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1. Version 4 aso 18 12 2012 13 28 05 Version 3 arlablen nderung Lieferant 15 12 2012 13 25 45 Version 2 Erste Version freigegeben Yariablen nderung Lieferant 3 3 1 9 Menu File Printer Management This command can be used to access the functions Show printer management New printer and Printer groups Page 17 BBK Etikettier und Sondermaschinenbau GmbH 3 3 1 10 Menu File Printer Management Define new printer Inside the Printer Management docking window all LP4 printers are defined and managed You can only use printers with LP4 which have been defined here Depending on the printer type and the connection type RS232 USB network LPT file several settings need to be done Change printer definition Mame Zebra Office Type Zebra Printer Zebra 170 i4 12 dots Connection Network Spooling mode Bi directional status requests Direct connection Connection properties LP4 Spool Server IF address Printers The printer definition settings are global for all labels The defined printers also have additional settings like the print orientation or print speed Those settings are managed for each label separately by the Printer settings function If you have several similar printers you can also put them into the same printer group all printers in a group will have the same label settings The connection propert
2. N050 N100 That s a normal text which will wrap at the right side of the text field 1050 That s an italic text with half font size N100 Switched back to normal size Will be displayed as Page 73 BBK Etikettier und Sondermaschinenbau GmbH hat s a normal text which will wrap at the right side ofthe text field Matsan falc de w r hamini Size Switched back to normal size Size adjust Unicontrol printer fonts onl With Unicontrol printer fonts you can specify if the printed text should always be within the text field borders Size adjust yes or if the field borders can be ignored Size adjust no text may get printed somewhat larger as on the PC display Variable text fields counters are always ignoring field borders Alignment A text can be aligned on the left on the right or centered Rotation A text field can be rotated in steps of 90 Color The color of the text note only supported on color printers Text type Float text Block text If you are enabling this option the text will be automatically placed in the available lines That means if a word is not having enough place to get displayed fully in the current line the word will be placed in the next free line instead You can also use this option in combination with deadzone objects to create texts which will be arranged around a given graphic object for example Block texts will additionally enlarge the spaces betwee
3. can be provided It is also possible to activate the Limit keyboard input to mask option now the user really only can enter the mask positions all fixed positions of the text are not available There is also a small drawback though the wildcard is not usable with this option and no clipboard functions are available Page 84 BBK Etikettier und Sondermaschinenbau GmbH Integer input that s like the text input but you can specify a lower and upper limit for the entered value Floatingpoint value same as the integer value but you can provide a floating point upper lower limit Selection input here you can enter the selection items you user cannot input any text with this input type but only select one of the available items You can also define a variable containing the selection items simply separate the items by semicolon Yes No Maybe If the input type is not Selection input the user can even select how the input cursor should behave in the LP4 input window if Cursor left is activated the cursor will be placed at the left side of the input field If Cursor right is activated the cursor will be placed at the right side Select all will select all the current text of the input field so the next keystroke will clear the complete field 5 4 Time date Variable 5 4 1 Description Time date variable Very flexible time date functions can be defined using the T
4. BH BHROOxX Hs 3 3 3 3 Menu View Zoom bar Use this command to show or hide the zoom bar This toolbar contains buttons to change the label zoom and a slider control for smooth zooming Button Action ci Zoom smallest Zoom level displays a small label to get a complete overview 2 Zoomt optimum Zoom level displays the label to use all the available space Selection Zoom shows the selected fields as big as possible 3 3 3 4 Menu View Object alignment bar Use this command to show or hide the object align bar This toolbar contains buttons to align objects positions Button Action Si Transfer object properties ea Rotation right ey Rotation left Left Center vertical Right Bottom all Center horizontal Page 36 BBK Etikettier und Sondermaschinenbau GmbH Top Label horizontal align fields relatively to the label Label vertical align fields relatively to the label ete 3 3 3 5 Menu View Fields Toolbar Docking window Use this command to show or hide the Fields docking window and the Fields toolbar This toolbar contains buttons to change certain object properties Button Action ie LS Printable not printable ves iat Movable not movable MET Create group ungroup HH E3 Create level remove level The field list is shown beneath the toolbar E Fields r51 Mal n m A ng HFH a LE PE ne L_J La Type Data
5. ImportChar setting It is also possible to specify ASCll values by using the syntax backslash ascii value For example the space character ascii 32 would be ImportChar 32 Tab characters can be written as t This syntax can also be used with the DeleteCharX ReplaceCharX settings see below But when should the data get imported to the database There are two possibilities a whenever the user pushes an import button and b automatically after a given time span Both ways even together can be used in the productmanager If ImportButton is set to 1 a button in the productmanager window will appear If ImportTime is set to a number not equal to 0 it means after n seconds to an automatic import for example ImportTime 60 will look for new data every 60 seconds It is often necessary to delete imported files to avoid to import them again That can be specified by setting ImportDeleteFile to 1 but be aware that all files matching the ImportFile filter will get deleted Last but not least it is possible to tell the productmanager to ignore or replace up to nine special characters while doing the text file import You can specify this characters by adding a DeleteCharX ReplaceCharX line to the IMPORT section For example DeleteChar1 will ignore all characters and ReplaceChar1 would replace all characters by characters Additionally it
6. The filter is also useful for deleting a range of data sets at once The menuitem Edit gt Delete all will delete all currently filtered data sets Additionally you can use the filter to generate n single pintjobs at once each job can have a different printer or layout or count if this informations are stored in the table Simply click on Print all in the menu in the following window you can define if the jobs should use the same layout printer batch count or if this data is stored individually for each data record By clicking Print n print jobs will get generated and spooled to the printer s each job has the data of one of the table records Therefore this printing is similar to the printing with table variables but it will generate multiple jobs if needed on multiple printers with different layouts instead of just one job And of course the layouts need to use database variables instead of a table variable 3 3 6 6 Menu Addon Format Manager The PREMIUM version of LP4 offers additional special solutions called Format Managers This application can be used to store label formats directly into the printers different Zebra or Intermec solutions are available to integrate the printers closely in production lines without the need for a PC lf a Format Manager exists it s menu item is available which you can use to start the application Further details can be found in the chapter LP4 Format manag
7. still use such a font in your label but the text will be generated as a graphic object so no counter variables are possible Character height width You can enter the average character height width with this properties Please note with some printer fonts not all values are allowed for the height width LP4 will adjust the values automatically depending on the currently selected label printer model Line space If you are having a multi line text you can adjust the space between the lines using this option Variable font size only in variable content mode If the text field is connected to the text field and a Windows font selected this option is available You can define here that the font size will be automatically adjusted depending on the variable content LP4 will enlarge shrink the font size in a way that the complete content is always visible With variable font size the text types Float text and Block text can contain special tags to control the relative font size and the font attributes N100 Normal regular font style font size 100 default Bxxx Bold font style font size xxx Ixxx Italic font style font size xxx Uxxx Underline font style font size xxx Axxx Bold italic underline Xxxx Bold underline Yxxx Bold italic Zxxx Italic underline The tags need to be positioned at the start of a line after a CRLF line break Example X150 Header
8. 1020 Invalid image Error code Error text Error code Error text 1021 Too large argument for MAG 1022 Head lifted 1023 Incomplete label 1024 File too large 1025 File does not exist 1026 Label pending 1027 Out of transfer ribbon 1028 Paper type is not selected 1029 Printhead voltage too high 1030 Character is missing in chosen font 1031 Next label not found 1032 File name too long 1033 Too many fi les are open 1034 Not a directory 1035 File pointer is not inside the fi le 1036 Subscript out of range 1037 No acknowledge received within specified timeout 1038 Communication checksum error 1039 Not mounted 1040 Unknown fi le operating system 1041 Error in fos structure 1042 Internal error in mcs 1043 Timer table full 1044 Low battery in memory card 1045 Media was removed 1046 Memory checksum error 1047 Interrupted system call 1051 Dot resistance measure out of limits 1052 Error in printhead 1053 Unable to complete a dot measurement 1054 Error when trying to write to device 1055 Error when trying to read from device 1056 O_BIT open error 1057 File exists 1058 Transfer ribbon fi tted 1059 Cutter does not respond 1060 DC motor to ribbon save did not start stop 1061 Wrong type of media 1062 Not Allowed 1081 Timer expired 1082 Unsupported protocol 1083 Ribbon Low 1101 Illegal character in bar code 1102 Illegal bar code font 1103 Too many characters in
9. 3 3 4 Menu Mode Selection N X m Q 4 g Z3 M 2 Special text Line Cross Rectangle Circle Graphic OLE Object Deacdzone Barcode Text You can change the object creation mode by using the Mode menu e Selection Selection mode to select move and size label objects e Line Line mode e Cross Cross mode e Rectangle Rectangle mode e Circle Circle mode e Graphic Graphic mode e OLE OLE object mode e Deadzone Deadzone mode e Barcode Barcode mode e Text Text mode e Special text Special text mode 3 3 4 1 Menu Mode Selection By using the selection mode you can select one or more label objects by clicking on the object or by using a multiselection rectangle Selected fields will get a red border and selection drag points You can move selected objects by the mouse if they are not marked as not movable and use the drag points to resize them Hint some field types have restrictions in size you cannot resize such objects freely Selected objects can be manipulated by the Edit menu commands Page 42 BBK Etikettier und Sondermaschinenbau GmbH Hint if there is an object in front of another the selection mouse click will always select the visible uppermost object If you want to select the underlying object simply press the SHIFT key will doing the mouse click A special Zoom function is available in the Selection Mode select a certain area by the mouse and hi
10. If the reset was successfully the result will be 0 and the current print job gets canceled Also the communication will start anew End Sub There is an additional command to remote control the LP4 Database Manager This command will set like the above shown SetVar command variables in the selected LP4 layout but it will set the LP4 DatabaseManager variables instead of the external ones Code example VB Call LP SetDBMVars LPODBCTEST LP4DB ProductID 21303 The first parameter is giving the ODBC datasource name here LPODBCTEST If the source also needs an username and password the proper values ahve to be added to the source name with help of the character example _LPODBCTEST Name Password The second parameter is giving the table name of the ODBC source example LP4DB The last parameter is the search key and the search value Search condition In the example the data with the number 21303 in the ProductID column will be selected If a text has to be searched simple quotation marks have to be used for the value example TextCol ABCDEFG The SetDBMVars function call will open the database search into the table for the wanted value and set the found data record in the Database Manager variables in the layout If no record can be found the variables will use their user given default values instead Attention like with the real Database Manager application a call to the function
11. 12 GP Zebra Local Zebra Z4Mplu E FOF Bullzip POF Pr F Pos Intermec UBL IT j i Printer States Printer Management Protocol In Printer States all defined printers are listed and their current state is shown if a bi directional communication is active This list is also showing printers which are saved to the label layout but do not exist in the current LP4 installation blue question mark symbol Printer States Button Action Printer settings change the label printer settings of the selected printer Print shows the Print dialog window Print preview shows the Preview window Test printing one label is send to the printer Reset resets the printer communication and cancels all active print jobs Print jobs display of all active print jobs of the selected printer Terminal shows the Terminal window of the selected printer I ei ie GS GO Page 39 BBK Etikettier und Sondermaschinenbau GmbH A double click on a printer opens the Printer settings window Those settings are saved with the current label layout The following symbols are giving information about the printer state Printer ready uni directional no reported printer state Printer reports no error printer is ready Printer reports printer is paused Printer reports error no labels no ribbon etc Printer not ready no communcation Printer is not defined but there are printer settings saved in the curren
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13. A Text Package A Text Batch No A Text Part ha ER Level 00 A Text Quantity A Text Expiry D A Text Shippin _ A Text Index C A Text MS Level A Text Batch ID _ A Text Part No 55 Group amp Text Supplier _ A Text Lieferant A Text Orderin A Text Date Code mR Tet 777 95 A Text Lieferant A Text Menges The fields will be displayed according their display and print order Left clicking a list entry selects the related fields inside the layout A multiple selection can be done by pressing the SHIFT or CTRL key Right clicking a list entry shows the related contect menu copy cut etc You can change the field order by Drag amp Drop The list also displays the spezial properties of the fields printable movable grouped level You can toggle those properties by clicking on the symbol The first symbol empty rectangle can be used to hide a field shown as ared cross inside the rectangle Page 37 BBK Etikettier und Sondermaschinenbau GmbH 3 3 3 6 Menu View Variables Toolbar Docking window Use this command to show or hide the Variables docking window and toolbar This toolbar contains buttons to manage your label variables Action New variable a selection of available variable types is shown Variable properties shows the property window of the selected variable Variable position move up Variable position
14. Datamax Fargo Control Code Language EasyPrint Carl Valentin EasyPrint printers Unicontrol EasyPrint printers EPL Eltron compatible printers Sato SBPL Sato compatible printers SmartgraphCOM Alltec Laser systems AZPrintEngine Atlantic Zeiser bbScript HAPA RedCube Other printer types can be used by installing vendor specific Windows printer drivers Page 3 BBK Etikettier und Sondermaschinenbau GmbH Contents 1 Available V rsiOns ccccscsscsccccsccencescscsncencenecsenseneensncensenseneusensensenessensensensusensensensensusensensssesesaas 7 1 1 Labels Platform 4 PREMIUM uuuuuuuuaunauaunanannanannnnanunnanunnanannununnununnununnununnunanunnanannanunnnnunnn 7 1 2 Labels Platform 4 STAR uuuuuuauauuauanuunannunannunannunanunnanunnununnananunnannnnannnnunnnnunnnnununnununnun nun 7 ER ie ae ES 6 A E EEEE EE EEE EEE EEE E EEE T 1 4 Labels Platform 4 Print version u uauauuauauuananuunannunanunnunuunanunnununnunannunanunnununnununnunnnunnunnn 7 1 5 Labels Platform 4 Demo version uuuuuuauanuanannanannunannunanunnununnanunnanamunnunnnnanunnnnnnunnunnnunnunnn 7 1 6 Additional modules uuuuuuuauauuauuannununnunnununnunnunnunnununnunnunnununnunnununnunnunnnnnununnunnnnnnunn nun nun 7 Re Pu RENU FIE EEE EEE hesitate UN 13 MS ol gE ale ee E E Ei 31 CO 6G Ts an a a a LIE a aia a Tor 35 Ru Aa RL N eg tc eee eg ees dn E ie eeepc 42 ESR ul Re gt gt
15. Even big memo fields can be easily changed that way Advanced users can do all commands by keyboard TAB SHIFT TAB will jump to the next previous data field ESC will restore a changed data field The changes will be saved at the time when the user is selecting the save toolbar button or if he is scrolling to the next data set or if he is changing from sheet view to table view again Before storing the new data the DM will always ask if the user wants really to save the data Additional hint if you want you can configure the edit mode to jump into the next edit field by pressing the ENTER key add the entry Settings EditEnterJump 1 to your LP4DBManager ini configuration file It is very easy to create a label with database connections simple open the data source in the DM use the menuitem variable definitions and a window with all table row names will appear Simply drag amp drop one or more names from this window to a LP4 label window By doing this drag amp drop operation LP4 will create a the correctly configured database variables and b text barcode graphic fields connected to that variables You only have to save the label and it will be ready to use with the DM Even more powerful is the creation of table variables if you want to use your table as a source for address labels which will print on each label a different data set Simply do the same drag amp drop procedure as before select all data field names you
16. Page 13 BBK Etikettier und Sondermaschinenbau GmbH e Export Exports multiple LP4 label files e Version history Shows version infos of the current label if activated e Printer Management Define new printers change existing printer connections e Printer settings Change the settings of the currently active printer of the current label e Print Prints the active label e Change user Changing the current user if user management is active e Exit Exits Labels Platform 4 3 3 1 1 Menu File New Use this command to create a new label edit window in Labels Platform 4 A new window showing an empty label will get created You can change the label size and other properties by left clicking the label area to make the label properties active in the property list Short cut u Toolbar oJ Keyboard STRG N 3 3 1 2 Menu File Open Use this command to open an existing label file in a new edit window You can open multiple windows at once With the Window menu you can switch between all available label edit windows Short cut E Toolbar fer Keyboard STRG O File Open window This window appears when you activate File Open You can select the label file with this window Page 14 BBK Etikettier und Sondermaschinenbau GmbH Look in iaz wi Recent Places Desktop E RE T Post _Ident_Leitc a Libraries Yi Computer worn S 2 99 h ca Sonderpreis LP4 Network File name
17. Select label by printer IO card Transfer additional Files as text FM type Sometimes special label functions are needed and BBK will offer customized solutions which are not covered in the Standard function set If those special solutions are installed the list FM type will show them By default only the Standard functionality is available Mode The printing mode will decide if a label should be printed immideatly or if the printer should wait for a printing pulse or maybe even a combination of both after a printing pulse n labels should be printed Also available a special FIFO first in first out mode which is storing label jobs received on the printer s RS232 up to 40 jobs can be stored an print them one after each other Number of labels to print On each print job a certain number of labels will be printed This batch count can be constant for example one label on each print pulse or variable defined in an optional text database or given by the RS232 connection or entered by the user at the printer panel To gain an higher print speed it is possible to activate the all labels have the same size and printer settings option of course then all selected label layouts really have to use the same sizes and settings Serial protocol to select label and data If a printer should get added to an existing production line it is often needed to get data from the production line unto the printed l
18. Tage ab Empfangsdatum da das Medium auf dem die Software ausgeliefert wird keine Material und oder Herstellungsm ngel aufweist Im Falle da das gelieferte Produkt dieser Garantie nicht gen gt besteht Ihr alleiniger Anspruch nach Wahl von BBK entweder im Ersatz der zusammen mit einem Kaufnachweis an BBK innerhalb der Garantiezeit zur ckgegebenen fehlerhaften Erzeugnisse oder in der Erstattung des bezahlten Kaufpreises DIESE BESCHR NKTE GARANTIE IST AUSSCHLIESSLICH UND ANSTELLE ALLER ANDEREN GARANTIEN SOWOHL AUSDR CKLICHER ALS AUCH IMPLIZIERTER ART EINSCHLIESSLICH DER IMPLIZIERTEN GARANTIE DER VERK UFLICHKEIT DER EIGNUNG F R EINEN BESTIMMTEN ZWECK UND DER NICHT BERTRETUNG DIESE GARANTIE GIBT IHNEN BESTIMMTE GESETZLICHE Page 134 BBK Etikettier und Sondermaschinenbau GmbH RECHTE SIE HABEN M GLICHERWEISE ANDERE RECHTE DIE VON STAAT ZU STAAT UNTERSCHIEDLICH SIND Haftungsausschlu EINIGE STAATEN EINSCHLIESSLICH MITGLIEDSSTAATEN DER EUROP ISCHEN UNION ERLAUBEN DIE UNTEN AUFGEF HRTEN BESCHR NKUNG ODER DEN AUSSCHLUSS DER HAFTUNG F R BEGLEIT UND FOLGESCH DEN NICHT SO DASS DIE UNTEN ANGEF HRTE BESCHR NKUNG ODER DER AUSSCHLUSS F R SIE M GLICHERWEISE NICHT ZUTRIFFT UNTER MAXIMALER AUSDEHNUNG DES GELTENDEN RECHTS UND UNABH NGIG DAVON OB EINES DER HIERIN DARGELEGTEN RECHTSMITTEL SEINEN WESENTLICHEN ZWECK NICHT ERF LLT IST BBK IN KEINEM FALLE ERSATZPFLICHTIG F R IRGENDWELCHE INDIREKTEN FOLGE ODER HNLI
19. and to specify the width height of the object That can be done be selecting a different anchor mode Please note that not every barcode with is possible it depends fully on the barcode type and its content Rotation You can rotate a barcode in steps of 90 Page 69 BBK Etikettier und Sondermaschinenbau GmbH Barcode type The following types are available Aztec Code Booklan Codabar Codablock F Code11 Code128 Auto Code128 A Code128 B Code128 C Code39 Code39Full Code93 Data Matrix EAN UCC128 Auto EAN UCC 128 A EAN UCC 128 B EAN UCC 128 C EAN13 optional Addon 2 or Addon 5 EAN8 optional Addon 2 or Addon 5 GS1 128 Interleaved 2 5 Maxicode MSI Plessey PDF417 Pharmacode one line Postnet QR RSS14 UPCA optional Addon 2 or Addon 5 UPCE optional Addon 2 or Addon 5 Addon 2 or Addon 5 codes can be created by adding the Addon content to the real barcode content separated by a comma For example the content 1234567 12345 would not only create an EAN8 barcode but also an Addon5 barcode with the content 12345 Printer barcode This option is only available if the currently selected label printer can print the barcode type directly If you select yes the barcode will be printed in best quality and counter variables are possible If you select no the barcode will be downloaded as graphic informations Module width The width of the small barcode line If
20. flash memory Those formats can be recalled in different ways depending on the printer capabilities You can find further information in the chapter LP4 Format Manager 3 3 6 4 Menu Tools Print job Manager The Print job Manager is a tool for defining complete job lists which needs to be printed The job list can be set to one or more printers the LP4 Spooler will execute the jobs one after each other printers need to be connected with a bi directional interface You can find further information in the chapter LP4 Print job Manager 3 3 6 5 Menu Addon Database Manager The LP4 Database Manager short DM is a stand alone application and can be started from the menu item or by its Windows shortcut Page 54 E LP4DB LP4DB LP4 File Edit View Database Manager Settings Help il Q All data records are displayed JArtkellD Etikett 2 _Ist ckzahl Artikeitext LP3_ETLiIbf CODESOFT Bezeichnung Update Codesoft 5 Ent gt 6 Enterprise BBK Etikettier und Sondermaschinenbau GmbH 3 x Filter records 1340 00 LP3_ET2 Ibf DRUCKKOPF T143038N A Druckkopf PAX110 300 dpi rechts 554 00 LP3_ETLIbf SCANNER BAR DS 4600 1001 Industrie Laserscanner 2096 00 LP3_ET Libf CODESOFT Update Coclesoft 6 Pre gt 6 Enterprise 510 00 LP3_ET2 Ibf GUMMIROLLE Platen Roller assy TEC 472 OP 55 00 LP3_ET Libf TTF MUSTERR DRUCKKOPF TTF ECO200 bla
21. gt 30 OR Month 12 AND Days gt 31 _int text The result will be the integer value of a given text Example Value _int TEXTVAR 100 _labcount Will return the number of to printed labels on job start Example Label quantity _ labcount _labname Contains the current label file name Example Label name labname Page 89 BBK Etikettier und Sondermaschinenbau GmbH _labuser Contains the current user name If the usermanagement is disabled or no user is logged in the return value will be empty Example Username labuser _labprinter Contains the active printer name of the current label file Example Printer name _labprinter _Ippath Contains the current LP4 installation path default C LP4 The path contains a trailing back space character Example _lppath My settings INI _left text count Result is the left part of a given text The count is the numbers of chars to be taken Example _left Hello world 5 _len text Result is the length of the text number of characters Example Length _len Hello _mid text start count Result is the midth of a given text The start is the number of the character to start the first char is position 1 the count is the numbers of character to be taken Example _mid Hello wonderful world 6 9 _mod10 text or _mod10 value This command will calculate a modulo 10 checksum characte
22. ms 1 default Automatic print head selection Darkness adjustment 10 10 0 re ae ay Head 2 color RO00 6000 8000 Print speed mms 1 default 1 Head 2 field name sign 2 Lock time ms 1 default Cancel Gap Offset mm 0 00 0 00 Optional Ribbon Saver unit Store batch count in format Rewind mode Optional Cut Perforation unit Repeat format printing Rewind speed mm s 0 00 Blowitime tins a _ Save label as printer format Cut on print start Mm Display text Opt Peel Off unit Offset mm 0 00 aa Cut after print end LP4 Ignore Label end Cut after n labels Mirror Label anne x Perforation active Use printer add on files Invert Label Perforation on print start Tal an l F Single Label buffer Label Queue Use additional printer commands l Label Tear Off mode additional Feed Cut offset to label end mm 1 def Unique Label no reprint no pause Cut offset to first position mm 1 def Dispense cut always with backfeed Pause before printing Perforation time 0 0 10 0 1 def On printers with two printheads CAB XC series LP4 will send the label fields depending on the Head 2 color and Head 2 field name sign settings By default all black fields and fields with the sign 2 are send to print head 2 which is using by default a black ribbon All other fields are send to pr
23. print a test label reset a printer communication view the current print jobs and communicate to a printer directly by a build in terminal window Printer eal a a a Name Type State Zebra Office Zebra 170 i4 Ready Ef Intermec O Intermec PM4 Not ready CAB Office CABA4 12 Ready GP Zebra Local Zebra Z4Mplu E FOF Bullzip POF Pr 4 IM t Printer States Printer Management Protocol The Terminal window for accessing bi directional printers can be used to send special printer commands directly to the printer Page 29 BBK Etikettier und Sondermaschinenbau GmbH Terminal Zebra Office Received data Don t scroll display 015 0 0 1725 000 0 0 0 000 0 0 0L 001 0 0 0 1 2 6 0 00000000 1 000L 1234 01 015 0 0 1725 000 0 0 0 000 0 0 0L 001 0 0 0 1 2 6 0 00000000 1 000L 1234 01 Data to send Don t clear Field Printer commands HS Statys Reset Pause an Setup druck Send data m Send text file You can enter single commands or you can send complete text files There are also some predefined commands for different printer types button on the right side Toolbar a A a 3 3 1 28 Menu File Change user This command is only active if you have enabled the LP4 user management A window will appear asking for the user name and password If both are correct the user will be logged into the system and all his latest settings will get
