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1. ODI OTTO Application GalleryPrint provides fast access to label printing GalleryPrint is available in Label Gallery TruePro edition Optimize the Printing Speed There are many factors that affect the printing speed By following the guidelines below you can dramatically increase the speed of printing 153 Label Gallery User Guide e If your printer supports parallel and serial port use the parallel port Computer can send data to printer over parallel port much faster than over serial port e Use printer s internal fonts instead of Windows true type fonts True type fonts must be sent to printer as graphics and therefore the size of data sent to printer 1s much bigger couple of kilobytes When using internal fonts only the text is sent to printer couple of bytes If you must use true type fonts use the GalleryMemMaster program to download these fonts to printer s memory and later access these fonts as internal printer fonts only if your printer supports this e Avoid use of graphics on labels If you must print graphics on labels use the GalleryMemMaster program to download these graphics to printer s internal memory only if your printer supports this e When using bar codes make sure that you don t print bar codes as graphics if your printer supports printing bar codes e When using counters the printer will internally increment the numbers if the internal fonts are used 1f supported by th
2. Starting Value Set the starting value for the counter The counter will increment or decrement from the starting value Note You can enter only digits for the starting value Prompt for value before print Tick this option to enable entering the starting value of the counter when you start printing labels Enter the text that will be shown to the user before printing The message will be shown on the screen each time when the label is to be printed Set maximum number of digits Define the maximum length of digits the counter can occupy Increment or decrement You can define that the variable value will increase from label to label or decrease Preview The field shows the preview of the counter based on your selection Text Wizard Counter Continuation Step Define the step for your counter The counter will increase by this number on every label Change value every lt n gt labels Define the number of labels when the counter will change the value Rollover when reached Enter the value when reached will cause the counter to reset the value to the starting value 95 Label Gallery User Guide Text Wizard Database Variable field linked to the database gets the value from the specified database field Text Wizard Database Properties First define the link to the database and then select the database held The value for the label object will come fron the database field To set up database access c
3. Freely move the label within Label Gallery window If you want to change the view on the label you do not need to separately scroll the label in up down and left right direction but just grab it and move it to proper position 33 Label Gallery User Guide Main Window The main window has many parts and functions You can click specific parts of the screen shot image to see the description SATO Label Gallery Plus SAMPLE LBL File Edit View Object Data Transformations Tools Window Help A bel Ld pe rai zoom WF view WF a Variables WF Database F P T drial M SAMPLE Rich Text Box Bar Code WUT Tal WIM U O Rectangle 123456 7890 E wa Line QV Elipse Inverse 4 RF Tag a 4404 030 5470 CL40 e Main window Mouse Wheel support If you have mouse that has a wheel in place of the middle button you can use it to speed up zooming and scrolling a lot e Turning the wheel scrolls the label up or down e Holding lt SHIFT gt and turning the wheel scrolls the label left or right e Holding lt CTRL gt and turning the wheel zooms the label in or out Using the Keyboard and Mouse Effectively When selecting objects you can use lt CTRL gt key to adjust object s anchoring point by clicking the object placeholders If you have a Wheel Mouse you can use the wheel to scroll label up and down Holding lt CTRL gt when rotating the wheel adjusts zoom factor lt SHI
4. File Options Help Ee p E 3 Enter the required information into the registration dialog box on the Mobile Device and tap the Activate button net Pocket LabelGallery 10 55 ok Thank you for purchasing Pocket LabelGallery Please register the software to make it fully functional User name po company Serial number E Activating Pocket Label Gallery with your Mobile Device will remove the DEMO mode limitations The CAL number you received with your initial Label Gallery TruePro with WindowsCE support is only valid for one 1 Mobile Device If you want to use Pocket Label Installation and Activation Gallery with more than one Mobile Device contact your Label Gallery reseller to upgrade the Client Access License for multiple devices Activation on the Web Label Gallery activation on the Web only works with network software key If the computer that uses the Label Gallery software is not connected to the Internet you will have to open the Activation Web page on the computer with internet access and acquire the activation information on that computer Before you start the activation process of Label Gallery software get familiar with the following terminology e Key number The sequence of 25 characters provided with the Label Gallery software e Registration number Unique number generated during the activation process The registration number validates the entered software key e Activation code
5. Link to a Database Manually The Database Wizard does not support your database if it is not listed in the direct database access or does not have an ODBC driver In just a case you have to link your database to your label manually by doing the following 1 Click on the button B Database r the Standard Toolbar The Database Wizard will open 2 Select the option Other databases ODBC and click on the Browse button Use this option if you use server based databases like SQL server Oracle Informix or some database not directly supported by the option Direct database access Select the available ODBC definition in the list 4 Click on the Define button if the connection to your database is not already defined The dialog box Database opens Here you can define the connection to your database 112 Designing Labels Database Database connection type Database connection definitions S Text drivers A ODBC data S0UICE TET Serlals BDE drivers PARADOR ODBC driver MSSOL MySOL ODBC 3 51 Driver INTRBASE T DBASE Add Configure FOXPRO OLE DE drivers MS SOL Server I aeram ODBC Data Sources MSACCESS Password EXCEL s i Show system tables Select the type of the database you want to LSE Automatic browse for tables Test Connection
6. Variable Wizard Prompt Variable Type Select the type of variable you need Wizard will create a new variable feld that can be linked to text bar code picture or other objects on the label Select the type of a vanable held Prompted before print O Counter shires aes gt Date Field 5 3 2005 C Time Field 16 06 04 r Variable name Prompt Variable Wizard Choosing the type of variable First you must type in the variable name and select the type of variable You can chose among Keyboard The value of the variable will be typed input in before printing Counter The variable will automatically increment when the labels are printed Date field The value for the variable will be current date optionally with offset 138 Designing Labels Time The value for the variable will be field current time Generic variable name based on the type of a variable field selected will be auto generated but you should change it to a more descriptive name Use the name that will clearly on first sight determine the contents of this variable When all data that wizard needs are provided you click the Finish button the text with variable content will be inserted at the specified point of the label You can later edit the text object and variable itself just as any other text and variable on the label See Text command and Variable dialog box above for further information Variable Wizard Counter On this
7. FNCI 0188 FNC2 0189 FNC3 0190 FNC4 0191 To type in character for FNC1 press and hold down left Alt key then type in digits 0188 on the numeric keyboard Note the leading zero it is mandatory Release the Alt key and FNC1 character should appear These characters can be typed in directly using the keyboard Pre defined Character Shortcuts The labeling application has several control characters pre defined and they can be selected from a drop down menu in any dialog box where a text input 1s enabled Just look at the right side of the edit field and find a button with arrow Click it for a list of all available shortcuts to pre defined characters The same list can be accessed with right click on the edit field where you select Insert special character For example FNC1 character can simply be encoded as lt FNCI gt If special characters you want to use on the label is not available in this list of shortcuts consult additional input methods ASCII Abbreviation Description of code used in the the character application l SOH Start of Heading 2 STX Start of Text 3 ETX End of Text 4 EOT End of Transmission 23 ETB End Transmission Block 25 EM End of Medium 110 20 28 29 30 31 21 D 24 26 27 188 189 ENQ ACK BEL BS HT VT CR LF FF SO SI DLE DCI DC2 DC3 DC4 FS GS RS US NAK SYN CAN SUB ESC FNC FNC Designing Labels Enquiry Acknowledgement Bell Back Space Horizontal Tab
8. If it 1s not fixed the view will be expanded and variable name displayed View by Variables All variables used on the label are listed here They can be either prompt their value is typed in by the user at print time database acquired from database fields or function generated variables If you click the plus sign in front of variable s name the view will be expanded You will be able to review from where the variable gets its data database function and to which element s it is connected to At the top of the upper section you can define a new variable You can right click any variable name and quickly access frequently used commands from the drop down menu View by Functions All functions used on the label are listed here If you click the plus sign in front of function s name the view will be expanded You will be able to review which are input and output variables for the function At the top of the upper section you can define a new function You can right click any function and variable name to quickly access frequently used commands from the drop down menu View by Databases All databases used on the label are listed here If you click the plus sign in front of database s name the view will be expanded You will be able to review which are output variables from the database At the top of the upper section you can define a Designing Labels new database You can right click any function and variable name to quickly acce
9. Manual definition of the database connection 6 Click on the OK button 7 Continue from the step 4 in the chapter Link to a Database Using Database Wizard Link to a Database Using Database Wizard 1 Click on the button in the Standard Toolbar The Database Wizard will open 2 Select the option Direct database access and click on the Browse button Use the option Direct database access 1f you use file based databases like Microsoft Access Paradox dBase Excel or TXT files Selecting the type of database connection 3 Point to the Paradox database C Program Files Sato Gallery2 Samples Database IDENTITY MDB 4 Click on the Next button The next step Fields Selection of the Database Wizard will open The dialog box will show all fields defined in the database table 113 Label Gallery User Guide Database Wizard Fields Selection Select the fields from the database you want to use on the label Select the fields you want to use on the label For multiple field selection press and hold Ctrl key then click desired telds Picture Room Open the advanced options dialog box Do not use the wizard next time All fields defined in the database table are displayed 5 Leave the default settings and click on the Next button A next step Records Printing of the Database Wizard will open 6 Leave everything on a default settings in this dialog box What this means 1s that all records from t
10. Read write access 1s required at install time Read only access is required at any other time when Label Gallery software is run User specific Label Gallery settings are stored within this registry key Every user that logs on the computer has his own settings User has to be able to update his information Label Gallery server version is installed on some computer that has the role of file server No Label Gallery software is running on this server computer only files are shared for Label Gallery clients The folder where Label Gallery server is installed has to be shared to the clients The share mode for all files can be set to read only mode except for one folder The System folder has to be shared in full mode read write delete mode to the client computers Every client must be able to update files in here User has to be able to access printer drivers in order to use them for label printing It depends on the Windows system that is used but permissions for Print and Read permissions should be sufficient Installation and Activation Enable Offline Mode for Network Edition Label Gallery Network depends on the network server that holds Label Gallery program files and common data used by all workstations In case of server or network failure the whole system would fail Off line mode successfully copes with such situations and workstations are still able to operate but some limitations apply The other case of Off l
11. Vertical Tab Carriage Return Line Feed Form Feed Shift Out Shift In Data Link Escape XON Device Control 1 Device Control 2 XOFF Device Control 3 Device Control 4 File Separator Group Separator Record Separator Unit Separator Negative Acknowledgement Synchronous Idle Cancel Substitute Escape Function Code 1 Function Code 2 111 Label Gallery User Guide 190 FNC Function Code 3 191 FNC Function Code 4 Using Special Characters Special characters are the kind of characters you usually cannot find directly on your keyboard In spite of that some of them can be typed in using combinations of Alternate and Control keys The problem usually does not appear with your language specific characters 4 i n s A etc you can enter them directly on the keyboard or using Altt lt key_ code gt combination alternatively Windows utility Character Map can be used to find appropriate character and paste it to the label You might have problems using other kind of special characters Sometimes there is a need to include a character with ASCII code below 32 These are so called control characters They cannot be normally entered to labeling or any other application There is an alternative method of entering such characters explained later in this topic There are several methods how special characters can be typed in to the labeling software Working with Databases Linking a Label to Advanced Databases
12. Click on button in the Standard toolbar Label Setup Wizard will start 2 Select the printer that supports RFID smart label printing 3 Click on the Finish button You will see that RF Tag command is enabled in the Toolbox on the left side of the Label Gallery software working window 49 Label Gallery User Guide Is Select A Text Text Box j Rich Text Box Bar Code Picture O Rectangle Pa Line 2 Ellipse pl Inverse RF Tag is available for use Encode RF Tag The RF tags embedded into the label are usually of two types ISO tags which encode blocks of data or UHF tags which can encode one string of data 1 Click on the button ERT in the Toolbox to begin encoding the data The RF Tag dialog box opens Type T Code SL I Takaya module ka Use RF Tag in label Tag Settings Tag Information 4ntenna offset Number of retries Humber of blacks Block size ey L i rT Se EY inet o A Do oC aximum tags to stop Reserved blacks Unique RF Tag U No Verify data write i MEJ l Data Block Data type Lett aligned string Data source Data size a Fixed 1234567890 O Variable Encoding contents for RF Tag 50 Designing Labels 2 Select the type of the RF Tag you want to use from the list box on the top of the dialog box 3 Select the option Use RF Tag in label Note If you don t select this option the definition of tag content
13. Gallery ActiveX interface The file contains COM interface description to Label Gallery if you would like to integrate Label Gallery functionality to your application 165 Label Gallery User Guide Overview The most common method is to print labels directly from Label Gallery But sometimes there might be other requirements of label production Label Gallery has a wide connectivity and integration options so you do not have to use Label Gallery interactively but through ActiveX interface or DDE connectivity Label Gallery can be used as a print engine totally integrated to your custom application and invisible to end user s eyes If you do not require such tight integration to your application you can use Gallery Watch add on utility for non programming integration to existing systems and fully automated printing A set of actions is defined that are trigger if pre defined event occurs These actions can open the label connect it to database fill variable s values connect to proper printer and print the required number of labels You can even build your custom data entry and printing applications with GalleryForm in a totally user friendly way without any programming skills required 166 Technical Support Contact Information Sato International Pte Ltd 438A Alexandra Road 05 01 02 Alexandra Technopark Singapore 119967 Tel 65 6271 2122 Fax 65 6271 2151 Sales sales sato int com Technical Support softwaresuppor
14. Gallery software should be created on the desktop or in Quick Launch area 4 Click on the Install button to finish the installation 5 The Start menu in your Windows will show a new program group for the Label Gallery software that contains shortcuts for all Label Gallery applications Installing Software When you put the Label Gallery CD in your CD ROM drive the installation demonstration program will start automatically You can browse the directory of the CD look at the brochures and technical documentation sample files and other documents Note If you are using Windows NT 2000 XP or 2003 you have to log on with Administrator rights to be able to perform installation Run SETUP EXE Use the installation wizard to install Label Gallery software on your desktop PC To install Label Gallery software do the following 1 Put the Label Gallery CD in your CD ROM drive An installation window will open automatically Note If the installation wizard does not start automatically go to the main CD directory of your Label Gallery CD and double click on the file START EXE 2 Click on Install A new window will open showing all Label Gallery editions 3 Click on the Label Gallery software you want to install Follow the prompts 23 Label Gallery User Guide Note Make sure to select the appropriate installation type in the installation wizard The same installation wizard is used for all Label Gallery editions Insta
15. Issued on the Label Gallery activation Web site The activation code activates the Label Gallery software on your computer To activate Label Gallery software do the following 1 After the installation is complete run Label Gallery software No valid license is found and the window Manage License opens Manage License Welcome to Product Activation Wizard This wizard will guide you through the product activation process Product has not yet been activated or no valid licenses could be Found Please Follow this Activation Wizard to activate your copy of product or troubleshoot your active license Please choose product activation method gt Hardware Key Single user Software Key O Network Software Key Selecting Single user Software Key activation 2 Select Network Software Key and click on Next Label Gallery User Guide 3 Enter the required customer information and the key number then click on the Next button The window for validation of the Key Number will open You are required to verify your Key Number on the internet You can activate the software using the automatic activation recommended or manual activation on the web site 4 To activate the software automatically click on the link Connect to the Activation server To activate the software manually click on the provided internet link for web page activation Internet Explorer will open and connect to the Label Gallery software internet activatio
16. Label Gallery User Guide in pounds although the weight in database is in kilograms Using the built in Visual Basic scripting you can add any functionality to the labeling software you can possibly need Database access If you have existing database on your computer or network you can use that database to print labels Simply create a special database function that gives you variables you can use to access the specific records in your database That way you can completely automate the process of printing the labels for your product For example as new products are created you fill a special table with serial numbers of those products The application then uses this table as source to print appropriate labels 152 Printing and Previewing Labels GalleryPrint GalleryPrint is a standalone application that enables fast and easy label printing You can start it from Label Gallery TruePro program group in Start menu Using GalleryPrint you can select all necessary printing actions in one single window e Select the label for printing e Set the values for variables e Select records in the database e Change the printer and its properties e Define label quantity e See label preview e Print the label F Gallery Prim Seale ibi Eie Wem fobs tip Label Selections Crean Fle Seboloader m abet cae id FOOD SERVICES a7 Oak Ave Vwiemonein T BANANA 905 amp amp amp amp 2046 IN i i
