Customizing Print Formats; Using The Edp Commands; Using The Front Panel - Rice Lake 880 Technical And Service Manual

7.3

Customizing Print Formats

The following sections describe procedures for customizing print formats using the EDP commands, the front
panel ( menu), and the Revolution® configuration utility.
PFORMT
7.3.1

Using the EDP Commands

With a personal computer, terminal, or remote keyboard attached to the 880, 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, followed by .FMT, and press
. For example, to check the current configuration of the
ENTER
indicator responds by sending the current configuration for the gross format:
GFMT=GROSS<G><NL2><TD><NL>
To change the format, use the format 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.FMT=RICE LAKE WEIGHING SYSTEMS<NL>230 W COLEMAN ST<NL>RICE LAKE WI 54868<NL2><G>
GROSS<NL>
A ticket printed using this format might look like the following:
RICE LAKE WEIGHING SYSTEMS
230 W COLEMAN ST
RICE LAKE WI 54868
1345 LB GROSS
The ticket above could also be formatted by specifying the company address information in the
format, then substituting the <H1> command for the address in the
HDRFMT1=RICE LAKE WEIGHING SYSTEMS<NL>230 W COLEMAN ST<NL>RICE LAKE WI 54868<NL2>GFMT=<AE><G>
GROSS<NL>
Note
The HDRFMT1 command does not require the .FMT.
7.3.2

Using the Front Panel

If you have no access to equipment for communication through the EDP port or are working at a site where such
equipment cannot be used, you can use the
the menu, you can edit the print format strings by changing the decimal values of the ASCII characters in
PFORMT
the format string.
Note
Edit the format using the Alphanumeric Entry Procedure, see Section 3.1.4.
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Lower-case letters and some special characters cannot be displayed on the
Note
character chart on page 90) and are shown as blanks. The
character printed depends on the particular ASCII character set implemented for the receiving device.
PFORMT
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SETUP
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PFORMT
GFMT NFMT
FMT
format
Figure 7-1. Print Format Menu
format, type
GFMT
ticket format:
GFMT
menu (see Figure 7-1) to customize the print formats. Using
ACCFMT SPFMT
PORT
COM
USBCOM
OFF
880
can send or receive any ASCII character; the
and press
GFMT.FMT ENTER
HDRFMT
HDRFMT
format
880
front panel (see the ASCII
Print Formatting
. The
ticket
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