24. BBK Etikettier und Sondermaschinenbau GmbH 6 one variable for each language and code number with linebreak separated from text 7 two variables for each language and code number and text separately Some List GHS examples can be found in the LP4 sample label files 3 3 6 Menu Addons BBE Quick Support Serial number tool Formatmanager Intermec Multiboot Formatmanager Intermec Standard Farmatmanager Zebra Stanelarel Print Job Manager EN 2 F l El a Database Manager The Addon menu offers commands to start special sometimes optional LP4 applications e BBK Quick Support Tool for the BBK support team for Remote Access e Serial number tool Adding a LP4 license to your installation e Format Manager Special solutions for storing label formats into the printers e Printiob Manger An application for defining lists of multiple printjobs e Database Manager The database manager offers an easy access to ODBC databases 3 3 6 1 Menu Addons BBK Quick Support The BBK Quick Support tool enables your BBK support partner to access your PC by an internet connection Page 52 BBK Etikettier und Sondermaschinenbau GmbH Allow Remote Control Please tell our BRK supportparnter the following ID to connect to your desktop 327 441 532 2341 oO Ready to connect Secure connection WAAL teamviewer com Cancel You are in full control only if the tool has been start
25. LP3_ET2 Ibf elelelele ver erg erg a erg erg lel lel GUMMIROLLE CV6800 10 04 15 150 00 4 b Reacly Count 67 CAP NUM On DM startup an open window will appear in which you can select an existing database table There is also an option open this database on next startup if this option is activated the current database table will get opened on the next startup without asking the user Of course you can still open another database table from the DM application menu Some data sources like MS Excel are not showing internal tables system tables or tables defined by the DB administrator by default You can see those table names by activating the option Show all tables The loaded table will be displayed in the DM as a list One set of data is one column in this list if you select a data set with a left mouse click it will be displayed in a different color JULUJZ Lro CILJI ZAFTIINMALI TILI oJI71U4 FUNTYZTUTVUOVE INNY 501054 LP3_ET2 Ibf 2 feanen TTD 899279 Pulley44GrTiming 112 112 CATACA Ino ET IIHf lt TEI I DIMA TTM Callar CSTE ANICA 117 n7n If you do a double mouse click on a data set the print window will appear a right mouse click will show you the chosen data set in the sheet view you can edit delete etc the data that way Note you can only edit delete create data sets if the DM knows the primary key of the table Usually the DM
26. Language Fixed all available table names languages will be listed here you can select one of them Page 104 BBK Etikettier und Sondermaschinenbau GmbH Variable a LP4 variable containing the table name can be selected here List selection Fixed you can select multiple numbers from the table Variable you can select a LP4 variable containing the numbers separated by a For example R 1 S 4 S 23c You can also specify Alias texts like R1 ABC S1 EFG Display options Here you specify the display details For example if only the texts should be displayed you simply deactivate the number display You can also define how the texts are separated etc The Wordbreak option should always be used with the LP4RS database since it will contain texts using the character as word break If you want you can remove this character or replace it with another one the formatted special text field will use the ASCII character 31 as wordbreak for example Page 105 BBK Etikettier und Sondermaschinenbau GmbH 6 The LP4 Print Tool 6 1 Generic The LP4 Print Tool is an external application which will get installed with the main LP4 application It offers an easy way to print existing labels The user cannot edit labels that way but he can adjust all parameters needed for printing the labels Its also possible to get print only licenses which will only allow the usage of the LP4 Print
27. Manager entry so it is even possible to change existing formulas in the manager window Page 49 BBK Etikettier und Sondermaschinenbau GmbH GSL EAN 128 Manager Mame of the Formula variables MWE Description Format Serial Shipping Container Code 55CC MVE nz n1 Global Trade Item Number TIN EAN nz n14 Content Content f ent EAN nz ni4 Batch Lotnumber BATCHILOT Production date YYMMDD PROD DATE Due date Y MMOD DUE DATE Packaging date YvYMMDD PACK DATE Dak kKoFfarn MARARA OECT EEETNME Defined content Add space characters to text formula FOO OOOO000000000000000810 44 4 64 4 6 5 56 5 5 5 5 0 504 4 0 Content Checksum oooooo0o0000000000 AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA Constant AAAA AA A A A E i i e et variable Hint Der DB 10 dient der Codierung einer Chargennummer sofern eine solche f r alle in der Einheit befindlichen Einzelprodukte existiert Datenbezeichner mit variablen Inhalt wie dieser sind vorzugsweise an das Ende des Barcodes zu stellen At the top of the window is an edit field to enter the unique variable name Below this field is a list with all existing GS1 EAN possibilities By double clicking or using the Add button the entry will be moved to the lower list which is defining the user content In this lower list all parts of the defined user GS1 EAN content will be shown Using the Delete button an entry can be removed from the c
28. POF417 LP4 r Open Fies of ype LP Files fa Previews File name Enter the file name or select it from the file list File type Select the type of the files you want to open LBF is the old LP3 label file format LP4 is the LP4 label file format Preview If this option is activated you will see a small preview picture of the selected label file 3 3 1 3 Menu File Close Use this command to close the active label edit window If you have changed the label LP4 will ask you if you want to save the new label file before closing If you close a window without doing a save all changes you have done since the last saving point will get lost Page 15 BBK Etikettier und Sondermaschinenbau GmbH 3 3 1 4 Menu File Save Use this command to save the active label using its current filename If the label has no old filename you will get asked for a filename to save If you want to save the label with a new filename you can also select the save as menu item Short cut Toolbar Keyboard STRG S 3 3 1 5 Menu File Save as Use this command to save the active label using a new filename Labels Platform 4 will show the standard MSWindows save dialog window where you can enter the new filename To save a label using its current filename you can also use the Save menu item The Save As dialog window The Save As windows allows you to enter a new filename and a new directory Filename E
29. Properties Database Variable eet e eect eee eee ee ees eee eee esas esses eseseseseeeesesesesees 100 ET Re D PR oR 101 5 1 L1 Descrplion External vanable a One eee epee on Reem een rene teeta eee 101 5 11 2 Properties External ess ae ardent essen nee ee 101 oe ty SM remolie contol EEE SEHEN ee nee ae eee ner eee ee eee ee ane a EEE 102 ET re to deel op cep eee ene 104 5 12 1 Description List GHS variable eee eee eee e eee e eee eee eee ee aces eee eeeeeeeeeeeeseeeens 104 5 12 2 Properties RS varnsDl ee eee en ee ree ae eet eee ene ee neem ee ne ert ee etary ey 104 BBK Etikettier und Sondermaschinenbau GmbH 9 1 LP4 Formatmanager Intermec Standard nuusunonunnnnonnnnunnnnnnunannnnunnnnnnunnnnnnunnnnnnnnnunnnn 114 9 2 LP4 Formatmanager Zebra Standard a en ee eee es Re A EE ee ee 116 Page 6 BBK Etikettier und Sondermaschinenbau GmbH 1 Available versions 1 1 Labels Platform 4 PREMIUM e all in this document listed features including the options Format Manager Product Manager and LP4 Remote GHS list manager variables The option LP4 Commander Editor needs an additional license 1 2 Labels Platform 4 STAR e all listed features without the special options Format Manager Product Manager LP4 Commander Editor LP4 Remote or GHS list text manager variables 1 3 Labels Platform 4 ECO e all listed STAR features but no circles crosses deadzones special texts OLE objects e lim
30. Specifi ed Feed Length Exceeded 1610 Illegal Character Map File 1701 Cutter Error1 EasyCoder F series only1 1702 Cutter Error2 EasyCoder F series only1 1703 Cutter Error3 EasyCoder F series only1 1704 Cutter open EasyCoder F series only1 Page 130 BBK Etikettier und Sondermaschinenbau GmbH 1106 Wrong number of characters 1107 Illegal bar code size 1108 Number or rows out of range 1109 Number of columns out of range Page 131 BBK Etikettier und Sondermaschinenbau GmbH 13 2 Zebra printers Some Zebra firmware versions will not print variable fields counters correctly LP4 has a workaround for that issue which can get activated in the connection settings of the Zebra printer Firmware correction FieldBlock yes no If yes is activated the fields will not be printed distorted anymore but please note it s not possible to print centered right aligned variable fields counters while the workaround is activated Another workaround influences the automatic code selection in Code128 EAN128 barcodes LP4 uses a Zebra feature which will enable the printer to select the best code by itself This feature is avaliable from Zebra firmware x 11 x or newer If you are using an older printer you can activate the following connection setting Firmware correction EAN128 yes no It is also possible to influence the time between state requests By default LP4 is using 1 second between each request You c
31. active Short cut Toolbar 2 3 3 1 29 Menu File 1 2 3 4 5 You can open the last recently used label files by selecting one of the shown menu items 3 3 1 30 Menu File Exit This will close the LP4 application If no other LP4 software is active the connection to the printers will be closed as well Page 30 BBK Etikettier und Sondermaschinenbau GmbH If you close LP4 all user settings position of toolbars etc will get stored this settings will be used on the next startup Short cut Mouse Double click at the system menu Keyboard ALT F4 3 3 2 Menu Edit Undo Objet new Fila ab Cut Umschalt Entf 3a Copy Strg Duplicate Strg D gt Insert Stra Delete Select all Select next fielcl Bild nach unten Select previous field Bile nach aben Heh Turn Selection right re F Sr Ha Turn Selection left Align horizontal d Align vertical b cS Transfer object properties The following functions are available in the Edit menu e Undo Restores the label to its previous state e Cut Deletes the selected objects and places them into the Windows clipboard e Copy Copies the selected objects into the Windows clipboard e Duplicate Copies the selected objects and pastes them at the current mouse position e Paste Pastes the objects from the clipboard to the current label e Delete Deletes all selected objects e Select all Selects all items on the label e Select next
32. click on a free label area Now you have to hold the mouse button down and move the mouse to the second deadzone corner point 4 8 2 Properties Deadzone Properties A 222 Field properties Name DZone lel Anchor mode Absolute 0 x 16 00 mrm O YI 50 30 mm Ll X2 29 75 mm gG Y 67 13 mm ld Made All objects Condition Name The name of the deadzone The name is empty by default but if you want to access the object in a LP4 formula you have to enter an unique name for it Anchor mode Depending on the anchor mode the x y coordinates will be displayed differently X Y Width Height A deadzone is defined by its top left and right bottom corner points Sometimes it s helpful to just enter the coords of one corner point and to specify the width height of the object That can be done be selecting a different anchor mode Mode All objects will affect all objects touching the deadzone areas float texts will only affect the content of floating text fields Condition If you have enabled a deadzone condition the deadzone will onle be active if the condition is fulfilled at the time when the print job starts 4 9 Barcodes 4 9 1 Description Barcode Page 68 BBK Etikettier und Sondermaschinenbau GmbH There are many different types of barcodes availbale in Labels Platform 4 If a barcode type is fully supported by the label printer you should use the Printer barcode option to
33. click on the next entry you want to change After you have defined your list you can save it into a text file button save list With the button Load list you can load the list at a later time The current list will also be saved each time you close the application in a file called LP4PJManager INI Thios list will also get loaded automatically each time you start the application again By pressing Start print jobs all jobs in the list will be generated and put into the LP4 Printer Spooler The Spooler will now transfer the first job to a printer then wait until it is finished and start the next job and so on Please note the LP4 Spooler will only be active as long as at least one LP4 application for example the Printjob Manager or the label editor is still up and running If you close all LP4 applications before the print jobs are done the LP4 Spooler will also close and the remaining jobs will be lost The button Printer states will show you the state of all connected printers You can also control all started print jobs in this window Command line parameters There are two available command line parameters with the Printjob Manager p means start the Manager invisible and generate all jobs in the current job list After this the Manager will close automatically Therefore it is important that still another LP4 application is active usually this parameter is be used with a LP4 Commander project t
34. display all pages though so the user can edit the text to suit its label appearance Also please note to make the text object big enough before importing a document otherwise the imported text may get rearragend to fit in the current size and the original formatting will be lost It is also possible to display multiple pages in the same field area simply increase the page count option in the text field properties LP4 does not support OLE linking inside the formatted texts The text editor will support it it is possible to paste an OLE link by using the clipboard functions but as soon as the editor gets closed LP4 will remove all such links because of stability reasons If you need to use very small fonts point size 7 or smaller you may get an uneven text display character spacing seems to be wrong sometimes That depends on the font and the default Windows printer driver you are using the TXControl is taking informations from the default driver to render fonts or the printer driver you have configured for the TX Control in the LP4 Configuration In LP4 it is also possible to improve the look of small fonts by increasing the internal rendering resolution of the TXControl by using an INI switch The only side effect the higher the internal resolution the smaller the maximum width of the text field The default resolution of 1 is supporting a field width of around 50 cm If you are using the resolution 2 twice
35. into the Windows Programdata instead of the LP4 installation folder You can also configure different folders for your layout graphics and data file for example some global networking folders Page 9 BBK Etikettier und Sondermaschinenbau GmbH The folder settings can be changed in the LP4 Editor menu Tools gt LP4 folders Folders Graphics Y lalobal Graphics Explore the Graphics folder Labels Y lslobal Labels Explore the Labels folder External data Data Explore the Data folder Global Settings ILP Explore the Global Settings Folder If you do not install LP4 in the C Program Files for example into the default path C LP4 all layouts graphics and data files will be stored into sub folders of your installation path Page 10 BBK Etikettier und Sondermaschinenbau GmbH 3 Using Labels Platform 4 3 1 introduction LP4 is following the design guides for MSWindows applications so many functions are easy to use even for users who have not worked with LP4 before For example LP4 supports Drag amp Drop right mouse clicks are opening context menus standard MDI Multiple Document Interface is used for handling multiple label design windows and an undo function does help to correct user actions The software offers all kind of help functions pressing F1 will show the online help each toolbar button will show a small textinfo tool tips and the sta
36. its object position If an object is not movable a small icon will appear in the object list Short cut Toolbar HEH Jah 3 3 2 12 Menu Edit Field groups Use the command Make group to set all selected objects into one object group Group objects cannot get selected independent always the complete group will be selected so also moving sizing deleting changing will always happen to all members of a group Short cut Toolbar Km 7 3 3 2 13 Menu Edit Transfer object properties Use this command to transfer display properties of a label object to a different label object Just select the source objects and activate the transfer command by menu item symbolbar button hotkey Now click on the destination object and the display properties of the source object will be transfered to the destination object Display properties are line width color fill type rectangles circles corners rectangles font settings text alignment barcode type and various graphic settings Short cut Toolbar Keyboard CTRL T Page 34 BBK Etikettier und Sondermaschinenbau GmbH 3 3 3 Menu View 3 Variables amp Tools vo Statusbar Default Application view d y Align Zoom v Fields v Yariables Properties y Printer Adjust The following functions can be found in the View menu e Symbolbars and docking windows Shows hides the toolbars docking windows e Adjust Configur
37. key strokes to mask Use input limitation Min count of chars 0 Max count of chars 0 Name of variable The unique name of the variable Input remark This text will be displayed in the input window in front of the edit field for example Article number Default text variable constant This text will be used as default value in the input window You can use a constant default text or a text from another variable for example a default text from a database variable Please note if you are using variable default texts you have to take care about the variable order It is also possible to activate an option to replace the constant default value with the text the user will enter the next time That way the input field for this variable will show on each print job the last entered user value instead of the default text until the label will be reloaded of course then the input field will start with the saved default value To store the input remanently you have to use the Store input in file option then the input data will be saved in a INI file on the LP4 data folder Input type There are four different input types available Text input the the user can type in text in the input window It is possible to limit the numbers of characters or give a special text format the user has to use for his input For example if the user should enter AB then another char and at the end four numbers a format mask AB
38. labels will not change very often during production since a reboot takes some seconds before the printing can start BBK offers also customized versions of this format manager if such a special solution is installed it is selectable in the Global settings window Page 118 BBK Etikettier und Sondermaschinenbau GmbH 10 LP4 Productmanager Standard DB 10 1 Generic LP4 Productmanager are stand alone applications which are usually used in production areas with specific tasks The LP4 Productmanager Standard DB is included in the main LP4 setup and can be used with a LP4 Premium version It features an easy and flexible way to start print jobs from a connected database and it is highly configurable It is also possible to give the user additional input fields to edit certain values before printing or to define a text file import to update the jobs in the database from an external source like SAP Also available an automation mode in which the application will automatically print imported data The LP4 Productmanager Standard DB can be used with any printer type a bidirectional connection can be used to queue print jobs 10 2 Configuration The LP4 Productmanager Standard DB can be configured in many ways by changing settings in its configuration file LP4StandardDB INI The settings and their meaning are listed in this chapter DATABASE Name LP4DB User PW Table LP4StandardDB MoveTable LP4Protocol KeepO
39. move down Variable delete delete selected variables Variable copy copy selected variables to the Windows clipboard Variable paste inserts variables from the Windows clipboard Variable duplicate combined copy paste action Refresh variables calculates and displays all variables and connected label object fields Variable input fields displays the input window if input variables are available The variable list is shown beneath the toolbar Variables g g a w Type Mame Formula GS Formula lessageHe D gt Formula MessaqeTrai 4 EV Formula FormatHead 06 FormatTrailer Teilebezeich SMD Kontaktfe Te lehlrLiefe 3006777 KDSachhlu 6594650703 Bestellbezei A2C00014859 03 zusBauteilir 301100715 3 Input Index 3 i Trairi rt haan Ste b TAA In this list all variables of the active label are shown A left click at an entry is selecting the related variable and all label fields which are connected to this variable If you select a label field in the layout which is connected to a variable the related variable list entry will be selected as well You can do a Drag amp Drop operation from this list into the layout to create new text barcode graphic fields connected to this variable If you drop the variable on a already existing field it will be connected to the variable You can also change the order of the variables with Drag amp Drop Double clicking a variable will s
40. of chars to be taken Example _right Hello world 5 _setcount value Sets the print quantity before the print job is generated The old user print quantity will get overwritten Example _setcount 10 _text value or _text unicode var Changes a value to a text for example to use it with another text command Example _mod10 _text INTVAR If the argument is a LP3 Hex Unicode variable content FFFE the text will be converted to the real Unicode text _textpos text search text The first text will be searched for occurence of the search text If the search text can be found in the first text the result will be the starting position The first position is 1 if the text cannot be found a 0 will be returned Example if _textpos WEIGHT 0 no decimals in weight WEIGHT _varupdate This command will not change the content of a formula field It will tell LP4 that all variables used inside of the formula has to get re calculated for each label again _writeini positionstext new text Writes a new text in an INI file The position text has the same structure as in the _readini command there s just one speciality if the postion text contains no entry name the _writeini will delete the complete section from the ini file This command will only be executed if a real printing gets started Example _writeini SETTINGS TEST C LPFORM TEST INI Hello Page 92 BBK Etikettier und Son
41. previous Selects the next previous label object e Align fields Aligns objects fields e Transfer object properties Transfers various display properties from one object to another Page 31 BBK Etikettier und Sondermaschinenbau GmbH 3 3 2 1 Menu Edit Undo Use this command to undo your last actions if possible If you cannot undo your last action the menu item will be grayed Short cut Keyboard STRG Z or ALT DELETE 3 3 2 2 Menu Edit Cut Use this command to delete all selected objects from the label and place them into the Windows clipboard You cannot use this command if no label object is selected Short cut Toolbar de Keyboard STRG X 3 3 2 3 Menu Edit Copy Use this command to copy all selected objects into the Windows clipboard You cannot use this command if no label object is selected Short cut Toolbar Keybaord STRG C 3 3 2 4 Menu Edit Duplicate Use this command to copy the selected objects and paste them at the current mouse position You cannot use this command if no label object is selected Short cut Keyboard STRG D 3 3 2 5 Menu Edit Paste Use this command to paste objects from the Windows clipboard to the current label You cannot use this command if no objects are available in the clipboard Short cut Toolbar Fe Keyboard STRG V 3 3 2 6 Menu Edit Delete Page 32 BBK Etikettier und Sondermaschinenbau GmbH Use this command to delete all selec
42. set is wrong no printing will happen the printer will only ask the user again to enter a valid number Hint it is also possible to connect the printer serial com port if not used for PC communication with an input device like a barcode scanner After pressing F1 all user input article number batch count etc can come from wither the printer keyboard or this external device By default the device has to send the data frame ina start and stop chracter Start is stop is for example 123456 Usage on the CAB printer The CAB printer needs an additional USB keyboard to work with LP4 Remote The abc widget inside the CAB display if available will show the text LP4 as soon as LP4 Remote is activated The user can now Page 112 BBK Etikettier und Sondermaschinenbau GmbH press F1 or Enter to start the format selection Up to three user inputs are to be done format print count additional data the input is send to LP4Remote which will generate and transfer the label Additional user input can be defined in the label layout by using CAB printer variables Those user prompts are shown as soon as the new label is downloaded F5 will stop the LP4 Remote function inside the printer if also the LP4 Remote application has been closed Usage with TCP connections The other system needs to act as a TCP client and connect to the specified TCP port A new connection is only establish
43. special characters like or all kind of brackets in a formula since this characters will have a special calculation meaning in the formula making it impossible for the formula parser to detect the variables correctly Easy example Formula Weight WEIGHT kg This will insert the content of the variable WEIGHT between the two constant texts Basic calculations You can use along with integer floating point values also is possible The operation will calculate the division rest Easy example Formula Package weight WEIGHT 100 5 kg This would calculate another weight value from the original WEIGHT variable The variable type would need to be integer or floating point but most variables will create text contents To use such variables as a value you have to use an _intor real command on the variable name first for example Formula Package weight _int WEIGHT 100 5 kg Page 87 BBK Etikettier und Sondermaschinenbau GmbH Special commands _case Variable Test1 Value1 Test2 Value 2 optional default text Using a _case command you can test a given variable to contain certain contents If a contain is found in the list the value after the will be the result of the _case command If the content cannot be found in the list the _case will result in an empty text or in the optional default text if given You can write t
44. speed 100 Use printer add on commands Barcode adjust dots 0 If you are using a Start delay the printer will wait after each printed label the specified time before doing its startposition adjustments If the printer is used in an industrial area most often it has to wait for a printing pulse before printing a label You can specify two different print pulse modes depending on the interface you are using Refresh label content is needed if you are using a printer variable for example the printer time and you want to update the variable content on each printed label The Fast print mode option minimizes the time between two label printings You cannot use counter variables or print pulse in this mode though To get a slightly faster download time you can use the Minimal display texts option It will disable some of the printers display texts and function keys making the download a little bit smaller The option Use printer add on files enables you to specifiy special printer commands using the Intermec Fingerprint Basic which will get downloaded on each print job for this label The same option for smaller tasks can be found in Use printer add on commands There are several function keys at the Intermec front panel available F1 Select label format only available on certain Format managers F2 In