17. Wizard 1 Put the Label Gallery CD in your CD ROM drive The main installation application should start automatically If not start Windows Explorer browse to the CD and double click on the file START EXE 2 Click on Installation A new window will open showing all Label Gallery editions 3 Click on GalleryDriver The printer installation wizard will start 4 Select your printer from the list Click on the Next button 20 Installation and Activation Selecting the printer Select Printer Please select the manufacturer and printer pou want to irstall Select the manufacturer and model of your printer the driver is m a different folder or your printer came with a driver diskette click lt Change location gt IF your printer i not listed consult your printer documentation for a compatible printer Manufacturers Printers SATO CL 412 SATO CL 608 SATO CL 612 S470 CL408e SATO CL408e U Code SATO CL408e UHF SATO CL412e SATO CLH e U Code kad Change location Hee Selecting SATO thermal printer 5 Select the port where you have connected your printer and click on the Finish button Note If you have downloaded the installation for GalleryDriver from the Label Gallery website run the downloaded EXE file and follow the steps four 4 and five 5 Printer Installation Using the Windows Add Printer Wizard Open Control Panel from Settings option in Start menu 2 Open P
18. You should design the appropriate folder layout on disk for your label projects With that in mind you can increase your work efficiency significantly and always know where certain 35 Label Gallery User Guide types of files are stored The application also finds required elements faster this way This is important with more demanding labels which intensively use databases pictures and forms Make a separate folder for each project you are building e g Project Beneath this folder make subfolders Database for databases Forms for forms in Labels for labels Store appropriate files in each of these subfolders Welcome Wizard When you start the labeling software a Welcome Wizard will be shown It provides a quick access to most used commands when starting working on a label layout Create a new label A blank label will be created and Label Setup Wizard will be started You will be able to design a new label from a scratch Open recently used A list of recently used labels will be displayed to provide a quick label access to commonly used labels Open some other A common Windows dialog box will open to let you browse for the existing label appropriate label file 36 Designing Labels Changing Printer Settings Changing Common Printer Settings When you start designing a label you tell Label Gallery software to what printer the label should be connected Each label file remembers the printer settings for the selected print
19. be modified for the bar codes that allow you to enable and disable the check digit Some bar code standards include the check digit by the definition and it cannot be omitted An example of such bar codes are EAN and UPC bar codes where check digit cannot be disabled at all But some codes allow you to freely enable disable check digit Note It is always recommended to include the check digit character in the bar code It will increase the scanning reliability 79 Label Gallery User Guide Edit Bar Code General Check Digit Human Readable Details Include check digit Auto generate check digit Verify the provided check digit Enable custom check digit algorithm c l a TESTA Ern EnS Edit bar code dialog box Check digit tab You can choose whether you want to input the check digit value or let the program calculate it for you Auto generate check digit Check digit is calculated by the software You must only enter the bar code data For example when using EAN 13 bar code input the first 12 digits check digit on 13th place will be calculated and added automatically Verify the provided check digit Use this command when you want to enter the value for the check digit At print time the entered check digit it will be verified for validity Enable custom check digit algorithm You can set some other algorithm you want to use for calculating the c
20. box you specify the type of bar code you want to use on the label and all additional advanced setting how the bar code should be generated if check digit should be automatically calculated or not and various other options The preview of a resulting bar code is displayed on the right side of the dialog box if Enable preview check box 1s checked When you are satisfied with bar code s properties confirm the changes you made by clicking the OK button or reject them and keep previous settings by clicking Cancel button Edit bar code dialog box has several pages tabs General Tab On this tab you can select the bar code type you want to use and the properties of the bar code 81 Label Gallery User Guide Edit Bar Code General Check Digit Human Readable Details Available bar codes Eg Linear Symbol height 8 Expansion factor Ratio Base object width mils 1 mils 17100 inch 123456 l Print bar code as a graphic PE ahinaintew Edit bar code dialog box General tab Type of bar code The required bar code symbology is selected from the tree list of available bar codes Symbol height The height dimension of a bar code can be specified either by entering a value here or by resizing the bar code symbol directly on the label X Expansion factor The expansion factor defines the width of the bar code symbol Ratio This is the ratio between
21. button A line will be drawn from the left to right side of the label Note If you need to draw a vertical line just click for starting point then drag the cursor in the up down direction Defining Picture Object To place the picture object on the label do the following 1 Click on the Picture object in the Toolbox 74 2 3 Designing Labels Click on the label where you want to place the picture The Open dialog box opens Browse for the picture on the hard disk then click on the Open button Note Should you later want to edit the object select it then double click it The wizard or dialog box with properties appears Defining Rectangle Object To place the rectangle object on the label do the following l 2 4 Click on the Rectangle icon in the Toolbox Click the position on the label where you want the upper left position of the object to be set Drag to bottom right direction until the object size is as requested The other method of positioning the rectangle object on the label is simply selecting the Rectangle tool and then clicking the label A default sized rectangle will appear and you can resize it using handles around the object Note If you want to draw a square grab a handle a on one of the rectangle corners simultaneously press and hold Shift key then resize the rectangle A square will be drawn For more useful shortcuts available in the software refer to the chapter Short
22. click Name the file Sample and click OK In dialog Card setup type in description and select proper card size in kilobytes You can always return to this dialog by selecting Memory card information in Card menu or clicking On the left side of the GalleryMemMaster windows is place for inserting fonts on the right side is a place for graphics files To add a font select Add from Font menu or right click Fonts side of the window Select font to be downloaded and its style and size Next dialog allows you to select only the required characters in this font Only 136 Designing Labels selected characters will be downloaded to memory card Use this option if you are running low on kilobytes on memory card Let s add the whole font in our sample Next we we ll add some graphics to our list Select Add from Graphics menu or right click Graphics side of the window Select some pictures e g SAMPLE PCX or PRINTER BMP these are installed together with the Label Gallery software packages In the lower part of the window you can see information about selected font or graphics preview used memory width and height Every element can be printed to label just to see if everything is all right Use command Test print Add some more fonts and graphics to get a grip Undesired elements can be removed from the list Use Delete from Font Graphics menu or right click the element and select Delete When layout is complete and every font and graphics
23. define the data structure for EAN UCC 128 bar code This kind of bar code has different areas of application that include trade items logistic units assets and locations The EAN UCC 128 bar code is an extremely flexible symbology It allows representation of data of variable length and makes it possible to encode several pieces of information in one bar code symbol This is called concatenation An Application Identifier is the field of two or more characters at the beginning of an data value Application identifiers are prefixes that 92 Designing Labels uniquely identify the meaning and the format of the data field following The data fields are either of fixed or variable length depending on the AI Using Text Wizard Text Wizard Text Wizard Text Object Detine the contents and style of the text object Contents Fixed text Variable text Product code Font Arial 10 Pit ae J Select _ Inverse First screen of Text Wizard Text Wizard guides you to define all parameters for the text object Fixed text Select this option if you would like to have a fixed non changeable content of the object If you select this option you can enter the text directly in this dialog box Variable text Select this option if you would like to have variable content of the object Defining the content is defined in the next step Font C
24. drivers properly You can do this in advanced by starting ODBC setup program in Control Panel and modifying Data Source Names DSNs to suit your database file locations Or you can do the same thing from Label Gallery software Connection to already defined ODBC data sources can be done using the Database Wizard 131 Label Gallery User Guide If data source 1s not defined in the system yet you will have to use direct connection method and by pass the Wizard 1 Open Database Access dialog box then click the Define button in General tab 2 In the list of database connection types first find the OLE DB drivers then ODBC Data sources 3 In the right side of the dialog box select already prepared data connection or create a new one 4 Once you have the ODBC data connection prepared select it and close the dialog The fields from the selected database can now be used on the label Working with Functions Defining a Function Define a Function When you want to define the first function the list of functions will be empty and you must click the New button to define the function The Function dialog box is then displayed Ta i Function si General Detailed General Properties Mame Description Type of the function Loncatenate Subset Linear function User defined check digit algorithms Date addition Currency exchange Visual Basic Script ASC FACT Transfer Data Syntax f
25. end of the Text object Click on the option Use existing variable and select the variable VBScript1 Fixed Text EN Mew keyboard Input hasl Mew Counter H Mew Date Field Mew Time Field Lise Existing Variable ES wBScripti User Information Pickute User Information Room User Information Position User Information Mame Wir User Information ID Selecting the function generated variable VBScript1 135 Label Gallery User Guide 2 Click on the label where you want to place the text object The text object is linked to the new variable VBScript Every time the label is processed for preview or print the Visual Basic script will re calculate the result and store it in the function generated variable VBScript1 Working with Memory Cards Using the Printer Memory Card Usage of printer memory card is recommended whenever faster label printing is required A memory card boosts performance because there is no need to transfer large bitmap images or custom font files to printer over and over again Every element that is needed on the label is already stored on the memory card Let s take a look at how you can prepare and use your memory card 1 First of all go through the user manual of your memory card Memory cards are sensitive devices and misuse could damage the card as well as your printer 2 Insert memory card into Slot 1 The slots are usually located at the back of the printer Switch o
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27. in columns and rows If you have eight labels on the page the quantity of ten pages will print 80 labels When you are certain that the labels will be printed correctly and the preview shows the correct values you can proceed to real printing To actually print the labels do the following icon in the Standard toolbar The Print dialog box appears 154 Printing and Previewing Labels 2 Enter 10 for the Label Quantity and click on the Print button Your printer will now print 10 labels Note To manage fast and easy label printing you can print labels from the application GalleryPrint or the form generated with GalleryForm For more information refer to the chapter Other Label Gallery Applications Previewing Pictures When you place a picture on the label in design mode it is always shown in color depth as defined in the picture However when previewing the labels on screen the preview of the pictures depends on the dithering option set in the printer driver All color pictures except WMF and EMF files are converted to monochrome images The illusion of colors and shades of grey 1s accomplished by varying the pattern of dots More dots close together will provide darker shade of grey The preview of the label will show pictures in the same way as they will be printed accordingly to the dithering setting More accurate print preview is guaranteed this way If the picture is not previewed as you would like to print it c
28. in the label file Using this command you can override this defined printer and print the label to some other printer If the printer name contains space characters you have to enclose it in quotation marks For printer name always use the system printer name as is displayed in the status line in the Label Gallery Plus application System printer names are usually the same as the printer names in Printers folder from Control Panel but not always so pay attention They differ only when you are using network connected printers when you should use SERVER SHARE syntax and not a printer friendly name PRINTJOBNAME PRINTJOBNAME lt job name gt Specifies the print job name that will be used in print manager when using PRINT command After printing the name is returned in normal state Use this option to easier distinguish between different printing jobs in the Windows spooler If variable value contains space characters or commas you have to enclose the text in quotation marks e g PRINTJOBNAME Label for printing QUIT This command stops the labeling program after printing The application is closed RETURN This command returns focus to the main labeling program after the printing completes 160 Integration and Connectivity SESSIONEND The function closes data stream SESSIONPRINT SESSIONPRINT quantity skip You send the data stream to printer using this function You can use multiple SessionPrint commands one
29. is in the list we are ready for download You can download the whole list to the printer at once Right click left or right side of the window and select Download All from the list Or you can download one element at a time by selecting it and clicking Download from Fonts Graphics menu or right clicking it and selecting Download from the list If for some reason you want to remove a downloaded element from memory card but keep it in the list for later use command Remove Now let s do a status print Printer will report some useful information of memory card usage Click Status Print from Card menu Memory card is now filled with elements fonts and graphics and 1s ready to be used from Label Gallery 1 Start the application Label Gallery Plus 2 Create new label Click New from File menu or click Ol Choose your printer from the list Select predefined label stock or design your own label 3 We have to tell Label Gallery that our printer is equipped with memory card and what kind of data is stored on the memory card Double click the printer name in the status line in the bottom of the window Click button Memory and in section Slot 1 for Type select Memory Card and for Connected file select SAMPLE This is the name of the memory card file MMF we created before Click OK to return to Label Gallery 4 Using downloaded font E B Click Text icon Ata or Paragraph icon Pox and type in some text From text toolbar select the fo
30. is saved but not sent to the printer 4 Goto the first available block in the section Data Blocks and click on the Data cell in the table 5 Type in the value you want to encode into this block Repeat the process for other blocks 6 Click on the OK button A schematic view of the RFID Tag antenna will open in the label background identifying the definition of the RFID data on the label RFID test label RFID Tag antenna in the background 7 You can continue designing the smart label with non RFID data as described in the previous sections Whenever you print the label the RFID data will be sent to the printer The printer prints the RFID smart label and programs the RFID tag embedded into the label at the same Note Label Gallery can work with Unique RF Tag numbers Each RFID tag has embedded a unique serial number Some printers can read the Unique RF Tag number and it can be used on the label linked with some label objects Overview Radio frequency identification RFID refers to technologies that use radio waves to automatically identify individual or groups of items Label Gallery software and GalleryDriver support programming and printing of RFID tags embedded in a label Note You can use RFID functionality in Label Gallery software only if you have installed a GalleryDriver with RFID support Make sure you install the GalleryDriver of your RFID printer before you design and print an RFID smart label 51 La
31. label in the batch tail label They can be used as page separators and can include additional information for the label operators To enable label batch printing do the following 1 Select the option Label Setup in the File menu The Label Setup Wizard will open 2 Select the option Open the advanced options dialog box and click on the button Finish The main Label Setup dialog box will open Go to the tab Batch Printing 4 Click on the button Advanced in the bottom part of the dialog box The Advanced tab will open 57 Label Gallery User Guide 5 Look at the Label Batch Definition sections If your label batch will contain 5 labels enable the option Fixed number of labels and type 5 in the combo box in the right Label Setup Printer Paper layout stocks Dimensions Cutter settings Printing Background Picture Batch Printing Label Batch Definition Preview gt All labels in the print job p User Informal rel LER Condition User Informal Actions Acton after the last label in the batch Cutter Header Tail Labels Use header label Action atter the header label None Use tail label Action after the tail label N ae a Setting up label batch Unit of measure 6 To enclose the main labels with header and or tail labels tick the option Use header label and or Use tail label Header and tail label are stored in the same label file but you can still design them as separate
32. labels Access to header and tail label from the View menu where you can enable and disable view on the these labels Designing Double Sided Label Label Gallery software Dynamic edition supports double side printing for office printers inkjet laser and for thermal printers The option is enabled in the Label Setup dialog box Printer tab Look at the option Double sided printing Note The option is available only when the used printer driver supports double sided printing As soon as you enable this option the option Label Side in the View menu becomes available Use it to switch between front and back sides of the label The identification of the current page is also visible in the status line at the bottom of the window 58 Designing Labels When printing to office printer these two pages are always printed one after another They are sent to the printer one after another so make sure you enable duplex functionality in the printer driver When printing to thermal printer printer driver GalleryDriver will take care of proper label processing and printing You need to use the appropriate GalleryDriver to enable double sided functionality Multicolor printing Some thermal printers support multicolor printing They use multiple heads each head for a ribbon of a different color The colors for each printer head are customizable and can be defined in the printer driver Each print head is assigned a color that matches the
