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Posted by Daniel on August 22, 2008, 11:31 am
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keep in mind 30 characters is limit for almost every pos. because the
limitations of the receipt printers which are 3'1/8 for thermal receipt
printers.
the 30 character limit will probably never change. you should be able to
abbreviate any item into 30 characters including the size. actually that
would be your only option. why don’t pick up a receipt from walmart or any
other big grocery/retail store and see how they abbreviate .
> The easiest way we found of resolving this is to include size in items
> description.
> Example "Jack Daniel's 750" or "Jack Daniel's 1750"
> We also renamed one of Sub description fields to size this way we can
> print
> a separate field on labels and shelf tags.
> Since the Description filed is limited to 30 characters this somewhat
> limits
> your ability to include all information from long names, but it help when
> searching/browsing for items as you can see all, and do not have to open
> each individual item to find one you are looking for.
> I do not know of a way to include more fields on the items windo, if that
> was possib le that could resolve this issue as we..
>
> Robert
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> "GregD" wrote:
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>> For example with a liquor environment, if all the bottle sizes are in one
>> of
>> the sub descriptions or even the extended. How would you find a specific
>> bottle by description and one of the SUB or EXTENDED descriptions? Is
>> there
>> a way to add the SUB/EXT to the results box? Any info is greatly
>> appreciated.
>> --
>> Greg
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