Creating Labels Using Internal Batch Software

3.2Formatting and Printing Labels

Formatting labels is designed to be a 3-process procedure that involves the following steps:

∙Selecting an operating screen.

∙Specifying where on the label to place text and/or barcodes.

∙Printing the actual labels.

Available Fonts and Barcodes

All available character font sizes, barcodes, multiplication parameters, and resulting character sizes are illustrated and explained in Appendix C. Each font and bar code has a name associated with it for use in the create/modify label screen. Alphanumeric fonts are 0 through 9, bar codes with human- readable interpretation lines are uppercase A through R, except

P(Postnet). Bar codes without human-readable interpretation lines are lowercase a through r, all fonts and bar codes can be magnified in height and width.

Menu Screens

The following three menu screens are available in the Printer's internal labeling software program:

∙Create/modify label

∙Print Label

∙System Maintenance

Function Keys

Nine function keys labeled F1 to F9 are used in the label- formatting process. Some functions can also be controlled by the ALT keys. To use the ALT functions, press and hold the ALT key at the same time as you press another key. The ALT functions and the function keys include the following functions:

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