33. line to separate a text object from other objects and a rectangle around the picture object l Select the icon from Toolbox and move the cursor to the required starting point of the line Press and hold down the mouse button while drawing the line Move the mouse to the end position of the line and release the button The Line object is placed on the label Click on the icon in the Toolbox and point the mouse to the upper left corner of the picture Click and hold the mouse button while you stretch the rectangle to the lower right corner of the picture To change the thickness of the vertical and horizontal line double click on the rectangle object to open its properties Select the thickness you want and click on the Finish button To edit the drawing object double click on the line or rectangle to open the dialog box with its properties The label should show the following 48 Designing Labels SAMPLE i 12345670830 5 Label with fixed objects Overview In this section you will learn how to design a simple label file with fixed and variable objects The variable objects can obtain values from several sources You will learn how to e Provide object values with a keyboard prompt e Obtain object values from a database e Preview the label on the screen e Print the label The label you create will look like this SAMPLE Basic label Designing an RFID Smart Label Create RFID Smart Label 1
34. list of functions Click on the Detailed tab to define details for the function Look at the top of the dialog box The left side contains the available variables defined on the label Select the variables ID and NAME Note that they have appeared in the right list box The name of the output variable is Concatenate and delimiter is set to None Click on the OK button Definition of the Concatenate function 9 Click on the Close button to close the Functions dialog box 10 The function generated variable is defined on the label You should link it to text object on the label 11 Click on the small arrow next to Text Object in the Toolbox 12 Click on the option Use existing variable and select the variable Concatenate 133 Label Gallery User Guide Text Box EN Mew keyboard Input New Counter m New Date Field G New Time Field Use Existing Variable tal Concatenate h User Information Picture User Information Room User Information Position User Information Mame 1D ee User Information ID ae kin Selecting the function generated variable Concatenate 13 Click on the label where you want to place the text object The text object is linked to the new variable Concatenate The values of variables ID and NAME are merged and saved to the function generated variable Concatenate every time the label is processed for preview or print Using Functions to Manipulate Labe
35. narrowest and widest bar in the bar code It is locked for majority of bar codes but it can be changed for some Base object width Shows the width of a narrowest bar in the bar code Print bar code as graphics Select if bar code should be converted to picture and sent to the printer as image or should the printer print bar code as internal element Printing internal bar codes will speed up label printing because less data must be transferred to the printer Note If the printer does not support the selected bar code internally the option Print bar code as graphics will not be available All office printers will print bar codes as pictures Human Readable Tab On this tab you can set the options regarding position and format of the bar code interpretation No interpretation Bar code object does not have any human interpretation Below bar code All data encoded in the bar code is placed beneath the bar code symbol as human readable characters 82 Designing Labels Above bar code All data encoded in the bar code is placed above the bar code symbol as human readable characters Font Using the Font button you can choose the suitable font for auto translation text The option Auto font scaling will adjust the font of the auto translation text to the size of the bar code Note You can only format the font for human interpretation if the bar code is printed as graphics When printing bar code as internal printer object th
36. no intermediate shades of grey During the dithering process all colors and shades of grey in the picture are converted to black and white dots creating the illusion of new colors and shades by varying the pattern of dots Different shades of gray are produced by varying the patterns of black and white dots There are no grey dots at all In printing dithering 1s usually called halftoning and shades of gray are called halftones To change the dithering settings do the following 1 Go to File Printer Settings The window with the printer settings will open 2 Open the Dithering tab 3 Change the Dithering type option to suit your needs Look at the preview on the right side how you can expect the selected type to be applied on the label 4 Click on the OK button 5 Save the label by clicking the button in the Standard toolbar or selecting the command Save in the File menu Designing a Basic Label Add Variable Fields Create Date and Time Variable Fields Content of the variable field can be filled automatically with the date or time stamp from the computer clock or printer clock for supported printer models 1 Click on the small arrow next to the icon in the Toolbox to display a list of available variable types 2 Select New Date Field from the list A dialog box with date properties opens i Fixed Text New Keyboard Input 23 Mew Counter Se alae Creating new date variable field 3 Leav
37. one label only To understand how variable data is handled a few terms must be explained variables functions and database access Variables Variables in this labeling application are much like ordinary variables they simply don t have constant value The basic idea of variables was to allow you to type the variable value just before printing the label but this has expanded a lot You can now automatically get correct value from a database or perform a calculation on existing variables and take the result as a variable value A variable also has several properties its name type text numeric date maximal length of value in characters and many more One other important but fixed property is the input for specific variable keyboard database function system clock Functions Functions are very powerful tool which offers almost unlimited possibilities to the user when processing data for the label The function takes some variables as input make some processing on the data and return the result in one or more variables that contain new values Complexity of function varies from simple concatenating of two variables to very complex manipulation of external data For example you can use functions to concatenate two strings of data to one if they are separate in database like FIRST NAME LAST NAME You can also do numeric calculations on variables That way you can for example have the weight on a label displayed 151
38. text object by clicking it 2 Click the appropriate shortcut button in the text toolbar 3 To change the font select the appropriate font from the list in the list box Note You can limit the display of fonts in the list You can list all fonts on the system only graphic fonts truetype opentype typel bitmap Windows fonts or only thermal printer resident fonts Click on the two icons next to the list of fonts 4 To change the size of the text click on the list with font sizes and select appropriate size You can also click on the buttons and that will enlarge reduce the size of the font to the next step Note You can change the fonts size also directly on the label by resizing the text element with a mouse 5 To format the text bold italic or underline click on the appropriate formatting buttons Formats the selected text in bold style Formats the selected text in italic style Formats the selected text in underline style 6 To change the alignment of the text object click on the appropriate alignment buttons Note These buttons are accessible only for multi line text objects Aligns text to the left edge Aligns text to the horizontal center Aligns text to the right edge Using Toolbox To use the toolbox do the following 1 Click on the icon in the toolbox to select the object 2 Move the mouse over the label See how the cursors has changed 3 Click on the label where you want to place the selecte
39. variable field Set maximum number of characters Define the maximum length of characters that can be entered for the variable field Bar Code Wizard Prefix and Suffix The variable element can have a prefix and suffix values The prefix text 1s placed in front of the variable s value The suffix text is place at the end of the variable s value Note If you leave the edit fields empty the prefix suffix will not be used Prefix and suffix can be used in situations where they are required only if the variable has set some value If the variable is empty the prefix suffix will not be printed as well 86 Designing Labels Bar Code Wizard Time Field Define the properties of the time field The variable field will get the value from a computer clock Format Select the format for the time from the list You can also enter the custom format Preview The printer will print the time as shown on the Preview field This way you can see how the selected date format will look on the label Using EAN UCC 128 Wizard Calculating Check Digit Select how the check digit will be calculated 1 You can enter the check digit with the data and the software will validate it 2 The software can calculate the check digit Defining New Variable Define the properties of the variable that will provide value for the application identifier Prompt Enter the text that will be displayed to the user at print time Format Define the format o
40. with a library of pre defined stocks based on the labels from different manufacturers You can also add the definition of your own labels into the library by using Label Gallery Stock Management To open Stock Management do the following 1 Select the option Stock Management in the File menu A new window will open showing all defined stocks listed in a table 2 Under the Stock type option select the group from the combo box for which you wish to show the stocks The table will contain stocks from this group only Define your own group by doing the following 1 Click on the ellipsis button The dialog box of Stock Types will open 2 Click on the Add button and provide the name of the group Click on Save and Close 3 Select your new group and click on the button New in the bottom part of the dialog box The stock definition dialog box opens 4 Open the General tab and define the identification properties of the stock 59 Label Gallery User Guide 5 Open the Dimensions tab and define the width and height of the label 6 Click on the OK button The stock will be saved in the library and available for selection whenever you will create a new label Tracing Variable Values Each value of the variables can be traced and logged into the log file By default the tracing functionality is disabled To enable tracing do the followin 1 Select Variable Trace Setup from Data menu 2 Select the variables you want to trace No
41. FT gt scrolls label left or right Double click the form name in the status bar starts GalleryForm and opens form that is attached to the label 34 Setting up LabelGallery Software Double click on printer s name in status bar opens printer properties dialog box in which you can set various options regarding currently selected printer If you hold lt CTRL gt while double clicking printer setup dialog box is opened in which you can select different printer You can quickly move objects from one open label to another by simply dragging desired object to another window while holding lt ALT gt If you want to copy objects instead hold both lt ALT gt and lt CTRL gt Note that you must have both label windows visible to do that Different objects on label can be selected using the lt TAB gt and lt SHIFT gt lt TAB gt keys Pressing cursor keys while holding lt Ctrl gt key can move currently selected object This can be used to fine tune position of the object Holding lt SHIFT gt while pressing cursor keys will resize the object You can use the right mouse button almost anywhere on label to access most common options for that area object For example if you click an object with right mouse button a pop up menu is displayed that contains options and actions that can be performed on selected object Similarly clicking the other parts of label produces pop up menu with options for that part of label Multiple objects can be
42. GLOBALS TDB to the new computer as well If you miss this step then the labeling application won t find appropriate global variable and will notify you of this situation At the same time a substitute global variable will be created but last value of old variable will not be known nor will the correct variable properties be restored Check the settings of substitute global variable and change them appropriately to suit you needs The same global variable is not limited for use on only one label You can use it on as many labels as you like Please note that only one label using the same global variable can be printed at a time When using global variables they are locked for one label and this prevents more labels to use the same global variable at the same time Groups of Allowable Characters The format of a variable is selectable to filter the input data This helps avoiding mistakes when entering data You can only enter characters which are included in the specified format range All Select this format when there is no need to limit the variable data For example one variable can be used to define changes in the bar code the text and the graphics You can enter all characters from the keyboard Numeric Use this format you need numeric variables for example serial numbers or EAN and UPC bar code Only numeric characters in the range 0 to 9 can be entered Alphanumeric Use this format when numbers and characters are mixed in th
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45. SATO Label Gallery TruePro Label Gallery User Guide SATO International Pte Ltd English Edition Version SI 20051010 Copyright 2001 2006 SATO International Pte Ltd All rights reserved Table Of Contents BPITEOCDUGCHON iirinn aaa 1 About this Manga lssncierame sa l PA DOuib Mis Minia enonse a a l DOLUW ARG ROStrICHONS russerne an dt adwetuesetuddones l Typographical Conyenti nS sccis iiaii l PLOCUCE Oey 10 Wane aa E anes 2 Gallery Te OTN Cs 5 58852 araned ayn a nanos ean acetates 2 bo rol Cos ates E ee oe eee eee 2 Label Grallety T ee rosaria datep ansehen aoe eee 2 Dale Grable ry PIU siacess anscevise toad coarse baad ngasss ene teseoesonneco ae oats 2 Label Gallery Plus Print Only siccsssetescsccvscdeasteaevenccsstanaigadeeesvcenedseaebeeasesnsnes 2 LabelGalery True Onnen a aae 2 Label Gallery TreuPro Print Only ccccccessesssssssssssseessesssssssssssseseees 3 Pocket Label Galerie tasestnssiestetpntts i avscveinedbatestarssac aeaa a 3 Contents ofthe PACK Age saya eect en e a n 3 Welcome to Label Gallery ornct rrari ES 3 INSTANATION and AcUv tio sssisiiokinnniuni nianu inaianei nawan aaia aaa 5 ALCTIV ALIN GO SONWATE viveawivorsvasdedanisawaiiin sontdavaxdearssenwandeatiavauianewatdaeaxods 5 Activate NetWork CH ehini e a A 5 Activating Pocket Label Gallery 0 ccccccsesssessesssssessssssseseeseseeeeens 5 Activation on the WW SD shold 8s atnan 5s cleaner econ ener etaatt boar eed uametconsilaa
46. Up and Down Repeat the procedure for every variable that needs its position changed Creating a Prompted Variable l Create a new variable Instructions for this step can be found in how to topic Create a serial number counter Name the variable Prompted Set the length of the variable Go to the Prompting tab Type in the Display this text to the print operator field the content Please enter a value If you want to be prompted for every label that is printed change setting to Every to l If you want the variable to have a default value go to the Prompting tab If you do not want to be prompted for value at print time change the mode to Do not prompt for value The variable will behave like a constant Click the OK button and link the variable with text or bar code Creating a Serial Number Counter The easiest way of creating new variable is using Variable Wizard l 3 Click the arrow button in the button on variable toolbar to start Variable Wizard From drop down menu select Counter as the type of the variable set the name of the counter and click Next Type in Starting value and you are finished with setting up this simple counter However using Variable Wizard you are also capable of changing other properties of the counter prompt for value before printing maximum number of digits step of incrementing decrementing and much more The other method of creating counter is by creating a new variable d
47. Wizard to help you add the necessary Application Identifiers AI in the bar code Complete the following steps with the wizard 1 Select 10 Batch or Lot number UCC EAN1 28 Wizard Selection of Application Identifier Select the required Application Identifier for pour bar code Select the required Application Identifier Detailed Serial Shipping Container Code Seral Shipping Container Code Global Trade ltem Number GTIN GTIN of trade tems contained in a logistic unit Batch or Lot number Production Date ir MMDD Due Date fy MMDD Packaging Date iY MMDD Minimunn Durability Date per Masimum Durability Date for MMOD Product Y arant Seral Humber Secondary Data For Speciic Health Industry Products Lot Number Transitional Use Selecting Application Identifier from the list 2 Click on the Next button 3 Select Fixed and click on the Next button 54 Designing Labels 4 Enter the sample data for example 12345 Click on the Next button A dialog box showing all AI contained in this bar code will open 6 Click on the Add button to start adding a new AI For example select AI 21 Serial Number Repeat steps from 1 to 5 above UCC EAN1 28 Wizard Application Identifiers Construct the list of Applicaton Identifiers that will be encoded in the bar code Application Identifiers selected Batch or Lot number l Serial Number l d Input Application identi
48. abels Working with Variable Data Contents Providers Contents Providers Contents Provider is an expression for any method that can be used as an source of data for elements on the label It is applicable to all label elements that can have some sort of data associated with them Text Text box Rich text box Bar code and Picture The contents provider for elements can be one of the following Fixed When you select Fixed you can enter a desired value in the edit box This value will remain the same on each label To edit the text all standard Windows editing features cut copy and paste can be used If you need to enter some special character that is not accessible via keyboard click the button with the arrow to the right of the dialog box You can also right click anywhere in the edit box and select Insert special character from the menu Veariahic When the Variable option is selected you can connect any variable field to the element just select the appropriate variable name from the list This approach will allow you to change the element s value on the labels Element is connected to some variable The variable is defined on the label Its type can be Keyboard Input Counter Date Time field etc When variable s value changes the change will be reflected in the appearance of the selected element If no variable is defined on the label you should first create one Click Wizard button to start Variable Wizard that will gu
49. access permissions to all applications that will be contained in this profile 29 Label Gallery User Guide 4 Expand the Label Gallery selection then tick the options Label design Label print and Label view Add Profile General Peimesont Members Pernissaores O Administration NiceLabel x tapal design Label pimt Label view H O NeePrini w HiceData W E NoceFom W E Mcebiembastar w E Nece atch Definition of the permission granted by the profile 5 Go to Members tab and add the user that you have added in previously pe My Profile Properties Pix Select Members _ Member Description Administrator Administrative user 4 Label Galery User Label Gallery User Add the user Label Gallery User to the profile My Profile 6 Start Label Gallery Plus log on with the new user and see how the limitations are applied to him 30 Setting up LabelGallery Software Login Login dialog box is shown when you start the main program if your administrator has enabled login in the settings In order to use the labeling software the proper user name and password must be entered Different users can have different privileges for usage of the program print only design only view only or full access User Interface Basic and Advanced User Interface Label Gallery software has two level user interface By default basic user interface is enabled that makes the so
50. ach field First row contains field names Shark import at row File preview C Program Files Sato Samples D atabase ident cs 1 Linda Hudson System Analyst 502 linda wmt 1lOl z Cindy Grey General Manager 500 cindy wwt 1l00 3 Jennifer Jones Secretary 501L jennifer_ wmtf 105 Database Wizard Choosing Data Type Choose Delimited if you know that data fields are separated with some special character File preview at the bottom of the dialog box can be helpful if you do not know exactly how the data is organized Choose Fixed if you know that your data fields always occupy the same number of characters Start import at row option is useful when you do not want to import some rows at the top of the file Most usual situation when you would want to use this option is when text file contains some header on top of actual data fields 127 Label Gallery User Guide Formatting the Fields Text File Wizard Set Field Names and Fields to Import Set custom field names and their maximum possible lengths Field name and import Field name Field length Data preview FIELD1 FIELDE FIEL IE Linda Hudson System Analyst Oz Cindy Grey caca cea JC news J Enin Database Wizard Formatting the fields In this step of the Wizard you can review the fields names and lengths and modify them if necessary You will probably use more friendly field names so you can distinguish between them more
