Datamax Prodigy, Operator'S Manual

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Using the Printer Page - 71
10. PLACE DATA IN GLOBAL REGISTER
The Printer also contains a utility for printing duplicate data fields
(for example, several different places on a label). After a field has
been created, the “G” command may be sent as the next string to the
Printer. The data in the field is placed into a global register. Global
registers are named in the order created, starting with A and
assigned consecutively through register P.
11. TAKE DATA FROM GLOBAL REGISTER AND PLACE IT INTO
DATA FIELD
Once a global register has been defined, it can be used as the data in
other fields. Simply send “STX S?” where “?” is the register A to P
in the command string as data. The Printer will place the data from
the global register into the field.
A set of commands to use this feature would be:
STX L CR
1 2 1 1 000 0000 0000 PRINTER CR
G CR
1 A 6 2 100 0100 0000 STX SA CR
E CR
The “G CR” command after the first field will place the string
“PRINTER” into the next available global register, which in this case
will be A. The “STX SA” in the second field will take the data out
of global register A and place it in field number 2.
4.13 System and Formatting Commands
Other than the “F”, “L”, and “G” commands that have been used in the
examples, other SYSTEM commands listed in the tables in the beginning
of the chapter have not been discussed. This section examines these
very powerful commands and their typical uses in label production.