General-purpose tokens have a constant value in ASCII forms.
General-purpose token types include:
Token Type |
Use To |
// |
Create a comment Line. All text following a // token until the end of the line will be ignored. |
TEXT |
Enter hard coded text. Example TEXT “Action Company” |
CONCHAR |
Define the device specific control sequence. Example CONCHAR “^MAH^^” |
FORMNAME |
Name the form. No other data is associated with this token. The form is stored in a file with the same name. |
DATETIME |
Print the current date and time All current date and time formats supported by windows are available. Example DATETIME "Today is %A, day %d of %B in the year %Y.\n" The output will be Today is Tuesday, day 03 of May in the year 2003. |
ASCIICH |
Sends the non-printable Control characters that you cannot type in a text file to the printer. Example ASCIICH 13 Note: 13 is a decimal value of the Carriage return for a Printronix printer. |
SEQNUM |
Print the sequence number on the ASCII form. This sequence number is generated on a per device basis. |
User Defined Tokens |
Add the control character tokens that are specific for your printer in the Control Character Token file. When the Control Character Token file is assigned to an ASCII form they will be used. |
Example
Step 3.2.1. Use pre-defined tokens. |