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Use the Printer Clock Options dialog to determine how the printer should respond if the printer's clock is not available when BarTender runs a print job. To open this dialog, click Printer Clock Options on the Data Sources property page when Clock is selected as the data source type.

The following options are available.

Print-Time Error Handling

• Use Windows Clock: Specifies that when the printer clock is not available, the value of the data source for the date and/or time is replaced by the value that is retrieved from the computer's system clock.

• Do Not Print Data Source: Specifies that when the printer clock is not available, the item is printed with an empty Clock data source.

• Always Abort Print Job: Specifies that when the printer clock is not available, the print job is canceled.

Display Print Time Printer Clock Messages: Specifies that when the printer clock is not available at print time, the Printer Clock: Verification Messages dialog is displayed.