Print Formatting; Print Formatting Tokens - Rice Lake Revolution Synergy Series Technical Manual

8.0

Print Formatting

The 380/381 provides three print formats, GFMT, NFMT and ACCFMT, which determine the format of the printed output when
the key is pressed. If a tare has been entered or acquired, NFMT is used; otherwise, GFMT is used.
Print
Each print format can be customized to include information, such as company name and address, on printed tickets. The print
format is programmed using a combination of print formatting tokens (as in
may contain a total of up to 300 characters. The output sent to the printer may contain up to 400 characters. Use the print
format menu through front panel of the indicator or revolution to customize the print format.
NOTE: Press the down arrow to view the ASCII character decimal value on the second menu level.
NOTE: See Section 10.6 on page 58
8.1

Print Formatting Tokens

Table 8-1 lists tokens which can be used to configure the print formats. Tokens included in the format strings must be enclosed
between < and > delimiters. Characters outside of the delimiters are printed as text on the ticket. Text characters can include
ASCII characters which can be printed by the output device.
Token
<G>
<G/P>
<G/S>
<N>
<N/P>
<N/S>
<T>
<T/P>
<T/S>
<A>
<AC>
<AD>
<AT>
<UID>
<CN>
<NLnn>
<SPnn>
<SU>
<TI>
<DA>
<TD>
<nnn>
Gross, net, and tare weights are 9 digits in length, including sign (10 digits with decimal point) followed by a
space and a two-digit units identifier. Total field length with units identifier is 12 (or 13) characters.
For tare weights only, PT is added to the output if the Tare is a Keyed tare, adding 3 additional characters to the
total field length.
UID and consecutive number (CN) fields are up to 8 characters in length.
* If nn is not specified, 1 is assumed. Value must be in the range 1–99.
** Accumulator events print 0 unless the accumulator is turned on
*** Date and time function only available with RTC option installed
to view the ASCII character chart.
Gross weight in displayed units
Gross weight in Primary units
Gross weight in Secondary units
Net weight in displayed units
Net weight in Primary units
Net weight in Secondary units
Tare weight in displayed units
Tare weight in Primary units
Tare weight in Secondary units
Accumulated weight in displayed units
Number of accumulator events (5 digit counter) **
Date of last accumulator event ** ***
Time of last accumulator event ** ***
Unit ID number (up to 8 characters)
Consecutive number (up to 8 numeric digits)
New line (nn = number of termination (<CR/LF> or <CR>) characters)*
Space (nn = number of spaces)*
Toggle weight data format (formatted/unformatted)
Time ***
Date (prints 4 digit year) ***
Time & Date ***
ASCII character (nnn=decimal value of ASCII character); used for inserting control characters
(STX, for example) in the print stream
Table 8-1. Print Format Tokens
Table 8-1) and ASCII characters. The configuration
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