Customizing Print Formats; Using The Edp Port; Using The Front Panel; Using Revolution - Rice Lake IQ plus 710 Installation Manual

6.3

Customizing Print Formats

The following sections describe procedures for
customizing print formats using the EDP port, the
front panel (PFORMT menu), and the Revolution
configuration utility.
6.3.1

Using the EDP Port

With a personal computer, terminal, or remote
keyboard attached to the IQ plus 710 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 print format and press
Discontinued Product
example, to check the current configuration of the
GFMT format, type GFMT and press
i n d i c a t o r r e s p o n d s b y s e n d i n g t h e c u r r e n t
configuration for the gross format:
GFMT=<G> GROSS<NL>
To change the format, use the GFMT or NFMT 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=MOE'S DUMP<NL>2356 EAST HIGHWAY
ROAD<NL>SMALLTOWN<NL2><G> GROSS<NL>
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
HDRFMT ticket format, then substituting the <AE>
command for the address in the GFMT ticket format:
HDRFMT=MOE'S DUMP<NL>2356 EAST HIGHWAY
ROAD<NL>SMALLTOWN<NL2>
GFMT=<AE><G> GROSS<NL>
6.3.2

Using the Front Panel

I f y o u h a v e n o a c c e s s t o e q u i p m e n t f o r
communication through the EDP port or are working
at a site where such equipment cannot be used, you
can use the PFORMT menu (see Figure 6-2 on
page 52) to customize the print formats.
Using the PFORMT menu, you can edit the print
format strings by changing the decimal values of the
ASCII characters in the format string.
NOTES:
• Lower-case letters and some special characters cannot
be displayed on the IQ plus 710 front panel and are
shown as blanks. The IQ plus 710 can send or receive
any ASCII character; the character printed depends on
the particular ASCII character set implemented for the
receiving device.
• Because commas and periods are shown as part of the
digit on the front panel, display and displayed position
of commas entered into a print format may not reflect
the actual printed output.
6.3.3
The Revolution configuration utility provides a print
formatting grid with a tool bar. The grid allows you to
construct the print format without the formatting
commands (<NL> and <SP>) required by the front
panel or EDP command methods. Using Revolution,
you can type text directly into the grid, then select
. For
ENTER
weight value fields from the tool bar and place them
where you want them to appear on the printed ticket.
. The
ENTER
Figure 6-1 shows an example of the Revolution print
formatting grid.

Using Revolution

Figure 6-1. Revolution Print Format Grid
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