Connect / Disconnect Printer, A given printer | Datamax v1.1x

	Chapter 7 : Deploying a Printer Project
7.1. Connect / Disconnect Printer

General introduction	This section describes how to initiate a connection between 123 Print
	and a given printer.

	Before you can connect a printer to 123 Print, your Datamax printer
	must be properly set up as described in Appendix B. Please do this
	before proceeding with this section.

Connect	Once 123 Print is installed and activated, you can connect to your
	Datamax printer at anytime. You must open a project with the valid
	printer type selected before initiating the connection.

Notice the connection status on the bottom left-hand corner of the display. It shows, in red letters, that the printer is Not Connected.

To setup the connection to your printer:

1On the menu bar, click Tools and then select Connect

Alternatively:

2On the tool bar, click the Connect icon

As shown below, the Printer Connected To dialogue box is displayed with three means of communication allowed:

Serial Com

Network/Ethernet Parallel

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Print Background Preface Table of Contents 222 218220 221 Primer Purpose What is 123 PrintGeneral introduction Print Sample labels Sample Labels Primer October Project Flow LabelsUser Interface 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 Once 123 Print is installed, start it by Starting 123 PrintDesktop 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 General Setup SetupClick 123 Print Settings Click on the DPL Connection tab Setup dialogue boxDPL Connection DPL Connection MCL Connection options screen is displayed as shown here MCL ConnectionMCL Connection Click on the MCL Connection tab Local Settings screen is displayed as shown here Local SettingsLocal Settings Click on the Local Settings tab Getting Started Assign Com 2 Printer Port To Click the Others tab Labels. In the Setup windowOthers Others Copyright 2007 MCL Technologies All Rights Reserved Programs for your Datamax printers What is called a label programCreating a Project Creating a Project Project Description Click Project Click Project Description On the Project Description screen User Interface General introduction User InterfaceClick Project Click User Interface User Interface for a text display printer is as shown here Text Display Status Toolbar Shown here Welcome ScreenWelcome Screen You entered in the Project Description in Section Display Status Toolbar LargeGraphical Display Elements About Printer Status see .2 User Interface Graphical Copyright 2007 MCL Technologies All Rights Reserved Copyright 2007 MCL Technologies All Rights Reserved Click on the Select Label screen, or Than those supplied by default by 123 PrintSelect Label Screen Select Label screen Click the Select Copyright 2007 MCL Technologies All Rights Reserved Click the Quantity Quantity to Print ScreenScreen Click on the Quantity to Print screen, or 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 Quantity to NbrFile Name Label Name ƒ See .3.2 Variables Static labelDynamic label ƒ See .3.1 Edit Edit EditClick the Edit Variables Variables Copyright 2007 MCL Technologies All Rights Reserved Text displays are used in the following example. However, Procedure is identical for graphical displaysProgram Purchase 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 Extract To 6, you will extract 555 out Creating a Project Extract ToCharacters from the input For example, if you set Extract From 4 Does not match the pattern External Barcode ReaderRead User will not be able to input a value that Input from the external barcode reader. Several Weight Scale Measurements from the weight scale From the weight scale. The followingBe received from the weight Validation Mode Set the mode with which the data Copyright 2007 MCL Technologies All Rights Reserved Creating a Project Variables Icon beside the table Select Value from ListList by typing entries directly List. To select a variable, click Creating a Project October Select Value from File That entry as the input ExampleDescribed above That is used for browsing and searching 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 Labels List Added for your labelTwo different ways-as a list or as thumbnails Adding more labels To add a new label, simply click onDeleting a label Lookup Files Click Project Click Lookup FilesModify the properties as appropriate Select the file you want to delete Lookup File DataLookup Files window Click on the Data Button To delete a Lookup File from your project Are saved Add Lookup FileAdd Lookup file File. The file you create is of type *.dat Copyright 2007 MCL Technologies All Rights Reserved Copyright 2007 MCL Technologies All Rights Reserved Add Lookup File from Scratch Add Lookup File from Import Dat, *.txt, *.xls, *.cvs Add Lookup File from Import FileImport file Several file types are valid for import 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 Add Lookup File from Scratch 123 Print, you can create a Lookup File from ScratchScratch Copyright 2007 MCL Technologies All Rights Reserved To save the Lookup File Save Lookup File Creating a Project October Edit Lookup File Data Edit DataAdd Lookup file from Import File 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 System Setup Click System SetupGraphical Display Copyright 2007 MCL Technologies All Rights Reserved Datamax printer keys Soft Keys Setup Graphical Display OnlySoft Keys Setup Click Project Click System Setup 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 Launch BarTender Click BarTenderClick Save As… Label Designing a Label Click on the browse icon Set the Label Properties as per .3- Labels Copyright 2007 MCL Technologies All Rights Reserved Red as shown below Master copy in BarTender’s default label location…\BarTender\Formats as seen in above, Project\Labels Label Graphic Elements Introduction to 123 Print Variables 131 Using