Manual Codesoft XLu English
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1. Website www AllenCoding com Spain Allen Coding Systems Carretera del Mig 83 87 08940 Cornella de Llobregat Barcelona Tel 3493 470 56 00 Fax 3493 473 5621 Email informacion allencoding com Codesoft M01601100EN0813 TABLE OF CONTENTS Table of Contents Important Notes Table of Contents Seven day batch When printed text prompt Shift Code Week Printer Setup Ribbon advance ALLEN CODING A DIVISION OF ITW Codesoft M01601100EN0813 A rien ari INTRODUCTION 1 Introduction The printers of the XL series are supported by Codesoft which lets you design labels for your printer very quickly and easily through a WYSIWYG user interface This document describes the specific settings for the XL series in Codesoft It does not describe the general control of Codesoft For this purpose Codesoft provides an integrated help The driver itself is maintained and distributed by Codesoft You can download it from the homepage of Teklynx http www teklynx com 2 Printer selection First of all you have to choose the correct printer model form of the XL series This is done by adding a printer in Codesoft Got to the brand Allen and unfold the models After that you can choose the model Add printer S E ALLEN ia C acio7m Zis 168 173 51 30001 ce Aca E E Ge Acs3IM 192 168 173 199 er Allen Coding 5 L40 4PPOFP ork oe Allen Coding 53 L40 C Programmet POF Architect pri2. you can define the start of the first shift in the field Start and the duration of the succeeding shifts in the field Shift duration The program will 10 Codesoft M01601100EN0813 A A Na DATA SOURCES automatically set up the intervals when you click on the button with the two arrows to the right gt gt To add or edit the associated print string click each interval in the list in the middle and enter digits in the box marked Value followed by a click on the button with the two arrows to the left lt lt Before leaving the menu you have to Save the changes made to the shift code 4 3 2 Shift Code Week The option Shift Code Week works the same way but here you can define a shift code for every day of the week by using the procedure described in 4 4 1 Shift Code 4 3 3 AUDIT Code Selecting an AUDIT Code as specific option allows you to define two different audit codes Those are number 1 and 2 Options Variables Counter Variable field data off C Variables 6 Shift Code Shift Code Week Date rollover Rollover weekly Counter AUDIT Code The question marks are place holder for the content that is defined later on with a handheld like the PR5 or the iView Those are customer ID line ID and site ID Codesoft 11 M01601100EN0813 ALLEN CODING A DIVISION GF ITW PRINTER SETUP 5 Printer Setup The printer setup can be accessed from the main menu via File gt Printer Setup Pr
3. A DIVISION OF ITW PRINTER SETUP The distance in mm the ribbon is advanced after printing The language configured internally in the printer Determines the format of dates and times Flip the label over the horizontal axis when printing i e print a mirrored label This can be used to print on the inside of a translucent material The electrical resistance of the print head as specified by the thermal bar manufacturer Determines the time that elapses between activation of the external print signal and activa tion of the electrically operated valve that lowers the print head Defines the time interval between activation of the electrically operated valve that lowers the print head and the start of printing Defines the time interval between the end of one print job and the start of the ribbon rewind process Defines the waiting time between two print cycles Determines if the printer expects a thermal transfer ribbon to be present If off the printer will print without checking if a ribbon is installed Determines the lateral distance in millimetres between two prints made on a given piece of ribbon if Number of lateral advances is configured to be greater than one Number of lateral advance Defines the number of prints to be performed on a given piece of ribbon If this value is set 5 6 Time Offset Offset hour Offset minute Codesoft M01601100EN0813 greater than one the printer will rewind the ribbon after a pri
4. ALLEN CODING A DIVISION OF TW Codesoft Label design software XL series specific settings USER MANUAL ALLEN CODING A DIVISION OF ITW IMPORTANT NOTES Important Notes Copyright The present document and the described software therein belong to the company Allen Coding All rights remain re served Reproduction of this document in full or in part requires prior explicit and written approval of the company Allen Coding Copyright 2013 Allen Coding GmbH all rights reserved Disclaimer The company Allen Coding undertakes all measures to ensure that the published document is up to date at the time of publication However no guarantee may be given that the document is error free Allen Coding does not accept liability for possible damages that may have been caused by faulty information in this document The company Allen Coding reserves the right to change the present document at any time without prior notice and to alter its content in regards to continuous product improvement Contact Information A ALLEN CODING A DIVISION OF ITW Germany Allen Coding GmbH Friedrich Bergius Ring 30 D 97076 Wurzburg Tel 4993125076 0 Fax 49 931250 76 50 Email info allencoding com United Kingdom Allen Coding Systems Unit 9 Gateway 1000 Whittle Way Arlington Business Park Stevenage Herfordshire SG1 2FP Tel 44 1438 347 770 Fax 44 1438 347771 Email info allencoding co uk
5. es is determined by the printer configuration This can be done with a handheld like the PR5 or the iView To use a Seven day batch you have to set up a printer internal date as described in section 4 1 1 Then you have to select the data base representation on the label by right clicking then go to Specific options There you can define the date as a Seven day batch by selecting the option Date rollover Rollover weekly Specific options Datum gt Options Variables Counter Variable field data Off Variables Shift Code Shift Code Week Date rollover Rollover weekly Counter AUDIT Code 4 2 When printed text prompt Variable content that can be changed after loading the label has to be defined by adding a When printed data source The prompt that will be asked when loading the label has to be entered in the line Prompt see below g Codesoft M01601100EN0813 A perros DATA SOURCES When printed Minimum length LI e Output Input mask Display in Form 1123 Counter Pick list lt NONE gt y Force data ta come From the list If this prompt has to be shown also if the label is loaded via a handheld like the PR5 or the iView you have to select the data base representation on the label by right clicking then go to Specific options There you have to select Complete the variable fields using the printer keypad Selecting the option Print the prompt will also prin
