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2. Move the cursor to the position
where you want to start a text
and type in the text. You can
change the font at any time.
3. There are three character
insertion modes you can use:
Single character, mode
1
,
Single character, mode 2
,
Multi
character
. Each of them
matches Windows® font charac-
ters with the capabilities of your
printer in a different way accord-
ing to the font type, language and
character insertion mode (the
Right to left editing
parameter).
!
The number of characters to be
input with the use of the Win-
dows fonts is limited – it depends
on the font type and size.
Variable fields
Variable fields are designated fields of
text whose contents are updated
automatically after every print. The
following events can impact on the
contents of variable fields: change in
date, change in time, activation of
release button
and other.
Up to 10 variable fields can be used
in one text at the same time.
!
Only the printer built-in fonts can
be used to print variable fields;
no Windows® fonts can be used.
Date and Time
In order to synchronize the date and
time of your printer with those of your
computer move to the
Date
tab and
click the
and
keys successively.
You can set a different date or time in
your printer by setting them in the
Date
tab and transferring to the
printer with the
key.
In order to insert the date (time) field
that is updated automatically, follow
the steps below:
1. In the text edit line position the
cursor in the place where you
want the date (time) to be dis-
played.
2. While holding the cursor on the
text edit line press the right
mouse button (or the MENU but-
ton) and select the command
Define variable field
from the
menu displayed. Then select
Insert date
(
Insert time
) in the
list displayed. You can also do
that using the
(
) key on the
tool bar of text edit window.
3. You can insert a font-change
marker on the left or right of the
date (time) field.
4. You can change separators in-
side the date (time) field by re-
placing the existing separators
with different characters. You can
also remove proportional-text
markers.
