Printer Control | Datamax v1.1x manual

	Chapter 7 : Deploying a Printer Project
7.3. Printer Control

General introduction	123 Print allows you to easily control a printer remotely / centrally.
	This section describes these controls and how they are initiated.

Printer controls	The following printer controls are available in 123 Print:

Feed Label

Pause Printer

Cancel Printing

Insert Test Label

Print Config Label

Reset Printer

Send Date Time

Reprint Last Label

Print Label

Load File / Control

Connect to a printer to enable these controls. If no printer is connected, these controls are not active and the control icons are grayed out.

Many of these controls are also available via the physical printer’s front panel or printer menu. Consequently, you may also refer to your Datamax user manual for more information about these printer controls.

To control a printer, on the 123 Print menu bar

1Connect to a printer as described in Section 7.1 Connect / Disconnect Printer

2Click Control

3Click the control you want to execute

Alternatively, click the desired control on the tool bar

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Contents

Print Preface Background Table of Contents 221 218220 222 Primer Print What is 123 PrintGeneral introduction Purpose Sample Labels Sample labels Primer October Labels Project FlowUser Interface 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 Copyright 2007 MCL Technologies All Rights Reserved Copyright 2007 MCL Technologies All Rights Reserved Starting 123 Print Once 123 Print is installed, start it byDesktop 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 Copyright 2007 MCL Technologies All Rights Reserved Enter the Password found on your License Certificate Copyright 2007 MCL Technologies All Rights Reserved Cut on the Windows desktop Main 123 Print window is displayed as shown here October Setup General SetupClick 123 Print Settings DPL Connection Setup dialogue boxDPL Connection Click on the DPL Connection tab Click on the MCL Connection tab MCL ConnectionMCL Connection MCL Connection options screen is displayed as shown here Click on the Local Settings tab Local SettingsLocal Settings 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 On the Project Description screen Click Project Click Project Description General introduction User Interface User InterfaceClick Project Click User Interface Text Display User Interface for a text display printer is as shown here Status Toolbar You entered in the Project Description in Section Welcome ScreenWelcome Screen Shown here About Printer Status see .2 User Interface Graphical LargeGraphical Display Elements 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 Click on the Quantity to Print screen, or Quantity to Print ScreenScreen Click the Quantity Display Quantity to Print Screen Click on the Select Quantity screen, or Copyright 2007 MCL Technologies All Rights Reserved Print Error Message Screen Appropriate here for your environment Copyright 2007 MCL Technologies All Rights Reserved Creating a Project October As a label program Associate a label Label Name NbrFile Name Quantity to ƒ See .3.1 Edit Static labelDynamic label ƒ See .3.2 Variables Edit EditClick the Edit Variables Variables Copyright 2007 MCL Technologies All Rights Reserved Purchase Procedure is identical for graphical displaysProgram Text displays are used in the following example. However, Input Methods Copyright 2007 MCL Technologies All Rights Reserved Location Click OK October 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 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 For example, if you set Extract From 4 Creating a Project Extract ToCharacters from the input Extract To 6, you will extract 555 out User will not be able to input a value that External Barcode ReaderRead Does not match the pattern Input from the external barcode reader. Several Weight Scale Validation Mode Set the mode with which the data From the weight scale. The followingBe received from the weight Measurements from the weight scale Copyright 2007 MCL Technologies All Rights Reserved Creating a Project List. To select a variable, click Select Value from ListList by typing entries directly Variables Icon beside the table Creating a Project October Select Value from File That is used for browsing and searching ExampleDescribed above That entry as the input You need to set up when you select this input type Display Data Mapping Mapping Copyright 2007 MCL Technologies All Rights Reserved Copyright 2007 MCL Technologies All Rights Reserved Copyright 2007 MCL Technologies All Rights Reserved Result Labels Example looks as follows Added for your label Labels ListTwo different ways-as a list or as thumbnails To add a new label, simply click on Adding more labelsDeleting a label Click Project Click Lookup Files Lookup FilesModify the properties as appropriate To delete a Lookup File from your project Lookup File DataLookup Files window Click on the Data Button Select the file you want to delete File. The file you create is of type *.dat Add Lookup FileAdd Lookup file 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 Several file types are valid for import Add Lookup File from Import FileImport file 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 123 Print, you can create a Lookup File from Scratch Add Lookup File from ScratchScratch Copyright 2007 MCL Technologies All Rights Reserved Save Lookup File To save the Lookup File Creating a Project October Edit Data Edit Lookup File DataAdd Lookup file from Import File 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 Creating a Project October Click System Setup System SetupGraphical Display Copyright 2007 MCL Technologies All Rights Reserved Click Project Click System Setup Soft Keys Setup Graphical Display OnlySoft Keys Setup Datamax printer keys Copyright 2007 MCL Technologies All Rights Reserved Copyright 2007 MCL Technologies All Rights Reserved Large