45. start invisible create all formats and start the download to the printer After this the application will close again Therefore this mode is useful in combination with the LP4 Commander to create applications with automatic format transfer 9 1 LP4 Formatmanager Intermec Standard The LP4 Format manager Intermec Standard is the standard solution to download label formats into an Intermec UBI printer once and recall this labels without any PC directly on the printer panel or by sending a serial command or by IO signals Up to 20 labels can be stored in a printer and it is possible to use an optional text database inside the printer or to send variable data by RS232 so the printer can easily get integrated into an existing production line Format manager Intermec Standard Pg LP4 Formatmanager Intermec Standard File Format name Add label Ei 1 LP401TestiLayoutsidruckerywar LP4 T LP40 TestiLayouts druckervar2 LP4 SIERT leer Remove From list Remove all entries Jil Save list pen list Label parameters fd Global settings Data transfer Transfer bo printer memory card Destination Intermec B ro Intermec PM4i 12 dots Stark transfer Close By using Add labels up to 20 labels can be selected Each label has an unique number used to recall the label on the printer and up to 8 additional parameters which can be used in the label layouts by defining the prin
46. to just enter the coords of one corner point and to specify the width height of the object That can be done be selecting a different anchor mode Rotation A graphic can get rotated in steps of 90 There is also a free rotate mode for angles between 0 and 359 Angle on free rotations The angle value 0 359 Aspect ratio If you use a proportional ratio the graphic can only be sized in a way that the ratio of width and height remains the same A 1 1 ratio will show you the graphic in a way that one graphic dot is one printer dot not sizeable In the free mode you can select any object height width you want but of course the graphic can get heavily distorted that way The prortional anchor mode is useful with variable graphics here the current graphic will be scaled to the defined graphic field keeping the original width height ratio Color Page 65 BBK Etikettier und Sondermaschinenbau GmbH If you have a color printer you can of course print colored graphics without problems On b w label printer an automatic color convertion will be done but you can also try to get better results by using a manual color convertion in the graphic properties Transparent mode If the transparent mode is active a color in the graphic usually the white color is transparent Note depending on your graphic card this mode can cause slowdowns while editing the label Transparent color
47. to the new folder Then you need to change the local LP4 INI the one in the installation folder to contain the following entry SETS Settingspath X My_Configuration_Folder On next startup LP4 will use this folder for its configuration 3 3 5 3 Menu Tools LP4 Users The LP4 user management is disabled by default In the user management window you can enable this option and create change users and their privileges There will be always a default user that means a user without name and password who will get active on each startup of LP4 This user should have as little privileges as possible All other users have to get defined by name and password and depending on their label printing tasks each will have certain rights to use LP4 Page 47 BBK Etikettier und Sondermaschinenbau GmbH User management C User management disabled User management enabled User User login on start Cancel Mame Default user no name no password Ta Password esses Functions Function 3 File new 3 File open close File save 3 Print x Printer settings 3 Printer definition 3 Object edit 3 variable edit x Settings generic 3 Settings directories ad Settings ser Delete Description Creation of label Files Open cose existing Files Save changed Files Label printing Changing of printer settings Creation and changing of printers Creation moving changing objects Creation changing vari
48. und Sondermaschinenbau GmbH Here you can enter the average character with and height This setting is not available with formatted texts the special text editor has to be used to change this setting Character spacing It can be useful to adjust the spacing between characters especially when using curved special texts This setting is not available with formatted texts the special text editor has to be used to change this setting Page count Only available in the display mode formatted text By default just one page of formatted text will be displayed here you can specify if multiple pages should be placed into the field area Rotation A special text field can get rotated in steps of 90 Note depending on your system a rotated formatted text may slow down the display Color The color of the text note only supported on color printers This setting is not available with formatted texts the special text editor has to be used to change this setting Print condition If you have enabled a print condition the object gets only printed if the condition is fulfilled at the time when the print job starts Display type You can select rotated or curved or formatted special texts Formatted texts are the default display type if a new special text object is created Content Depending on the display type a special editor window will get displayed Rotated texts On rotated texts you can enter the text content and use a
49. value 0 Display leading zeros up to Field width Never use printer internal counter Functionality Display value Numerical 0 9 z Start value format Nurmerical 0 2 Preview Name of variable The unique name of the variable Start value The start value of the counter Step Positive step values will count up negative step values will count down Field width leading zeros How many characters are used for the counter for example a counter using field width 3 and leading zeros will get printed as 001 same labels If you need a counter which doesn t change on every label but on every n th label you can define this here Reset to value x at value y It is possible to define counters which will jump back to a starting value when they have reached a givene limit For example you can define a counter which will count up to 999 and jumps back to 001 after he has reached this value All values can be fixed or be of variable origin If you are using variables take care about the variable order Counter type It s not only possible to define numeric counters also hexdecimal alphanumerical or counters with base 33 are available start value format Often the start value is not a fixed value but given by other variables for example input variables And if the counter type is not numeric the given start value should often be in the same format as the printed counter value This can be
50. variable Here you should use the following variable order 1 Input variable 2 Database variable 3 Formula variable Position 1 and 2 can be swapped in this example since the first two variables don t depend on each other but if the database variable would be used as a default value for the input variable the order has to be 1 Database variable 2 Input variable 3 Formula variable If the formula variable would be on top in this list wrong printing would happen the formula would calculate the checksum over two old values probably the ones from the last printing and not over the actual entered readed values The golden variable rule is always look after variable dependencies and adjust the variable order if needed Therefore it is also not possible to create recursive variable dependencies If for example a data base variable depends on an input variable which also needs the data of the database variable as a default value it s not possible to arrange the variables in a correct order and one of the variables will use an old value But also no lock ups due to endless loops will be possible that way The creation and ordering of variables is done in the Variable docking window Page 81 Etikettier und Sondermaschinenbau GmbH Variables 2 oo E rota a yu ie Name Ea aale G5 MessaqeHe lessageTra FormatHeael Format rater Teilebezeich Te lehlrliefe K
51. will also be generated as graphic objects on label printers To create a special text you have to activate the special text mode and left click on a free label area A new special text will be placed on this position you can now change the type and content by the special text s property window 4 11 2 Properties Special text Properties BE Field properties Name Special ET Anchor made Absolute 0 xi 40 41 mm O v 20 90 mm Ll X2 55 68 mm G Y2 39 32 mm y Fonttype Arial 2 Character height 9 00 mm Fed Character width 3 00 mm ta Character spacing 0 00 mm Color R000 G000 B000 S Print condition asg E Displaytype Curved dynamic Test Name The name of the special text The name is empty by default but if you want to access the object in a LP4 formula you have to enter an unique name for it Anchor mode Depending on the anchor mode the x y coordinates will be displayed differently X Y Width Height A text is defined by its top left and right bottom corner points Sometimes it s helpful to just enter the coords of one corner point and to specify the width height of the object That can be done be selecting a different anchor mode Font type You can select a true type font name and some of it attributes italic bold etc This setting is not available with formatted texts the special text editor has to be used to change this setting Character height width Page 75 BBK Etikettier
52. will initialize all database variables Page 103 BBK Etikettier und Sondermaschinenbau GmbH 5 12 RS Variable 5 12 1 Description List GHS variable The List GHS variable can be used for an automatic database selection of numbers and texts LP4 comes with a special database LP4RS containing over a dozen different languages of Risk texts You will need a Premium version of LP4 to use this type of variables 5 12 2 Properties RS variable List GHS Variable name ODBC data source Cancel Table O variable Fix Selection C variable Fix Mumber Text k 3 Rl i i Ril Ril EKpqKTIEO ge Enpi KOTOCTOgT x R10 E UDAEKTO Ril Mori E KDHEKTO Rl EFOIPETIKO E NDHEKTO 4 1 Display options word break character 125 exes replace with em Use Unicode encoding Display RS number Display RS text Add line break characters Add line break characters Add special character 32 e Add special character Add LP4 variable F Add LF4 variable Default value 777 Name of variable The unique name of the variable ODBC source As with the database variable you can select an existing ODBC connection here By default the connection LP4RS will be used If you want to use your own database please note that it needs the following structure each language is a separate table The table name should be related to the language like ENG englisch IT italian
53. you are using a printer barcode you can only select module widths supported by the label printer Ratio That is the ratio between small barcode lines and thick barcode lines A value 2 0 means that the thick line is twice as big as a small line You can change the ratio in the range from 2 0 to 3 0 Text line Some barcode types offer an optional text line for the barcode where the barcode content will be printed Please note that the display of the text line could be different from the screen display if you are using an internal printer barcode Page 70 BBK Etikettier und Sondermaschinenbau GmbH Of course you can always place a real text object beneath a barcode field to have more control over the text line optics Font The font used in the text line if available Text size The size of the text line if available Text position With some barcode types you can decide if you want to place the text line on barcode top or barcode bottom Show checksum If the barcode is using a special checksum this option tells the barcode to display it in the text line as well Additional checksum On certain barcode types you can enable an additional checksum calculation Code39 Modulo43 checksum Interleaved 2 5 Modulo10 checksum Codabar Modulo16 checksum GS1 EAN UCC128 Modulo10 checksum Bearer lines Displays additional horizontal lines to limit the barcode height Modul height Max cols Max r
54. 0 Jab download 16 20 04 Create Job Zebra Office Terminal Data 5 Bytes Jab 16 20 02 End Job Zebra Office Job JOB086D0 Jab download 16 20 02 Create Job Zebra Office Terminal Data 5 Bytes Jab 4 INT I Printer States Printer Management Protocol The printer protocol can be activated to save information about print job start stop and error states Labels Platform 4 creates a new log file for every new day the log files can be opened using a text editor or MS Excel You can also open a log file in the protocol window if no log file is selected the protocol window is showing the information for the current day Printer protocol Button Action m Protocol settings in the settings window you can activate deactivate the protocol function E and define a folder for storing the log files i Open protocol file you can select an existing protocol file for opening in the protocol list By pressing Cancel you will see the entries of the current day again 3 3 3 8 Menu View Statusbar Use this command to show or hide the statusbar This bar contains text fields to show certain informations While you are moving through the LP4 menus or toolbar buttons the left part of the statusbar will give you a short description of the menu items In the right part of the statusbar the state of the locked keys will get displayed Page 41 BBK Etikettier und Sondermaschinenbau GmbH
55. 2 49 28 11 2012 12 49 28 11 2012 12 49 Dateiname Dateityp Z Preview WASCHBO png All files v _PNG Pilel vr Abbrechen Embedded Graphics File name 4 WASCH30_ 4 WASCH40 png 4 WASCH4O_ png png 4 WASCH6O png 4 WASCH9S png 4 WASCHOS_ png Size Bytes 1431 1406 1385 1539 Info 16 01 2013 13 39 50 16 01 2013 13 39 50 16 01 2013 13 39 50 16 01 2013 13 39 50 16 01 2013 13 39 50 16 01 2013 13 39 50 16 01 2013 13 39 50 Preview Page 64 i 2 4 6 2 Properties Graphic Properties BE Field properties Name lef Anchor mode DI x1 H Yl Ll X2 G Y2 3 Rotation dO Aspect ratio Ea Color mode Transparent mode Ea Brightness Invert mode He Anti Aliasing Print condition Graphic Storage Content made Graphic file BBK Etikettier und Sondermaschinenbau GmbH Graphic Absolute 4 67 mm 16 09 mm 20 50 mm 39 59 mm j Propart onal Original colors Mao i Mo Mo Embecidecl Constant Temp Limit png Name The name of the graphic The name is empty by default but if you want to access the object in a LP4 formula you have to enter an unique name for it Anchor mode Depending on the anchor mode the x y coordinates will be displayed differently X Y Width Height A graphic is defined by its top left and right bottom corner points Sometimes it s helpful
56. 4 system all defined CAB amp Intermec printers with a bidirectional connection will get under control of LP4 Remote Alternatively you can use a native TCP connection for starting print jobs If you minize the LP4 Remote application the icon will be moved from the MSWindows taskbar to the tray area A double click on the tray icon will show the main window again After the startup from LP4 Remote the following window will appear Page 109 BBK Etikettier und Sondermaschinenbau GmbH Bg LP4 Remote GJ 05 05 14 10 45 19 LP4 Remote successfully started ol Settings Printer stake LF4 Remote printers NOT ACTIVATED LP4 Remote TCP interface NOT ACTIVATED The right part of the window contains an information if LP4 Remote is currently active and two buttons settings and Printer state The left part shows a protocol list This list will inform you which printer has started a job at which time or if the job has failed The Printer states button will bring up the LP4 printer states window showing if all printers are connected and ready The Settings are controlling if and how LP4 Remote is working Page 110 BBK Etikettier und Sondermaschinenbau GmbH Activate LP4 Remote on all connected Intermec AB printers C No batch count input on the printer panel Cancel Additional user input on the printer panel additional TCP data Printer display kext Weight Externa
57. 70Xi4 Ready Intermec O Intermec PM4 Not ready CAB Office CABA4 12 Ready Zebralocal Zebra Z4Mplu Por Bullzip PDF Pr O iE Q A Text Supplier u 3 Part No 6594680703 TPA Tet en a ous 20 BE Index 03 ears sad sited ar 3006777 Expiry Date 10 10 2006 Leai Ser A Text Part No Printer States Printer Management E Protoco SMD Kontaktfeder A Text ae Properties es BE Field properties Supplier ID Package ID Batch ID Shipping Note N EI Anchor mode Top left 8326923 123456789012 0101 80208226 Ei x 78 08 mm pa SS Formula MessageHe gt Hy 27 86 z SS Formula MessageTrai 4 Er a Batch No Part No Supplier Ordering Code Date Code SEE te F l F T ue 0000314813 3006777 A2C00014889 03 D20061026 ae Fonttype i Arial amp Input TeileNrLiefe 3006777 X Character height 3 18 i 5 Input KDSachNu 6594680 I ee BBK GmbH Supplier Data LP4 Fe ran amp Lines 0 00 E5 Input zusBauteilin 301100715 _ TA pacs amp Input Index 03 i Variable font size No u s E Input MengeStck 2400 Alignment l Input Lieferschein 80208226 X pee s 5 Input LieferantenNr 8326923 Color EE 000 000 200 Input Packstueck 123456 Text type Normal amp Input Chargenide 0101 7 Print condition Be Input Verfalldatum 10 10 2006 E Content mode Variable Input HerstellVers D2006 10 amp Content LieferscheinNr Input ChargenNr 0000314
58. By adding a new table variable LP4 will automatically generate a sets of sub table variables each of them will hold the value of one field from the table 5 9 2 Properties Table variable Page 98 BBK Etikettier und Sondermaschinenbau GmbH Database table Variable name Table ODBC data source LP4DB Table definition Available tables Used tables LP4StandardDE LP4D6 Available Fields Used fields table variables LP4DB Preis r LP4DE ArtikellD 001 LP4DE Bezeichnung on LAA eae u m Wr m Available sort Fields Used sort fields LP4DB St ckzahl r LP4DB St ckzahl ASC Ascending sort Used conditions Example for conditions Number of identical data sets i Build table From above definitions Name of variable The unique name of the variable ODBC data source Here you can select an existing ODBC data source name Per button you can enter a username and password if the database requires such If you want to access an Access database you don t have to create an ODBC source you can simply enter the filename of the Access MDB file using ACCESS xxx mdb Table definition Here you can specify the table The selection fields will build a SQL expression which will select the wanted data The table variable doesn t select only one value like the database variable but a complete table set usually multiple rows of data Each ro
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60. DOSachhu Bestellbezei zusBauteil r Index MengeStck Lieferschein Lieferantenhlr Packstueck Chargenide Verfalldatum HerstellVers Chargenhr Ml ewel Lieferantene Barcode D gt J 06 SMD Kontaktfe 3006777 6594680703 A2C200014839 03 301100715 03 2400 50208226 5326923 51234567590 12 110l 10 10 2004 D2006 1026 0000314813 N LP4 11 gt 0612500011P Here you can create change delete variables and change their order by Drag amp Drop There is also a Variable selection window available which is used when you need to select a label from a field property Variable Selection A Constant Eu Input al Teilebezeichnung TeilehrLieferant D KDSachMummer S Bestellbezeichnung zusBauteilinformatior Index E MengeStck Lieferscheintr l LieferantenMr Packstueckkummer 8 Chargenidentifikation S Yerfalldaturm gt Herstellversanddatum Chargenhr ig MB Level LieferanteneigeneDaten i Timeidate Formula 8 MessageTrailer FormatHeader Duplicate You can use this window to create change delete variables as well It is also possible to use the LP4 Database Manager to create certain variable types database and table variables by drag amp drop from the database manager window to the label area Page 82 BBK Etikettier und Sondermaschinenbau GmbH 5 2 Constant Variable 5 2 1 Description Constant variabl
61. Dog Cat Mouse 2 Results in Cat _replace text oldtext newtext This command replaces a textpart within a bigger text If the text can be found multiple times each instance will be replaced The replacement is case sensitive Example _replace Wintertime in Indiana in out Results in Wouttertime out Indiana _readini positionstext standardtext Reads a text entry from a given INI file If the text entry doesn t exist the standardtext will be returned instead The positiontext have to build like the following SECTION ENTRY INIFILE SECTION is the section name in the INI file the group name in ENTRY is the key name in the section followed by a The last part is the full path name of the ini file if this one is missing the function tries to read the entry from the MSWindows WIN INI Example _readini SETTINGS TEST C LPFORM TEST INI not found or _readini SETTINGS TEST not found in WIN INI _real text _reald text decimals Page 91 BBK Etikettier und Sondermaschinenbau GmbH Result is the floating point value of a given text With the _reald function you can specify the number of digits after the decimal point Example Calculation real TEXTVAR 1 25 _remchar text characters Removes all given characters from the first text Example _remchar 100 12 _right text count Result is the right part of a given text The count is the numbers
62. ELSE without IF 23 Image not found 76 WHILE without WEND 24 Overfl ow in temporary string buffer 77 WEND without WHILE 25 Wrong number of parameters 78 Not allowed in execution mode 26 Parameter too large 79 Not allowed in a layout 2 Parameter too small 80 Download timeout 28 RETURN without GOSUB 81 Exit to system 29 Error in startup file 82 Invalid cont environment 30 Assign to a read only variable 83 ETX Timeout 31 Illegal fi le number 1001 Not implemented 32 File is already open 1002 Memory too small 33 Too many files open 1003 Field out of label Page 129 BBK Etikettier und Sondermaschinenbau GmbH 34 File is not open 37 Cutter device not found 38 User break 39 Illegal line number 40 Run statement in program 41 Parameter out of range 42 Illegal bar code ratio 43 Memory overfl ow 44 File is write protected 45 Unknown store option 46 Store already in progress 47 Unknown store protocol 48 No store defi ned 49 NEXT without FOR 50 Bad store record header 51 Bad store address 52 Bad store record 1004 Wrong font to chosen direction 1005 Out of paper 1006 No fi eld to print 1007 Lss too high 1008 Lss too low 1009 Invalid parameter 1010 Hardware error 1011 I O error 1012 Too many fi les opened 1013 Device not found 1014 File not found 1015 File is read only 1016 Illegal argument 1017 Result too large 1018 Bad fi le descriptor 1019 Invalid font
63. Etikettier und Sondermaschinenbau GmbH User manual MIUIEN NOU A OD TRTRN NRDI DRT DEIN DON DTREN DE ID DEN DREI DON ER The multi functional software platform for professional label printing Version 4 0 BBK Etikettier und Sondermaschinenbau GmbH Welcome to the platform With Labels Platform 4 you have reached the highest level of label design Overview Like standing on the highest platform of an observation tower LP4 enables you to look over the surrounding field of all other products of the Platform series to solve any of your tasks in the printing labeling automation or visualization area You have not bought an isolated solution but one component of a future safe modular system Highlites of Labels Platform 4 Compatible with Windows XP Vista Windows 7 Windows 8 x86 and x64 32 BIT Unicode MDI Multiple Document Interface application network capable Supports multi languages german english Fully compatible to LP3 layout files import of LP2 layout files is possible Configurable toolbars and keyboard shortcuts for often used tasks Smooth zooming Mouse wheel support Label and graphic preview in the File Open dialogs User management with password security Direct printer connections serial parallel TCP IP network USB Floating text fields Support of printer and true type fonts Unicode Support of 1D 2D printer and graphical barcodes ODBC database interface with full Unicode su
64. Hex gt Decimal 2 Decimal gt Base33 3 Base33 gt Decimal 4 Decimal gt Alpha numeric 5 Alpha numeric gt Decimal Page 88 BBK Etikettier und Sondermaschinenbau GmbH Example Hex _convert 123 0 is Decimal 123 _if condition true text false text The condition will be checked if it is true not equal 0 or false equal 0 The condition can use the following compare options x1 gt x2 Greater x1 lt x2 Less x1 gt x2 Greater equal x1 lt x2 Less equal x1 x2 Equal x1 x2 Not equal Using and AND OR commands you can also check larger logical conditions If the condition is true not equal 0 the result of this test will be the true text else the false text will be taken Note an _if command is only able to select between two given texts but it s not possible to use execution commands like _objmove in the true false branches If you do that random results will happen Example _if Testvar Hello Testvar contains Hello No Hello fl Month 1 AND Month 2 AND Month 3 AND Month 4 AND Month 5 AND Month 6 AND Days gt 30 OR Days gt 31 OR Month 7 AND Days gt 31 OR Days gt 29 OR Days gt 31 OR Days gt 30 OR Days gt 31 OR LO ur u ONL O N Month 8 AND Days gt 31 OR Month 9 AND Days gt 30 OR Month 10 AND Days gt 31 OR Month 11 AND Days
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66. Input MSLevel N Input Lieferantene LP4 3 Formula Barcode gt 0612S Press F1 for help X 0076 50 mm Y 0012 30 mm OB SEL 078 08 027 86 097 09 031 04mm CAP NUM If you have already defined your printer connections LP4 will automatically connect to those printers on startup and show the current printer states in the Printers docking window You can use the available window items to control the software Menus Toolbars Zoombar Measuring rotating bars Layout edit area Statusbar Docking windows objects variables printers and properties lists Page 12 BBK Etikettier und Sondermaschinenbau GmbH 3 3 Menu The menu can be controlled by mouse or keyboard pressing the ALT key and one of the underlined chars will activate the proper menu item Menu File Menu Edit Menu View Menu Mode Menu Tools Menu Addons Menu Windows Menu Help 3 3 1 Menu File FA New Strg N gt Open Strg O Clase a Save Stra Save s Import Expert Fi Version history Printer management b Printer settings F5 ip Print Strg P 1 PDF417 LP4 Change User Exit You can find the following functions in the File menu e New Creates a new label e Open Opens an existing label e Close Closes the currently active label e Save Saves a label using its current filename e Save as Saves a label using a new filename e Import Imports one LP2 or multiple LP3 LP4 labels
67. OM LP4 Set the label file name if no path is given LP4 will search the label in the current label directory LP LabelName test lbe Set the batch count to print LP Count 654 Set the printer connection name This printer will be used for printing the job LP PrinterName LASER The above properties have always to be set before the printing can start Additional you can transfer data into external label variables here for example we set the external variable Hugo Call LP SetVar Hugo This is an example text Now you can start the job The Print function doesn t have any arguments it will return if the print job was created successfully value 0 or if an error occurred value not equal 0 Page 102 BBK Etikettier und Sondermaschinenbau GmbH i LP Print If you are printing at a real label printer you can ask the LP4 spooler for the current printer job state 1 LP State i can have the following values 5 Printer name unknown 4 No printer connection 3 Printer connection File 2 Cannot open port 1 Port doesn t exist error Printer is online no job pending Job is spooling Job is printing Paper out Bad temperature Head open Ribbon out Unknown state NOOR WN CO To reset a printer connection you can use the following function 1 LP Reset
68. PQS XZ The variables here the number 1 one have to be defined in the label layout as printer variables and connected to text barcode fields Such start sequences can easily be build as an help the formatmanagert has an Example button But of course the commands are also described in your printers ZPL manual 9 3 LP4 Formatmanager Intermec Multi Boot This Formatmanager can be used with Intermec UBI printers It can store much more different label formats inside the printer as the Standard formatmanager but it is more limited in how to start a format the user can only select a new label format on the printer panel after the selection the printer will reboot and activate the chosen label Page 117 Etikettier und Sondermaschinenbau GmbH Fr LP4 Formatmanager Intermec MultiBoot File Number Format name ul Add label al T LP40 TestiLayouts FM2 LP4 Z L LP401 Test Layoutsifm3 LP4 3 3 i Add additional file al LP 40 TestiLayoutsiFMi LP4 Remove From list kil Remove all entries Save list Open list eo Label parameters 17 Global settings Data transfer Transfer bo PC memory card drive Destination Intermec B ro Intermec PM4i 12 dots PCMICIG drive 2 921856 KBytes free gt Start transfer Therefore the Multi Boot Formatmanager is used in production lines where the user should have the choice of many different label formats but the
