Chapter 1
Designing Using LDSII
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values reduce the default spacing. The point values are accurate to a single digit following
the decimal place (1.4 for example).
1.5.12 FC (First Character)
XB, YB, CI, SW, SH, AI, DN, FO, FJ, FW, CS,
FC
, CC
The FC parameter is used to select the first character to be used as data within the text
string data. This parameter is helpful in allowing several fields to use sections of the same
text string minimizing the amount of data transmitted. If the value specified for the FC
parameter is equal to or greater than the included data, the entire data string will be printed.
For Example, for the text string
0123456789
, a FC value of 5 would start the data on the
fifth character and the resulting data would be
456789
. This parameter is typically used in
conjunction with the CC (Character Count) parameter listed below.
1.5.13
CC (Character Count)
XB, YB, CI, SW, SH, AI, DN, FO, FJ, FW, CS, FC,
CC
This parameter is used to determine the number of characters that will be used as data
within a text string. If the number of characters in the selected text string is more than the
quantity specified by the CC, then the remainder of the text string is ignored. If this
parameter is left blank then the entire text string will be used as the data. Using the same
example described in section 1.4.12, a CC value of 2 in conjunction with a FC value of 5,
would result in a value of
45
to be used as the data.
1.6
Text Entry Command - ^Tn)
The
Text Entry
command is used to define the actual data to be rendered using the output
identified by the CI parameter. This command starts with the
“^Tn)”
structure and then is
followed by the subject text or data. The “n” is an identifier that represents the subject text
lines and will use the formatting that has been placed in the corresponding “n” of the format
entry command
(“Fn)”).
For features like graphics and/or line draw, this command is simply a placeholder for the
equivalent “^Fn)” command, so any text may be entered. When printing graphics, text
containing the graphic name or simply the word graphic should be entered and can be
helpful for debugging purposes. The same would be true when using the line draw feature
by entering the word “line” in the “^Tn)”, this also assists in debugging easier.
Note: To print either the caret
(“^”
) or the pipe
(“|”
) characters simply enter them twice
(
example
-
“^^”
).
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