Chapter 4 — ESim Commands
114 ESim for the PC4 and PF8 Printers 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.