You can add any padding characters in front of a Bates number. You can enable and specify the padding feature using the printer driver INI file. By default no padding character is added to the Bates number.
You can specify the padding separately for every Bates number. Below is an example of how to set the padding in case you have 2 Bates number types:
[Bates Number 1]
Bates Number Length=8
Bates Padding Character=0
[Bates Number 2]
Bates Number Length=5
Bates Padding Character=*
Bates Number Length: Number of characters of the Bates number (excluding prefix text). This value can be an integer value between 0 and 16. This value specifies the length of the bates number. If the length of the Bates number is less than this value, padding character will be added, otherwise no padding characters will be inserted. If you are using “Bates Number 1” and the Bates number is 12588, the printed document will contain 00012588 as Bates number. If “Bates Number 2” selected the created Bates number will be 12588 (No padding character will be added.).
Bates Padding Character: This value specifies the padding character. This value can be only any one ANSI character. For example the Bates number is 1258 and you are using “Bates Number 2” settings, the generated text will be *1258 on the printed document.