Instruction manual

Restrictions
Some options cannot be used together. For example, incrementing (Option 60) and price field
(Option 42) options cannot be applied to the same field. Refer to the following sections
addressing individual options for specific combinations to avoid.
Option 4 (copy a field) is the only option that can be repeated for a single field.
Example R,1,3,1,3,1,1 p
Syntax R,option#,parameter...parameter p
R1. R Indicates field option header.
R2. option# Option number:
1 Define fixed characters
4 Copy data from previous field
30 Pad data to left or right with specified character
31 Generate check digit
42 Format as a price field
50 Define bar code densities
51 Define security and truncation of PDF417 bar codes
52 Define width or length of PDF417 bar codes
60 Define incrementing or decrementing field
61 Reimage fields
R3. parameter(s)
Varies per option. See the following option descriptions.
Option 1 (Fixed Data)
Fixed data is information (a company name or store number) you want to print on all labels. You
can define fixed characters for an entire field or for part of a field.
Syntax R,1,"fixed char" p
R1. R Option Header.
R2. 1 Option 1.
R3. fixed char Characters to insert. Enclose in quotation marks. If you are defining fixed characters for part of a
field, place underscores(_) in non-fixed positions. Any spaces in the phrase are fixed characters.
Range: 0 to 2710.
Note: Underscore characters are stripped out and the data is compressed if no data is supplied
by the batch and the field length is variable.
Example R,1,"_ _ _%$_ _ _ _ _" p
Uses fixed characters (%$) in positions 4 and 5. The other positions are variable.
Example R,1,"MONARCH" p
“MONARCH” appears as a fixed field in this example.
To fill in the non-fixed portion of the field, see “Defining Batch Data Fields” in Chapter 6. As an
alternative, you can apply Option 4 to copy data into the non-fixed character positions.
4-2 DEFINING FIELD OPTIONS