Owner`s manual
PRINTER TICKET FORMATS 
P220 Ticket 
If the P220 Ticket printer was selected, 
P220=1 
(1 = Weight Data Formatted for P220 printer) 
during setup and calibration of the indicator, the data will be transmitted in the following format: 
If Pounds Only or Pounds/Kilograms 
was selected for 
Unit=
If Kilograms Only, Kilograms/Pounds or Stones 
and Pounds/Kilograms was selected for 
Unit=
Time, mm/dd/yy  Time, dd/mm/yy 
ID: xxxxxxxxxxx ID: xxxxxxxxxxx
BMI: xx.x BMI: xx.x
Height: x' xx.x”  Height: xx.x cm 
Weight: xxx.xuu G  Weight: xxx.xuu G 
xxx.xuu T xxx.xuu PT
xxx.xuu N xxx.xuu N
NOTE: When the P220 printer is enabled, every time the indicator is powered on, it will print a 
test ticket making sure the P220 printer is in the correct mode of operation.
If the printer is in the correct mode the ticket will look like: 
OEPL1
 Cardinal Scale Mfg 
 Test Label 
If the printer is not in the correct mode, the ticket will look like: 
Cardinal Scale Mfg 
 Test Label 
NOTE: After printing the test ticket, the printer will switch to the correct mode. 
P185 Journal Mode 
If the P220 Ticket printer was not selected, 
P220=0 
(0 = Weight Data Formatted for P185 
printer) AND
CRLF=0 
(0 = Set Serial Format for P185 in Journal Mode) during setup and 
calibration of the indicator, the data will be transmitted in the following format: 
Weight, BMI, Height, Time, Date 
P185 Ticket Mode 
If the P220 Ticket printer was not selected, 
P220=0 
(0 = 0 = Weight Data Formatted for P185 
printer) AND
CRLF=1 
(1 = Set Serial Format for P185 Printer in Ticket Mode) during setup 
and calibration of the indicator, the data will be transmitted in the following format: 
If Pounds Only or Pounds/Kilograms 
was selected for 
Unit=
If Kilograms Only, Kilograms/Pounds or Stones 
and Pounds/Kilograms was selected for 
Unit=
Time, mm/dd/yy  Time, dd/mm/yy 
ID: xxxxxxxxxxx ID: xxxxxxxxxxx
BMI: xx.x BMI: xx.x
Height: x' xx.x”  Height: xx.x cm 
Weight: xxx.xuu G  Weight: xxx.xuu G 
xxx.xuu T xxx.xuu PT
xxx.xuu N xxx.xuu N
NOTE: The P185 printer (both modes) doesn’t print a test ticket on power-up. 
IMPORTANT! If ID or BMI are disabled, the field will be left out on any three formats. 
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