69. TERFAMILY PRFDatal Number EANText PRFData2 PRINTERFAMILY PRFData2 Number 1 EANText Pete PRFData3 PRINTERFAMILY PRFData3 Number EANTHint1 EANTHint2 EANTHIntS St Remove Fields EANTHint4 EANTHintS Z Number of digits 1 EANTHint6 EANTHint Table relations if more than one table is used in view ERRALHEN Field table 1 Field table 2 EANZ EANDB PRINTER PRNType PRINTERFAMILY PRFType EANFormat EANFlags EANTextl EANText2 S s Remove relation A table view is a collection of fields from one or more tables of the database For example two tables Addresses and Contacts can be used at the same time if they are having two related fields one field of table Contactes has the key information for table Addresses It is also possible to define a view with jus one table for example if you want the user just to see certain fields of a table or if you want to define your own field order You can use views like normal tables in LP4 but often it is not possible to edit create data records in such views If you have one table or a view containing fields of one table including the key field you can use the DM to edit create the data content To edit an existing data set the user can select the Sheet view or by right clicking a data set The sheet view enables you to change the data by selecting a field by a mouse click and entering the new values
70. Tool for example for production lines 6 2 Usage The print tool short cut can be found after installation in the Labels Platform 4 program group The print tool has the same features and controls as the LP4 print dialog it just offers the possibility to select a label including a label file preview lig LP4 Printing Tool Label Folder LP40 TestiLayouts Demos f Label PEF417 LP4 Printer CAB Office TAB 44 12 dots Ready A iur rte oe i DET Ze Humber of labels to print 1 Left Margin 0 00 Preview Top Margin 0 00 Printer settings The user can select the label file adjust the printer if needed and start the job by pushing the Print button If there are input variables defined on the selected label the LP4 input window will show up otherwise the label download will start Page 106 BBK Etikettier und Sondermaschinenbau GmbH 7 The LP4 Printjob Manager 7 1 Generic The Printjob Manager is like the LP4 Print Tool an application for starting printing jobs Instead of selecting one label for printing you can define whole label lists in the Manager Such a list can be started by pressing a button all print jobs of the list will be generated The LP4 Spooler will now work in the background and activate the jobs after each other on the given printers please note the printers have to be connected bi directional It is possible to save a job list and to load i
71. abels or that the production should automatically tell the printer which label layout should be used Therefore it is possible to connect a PC PLC by RS232 to the printer and to send label informations by this connection The information has to be formatted in the following way lt STARCHAR gt labelnumber lt DATADIVIDER gt Data1 lt DATADIVIDER gt Data2 lt ENDCHAR gt Page 115 BBK Etikettier und Sondermaschinenbau GmbH The start end and divider character can be easily defined in the Formatmanager settings If an acknowledge answer is needed the printer should send back a sequence that the data have been received it is possible to activate that as well even by defining what kind of data should be returned The received data can be used in the label layouts by defining the printer variables VSP 1 to VSP 50 Additional text database Beside the label layouts you can also transfer a special textfile inside the printer as well containing additional informations a text database Each line in the file will be a data set with up to 50 data contents each set KEY1 lt DIVIDER gt Data1 1 lt DIVIDER gt Data1 2 etc KEY 2 lt DIVIDER gt Data2 1 lt DIVIDER gt Data2 2 etc KEY 3 lt DIVIDER gt Data3 1 lt DIVIDER gt Data3 2 etc Again it is possible to select a special divider character and to define if the text database holds the layout number If yes the user only has to enter the dataset key on the printer panel to act
72. ables Changing the generic LPS settings Changing of the working directories liser and nasswnrd mananerent Activate Deactivate Attention at least one administrator has to get defined as well An administrator is a user with the privilege to access the user management window All other users should not have that privilige otherwise they will be able to change their and other user s rights 3 3 5 4 Menu Tools Embedded Graphics Labels Platform 4 can use graphics as external linked files or as embedded objects Embedded graphics are useful if you need to prevent changes from the label even if the original graphic is changed Such graphics are also useful since if you transfer the label file the graphics are automatically included External linked files are useful if you are using the same graphic in a couple of label files for example a company logo If the logo is changed the layouts automatically will print the new logo without any additional work needed You can define in the LP4 Configuration window which graphic mode you want to use by default There is also an option to ask the user each time when he creates the first graphic object on a label Of course you can change the graphic mode later on each graphic field can be configured individually in the field properties External graphic files are selected by a Windows file selection window Embedded graphics are selected in a special management wind
73. an add the following entry to the local LP4 INI file ZEBRA StatusPollTime 10 10 is the default value of 1 second values ranging from 5 half a second to 30 3 seconds are possible 13 3 CAB printers CAB printers support powerful internal variables which can be accessed by the LP4 Printer variables LP4 CAB Printer variables Varname Content of the LP4 variable Varname l condition Field invisible optional condition Display Default z D Lx Mx R J LCD user input Page 132 BBK Etikettier und Sondermaschinenbau GmbH TIME HH MM SS Printer time including optional offset tags H024 MIN SEC DATE DD MM Y Y Printer date including optional offset tags DAY02 DOFY WEEK02 MONTH02 YY ISOWDAY DD MM YY Day of week 1 7 including optional offset op1 0p2 Addition or other math functions amp 0p1 0p2 Compare two values other compare operations gt lt possible text1 text2 Compare text result O or 1 MOD10 x Modulo10 check sum other check sums possible MOD36 MOD43 C 0 base Leading zeroes D m n Number of digits before after sparator DBF Schlussel Wert Datenfeld DBF database field Varname Start Anzahl Part of a content from given variable Page 133 BBK Etikettier und Sondermaschinenbau GmbH 14License Agreement BBK ETIKETT
74. anager Zebra Standard It is possible to store different label layouts on Zebra printers as well in the RAM in the internal FLASH memory or on a PCMCIA card and the number of labels is just limited by this storage This labels can be started by sending the printer a special sequence by RS232 or network This sequence holds the layout name and if needed additional variable data which should be printed To transfer the label layouts to the printer the Formatmanager Zebra Standard can be used Page 116 BBK Etikettier und Sondermaschinenbau GmbH Pg LP4 Formatmanager Zebra Standard File Mumber For ZPL addon ka Add label Ei 1 LP40TestiLayonts FMi LP4 m LP401TestiLayouts F2 LP4 z HS s Add additional file L LP401 TestiLayoutsifm3 LP4 Remove From list Jeil Remove all entries Jil Save list Open list Label parameters Example data Data transfer E Internal printer Flash memory Destination Zebra B ro Zebra 170xi4 12 dots Start transfer Close The basic functions are identical to the Formatmanager Intermec Standard but there are no Global settings available the printer will only work in the following way To start a stored label a sequence has to be send to it here an example to start the label EXAMPLE from the printer flash memory setting a variable text and printing it 5 times XXA SXFE EXAMPLE ZPL 4FN14FDTest4FS NLE EXAMPLE GRF
75. and to specify the width height of the object That can be done be selecting a different anchor mode Aspect ratio If you use a proportional ratio the object can only be sized in a way that the ratio of width and height remains the same A 1 1 ratio will show you the object in a way that one graphic dot is one printer dot not sizeable In the free mode you can select any object height width you want but of course the graphic can get heavily distorted that way Left Top Right Bottom border Sometimes it is needed to adjust the area of the displayed OLE object Positive border values will decrease the display area of an OLE object negative border values will increase the area Print condition If you have enabled a print condition the object gets only printed if the condition is fulfilled at the time when the print job starts OLE link If you want to edit the embedded object selecting this property will start the linked application for this object 4 8 Deadzones Page 67 BBK Etikettier und Sondermaschinenbau GmbH 4 8 1 Description Deadzone Deadzones are no printable objects they influence other objects which are touching the deadzone rectangle instead Deadzones can a switch objects which are touching the deadzone area to no printable b limit floating text fields to define no printable areas inside of the text To create a deadzone you have to activate the deadzone mode and left
76. as high resolution you can only use fields up to 25 cm The resolution 3 will limit the field width to 17 cm and so on 50cm divided by the resolution factor If you need an factor bigger than 1 you can set it in your local LP4 INI configuration file Settings TXSizeFactor 2 Page 80 BBK Etikettier und Sondermaschinenbau GmbH 5 Label variables 5 1 Generic Label variables are used if you need to fill texts or barcode fields dynamically Also the printing of each label field can depend on variables using the field s print condition Variables can import data from various sources and even change the printing behaviour for example by changing the print quantity or by moving around the label fields dynamically Label variables are generated and stored for each label but they don t have to be linked to printable label fields For example you can create a database variable importing data from a database table but you don t use that imported data directly in a text field but in another variable for example a formula variable You have to be aware that variables will get executed in a given order So if one variable depends on another one this variable should be further below in the variable order to access the correct variable data and not some old data from a previous print job For example a formula variable is used to calculate a checksum over the contents of a database variable and a user input
77. ata like INI files or fixed positions or for example comma separated positioned data It is also possible to write data into files In this mode the file variable will have no return value and just start the write action on every print job 5 8 2 Properties File variable Variable name Readfile Mode Read File C Write file Cancel Constant file name C DatatData ini ama Variable file name File type Text file with keywords INI files r Fixed keyword Settings Counter O variable keyword Previewlread value 100 Name of variable The unique name of the variable Page 96 BBK Etikettier und Sondermaschinenbau GmbH Mode There is a reading mode to get data from a file and a writing mode to store data into a file File name Can be fixed or variable If the file name does not contain a directory the LP4 DATA folder will be used as directory instead File type You can select files with keywords like INI files or fixed position files or character comma seperated data files File type Keywords or INI file If you are using keywords LP4 is looking for the following KeycharacterKeyword So the first character of a keyword key character is always used as special termination info if LP4 is reading this character it assumes that the text field is finished Example S1 Test1 S2 Test2 If you now entering S1 as keyword LP4 will read the text Test1 T
78. ation of menus and toolbars e Statusbar Shows hides the status bar e Application view Switches between different user interface skins 3 3 3 1 Menu View Default toolbar Use this command to show or hide the default toolbar The toolbar contains buttons to do the most common tasks like File Open Button Action d Creates a new empty label window E Opens an existing label file a Saves the current label amp Cut selected objects a Copy selected objects to clipboard 5 Pastes objects from clipboard to label i Opens the print dialog EA Shows hides the docking window for the label fields Y iv Shows hides the docking window for the label variables aa Shows hides the docking window for the object properties Shows hides the docking window for the printer management a User logon Le Copyright and version information Page 35 BBK Etikettier und Sondermaschinenbau GmbH 3 3 3 2 Menu View Object mode Use this command to show or hide the object mode bar This toolbar contains buttons to change the current mode Button Action Ly Selection mode to select move size label objects Deadzone create a deadzone object Line create a line object Cross create a cross object Rectangle create a rectangle object Circle create a circle object Graphic create a graphic object Barcode create a barcode object Text create a text object Special text create a special text object OLE create an OLE object
79. b numbering options available in MS Word alike dialog windows Tables can be defined either invisible for easy text arrangement or visible with custom line widths LP4 Variables can be inserted in the formatted text With the menuitem variables an existing variable can be chosen from a list and it will be inserted at the current text cursor position The variable will be displayed by name in the editor window it cannot be directly changed in the editor though If a variable should get removed the user has to select it variable will highlight and remove it by using the variable menu In the label the current variable content will get displayed and not the variable name Especially List GHS variables are very powerful to use with formatted texts You can see examples of such a usage in the installed LP4 example labels Notes Page 79 BBK Etikettier und Sondermaschinenbau GmbH For displaying and editing of the formatted texts a special ActiveX control is used If this control is not installed properly for example if the user has only copied the LP4 folder the formatted text display type is not available It is possible to install the ActiveX control manually by double clicking the file TXRegister bat in the LP4 directory administrative rights required Ifa document with multiple pages gets imported into the text editor by default only the first page will be visible in the label The editor window will
80. bar code 1104 Bar code too large 1105 Bar code parameter error 1201 Insuffi cient font data loaded 1202 Transformation matrix out of range 1203 Font format error 1204 Specifications not compatible with output module 1205 Intelligent transform not supported 1206 Unsupported output mode requested 1207 Extended font not supported 1208 Font specifi cations not set 1209 Track kerning data not available 1210 Pair kerning data not available 1211 Other Speedo error 1212 No bitmap or outline device 1213 Speedo error six 1214 Squeeze or clip not supported 1215 Character data not available 1216 Unknown font 1217 Font format is not supported 1218 Correct mapping table is not found 1219 Font is in the wrong direction 1220 Error in external map table 1221 Map table was not found 1222 Double byte map table is missing 1223 Single byte map table is missing 1224 Character map function is missing 1225 Double byte font is not selected 1301 Index outside collection bounds 1302 Collection could not be expanded 1303 Parameter is not a collection 1304 Item not a member of the collection 1305 No compare function or compare returns faulty value 1306 Tried to insert a duplicate item 1601 Reference Font Not Found 1602 Error in Wand Device 1603 Error in Slave Processor 1604 Print Shift Error 1605 No Hardware Lock 1606 Testfeed not done 1607 General Print Error 1608 Access Denied 1609
81. ber by using the TCP licenses button The TCP commands are described in the section below The lower part of the settings window defines the internal handling of remote print jobs The first possibility is to interpret the user input as a label file name without file extension If this option is active and the user enters for example 12345 at the printer keyboard LP4 Remote will search for a lable file named 12345 Ibf If the label file can be found it will get transfered to the printer and the printing starts If the label file does not exist the printer will ask the user again to enter a job number no printing will occur Page 111 BBK Etikettier und Sondermaschinenbau GmbH The second possibility is by using a database You can select the ODBC datasource name the table name the key field contains the unique values the user can enter on the printer and the label name field contains the label file name like format 1 Ibf the field can also contain the filename without the Ip4 extension If the database table has more than one label field meaning for the same article exist for example 5 different label layouts up to 9 label fields can be defined There will be a special user input at the printer asking for the label field number 1 9 if more than one label field will be used Special INI settings there exist a few INI entries in the file LP4 INI section LP4Remote for some special adjustme
82. bles you to specifiy special printer commands using the Zebra ZPL language which will get downloaded on each print job for this label The ZBI code option only can be used Page 21 BBK Etikettier und Sondermaschinenbau GmbH in combination with certain LP4 Product Manager software packages The special option Use given label length ignore calibration can be used to print a oversized LP4 layout on two or more real labels 3 3 1 15 Menu File Printer settings Intermec Here you can adjust the Intermec UBI printer settings Most of the options are Intermec specific values please consult your printer manual for details Intermec Office Intermec PMM 12 dots Rotation 0 fright wait For print pulse Label Taken sensor Wait For print pulse Intermec Applikator Board Start Stop pos mm 14 00 i 000 E e Cutter Feed 0 Dots Start delay 0 0 01s O none Cut after 1 Labell s Th Transfer ermal Transfer UBI GP10 a E Cut before job start Direct Thermal KANZAKI 365 7 Cut after job end U Refresh label content on each print E Rewind control 1 1 off Fast print mode no print pulsefcounters co Minimal display texts Faster transfer time Media Type Printer default Md Transfer graphics in binary mode hardware protocol V Contrast 0 10 5 gt Use printer add on Files Select Ey Printer
83. can be used 3 3 1 24 Menu File Print Use this command to print the active label A window will appear there you can specify the label quantity and change margins printer settings To use a printer you have to define the printer connection with the Printer definition menu item Short cut Toolbar Page 27 BBK Etikettier und Sondermaschinenbau GmbH 3 3 1 25 Menu File Print Print dialog window After you have selected Print the LP4 print window will appear Print Connection Zebra Office Zebra 170 i4 12 dots Print State Ready Preview Number of labels Printer settings Left margin Top margin Number of labels per row Extended Row diskance Column distance Here you can select the printer the currently active label printer will be initially selected specify a quantity of labels to print and adjust the print margins The button Extended will show you a few more options to be used when you need to print multi row labels By pressing the Print button the label will be send to the printer The current printer state will be displayed in the State field If you need to adjust certain printer setting you can easily do that by pressing the Printer settings button without leaving the print dialog window All entered settings printer settings quantity margins etc will get saved with the label file and LP4 will store all settings p
84. controlled with start value format setting Page 94 BBK Etikettier und Sondermaschinenbau GmbH Preview The preview button will open a new window displaying the first 20 counter values That can be used to verify the current counter settings 5 7 Printer Variable 5 7 1 Description Printer variable You can use internal printer variables to access certain printer infos like the printer s real time clock You will need knowledge what kind of variables your printer is offering LP4 will give you but a small collection of available printer variables for some printer types Also the LP4 Intermec input variables can be defined here 5 7 2 Properties Printer variable Frinter Variable name PrinterDate Default ext sx yyy Cancel Printer variable DATES Mame Comment TIMEF F Formated printer time DATEFUF Formated printer date TIMESDD F Addition of x seconds to printer time DATESDD Ex F Addition of x days to printer date WEEKDAY weekday WEEKMNUMBER Calendar week Intermec input variable Input number 1 20 Mask number char Printer display text Input default value Constant variable Name of variable The unique name of the variable Printer variable You have to enter the correct printer variable name or definition here LP4 will add that text to a print command for the printer You can use predefined variables or define your own variables if the
85. dermaschinenbau GmbH or _Wwriteini SETTINGS C LPFORM TEST INI Section deleted _writefile filename new text Writes a new text line in a text file If the file does not exist it will get created This command will only be executed if a real printing gets started Example _writefile C LPFORM TEST TXT Hello Examples Here is a more complex formula for calculating a special EAN128 barcode content The variable MHD contains the date text 12 03 99 the variable EAN contains 0401234512345 and EPA contains 75 01 9 _mid EAN 2 12 _mod10 13 15 _mid MHD 7 2 _mid MHD 4 2 _mid MHD 1 2 30 EPA result 01 94012345123459 15 990312 30 75 5 6 Counter Variable 5 6 1 Description Counter variable A counter is needed if you want to place a special number field text or barcode unto the label the number will change every printed label Please note if you print at a real label printer the counter text field has to use an internal printer font Also barcodes have to be real internal printer barcodes otherwise the counter value will not change at all This restrictions don t apply to Windows printers 5 6 2 Properties Counter variable Page 93 BBK Etikettier und Sondermaschinenbau GmbH Counter variable name Counter Constant variable Cancel Start value O Step 1 Field width Same labels i Reset to 0 Reset at
86. dow showing all available variables or all formula commands Simply do a double click at one entry and the text will get placed inside the formula edit field You can also start up an online help for the available formula commands 5 5 3 Formula commands Formula variable How to create a formula Formulas can use three different base types texts integer values and floating point values You can do the usual calculations with the values and texts can get manipulated by the proper formula commands Different parts of one formula can get separated by a semicolon The result of the formula will be the combination of the results of every single part Existing base types Integer values Range from 2147483647 to 2147483647 For example 100 0 OxFF hexadecimal notation Floating point values Range from 2 2250738585072014 E 308 to 1 7976931348623158 E 308 The decimal sign is the dot eg 123 45 If you have very big small values you can use the exponential notation VALUE E EXPONENT for example 123 45 E 15 Texts Texts will be set in double quotation marks For example Hello Q 1234567890 Variables By using the variable name you can insert the content of a variable into the formula result You can use any variable type database input even other formula variables but you should ever have a look at the correct variable order Hint it is not possible to use variable names containing
87. e The Constant variable is the easiest type of variable available You can only enter a constant text beside the unique variable name which is used as the variable content Still such variables can be useful for example if you are having many label fields containing the same text If you link that fields with a Constant variable you only have to change the text once if it needs to get changed All label fields will automatically have the new text this way you don t have to change all fields seperately 5 2 2 Properties Constant variable Constant Variable name Const Constant text Cancel 12345 Name of variable The unique name of the variable Constant text Edit field for the variable content 5 3 Input Variable 5 3 1 Description Input variable The input variables can be used to enter new values by keyboard or by a keyboard scanner device each time when a print job is starting The input window will list all defined input variables using the user defined variable order Page 83 BBK Etikettier und Sondermaschinenbau GmbH 5 3 2 Properties Input variable Variable name InputLot Input remark Enter LOT Cancel Input type Input Focus Input cursor left Const default text 777 Next user input becomes new default text User input is stored in file as new default text C var default text F Use input mask number char any rest Mask Limit
88. e Formula Input and Terminal window LP4 Version Control LP4 can automatically backup the original layout file when the user is saving the layout The backup files are stored using the filename filename LP4 version LPV and can be enumerated and loaded in the Version History window You can also activate a version information window which will appear when saving the label to ask the user for an additional comment Page 46 BBK Etikettier und Sondermaschinenbau GmbH LP4 Editor Startup You can define here the behaviour of the LP4 Editor after starting up Options Here you can find several options to adjust the LP4 user interface and functionality If the option refresh variables is active all variable contents will be recalculated whenever one variable is changed You can turn it off if it slows dwn your system 3 3 5 2 Menu Tools LP4 Folders Here you can define the folders used by LP4 Graphics Y lzlobal Graphics Explore the Graphics folder Labels Y lalobal Labels Explore the Labels Folder External data Data Explore the Data folder Global Settings 1 4LP44 Explore the Global Settings Folder The folder for the Global Settings LP4 configuration files cannot be changed in this window If you want to store the configuration files in a different folder you need to close all LP4 applications Then you need to move all files and folder from the currently used application folder
89. e internal printer fonts are available for variable counters or fast download times Windows TTFs will be generated as graphic objects therefore the download time will be higher and not all variable types are possible and the printing of such texts will be very exact Internal printer fonts will be very fast to download and all variable types are usually possible including counters etc but the print out may vary slightly from the screen display To create a text you have to activate the text mode and left click on a free label area A colored text cursor will appear you can now enter the text using the keyboard You can stop the input mode by pressing ESC or left clicking a free label area If no text is inside a text field the text field will get deleted automatically 4 10 2 Properties Text Properties E Field properties Name lel Anchor mode O x H Yl Ll X2 G Y2 Ty Fant family Fonttype Character height Fed Character wielth te Line space Alignment Rotation E Color Text type Print condition f Content mode El Content Text Absolute 50 32 mm 3 42 mm 59 24 mm 10 45 mm Zebra SCALE 3 03 mm 2 15 mm 0 00 mm Left a BB R000 G000 B000 Normal Constant Test Name The name of the text field The name is empty by default but if you want to access the object in a LP4 formula you have to enter an unique name for it Anchor mode Depending on the anchor m
90. ebra B ro gt 10 10 2006 Printer Zebra 17014 12 dots m ki dfede on ewe spooing mode Bidirectional status requests 7J Direct connection Connection properties Shipping Note LP4 Spool Server IP address 172 16 4 23 80208226 Pa rt No Available Spool server pin nn i 3006777 Connection zebra B ro zebra 170xi4 12 dots Netzwerk Bi Direktion Ll Intermec B ro Intermec PMi 12 dots Netzwerk Bi Direktion AB B ro COB 44 12 dots Netzwerk Bi Direktion By pushing the Printers button you can do a test connection to the Spool Server if the Server is up and running all shared printers will be displayed in a new window see picture above If you select a printer and press OK all the printer settings will be used at your client PC 11 3 Usage The Spool Server connection is now up and running You can now print on the Client PC just as fine as on the Server PC up to 512 printer shares can be handled by one LP4 Spool Server the shares will be displayed in the LP4 Spool Server main window If you are using the bidirectional spool mode even the print job queue will be handled fine Client PC A can start a print job on the printer and while it is printing another client B can start another one As soon as the running job gets finished the next waiting job will be downloaded to the printer The LP4 print job windows will of course show correctly all waiting jobs it is p
