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4.2.1. Procedure for Starting Operation ..................................................................................... 4-11
4.2.2. When Error Occurs at Start of Operation ......................................................................... 4-17
4.2.3. Ready and Standby State Switching Operation ............................................................... 4-20
4.2.4. Specifying Login User ...................................................................................................... 4-22
4.3. Shutdown Operation......................................................................................................... 4-24
4.3.1. Automatically Stopping by Pressing STOP Switch Button .............................................. 4-24
4.3.2. Stopping Ink Ejection by Pressing Screen Button ........................................................... 4-25
4.3.3. Turning Off Main Power Switch ....................................................................................... 4-26
4.3.4. Careful Cleaning Stop Function ....................................................................................... 4-27
5. Creation and Setting of Print Messages ........................................ 5-1
5.1. [HOME] Screen (Initial Screen) .......................................................................................... 5-2
5.2. Editing Messages to be Printed (Message Edit Screen) ................................................... 5-4
5.3. Calling and Printing Saved Messages ............................................................................... 5-6
5.4. Saving Created Messages ................................................................................................. 5-9
5.5. Setting Print Format (Fixed Layout) ................................................................................. 5-12
5.5.1. Selecting Print Items to be Edited .................................................................................... 5-12
5.5.2. Setting Number of Print Lines .......................................................................................... 5-13
5.5.3. Deleting, Inserting and Adding Print Items ...................................................................... 5-14
5.5.4. Setting Dot Matrix, Inter-character Space, and Other Parameters .................................. 5-16
5.5.5. Printing Barcode............................................................................................................... 5-22
5.6. Setting Print Specifications .............................................................................................. 5-27
5.6.1. Setting Character Height, Character Width, and Character Orientation .......................... 5-27
5.6.2. Setting Repeat Print ......................................................................................................... 5-34
6. Character Print.............................................................................. 6-1
6.1. Printing Characters ............................................................................................................. 6-2
6.1.1. Printing Fixed Characters .................................................................................................. 6-2
6.2. Using Calendar Function .................................................................................................... 6-5
6.2.1. Printing Calendar Characters ............................................................................................. 6-5
6.2.2. Printing Future Date (Offset) ............................................................................................ 6-10
6.2.3. Printing by Substituting Different Characters for Date (Substitution Rules) .................... 6-13
6.3. Printing Shift Code ........................................................................................................... 6-16
6.4. Updating Print Description at Fixed Interval (Time Count) .............................................. 6-19
6.5. Using Count Function ....................................................................................................... 6-22
6.5.1. Printing Count Characters ................................................................................................ 6-22
6.5.2. Using Count Multiplication Printing .................................................................................. 6-30
6.5.3. Skipping Specified Characters and Printing (Count Skip) ............................................... 6-34