EBS T200 User Manual - page 12
T200 Terminal User’s Manual
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The SHIFT and Caps Lock keys and the Alt key are used to type in capital letters and diacritical
national characters, respectively, in the same way as on regular PCs. If you press the SHIFT, Caps
Lock
and Alt keys, the characters available are displayed on the terminal screen.
Using Variable Fields
Texts to be input via the terminal can contain not only key characters but also the data that is updated
during printing, such as date, time or counters. Variable fields account for such data. For more
information about the variable fields see
EBS-230
Printer User’s Manual
. In order to use a
variable field in a given text, press the button on the button bar (see
). The following screen
is displayed in place of the keypad:
Button bar
Buttons that are useful
when you edit texts
Buttons for inserting
variable fields into
text files
List of variable fields
in a given text file
Buttons for setting variable field
parameters (date shift, counter
increment)
Button for removing
variable fields from
text file
Fig. 6.9
The below table contains a list of variable fields that are available for use and also the field
components and code characters.
Symbol
Variable field
Component
Code characters
Univ. date & time
day-month-year DA-MO-RLYE
Univ. date & time
hour-minute-second BC-IJ-TU
Univ. date & time
number of day of the year
PQS
Up counter
number 0001
Down counter
number 0001
When a variable field is inserted into a text file, it is replaced with the characters shown in the Code
characters
column of the above table. When a text file is printed, the characters are replaced with the
current data. The order of the code characters can be modified within a given variable field and so can
the initial settings of the counters. The components that are not needed for a given application can be
removed or new ones can be added.
For more information about the variable field components see
EBS-230
Printer User’s Manual
.
Graphics Editor
The graphics (bitmap) editor enables a user to create and edit drawings which can then be inserted
into texts to be printed.