Print
 Preface
Background
 Table of Contents
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220
221
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 Primer
 What is 123 Print
General introduction
Print
Purpose
 Sample Labels
Sample labels
 Primer October
 User Interface
Project Flow
Labels
 Labels
Project
 User Interface
User input is required on screens at a and B
 Getting Started
Getting Started
 This section describes how to install 123 Print
Is C\123Print
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 Desktop
Once 123 Print is installed, start it by
Starting 123 Print
 Activation
Activation
 Enter the License Number found on your License Certificate
Click Next October
 Agreement
Proceeding, you must read and accept these license terms
 Software versus
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 Enter the Password found on your License Certificate
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 Cut on the Windows desktop
Main 123 Print window is displayed as shown here October
 Click 123 Print Settings
General Setup
Setup
 Setup dialogue box
DPL Connection
DPL Connection
Click on the DPL Connection tab
 MCL Connection
MCL Connection
Click on the MCL Connection tab
MCL Connection options screen is displayed as shown here
 Local Settings
Local Settings
Click on the Local Settings tab
Local Settings screen is displayed as shown here
 Getting Started Assign Com 2 Printer Port To
 Labels. In the Setup window
Others
Others
Click the Others tab
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 What is called a label program
Creating a Project
Creating a Project
Programs for your Datamax printers
 Project Description
 On the Project Description screen
Click Project Click Project Description
 Click Project Click User Interface
User Interface
General introduction User Interface
 Text Display
User Interface for a text display printer is as shown here
 Status Toolbar
 Welcome Screen
Welcome Screen
You entered in the Project Description in Section
Shown here
 Large
Graphical Display Elements
About Printer Status see .2 User Interface Graphical
Display Status Toolbar
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 Than those supplied by default by 123 Print
Select Label Screen
Select Label screen
Click on the Select Label screen, or
 Click the Select
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 Quantity to Print Screen
Screen
Click on the Quantity to Print screen, or
Click the Quantity
 Display Quantity to Print Screen
Click on the Select Quantity screen, or
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 Print Error Message Screen
Appropriate here for your environment
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 As a label program
Associate a label
 Nbr
File Name
Label Name
Quantity to
 Static label
Dynamic label
 See .3.1 Edit
 See .3.2 Variables
 Click the Edit
Edit
Edit
 Variables
Variables
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 Procedure is identical for graphical displays
Program
Purchase
Text displays are used in the following example. However,
 Input Methods
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 Location
Click OK October
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 Button at the bottom of the Process list to add a
 Select A2 Confirmation in the If Value field
Set the Condition field to Equal to
 Set the Then Goto field to Continue
 Front Panel Up/Dw Numeric
Methods are available for your screen prompts
 External Keyboard
 Creating a Project Extract To
Characters from the input
For example, if you set Extract From 4
Extract To 6, you will extract 555 out
 External Barcode Reader
Read
User will not be able to input a value that
Does not match the pattern
 Input from the external barcode reader. Several
 Weight Scale
 From the weight scale. The following
Be received from the weight
Validation Mode Set the mode with which the data
Measurements from the weight scale
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 Creating a Project
 Select Value from List
List by typing entries directly
List. To select a variable, click
Variables Icon beside the table
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 Select Value from File
 Example
Described above
That is used for browsing and searching
That entry as the input
 You need to set up when you select this input type
Display Data
 Mapping
Mapping
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 Result Labels
Example looks as follows
 Two different ways-as a list or as thumbnails
Labels List
Added for your label
 Deleting a label
Adding more labels
To add a new label, simply click on
 Modify the properties as appropriate
Lookup Files
Click Project Click Lookup Files
 Lookup File Data
Lookup Files window Click on the Data Button
To delete a Lookup File from your project
Select the file you want to delete
 Add Lookup File
Add Lookup file
File. The file you create is of type *.dat
Are saved
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 Add Lookup File from Scratch Add Lookup File from Import
 Add Lookup File from Import File
Import file
Several file types are valid for import
Dat, *.txt, *.xls, *.cvs
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 Check the checkbox beside First line = Column Title
 Double Click on the field to be edited
 4 Edit Lookup File Data
 Scratch
Add Lookup File from Scratch
123 Print, you can create a Lookup File from Scratch
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 Save Lookup File
To save the Lookup File
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 Add Lookup file from Import File
Edit Lookup File Data
Edit Data
 Columns Right click any of the column headers
 Add record
To add a record Click the Add
 Insert a record
To insert a record
 Modify a record
Delete record
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 Graphical Display
System Setup
Click System Setup
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 Soft Keys Setup Graphical Display Only
Soft Keys Setup
Click Project Click System Setup
Datamax printer keys
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 Large Screen
Small Screen
 Auxiliary Communications
Connected serially to your Datamax printer
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 Designing a Label
 BarTender Integration
Run 123 Print
 Click Save As…
Launch BarTender
Click BarTender
 Label
 Designing a Label Click on the browse icon
 Set the Label Properties as per .3- Labels
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 Master copy in BarTender’s default label location
…\BarTender\Formats as seen in above,
Project\Labels
Red as shown below
 Label Graphic Elements
 Using Processes
Using Processes
This chapter covers the following topics and processes
Introduction to 123 Print Variables 131
 Add a process Process window is displayed as shown here
Click Variables
Click the arrow
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 Introduction to 123 Print Variables
Label programs
Introduction to
Print variables
 User local
Price Label
All local
For definition as user local variables
 System
Global
Variables may be used by any label program
 Branch
You can perform in your label program
Branch Processes
Box to see the list of available branching processes
 Case and Branch
Case and Branch
 Hardware
 Following variable contents give the following results
Control and Branch
Variable against a specific pattern
Defined destination-a screen, label or code line
 What is a label
Goto Label
Reference
Goto Label
 Goto Screen
Goto Screen
Add the process Goto Screen to your label program
Goto Screen dialogue box is displayed
 Key and Branch
Key & Branch process allows you to request a program stop
Branch if a time-out occurs without user input
Key and Branch
 Set Label
Set Label
 Test and Branch
Test and Branch
Select the comparison criteria
String or numeric?
