Editing Forms Definition

Forms Definition displays the page setup parameters selected for a paper form. The standard system includes forms such as PLAIN, MULTI-PURPOSE, PAYABLE.CHECK, and LABELS, and the corresponding form definitions. Most of the forms provided with the system are standard in the industry and do not need to be changed.

If your company decides to change the style of a form, we recommend that you call Eclipse Support and request the change or bring it to the attention of the installers when they are on site.

Only the system administrator should access this program to make changes to any of the form definitions. Other users should access the screen for view-only purposes.

To edit form definitions:

From the System > System Files > Printer Setup menu, select Forms Definition.

The system displays a list of forms.

Either select the form to edit or type New to create a form, and press Enter to display the Form Name screen.

The system populates the fields with the following information:

Field	Description
Form Name	The name of the form you selected. If you selected New from the forms list, enter a name for the form to define.
Orientation	Whether the form is in portrait (vertical) or landscape (horizontal) format. The default format is Portrait.
CPI	The number of characters per inch across the page. CPI is typically 10 for normal presentations and 12 for condensed presentations. The default value is 10.
LPI	The number of lines per inch down the page. LPI is typically 6 for a normal presentation or 8 for condensed presentations. The default value is 6.
Width	The number of characters to print on the form from side to side. The default value is 80 for both portrait and landscape formats.
Length	The number of lines to print on the form from top to bottom. The default value is 66 for both portrait and landscape formats.
Top Margin	The distance between the top edge of the form and the first line of print. The default value is 0 ( zero).
Left Margin	The distance between the left edge of the form and first character in the line. The default value is 0 ( zero).
Bypass Eclipse Forms	Set this field to Y to indicate that this particular form is not run through the Eclipse Forms printing engine. Use this setting for form types such as labels that do not print properly on the Zebra printer if run through Eclipse Forms.

Edit the fields, as necessary.

Note: If you make changes to a form and want to undo them, you can use the Recall hot key to abort changes made to a form in progress and recall the settings that existed before the changes were made. We recommend that you not use the Delete hot key.

Press Esc to save the updated information.