51. after another and join them in single data stream The stream is not closed until the command SessionEnd occurs The meaning of quantity and skip parameters is the same as with GalleryCommand PRINT SESSIONSTART All three commands SessionStart SessionPrint SessionEnd are used together If ordinary command SessionPrint is used every time a complete data stream for printer is sent If you want to join multiple Print commands into one data stream you can use the command SessionStart followed with any number of SessionPrint commands and in the end use the command SessionEnd The stream is not closed until the command SessionEnd occurs These commands offer a way of optimal label printing It 1s not necessary to generate a complete data stream for each print session you can join more sessions in one stream SET SET name value_ of the variable step quantity of repetition Name is the name of the variable defined on the label If the variable isn t on the label an error will occur Step and Quantity of repetition are option parameter These parameters tell the increment of the variable and the number of the labels before change If variable value contains space characters or commas you have to enclose the text in the text qualifier marks By default the text qualifier is double quote character but you can use any other character SETDATABASE SETDATABASE lt database_ name gt lt value gt database name The name of the currentl
52. ange their every property If elements are of different types for example one text one bar code symbol and one rectangle only the properties common to all elements could be changed With Label Inspector you change some element s properties that are not accessible otherwise Each element can have its own name so you can distinguish between them Whenever you select the element on the label it will be highlighted in the list of elements within Label Inspector and its properties will be displayed in the bottom part of the Inspector Properties section Label Inspector can be used to change the current view of the label elements variables functions and databases The following views are available the first on being the default one 62 View by Objects All label elements are listed alphabetically by their type First listed are text elements then paragraph bar code graphics rectangle and line elements You have probably noted this is the same order of elements as they appear in the Toolbox When you select one or more elements in the upper part of the Inspector its their properties are displayed in the bottom part of Inspector You can interactively change them and changes will be reflected automatically on the label You can right click any element and quickly access frequently used commands from the drop down menu You can find out to which variable some element is connected to by clicking the plus sign in front of the element s name
53. arameter and divide the sum with that number and remember the remainder of division This can already be the result If Result complemented is specified we subtract the result from modulus 1 and so we get the new value When this value is less than 10 we already got check digit If it is greater value two digits we take the whole value or just the least significant digit One digit only as the result of check digit algorithm Special Characters Entering characters with lt hex_code gt syntax Another method of entering special characters is using the syntax lt hex_code gt The hex code stands for a two character mark in hexadecimal numerical system The appropriate values go from 0 decimal 0 to FF decimal 255 For example lt BC gt decimal 188 would be the same as lt FNC1 gt as they both would encode the character with ASCII code 0188 109 Label Gallery User Guide Entering characters with Alt lt ASCIl_code gt This method is valid only for characters that are above ASCII code 32 A typical example would be FNC codes that are used to encode EAN UCC 128 bar code data The labeling software will encode this type of bar code according to standards and normally you would not have to change anything about it However sometimes it is necessary to manually add such character to label data To include Function Codes just type in the appropriate character for Function Code ASCII codes of Function Codes are as follows
54. ard Select Printer Select the printer you want to use with this label Choose the printer from the list of installed printers The label will be optimized for this printer You can change the printer specific settings by clicking the Properties button Open the advanced options dialog box Do not use the wizard nest time Selecting a printer 2 Click on the Next button Use Alignment Tools You have placed the objects on the label Now you want to make sure they are aligned on the horizontal center of the label You can align objects on the label by using the Align toolbar on the right side of the working window To align objects on the label do the following 1 Select all objects on the label Note The first object you select determines the alignment orientation for all selected objects 2 Choose a select arrow in the Toolbox and draw a frame around all objects to select all objects 47 Label Gallery User Guide Selecting the objects on the label 3 Inthe Align toolbar on the right click on the icon to arrange the objects The selected objects will be rearranged and positioned on the horizontal center on the label Note There are also other alignment commands available in the Align Toolbar Note You can also align the objects to the label grid The option Snap to Grid 1s available in the View menu Use Drawing Tools Now you will insert a
55. at Label Gallery edition you have Note To check your Label Gallery edition look at the label on your CD jewel case or open Label Gallery software and go to Help About in the menu To upgrade your Label Gallery software version do the following 1 Close the Label Gallery software on your desktop PC Note Make sure that all clients have logged off if you have Network edition 2 Put the Label Gallery CD in your CD ROM drive 24 Installation and Activation 3 Install the new version in the same folder where the old version is currently installed The new version will replace the old one 4 Follow the prompts Overview You can upgrade the Label Gallery software in two ways You can either upgrade from an older version to the most current one or upgrade from one Label Gallery edition for example Label Gallery Plus to a more advanced edition for example Label Gallery TruePro System and Software Requirements Label Gallery Network Edition To run the Network Edition you need to fulfill the following e All requirements for Label Gallery Non Network edition e Network interface card in each workstation e Computer acting as a Label Gallery server Any server operating system that allows file sharing with Windows system any Windows UNIX or Netware e Each client must have granted full access read write delete to Label Gallery System folder on the server Label Gallery Single User Edition To run the program y
56. at you have the appropriate database driver installed in the Windows system Label Gallery can work with OLE DB ODBC BDE and other database drivers For connectivity to modern multi lingual Unicode databases the OLE DB provider is available Using this technology the Unicode values can be used on the label These are the data values in different codepages You can use the tables with different language settings on the same label Quickly Editing Database Click the icon in the Database toolbar The application GalleryData will open the currently selected database Note GalleryData must be installed on your computer Read Data from the Database You must use the database access function to read data from database Create a new connection to the database using either of the two methods below e Clicking the New database wizard button on Database toolbar e Selecting Database access from Data menu and clicking on the Wizard button Follow the on screen instructions until the Database Wizard finishes For every field in the table you now have a text object on the label Each database field 1s available as a variable on the label If your database type is not available in the Wizard or you want to use different driver OLE DB provider for connection to the database you will have to use direct database set up option and not the Database Wizard Using ODBC Databases To be able to use ODBC databases you first have to setup your ODBC
57. ave support for different RF Tags and have different methods to read the value from the tag byte by byte or data block by block Creating Custom Check Digit Creating Custom Check Digit You can add new or edit and delete existing algorithms by clicking appropriate buttons Algorithm s parameters are defined in Edit algorithm dialog box which has following options 108 Designing Labels Edit Alporithm Algorithm name Eant3 Algorithm description EAN13 check digit algorithm Modulus 10 Weights 1 A Sum Debernnation Sum of the products One digit only O Sum of the digits Result complemented Editing check digit algorithm To understand all parameters you must know how check digit is calculated First of all we must have a numeric value and on top of that the check digit will be calculated If weights are required we will need them as well Let s look at EAN13 check digit calculation Value 123456789012 Weights 1 3 When starting calculating each digit has its weight When only two weights are specified the third digit gets the first weight the forth the second and so on If only one weight is specified all digits have the same weight According to Sum determination we can use weights sum of the products or not sum of the digits EAN13 algorithm uses products so we define Sum of the products The sum is 1X1 2x3 3x1 4x3 5x1 2x3 When the sum is calculated we take modulus p
58. be added 1f they follow the time Can occupy one or two characters hh Hours in 12 hour format AM PM will be added if they follow the time Always occupies two characters leading zeros will be added as necessary H Hoursin 24 hour format Can occupy one or two characters HH Hours in 24 hour format Always occupies two characters mm Used for minutes SS Used for seconds The examples Format How the time will look h mm AM PM 8 25PM H mm 20 25 hh mm ss 08 25 36 Changing the Order of Entering Prompted Variables When you are using variables value has to be assigned to them before printing And one way of doing this is by using prompted variables other are counters functions databases You are asked for the value of every prompted variable before every printing Then you fill in the values The order in which you are entering the values may or may not be the order you want If it is not it s probably the best solution to change it The order can be changed in Variables dialog box 1 Click Variables in Data menu to display a dialog box All variables you are using are listed here alphabetically 2 Click the button 1 2 3 in the lower right part of the dialog box 144 3 Designing Labels Prompt order dialog box pops up This is where you can change the order in which you are entering values to variables Select the variable from the list on the left and roll it to appropriate position using buttons
59. bel Gallery User Guide Support for RF Tags The concept of RFID Radio Frequency IDentification can be simplified to that of an electronic bar code First emerging in the 1980s RFID was primarily used to track objects in industrial environments where bar codes were unable to sustain the harsh surroundings Today RFID is being used to authenticate official memorabilia track proprietary assets automate access control and has many more additional fields of usage Type I Code ea module he Use RF Tag in label M Tag settings Tad information Antenna offset Number of retries Number of blocks Block size o inch 1 p i ll 4a check for e valid tac Max Tags to stop Reserved pers ee pee j 0 No verify data write ki Ee pa Data black Data ype Left aligned string Data Source Data size Fixed 0 O Variable 6 RF Tag dialog box Some thermal printers have the ability to program a RFID tag at the same time as they are printing the label Two different technologies and their encoding methods are joined on the same label Of course a label must have embedded a RF tag The tag 1s paper thin flexible and small in size which allows it to be placed inconspicuously under the label It consists of an etched antenna and a tiny chip that can store ID number or your custom da
60. box object and click on the mouse button The properties of the object will open 3 Open the Value tab and type in the text content ae Mask Siye Appesrance Sielus Contents Select how the coments for fhe object wal be defined Freed i Label Gallery is a family of professional labeling pri Entering value for Text Box object 4 Click on the OK button The Text Box object is placed on the label 5 Double click the Text Box to open its properties 6 Go to the Detailed tab and select the option Best fit Note When you change the size of the Text Box frame the content will automatically align to the new size TEXT OBJECT Label Gallery is a famiy of professional labeling softw are products TEAT BOX OBJECT Label Gallery is a farnily of professional labeling software products _ RICH TEXT BOX OBJECT Label Gallery is a family of professional labeling software products 76 Designing Labels All three text objects are available in Label Gallery software Defining Text Object To place the text object on the label do the following 1 Click on the Text icon in the Toolbox 2 Click the position on the label where you want to place the object Text Wizard dialog box will open Define the contents for the text object Click on the Next button to advance to the next step of the wizard Follow on screen instructions in the next steps Click on the Finish button Note Should you later want to ed
61. by printer application that will eventually print these files knows how to process them Variable Because PC labeling software is not graphics are available at print time it cannot handle not the variable graphics Any image on the supported label has to be static Label Export is one method of label printing from outside of labeling application It requires some other application to be able to open exported label format parse it and then print it There are numerous other possibilities to integrate label printing to existing systems More information is available on Label Gallery web site Command line options The following command line options can be used when starting the main labeling application LGPLUS2 EXE file name options file_name Represents the full path name of the file If the label file is given then this label is opened If JOB file is given then this JOB file is executed For more information about JOB files refer to the topic GalleryCommands options can be on or more of the following s Silent mode no toolbar menu or banner is displayed and window is minimized This is useful when using Label Gallery as label printing engine for label production from other application r Registers Label Gallery as an OLE server u Unregisters Label Gallery as an OLE server i After JOB file is finished Label Gallery exits typelib This option will generate LGPLUS2 OLB file with type library description of Label
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63. compatible Always connect your serial printer to the serial port and hardware key to the parallel port Your printer does not need to print through the hardware key Install USB Hardware Key Make sure you have finished installing the Label Gallery software on your PC TE Sse ET To install a USB key do the following 1 Plug the USB key into an available USB port 2 Start Label Gallery software The Product Activation dialog box will open 3 Select Hardware Key and click on Next 4 Ifthe hardware key is connected properly Label Gallery software will start Note Windows NT operating system does not natively support USB devices You will have to install the USB driver on your system first The Label Gallery CD provides you with a proprietary USB driver To install the USB driver follow the enclosed installation instructions in the file USB4NT ZIP in the folder Updates HASP Activating Software The following activation instructions work for single user and network Label Gallery editions You have to activate the Label Gallery software if you want to use it If you do not complete the activation process Label Gallery will run in demo mode The Product Activation utility will always run after installation You can also start activation from Label Gallery software if you want to change the activation type or add more licenses to your network edition There are two types of Label Gallery software activation e Hardware key a
64. compuler The appicaton can be launched by celectng the inetatied icons Chek Finch to eo Selup w View Readme bt Launch LabelGalery 2 MMW aaralan Installing Label Gallery driver for thermal printer 3 Printer Installation Wizard will open 4 Select your printer from the list Click on the Next button 5 Select the port where you have connected your printer and click on the Finish button Note This type of printer installation is available only when running installation from Label Gallery CD 22 Installation and Activation Close All Software Applications To ensure complete installation of the Label Gallery software close all open software applications before you start installing the Label Gallery software Define Setup Options You can select the components of the selected Label Gallery edition that you want to install You can choose among the following three types of installations Full Installation installs all Label Gallery components in all available languages Compact Installation installs only minimal set of components required for Label Gallery application to work correctly Help and sample files are not installed Custom Installation gives you the option to select individual components for installation To continue installation do the following 1 Click on the Next button 2 Specify the program group you want to use for the Label Gallery software 3 Specify if shortcuts to Label
65. cords do you want to print want to print all records fram the table want to select which record to print 2 Specify how the label quantity information i defined Print one label for each record in the database One field in the table contains the label quantity information Database wizard Selecting which records will be printed Select the desired option how you want to use the records in the database By default the option I want to print all records from the table is set and all records in a table will be printed one at a time Each record will be printed only once If you do not want to print the entire database you can select which records should be printed In this case select the option I want to select which record to print Prior printing you will be shown a dialog box with all records from the database Then you will be able to select which records should be printed By default records are used once for a single label If you would like to print several copies of a label with database data you can define it in the second part of this step of the Wizard A field in table contains quantity to print option will let you chose some field in the database This field has the information about the quantity of labels for each record For example You have database with records of your products It contains a field with a numeric value where the required number of label copies is stored Select this field and le
66. ct one of them its properties will be displayed in the Description section If you want to insert the selected operands into the Expression field double click its name or click the Insert button Expression This section is the main workplace of the Expression Builder Use it to write and modify the script your are working on Description This section displays the name sample use and description of the currently selected operand in Name section You will get an idea how the current operand should be used Script Help button will open the help file with the detailed reference of the currently used script Visual Basic Script or GalleryCommands Click it to find out more about the command you are working with 61 Label Gallery User Guide Using Label Inspector Label Inspector is a tool for advanced element and data manipulation on the label It 1s used for overview of label s structure and modifying label components all element s properties can be simply modified from Label Inspector You can of course still double click the element and change its properties from dialog box but for smaller changes it is much quicker to change them in Label Inspector Besides functionality you were used to earlier Label Inspector brings some entirely new features not available in previously Now you can change properties of several selected elements at the same time If elements are of the same type for example all texts you will be able to ch
