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Chapter 4 : Designing a Label

Label ID is the number you assigned to this label in the Label Properties screen.

The BTW icon under type indicates that the label you have added is a BTW label.

The Label File and Label Name are the names you assigned in the Label

Properties screen for the given label.

The Date / Time indicates when the DPL file was created.

The Size indicates the size of the DPL file. This can be useful in understanding your Datamax printer memory usage.

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Print Background Preface Table of Contents 220 218221 222 Primer General introduction What is 123 PrintPrint Purpose Sample labels Sample Labels Primer October User Interface Project FlowLabels Project Labels User input is required on screens at a and B User Interface Getting Started Getting Started Is C\123Print This section describes how to install 123 Print Copyright 2007 MCL Technologies All Rights Reserved Copyright 2007 MCL Technologies All Rights Reserved Desktop Once 123 Print is installed, start it byStarting 123 Print Activation Activation Click Next October Enter the License Number found on your License Certificate Proceeding, you must read and accept these license terms Agreement Software versus Copyright 2007 MCL Technologies All Rights Reserved Enter the Password found on your License Certificate Copyright 2007 MCL Technologies All Rights Reserved Main 123 Print window is displayed as shown here October Cut on the Windows desktop Click 123 Print Settings General SetupSetup DPL Connection Setup dialogue boxDPL Connection Click on the DPL Connection tab MCL Connection MCL ConnectionClick on the MCL Connection tab MCL Connection options screen is displayed as shown here Local Settings Local SettingsClick on the Local Settings tab Local Settings screen is displayed as shown here Getting Started Assign Com 2 Printer Port To Others Labels. In the Setup windowOthers Click the Others tab Copyright 2007 MCL Technologies All Rights Reserved Creating a Project What is called a label programCreating a Project Programs for your Datamax printers Project Description Click Project Click Project Description On the Project Description screen Click Project Click User Interface User InterfaceGeneral introduction User Interface User Interface for a text display printer is as shown here Text Display Status Toolbar Welcome Screen Welcome ScreenYou entered in the Project Description in Section Shown here Graphical Display Elements LargeAbout Printer Status see .2 User Interface Graphical Display Status Toolbar Copyright 2007 MCL Technologies All Rights Reserved Copyright 2007 MCL Technologies All Rights Reserved Select Label Screen Than those supplied by default by 123 PrintSelect Label screen Click on the Select Label screen, or Click the Select Copyright 2007 MCL Technologies All Rights Reserved Screen Quantity to Print ScreenClick on the Quantity to Print screen, or Click the Quantity Click on the Select Quantity screen, or Display Quantity to Print Screen Copyright 2007 MCL Technologies All Rights Reserved Appropriate here for your environment Print Error Message Screen Copyright 2007 MCL Technologies All Rights Reserved Creating a Project October Associate a label As a label program File Name NbrLabel Name Quantity to Dynamic label Static labelƒ See .3.1 Edit ƒ See .3.2 Variables Click the Edit EditEdit Variables Variables Copyright 2007 MCL Technologies All Rights Reserved Program Procedure is identical for graphical displaysPurchase Text displays are used in the following example. However, Input Methods Copyright 2007 MCL Technologies All Rights Reserved Click OK October Location Copyright 2007 MCL Technologies All Rights Reserved Copyright 2007 MCL Technologies All Rights Reserved Copyright 2007 MCL Technologies All Rights Reserved Copyright 2007 MCL Technologies All Rights Reserved Button at the bottom of the Process list to add a Set the Condition field to Equal to Select A2 Confirmation in the If Value field Set the Then Goto field to Continue Methods are available for your screen prompts Front Panel Up/Dw Numeric External Keyboard Characters from the input Creating a Project Extract ToFor example, if you set Extract From 4 Extract To 6, you will extract 555 out Read External Barcode ReaderUser will not be able to input a value that Does not match the pattern Input from the external barcode reader. Several Weight Scale