6. inter settings Allen Coding 53AL80 Restore default settings It is organized in the following 6 sections General Ribbon advance Setup Timing Adjust and Time Offset Most of those sections have the following three options in common Send settings Used to transfer the changes of the relevant section to the printer Get settings Reads the current settings from the printer Set Default settings Resets the changed settings The additional settings are described in the following in dependence of the section they occur in 5 1 General Send modified data only If on the printing will not be stopped because a certain number of prints have been con sumed Infinite print If on no limit is imposed and the printer will only stop when explicitly stopped Contrast Determines the level of black white contrast of the print Configure this parameter according to the type of thermal transfer ribbon used the surface area printed and the printing speed External Signal Type Select either a rising signal or a level signal to trigger a print Print speed Defines the printing speed Backward Speed The speed at which the print head returns to the home sensor 12 Codesoft M01601100EN0813 AN 5 2 Ribbon advance Ribbon advance 5 3 Setup Language Mirror print Printhead resistance 5 4 Timing Print delay Electro valve Ribbon Delay Cycle End Delay 5 5 Adjust Ribbon Lateral advance ALLEN CODING
7. nt then it will print the label again on the same segment of ribbon with a lateral shift defined by the Lateral advance value This can be used for ribbon saving purposes with labels that are not as wide as the ribbon it self if the print material can be configured in such a way that the resulting lateral offset be tween prints can be integrated into the process or ignored Specifies the time to update a programmed date with hourly variation that date is updated once a day Specifies the time to update a programmed date with hourly variation that date is updated once a day 13
8. ntcurp G8 Alen Coding 53xL80 eee a 2 Allen Coding 53xLC L CAML _ f Allen Coding 53 xLC R lt a gf Allencode Mtz b Qe AlenCode Nx4 Network printers ee Betaprint 128557 Continuous oe Betaprint 126557 Intermitent TCPIIP a Betaprint S3LT Continuous g Betaprint S3LT Intermittent The XL series covers the following printers Allen Coding 25XL40 Allen Coding 53XL40 Allen Coding 53XL80 Allen Coding 53XLC L Allen Coding 53XLC R Codesoft 5 M01601100EN0813 ALLEN CODING FONTS A A DIVISION GF ITW 3 Fonts To access the font management menu the printer has to be in ready mode and not in printing mode Then it is possible to access the font management menu via the printer settings Choose the tab Fonts to get the following view Printer settings Allen Coding 53XL00 BETA fy foes rs General Fonts Font list e feats Arial Unicode MS Delete all Fonts Font to download Refresh Updates the list of fonts downloaded to the printer pre installed fonts are not listed Delete all fonts Deletes all fonts previously installed on the printer Download Allows downloading a font to the printer In addition to the resident fonts the user could choose any Windows installed TrueType font All Unicode characters could be printed using Truetype fonts Asian included XLU printers have about 23Mb of free space to keep down loadable fonts i NOTE It is the respon
9. sibility of the end users to ensure that they comply with the font licensing requirements provided by the owners of such fonts Any fonts stored in memory of LTU printers may require licensing from the font vendor 6 Codesoft M01601100EN0813 ALLEN CODING A DIVISION OF ITW 4 Data Sources DATA SOURCES This chapter covers the different type of data sources that can be used while designing a label Data sources are listed on the top right side of the label design view in Codesoft 4 1 Date 4 1 1 Date and Time Here is an example of the dialog box displayed when selecting the date field Eg Date Mame Dated Date type Date Format 3 6 1998 Da Jura 1998 3 June 1995 Wednesday 03 June 1998 03 06 98 9 05 06 03 98 9 05 lt Customized vy dd mm Native printer Format Preview 13 16 07 To use the printer internal time that will be updated automatically you have to select Printer date as date type After that it is recommended to assemble the date and time as a customized date format The printer only allows combining year month week and day or hours and minutes A combination of elements from both groups like year and hours has to be designed on the label by combining two date variables Codesoft M01601100EN0813 DATA SOURCES A arora 4 1 2 Seven day batch A Seven day batch allows the printing of a single expiration date for an entire week The day and hour that the expira tion date chang
10. t out the prompt Specific options Vart Options Yanables Counter Variable type Complete the variable fields using the printer keypad O Database variable Use as reference namet 13 char max Print the prompt Codesoft 9 M01601100EN0813 DATA SOURCES A PP ear 4 3 Advanced 4 3 1 Shift Code Advanced fields allow setting up a shift code After adding a new advanced field to the label you have to select the data base representation on the label by right clicking then go to Specific options Options Variables Counter Variable field data Date rollover Rollover weekly Counter 7 AUDIT Code There you have to select Shift Code followed by a click on Edit This opens the following view Shift Cade settings Every day Shift Code identifier Shift Code configuration Shift amount Start 8 2 Hours i a Minutes Shift duration 8 o Hours Minutes 5 It is possible to print up to 4 characters associated with intervals of time defined by the user In the example dialog box above we defined two shifts from 08 00 to 15 59 where the printer will print the letter A and another shift from 1 00 to 23 59 where the printer will print the letter B To set up the shift code you have to define the settings on the left side of the menu first Begin by assigning a unique Shift Code identifier a number and setting up the number of shifts Shift amount Then
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