67. ctivation e Network Software key activation 10 Installation and Activation Note Label Gallery Easy and Label Gallery Plus editions do not have the network licensing Hardware key activation Label Gallery software editions with hardware key can be used immediately after installation If you have a Label Gallery edition with a hardware key please skip ahead to the chapter Install Parallel Hardware Key or Install USB Hardware Key Network Software key activation You can activate the server part of the Label Gallery Network edition through activation on the Web Key number is a sequence of 25 characters Activating the server part will also activate the client on the current workstation If you upgrade the network edition with additional users you have to install and activate each additional workstation separately Refer to the chapter Activate Network client Activating Upgrades Activating Edition Upgrade When you upgrade to a new edition of Label Gallery software for example from Label Gallery Easy to Label Gallery Plus you have to remove the existing Label Gallery edition and install and activate the new Label Gallery edition Follow the steps in the chapter Installing Software Summary of required steps 1 Close all Label Gallery applications 2 Remove the existing Label Gallery edition 3 Install the new Label Gallery edition 4 Activate the new Label Gallery edition Activating Version Upgrade When you upgra
68. cuts To move a rectangle to a different position simply select it and drag it elsewhere on the label Note Should you later want to edit the object select it then double click it The dialog box with properties appears Defining Rich Text Box RTF Object The Rich Text Box object enables you to format text in any kind of font types and styles To create a Rich Text Box object do the following l E o a Click on the E Rich Text Box button in the Toolbox The rich text box cursor appears on the screen Move the cursor to the location on the label where you want to place the text box object and click on the mouse button The rich text editor will open Enter the content Use the text toolbar in the editor to format the characters Click on the OK button The Rich Text Box object is placed on the label Double click the Rich Text Box to open its properties Go to the Detailed tab and select the option Best fit Click on the OK button The text size in the Rich Text Box object automatically changes when you resize it 75 Label Gallery User Guide Defining Text Box Object The Text Box object enables you to use free flow text inside the designed Text Box frame without being limited to a one line text To create a Text Box object do the following 1 Click on the button in the Toolbox The text box cursor appears on the screen 2 Move the cursor to the location on the label where you want to place the text
69. d database fields to be used on the label C9 will link the database fields to the objects myself later Each database field is represented as a variable on the label The wizard can connect all selected database fields with text objects on the label or leave the linking up to you Database wizard Adding fields to the label On this page you specify if you want the wizard to generate text objects on the label that are already linked to the corresponding fields in table Text objects are created in upper left corner of a label but you can later move them to another position 123 Label Gallery User Guide Finishing the Process with Database Wizard The summary of tasks you have completed will be shown in the last step of the Wizard If you are satisfied with your selection click Finish to complete the process of creating a new database access function Selecting Database File Database Wizard Database and Table Select the type of database and table vou want to use on the label Select the type of the database O Direct database access Recommended option Select a database tram the list IDENTITY J Table IDENTITY iw Browse for the table containing label data Wizard will help you make a connection to table fields and transfer their values to the objects on the label Database wizard Selecting database file Enter the full path name of the database file in edit box or use Browse butt
70. d object Some objects have additional shortcut on the right side of the icon Using this shortcut you can quickly create a new object with fixed content create a new variable and connect it to the selected object or connect the object to one already defined variable 71 Label Gallery User Guide Using Variable Toolbar 0 BS Hlal Functions v The list box contains the variables available on the label If you have selected some variable object the list box displays variable linked to that object If no object is selected selecting a variable then clicking on the label places new text object and links it to the variable F prompti eal Create new variable using the Variable wizard If you click on the small arrow you can specify the type of the new variable Create new variable manually EJ Edit the properties of the selected variable Note If you select the variable object the variable linked to the object will be automatically listed in the list Delete the selected variable Note If you want to delete the variable you must not use it on the label linked to label objects or used in functions Disconnects the variable from the object The object becomes fixed but will preserve the formatting The number of the characters in the object will be equal to the length of the variable This might be useful when you are changing the database on the label and want to conserve current position and format of the objects W
71. d then automatically increments the counter in steps of 1 on the subsequent labels Using this option reduces the amount of data transferred between computer and printer as only start value is sent to printer This can significantly speed up label production 1 Create a new variable Counter Instructions for this step can be found in the topic Create a serial number counter 2 To use counter as internal printer element please pay attention to the following settings e The variable s maximum length is limited by you printer You should find this value in your printer s Owner Manuals If you can not find this value experiment e The variable length has to be set to Fixed e The variable format has to be set to Numeric e The text object linked to the variable must be formatted in the internal printer font e Tick the option Use printer internal counter in Contents tab of the Text element s dialog box This option is available only if the counter variable has been set up properly 3 There should be two symbols sma in the lower right corner of text box The first one tells that this text will be printed in internal printer font The second one tells that this counters is internal printer increment counter Using Variable Quantity Variable Quantity is a special variable in the label You use this variable when you do not know exact number of labels for printing Using this variable you can enter the number of labels to print du
72. de to a new Label Gallery version of the same edition for example Label Gallery Plus version 2 0 to Label Gallery Plus version 2 1 the software will remain activated Just make sure to install the new version on top of the existing version Please follow the same instructions as for the first time installation of Label Gallery in the chapter Installing Software Summary of required steps 1 Close running Label Gallery applications 2 Do not remove the existing version of Label Gallery software 3 Make the upgrade over the existing version to preserve the activation information 11 Label Gallery User Guide Installing Network Edition Define Access Rights for Network Clients Administrator rights to the local computer at the install time Read write access to HKEY_LOCAL_ MACHINE SOFTWARE key at install time read only access at Label Gallery run time Read write access to HKEY CURRENT USER SOFTWARE key Read write access to the System folder in the server installation of Label Gallery Access to the printer drivers The user that is installing Label Gallery on the client computer has to be either Administrator or member of the Administrator group It is vital to have Administrator rights to be able to update Label Gallery related information in the registry Windows Registry is used to store information about Label Gallery installation file folders and to register Label Gallery software components and modules
73. desired position 9 Change the object size by dragging the object handles The handles are small rectangles surrounding the object when it is selected The label should now show the following SAMPLE i 1234567890 El Label with text and bar code objects Insert Pictures The Label Gallery software works with BMP PCX GIF WMF JPEG and many other popular graphic formats 1 To insert the picture click on the button in the Toolbox 2 Move the cursor to the desired position on the label and click on the mouse button 3 The Open dialog box will open allowing you to browse for your picture on your hard drive Go to the folder Sample Graphics and select the picture LEISURE WME Click on the Open button The screen should show the following SAMPLE m ne lt i ryt Label with text bar code and picture objects Save a Label Always save your label during the design process To save a label do the following 1 Select the icon 2 Type in the name of the label For example enter label for the name of the label 3 The name ofthe label is visible in the program caption 46 Designing Labels SATO Label Gallery Plus Labeli Name of the label in the program caption Select a Printer 1 Select the printer you want to use for label printing Note If you don t find your printer on the list refer to chapter Install Printer Driver for installation instructions Label Setup Wiz
74. detection and connectivity 4 GalleryData Database management 5 GalleryMenMaster Font and graphics dowmload Defining the type of the text database 2 Click on the Next button 3 Define the widths of the individual columns by placing a break line before the second column and before the third column To CREATE abreak line click at the desired position To DELETE a break line double click on the line To MOVE a break line click and drag tt Data preview 5 Lu 15 z0 25 30 35 40 45 40 BS 6 Label desiqm and printing alleryForm Data entry application designi alleryilatch Pata detection and connectivity alleryData 4 Database management alleryMenMaster Font and graphics dowmload Defining the fields in the text database 4 Click on the Next button Accept the default field names and click on the Next button 6 Review the text database structure The field names and their maximum lengths are displayed Click on the Finish button to close Text File Wizard The link to the database has been created and database fields are available on the label Label Gallery software brings you back to the Database Wizard 118 Designing Labels Overview Text databases are text files containing data values that can be used for variable objects on the label The text database is not a real database It contains the data values but lacks the information of the data structure name of the fields and maximum lengths of the fields Y
75. e want to select which record to print Specify how the label quantity information i defined Print one label for each record in the database One field in the table contains the label quantity information Specifying which records from the database will be printed and in what quantity 3 Click on the Next button 4 Select if the Database Wizard should link all selected fields from the database to the text objects on the label or if you want to link the fields manually to the label Click on the Next button 6 Select I want a text object for each selected field and click on the Finish button Define how you want the selected database telda to be used on the label wil link the database fields to the objects myself later Each field from the database will be linked to a text object The label will show several text objects Every field from the database is linked with the text object on the label Print a Label When you are certain that the label design 1s correct and label preview shows the correct values from the database you can start sending the labels to the printer To print a label do the following 1 Click on the print icon b in the Standard Toolbar The Print dialog box will open same as the print preview dialog box 2 Click on the button Select Records and select the records you want to print and specify the label quantity for each record 120 Designing Labels Drag a colum
76. e when reached will cause the counter to reset the value to the starting value Variable Wizard Date Field Define the properties of the date field The variable field will get the value from a computer clock Variable Wizard Date Date Define the properties of the date teld Format y Date offset fo ad days f F lj da Preview 5 3 2005 Open the advanced options dialog box Do not use the wizard next time Dialog box for Variable Wizard when Date field option is chosen Format Select the format for your date from the list You can also enter the custom format Date offset You can add a certain numbers of days months or years to a current date and print that date instead of the current one Preview The printer will print the date as shown on the Preview field This way you can see how the selected date format will look on the label 140 Designing Labels Variable Wizard Keyboard input Use this variable type when you want the operator to enter a value of the variable from the keyboard before printing the specified numbers of labels Variable Wizard Prompt Prompt Text Define the properties of the prompt keyboard input Display this text bo the print operator JE nter product code Allowable characters for the All characters Digits O Alphanumeric characters Set masimum number of characters Dialog box for Variable Wizard when Keyboard inpu
77. e Parallel moving of the object by main object with axes only mouse Alt move Object snaps to grid even if it is off object with mouse Ctrl move Fine tuning the position of the object object with cursor keys Shift cursor Fine tuning the dimensions of the keys object resize width and height in very small steps Click Text icon Dialog box for Text pops up in ToolBox 32 then press Ctrl click on the label Click Graphics icon cre F in ToolBox then press Ctrl click on the label Select variable from the list in toolbar click Text icon Are F in ToolBox then click on the label Select variable from the list in toolbar click Graphics icon in ToolBox then click on the label Right clicking the object Enter or F2 F2 Space left click and dragging Setting up LabelGallery Software Dialog box for Graphics pops up Variable Quantity is automatically connected with text object and placed on the label Variable Picture is automatically connected with graphics object and placed on the label This is a great shortcut for using variable graphics where filenames for pictures are received from database Opens pop up menu with shortcuts to commands The content of the pop up menu greatly depends on where you clicked your mouse button and what was selected at that time Dialog box with element s properties will open On screen edit is enabled for text elements
78. e command Toolbars in the View menu then click on the Design Selecting Objects To select two or more objects you should press the lt Shift gt key and hold down while clicking the object with a mouse The objects can be selected cut copied pasted and edited with the right mouse button If you click the right mouse button on the object the menu shows all the available commands Note that these commands are equivalent to correspondent menu commands You can also change the anchoring point of a selected object by holding lt CTRL gt while clicking the placeholders corners of the bounding box of the object Supported Graphics Formats The following graphical formats are supported File Graphics type extension BMP DIB Windows Bitmap RLE GIF CompuServer Bitmap JPG JPEG Bitmap JPEGM JPE TIFF TIF TIFF Bitmap FAX G3N G3F PNG Portable Network Graphics 103 Label Gallery User Guide WME Windows Metafile EMF Enhanced Windows Metafile ICO Windows Icon CUR Windows Cursor TGA Targa Bitmap TARGA VDA ICB VST PIX PXM PPM Portable Pixmap PGM PBM GreyMap BitMap JP2 JPEG2000 J2K JPC JPEG2000 Code Stream PCX Paintbrush Working with Pictures Images can be various sizes If the original size of the graphics 1s not valid for your label you can freely resize the image by dragging the handles surrounding it The image can be resized proportionally or stretched in both directions The graph
79. e data can be numeric only or the operator is allowed to enter all characters 78 Designing Labels The value can be fixed or incremented decremented on every label or certain number of labels with the desired step The variable data will be written in the Preview field as a series of A character When you are satisfied with the settings click the Finish to put the EAN UCC 128 bar code to the label MaxiCode 2D Code General tab Y expansion factor This option defines the height of the bar code symbol Details tab When the option Structured is not selected the content of the bar code 1s optional For Structured bar code you may encode only standard contents PDF 417 2D Code General tab Y expansion factor This option defines the height of the bar code symbol Security tab Accordingly to the standard you can select among 9 levels of security Higher security level allows more reliable reading regardless errors but the bar code symbol is bigger Truncated bar codes can be used where label damage is unlikely and there is no demand for very high level of security The truncated symbol is smaller Aspect Ratio It is the ratio between number of columns and number of rows Contents PDF 417 code can encode e Full 128 ASCII character set e All 128 Extended ASCII characters e 8 bit binary data Check Digit Tab This tab 1s used to specify if you want to use the check digit in the bar code or not This option can only
80. e everything as default and the date will be used on the label using the format as defined in your Windows operating system 38 Designing Labels To place a time stamp on the label do the following 1 Click on the small arrow next to the Att icon in the Toolbox to display a list of available variable types 2 Select New Time Field from the list Click on the Finish button 4 Click on the label where the counter should be placed The new variable is linked to the text object on the label The date and time fields are updated when you preview or print the label In this example the values will come from the system clock of your computer Create Keyboard Entry Variable Fields The content of a prompted field can be different for every print job Before you print the label you enter the value for the field 1 Click on the small arrow next to the icon in the Toolbox to display a list of available variable types 2 Select New Keyboard Input from the list and click on the label where you want to position the object A dialog box with the Variable Wizard will open Fixed Text New Keyboard Input Mew Counter E New Date Field A New Time Field Creating new keyboard input variable field Type Enter product name for the option Display this text to the print operator 4 Click on the Finish button The cursor changes its shape to an arrow with a text object 5 Click on the label where yo
81. e from the specified database field Define Click on this button to open the database wizard that will help you define the link to the database Field Choose one of the available database fields as a source for the variable field Length Define the maximum length of the string in variable If field in database contains more characters they will not be printed This option is useful if the field length in your database is not fixed for example tab delimited ASCII file or 1f you don t want to reserve space for all the characters in database s field Bar Code Wizard Date Field Define the properties of the date field The variable field will get the value from a computer clock Format Select the format for your date from the list You can also enter the custom format Date offset You can add a certain numbers of days months or years to a current date and print that date instead of the current one Preview The printer will print the date as shown on the Preview field This way you can see how the selected date format will look on the label Bar Code Wizard Keyboard Input Use this variable type when you want the operator to enter a value of the variable from the keyboard before printing the specified numbers of labels Prompt text for this variable field Fill in the message that will be shown to the user when he will enter tne values for the variable field Format Select the format of data you allow to be entered for the
82. e of contact technical support Label Export Label Export Label Export functionality is used heavily from stand alone and some print only variants of this labeling software Its functionality is tightly connected to the ability of printer that is used on the label Export is only available when using native thermal printer drivers The printer driver also has to have the support for the required export built in Windows version of labeling software on PC computer is used to design the label layout compliant to the labeling request All label elements can be used on the label text paragraph RTF bar code image line rectangle ellipse When printing fixed labels there is no issue you should pay attention to The label elements are printed as graphics But if you use variable fields on the label you have to pay special attention to their format All variable elements must follow some designing rules All variables User must be able to set their values on the label before printing Date Time variables have to be have to acquire the data from the printer prompted clock not from PC system clock 164 Integration and Connectivity Support for As PC labeling software is not available functions is at print time the functions cannot be limited processed Concatenate Subset etc All counters There are some exceptions for example have to be Export to Pocket PC where some incremented functions can be used because the
