Inserting A Date Or A Time - Hitachi LM-C300 Series User Manual

3.9.4. INSERTING A DATE OR A TIME

In this section you will learn how to use a Date or a Time field in your message. The current data and
time, which are stored in the internal clock of the Laser Marker are used for these field. You can use an
offset to change the data or time to be printed.
[NOTE] The print contents of the date / time field is updated at the following timing.
- Immediately after printing
- Update once every 10 seconds when waiting for print trigger
Therefore, the time displayed on the screen and the time displayed on the print may be different.
3.9.4.1 INSERTING A DATE OR TIME FIELD
To insert a Date or a Time field in your message, follow the procedures below.
Touch Screen:
To insert a Date or a Time field in your message using the Touch Screen, follow the procedure below.
(1) Select "FILE" on the main screen.
(2) Select "LOAD" on the right side of the screen.
To create a new field, select "NEW" and go to step (4).
(3) Select the message you want to add a Date or a Time field, from the existing message list
displayed on the left of the screen.
(4) Select "EDIT" displayed at the bottom left of the screen.
(5) If you select "CUSTOM" displayed at the bottom right of the screen, the text and figure icons will
be displayed at the bottom right of the screen. If you slide these icons to the left, the icons for
"DAY", "MONTH", "YEAR", "WEEK", "HOUR", "MINUTES", and "SECONDS" will be displayed.
Select one of them.
[NOTE] The screen differs depending on the software version. For example, after pressing
the "EDIT" button this screen may look like the one on the right side figure above.
(6) Touch the screen at the position where you want to insert a new Date or Time field, and the field
selected in step (5) will be inserted.
(7) Save the message that contains the inserted field. Refer to "3.2.3 SAVING YOUR MESSAGE"
for saving.
[Right side of touch screen]
Slide to show date / time icons
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