Chapter 7 — Commands
110 ESim for the PC4 and PF8 Printer Programmer’s Reference Manual
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Remarks: This command works only if the printer is fitted with an optional
real-time clock circuit (RTC).
Example 1:
If the current date is January 15, 2004:
TDy2/me/dd
The printer prints 04/JAN15.
Example 2:
If the current date is January 15, 2004:
TDdd-me-y4
The printer prints 15-JAN-2004.
Example 3:
If the current date is January 15, 2004:
TDme/dd/y4
The printer prints JAN/15/2004.
TD Command Parameter Descriptions
Parameter Description
p
1 -
p
3
The parameters describe the format of the date
display. At least one parameter must be supplied.
Each parameter can be any of the acceptable
values listed below:
y2 = Year displayed as 2 digits.
y4 = Year displayed as 4 digits.
me = Month displayed as a 3 letter English
abbreviation.
mn = Month displayed as 2 digits.
dd = Day displayed as 2 digits.
/ = An optional separator character, which can be
any character in the range between ASCII 32 dec.
and ASCII 63 dec. The separator is printed
between the results of each of the supplied
parameters.
Default is me/dd/y4.