83. e on the label Select the type of the database All installed database drivers ODBC OLE DB BDE Browse for the database table you want to use C Program Files S ato Gallery 24S amples Databases IDENTITY D Browse for the table containing label data Wizard will help you make a connection to table fields and transfer ther values to the objects on the label Selecting the text database 3 Click on the Next button Note If you connect to the database for the first time you need to define the database structure Continue with the next section Format the Data with the Text File Wizard Because the text files do not contain the structural information like real databases do you must define the fields and their data structure When you use the same text database some other time you won t have to define the structure again 1 Choose the data type for the selected text database The fields are aligned in columns so you must select the option Fixed 117 Label Gallery User Guide Text File Wizard Choose Data Type Choose the data type that best describes your data structure Data type Delimited Characters such as comma or tab separate each field e Fixed Fields are aligned in columns with spaces between each field First row contains field names Start import at row File preview 1 LabelCallery Label design and printing z GalleryForm Data entry application design 3 GalleryWatch Data
84. e our Web site at www satoworldwide com 19 Label Gallery User Guide Setup and Test Mobile Device Setup Before you can install Pocket Label Gallery you have to familiarize yourself with your Mobile Device You must know what processor type and what Windows CE operating system your device uses In addition you have to be able to establish functioning communication between both your desktop computer and Mobile Device through an established ActiveSync partnership Mobile Device and thermal label printer through serial cable WiF1 Infrared or Bluetooth Please refer to the documentation of your mobile device to learn about processor operating system and how to establish different communication modes Installing Software Install Printer Driver Install Printer Driver You can use the Label Gallery software Dynamic edition to design and print labels to standard office printers laser inkjet or matrix or to SATO label printers thermal printers If you own a SATO thermal printer you have to install the appropriate printer driver before you can print with the label printer You will find GalleryDriver on the Label Gallery CD and on the Label Gallery website You can install a GalleryDriver for your SATO thermal printer in the following three ways e Install within the Label Gallery software installation e Use the Printer Installation Wizard e Use the Windows Add Printer Wizard Printer Installation Using the Printer Installation
85. e printer This means that the printer will only receive the first number of object and will later increment this number to print other labels Using this option also reduces the amount of data transferred between computer and printer but the difference is noticeable only with high quantity of labels e Set the printing speed to a higher value if your printer supports it Note that setting the printing speed usually affects the quality of printing The higher the speed the lower the quality You will have to find an acceptable compromise for this e Don t print too much data on labels If the speed of printing is an important factor you should consider using preprinted labels and only print the data that is different on each label Preview and Print a Label If you want to print a label you can use the print preview to simulate a print output The label preview shows the label on the screen Simulate printing 10 labels on the screen to check label layout and printing procedure 1 Click on icon in the Standard toolbar or select the command Print in the File menu The Print dialog box appears 2 Enter 10 for Label Quantity and click on the Preview button Label Gallery software will close the dialog box and simulate the production for 10 labels on the screen Note You can select between the quantity of the labels and the quantity of the pages The page can have one or more labels and the labels are arranged on the page
86. e printer will print the interpretation using resident built in fonts Contents mask sets the custom format of the human interpretation Edit Bar Code General Check Digit Human Readable Detaile Style No interpretation Contents Mask Mask characters will be replaced by the actual data All other characters will be used for formatting only E sample mask char is asterisk TE 55 TESTI Mask character Enable preview ok J Cawea Help Edit bar code dialog box Human readable tab Supported Bar Code Types Bar code Bar code Types Group EAN and EAN 8 EAN 8 2 digit supplement EAN 8 UPC 5 digit supplement EAN 13 EAN 13 2 digit supplement EAN 13 5 digit supplement EAN 14 DUN 14 UPC Case Code UPC A UPC A 2 digit supplement UPC A 5 digit supplement UPC E UPC E 2 digit supplement UPC E 5 digit supplement UPC E 1 EAN UCC 128 SSCC Bookland Addon 2 Addon 5 Linear Interleaved 2 of 5 ITF 14 ITF 16 Code 39 Code 39 Tri Optic Code 39 Full ASCII Code 83 Label Gallery User Guide 32 Code 93 CODE 128 A B and C subsets MSI Codabar Postnet 32 Postnet 37 Postnet 52 Postnest 62 Kix Pharmacode Plessy Anker RSS Linear RSS symbologies RSS14 RSS14 Truncated RSS14 Stacked RSS14 Stacked Omnidirectional RSS Limited RSS Expanded Composite RSS symbologies RSS14 RSS14 Truncated RSS14 Stacked RSS14 Stacked Omnidirecti
87. e same variable for example identity codes Characters from 0 to 9 a to z and A to Z can be entered Letters Use this format when you need the character variable 147 Label Gallery User Guide 7 bit ASCII format Hex Date Time Digits and Capitals CUSTOM lt printer family name gt FORMAT Code 39 Code 128A Code 128B Code 128C Code 128 Codabar The variable will contain only characters with ASCII code from 0 to 127 Use this format to allow input of hexadecimal numbers Use this format to print date stamp Use this format to print time stamp Use this format to limit the usage only to digits and capitals of English alphabet You can define your own data format The allowable characters can be defined in the Serialization tab Use this formats do enable usage only of characters that are allowed in the internal fonts of the currently selected printer Use this formats to enable usage only of characters that are allowed by these bar codes standards Internal Variables Internal variables are filled automatically by the software and you do not have any influence on them They cannot be edited and modified but only used in the functions and on the label Their value is updated for every printed label Internal variables are represented with the icon so they can be easily distinguished from the other types of variables The list of available internal variables ComputerName Curre
88. eX The information in this chapter is for advanced users and application developers only If you don t plan to write applications that use Label Gallery to print labels you can skip this chapter entirely Label Gallery can act as an OLE Automation server Its class name is LabelGallery Application The commands actually allow you to have more control over Label Gallery from your own application Active X allows also the status of variable managing procedure to be returned to your application so you can control printing process more accurately A lot more programming functionality is allowed The ActiveX interface makes is possible to query every label element for its properties The same goes for variables and functions defined on the label The properties of all label elements can be modified prior printing if for some reason you do not want to use label defined settings You can even create a label preview in your own application For more information about programming interface please refer to the manual ActiveX and DDE Programming manual available on the Label CD ROM and on Label Gallery website You can also auto generate the description of the interface using typelib command line parameter It will create GALLERY2 OLB with description of methods properties and 156 Integration and Connectivity events Label Gallery Plus supports Appropriate application for viewing OLB files is required to be able to see the file contents Prog
89. ead this information from the tag you can use it with the label elements When the Unique Tag ID is supported you can connect it with the label elements using RFID Unique Tag ID contents provider For example The printer scans Unique Tag ID remembers it and prints it on the label encoded in a bar code element Antenna offset To achieve better programming accuracy of the tags here is the option to define the offset for the antenna in the printer This is the distance from the edge of the label to the embedded tag This option will help you program the tags more accurately Number of retries The number of times the printer will try to program the tag if first attempt fails The parameter is sent to the printer with the rest of the data Data Blocks This section allows you to provide data values for the RF tag The sections has different options available for different tag types UHF or ISO For UHF tags Data type Data type of the selected tag can be specified here Data source Incoming data that is encoded in the tag can be fixed value or acquired from some variable defined in the label Data size The currently used data is previewed here You can see the amount of space still available in the tag The occupancy of the tag is seen graphically with growing bar and numerically with the digit explaining the number of already used bytes Block locked If you set the block as locked the data will be permanently encoded into the tag Y
90. easily When you are finished with Text File Wizard the structure information of the used text file is stored to a separate file with a extension of SCH Scheme File If you will try to use the same text file some other time on a different label you will be spared all efforts of structure creating SCH file will be automatically used and Text File Wizard will be skipped entirely Note that SCH file is created also with add on database manager GalleryData when you open the text database in GalleryData for the first time 128 Designing Labels Setting the Fields Text File Wizard Set the Dehmiter and Text Qualifier WLI t WL Set the delimiter and text qualifier that are used in your text file Delimiter Ee as Tab C Semicolon t Comma Data preview Linda Hudson ennifer Jones BPecretary Ol fenniter wut Database Wizard Setting separator and delimiter In the second step of the Text File Wizard you have to set the fields in the text file If you have selected Delimited in the previous step choose the appropriate separator here The ones that are usually used with text files are already pre defined But if you require some other there is an option to use a custom defined one You can also select the Delimiter character that is used when separator character is used in the text field itself The delimiter should be used to enclose such field Text between two delimiter characters is treated as one field althoug
91. eate a basic label do the following 1 Open Label Gallery software Plus Easy or Free 2 Select New label under File menu or click on the icon in the standard toolbar Each time you create a new label a Label Setup Wizard will start to help you setup the label and connect to the printer Note You can leave the Wizard at any time and accept the default settings for the label by clicking on the Finish button Define Label and Page Dimensions 1 Ifyou want to use the label stock select your choices in the window Select Stock 2 Click on the Next button A new window will open to define the label dimensions manually Leave the option Page Size on User defined default and check Automatic Sizing 4 Click the Next button A new window will open 5 Select label orientation and print direction 41 Label Gallery User Guide Label Setup Wizard Select a layout that suites you most A4 210 297m Bi 5 een ree p Label Layout Orientation Frink direction Landscape Screen layout Printer layout ABCD rab This printer does not support print direction settings _ Open the advanced options dialog box Do not use the wizard nest time Selecting label layout 6 Click on the Next button A new window will open Enter 10 for label width and 7 for label height Note Dialog box differs from thermal and office printers 42 Designing Labels Label Setup Wizard Label Dimensions Se
92. eated The following steps explain how to create a label that contains a prompted field a counter and date time fields The captions in the following screenshots were added separately m r ro COLT COUNTER oa Te DATE 24 2 2005 24 2 2005 TME TME 1 48 34 14834 FRODUET WEIGHT WITH 20 F FT FRODUCT WEIGHT WITH AUF FE 10 kg 10 kg The left label shows design mode the right two labels are two consecutive labels from print preview Use Prefix or Suffix Options You can add a prefix and suffix to each variable field on the label Both are added to the value when you preview and print the label 1 Click on the small arrow next to the icon in the Toolbox to display a list of available variable types 40 Designing Labels 2 Select New Keyboard Input from the list 3 A dialog box with variable properties will open 4 Type the text Enter product weight for the option Display this text to the print operator Set the allowable characters to digits and click on the Next button 5 Enter kg for the Suffix option Suffix kg Defining the variable suffix 6 Click on the Finish button 7 Click on the label where you want to position the prompted field The text object is placed on the label and linked to the new variable When you will preview or print the label the suffix kg will be appended to the entered value on the right side Create a Basic Label Create a New Label To cr
93. elected date format will look on the label Available Data Types Here you can define the input format and output format of the variable Supported format types are None This format is used when you don t need any special format Date This format is used to insert the date Input and output pictures can be set Allowed values for input are shown in drop down list More on date inputting can be found in section Variable Wizard Date Field Time This format is used to insert the time and is similar to date inserting More on time inputting can be found in section Variable Wizard Time Field Floating This format is used to insert large numbers This Point type enables you to put comma and points in the right places 142 Money Pick List Binary Designing Labels This format lets you choose the currency unit and put it on the correct place This format enables you to define a list of values for the input values Entered entries in the pick list are available to the user in the combo box that is displayed when the label is printed The user can select one of the pre defined values This format enables the insertion of a binary value on the input The output is ASCII character Available Date Formats The date fields can be printed in various formats In this field you define how the date will look You can select some of the predefined date formats or enter you own When defining the formats the following notat
94. em accessibility directly in the Windows system with the option Make Available Off line Number The maximum number of off line of off line workstations is limited to half of the clients purchased licenses Login Login protection and custom Label Gallery protection usernames are disabled in off line mode Lease Off line client cannot occupy a Label period Gallery license for unlimited period of time Maximum lease period of every license is 15 days If the client does not reconnect to the server in on line mode in this time period its license will expire and be released to some other client Lease period also considers the license used by a computer that will never login in on line mode and normally release it computer crashed beyond repair computer got stolen etc When lease period expires the license will be returned to the group of available licenses on the server 15 Label Gallery User Guide Migrate Network Edition to New Server Computer This top provides you with information what you have to pay a special attention to if you want to migrate Label Gallery Network to another server computer 1 First prepare the new server computer You will have to install the same version of Label Gallery TruePro Network to it from scratch Please refer to the topic Install Software to the Server how it is done You can use your existing Network Key Number if you have not already reached the activation limit Note If your Netwo
95. emo mode are Label Gallery Plus Easy GalleryForm GalleryWatch GalleryMemMaster GalleryData Pocket Label Gallery You can only print five 5 labels per print job You can only define one variable field on the label you want to export to Pocket Label Gallery to SAP to printer s memory or using other export possibilities If you continue running Label Gallery software in the demo mode you will experience increasing delay at startup Three actions are executed on the button Three actions are executed for the trigger Download to the printer is not enabled Database tables with maximum twenty 20 records can be used You can print only one 1 variable field per label You should use the DEMO version only to evaluate the software Any commercial use of the DEMO software is prohibited To obtain the full working version of Label Gallery software you have to purchase and activate the software Note Products with an asterisk are only available in Label Gallery TruePro edition 26 Installation and Activation Registering the Software At the end of the activation process please fill out the registration form in the last step of the Product Activation process If you have the access to the internet the product can be activated on line You can also print out the registration form and send or fax it to the contact on the form Registration 1s not required but you should register Label Gallery softwa
96. er driver on the label As an example you will change the printing speed and darkness To change the printer settings do the following Go to File Printer Settings The window with the printer settings will open Open the Options tab Change the Speed and Darkness options Click on the OK button Save the label by clicking the button in the Standard toolbar or selecting the command Save in the File menu Printer Memory Custom Commands Import E sport setting About Options Advanced Setup Dithering Stocks No OF Copies Darkness 50 s Stocks User defined wt Printer driver properties Note Any changes in the printer settings dialog box will be saved to the label and applied to future print actions You can also change the printer settings right before the label is printed 1 Select the Print command in the File menu 2 Go to the Printer tab This tab allows you to change the printer just before printing begins but it also enables you to change common printer settings like speed darkness and print direction Note Changes to the settings in the Printer tab will not be saved in the label but used only at print time 37 Label Gallery User Guide Changing Dithering Options Dithering is a process of converting color or gray scale pictures to black and white pictures that can be printed on thermal printers Thermal printers normally cannot print color images and can either print a dot on the label or not There are
97. er Link to a Database Using Database Wizard Follow the steps from to 6 2 Select the option I want to select which record to print 3 Click on the Finish button The link to the database is created and database fields are linked to text objects on the label 4 Click on the amp Print 7 button or select the command Print in the File menu Click on the Select Records button in the Print dialog box Record Selection dialog box opens 6 Click on the small arrow button next to the field names in the table and choose the condition Defining the filter by clicking the arrow button You can display only the records that are equal to the selected value in the list or you can define your custom filter All records matching the condition will be filtered from the database and displayed in the table Note You can define conditions on multiple fields at the same time 116 Designing Labels Linking a Label to Text Databases Connect to a Database Label Gallery software offers a Database Wizard that guides you through the necessary steps to connect the database to a label To connect your label to a database using the Database Wizard do the following 1 Click on the LS se 7 button in the Standard Toolbar 2 Click on the Browse button and point to the text database C Program Files Sato Gallery2 Samples Database data txt Database Wizard Database and Table Select the type of database and table vou want to us