ProcessesUsing Processes This chapter covers the following topics and processes Click Variables Click the arrowAdd a process Process window is displayed as shown here Copyright 2007 MCL Technologies All Rights Reserved Print variables Introduction to 123 Print VariablesLabel programs Introduction to For definition as user local variables User localPrice Label All local Global Variables may be used by any label programSystem Box to see the list of available branching processes BranchYou can perform in your label program Branch Processes Case and Branch Case and Branch Hardware Defined destination-a screen, label or code line Following variable contents give the following resultsControl and Branch Variable against a specific pattern Goto Label What is a labelGoto Label Reference Goto Screen dialogue box is displayed Goto ScreenGoto Screen Add the process Goto Screen to your label program Key and Branch Key and BranchKey & Branch process allows you to request a program stop Branch if a time-out occurs without user input Set Label Set Label String or numeric? Test and BranchTest and Branch Select the comparison criteria 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 Mathematic Operation MathematicOperation Box to see the list of other available processes OtherPerform in your label program Other Processes Delay Delay MCL Code MCL Code To insert a comment, proceed as follows Add the process Note to your label programType your comment Print label Print Label Communications Serial CommunicationsThat you can perform in your label program Serial communication Serial SerialCheckbox beside Extract from Received Data Abbreviations Serial Out Serial Out Box to see the list of available processes for variables Processes on VariablesVariables in your label program Variable Processes Variable Assign Variable Assign Initialized with the system date, System Variable 73 Date This example, the first three variables E0, E1, and E2 are Add the process Variable Concatenate to your label program Variable ConcatenateExisting variables or constants into a new variable To concatenate variables, proceed as follows Variable Extract Variable Substring processVariable Extract Their contents to variables B1 and B3 respectively Variable Format Variable FormatExamples Copyright 2007 MCL Technologies All Rights Reserved Variable Length Variable Length Variable Position Variable PositionBeside the Result Variable box Replace Variable Search and Replace General introduction Variable Substring Examples Variable Substring Simulating Your Project With a mouse click Simulation ModeUsing the simulator Running on the printer Click Execution Click the desired optionClick Options Check the checkbox beside Interactive I/O dialogue box Click Execute Click Scan Input… F12 Debugger Mode Text Display PrinterClick Execution Click Debugger Using the Viewer MCL Screen ViewMCL Code Viewer Local Files Viewer Variable Viewer Click Execute Click Options Options Copyright 2007 MCL Technologies All Rights Reserved Large graphical display printer Available in 123 Print Deploying a Printer ProjectDeploying a Printer Project Affect one printer at a time Connect Connect / Disconnect PrinterA given printer Before proceeding with this section Copyright 2007 MCL Technologies All Rights Reserved Following sections Printer controls To disconnect 123 Print from your printer Disconnect Click on the Printer Status Printer StatusInformation shown on these screens Printer Status Deploying a Printer Project Activated Deploying a Printer Project October Printer Control Following printer controls are available in 123 PrintTo control a printer, on the 123 Print menu bar Pause Printer Cancel PrintingControl execution Feed Label Load File / Control Load File / Control Load Firmware Load firmware actionLoad firmware and MCL system menu options Copyright 2007 MCL Technologies All Rights Reserved Download Process Load font options Load FontLoad font action Select Load Font Load graphic options Load GraphicLoad graphic action Select Load Graphic Copyright 2007 MCL Technologies All Rights Reserved Load label options Load LabelLoad label action Select Load Label Load lookup options Load LookupLoad lookup action Select Load Lookup Load any file options Load Any FileLoad any file action Select Load Any File Load profile options Load ProfileLoad profile action Select Load Profile Load project options Load MCL-ProjectAction Select Load MCL-Project DPL Control action Load DPL Control Copyright 2007 MCL Technologies All Rights Reserved MCL Agent Control Remote printer management using DMXNet ManagerChoose the User MCL Agent Command option MCL Agent Control Into your printer using the Load Project function Load ProjectClick Load Project General introduction Create script Scripts Click Add Script ActionsScript actions You want this script to execute. On the Script menu bar Described in .4 Load File / Control PausePause options Script Building Script add actionScript edit action Script delete action You have previously inserted in the scriptSelect the action you want to delete Click Save as… Script SaveScript save Click Save, or Script Open Script openAt any time. On the Script menu bar Script execution Script Execution Progress Indicating the progress of the script executionDownloaded with the project load License Certificate Appendix a Sample License Certificate Sales Order Go to the Datamax Menu Mode Appendix B Datamax Printer Setup Appendix C Supported Datamax Printers ClassSupports Appendix D System Requirements Restrictions Appendix E Mapping Label Graphic ElementsReplace By 3 Mapping states the following Understanding = Invalid option Appendix F Connectivity / Function Matrix Receive an Operation Failed dialogue box as shown here System Menu together will not succeed MCL Technologies NL Competence Centre MCL Technologies US Competence CentreMCL Technologies UK Competence Centre MCL Technologies Ireland Competence Centre