Chapter 4: Setting Up Your Cash Register - the Basics
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Alpha 600/601 User’s Guide
Using Single Width Characters
The following describes the maximum number of characters that can be
programmed for each item description in single width.
To make a space to separate words, press the round Number
0
key twice or
press the round Number
00
key one time.
• For double wide characters, see Using Double Wide Characters.
• For programming department keys, see Programming Department Keys
on page 41.
• For programming PLUs, see Programming PLU Descriptions on
page 56.
• For programming Clerk names and numbers, see Setting Clerk Numbers
and Names on page 32.
Programming Blank Lines or Restoring Factory Default Messages
You can customize the header and footer message based on Flag settings
for flag numbers: 33, 37, 38, and 39.
• Flag # 33 and 37: You can now individually select whether to turn on
and print or turn off and skip the header or the footer messages entirely.
This can save paper when you are printing. Or you can leave the factory
default phrases and settings.
• Flag # 38: You can print a blank line or to just skip a blank line. For
example, you can program 3 of the five footer lines as blank lines and
then select not to print the blank lines to save paper. This prints only the
2 programmed lines for your footer message. Or you can select to leave
the blank lines in for spacing so in the final result is 2 lines of print and 3
blank lines with no print, but all 5 lines print and are accounted for.
• Flag #39: You can program a blank line or program the factory default
line by entering a
0
(zero) when you are programming an individual
header or footer message line.
For more details about using flag settings, see Programming Flag Options
on page 65.
For example, for a blank line to print for the 1st line of the header
message:
• Department
12 Characters
• PLU
12 Characters
• Clerk Name
24 Characters
• Header and Footer message
5 Lines (24 characters each)