98. er X AddOns Fonts where X represents the letter of CD ROM drive in your system The fonts are in standard TrueType format and can be installed using Fonts utility in Control Panel They are accompanied with two document files that include all symbols from the fonts in a easily scanned formatted table 101 Label Gallery User Guide ry J L Mi b d f hi i j l i mi m Aa da 2S y 50 Vy g e E Character map of Care Symbols Font CARESYM TTF k L fal tersi x WOW a Boe WHO AAXOOL OS SE e io Character map of EP Symbols Font EPSYM TTF Moving Objects To move the object on the label do the following 1 Select the object 2 Click on the object with the left mouse button 3 Hold the mouse key pressed 4 Move the position of the cursor on the screen The object will move with the cursor Resizing Objects To resize the object on the label do the following 102 Designing Labels 1 Select the object The selected object is framed with a rectangle 2 Click on one of the small rectangles in the corners of the rectangle 3 Hold the mouse key pressed 4 Move the position of the cursor on the screen The object will resize with the cursor Rotating Objects To rotate the object do the following 1 Select the object 2 Click on the icon in the design toolbar The object will be rotated for 90 clockwise Note If the design toolbar is not visible select th
99. ere are two ways for automation The first one is with the use of the command files JOB file which is used with Automatic print command from File menu The second way is with the help of any other Windows application which enables DDE communication between the programs In the both ways you can use the same commands When you are using the automatic print the commands must be written one per line in the command file JOB file With the DDE communication the commands are send through the DDE channel LABEL LABEL lt name of the file gt The command opens the working label If the label 1s already opened the program will use this one It is recommended to write full path name along with the file name Note if variable value contains space characters or commas you will have to enclose the whole path in quotation marks e g LABEL C Program Files Sato Gallery2 Samples Labels sample3 Ibl If you use LABEL command with GalleryWatch running in service mode use UNC quotation instead of the mapped drives e g LABEL SERVER SHARE MY LABELS LABEL LBL instead of G MY LABELS LABEL LBL LABELCLOSE LABELCLOSE The command closes the currently active label The label application will stay opened FILECLOSE command does the same thing but is depreciated To speed up label printing do not use this command frequently Label Gallery can have opened more label files 158 Integration and Connectivity simultaneously If the label 1s al
100. ermissions to write in the folder with the labels This type of a counter will remember the last value that was used for it on this label If you want to share the same counter on many labels and it should progress no matter which label is printed look at the global variable It too can remember last used value and can be used on different labels 146 Designing Labels Global Variable Global variable is a type of variable that can be used on many different labels Once it 1s defined it is stored outside the current label so it is available for any other label as well Its last value is stored even after closing the label file and exiting the application It is useful when continuing of numbering from previous printing is required Values of global variables are stored in a separate file on disk GLOBALS TDB The location of the folder varies depending on the Windows operating system used On Windows 98 and Me the location is C Program Files Sato Gallery2 Bin System on Windows NT 2000 XP and 2003 the location is C Documents and Settings All Users Application Data Sato Gallery2 System Global variable is an advanced option for power users and 1s not available in the Variable wizard Global variable can only be created manually in the Variable dialog box Make sure to select Global as the Source for the variable in the General tab If you copy your label file which uses global variables to another computer you have to copy the file
101. ers printing of pre designed labels but cannot be used to design and alter existing labels Advanced settings for changing the labels are not available Label Gallery TruePro Complete software solution for any kind of label design and print requirement Multiple connectivity options allow users to perform stand alone printing or integrate label printing into any network environment Label Gallery TruePro provides you with the interactive label printing capabilities You can also integrate label printing to existing applications ActiveX Non programming embedding of label printing to existing systems 1s also available Gallery Watch Introduction Label Gallery TruePro includes the following modules e Label Gallery Plus Main application for label design and printing e GalleryForm Create your own custom designed data entry applications without requiring any programming skills e GalleryWatch Integrate and automate label printing to any existing information system e GalleryMemMaster Download fonts and graphics to the computer s memory card for optimized label printing e GalleryData Manage your databases e GalleryPrint Print your labels from this easy to use application Label Gallery TreuPro Print Only Label Gallery TruePro Print Only offers printing of pre designed labels using pre designed forms and automatic printing from pre designed trigger actions Label Gallery TruePro Print Only cannot be used to design and al
102. est print the current label HT Form Print Print the label using the form generated in the application GalleryForm 69 Label Gallery User Guide Note The label must be set up to print labels through the form Also the form file must be prepared in advance Open the dialog box with printer properties You can change the settings in the printer driver Print Direction Quickly change the print direction of the label Using Standard Toolbar Click on the icons in the standard toolbar will execute the following actions Create new label Open existing label Save currently opened label Cut the selected objects to clipboard MF 3 am B F Copy the selected objects to clipboard Paste the objects from the clipboard Undo last action Redo last action et Print Access to the print functionality Click on the small arrow for more commands Access to the zoom functionality Click on the small arrow for more commands Access to the view functionality Click on the small arrow for more commands T EH Access to the variables Click on the small arrow for more commands i peal Variables 1 Database Access to the databases Click on the small arrow for more commands Open the help file C sing Text Toolbar You can use text toolbar to quickly format the text objects on the label 70 Designing Labels Here 1s how 1 First select it the
103. etween real database and text file is in their data structure information Databases include the whole information about their fields names data format length and can be automatically used with the application Text files on the other hand do not have stored such information and you will have to instruct the application how the data is encoded When Text File Wizard finishes it will return control back to Database Wizard that will guide the rest of the way Database Access Database access functions are functions used to retrieve data from the database The records can be obtained from the database using different approaches 1 You can successively read record by record from the database and use them all on the label 2 You can select records for printing 130 Designing Labels 3 Youcan define filters that will be used to retrieve just a subset of records from your database that will comply to your conditions The result of the database access function is a set of variables one for each selected field of database table Each database variable is named the same as the database field but has additional prefix of a database name This allows you to quicker identify from which database table the variable comes from For example If you have a field name Product in the database table DBPROD the resulting label variable will be named DBPROD Product Label Gallery software supports all types database The only condition is th
104. evious dialog box a new variable field will be created You will have to provide some information about variable being used 91 Label Gallery User Guide Step 4 List of selected application identifiers UCC EAN1 28 Wizard Application Identifiers Construct the list of pplication Identifiers that will be encoded in the bar code RPPIE SHE Identifiers selected Global Trade Item Number GTIN E add i E Batch or Lot number Due Date MMOD RN iS Input Application identifier delimiter L eft Right h Preview i07 99999999999999 1 071 234512050301 e Listing the selected application identifiers This is the last step of the EAN UCC 128 Wizard Here you can add edit or delete Application Identifiers and define separator among them Application Identifiers selected In this field all selected application identifiers for the bar code are listed in the order of creation You can change the order with the arrow buttons Add Edit or Delete buttons Use these buttons to add additional application identifiers and edit or delete existing ones Input Application identifier delimiter Define left and right separator among different application identifiers The default setting is to use round parenthesis Preview A sample bar code content based on your application identifier selection is shown here Click the Finish button to exit the wizard Using EAN UCC 128 Wizard This wizard allows you to
105. ew variable Instructions for this step can be found in how to topic Create a serial number counter 2 Name the variable e g Counter Set the length of the variable and Format to Numeric Go to the Increment page of the dialog and set the parameters e Incremental decremental counter e Step value of the variable will be increased in steps e Change value after the number of labels 3 Goto Prompting tab select the option Prompt and enter the Default value you want to use as the starting value for the counter 4 Then tick the option Remember last used value dynamic value This will enable the counter to remember the last used value Note The counter which preserves last used value cannot be made with Variable wizard but only using dialog for adding new variables The last used value is stored in the same folder where the label is The file extension with last used value is DVV the filename is the same as the label Last used values are stored in the external text files in the same folder where the label resides The external files have the same filename as the label file but the extension DVV The label file does not have to be saved to store the dynamic values If you use labels with dynamic values and exchange them with other users make sure to exchange not only label files LBL but also files with last used dynamic values DDV Note If you want to use the counter that remembers last used value you must have the p
106. f the variable Counter If the variable will be a counter define its properties Step 1 Choosing the application identifier UCC EAN1 28 Wizard Selection of Application Identifier Select the required Application Identifier for pour bar code Select the required Application Identifier Detailed Serial Shipping Container Code Seral Shipping Container Code Global Trade ltem Number aT 1H GTIN of trade items contained in a logistic unit Batch or Lot number Production Date vr MMDD Due Date fy MMDD Packaging Date iy MMDD Minimum Durability Date per asimum Durability Date for MMOD Product Y arant Seral Humber Secondary Data For Specitic Health Industry Products Lot Number Transitional Use 87 Label Gallery User Guide EAN UCC 128 Wizard Choosing application identifier The dialog in the first step of Wizard allows you to select the EAN UCC 128 bar code data structure Each bar code is composed out of one or more Application Identifiers and the corresponding data Choose one of the Application Identifiers in this list You can add edit or delete Application Identifiers from the bar code later in the process UCC EAN178 Wizard AI01 Check Digit Select how you want the check digit to be applied This Application Identifier includes a check digit Select check digit input Check digit to be entered with data EAN UCC 128 Wizard How check digit should be applied If
107. fier delimiter Left fi Right i Preview i 01234521 2345 Two Application Identifiers are defined 7 When you are satisfied with the designed AI and their positions within the bar code click on the Finish button The EAN UCC 128 bar code is placed on the label Edit Bar Code EAN UCC 128 WA 10 12345 21 12345 The designed label with EAN UCC 128 bar code To define the EAN UCC 128 bar code you first select this bar code type and assign a value to it 1 Click on the small arrow button next to the 2 E Bar Code button in the Toolbox 55 Label Gallery User Guide 2A Bar Code Select Fixed Bar Code in the context menu E Fixed Bar Code ip Mew Keyboard Input 23 Mew Counter New Date Field Cy Mew Time Field Use Existing Variable Creating a fixed bar code 3 E E eS Move the cursor to the location on the label where you want to place the bar code object and click on the mouse button The wizard with object properties will open Click on the button Define The dialog box Edit Bar Code will open Expand the group EAN UPC and select the bar code EAN UCC 128 Click on the OK button to go back to the Bar Code dialog box Click on the Next button The EAN UCC 128 Wizard will open Controlling Cutter in the Printer If you have a thermal printer equipped with the cutter you can control the cutter action from Label Gallery software You must use GalleryDriver for yo
108. ftware easier to use for beginners and inexperienced users Label Gallery in basic mode e Hides the advanced tabs in dialog boxes e Enables all wizards for frequent tasks in label design e Hides the advanced Toolbars e Shows large icons To switch between basic and advanced modes do the following 1 Click on the User Interface command in the Tools menu 2 Click on the command Set Basic Mode to enable basic mode or click on the command Set Advanced Mode to enable advanced mode Note You can also enable only some properties of the basic advanced mode Look at the other User Interface options in the Tools menu Shortcuts You can quickly accomplish tasks you perform frequently by using shortcut keys one or more keys you press on the keyboard to complete a task Note that this is just a faster and more convenient way of choosing commands Command itself is executed just as 1f it was selected from the menu or toolbar Shortcut Command Delete Deletes selected element Shift Delete Cut Ctrl Insert Copy Shift Insert Paste Alt Undo 31 Label Gallery User Guide Backspace numeric pad Zoom In numeric pad Zoom Out Alt Shift Redo Backspace Ctrl T Rotate 90 counter clockwise Ctrl A Align Ctrl X Cut Ctrl C Copy Ctrl V Paste Ctrl Z Undo Ctrl Y Redo Ctrl N New Ctrl O Open Cina Save Ctrl P Print Ctrl R Print Preview Ctrl G Snap to grid Alt F4 Exit Ctrl mov
109. h it contains the field separator character The data preview in the bottom part of the dialog box will let you know if your choice of a separator character is a correct one Fields will be separated with vertical lines if a separator is valid 129 Label Gallery User Guide Text File Wizard Set Column Breaks Set the field widths column Breaks To CREATE abreak line click at the desired position To DELETE a break line double click on the line To MOVE a break line click and drag t Data preview 5 LO 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 0 5E 60 Je Lakheleallery Label design and printing alleryForm Data entry application desiqn alleryiWlatch Paeta detection and connectivity allerylata j Database management alleryMenmnMaster Font and graphics dowmload Database Wizard Setting column breaks If you have selected that your data is formatted with fixed widths the second step of the Wizard will be slightly different Instead of selecting character for field separation you will have to define field widths The Wizard makes is as simple as possible Use a mouse and draw a vertical line to the start positions of the fields Lines will indicate where the new field starts Text File Wizard When the input database file is a plain ASCII text file or formatted CSV Comma Separated Values Text File Wizard will be started within Database Wizard and it will guide you through quick and easy steps of text data acquire The main difference b
110. hange the dithering setting in the printer driver Use Custom Edit Forms If you have a lot of prompted variables on a label you can use custom forms that allow user friendly data entry Do the following 1 Open your label 2 Select Label Setup from the File menu 3 Go to Printing tab Note If Printing tab is not visible click on the button Advanced at the bottom of the dialog box 4 Type in the name of the form file you want to use for printing 5 Ifthe form does not exist click on the button Define to create it 6 Click on the OK button When you will select the Print command the form will start and replace the standard Print dialog box in the Label Gallery software 155 Integration and Connectivity Automatic Print with JOB Files Automatic Print Use this facility for automatic un attending printing from the Label Gallery software The commands to drive label printing from the Label Gallery application are stored in the batch command JOB file The Automatic Print can be used interactive in the Label Gallery with the command Automatic Print The other possibility is to run Label Gallery with the parameter GALLERY2 EXE SAMPLE2 JOB Label Gallery will start with execution of the commands which are stored in the command file SAMPLE2 JOB If the last command in this file is QUIT the program will exit after printing Automating the Software Automation with ActiveX Programming interface Automation Activ
111. hat should be printed lt number gt This many labels will be printed VARIABLE Some variable contains the information how many labels should be printed It can be label defined prompted variable or a field from the database UNLIMITED Ifyou use a database to acquire values for variable fields unlimited printing will print as many labels as there are record in the database If you do not use a database there is not much sense to use this option In this case the maximum number of labels that thermal printer internally supports will 159 Label Gallery User Guide be printed The parameter skip in the command represents the number of the labels you want to omit before first printed label on the page The parameter is used for label printing on sheets of paper When the part of the page is already printed you can re use the same sheet by shifting the start location of the first label The rest of the unused labels on the page can be printed with the help of this parameter The parameter identical label copies specifies how many copies of the same label should be printed The parameter number of label sets specifies how many times the whole printing process should be repeated If you do not need to set some of the supplementary parameters use their default values Skip 0 Identical label copies 1 Number of label sets 1 PRINTER PRINTER lt printer_name gt Normally the PRINT command prints the label to the printer specified
112. he database will be printed and each record is used on one label Select how the records from the database will be used on the label Click on the Next button A next step Fields Usage of the Database Wizard will open 7 Leave everything on the default settings The wizard will automatically connect all database fields to the text objects on the label 8 Click on the Finish button The Database Wizard will connect to the database obtain the fields and make them available on the label as variables The variables will be linked to the text objects Overview You can use the Label Gallery software to retrieve data from any database on your computer or network If you have the appropriate database drivers you can connect to the database and use the records on the label Note Label Gallery Easy does not have all database options available You can only use data from text databases and Excel spreadsheets in Label Gallery Easy 114 Designing Labels With Label Gallery software you can connect to any database type as long as you have the appropriate database drivers installed on your computer Label Gallery supports different database drivers like ODBC OLE DB and BDE Your computer comes pre installed with database drivers for frequently used database types but you can always install additional drivers You have total control over which records in the database table will be printed By default all records are printed but you also ha
113. he label margins Rows columns Define the number of labels in horizontal and vertical directions This option is commonly used with office printers Gaps Define the gaps between the labels Note Define gaps only if you have changed rows and columns option If you have rolls of labels the gaps between the labels are auto identified by the gap sensor in the printer Unit of measure Change the unit of measure you want to use When you are satisfied with the label dimensions click on the Finish button to close the Label setup wizard 64 Designing Labels Defining the Page Size Label Setup Wizard Page Size Select the paper size that best matches your needs Page size Automatic Sizing Label setup Wizard choosing Label Dimensions Select the page size for your labels This step 1s only necessary for the office printers Automatic Sizing Tick this option Label Gallery and GalleryDriver will negotiate about the label dimensions Click on the Next button to continue with the next step 65 Label Gallery User Guide Selecting Label Layout Label Setup Wizard Select a layout that sites you most A4 210K297m Bi 2 ESA mR P Label Layout Orientation Print direction Landscape Screen layout Printer layout This printer does not support print direction settings Selecting label layout Orientation Select the label orientation Look at the screen and printer layouts for s
