MTX Text

To specify textual data

Position: MTX-01 · Element: 363 · Name: Note Reference Code · Type: Identifier (ID) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 3 · Max: 3 · Repeat: 1

Code identifying the functional area or purpose for which the note applies

C0102: If MTX-01 is present, then MTX-02 is required

Position: MTX-02 · Element: 1551 · Name: Textual Data · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Conditional · Min: 1 · Max: 4,096 · Repeat: 1

To transmit large volumes of message text

Position: MTX-03 · Element: 1551 · Name: Textual Data · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 1 · Max: 4,096 · Repeat: 1

To transmit large volumes of message text

C0302: If MTX-03 is present, then MTX-02 is required

Position: MTX-04 · Element: 934 · Name: Printer Carriage Control Code · Type: Identifier (ID) · Requirement: Conditional · Min: 2 · Max: 2 · Repeat: 1

Code identifying the control of the line feed of the receiving printer

Position: MTX-05 · Element: 1470 · Name: Number · Type: Numeric (N0) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 1 · Max: 9 · Repeat: 1

A generic number

C0504: If MTX-05 is present, then MTX-04 is required

MTX05 is the number of lines to advance before printing.

If MTX04 is "AA - Advance the specific number of lines before print", then MTX05 is required.

Position: MTX-06 · Element: 819 · Name: Language Code · Type: Identifier (ID) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 2 · Max: 3 · Repeat: 1

Code specifying the language used in text, from a standard code list maintained by the International Standards Organization (ISO 639)

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