Screen Small Screen Auxiliary Communications Connected serially to your Datamax printer Copyright 2007 MCL Technologies All Rights Reserved ƒ Never The input buffer is never cleared October Designing a Label BarTender Integration Run 123 Print Click BarTender Launch 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 Project\Labels Master copy in BarTender’s default label location…\BarTender\Formats as seen in above, Red as shown below Label Graphic Elements This chapter covers the following topics and processes Using ProcessesUsing Processes Introduction to 123 Print Variables 131 Click the arrow Click VariablesAdd a process Process window is displayed as shown here Copyright 2007 MCL Technologies All Rights Reserved Introduction to Introduction to 123 Print VariablesLabel programs Print variables All local User localPrice Label For definition as user local variables Variables may be used by any label program GlobalSystem Branch Processes BranchYou can perform in your label program Box to see the list of available branching processes Case and Branch Case and Branch Hardware Variable against a specific pattern Following variable contents give the following resultsControl and Branch Defined destination-a screen, label or code line Reference What is a labelGoto Label Goto Label Add the process Goto Screen to your label program Goto ScreenGoto Screen Goto Screen dialogue box is displayed Branch if a time-out occurs without user input Key and BranchKey & Branch process allows you to request a program stop Key and Branch Set Label Set Label Select the comparison criteria Test and BranchTest and Branch 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 Mathematic Mathematic OperationOperation Other Processes OtherPerform in your label program Box to see the list of other available processes Delay Delay MCL Code MCL Code Add the process Note to your label program To insert a comment, proceed as followsType your comment Print Label Print label Serial communication Serial CommunicationsThat you can perform in your label program Communications Serial SerialCheckbox beside Extract from Received Data Abbreviations Serial Out Serial Out Variable Processes Processes on VariablesVariables in your label program 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 To concatenate variables, proceed as follows Variable ConcatenateExisting variables or constants into a new variable Add the process Variable Concatenate to your label program Variable Substring process Variable ExtractVariable 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 Variable Search and Replace Replace Variable Substring General introduction Variable Substring Examples Simulating Your Project Running on the printer Simulation ModeUsing the simulator With a mouse click Click the desired option Click ExecutionClick Options Check the checkbox beside Interactive I/O dialogue box Click Execute Click Scan Input… F12 Text Display Printer Debugger ModeClick Execution Click Debugger MCL Screen View Using the ViewerMCL Code Viewer Variable Viewer Local Files Viewer Options Click Execute Click Options Copyright 2007 MCL Technologies All Rights Reserved Large graphical display printer Affect one printer at a time Deploying a Printer ProjectDeploying a Printer Project Available in 123 Print Before proceeding with this section Connect / Disconnect PrinterA given printer Connect Copyright 2007 MCL Technologies All Rights Reserved Printer controls Following sections Disconnect To disconnect 123 Print from your printer Printer Status Printer StatusInformation shown on these screens Click on the Printer Status Deploying a Printer Project Activated Deploying a Printer Project October Following printer controls are available in 123 Print Printer ControlTo control a printer, on the 123 Print menu bar Feed Label Cancel PrintingControl execution Pause Printer Load File / Control Load File / Control Load firmware action Load FirmwareLoad firmware and MCL system menu options Copyright 2007 MCL Technologies All Rights Reserved Download Process Select Load Font Load FontLoad font action Load font options Select Load Graphic Load GraphicLoad graphic action Load graphic options Copyright 2007 MCL Technologies All Rights Reserved Select Load Label Load LabelLoad label action Load label options Select Load Lookup Load LookupLoad lookup action Load lookup options Select Load Any File Load Any FileLoad any file action Load any file options Select Load Profile Load ProfileLoad profile action Load profile options Select Load MCL-Project Load MCL-ProjectAction Load project options Load DPL Control DPL Control action 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 Load Project Into your printer using the Load Project functionClick Load Project Scripts General introduction Create script You want this script to execute. On the Script menu bar Script ActionsScript actions Click Add Pause Described in .4 Load File / ControlPause options Script add action Script BuildingScript edit action You have previously inserted in the script Script delete actionSelect the action you want to delete Click Save, or Script SaveScript save Click Save as… Script open Script OpenAt any time. On the Script menu bar Script Execution Script execution Indicating the progress of the script execution ProgressDownloaded with the project load Appendix a Sample License Certificate License Certificate Sales Order Appendix B Datamax Printer Setup Go to the Datamax Menu Mode Class Appendix C Supported Datamax PrintersSupports Appendix D System Requirements Understanding Appendix E Mapping Label Graphic ElementsReplace By 3 Mapping states the following Restrictions Appendix F Connectivity / Function Matrix = Invalid option System Menu together will not succeed Receive an Operation Failed dialogue box as shown here MCL Technologies Ireland Competence Centre MCL Technologies US Competence CentreMCL Technologies UK Competence Centre MCL Technologies NL Competence Centre