Chapter 4 : Designing a Label

4.Designing a Label

Overview

Chapter 4

This Chapter describes the integration between 123 Print and BarTender

introduction

to allow you to use BarTender labels in 123 Print projects.

 

 

 

Description

123 Print is integrated with Seagull’s BarTender Enterprise Edition. Use

 

BarTender (or other label design software) to create the labels you use

 

in your 123 Print projects.

 

 

When running a 123 Print project on a Datamax printer, the labels to be

 

printed must be in DPL format on the printer.

 

 

Consequently, if you are using BarTender to create *.btw files, 123

 

Print generates the necessary DPL code files for you.

 

 

This chapter assumes you have prior knowledge about the use of

 

BarTender License Server and BarTender Enterprise Edition.

 

 

 

BarTender Setup

According to Seagull Scientific “For your convenience, the printer

 

setting is saved as part of the label format. Therefore, the next time

 

you need to print the same labels, all you need to do is load the format

 

and print.”

 

 

However, Seagull also states the following:

 

 

“Note: It is always a good idea to select a printer before you begin a

 

label format in order to ensure that the label format will be set up using

 

the correct printer specifications. This is especially true when your

 

labels contain bar code objects. The different bar code density ranges

 

for laser and dot-matrix printers may affect the size of a given label.

 

For example, a bar code that is placed on a label while a laser printer is

 

the selected printer may appear shorter than the same bar code that is

 

placed on the label while a dot-matrix printer is the selected printer.”

 

 

 

123 Print requires the printer setting to be for a Datamax printer.

 

Please see Appendix C – Supported Datamax printers for the list of

 

printers currently supported by 123 Print.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Topics

This chapter covers the following topics:

 

 

 

Topic

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