Be received from the weight From the weight scale. The followingValidation Mode Set the mode with which the data Measurements from the weight scale Copyright 2007 MCL Technologies All Rights Reserved Creating a Project List by typing entries directly Select Value from ListList. To select a variable, click Variables Icon beside the table Creating a Project October Select Value from File Described above ExampleThat is used for browsing and searching That entry as the input Display Data You need to set up when you select this input type Mapping Mapping Copyright 2007 MCL Technologies All Rights Reserved Copyright 2007 MCL Technologies All Rights Reserved Copyright 2007 MCL Technologies All Rights Reserved Example looks as follows Result Labels Two different ways-as a list or as thumbnails Labels ListAdded for your label Deleting a label Adding more labelsTo add a new label, simply click on Modify the properties as appropriate Lookup FilesClick Project Click Lookup Files Lookup Files window Click on the Data Button Lookup File DataTo delete a Lookup File from your project Select the file you want to delete Add Lookup file Add Lookup FileFile. The file you create is of type *.dat Are saved Copyright 2007 MCL Technologies All Rights Reserved Copyright 2007 MCL Technologies All Rights Reserved Add Lookup File from Scratch Add Lookup File from Import Import file Add Lookup File from Import FileSeveral file types are valid for import Dat, *.txt, *.xls, *.cvs Copyright 2007 MCL Technologies All Rights Reserved 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 Scratch123 Print, you can create a Lookup File from Scratch Copyright 2007 MCL Technologies All Rights Reserved To save the Lookup File Save Lookup File Creating a Project October Add Lookup file from Import File Edit Lookup File DataEdit Data Columns Right click any of the column headers To add a record Click the Add Add record To insert a record Insert a record Delete record Modify a record Creating a Project October Graphical Display System SetupClick System Setup Copyright 2007 MCL Technologies All Rights Reserved Soft Keys Setup Soft Keys Setup Graphical Display OnlyClick Project Click System Setup Datamax printer keys Copyright 2007 MCL Technologies All Rights Reserved Copyright 2007 MCL Technologies All Rights Reserved Small Screen Large Screen Connected serially to your Datamax printer Auxiliary Communications Copyright 2007 MCL Technologies All Rights Reserved ƒ Never The input buffer is never cleared October Designing a Label Run 123 Print BarTender Integration Click Save As… Launch BarTenderClick BarTender Label Designing a Label Click on the browse icon Set the Label Properties as per .3- Labels Copyright 2007 MCL Technologies All Rights Reserved …\BarTender\Formats as seen in above, Master copy in BarTender’s default label locationProject\Labels Red as shown below Label Graphic Elements Using Processes Using ProcessesThis chapter covers the following topics and processes Introduction to 123 Print Variables 131 Add a process Process window is displayed as shown here Click VariablesClick the arrow Copyright 2007 MCL Technologies All Rights Reserved Label programs Introduction to 123 Print VariablesIntroduction to Print variables Price Label User localAll local For definition as user local variables System GlobalVariables may be used by any label program You can perform in your label program BranchBranch Processes Box to see the list of available branching processes Case and Branch Case and Branch Hardware Control and Branch Following variable contents give the following resultsVariable against a specific pattern Defined destination-a screen, label or code line Goto Label What is a labelReference Goto Label Goto Screen Goto ScreenAdd the process Goto Screen to your label program Goto Screen dialogue box is displayed Key & Branch process allows you to request a program stop Key and BranchBranch if a time-out occurs without user input Key and Branch Set Label Set Label Test and Branch Test and BranchSelect the comparison criteria String or numeric? Date Operation Date Operation Date Add/Subtract Date Conversion Date Difference File Search File Search Description, and B0 Manufacturer Respectively into the variables A4 Product Code, A5 Product Operation Mathematic OperationMathematic Perform in your label program OtherOther 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 followsAdd the process Note to your label program Print label