91. ed if the current connection count has not reached the number of purchased TCP licenses The TCP client can send the following sequence to activate a print job P printer name key or label name print count additional data for external variable The print count and the external variable data are optional If no print count is sent a print job with 99999 labels is created Example P Cab1 ABC creates a print job on printer Cab1 using label layout ABC LP4 99999 labels are printed The TCP client can also ask fort he current printer state by sending printer name LP4 Remote will answer the request with the following sequence S printer name currently active key layout LP4 printer state text The TCP client can also ask LP4 Remote to send this state information every time when the state is changing A printer name If you activate the Send state information of all printers to every TCP connection option LP4 Remote will send the S information automatically to every established connection Page 113 BBK Etikettier und Sondermaschinenbau GmbH 9 LP4 Format manager All available Formatmanager applications can be started from the label editor menu item Addons or by using a desktop shortcut With a shortcut you can define a command line containing the configuration file FM INI you want to load on startup of the Formatmanager If you specify p in the command line the format manager will
92. ed by you and you are telling the random access password to your support partner he will be able to connect As soon as you close the tool he will not be able to connect anymore 3 3 6 2 Menu Tools Serial number tool For each LP4 Dongle or Computer ID you will get a 20 digit serial number containing your license information If LP4 detects on start up that you do not have a valid license it offers to proceed in DEMO mode or to start the serial number tool Eq LP4 Serial number Tool Serial number 123456 S90 ABC DEF 1234 Please enter your serial number and press OK this will save the number in your LP4 configuration files If the license number is not valid an error message is displayed If you have a software only license without Hardlock Dongle you need to tell your BBK Support partner your Computer ID The serial number tool can calculate your Computer ID by using the system menu item Computer ID Page 53 BBK Etikettier und Sondermaschinenbau GmbH Big LP4 Serial number Tool Wiederherstellen Verschieben Gr e ndern Minimieren Mlas m eren Schlie en Alt F4 Lomputer ID In the following window the Computer ID is shown You can copy the ID to the Windows clipboard for example to send it by email to the BBK support 3 3 6 3 Menu Tools Format Manager you have a PREMIUM license you can use the LP4 Format Manager to store layout files inside the printer memory
93. ed while this job is running If the main table contains jobs which should be printed automatically one after each other the automation mode can be enabled by setting AutomationMode to 1 Now a new button appears called Start automation By pushing this button the automation gets started if the automation should begin whenever the Productmanager gets started the AutomationMode can be set to 2 the application will look if there are data sets into the main table and if yes the first data set depending on the OrderColumn will be activated and transferred to the printer If this job has been printed the next data set will be activated and so on The printed data will be deleted from the main table and moved to the MoveTable if activated If there are no more data sets in the table the application will wait until new data will be imported see the import settings for details The application will not auto detect if some other application is adding data to the table But it is possible to define an import timer and some dummy import file to also detect such external changes the application will try to import the dummy data and after that re reading the table content and therefore it will find also data added by a different application The automation can be stopped by pushing the Stop automation button 10 3 Usage If all settings has been specified the initial values match the LP4 exam
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95. eft mouse click You can change the barcode type and content by doing a right click on the new object selecting its property window The barcode properties are descriped in the chapter Barcode objects 3 3 4 10 Menu Mode Text If the text mode is active a text input cursor will be placed by a left mouse click Now you can type your text directly on the label ESC or a left mouse click will stop the input mode Empty textfields will be removed from the label The text properties are descriped in the chapter Text objects 3 3 4 11Menu Mode Special text If the special text mode is active a new special text object will be placed by a left mouse click You can change the special text content by doing a right click on the new object selecting its property window The special text properties are descriped in the chapter Special text objects Page 44 BBK Etikettier und Sondermaschinenbau GmbH 3 3 5 Menu Tools LP4 Configuration LP4 Folders LP4 Users Embedded Graphics E p G51 EAH123 Manager List GH5 Manager The Tools menu contains the LP4 configuration the user management the embedded graphics management and additional tools for creating GS1 GHS variables e LP4 Configuration Configuration window containing several LP4 settings and the UI language selection e LP4 Folders Definition of the LP4 folders layouts graphics external data configuration files e Embedded Grafphic
96. elected data rows This can be archived by using the variable s value in a formula variable using the _setcount formula command The easiest way to create table variables is to drag amp drop them from the LP4 Database Manager It will create all necessary variables for an easy table print 5 10 Database Variable 5 10 1 Description Database variable The database variable can be used in combination with the LP4 Database Manager or for to read single values from an existing ODBC database 5 10 2 Properties Database variable Database Variable name Data ODBC data source LP4D6 Selection from LP4 DB Manager Tablejwiew LP4DB Field ArtikelID The dataset Found by the content of the search Field will be used as data source Search Field ArtikelID Search variable KE Search value is type number Retrieve Floating point values with N decimals F Retrieve texts in unicode notation Default value 777 Name of variable The unique name of the variable ODBC data source Here you can select an existing ODBC data source name Per button you can enter a username and password if the database requires such If you want to access an Access database you don t have to create an ODBC source you can simply enter the filename of the Access MDB file using ACCESS xxx mdb Page 100 BBK Etikettier und Sondermaschinenbau GmbH Selection usi
97. enabled a print condition the object gets only printed if the condition is fulfilled at the time when the print job starts 4 6 Graphics 4 6 1 Description Graphic Graphics can be used in many gfx formats LP4 offers many graphic display properties to adjust the bitmaps as good as possible Page 63 Etikettier und Sondermaschinenbau GmbH To create a graphic you have to activate the graphic mode and left click on a free label area Now a window will appear asking for a graphic file name If you don t choose a file and press Cancel no graphic object will be created Otherwise the graphic will get loaded and displayed Depending if you are using external or embedded graphics the selection window is displayed External graphic selection Embedded graphic selecti lr Offnen Suchen in L wh y Zuletzt besucht Desktop Bibliotheken f a Computer amp Netzwerk On I Pictures Name Me X png Ma WASCHNIC png Ba WASCHHD png Ba WASCH95_ png Ba WASCH95 png Ba WASCH60_ png Ra WASCH40_ png Be WASCH40 png Ba WASCH30_ png Ba WASCH30 png Ms vert_blanc png Be vert nne _ R11 71 17 40 Anderungsdatum 28 11 2012 12 49 28 11 2012 12 49 28 11 2012 12 49 28 11 2012 12 49 28 11 2012 12 49 28 11 2012 12 49 PNG Bild PNG Bild PNG Bild PNG Bild PNG Bild PNG Bild PNG Bild PNG Bild PNG Bild PNG Bild PNG Bild 28 11 2012 12 49 28 11 2012 12 49 28 11 2012 1
98. ence into both entries GENERIC ShowDeleteButton 0 ShowPreviewButton 1 ShowPrintSetButton 1 ShowSpecialT itle StartStopMode 0 AdjustCounterStop 0 AutomationMode 0 LabelPath UseDBManagerVars 0 ShowPrinterList 1 The last section can be used to change the application s behaviour and to show or hide special buttons in the productmanager window by setting the values to 0 hide or 1 show The Delete button is useful if the user should be able to deleted already printed jobs from the database The Preview button allows the user to see the complete label at the screen and the Print Sets button can be used to change the printer settings for the currently selected label With ShowSpecialTitle you can change the main Window title as needed LabelPath will have the latest selected label directory Setting UseDBManagerVars 1 will cause the print data to be copied to LP4 database manager variables instead of external variables ShowPrinterList 1 replaces the combobox printer list with a bigger list of printers sjowing up to 6 entries at the same time A double click at one entry will bring up the port job list for this printer If the Start Stop mode is active 1 the Productmanager will work different compared to the standard mode instead a Print button a Start button will appear which also begins a print job but also prevents any futher actions on this printer unt
99. er printer Therefore if you have to print the same label at two different printers you can specify different settings for each printer as soon as you select one of them as printing device LP4 will use the settings stored exactly for that printer No need to change margins settings each time you swap between the connected printers 3 3 1 26 Menu File Print preview Use this command to display the current label inside a preview window The preview will show you the first label to get printed all variables counters etc will get displayed as the first real printed label It is possible to turn the preview in steps of 90 and to save the displayed label as a bitmap or PDF file To do a real print select the Print or Test print command Page 28 BBK Etikettier und Sondermaschinenbau GmbH Print preview z x Im 2 H Turn right X Close Part No 6594680703 Quantity 2400 Index 03 MS Level N 3006777 Expiry Date 10 10 2006 SMD Kontaktfeder Supplier ID Package ID Batch ID Shipping Note 8326923 5123456789012 0101 80208226 Batch No Part No Supplier Ordering Code Date Code 0000314813 3006777 A2C00014889 03 D20061026 BBK GmbH Supplier Data LP4 Short cut Toolbar rel 3 3 1 27 Menu File Printer states In the Printer states docking view you have on overview on all defined printers and their current state You can select a printer change its label settings open the print dialog open the print preview
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101. ers Page 57 BBK Etikettier und Sondermaschinenbau GmbH 3 3 7 Menu Window The Window menu offers commands to handle the multiple label windows PPA Layout2 File Edit View Mode Tools Addons Window Help m a ry Vv E Hew Window 1 Layouti Wiineclows You can also switch between different open layout by left clicking on the colored tabs in the editor area 3 3 8 Menu Help Tip of the day amp Online help About The Help menu contains the following commands e Help Topics Starts the LP4 online help e About Displays the copyright information and version number of LP4 Page 58 BBK Etikettier und Sondermaschinenbau GmbH 4 Label objects 4 1 Generic A LP4 label layout contains printable or not printable label objects objects which are showing a certain content or having a special function A label object can be placed in the label area by selecting the wanted object mode from the Mode menu or toolbar and by left clicking the label area Depending on the object type the user has to hold down the left mouse button to move size the object or a special window does appear Text objects will show a colored text cursor for entering the desired text by keyboard Designing a label means to create and arrange the needed label objects on the available label area LP4 offers a wide range of tools and properties for manipulating existing label objects To manipulate change an objec
102. existing List GHS variable will show a popup menu containing also the Lis GHS Manager entry so it is even possible to change existing List GHS variables again in the manager window Page 50 BB Etikettier und Sondermaschinenbau GmbH List GHS Manager Name oF List 5HS variables Test ODBC data source LP4RS Cancel Available languages Selected languages BG HP CS_HP DE_HP List GH5S Selection variable wi Fix Number Text a EUH 201 2014 EUH 201 Cbabpxa onopo ja He ce HSnonsBa Bbpxy mol EURIA EUHOO1 ECO NOSHEEGH B C X0 CLCTOAHHE EUHOO6 ECO NO3HBEH MPH HAM bes KOHTAKT C BbSA YA EUHO14 Pearhpa DypHo c Bo EUHO18 Mph ynotpeba mowe ga ce obpasyea sanannnma EUHO19 Mowe ga 00pasyBa GKCONOSHBHH MEPOKCHAH m Mm m m b Display options Replace Word break character 125 e with m Use unicode hex encoding List SHS made 1 One variable each language no number only text At the top of the window is an edit field to enter the unique variable name This name will be used for creating the List GHS variables Below is the selection of the database LP4 will install an Access database LP4RS which can be instantly used But it is also possible to use different databases The next section shows all available languages from the database You can select multiple languages in the list by pressing the green arrow button the selection will be confirmed The red cross will remove lan
103. get the best printing quality Barcodes which are not directly supported by a printer will be generated as graphics so you should take care to select a module width which is fine for your printer s resolution Also take note that s not possible to use counter variable with graphical barcodes on native label printers To create a barcode you have to activate the barcode mode and left click on a free label area A new barcode will be placed on this position you can now change the barcode type and content by the barcodes s property window 4 9 2 Properties Barcode Properties Ea E Field properties Name Barcode lef Anchor mode Absolute 0 x 91 31 mm O YI 49 42 mm Ll X2 73 81 mm g v 72 75 mm Wil Barcode type 551 128 SH Printer barcode Mo Hh Module width 0 25 mm wa Text line Yes ey Fonttype Courier Mew ZA Text size O auta j N Text position Bottom u Additional checksum None IN Bearer lines Mo 3 Rotation j E Color p FO00 G000 B000 Print condition E Content mode Constant El Content 12345675 Name The name of the barcode The name is empty by default but if you want to access the object in a LP4 formula you have to enter an unique name for it Anchor mode Depending on the anchor mode the x y coordinates will be displayed differently X Y Width Height A barcode is defined by its top left and right bottom corner points Sometimes it s helpful to just enter the coords of one corner point
104. guages from your selection while the blue arrows can be used to change the order of the languages Below you can select the codes in a similar way as the languages or you can specify that the codes will come from another LP4 variable The LP4 variable can hold multiple codes by separating the codes with a character R 1 R 52 53 S 25 The display option Replace word break character X with character Y can be used to remove the LP4RS wordbreak character ASCII 125 or to replace it with a different character That can be used with formatted special text fields this field types can do an automatic word break but it needs the not displayable ASCII 31 character Therefore you can set the option Replace word break character 125 with character 31 to get an optimal display with formatted special text fields The option Use unicode hex format is only needed for compatibility with exisiting LP3 layouts in LP4 all texts will be handled in Unicode The last option will tell the Lis GHS manager what kind and how many variables have to be created 1 one variable for each language no number only text 2 one variable for each language number with space separated from text 3 one variable for each language number with tab separated from text 4 one variable holding all numbers and one variable in each language for texts 5 two variables for each language number and text separately Page 51
105. he _case command in multiple lines to get a better overview on large lists Example _case INPUTVAR 0 Off 1 On Not found _cat Text1 Text2 This will combine two texts to one resulting text It is needed if another command just accepts one text parameter you cannot simply write Text1 Text2 as an parameter since that are two texts not only one Example _mod10 _cat TEXTVAR 45678 _check5s 5 characters of text The result of this command is one checksum character text which will be used in special EAN13 barcodes Example for correct EAN13 encoding 270072 check5s 10950 10950 mod10 12 bzw 270072 check5s VARIABLE VARIABLE mod10 _check6itu text This command will calculate a CRC 6 ITU checksum two characters You can specify the text you want to use for calculation as a parameter or you can give a number of chars If you specify a number the n chars in front of the _check6itu command will be used for calculation Example 123456789012 check6itu 12 or VARIABLE check6itu VARIABLE _chr integer value This will turn an integer value in the range from O to 255 into one text character the character will be the proper ASCII character for the given value Example Char _chr 65 is ASCII 65 _convert text type number This will convert a given value text into a different format The type number is controlling the convert action 0 Decimal gt Hex 1
106. he key character shouldn t be used in the real text of course Example S1 hugo world com S2 Would just read the value hugo Up to 4095 characters can be read at once If you have to read entries from Windows INI files you don t need a key character In this case you specify the INI section and the INI entry by entering INI SECTION Jentry File type fixed positions This type can be used if the source file is always having the same structure In that case you can simply select the first and last position of the text to read up to 4095 characters are possible File type character seperated data If the source file contains single lines with character sperated data you can specify here the position of the data and the ASCll value of the data seperator For example 12345678 Business Inc Red 999999 87654321 ISP Solutions Green 3333333 If you want to have the third data from this file you specify 3 as position and 59 the ASCII value of a character The variable will read the data Red Position 7 would be Green therefore also multiple data sets can be in one file File type last line of file In this mode the variable will read the last complete text line of the file If the file contains just one line of text this one will be read Page 97 BBK Etikettier und Sondermaschinenbau GmbH This type is also useful in writing mode it will add a
107. he sort order should be descending a small addition DESC can be done to the column name for example CounterColumn JOBDATE DESC Additional MAINFIELDS settings LabelDefault LP4_ET1 lp4 BatchDefault 1000 PrinterDefault UBl Page 120 Etikettier und Sondermaschinenbau GmbH The Default settings are used if no database table column is available or if the specified column entry of the data record is empty If you don t specify default values as well the values stored inside the label batch count printer are used Further MAINFIELDS settings LabelEdit 1 BatchEdit 1 PrinterEdit 1 MarginEdit 0 It may be useful to prevent the user from changing the initialized values of the label batch printer margin fields In this case just put the proper values to 0 Special for LabelEdit if set to 2 the user can still change the label but not the label folder anymore With some ODBC drivers the productmanager may fail to detect if the key field is a text or a number Therefore if you have a number as key you may need to add the setting KeyT ype 2 to your MAINFIELDS section to tell the application that your key is a numeric one OPTIONALFIELDS 1 Gewicht 5 0 Kg LP4_ EXTVAR_WEIGHT 2 Preis LP4_EXTVAR_PREIS Preis 3 Artikel LP4_EXTVAR_ATEXT Artikeltext 4 5 6 T 8 o 10 It is possible to show up to 10 addional fields in the productmanager window The user can edit en
108. how the variable property window Rich clicking a variable will show the variable context menu Page 38 BBK Etikettier und Sondermaschinenbau GmbH Variable Input You can use this function to open the Variable Input window The window will only appear if you have defined at least one Input variable If no Input variable is defined an error message is shown instead After you have entered all Input values all variables will be recalculated depending on the variable order and the result is shown in the label fields Depending how the Input variable is defined the Input edit controls will behave differently some edits may have a certain input condition The user can only leave the edit control by Mouse TAB or ENTER if his input is matching the condition A status line at the bottom of the input window is telling the user about the input condition it will turn red if the condition is not met 3 3 3 7 Menu View Printer Toolbar Docking window Use this command to show or hide the Printer docking window and the Printer toolbars The Printer docking window is divided into three function parts Printer States Printer Management Protocol Depending which function is active the toolbar will change This toolbar contains buttons to change certain object properties Printer States Printer Ala AD elal a Mame Type State M4 Zebra Office Zebra 170Xi4 Ready EJ Intermec O Intermec PM4 Not ready CAB Ad
109. ies are the global printer settings used by all labels Zebra 170Xi4 12 dots Network Sync Date Time EI Firmware correction FieldBlock Yes um Firmware correction E4N128 Mo Transfer combined graphics Yes Print job Put job in print queue E Ignore Format skate Mo Ip address 172 16 5 5 Port default 9100 9100 ke Write timeout 5 The following connection properties are available e Write timeout this is a timeout value which will be used by the internal LP4 spooler Each time when a printer will block the data receiving while downloading new labels LP4 will wait up to the specified time until it reports an error to the user On some special tasks for example when downloading exotic counters and a high batch count to a Zebra printer it s necessary to increase the default 5 seconds wait time to a higher value like 60 seconds to avoid printer problems Page 18 BBK Etikettier und Sondermaschinenbau GmbH e Sync Date Time the current PC date amp time will be transferred into the printer with each new print job e Job start Some printers will offer the choice to add a new print job to a queue and start downloading after the current job has been finished or to cancel the currently running job and download the new one instead Please notice that the job queue may not work properly in unidirectional communication modes on some printers e Ask file name on print start defa
110. if transparent mode is active The color of the graphic which should be used for transparency Brightness It is possible to darken brighten the graphics in 255 steps The 0 level displays the graphic without brightness adjustments Invert mode All colors will get inverted Anti Aliasing Edges inside the graphics get smoothed out This can improve the image quality on color printers Print condition If you have enabled a print condition the object gets only printed if the condition is fulfilled at the time when the print job starts Graphic storage Here you can select between external linked files or embedded graphic symbols Content mode The content of a graphic object can be a constant value file name or name of embedded graphic but also variables like database values are possible Graphic file Here you can select the graphic file you want to use constant content If you have a variable content the used variable has to give the graphic file name to the object If the graphic is an external file the filename can be a full one using a complete path or just the name of the file then LP4 will look for this file in the default LP4 graphic subdirectory 4 7 OLE objects 4 7 1 Description OLE object You can place documents of other applications like MSWord or MSExcel directly as OLE objects into a LP4 label The linked application will do all the drawing and managing of the object LP4 just serves as paint
111. il the Stop button gets pushed This mode is important if a label counter column needs to be used CounterColumn and only the number of really printed labels should be stored here In that case the option AdjustCounterStop 1 has to be set and now the application will adjust the label number on Stop by taking the reported number of printed labels from the printer ATTENTION such a justage only works correctly if this job will not be started twice or more at the same time on different printers PCs Example for a start stop mode with adjusted label counters StartStopMode 1 AdjustCounterStop 1 CounterColumn COUNTCOL Job 12345 containg 125 in COUNTCOL gets started the number of to be printed labels is 100 On start the new label counter 225 125 100 will be written into this job s COUNTCOL 90 labels get printed after this the user is pushing the Stop button Now the COUNTCOL content will be adjusted 10 labels have not been printed so the application will take the current content 225 and subtract the label and writes the final number 215 into the data set Page 123 BBK Etikettier und Sondermaschinenbau GmbH This way there is no waste in numbers if not all labels get printed but this will only work correctly especially if the counter column is used to initalize for example a field in the label layout if no other print job using the same data set gets start
112. ill not be refreshed if another application will change the table contents Therefore it should be turned off if Page 119 BBK Etikettier und Sondermaschinenbau GmbH applications beside the Productmanager will write data into the main table Alternatively the Import options can be used to refresh the list after a given time or button press If the table is using an automatical indexing field its number has to be put into the Autolndex entry Only then the Productmanager can do a proper data import into such a table DBEXTVARS ArtikellD LP4_VAR_ARTID Etikett LP4_VAR_LABEL St ckzahl LP4_VAR_NUM Bezeichnung LP4_VAR_BEZ The section DBEXTVARS is used to tell the Productmanager which table column should be mapped to which LP4 external variable Each time when a print job gets started the content of the table columns will be copied to the given variables Hint the usage of space characters or special characters in the table column names can cause problems and should be avoided It is also possible to not map the data to external variables but to LP4 Database Manager variables This will be activated by setting UseDBManagerVars 1 in the GENERIC section Then the DBEXTVARS definitions will be ignored MAINFIELDS KeyColumn ArtikellD LabelColumn Etikett BatchColumn Stuckzahl PrinterColumn CounterColumn OrderColumn The section MAINFIELDS is storing informations about special table columns 1 KeyC
113. ime date variable It is also possible to add an expirement time to the time date Please note the current PC system time is used for Time date variables If you want need to use the real time clock of a printer you cannot use Time date vars you have to use special printer variables instead 5 4 2 Properties Time date variable Time date Variable name Dake Use current PC date time as base time Cancel Variable base time Time date format lt DD gt sMO ev Date x lt DD gt sMO S ove gt Add the follwing value to the base time Constant value 1 0 Variable value Format Years 365 days 7 Preview 15 01 2014 Name of variable The unique name of the variable Time date format Here you can define the needed display format and informations Simply select the needed parts from a list and add them to your format field You can also edit the format field directly for adding special separators for example Page 85 BBK Etikettier und Sondermaschinenbau GmbH Add value expire Activate this option if you need to add a certain amount of time to the current system time date You can specify a fixed value which will be always added or the content of a variable In the format field you specify the type of the value for example months or days Please note if you are using a variable addition value take care about the variable ordering 5 5 Formula Variable 5 5 1 Desc
