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file by pressing the
Select
Workbook...
key.
8. Then press the
OK
key in suc-
cessive windows a number of
times until you return to the
Connecting database
window.
9. Press
the
Connect
key.
10. Select the type of database from
the
Type of database
drop-down
list box.
11. Fill in the
Table(File) name
box.
For Excel files type in the name
of a spreadsheet.
12. In the
Search for
box, select the
column where all records (lines)
are numbered.
13. After the above mentioned op-
tions have been set, the first re-
cord of the table is read in. Using
the
Record number
parameter
you can choose the record to
start printing with.
14. Press the
OK
button.
After connection with the database
has been configured, the
Database
variable field
window is displayed.
Tick the names of the parameters
(column headings) whose data is to
be copied to the variable field and
press the
OK
button. You can also
define the character to be used as a
database data separator.
In order to choose other parameters
(column headings), double-click on the
database variable field in the list dis-
played in the Variable Field window.
In order to establish connection be-
tween the printer and the database,
press the
button or use the
Database
command in the
Tools
MENU.
The status bar of the window dis-
played shows the state of connection
with the database and of communica-
tion with the printer, as well as the
progress bar. The selected columns
are displayed in green. In order to
start transferring data to the printer,
click the
Start sending
button. When
the data has been transferred suc-
cessfully, an audible signal
heard and the lamp
goes on. If the
Send automatically
option is en-
abled, text files are sent automatically
after a given text has been printed. In
the automatic transfer mode printing
is blocked after every project has
been printed until a successive text
file is received (the same text cannot
be printed several times). When print-
ing is blocked, the PRINT lamp flick-
ers. If this option is disabled, text files
are sent only after printing has been
switched off with the
key. In
the manual transfer mode printing is
