The table below displays the control characters which can be used to personalize the fax header.
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Control character |
Description/application/parameters |
Example |
|---|---|---|
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%Y |
Year, zero padded 4 digits |
2024 |
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%y |
Year, zero padded 2 digits |
15 |
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%m |
Month, zero padded 2 digits (01 to 12) |
02 |
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%b |
Month, abbreviated |
Aug |
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%B |
Month, written out completely |
August |
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%d |
Calendar day, zero padded 2 digits (01 to 31) |
04 |
|
%a |
Day of the week abbreviated, 3 digits |
Thu |
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%A |
Day of the week written out completely |
Monday |
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%H |
Hour, zero padded 2 digits (00 to 23) |
10 |
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%M |
Minute, zero padded 2 digits (00 to 59) |
35 |
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%S |
Second, zero padded 2 digits (00 to 59) |
51 |
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%P |
Page number, zero padded 2 digits (1 to 99) |
25 |
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%R |
Page number, zero padded 3 digits (1 to 999) |
025 |
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%T |
Total page count (1 to 99) |
25 |
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%K |
Personalization of the header using the |
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%% |
Individual '%' symbol |
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%I |
Hour, 2 digits in AM/PM format (01 to 12) |
03 |
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%p |
Current time of day in AM / PM format |
PM |
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%# |
Recipient’s fax number (normalized) |
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%tz=MEST |
Selection of a specific time zone |
%tz=Europe/Berlin; |
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%z |
Time zone deviation from GMT |
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%Z |
Abbreviation of the time zone |
CET |
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%c |
The following text is center-justified (cannot be used to the right of %r) |
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%r |
The following text is right-justified (cannot be used to the left of %c) |
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%C |
The Sender Fax ID (CSID) |
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%n |
Insert a newline character. Multiple newlines are supported, although in general it is not recommended to use more than two |
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%l=<lang> |
Language to use for date/time |
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📌 Standalone percent signs
Standalone percent signs are not allowed.
Examples
%d.%m.%Y %H:%M:%S Page: %P of %T Sender: Sample Inc. – Service Dept.
Header
01.02.2016 18:03:17 Page: 1 of 12 Sender: Sample Inc. – Service Dept.
Sample distribution list
08102740567,Retarus att. Mr. Meier
08102740149, Retarus att. Ms. Schulze
Custom header setting
%d.%m.%Y %H:%M:%S From: Sample GmbH To: %K Page: %P of %T
Header for the first number in the distribution list
01.02.2018 14:03:17 From: Sample GmbH To: Retarus att. Mr. Meier Page: 1 of 2
Header for the second number in the distribution list
01.02.2016 14:03:17 From: Sample GmbH To: Retarus att. Ms. Schulze Page: 1 of 2
📌 Header formatting instructions
Enter spaces to set the distance between the different components in the header. For the best results, we recommend using the longest comment as a test when formatting the header and then sending a test fax to check the formatting.
Default
Retarus Services %r%Y-%m-%dT%H:%m:%S Page %P/%T