114. ing area for the external application If you create an OLE object by left clicking at the label area the standard MSWindows OLE linking window will open You can select an application or document file in this window If you use a document file the object will not get saved inside the LP4 label file only a link to this file will be stored Hint if the label display is rotated 90 180 270 showing OLE objects in the label area may get very slow depending on the PC LP4 will reduce the image quality inside the editor window to speed up the drawing but the best option is to turn the label design to match the OLE rotation Page 66 BBK Etikettier und Sondermaschinenbau GmbH 4 7 2 Properties OLE object Properties amp BE Field properties Name OLE lef Anchor mode Absolute O x 2 69 mm H Yi 29 62 mm Ll X2 51 53 mm gG Y 78 76 mm He Aspect ratio 1 1 l Left border 0 00 mm A Top border 0 00 mm Right border 0 00 mom G Bottom border 0 00 mm Print condition wi OLE link Internal Name The name of the OLE object The name is empty by default but if you want to access the object in a LP4 formula you have to enter an unique name for it Anchor mode Depending on the anchor mode the x y coordinates will be displayed differently X Y Width Height An OLE object is defined by its top left and right bottom corner points Sometimes it s helpful to just enter the coords of one corner point
115. int head 1 for example with a red ribbon The color can be used with the label fields Line Cross Rectangle Circle Barcode Text The label fields Graphic Special text and OLE Object need to get the special sign in the field name since those objects are using multiple colors Page 26 BBK Etikettier und Sondermaschinenbau GmbH 3 3 1 22 Menu File Printersettings Atlantic Zeiser Here you can adjust the Omega Atlantic Zeiser printer settings Most of the options are printer specific values please consult your printer manual AZ PrintEngine manual for details AZ OMEGA 36 352x360 dpi Rotation 0 fright z F Deactivate Az PrintEngine preview Cancel FM Transfer print count to 42 PrintEngine Transfer print start command to AZ PrintEngine Save Format FORMAT TXT Use printer add on files 3 3 1 23 Menu File Printersettings bbPrinter HAPA RedCube Here you can adjust the bbPrinter service settings RC HAPA Red Cube 360 dpi Rotation 0 fright F Do not use serial Red Cube graphics Save Format FORMAT TXT Use printer add on files The only available option beside the Rotation is Do not use serial Red Cube Graphics If this option is activated a print job containing variable data will pause between two print outs This way special just in time variable data like the current date time or scale data
116. ions are printer specific values please consult your printer manual for details Sato Sato M 84905e 12 dots Rotation Print mode Printer default na i Cancel Label mode Printer default Sensor type Printer default Speed Printer default Darkness 1 5 O deFault O gt Transfer graphics in binary format E Mirror print E Reverse print cut after print Cut after n labels Cut position 99 99 dots Save Format CN 1 2 FN 01 99 1 01 Use printer add on files You can specify to store the label as a format inside the printer on one of the printers memory cards If you enable this function the label will not get printed after transfer but saved on the card for later use So you have to specify a memory card number and a format number to tell LP4 where to store your label format 2 03 would mean format 03 on card 2 To use such formats you have to send the following SBPL commands to the printer lt STX gt lt ESC gt A lt ESC gt CCcardnumber lt ESC gt YR formatnumber lt ESC gt D fieldnumber fielddata lt ESC gt Qprint count lt ESC gt Z lt ET X gt Cardnumber is to replace with 1 or 2 the card number formatnumber is 01 99 the following D commands are optional if you are using LP4 Printer Variables in your layout to define cariable text and barcode fields Printcount will tell the printer how many labels to print lt STX gt is the ASCII value 2
117. ipt program will be started after all LP4 variables and label objects have been updated Therefore you can use the VBScript program to adjust access the current variable data and to readjust and reposition all label objects Since the LP4 variables already have been validated it is not possible to change the content of a variable in VBScript But it is possible to change the content of a label field text or barcode by setting new data from VBScript 12 2The additional LP4 VBScript commands The main purpose of the LP4 VBScript option is to rearrange the label objects to change the positions and sizes depending on the current variable data Therefore you can adjust your labels automatically if needed The adjustment is only used in the current printing or preview all objects will stay on their positions in the label layout in LP4 editor All position and size values are in units of 1 100 mm The value 100 is equal to 1 mm GetLPVar Read current variable content Syntax value GetLPVar Variable This functions returns the current variable content of the given variable as text Page 127 BBK Etikettier und Sondermaschinenbau GmbH SetLPObjData Set new data into text and barcode fields Syntax Call SetLPObjData Object name data This function will change the content of a text or barcode field The new content will be used by the following print preview action GetLPObjPos Get current positions of labe
118. is possible to import data from the RS232 In this case the ImportSerial entry has to be set in the following form COMx Baud Parity n e o Data Stop Protocol O none 1 xon xoff 2 hardware For example ImportSerial COM2 9600 n 8 1 2 Page 122 BBK Etikettier und Sondermaschinenbau GmbH The productmanager also has to know which character is at the beginning of the data and which character is the ending of the data ImportSerialStartChar and ImportSerialStopChar It is also possible to specify a reply whenever new data is received ImportSerialAnswer either by setting a constant text or by using the special keyword ECHO for sending back the received text The RS232 import is working like the file import same divider characters it is also possible to send multiple datasets in one telegram but the receive buffer is limited for 2048 bytes each telegram There are two special commands which can be used with RS232 communication one is for resetting the printer to cancel the current printing job the other can be used to delete all datasets in the database table To use the commands the command sequences have to be entered into the ImportSerialClearTable and ImportSerialCancelPrint entries Please note you have to send the entered sequence and the given start stop characters by RS232 If you want to clear the table and reset the printer with the same command you simply enter the same sequ
119. ited variables only available Constants User inputs Scanner Counters but without variable values e no user management e no database functions e not usable as LP4 Spool Server 1 4 Labels Platform 4 Print version e The print only application for labels created with the ECO STAR and PREMIUM versions 1 5 Labels Platform 4 Demo version e Same features as the STAR version inclusive GHS text support but it is not possible to save label files and all print jobs will get distorted 1 6 Additional modules e LP4 Formatmanager storing of labels graphics and textdatabases directly into the printer including customized printing behaviours e LP4 Produktmanager customized applications for production specific tasks e LP4 Remote starting of print jobs directly on CAB and Intermec printer displays the PC acts as label server starting the label download on the external printer demand e LP4 Spool Server share your label printers by network e LP4 Commander free configurable user interface for production tasks Additional modules and connections to existing systems are possible Page 7 Etikettier und Sondermaschinenbau GmbH 2 Installation 2 1 Versions using a local hardlock dongle The installation of Labels Platform 4 is done by the setup application on the Labels Platform 4 installation CD If you have a full ECO STAR PREMIUM version of Labels Platform 4 you have to put the delivered hardlock dongle on the pa
120. ivate a print job the related label number will be read from the data set The data of the selected dataset can be used in the label layouts by defining the printer variables VDB 1 to VDB 50 Select label by printer IO card If the printer has an IO card installed it is also possible to select a label number by setting the correct input signals before the print pulse get set For example if layout number 19 should be selected the inputs 1 2 and 5 1 2 16 19 has to be set Transfer additional files as text If you are transfering additional files with the Format Manager you can speed up the transfer with this option if the files only contain text data Please note the double quotation marks will be translated in single quotation marks during the transfer Commad line options You can use two command line options with the Format Manager First you can specify an INI file name This file will be used as configuration file instead of the default LPA4FMIStandard INI Also you can use p in the command line This switch will tell the Format Manager to start invisible load the configuration file and press internally the Start transfer button After this action the application will close again Therefore you can start a format transfer from an external application This two command line switches can also be used in the other LP4 Format Managers Zebra Standard and Intermec Multi Boot 9 2 LP4 Formatm
121. l also try an import on application start while 2 will not do an import on startup The entry ImportFile is giving the information where the file is located by using wildcards it is even possible to specify a range of files as shown in the examples above If this entry is empty there will be no text file import of course but the database key list will be refreshed Therefore the import functionality can be used if the database is changed by an external application to refresh the key list ImportFileT ype is specifying the file structure There are two supported structures a space filled text row type O and a character divided text row type 1 A space filled file must have exact the same structure as the table fields for example if a field has 20 characters the text file field must also hold 20 characters for its position The database number type must have 10 characters in the text file Example table with the three following fields ID 7 characters Count number and Remark 8 characters would need the following file structure AB12 500 Test AB23 100 Test2 Is ImportFileType set to 1 the file would need to look like this AB12 500 Test1 AB23 100 Test2 Please note that here the order and number of fields is also important but there is no need to know how big the table fields are If another character instead should be used it can be specified in the
122. l object Syntax Call GetLPObjPos Object name X1 Y1 X2 Y2 The VB variables X1 Y1 will be filled with the upper left coordinates of the field the X2 Y2 will get the lower right coordinates of the given label object text barcode rectangle The field width can be calculated by X2 X1 the field height is Y2 Y1 SetLPObjPos Moving a label object Syntax Call SetLPObjPos Object name X1 Y1 With this function you are setting a new upper left X1 Y1 coordinate for the given object The width and the height of the field are unchanged so the object simply moves to the given point SetLPObjSize Resizing a label object Syntax Call SetLPObjSize Object name DX DY This function is changing the field width and height DX is giving the new width DY is the new height The upper left position X1 Y1 of the field will not be affected by the resize LPObjAutoSize Automatic resize of text fields by variable content Syntax Call LPObjAutoSize Object name Typically a LP4 text object will not change its size if it gets a new variable content which does not fit into the field area This default behaviour is fine for static labels when you don t want to print over other fields in the label But if you want to readjust field positions depending on the current variable text you usually want to change the text object sizes to show all the new data You can easily do that with this function simply call it with the name of
123. l variable EX REMOTE Activate LP4 Remote TCP interface TCP licenses TCP port 6000 License count T Printer TCP sends Label file name without file extension Label Folder C ALPALAYOUTS Database key content Label folder T LP40 TestiLayourts ODBC data source ErniData Table Yorgang Key field KundenArtikelBezeichnung Number of label fields 1 99 01 Oh Label field Artikelnummer The first option activates the LP4 Remote functions Only if this option is turned on the user will be able to enter a new job number by pressing the printer s F1 key Intermec or FI ENTER key CAB Additional printer settings are available the first setting will control if the user should enter a batch count when starting a new print job or if LP4 should create the job with maximal possible label count With the second setting it is possible to define an additional user input at the printer This input will be stored into an external LP4 variable which can get used at the label layouts The display text and the name of the external variable can be chosen as needed It is possible to use LP4 Remote with just a TCP connection to a different system as well You need to specify the TCP port number and you can specify if all connections should get the printer states automatically For running the TCP option additional licenses are needed you can purchase a license number from BBK and enter the num
124. lease note if LP4 is still running and connected bi direcional to the printer it will detect a printer failure and re send a new status program to the printer after a few seconds An user can see the latest printer error code on the printer display panel by pressing SHIFT F4 List of possible error codes Error code Error text Error code Error text O No error 53 Bad store checksum 1 Syntax error 54 Bad store record end 2 Unbalanced parenthesis 55 Remove in ROM 3 Feature not implemented 56 Illegal communication channel 4 Evaluation syntax error 57 Subscript out of range 5 Unrecognized token 58 Field overflow 6 Tokenized line too long 59 Bad record number 7 Evaluation stack overflow 60 Too many strings 8 Error in exectab 61 Error in setup file 9 Undefi ned token 62 File is list protected 10 Non executing token 63 ENTER function 11 Evaluation stack underflow 64 FOR without NEXT 12 Type mismatch 65 Evaluation overflow 13 Line not found 66 Bad optimizing type 14 Division with zero 67 Error from communication channel 15 Font not found 68 Unknown execution entity 16 Bar code device not found 69 Not allowed in immediate mode 17 Bar code type not implemented 70 Line label not found 18 Disk full 71 Line label already defi ned 19 Error in file name 72 IF without ENDIF 20 Input line too long 73 ENDIF without IF 21 Error stack overflow 74 ELSE without ENDIF 22 RESUME without error 75
125. lt ETX gt is 3 and lt ESC gt is 27 Example lt STX gt lt ESC gt A lt ESC gt CC1 lt ESC gt YR 04 lt ESC gt D 01 Test 1 lt ESC gt D 02 Test 2 lt ESC gt Q33 lt ESC gt Z lt ETX gt This will print format 04 from card 1 with the texts Test 1 and Test 2 33 times 3 3 1 20 Menu File Printersettings Alltec SmartGraphCom Here you can adjust the Alltec SmartGraphCom system settings Most of the options are system specific values please consult your system manual for details Page 25 Etikettier und Sondermaschinenbau GmbH Alltec Alltec SmartGraphCom System Rotation 0 fright a Generate lines as bitmaps Cancel Do not fill texts in laser Fonts Smarkgraph parameter name Paper Sm artgraph config name Allprint E Save Format LP4 Use printer add on files Please note that you need to start the Alltec SmartGraphCom application on the same PC as Labels Platform 4 to establish a printer connection 3 3 1 21 Menu File Printersettings CAB Here you can adjust the Jscript CAB printer settings Most of the options are printer specific values please consult your system manual for details CAB CAB EOS 1 8 dots et Rotation 0 right v Optional Applicator unit _ Upper lower side double sided print head OK Print mode Printer default z Start delay ms 1 default E Distance print head 1 lt gt 2 mm 0 00 Label mode grinbaaudafias Stop delay
126. n angle between 0 359 Rotated text ma Angle 0 359 35 Const text Test Cancel ance Variable Preview Page 76 BBK Etikettier und Sondermaschinenbau GmbH Curved texts static On curved texts static you can enter the text content and use several buttons and a special editor field to adjust the angle of each character of the text In the editor field you can left or right click one of the drag points and move the point to the desired angle Curved text static Const text Special offer Variable haw Predefines La i Cancel enter zoom oom You can even assign a variable for the content Since the size of the field will change whenever the content changes you should use a centered anchor mode to prevent movements of the field Curved texts dynamic On curved texts dynamic you can enter the text content and define the center point circle origin of your curved text Page 77 Etikettier und Sondermaschinenbau GmbH Curved text dynamic Const Text Test Variable Variable Text Alignment Text Rotation Circle origin in label a 52 50 Label center Cancel If you now move your special text field with the Mouse it will automatically rearrange around the given origin If you press CTRL while moving the object you can also move the origin point itself Page 78 BBK Etikettier und Sondermaschi
127. n words so they appear left and right border aligned Text type Unicode hex text LP3 compatibility mode It was not possible to use Unicode texts in the old LP3 Editor with text fields Nevertheless it was possible to use Unicode fonts in text fields for displaying and printing the Unicode content by using special hex codes as Unicode data If you have old labels using such data you can tell LP4 to show the content correctly by activating this option FT space char FT word break If the float text option is activated you can define two special characters The first one will be displayed like a space character but LP4 will not try to part the words at this position The second one can be used to tell LP4 if a long word can be broken in smaller word parts Print condition If you have enabled a print condition the object gets only printed if the condition is fulfilled at the time when the print job starts Content mode The content of a text can be a constant value but also variables like counters or database values are possible Content If the content mode is constant you can enter the text content directly in this property Otherwise the Variable Manager window will open you can select an existing variable there Page 74 BBK Etikettier und Sondermaschinenbau GmbH 4 11 Special texts 4 11 1 Description Special text Special texts are True Type font fields with special display abilities Special texts
128. nenbau GmbH Formatted text Formatted texts can be designed and edited in a way like with typical word processing software for example MS Word It is possible to mix different fonts sizes attributes and arrange the text with tabs and tables Floating text is available also in combination with anchored graphics And of course Unicode texts can freely be used so for example cyrillic and chineese texts are possible The user can edit the formatted texts in a powerful editor which appears when the user selects a text object and presses the space key or when the user is pushing the content button in the text item property window Formated Text Inset Edit Format Variables Table Normal Arial Special Format Special Format Large foni The size of the edit area equals the size of the text object on the label but it will be displayed always in a 100 zoom in the text editor If more edit place is needed the object needs to get resized in the label editor The features of the text editor are comparable with modern word processing applications here is a list of features Import of existing documents WinWord HTML XML RTF Insert graphics with a fixed anchor or embedded in the text If a anchor is used the graphic can still be moved or sized by using the mouse cursor while pressing the ALT key All typical clipboard functions including undo redo and search replace functions All kind of font attributes ta
129. new line with the given data so you can easily create logging functionality File type XML file You can read an individual XML value from a given XML file You just have to specify the tag name either fixed or by using a variable There is a button XML keyword with this file type which will help you to find the right tag name a window with an example how to build the tag will appear and it is even possible to select a tag from an existing XML file in this window With XML files you can also specify to read the content as Unicode You can use such variables in text fields with the content type Unicode to display special language characters File writing Every of the file types can not only be read but also get written If you select the Write file mode you will get some addtional options Create new file on writing will delete any existing file berfore writing into a new file The Data to write can be a fixed text or a text returned by a LP4 variable A file variable in writing mode will not return any printable text instead the write action will be executed on each started print job It can be used to store the current counter value inside of a file or to make an easy job logging function 5 9 Table Variable 5 9 1 Description Table variable The table variable is a special way to access database tables to generate labels with different contents each label for example for address labels
130. ng DB Manager search criteria SQL statement The database variable has 3 different modes a in combination with the LP4 database manager The value which the user has selected in the database manager will get printed that way b without LP4 database manager You have to give a search field and search value LP4 will access the data set which is matching the search criterias For example you can use an input variable Please enter product number and use this variable as search value for the database variable c without LP4 database manager using a complete SQL statement That way very complex queries can be done and you can even access other variables contents by using the SELECT table1 Test as LPDATA FROM table1 table2 WHERE table1 PNumber table2 ID AND table1 ID LPVARIABLE You can use the Test read button to check if your database variable is working correctly if there is an error condition it will get displayed in full text form if an error occurs while printing no error message appears and the default text will be printed instead 5 11 External Variable 5 11 1 Description External variable The external variable can only be used in combination with the LP4 COM interface This interface can be used to control LP4 label printing from an external application In the LP4 COM interface exists a special command to set the content of external variables so this variable type can be used to tran
131. nnannnnununnnanananunnnnnnnnnununnn 85 5 4 1 Description Time date variable eee eee eee cece acca cesses eee ee eee eseseeeeseseseenes 85 5 4 2 Properties Time date Variable nie nn nennen ee ine 85 nee ERINNERN 86 5 5 1 Description Formula Variable cece eee eee eee e eee eee ee eee eeeeee ese eseesesessensnsnenens 86 5 5 2 Properties Formula variable eect eee ee cece eee e cena eee ee eee ee ese eseeseesessesessessenens 86 5 5 3 Formula commands Formula variable i cece cece eee cece eee eee eeeee eee eeeeeeneesenseneeseuseneesens 87 5 6 Counter Variable nnanauaunununanunanananunnununununununununnnnnnununununanannnannnnnnnnunanan ann nnnnunnnananununnnnnnnununnn 93 5 6 1 Description Counter variable nn nee 93 5 6 2 Properties Counter variable cece cee e eee ee cece eens ee nese eee ese eee eeeeeeesesseseesesesnenes 93 5 7 Printer Variable EE A ee ee eT rer re ore 95 US aa 4 e E EE EEE EE a E EEA ee I oN ete E 96 ae Lescar e Fe VANADE SMRRRRORBRERTEREERESTTTERTEEEESTLESETLENSERPEERLSEERTREEREEERTETSTSPERTELIEHTSETSSLETEESERERSTERTNE 96 5 8 2 Properties File variable ccc eee e eee cence eee eee eee eee es eesesesseeseeseesesserensseners 96 5 9 Table Variable EEE SEES URN 98 592 PO eNe Tone he 18 a ee ee seen isch 98 ee eS a a a a a a ee eee oe eee 100 5 10 1 Description Database variable ccceceeceeceeeeeenenennnnnennennnnnnnnnnennnnnnnnnnnnnennnnnnnnnnnnnnennenenn 100 5 10 2
132. nter the new filename If you don t apply a LP4 file extension the software will automatically add this extension to the filename Drives Select the drive you want to save to Directories Select the directory you want to save to Network Use this button if you need to connect to a network drive 3 3 1 6 Menu File Import Use this command to import LP2 label files exported LP3 LP4 label files 3 3 1 7 Menu File Export Use this command to backup existing LP4 labels or to easily transfer them to another LP4 system The Export file LBY can contain multiple LP4 label files and all needed graphic files will get exported as well 3 3 1 8 Menu File Version History If the LP4 Version Control is activated in the LP4 configuration menu Tools each time the user wants to save the label file the following window apeears Here the user can enter a version information comment Page 16 BBK Etikettier und Sondermaschinenbau GmbH version information i T 15 01 2013 14 37 31 Mew user input variable added The version information is saved inside the LP4 layout file the old version of the file is backuped in the file Filename LP4 Versionnumber LPV You can see all the backup files and the related version information in the Version History window The user can select an older version and press Load to get this old layout in the label editor Version History POF 41 Version Information
133. nts CloseDB 1 will tell LP4 Remote to open and close the database connection on each new printer job request by default LP4Remote will open the database on startup and close it on exit Please note this setting can cause slower reaction times if the opening closing of the database requires much time On the other hand it can be useful since database maintance backup replacements are easier when the database is closed Another INI Option is DBPrefix with this key you can specify a prefix fort he table name DBPrefix pub would tell LP4Remote to access the table pub Printjob internally instead of Printjob this setting was required by a special ODBC driver and should not be needed in usual installations If your table does not contain a label field and you want to use just one layout with LP4Remote you can use another INI entry LabelDefault xyz lbf specifies the layout file name which will be used if no label field is specified in LP4 Remote Additionally it is possible to define for each printer an individual layout directory in the INI file Simply create entries called LayoutDirPRINTERNAME c xyz layouts PRINTERNAME has to be replaced with the LP4 printer name If now a label request is coming from one of this printers the layout folder from the INI file will be used instead of the global directory If you have not entered a special directory for one printer the global directory will be used for this
134. o start a job list The second parameter is simply a free selectable file name The Manager will load this file as a job list on start up Please note always use quotation marks around the filename The following example will show the usage of both command line parameters together It starts the Printjob Manager invisible with the list C Jobs Joblist1 ini all containing jobs will be generated and the Manager will close afterwards automatically LP4PJManager exe p C Jobs Joblist ini Page 108 BBK Etikettier und Sondermaschinenbau GmbH 8 LP4 Remote 8 1 Generic LP4 Remote is an external application which will get installed with the main LP4 application LP4 Remote is only usable if a PREMIUM license of LP4 is active LP4 works in combination with CAB amp Intermec printers The user can enter directly a job number at the printer keyboard panel Intermec or an external keyboard CAB LP4 Remote detects such user inputs and starts a proper print job at this printer This way you have the advantage of a direct input on the printer with the PC advantages like a near unlimited amount of space to store labels and data And every PC with LP4 Remote can manage multiple printers at once so you don t need one PC for one printer 8 2 Usage LP4 Remote can get startet parallel to any other LP4 application like the label editor or the LP4 Database Manager LP4 Remote will use the printer definitions from the main LP
