Hitachi LM-C300 Series User Manual page 59

3.9.4.3 SET THE OFFSET DATE
Use this option to add a fixed number of days (weeks, months, years) to the actual date. You can use
this option to print a "Sell-by" date etc. The date offset will be printed in the message. For example, if the
actual date is September 2 and the date offset is +10 days, the date that is printed in the message is
September 12.
Touch Screen:
To set an offset for the date in an existing field on the Touch Screen, follow the procedures below.
(1) Select "FILE" on the main screen.
(2) Select "LOAD" on the right side of the screen.
(3) Select the message that contains the field where offset is to be set from the list of existing
messages displayed on the left side of the screen.
(4) Select "EDIT", click on the field you want to set the offset, and press "RETURN" on the left side
of the screen.
(5) Pressing "EXPIRY" displayed on the left side of the screen, the offset setting menus of "Offset
[days]" and "Offset [minutes]" will be displayed.
[NOTE] If you select the grouped text as the field you want to set the offset in step (4), the
procedures to display the offset setting menu are as follows:
- Click on the field you want to set the offset, and press "RETURN" on the left side of
the screen.
- Press "MEMBERS" displayed on the left side of the screen and a list of elements that
compose the grouped text is displayed on the left side of the screen.
- When you select the element which you want to set the offset for, the offset setting
menu is displayed.
(6) Select the item for offset setting.
(7) Change the offset setting value by increasing / decreasing the value with the arrow keys or
pressing the numerical value in the center to move to the numeric keypad screen and directly
enter the value.
(8) Pressing "RETURN" on the screen that displays the arrow keys will apply the modified offset
value to the field.
(9) Save the settings after completing the settings. Refer to "3.2.3 SAVING YOUR MESSAGE" for
details.
- Be sure to set the [Offset [Day]] in units of days, not units of months or years.
- Offset settings can be adjusted within existing fields as well as new fields.
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