 Date Operation
Date Operation
 Date Add/Subtract
 Date Conversion
 Date Difference
 File Search
File Search
 Respectively into the variables A4 Product Code, A5 Product
Description, and B0 Manufacturer
 Operation
Mathematic Operation
Mathematic
 Other
Perform in your label program
Other Processes
Box to see the list of other available processes
 Delay
Delay
 MCL Code
MCL Code
 Type your comment
To insert a comment, proceed as follows
Add the process Note to your label program
 Print Label
Print label
 Serial Communications
That you can perform in your label program
Serial communication
Communications
 Checkbox beside Extract from Received Data
Serial
Serial
 Abbreviations
 Serial Out
Serial Out
 Processes on Variables
Variables in your label program
Variable Processes
Box to see the list of available processes for variables
 Variable Assign
Variable Assign
 This example, the first three variables E0, E1, and E2 are
Initialized with the system date, System Variable 73 Date
 Variable Concatenate
Existing variables or constants into a new variable
To concatenate variables, proceed as follows
Add the process Variable Concatenate to your label program
 Variable Extract
Variable Extract
Variable Substring process
 Their contents to variables B1 and B3 respectively
 Examples
Variable Format
Variable Format
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 Variable Length
Variable Length
 Beside the Result Variable box
Variable Position
Variable Position
 Variable Search and Replace
Replace
 Variable Substring
General introduction Variable Substring Examples
 Simulating Your Project
 Simulation Mode
Using the simulator
Running on the printer
With a mouse click
 Click Options
Click Execution
Click the desired option
 Check the checkbox beside Interactive I/O dialogue box
 Click Execute Click Scan Input… F12
 Click Execution Click Debugger
Debugger Mode
Text Display Printer
 MCL Code Viewer
Using the Viewer
MCL Screen View
 Variable Viewer
Local Files Viewer
 Options
Click Execute Click Options
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 Large graphical display printer
 Deploying a Printer Project
Deploying a Printer Project
Affect one printer at a time
Available in 123 Print
 Connect / Disconnect Printer
A given printer
Before proceeding with this section
Connect
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 Printer controls
Following sections
 Disconnect
To disconnect 123 Print from your printer
 Printer Status
Information shown on these screens
Printer Status
Click on the Printer Status
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 To control a printer, on the 123 Print menu bar
Printer Control
Following printer controls are available in 123 Print
 Cancel Printing
Control execution
Feed Label
Pause Printer
 Load File / Control
 Load File / Control
 Load firmware and MCL system menu options
Load Firmware
Load firmware action
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 Download Process
 Load Font
Load font action
Select Load Font
Load font options
 Load Graphic
Load graphic action
Select Load Graphic
Load graphic options
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 Load Label
Load label action
Select Load Label
Load label options
 Load Lookup
Load lookup action
Select Load Lookup
Load lookup options
 Load Any File
Load any file action
Select Load Any File
Load any file options
 Load Profile
Load profile action
Select Load Profile
Load profile options
 Load MCL-Project
Action
Select Load MCL-Project
Load project options
 Load DPL Control
DPL Control action
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 Remote printer management using DMXNet Manager
Choose the User MCL Agent Command option
MCL Agent Control
MCL Agent Control
 Click Load Project
Into your printer using the Load Project function
Load Project
 Scripts
General introduction Create script
 Script Actions
Script actions
You want this script to execute. On the Script menu bar
Click Add
 Pause options
Described in .4 Load File / Control
Pause
 Script edit action
Script Building
Script add action
 Select the action you want to delete
Script delete action
You have previously inserted in the script
 Script Save
Script save
Click Save, or
Click Save as…
 At any time. On the Script menu bar
Script Open
Script open
 Script Execution
Script execution
 Downloaded with the project load
Progress
Indicating the progress of the script execution
 Appendix a Sample License Certificate
License Certificate
 Sales Order
 Appendix B Datamax Printer Setup
Go to the Datamax Menu Mode
 Supports
Appendix C Supported Datamax Printers
Class
 Appendix D System Requirements
 Appendix E Mapping Label Graphic Elements
Replace By 3 Mapping states the following
Understanding
Restrictions
 Appendix F Connectivity / Function Matrix
= Invalid option
 System Menu together will not succeed
Receive an Operation Failed dialogue box as shown here
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