135. ode the x y coordinates will be displayed differently X Y Width Height A text is defined by its top left and right bottom corner points Sometimes it s helpful to just enter the coords of one corner point and to specify the width height of the object That can be done be selecting a different anchor mode Please note that with some printer fonts not every height and width may be possible Page 72 Font family The font familiies Windows Alltec CAB Easyprint EPL Fargo Intermec UBI MI Sato Unicontrol Zebra Font type BBK Etikettier und Sondermaschinenbau GmbH All installed MSWindows True Type Fonts Internal printer fonts of Alltec SmartGraph laser systems Internal printer fonts of CAB printers Internal printer fonts of Easyprint printers Internal printer fonts of EPL printers Internal printer fonts of Fargo printers Internal printer fonts of Intermec UBI printers Internal printer fonts of Markem Imaje printers optional Internal printer fonts of Sato printers Internal printer fonts of Unicontrol Easyprint printers Internal printer fonts of Zebra printers Here you can select one of the available fonts of the chosen font family With True Type Windows fonts the standard font dialog will appear on printer fonts a list will be displayed showing all available printer font names Ifa is displayed in front of the font name this font is not available on your printer model You can
136. olumn Here the table key column name has to be entered This entry is required 2 LabelColumn This entry is optional If the table contains a column which is storing the label layout name like XYZ LBF you can tell the productmanager to use it to initialize the label selction box 3 BatchColumn This entry is optional If the batch count is stored in the table you can enter this column name here 4 PrinterColumn This entry is optional If there are multiple printers connected to the PC it may be needed to print certain jobs at certain printers If the database table has a column with the wanted printer name you can specify it here 5 CounterColumn This entry is optional The column needs to be of a number type not a text type If set the Productmanager will read the data content on each print start add the current batch count to it and write the sum back into the data record That way a job related label counter can be defined If the Start Stop mode gets used another option AdjustCounterStop see below can be used to adjust this sum on each job end so only the real printed labels will be counted in this column 6 OrderColumn This entry is optional It will influence the display of the optional job list and also the order of the automation mode If this entry is not set the list and automation order will be defined by the KeyColumn in ascending order otherwise the entered column will be used for sorting If t
137. ontent and the arrow buttons will move an entry up down in the list If one entry gets selected with the mouse it is possible to change it enter a fix text or select a variable which is delivering the text for this entry With some DBs it is possible to activate an automatic checksum calculation Each time the text variable of an entry is changed it will be reflected in the preview area between both lists It is also possible to activate a space character option which will adjust the text with space characters only for the optional text formula not for the barcode formula of course Pushing the OK button will create the two formula variables one MyName_BC and one MyName_TXT The _BC variable will hold the barcode informations fe with FNC1 characters the _ TXT variable will hold the user readable text with brackets and optional space characters The variables can now be placed on the label using Drag amp Drop or the property settings of text barcode objects 3 3 5 6 Menu Tools List GHS Manager Use this command to start the List GHS Manager window Premium version only Here you can define GHS texts in different languages which can get used in LP4 text fields The Manager will create several LP4 List GHS variables containing the texts usually one List Risk variable will hold one language the variables can be used in standard text fields or formatted spezial text fields Right clicking an
138. ossible to see which PC has started each job IP address is visible Also deleting single jobs or reseting the comple printer is possible from each client And of course it is still possible to work directly on the Spool Server PC with any LP4 application as well Please note e The LP4 Spool Server application can only be started on PCs owning a Star or Premium license of LP4 The Client PC can be of any license including ECO Print or even Demo versions Page 126 BBK Etikettier und Sondermaschinenbau GmbH e If the LP4 Spool Server is not started or not reachable by network it is of course not possible to print from the Client PCs The Client PC will show an error message in the printer state if this condition is happening 12 Using VBScript Programs 12 1 Overview You can configure LP4 to run your own VBScript program before each printing or preview Each layout can be attached to a different VBScript by selecting the Script file in the property window of the layout right click on the layout select Properties and the layout property window appears The Script VBS files are best stored into the default Data subdirectory of the LP4 folder Properties A BE Label properties A Width 105 00 mm X Height 74 00 mm Corner width 1 00 mm Grid mode Inactive X griel 0 10 mm eel Y grid 0 10 mm Object border Ma do Ruler selection Mo VBScript file YBlestwbs On each print start or label preview the VBScr
139. ottom corner points Sometimes it s helpful to just enter the coords of one corner point and to specify the width height of the object That can be done be selecting a different anchor mode Filling A rectangle have different filling types not filled rectangle will be displayed as four lines Completely filled using the selected color Fine pattern will be generated as graphic on most native label printers Medium pattern will be generated as graphic on most native label printers Rough will be generated as graphic on most native label printers Inverted not available on all label printers Line width if no filling is active The width of the four lines in mm Corner width You can create a rectangle with rounded corners by entering a corner width in mm This rectangle type will be generated as graphic on most native label printers Color The color of the rectangle note only supported on color printers Print condition If you have enabled a print condition the object gets only printed if the condition is fulfilled at the time when the print job starts 4 4 Crosses 4 4 1 Description Cross Crosses are two lines connected in the center To create a cross you have to activate the cross mode and left click on a free label area Now you have to hold the mouse button down and move the mouse to the second cross corner point If you want to have a cross with the same width and height you can press the SHIFT key
140. ou can start any other LP4 application You can setup the Dongle Client to automatically start other LP4 applications Pg LP4 Dongle Client LP4 Dongle Server IP address 127 0 0 1 a 5 A l Connection info WOT CONNECTED Cancel You can start one or more additional LP4 applications on startup of the LP4 Dongle Client Start LP4 Spool Server Start LP4 Label Editor Start LP4 Database Manager Start LP4 Printing Tool Start LP4 Printjob Manager Start LP4 Remote Start additional application Full path File name On first startup of the Dongle Client you have to define the IP address of the Dongle Sever PC Press the Change button enter the IP address and press OK From now on the Dongle Client will start minimized in the Windows System tray A green tray symbol will show the user that a license is granted a red tray symbol means that no license is available 2 3 Windows Vista Windows 7 Windows 8 and or restricted user priviliges For the LP4 installation you have to be logged on as a Windows administrator After installation you can of course work as a more restricted Windows user A normal Windows user cannot save application files like the layout files in the C Program Files folder If you install LP4 in this folder it will save such user files in the My Documents folder instead Also configuration files will be saved
141. ow you can reach this window by the Tools menu Page 48 BBK Etikettier und Sondermaschinenbau GmbH Embedded Graphics File name Size Bytes Info g WASCH30 pnq 1499 15 01 2013 11 55 56 4 WASCH3O_ png 1431 15 01 2013 11 55 56 4 wASCH40 png 1406 15 01 2013 11 55 56 wA CAFO png 305 16 01 2013 11 56 05 4 WASCHEO png 15 01 2013 11 56 05 4 WASCHEO_ png 15 01 2013 11 56 05 gJ WASCHIS png 15 01 2013 11 56 49 4 WA5CH95_ png 15 01 2013 11 55 55 4 WASCHHD png 15 01 2013 11 55 55 4 WASCHNIC png 15 01 2013 11 55 55 z 4 Remove al Export Preview The button Add can be used to import graphics into the label Newly added graphics are displayed with a red border around their symbol Remove deletes the selectied graphic from the label they cannot be used in graphic fields anymore With Export you can save a graphic as an external file again Convert can be used to change all graphic fields on the label from external graphics to embedded ones 3 3 5 5 Menu Tools GS1 EAN128 Manager Use this command to start the GS1 EAN128 Manager window Here you can easily define GS1 EAN UCC contents which are compliant with the GS1 EAN rules The manager will create two formula variables one for barcodes and one for the optional text field which can be placed by drag amp drop to the label area Right clicking an existing formula variable will show a popup menu containing also the GS1 EAN128
142. ows Aspect ratio Safety level Security Special PDF417 properties Error correction Special corrction properties for Aztec Code Datamatrix barcodes Format You can select the data format with Datamatrix codes Color The color of the barcode note only supported on color printers Print condition If you have enabled a print condition the object gets only printed if the condition is fulfilled at the time when the print job starts Content mode The content of a barcode can be a constant value but also variables like counters or database values are possible Content If the content mode is constant you can enter the barcode content directly in this property Otherwise the Variable Manager window will open you can select an existing variable there There are special function characters in GS1 128 Code128 EAN128 Datamatrix barcodes You can reach them by using the tokens lt FNC1 gt lt FNC2 gt or lt FNC3 gt in the barcode content LP4 will map that tokens correctly on available Windows printers Zebra printers Intermec UBI printers and Esayprint printers Since the barcode text line can vary when such function characters are used it is recommended to use an additional text object as text line instead Page 71 BBK Etikettier und Sondermaschinenbau GmbH 4 10 Texts 4 10 1 Description Text Texts are the most often used objects of labels LP4 can use the big family of Windows True Type fonts but also th
143. pen 0 ShowKeyList 1 Autolndex 0 The DATABASE section is used to define the ODBC datasource connection Name is the ODBC datasource name User and PW are the optional username and password settings for this connection Table is giving the name of the table inside the database in this table all the print job informations are stored MoveTable is an optional setting It is possible to enter the name of a second table from the database which needs to be indentical to the main print job table Now on every print stop Start Stop mode or on every print start normal printing mode the currently selected data set will be moved from the main table to this protocol table KeepOpen is a special option telling the Productmanager application to open the database at startup and closing it on shutdown KeepOpen 1 or to do just temporary open close sessions each time when the database gets accessed Always opened databases are faster to handle temporary opened databases are more secure if a PC crash problem occurr and it is recommended if many users want to use the database at the same time showKeyList affctes the application window if this setting is 1 a small list showing all datasets from the job table will be visible making it easier for the user to see the valid job keys Attention this list will be automatically refreshed if the user deletes moves or imports data from to the main table but it w
144. phic object If you leave that window by selecting Cancel no new object will be created There are two different graphic modes in LP4 an embedded graphic is saved within the LP4 layout file A linked graphic is stored into an external graphic file LP4 will just save the file name in the layout file Embedded graphics are helpful if you want to preserve the current design even if the original graphic file is changed the label stays the same The graphic properties are descriped in the chapter Graphic objects Page 43 BBK Etikettier und Sondermaschinenbau GmbH 3 3 4 7 Menu Mode OLE Object If the OLE object mode is active a new OLE object will be placed by a left mouse click A window will appear asking for the OLE applicacion or filename If you leave that window by selecting Cancel no new object will be created Otherwise the object will get created and the linked application will start up to edit the object content The OLE object properties are descriped in the chapter OLE objects 3 3 4 8 Menu Mode Deadzone If the deadzone mode is active a new deadzone object will be placed by a left mouse click Deadzones are no printable objects they influence the printing behaviour of other objects instead The deadzone properties are descriped in the chapter Deadzone objects 3 3 4 9 Menu Mode Barcode If the barcode mode is active a new barcode object will be placed by a l
145. ple database for a first quick look at the functionality the application is ready to start Bg LP4 Productmanager Standard DE Number 500334 500384 500479 500490 501052 TSN EE HULL 501054 m SSR Active Number 500334 Label LP3_StdDB_ET2 Ibf ii e E Printer Zebra B ro Zebra 17084 12 dots i Ho Printer settings Batch count Gewicht 5 0 Kg Preis 50 00 Artikel GSUMMIRGLLE TTD Page 124 BBK Etikettier und Sondermaschinenbau GmbH In the top edit field the user is entering the database key number he wants to print The data will be loaded as soon as he pushes the Enter key or by hitting the small button on the right side of the field If the job list is visible he can also do a double click on an available entry If the key cannot be found in the database an error message will appear If the key is fine the proper data set will be loaded and all fields will be initialized Now the user can change the fields as needed as soon as he pushes the Print Start button the print job will be downloaded to the printer If more than one printer is available the user can start a job on each printer in Start Stop mode one job per printer is possible the job has to get stopped before a new job can be activated for this printer of course in standard mode it is even possible to start multiple jobs at once this jobs will be spooled one after each other 11 LP4 Spool Se
146. pport Docking windows with lists for label fields variables properties and printers Free line drawing all angles supported Graphic import bomp wmf tif pcx gif jog and many more Graphics embedded in the layout file or linked with external graphic files Curved or free rotated textfields Free rotated graphic fields Overview of all printer states and direct communication with printers using the integrated terminal window Powerful variables manager GS1 EAN128 content manager and Risk GHS text manager Variables constant user input time date formula counter printervars fileimport xml ini text database and table queries GHS texts Selectable object properties printable not printable movable not movable groups levels Print conditions for each label object Remote controlling of print jobs by OLE using for example Visual Basic or MSExcel Integrated Spool Server connect the label printers to one PC and use them with all other PCs in your network as well Windows Service Integrated OLE objects for displaying printing data of other applications like MSWinWord or MSExcel LP4 Commander for creating own user interfaces including OPC Server support Comfortable Printjob Manager for defining lists of future print jobs Direct support of the following printer languages J Script CAB printers ZPL Zebra printers Fingerprint 6 1 oder higher Intermec UBI printers Page 2 BBK Etikettier und Sondermaschinenbau GmbH
147. printer Please note after you have set at least one printer to an indiviual directory you cannot change the global label directory in the Settings dialog window in this case you have to change the global directoy in the INI file as well entries FileDir and FileDir2 You can also specify in the INI file if some of the database fields should be read as Unicode You can define this by adding DBUnicode1 Column name A entries to the LPRemote section Usage on the Intermec printer Now the user can select a new print job at the printer by pressing F1 On the printer display the text Number will appear the user has to enter the proper article number key field of database table If more than one label field is defined the next printer question will be Labelversion here the user has to give the proper label field index 1 9 If an additional external variable input is defined it will appear next The last question if not deactivated will be the batch count After giving all prompted informations LP4 Remote will search inside the database for this job number If the number is inside of one data set the connected label file will get loaded internally all database variables will get updated with the found data the optional external variable will be filled with the user input and the label download is starting If the user input cannot be found in the database or if the label name in the found data
148. printer is supporting them Some printers for example Unicontrol will also allow to access the content of a LP4 variable inside the printer variable definition simply add the placeholder SVAR LP4VariableName EVAR to the printer variable definition on print start LP4 will replace this placeholder with the current content of the LP4 variable Page 95 BBK Etikettier und Sondermaschinenbau GmbH CAB printers are capable to use whole sequences with variables To use this in LP4 you can define a text field with a NAME field name This field name can be used in following variables as NAME Example 1 Text field NETTO connected to printer variable Amount netto l 2 Text field connected to NETTO 19 The first field will not be printed due to the I sign it just holds the user input in variable NETTO This variable is used in the second text field multiplication by 19 Please note you need to define the fields in reverse order the first text field needs to be below the second field in the LP4 field list because LP4 will send lower fields first to the printer Printer input variable The Intermec input variable is comparable with the LP4 input variable but the user can input the values directly at the printer panel 5 8 File Variable 5 8 1 Description File variable To read values from a file you can use the file variable The file variable can use keywords to find the d
149. ptions to control the print results You can change the settings according to your label all the settings will get saved inside the label file and restored if you load the label again Some dialog windows for example the LP4 Print dialog window will also allow direct access to the settings Short cut Toolbar iy 3 3 1 14 Menu File Printer settings Zebra Here you can adjust the Zebra printer settings Most of the options are Zebra specific values please consult your printer manual for details Special options like Use additional printer files and Create ZBI code will only be needed with special custumized printing solutions for example to connect a scanner to the printer or for permanent counters Group Zebra Zebra 170X14 12 dots Rotation 0 right Change label top settings dots Inverted print E Mirror print Cancel Print mode Printer default Pause before print start Pause Cut after print end Speed Printer default Pause cut after n labels Label mode Printer default Feed speed Printer default N Cut without pause Backfeed speed Printer default Use printer add on files Abs darkness 0 30 1 defl 1 Use printer add on commands Relative darkness 30 50 0 Zebra Font language code 6 germani 6 Use given label length fignore calibration Create ZBI code No ZBI graphic commands The option Use printer add on files ena
150. put printer variables F5 Display SYSTEM INFO only available with newer printer firmware SHIFT F5 Stop label program SHIFT F4 Show error number FEED Feed SHIFT FEED Test feed Page 22 BBK Etikettier und Sondermaschinenbau GmbH SETUP Setup PRINT Print one label PAUSE Pause the current printing C Cancel the print job only available in Pause mode The marked keys are only available if a print job is active 3 3 1 16 Menu File Printersettings Easyprint Here you can adjust the Easyprint printer settings Most of the options are Easyprint specific values please consult your printer manual for details Easyprint Easyprint 304 DPI 107mm Rotation 0 fright x Intensity 10 300 0 defaulti O Speed 70 999 mm sek 0 defaulti 0 Gap width 1 99 mm O default 0 Print parameter Label L55 mode Normal L55 value 10 118 O defFaulki O Store label on memory card MC name of label format Mi name of label graphic Use printer add on Files 3 3 1 17 Menu File Printersettings Unicontrol Here you can adjust the Unicontrol Easyprint printer settings Most of the options are printer specific values please consult your printer manual for details Page 23 Etikettier und Sondermaschinenbau GmbH Unicontrol UC Easyprint Communicator 53 Rotation x Offset 1595 1535 0 Darkness 0 150 1 default Y Off
151. r You can specify the text you want to use for calculation as parametert or you can give a number of chars If you specify a number the n chars in front of the _mod10 command will be used for calculation Example 123456789012 mod10 12 or _mod10 123456789012 _mod43 text mod43 value mod103 text _ mod103 value _mod1094 text mod1094 value Same as _mod10 just a different calculation is used Page 90 BBK Etikettier und Sondermaschinenbau GmbH _objmove name X value Y value This command will move a label object field to a given label position the position values are 1 100 mm value so 100 1mm Example _objmove Test 100 200 moves the field Test to X 1mm Y 2mm _objprint name 0 1 Will make a given label object printable 1 or not printable 0 Example _objprint Test 0 will mark the field Test as not printable _objsize name Width value Height value This command will size a label object field to a given new width and height the width height values are 1 100 mm value so 100 1mm Example _objsize Test 1000 2000 resizes the field Test to a width of 10mm and an height of 20mm _part text divider number This command will give the n th part of a text list You can specify the dividing character of the list the number will start with position 1 The result will be empty if there does no n th part exist in the list Example _part
152. r fonts configuration if you have activated such additional internal fonts Page 19 BBK Etikettier und Sondermaschinenbau GmbH febra addon fonts G Garamond aok TTF Cancel Windows font Garamond Printer font G GARA TTF Example E NAME TTF ZPL character G 4 7 0 9 Toolbar F 3 3 1 12 Menu File Printer Management Printer groups If you want to use printer groups similar printers should use the same label settings you can define such groups in the following window Printer groups management All printers of a group share the identical label settings New group Available printer Printer groups Mame Type x Remove group zebra Office Zebra 170 i4 1 d Intermec Office Intermec PMi 1 Cab Office CAB Ad 12 da bzebra Local Zebra z4Mplus Page 20 BBK Etikettier und Sondermaschinenbau GmbH You can define a group by pressing the New group button and entering a group name You can change the name later on by doing a single click on the group name You can assign printers to this group by selecting the printer in the left list and pressing the gt button The lt button can be used to remove a printer from a group If you want to remove the complete group you can use the Remove group button all printers will now have individual settings for each label Hi Toolbar 3 3 1 13 Menu File Printer settings Label printers have certain o
153. rallel port USB port depending on the dongle type of your PC or geta Computer license from BBK before you start the installed software If you start the LP4 Editor it will ask you to enter your LP4 serial number to unlock your license s functionality You can also enter the serial number by starting the Serial number tool from the LP4 menu for example if you want to use different dongles and therefore serial numbers on the same PC for each dongle you have to enter the related serial number once 2 2 Versions using a Dongle Server The Dongle Server can be used on PCs connected to a local TCP IP network Just one PC in that network will actually have a connected hardlock dongle all other PCs will ask this PC for a free LP4 license at startup time The Dongle Server can hold up to 127 licenses an unlimited Dongle Server is also available Installation Each PC needs a working connection to the local network and an individual IP address or DNS name The PC acting as Dongle Server needs the local parallel USB port dongle or Computer license and an installed LP4 Dongle Server software The Dongle Server software can work as an application the network licenses are only available if the software has been started or it can work as a Windows service the network licenses are available as soon as Windows has been started even if no user has logged in After startup of the LP4 Dongle Server software you can change be
154. ription Formula variable The most powerful variable type is the formula variable You can do calculations text manipulations or even move or hide label fields 5 5 2 Properties Formula variable Formula Variable name Barcode MessageHeader FormatHeader L25 O00L G5 LP TeileNrLieferant G5 P EDo SachNunner 65 SlIF Bestellbezeichnung 65 ZUOF zusBauteileinformation 6s TAP E 7 lnidex Ga TO MengeStek Ci 15K LieferscheinNr 65 Y sLieferantenNr 65 Sa le ft _cat FackstueckNumnmer a ar at en Evi 20T Charqenidentifikation Gs LSD mid Verfalldatum 1l 2 mid Verfalldatum 4 2 wid Verfalldatum 4 7065 OD HerstellVersanddatum G5 LT ChargenNr 65 2 sMSLevel 65 l2 Lieferanteneigeneb aten FormatTrailer MessageTrailer Preview 32061250001 1PS0067 7 P659468070531P4270001 4589 0520P2PE03024001 6KS02082264552692 5395512 Variable list C Command list Variable Content Bestellbezeichnung Ar 0001 4859 03 Chargenidentifikation 0101 Chargentr 0000314613 FormatHeader D FormatTrailer 5 Herstellversanddatum b20061026 Index nA Page 86 BBK Etikettier und Sondermaschinenbau GmbH Name of variable The unique name of the variable Formula edit field Here you enter the formula using constant texts variable names and special formula commands At the bottom of the window you can see an help win
155. rver 11 1 Generic The LP4 Spool Server is doing a similar job as the MSWindows printer network sharing it allows using label printers which are connected to one PC with every other PC in the network 11 2 Configuration It is easy to install such a label printer sharing define your LP4 printer ports as usual on the PC which should act as server Now start the LP4 Spool Server LPSpoolServer exe in the main LP4 directory Done now all active label printers means all printers with a bidirectional or unidirectional LP4 spool mode can be accessed from other PCs as well Important if you are using a network firewall you have to enable UDP telegrams on port 40094 and TCP telegrams on port 40095 Otherwise the LP4 Spool Server will not work It is possible to activate the Spoolserver in service mode this way the Spoolserver functionality is active even without a logged in Windows user Please note only activate the service mode if you have installed LP4 to a local harddisk drive On the Client PCs simply define the same ports and printers the port name and settings need to be identical to the ones at the server PC The only difference instead of specifying the specific connection settings activate the Spool Server option and enter the IP address of the Spool Server PC Page 125 BBK Etikettier und Sondermaschinenbau GmbH 6594650703 A00 n Do A Retin ea E Part No Name Z