Print Label That you can perform in your label program Serial CommunicationsSerial communication Communications Checkbox beside Extract from Received Data SerialSerial Abbreviations Serial Out Serial Out Variables in your label program Processes on VariablesVariable Processes Box to see the list of available processes for variables Variable Assign Variable Assign Initialized with the system date, System Variable 73 Date This example, the first three variables E0, E1, and E2 are Existing variables or constants into a new variable Variable ConcatenateTo concatenate variables, proceed as follows Add the process Variable Concatenate to your label program Variable Extract Variable ExtractVariable Substring process Their contents to variables B1 and B3 respectively Examples Variable FormatVariable Format Copyright 2007 MCL Technologies All Rights Reserved Variable Length Variable Length Beside the Result Variable box Variable PositionVariable Position Replace Variable Search and Replace General introduction Variable Substring Examples Variable Substring Simulating Your Project Using the simulator Simulation ModeRunning on the printer With a mouse click Click Options Click ExecutionClick the desired option Check the checkbox beside Interactive I/O dialogue box Click Execute Click Scan Input… F12 Click Execution Click Debugger Debugger ModeText Display Printer MCL Code Viewer Using the ViewerMCL Screen View Local Files Viewer Variable Viewer Click Execute Click Options Options Copyright 2007 MCL Technologies All Rights Reserved Large graphical display printer Deploying a Printer Project Deploying a Printer ProjectAffect one printer at a time Available in 123 Print A given printer Connect / Disconnect PrinterBefore proceeding with this section Connect Copyright 2007 MCL Technologies All Rights Reserved Following sections Printer controls To disconnect 123 Print from your printer Disconnect Information shown on these screens Printer StatusPrinter Status Click on the Printer Status Deploying a Printer Project Activated Deploying a Printer Project October To control a printer, on the 123 Print menu bar Printer ControlFollowing printer controls are available in 123 Print Control execution Cancel PrintingFeed Label Pause Printer Load File / Control Load File / Control Load firmware and MCL system menu options Load FirmwareLoad firmware action Copyright 2007 MCL Technologies All Rights Reserved Download Process Load font action Load FontSelect Load Font Load font options Load graphic action Load GraphicSelect Load Graphic Load graphic options Copyright 2007 MCL Technologies All Rights Reserved Load label action Load LabelSelect Load Label Load label options Load lookup action Load LookupSelect Load Lookup Load lookup options Load any file action Load Any FileSelect Load Any File Load any file options Load profile action Load ProfileSelect Load Profile Load profile options Action Load MCL-ProjectSelect Load MCL-Project Load project options DPL Control action Load DPL Control Copyright 2007 MCL Technologies All Rights Reserved Choose the User MCL Agent Command option Remote printer management using DMXNet ManagerMCL Agent Control MCL Agent Control Click Load Project Into your printer using the Load Project functionLoad Project General introduction Create script Scripts Script actions Script ActionsYou want this script to execute. On the Script menu bar Click Add Pause options Described in .4 Load File / ControlPause Script edit action Script BuildingScript add action Select the action you want to delete Script delete actionYou have previously inserted in the script Script save Script SaveClick Save, or Click Save as… At any time. On the Script menu bar Script OpenScript open Script execution Script Execution Downloaded with the project load ProgressIndicating the progress of the script execution License Certificate Appendix a Sample License Certificate Sales Order Go to the Datamax Menu Mode Appendix B Datamax Printer Setup Supports Appendix C Supported Datamax PrintersClass Appendix D System Requirements Replace By 3 Mapping states the following Appendix E Mapping Label Graphic ElementsUnderstanding Restrictions = Invalid option Appendix F Connectivity / Function Matrix Receive an Operation Failed dialogue box as shown here System Menu together will not succeed MCL Technologies UK Competence Centre MCL Technologies US Competence CentreMCL Technologies Ireland Competence Centre MCL Technologies NL Competence Centre