EBS-6100
Printer User's Manual
Paragraph 4 - Operating the Printer
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Ink-Jet Systems
®
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Object Counters
The following counters are used to print a consecutive number on every object
automatically:
•
an incremental counter
,
•
a decremental counter
.
The counters are timed by a photo detector. An increment (varying from 1 to 9, in ascending
or descending order) for both counters is set with the
Counter delta
parameter, which is
available in the
PRINTING PARAMETERS
command within the submenu
PRINTING
.
While editing a subfile that is to be used as an object counter, insert into the subfile a number
that consists of so many digits so that the entire user-requested range is covered. The
number is the initial setting of the counter at the same time. The number can be preceded and
followed by any characters.
EXAMPLE:
If number 056 has been put into the subfile, then:
•
for the incremental counter – after 999 has been reached, the counter is cleared
and the counting goes up from zero (056, 057,
058, ... , 999, 000, 001, 002, etc.),
•
for the decremental counter – after 000 has been reached, the counter is set to
999 and the counting goes down to zero (056, 055,
054, ... , 000, 999, 998, 997, etc.).
NOTE:
•
The
object counter
register is also used to print bar codes. Then the bar codes are
printed instead of consecutive numbers and the code corresponds to the consecutive
number that is counted by the special register. See section
4.4.1.2 Opening and
Editing a New Text File
, paragraph
Subfile Type: B
AR
C
ODE
.
•
The
incremental counter
special register can also count in the hexadecimal format. On
selecting the
Spec.reg.
=
Up counter
parameter from the subfile parameter menu, press
the
§
key and then change the setting of the
Counter type
parameter from
DEC
(the
default setting standing for counting in decimal form) to
HEX.
Date and Time
The
Time
register is used to print current time in the 24-hour system on objects
automatically.
The
Date
register is used to print current date in the leap year system on objects
automatically.
The structure of date and time registers is similar. If you edit a subfile that is to be a time
(date) register, follow the rules below:
•
the time (date) register is built of up to 8 meaningful characters (6 digits to be updated
and 2 separators),
•
when the register is updated, data is input starting from a non-space character until
8 defining characters are inserted or until another space or the end-of-subfile are
encountered,
•
every third character is treated as a separator; the separator can be any character,
•
hours (day), minutes (month), seconds (year) are two-digit numbers and the separator is
any non-space
4
character,
•
the register can contain less than 8 characters; then the characters are cut off on the
right.
EXAMPLE:
Time
is coded in the following way:
Hours Separator Minutes Separator Seconds
e.g.
00:00:00
or
13/44/56
.
Hours Separator Minutes
e.g.
00:00
or
13/44
, if seconds are not to be printed.
4
Space
– a blank distance between characters; it is inserted with the
ª
key on the terminal.
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