156. s Management of embedded graphics e GS1 EAN128 Manager Star or Premium license needed Easy creation of variables with GS1 EAN UCC 128 content e List GHS Manager Premium license needed Easy creation of variables with list GHS content Page 45 Etikettier und Sondermaschinenbau GmbH 3 3 5 1 Menu Tools LP4 Configuration Use this command to make changes in the LP4 configuration settings LP4 Configuration Program language restart required Language ENG English Cancel Font Formula Window Courier Mew 9 Font Input Window Tahoma 14 F Font Terminal Window Courier Mew 9 LP4 Version Control Automatically backup previous layout Files Ask For version information before saving layouts LP4 Editor Startup Select last used printer Select last used label size Select predefined label size Width 105 00 mm Height 74 00 mm Corner 1 00 Load default label file CALPA Layouts Test LP4 Opkions Show layout path in the LP4 caption Store layout path From last File open Refresh variables in editor when content is changed Display Formatked Text TH using a Windows printer resolution restart required Bullzip POF Printer Default Graphic Field Mode Ask for mode on first graphic Field creation Program language Selection of the language used in the LP4 menus and windows If you change the language a restart of all LP4 applications is required Fonts You can select the fonts of th
157. s a starting and an ending point The exact point coords can be entered here Line width The width of the line in mm Color The color of the line note colors are only supported on color printers Print condition If you have enabled a print condition the object gets only printed if the condition is fulfilled at the time when the print job starts 4 3 Rectangles 4 3 1 Description Rectangle Rectangles can have rounded corners and can be filled To create a rectangle you have to activate the rectangle mode and left click on a free label area Now you have to hold the mouse button down and move the mouse to the second rectangle corner point If you want to have a quader with the same width and height you can press the SHIFT key while creating the object 4 3 2 Properties Rectangle Properties ges Field properties Name Rectangle lel Anchor made Absolute UT xI 17 76 mm HO Y1 24 01 mm Ll X2 32 33 mm G y2 37 98 mm ld Filling Not filled Line width L 00 mm Corner width 0 00 mm E Color RO00 G000 BAAI 5 Print condition Page 60 BBK Etikettier und Sondermaschinenbau GmbH The name of the rectangle The name is empty by default but if you want to access the object in a LP4 formula you have to enter an unique name for it Anchor mode Depending on the anchor mode the x y coordinates will be displayed differently X Y Width Height A rectangle is defined by its top left and right b
158. set 0 1000 Pre Heat 71 129 1 default Speed 50 1000 1 default Ribbon Economy 0 95 1 default Head up delay 0 50 1 default Motor Stark Off 0 200 1 default Head down delay 0 50 1 default Motor Stop OFF 0 200 1 default Retraction type Slope type a Retraction offset 200 1000 0 Slope max speed 500 1000 500 Retraction length 10 20 O Store label on memory card ME label name C Y mirror S mirror Stop mid print MC graphics name Fast printing mode Use printer add on files 3 3 1 18 Menu File Printersettings EPL Here you can adjust the EPL printer settings Most of the options are printer specific values please consult your printer manual for details EPL EPL 152 DPI Rotation 0 right Print mode Printer default Cancel Label mode Printer default Gap Mark length mm 0 00 Gap Mark offset mm 0 00 Tear position mm 0 00 Label rewind Druckervorgabe T Darkness 0 15 l defFault 1 Speed 0 6 1 default 1 F Reverse gap sensing Disable Label Takes sensor Cut after print end Cut after n labels Cut position 0 200 1 default Save label as format in flash mem Use printer add on Files 3 3 1 19 Menu File Printersettings Sato SBPL Page 24 BBK Etikettier und Sondermaschinenbau GmbH Here you can adjust the Sato SBPL printer settings Most of the opt
159. sfer data from one application to LP4 Also some LP4 Product Manager applications are using external variables as data source 5 11 2 Properties External variable External Variable name EXT DATA Default text 777 Cancel Name of variable The unique name of the variable Default text As long as no external application is changing the content of the variable the default text will be used for printing Page 101 BBK Etikettier und Sondermaschinenbau GmbH 5 11 3 LP4 remote control Using the automation interface LP4COM LP4 offers an automation control which can be used in Visual Basic or other automation capable applications The automation interface will be registered automatically when LP4 gets installed otherwise you can register the interface by starting the LP4COM EXE application with the RegServer command line Here is some small Visual Basic code explaining all the available LP4COM interface functions Sub PrintMe The first two lines are creating a LP4 object for communicating with the LP4 spooler IMPORTANT the printer connection will only last as long as the object exists So usually it is much better to create that object globally to keep it alive as long as the application is up and running If you are using only MSWindows printers it s not necessary to keep the object alive and you can define the object locally Dim LP As Object Set LP CreateObject LP4C
160. t you have to select it first You can do that by activating the Select mode and clicking on one or more objects After you have done a selection the properties are shown in the dockable Properties window The following label objects and properties are available 4 2 Lines 4 2 1 Description Line Lines can have every possible angle in Labels Platform 4 If a native label printer only supports vertical and horizontal lines directly all other line types will be downloaded as grahic symbols to the printer can cause a slower label download time To create a line you have to activate the line mode and left click on a free label area Now you have to hold the mouse button down and move the mouse to the second line point By default LP4 only creates lines in 45 steps To create another angle you need to press the SHIFT key while creating the line object 4 2 2 Properties Line Properties EEE Field properties Name Line ET Anchor made Tap lett Ef x 12 81 mm si y 1 95 mm BE Width 26 95 mm H Height 0 00 mm Line width 1 00 mm E Color R00 GOOD BOD a Print conection gt Page 59 BBK Etikettier und Sondermaschinenbau GmbH Name The name of the line The name is empty by default but if you want to access the object in a LP4 formula you have to enter an unique name for it Anchor mode Depending on the anchor mode the x y coordinates will be displayed differently X Y Width Height The line ha
161. t label Printer which are not defined cannot be used for printing but it is possible to see and change the related settings Such settings are saved in the layout file If you want to remove the complete settings before saving you can do this by doing a right click gt remove properties Printer Management Printer alalaleviel Name Type Connection Made Zehra Office Zebra LIOM4 0 Network Bi directional Intermec Office Intermec PMA Network Bi directional CAB Office CAB A 12 Network Bi directional Zehra Local ebra Z4 Mplu Serial port Inactive PDF Bullzip PDF Pr Windows Driver Frinter States Printer Management The Printer Management is used for creating changing and deleting of printer definitions Only if you create a printer definition you can use the printer with Labels Platform Printer Management Button Action New printer shows the printer definition window Change printer change the selected printer definition ik Remove printer removes the selected printer definition Change order moves the selected printer definitions up down in the list F Printer fonts shows the window for defining additional printer fonts Printer groups shows the printer group definition window Page 40 BBK Etikettier und Sondermaschinenbau GmbH Printer protocol Printer Ea te p LP4LOG_2013_01_15 c8 Time Event Printer Info 16 20 05 End Job Zebra Office Job JOB0S6D
162. t later on demand 7 2 Usage After installation the Printjob Manager can be found as an icon in the LP4 program group You can also start the Manager from the LP4 label editor by selecting the menu item Addons gt Printjob Manager Now the application will start and display the following window Eg LP4 Print Job Manager Number Label Printer Quantity E 0001 FM2 LP4 CAB Office FM1 LP4 CAB Office Save job list Load job list Printer stake Label folder 1 LP40 TestiLayouts Label FM1 LF4 a Start print jobs Printer CAB Office CAB 444 12 dots Quantity 234 By using the Add button you can select one or more label files and put them into the list Those entries can be changed by the edit fields below the job list the label the printer and the batch count can be selected edited here Page 107 BBK Etikettier und Sondermaschinenbau GmbH If you want to change other existing entries you can select them by mouse or keyboard and use the edit fields to enter the new values It is possible to select multiple entries by using the SHIFT or CTRL keys and to change all entries at once To remove existing entries or to change the job order you can use the buttons on the right side of the window For a fast change in the batch counts of existing entries you can simply click on one of the counts in the list Now an edit field will appear there simply enter the new value and
163. t the HOME key LP4 will zoom into this area If you press the END button LP4 will zoom to the currently selected fields 3 3 4 2 Menu Mode Line If the line mode is active a new line will be created by a left mouse click New lines will be positioned horizontal vertical or in 45 steps If you need a free angle you have to press the SHIFT key while creating the line The line properties are descriped in the chapter Line objects 3 3 4 3 Menu Mode Rectangle If the rectangle mode is active a new rectangle will be created by a left mouse click If you want to create a quader you have to press the SHIFT key while creating the rectangle The rectangle properties are descriped in the chapter Rectangle objects 3 3 4 4 Menu Mode Cross If the cross mode is active a new cross will be created by a left mouse click If you need a 90 cross you have to press the SHIFT key while creating the cross The cross properties are descriped in the chapter Cross objects 3 3 4 5 Menu Mode Circle If the circle mode is active a new circle will be created by a left mouse click If you need a perfect rounded circle you have to press the SHIFT key while creating the circle The circle properties are descriped in the chapter Circle objects 3 3 4 6 Menu Mode Graphic If the graphic mode is active a new graphic will be placed by a left mouse click A window will appear asking for the filename of the gra
164. ted objects from the label Short cut Keyboard DEL STRG DEL 3 3 2 7 Menu Edit Select all Use this command to select all objects on a label 3 3 2 8 Menu Edit Select next previous Use this command to switch to the next previous label object and to select it Short cut Keyboard PAGE UP PAGE DOWN 3 3 2 9 Menu Edit Align fields You can align fields internally by using this commands Left Center vertical Right Top Center horizontal Bottom For example selecting Top will align all selected fields moving all object tops in one line Short cut i i Toolbar E E S ile ale 1 You can also align fields relatively to the label Label horizontal Label vertical Short cut Toolbar ee You can rotate selected fields in 90 steps Rotate left Rotate right Short cut a Toolbar te tat 3 3 2 10 Menu Edit Field printable Page 33 BBK Etikettier und Sondermaschinenbau GmbH Use this commands to make selected fields printable not printable All objects are printable by default but if you want certain objects not to get printed but still visible in the label window you have to set such objects to not printable If an object is not printable a small icon will appear in the object list Short cut a w Toolbar Ei m 3 3 2 11Menu Edit Field movable Use this commands to make selected fields movable not movable A not movable field cannot change accidentially
165. ter values here and since each field is connected to an external LP4 variable this input can be used on the label The structure of an optional field entry is like N display text default value external LP4 variable optional table column name Therefore you can also specify a connection between a database table field and the input field if a print job gets selected from the user the optional edit field will be initialized with the table column s value He can still change the data on print start the edited text will be copied to the specified external variable You can disable the edit fields so they are just showing the values but the user cannot change them by setting EditX 0 IMPORT ImportActive 0 ImportFile C SAP TXT ImportFileT yoe 0 ImportChar ImportTime 0 ImportButton 0 ImportDeleteFile 0 DeleteChar1 DeleteChar9 ReplaceChar1 ReplaceChar9 Page 121 BBK Etikettier und Sondermaschinenbau GmbH ImportSerial COM2 9600 n 8 1 2 ImportSerialStartChar ImportSerialStopChar ImportSerialAnswer ECHO ImportSerialClearTable ImportSerialCancelPrint It is possible to configure the productmanager to import data from existing text files into the database That is useful if for example the table should always have the current SAP jobs To activate the import function the entry ImportActive has to be set to 1 or 2 Both settings will activate the import functionality but 1 wil
166. ter variables VPA CURRLAB 1 1 8 To change the number or optional parameters use the button Label parameters The application will automatically store the last list of labels you have defined and all of the parameters und will load it automatically on the next start up If you have multiple printers with individual label list you can manually save load the list into from a file by using the Save list and Open list buttons Page 114 BBK Etikettier und Sondermaschinenbau GmbH In the Global settings the main function settings can be changed Global settings Function settings FM type Standard Mode Select label by serial connmection keyboard print one label on pulse LTS hi Number of labels to print C Constant 1 U DE position 3 Serial position 2 Additional keyboard input I All labels have the same size and the same printer settings Serial protocol to select label and data Printer variables V5P 1 50 Example Communication port LP4 communication pork ae Start character 45CITi 35 an Serial acknowledge on data receive Character ASCII 5 ua Stop character ASCII 42 Text Hallo Data divider ASCII 44 aus Return received data F Use additional text database Printer variables YDB 1 50 Mame of database file best Data divider ASCII 59 kan Database contains label number DB position 1 50 3
167. the same width and height you can press the SHIFT key while creating the object 4 5 2 Properties Circle Page 62 BBK Etikettier und Sondermaschinenbau GmbH Properties BE Field properties Name Circle lel Anchor mode Absolute 0 x 39 76 mm H YI 39 63 mm qd X2 47 13 mm g v 47 33 mm ld Filling Not filled Line width L 00 mm E Color EE R000 G000 BAAI E Print conelitian BE Name The name of the circle The name is empty by default but if you want to access the object in a LP4 formula you have to enter an unique name for it Anchor mode Depending on the anchor mode the x y coordinates will be displayed differently X Y Width Height A circle is defined by its top left and right bottom corner points Sometimes it s helpful to just enter the coords of one corner point and to specify the width height of the object That can be done be selecting a different anchor mode Filling A circle have different filling types not filled circle will be displayed as a round line Completely filled using the selected color Fine pattern will be generated as graphic on most native label printers Medium pattern will be generated as graphic on most native label printers Rough will be generated as graphic on most native label printers Line width if no filling is active The width of the line in mm Color The color of the circle note only supported on color printers Print condition If you have
168. the text object and the object will adjust it size depending on its current data GetLPObjProp Get detail information of a label object Syntax value GetLPObjProp Object name Property ID Depending on the property ID this function will return the requested detail information ID 0 X1 position of the label object ID 1 Y1 position of the label object ID 2 X2 position of the label object ID 3 Y2 position of the label object ID 4 Field type 1 Rectangle 2 Line 3 Cross 4 Circle 5 Graphic 6 Deadzone 7 Barcode 8 Text 9 Special text 10 OLE object ID 5 Line width Only available with Rectangles Lines Crosses and Circles ID 6 Rotation Only available with Texts Barcodes and Graphics 0 0 1 90 2 180 3 270 Page 128 BBK Etikettier und Sondermaschinenbau GmbH 13 Specific printer settings informations 13 1 Intermec UBI printers Old LP3 versions V3 19 or older did send a stop command to all connected Intermec UBI printers when the application has been closed With LP4 the stop will not be sended anymore only if you specify the following entry in the LP4 INI file UBI NoStopOnExit 0 To change the state poll time in bidirectional spooling mode you can add the following entry UBI StatusPollTime 10 10 is the default value of 1 second values ranging from 5 half a second to 30 3 seconds are possible Using SHIFT F5 you also can stop a running Intermec UBI programm manually P
169. tusbar will also show a button menu description Additional windows like the infobar or the measuring borders will show detailed informations at one glance other bars and symbols will help you to change the editor window quick rotation in 90 steps and or smooth zooming The basic handling for creating labels is easy to learn select an object type and left mouse click to create the object in select mode you can move resize objects right mouse click will open the context menu for showing the object properties Advanced users are able to use the powerful LP4 variables to fulfill even the most complex tasks concerning the label objects Page 11 Etikettier und Sondermaschinenbau GmbH 3 2 Starting the application You can start the LP4 application by double clicking its desktop icon At startup time the available license Dongle or Computer ID is tested If no license is found the application will start in DEMO mode no saving possible and print jobs will be slightly distorted After the LP4 splash screen vanishes you can see the editor window and a new empty label All symbol bars and docking windows will be repositioned at the same place as your last LP4 session Now you can edit change save the new label or open an exiting one Eile Edit View Mode Tools Addons Window Help su aal elana oi Me xonooama we a r amp l eoelkssselmin e Printer q Layout2 63 a S ll Name Type State amp Zebra Office Zebra L
170. tween application mode and service mode by pressing the Mode button a LP4 Dongle Server Mode Dongle Server application Available licenses 4 Active connections 1 IP addresses users 127 0 0 1 CFEES440C SEA 4662016 Page 8 BBK Etikettier und Sondermaschinenbau GmbH If you have just one license serial number for example 5 PREMIUM licenses you simple enter this number on each PC server and client PCs alike If you have multiple different license numbers for your Dongle Server for example 3 STAR licenses 1 PREMIUM and 5 ECO licenses you have to input all license numbers by pressing the Licenses button On each client PC you have to enter just the serial number you want to use with this client As long as the Server PC is running the Dongle Server application service and of course as long as it is connected to the network a client can connect to that PC and ask for an unused license If there are enough free licenses on the server the LP4 software is allowed to start If there are no free licenses LP4 will start as demo version only Each time when a client closes the LP4 application the license will get free again and another client can connect to the server Important if you are using a network firewall you have to enable TCP telegrams on port 40097 Otherwise the LP4 Dongle Server will not work correctly On the client PC you have to start the LP4 Dongle Client application before y
171. u 80mm x 50m BBK AuBenw 77500M Druckkopf 12P Z4M Z4000 5 88 661 00 e me m m m 526075 LP3_ET2 lbf 500000 LP3_ET2 lbf LP3_ET Libf DRUCKKOPF 10612M Druckkopf Z 220 221 ZLLOPAXS linke 12 Punkte 200mm Geschwindigkeit 1303 80 4180 00 LP3_ET Libf ZLLOPAXS rechte 12 Punkte 200mm Geschwindigkeit 4180 00 LP3_ET2 Ibf LIC HTSCHRAN Media Bracket Zebra 5600 5400 Etkettenaufhangung 19 00 LP3_ET Libf CODESOFT Update Codesoft Druckv 4 gt 6 170 00 LP3_ET2 Ibf DRUCKKOPF T143038N A Druckkopf PAX110 300 dpi links 1649 00 LP3_ETLIbf Eltron TLP 2722 1740 00 LP3_ET2 Ibf TID DRUCKKOPF Druckkopf f r TEC 472 OPO 488 00 LP3_ET Libf AUFWICKLER Z140 140x1 140x1ll intern 1470 40 LP3_ET2 Ibf GUMMIROLLE 30001 Platen Shaft Z904A 91 55 40 LP3_ET2 Ibf KABEL EDV 11819 25 po ST BU 2m Verl Kabel 114 10 501507 LP3_ET2 Ibf LP3_ET2 Ibf ADAPTER EDV ADAPTER EDV Gender Changer RA735 25 Buchse beidseitig Gender Changer RA734 25 Stecker 10 70 10 70 501294 LP3_ET Libf HANDBUCH TIZ 105 Service Handbuch 55 00 501057 LP3_ET2 Ibf RIEMENSPANN 899608 Assy Tensioner Lower 112 500490 LP3_ET2 Ibf KABEL EDV CAB10L Tastatur XT AT 5pol fur DPS Decoder 119 90 44 40 500479 LP3_ET Libf SCANNER BAR Metall Lesestft P5LR 22 1126 80 500384
172. ult file name if the connection mode is file you can define with this properties if the user is asked on each print job where to save the file to or you can define a default file name to save without user interaction e CAB specific properties Check buffer full on CAB printers it is possible to improve the speed of variable label jobs a print job which contains different variable content on each label like address labels If a Check buffer full value bigger 0 is given LP4 will check during the data transfer if it can download the next label contents as well until the buffer has reached the given level Please note all transferred labels will be removed from the LP4 printing queue therefore LP4 cannot show those print jobs in the printer state printer job list anymore e Zebra specific properties Ignore Format State yes no In some Zebra firmware versions you have to set this option to yes otherwise LP4 cannot detect in bidirectional communication mode if the print job has been completed Some Zebra firmware revisions have problems with aligned variable text fields Fieldblock or do not support EAN128 barcodes directly In such cases you can enable the related Firmware corrections The property Transfer combined graphics is telling LP4 to put all graphical elements of a label into a big graphic e Sato specific properties Protocol Status 3 Status 4 in case of Sato printers you ha
173. ve to configure Status 3 or Status 4 as communication protocol otherwise LP4 cannot establish a bidirectional connection In LP4 you also have to select Status3 Status4 in the serial port configuration e Windows printer specific properties You can define if you want to emulate a certain DPI setting if you want to force a black white print out or if you want the printer internal copy function if printing more than one label With some printer you have to activate the Use printer device context option to print a label please note that in this case the text fields may look slightly differently since the printer can replace the used Windows fonts with printer internal fonts You can also redirect the print data to the Windows default printer which can be useful if the printer is not available or if you have some office environment where every user should print on a different printer If you want to use a LP4 Spool Server connection you do not have to specify the specific connection properties instead you enter the IP address of the LP4 Spool Server PC Please note that all other connection port settings need to be indentical to the port settings of the Spool Server printer you want to use Please look in a later Spool Server chapter for details al Toolbar 3 3 1 11Menu File Printer Management Printer fonts Some printers can use additional internal fonts You can tell LP4 with the printe
174. w will be printed on a different label Easy example you have a customer address database and you want to send packages to some or all of your customers printing the customer name and address Simply select all the required tables and fields in the table variable property window if you want you can also give a special order statement or some data limitation for example only customers living in Berlin Experienced database users can even enter a completely customizable SQL statement like SELECT table1 Name AS LPDATA1 table1 Street AS LPDATA2 table1 City AS LPDATA3 FROM table1 WHERE table1 City Berlin Using the button Build table you can easily check if your definition will give you the right set of datas you will see a table view containg all the print informations All table fields will be accessable as sub variables LP4 will generate them automatically In the above example the sub variables for the fields Name Street und City would get created and named like 001 ADDRESS 002 ADDRESS und 003 ADDRESS You can use that variables directly with text or barcode fields of course Page 99 BBK Etikettier und Sondermaschinenbau GmbH The main table variable also has a result the number of selected data rows That can be used in another text field for example but usually this value will be used to automatically set the print quantity to print as much labels as s
175. want to print Now you will not only get the proper table variables but also different helper variables a formula variable for changing the label quantity and database variables for DM queries A label with such automatically created variables will work in the following way Page 56 BBK Etikettier und Sondermaschinenbau GmbH The user can select all or just a part of the current table data by using the Filter records option and he can sort the records by clicking at the column headers Filter data records Ci Show all records Show records for the Following conditions ArtikellD contains 500 Cancel AND Preis lt smaller 10 When the user now chooses Print and selects the label he has created by drag amp drop table variables the print job can be started The printer will be the default printer of the selected label it is also possible to put the printer name into a table field or to set a DM default printer by putting SETTINGS Printer into the LP4DBManager ini The print quantity will be calculated automatically the print job will print exactly as much labels as selected data sets and each label will have the data from one data set In our example all the Berlin customers will get printed in the order of the company names If you want to have the Print window closed after print start automatically you can use the SETTINGS PrintAutoClose 1 entry
176. while creating the object 4 4 2 Properties Cross Page 61 BBK Etikettier und Sondermaschinenbau GmbH Properties BE Field properties Name Cross lef Anchor mode Absolute 0 x 35 69 mm H YI 15 21 mm Ll X2 45 59 mm gG Y 25 44 mm Line width L 00 mm E Color Rodd G000 Bl E Print conelitian Be Name The name of the cross The name is empty by default but if you want to access the object in a LP4 formula you have to enter an unique name for it Anchor mode Depending on the anchor mode the x y coordinates will be displayed differently X Y Width Height A cross is defined by its top left and right bottom corner points Sometimes it s helpful to just enter the coords of one corner point and to specify the width height of the object That can be done be selecting a different anchor mode Line width The width of the two lines in mm Color The color of the cross note only supported on color printers Print condition If you have enabled a print condition the object gets only printed if the condition is fulfilled at the time when the print job starts 4 5 Circles 4 5 1 Description Circle Circles can be of any width and height and they can be filled as well To create a circle you have to activate the circle mode and left click on a free label area Now you have to hold the mouse button down and move the mouse to the second circle corner point If you want to have a quader with
177. will autodetect the primary key but if there is no key defined for this table the user has to select an unique data field manually menuitem Settings gt Field assignment before he is allowed to edit a data set So it is possible to open any existing table and to use it as a printing source If you change certain settings of the table for example the row sizes or the colors this values will get stored in the local LP4DBManager ini file the DM will use this stored values automatically on next startup You can also define specials views to the database data the view definition is also stored in the INI file Page 55 Etikettier und Sondermaschinenbau GmbH Table views es Show tables directly Show user defined table views Close Name of database Name of table view PETETEST Printer v A Save view All available database fields Fields of table view i transfer fields by drag amp drop change field name by left click sort Fields by drag amp drop x Delete view EAN Field name in view Table Table field Type EANDE Pete PRNID PRINTER PRNID Number EANFormat EANFlags PRNName PRINTER PRNName Text 32 EANText1 PRNDpi PRINTER PRNDpi Number EANText PRNDatal PRINTER PRNDatal Number FANText3 E PRNData2 PRINTER PRNData2 Number EANText4 PRNData3 PRINTER PRNData3 Number EANTextS PRFName PRINTERFAMILY PRFName Text 128 EANText6 PRFDatal PRIN

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