to erase and reinitialize the journal.
It is up to the end user of the POSjet
CAUTION: If you have initialized the electronic journal and don't know the password, there is no way to erase the
electronic journal without returning the printer for service. The warranty does not cover this. All POSjet
shipped with the electronic journal partitioned and erased but not initialized.
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It must be noted that the POSjet
the time and/or date, the host system must transfer this as printable text.
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1500 to implement and use the level of security that is required.
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1500 does not maintain the current time or date. If a journal entry is to contain
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data in flash memory. There are two ways entries
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1500 are
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