Specifications

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^FD
Field Data
Description: The ^FD command defines the data string for the field. The field data
can be any printable character except those used as command prefixes (^ and ~).
Format: ^FDa
Parameters:
a = data to be printed
Accepted Values: any ASCII string up to 3072 characters.
Default Value: none a string of characters must be entered.
Comments:
The ^ and ~ characters can be printed by changing the prefix characters refer to the
~CC and ~CT commands. The new prefix characters cannot be printed.
Characters with codes above 127, or the ^ and ~ characters can be printed using the
^FH and ^FD commands.
For printing special functions, the following scheme is used:
\& = carriage return/line feed
\(*) = soft hyphen (word break with a dash)
\\ = backslash (\)
^CI13 must be selected in order to print a \.
If a soft hyphen is placed near the end of a line, the hyphen will be printed. If it is not
placed near the end of the line, it will be ignored.
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