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Headers

The table below displays the control characters which can be used to personalize the fax header.

Control character

Description/application/parameters

Example

%Y

Year, zero padded 4 digits

2018

%y

Year, zero padded 2 digits

15

%m

Month, zero padded 2 digits (01 to 12)

02

%b

Month, abbreviated

Aug

%B

Month, written out completely

August

%d

Calendar day, zero padded 2 digits (01 to 31)

04

%a

Day of the week abbreviated, 3 digits

Thu

%A

Day of the week written out completely

Monday

%H

Hour, zero padded 2 digits (00 to 23)

10

%M

Minute, zero padded 2 digits (00 to 59)

35

%S

Second, zero padded 2 digits (00 to 59)

51

%P

Page number, zero padded 2 digits (1 to 99)

25

%R

Page number, zero padded 3 digits (1 to 999)

025

%T

Total page count (1 to 99)

25

%K

Personalization of the header using the Reference information field

%%

Individual '%' symbol

%I

Hour, 2 digits in AM/PM format (01 to 12)

03

%p

Current time of day in AM / PM format

PM

%#

Recipient’s fax number (normalized)

+498912504111202

%tz=MEST

Selection of a specific time zone

%tz=Europe/Berlin;

%z

Time zone deviation from GMT

+0200 for CEST

%Z

Abbreviation of the time zone

CET

%c

The following text is center-justified (cannot be used to the right of %r)

%r

The following text is right-justified (cannot be used to the left of %c)

%C

The Sender Fax ID (CSID)

Retarus Faxolution

%n

Insert a newline character. Multiple newlines are supported, although in general it is not recommended to use more than two

%l=<lang>

Language to use for date/time

%l=de_AT;,%l=us;,%l=en;

Standalone percent signs are not allowed!

Examples

CODE
%d.%m.%Y	%H:%M:%S		Page: %P of %T		Sender: Sample Inc. – Service Dept.

Header

CODE
01.02.2016	18:03:17		Page: 1 of 12		Sender: Sample Inc. –  Service Dept.

Sample distribution list

CODE
08102740567,Retarus att. Mr. Meier
08102740149, Retarus att. Ms. Schulze

Custom header setting

CODE
%d.%m.%Y	%H:%M:%S	From: Sample GmbH	To: %K				Page: %P of %T

Header for the first number in the distribution list

CODE
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

CODE
01.02.2016	14:03:17	From: Sample GmbH	To: Retarus att. Ms. Schulze	Page: 1 of 2

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

CODE
Retarus Services %r%Y-%m-%dT%H:%m:%S Page %P/%T
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