114. heck digit Click on the button Select to choose the algorithm Details Tab On this tab you can define advanced settings for the bar code Note Not all of these options are available for all bar codes and printers Include quiet zones By checking this field you set that the bar code will have some white space in the front and in the end for increased readability Descender bars Some bars of a bar code will be longer than others This is typically used with EAN and UPC bar codes that have longer bars in the begging in the middle and in the end of the bar code Mirror horizontally mirror vertically The bar code can be mirrored vertically and horizontally bar code will usually have to be printed as graphics for this option to be accessible 80 Designing Labels Intercharacter gap Some bar codes allow you to change the gap between characters in the bar code e g Code 39 Include EAN white space Before and after the bar code a special character is inserted lt or gt It indicates the width of the bar code If you put any other object in the extent of the bar code it will reduce the readability of the bar code This option is only valid for EAN bar codes Edit Bar Code lntercharacter gap TESTA Enable preview Hep Edit bar code Details tab Edit Bar Code Dialog Box This dialog box is displayed when you click the Define button on the bar code dialog box On this dialog
115. hen you re connect the other database you can simply link the objects to new variables f Functions Access to the Label Gallery Functions dialog box If you click on the small arrow you can select which new function you want to create There are several methods to connect a variable to some label element that should contain variable values e Ifyou have the element already positioned on the label select it then choose the appropriate variable in the list e Ifthe element is not already on the label you can first select the variable in the list and then click the label where you want the element positioned Text element will appear there and will be connected to the chosen variable e Ifyou want any other element and not text connected to the variable you can first select the variable in the list then click the desired element in the Toolbox and then click the label e You can click on the small arrow button next to the object icon in the toolbox select the option Use Existing Variable select the variable from the list and click on the label Variable toolbar always shows the name of the variable which is attached to the current selected element If there are two or more elements selected and do not have the same variable attached to it then the variable combo box is empty 72 Designing Labels Using Zoom Toolbar Zoom in This command increases the selected element or part of the element Zoom out This com
116. how GalleryWatch can be used for your specific demand refer to GalleryWatch Operating Manuals Printing Using this option the labels are designed with directly from Label Gallery software on a PC computer SAP R3 and are then exported to SAP format Export software using GalleryWatch integration module 163 Label Gallery User Guide procedure will generate ITF native file with description of the label This ITF file is then uploaded to SAP system and users can print labels directly from SAP R3 The advantage with this approach is that no PC is required for label printing Once the label 1s created you do not need Label Gallery application any more However there are several disadvantages First of all every label printer is not suitable for label printing directly from SAP R3 system SAP has certain limitations that the printer has comply to There is also limited support for graphics elements Variable graphics cannot be used at all And only some printer models support printing of fixed images truetype fonts Variable text fields on the label has to be set in internal printer fonts that usually do not look as good as truetype fonts Only prompted variables can be used Since Label Gallery Plus application is not present at print time functions and advanced label elements cannot be used For more information about connecting labeling software to SAP R 3 system please refer to the appropriate White Paper on the web sit
117. iable type when you want the operator to enter a value of the variable from the keyboard before printing the specified numbers of labels 97 Label Gallery User Guide Text Wizard Keyboard Input Detine the properties of the prompt keyboard input Prompt test for this variable teld Lot number 0 Format All characters G Numeric Alphanumeric Currency Set maximum number of characters 1d al Dialog box for Text Wizard when Keyboard input option is chosen Prompt text for this variable field Fill in the message that will be shown to the user when he will enter tne values for the variable field Format Select the format of data you allow to be entered for the variable field Set maximum number of characters Define the maximum length of characters that can be entered for the variable field Text Wizard Prefix and Suffix The variable element can have a prefix and suffix values The prefix text is placed in front of the variable s value The suffix text is place at the end of the variable s value 98 Designing Labels Text Wizard Prefix and Suffix Specify prefis and suffi for your element Prete string will be placed in front of the data value Suffis string will be placed after the data value a E To complete the Wizard click Finish Setting Prefix and Suffix string for the variable text element Note If you leave the edit fields empty the p
118. ics objects can also be placed on the label from the clipboard or imported from another applications 1 e Corel Draw scanning programs using either the Insert Object or Paste command from the Edit menu In this case the graphics is embedded in the label file What this means is that it is entirely stored in the label file and is not stored separately on the hard disk However the graphics imported this way can be saved to the file at any time When you define graphics as an variable object Some variable defines the name of the picture Label Gallery does not know the size of the picture in advance because this information is provided only at print or preview time That is why there will be a picture box on the screen containing a large question mark Working with Text Objects There are two modes of operation which can be set by setting program preferences The first default is On screen edit This means you can enter text directly on the label similar to a word processor program When you have typed the contents you can cancel typing by pressing lt Esc gt key or confirm it by pressing lt Ctrl Enter gt The text object is created The second mode immediately opens the dialog box for the text where you can enter the contents and set all other properties of the text This dialog box can also be opened any time by double clicking the text object or by right clicking the object and selecting Edit from menu 104 Designing L
119. ide you through the steps of creating the variable Variable field will be created very easily but cannot be used for setting of all the options For advanced variable setup click New button Edit button will let you change properties of selected existing variable You will find more information about variables in the topic Variables When this type of contents provider is Functions selected you can select the proper function 105 Label Gallery User Guide Database Expression Visual Basic Script 106 from the list of defined functions and then also the output function generate variable This variable will be the source of data for the element Click New to create new function Click Edit to change function s properties When this type of contents provider is selected you can select the proper database from the list of defined database connections Then select the proper field from this database This field will be the source of data for the element Click New to create connection to new database click Wizard to use the wizard for the connection Click Edit to change function s properties Expression is an simplified version of Visual Basic Script Expression can be used in situations when you want to manipulate existing variables extract some sub string or perform a quick calculation and you do not want to write a dedicated Visual Basic script For this purpose Expression will do just fine You can enter one l
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121. ine expression in the edit field that will be validated at print time Of course all Visual Basic scripting commands can be used in here An entire Microsoft Visual Basic Script functionality can be included on the element Each element can have assigned its own programming script for advanced functionality Visual Basic Script option will allow you to use a complete implementation of Visual Basic programming scripting provided my Microsoft Corporation This makes is possible to perform advanced data manipulations comparisons and calculations directly on the label If you are not familiar with Visual Basic scripting a comprehensive help system is accompanying the labeling application To access is click the VB Script Help file Once your script is written it will be check for the consistency and syntax errors and you will be notified of the exact positions of any possible error for easier problem solving There is one thing you have to pay special attention to your script has to define an output variable Result It will be used for actual value setting For Link to File Lookup Table FACT HIBC Rich Text Editor Structured RSS bar Designing Labels more complex scripts click the Build script button to edit your code in Expression Builder The value for the label element is acquired from the specified text file in this case The contents of the file is used for the element You can link the element to some fixed fi
122. ine usage is the use of labeling software with mobile users In a company that has a Network version of Label Gallery installed some of the workstation installs are performed on laptop computers If this computer is detached from the network Label Gallery software will not operate Off line mode successfully copes with this situation Switching Label Gallery to off line mode is done with License Manager program When you start License Manager from Help menu it will use one license for itself This currently occupied license can be assigned as Available Off line When this option 1s enabled the workstation used will be able to operate without the server or network being on line and will still occupy this one license Off line mode causes the license to be used all the time When Label Gallery Network 1s started it does not occupy another license and after it quits it also does not release this license The number of all available licenses is thus reduced by one If the off line license needs to be released use License Manager for this task Click the Disable Off line button and off line mode will be cancelled and license released The system requirement for off line mode to work is local installation of Label Gallery software Make sure to select the option Copy files to local hard disk in install program on all workstations for which you want to enable off line mode All Label Gallery program files must be installed to the local disk When Labe
123. ing Labels Using Expression Builder The labeling software has a simple text editor built in You can use it to design your own simple VB Scripts or JOB batch files with GalleryCommands The Expression builder is a programming text editor with constant access to command reference of the script language you are currently using The Expression Builder can be used with Visual Basic Script and with GalleryCommands The Expression Builder lets you edit your scripts and expressions with ease The Load and Save buttons allow you to import export Visual Basic scripts from to external text files The builder uses standard shortcuts for positioning of the cursor and working with text files Available are also standard Search and Replace shortcuts Ctrl F Ctrl R The working window is divided into four parts Category This section contains the groups of available commands functions and operators Similar objects have been grouped together for easier identification and faster search The groups are displayed as tree view Select the main group name to display all its contents into the Name section Or you can click the plus sign in front of the group name if available to display all defined sub groups Then select the sub group name to display only its contents Name This section will display the contents of the selected group in the Category section All available commands functions operators etc will be listed here If you sele
124. ion is used D DD M MM YY or YYYY DDD DDDD MMMM MMM JJJ WW Number of the day in a month Can occupy one or two characters Number of the day in a month Always occupies two characters leading zeros will be added as necessary M is number of the month Can occupy one or two characters MM is number of the month Always occupies two characters The year as 2 or 4 digits number Abbreviation of the day of week name The full day of week name The full name of the month The abbreviation of the name of month The number of days since 1 January Can occupy from one to three characters The number of days since 1 January Always occupies three characters The week number in current year Can occupy one or two characters The week number in current year Always occupies two characters Any other sequence of characters will be displayed unchanged This way you can insert dots commas and other characters needed to properly write the date The examples 143 Label Gallery User Guide Format How the date will look D M YY YY 10 3 2005 DD MM Y Y 10 03 05 DDDD D MMMM YYYY Thursday 10 March 2005 JJSWWYYYY 069102005 Available Time Formats The time can be printed in various formats In this field you define how the time will look You can select some of the predefined time formats or enter you own When defining the formats the following notation 1s used h Hours in 12 hour format AM PM will
125. ions in the Data menu 3 There is already one function defined in the label Ignore it and click on the New button The dialog box with the properties of the new function will open 134 Designing Labels 4 Type in the name for the function for example My Visual Basic function 5 Select the Visual Basic Script function from the list of functions Select the Visual Basic Script option 6 Click on the Detailed tab to define properties for the function The variable NAME on the label provides the first and last names of the person The Visual Basic script should break them apart and use only the first name as the result of the function For the Visual Basic script enter the following code Dim Spc Spc InStr NAME if NAME lt gt then Result Mid NAME 1 Spc 1 end if The above script will search for the first space in the variable NAME and save all characters until this space character as a result Note Refer to the online help or User Guide for more information about Visual Basic Script functionality 7 The result from the Visual Basic Script function is automatically stored in the function generated variable VBScriptl every time the label is processed for preview or print 8 Click on the OK button 9 Click on the Close button to close the Functions dialog box To link the function generated variable VBScript1 to an object on the label do the following 1 Click on the small arrow at the right
126. irectly not using the Wizard and then setting its parameters appropriately l 2 3 Click on the button New variable on variable toolbar or Click command Variables in menu Data and press New button Name the variable e g Counter Set the length of the variable Go to the Serialization tab of the dialog and set the parameters e Incremental decremental counter e Step value of the variable will be increased in steps e Change value after the number of labels If you want to make counter filled in with leading zeroes do the following l Go to the Data Processing tab 145 Label Gallery User Guide 2 Set Position relative to the variable value to On left 3 Type 0 for the Character If you want the variable to have a default value do the following 1 Go to the Prompting tab 2 Enter the value into the Default value field Note If you do not want to be prompted for variable value at print time change the option Prompt to Do not prompt for value The counter will always start counting from the default value Press on the OK button and link the variable to text or bar code Make a Counter that Preserves Last used Value Counter which preserves last used value is applicable in cases when continuing of numbering from last label production is required e g serial number The last value of the counter that was used on the label is stored and the numbering is continued from this point at next use 1 Create a n
127. ister button to retrieve the Activation code Write it down Note The information in the Key Number and Registration Number the Activation Code and other fields is case sensitive so be careful when writing it down 7 Go back to the Label Gallery computer without the internet access where the window Manage License is still opened Enter the Activation Code 9 Click on the Next button and follow the prompts to complete the activation process Install Parallel Hardware Key Pee H ae ee EE To install a parallel key do the following 1 Shutdown your computer and switch off your printer 2 Connect the hardware key directly to the parallel port marked as LPT or PRN port on your computer Make sure you connect the hardware key in such a manner that pins on the key plug into the holes in the computer port Fasten the two screws to secure the key Note Do not remove the screws or try to turn them inside out Never try to connect the key to a serial port on the computer or directly to a printer You can permanently damage the hardware key as well as your computer equipment Label Gallery User Guide 3 Start Label Gallery software The Product Activation dialog box will open 4 Select Hardware Key and click on Next If the hardware key is connected properly Label Gallery software will start Note If you own a serial printer you cannot connect the printer to the hardware key directly because the connectors are not
128. it the object select it then double click it The wizard with properties appears oS ae Selecting Bar Code Type Settings for Advanced Bar Codes DataMatrix Bar Code General tab Y expansion factor This option defines the height of the bar code symbol Aspect Ratio It is the ratio between number of columns and number of rows Enter the wanted value in the fields Details tab ECC Type Error Correction Codes define the security level You can select one from the standard levels in the pull down menu Format ID This option defines which character set will be used in the bar code You can select one of the formats with the following filter Ol and 11 0 9 space 02 and 12 A Z space 03 and 13 A Z 0 9 space 04 and 14 A Z 0 9 space 05 and 15 7 bit ASCII lower part from 0 to 127 T7 Label Gallery User Guide 06and 16 all 07 and 17 7 bit ASCII The formats from 1 to 7 allow the data length to 500 characters while formats from 11 to 17 allow to 2000 characters Border Size Factors from 1 to 15 set the dimension of the border in the shape of the character L Data Matrix can encode e Full 128 ASCII character set e All ISO characters e All EBCDIC characters EAN UCC 128 Bar Code This bar code 1s combined from one or more input values and standard AID Application Identifiers Each AID must be followed by the standard values These values can be fixed or variable When the EAN UCC 128 bar c
129. l Data Label Gallery software enables you to work with variable values on the label manipulate the values and use them with other label objects Label Gallery software offers a group of functions that help you work with the variable values There is always some input to the function that the function manipulates and always some output that is stored to a function generated variable The function generated variable can be linked to label objects or used in other functions There are many Label Gallery functions available such as Concatenate for linked fields Subset Date addition FACT HIBC and Visual Basic script Visual Basic script is a powerful function allowing you to perform advanced data manipulation Using Visual Basic Function Visual Basic function allows you to perform the most demanding and difficult data manipulation on the label Available are all the functions procedures and operands from Microsoft Visual Basic script Your script can take values from all label variables work with the values and save the result in a function generated variable To create a visual basic function do the following 1 Click on the Button in the Standard toolbar or select Open in the File menu Select the label file ID CARD LBL from Label Gallery sample folder C Program Files Sato Gallery2 Samples Labels The label has a link to the database so you see how the concatenate function operates on a set of records 2 Select the command Funct
130. l Gallery software is started in off line mode it will use local copy of Label Gallery system files For this purpose a local copy of System folder from Label Gallery server computer will be made When Label Gallery Plus starts it will determine if server 1s accessible If it is server files will be used If not local copy of system files will be used When the workstation is running in off line mode there are few important issues that have to be considered All functionality of Label Gallery TruePro Network is not available in off line mode Install on Windows Terminal Services and Citrix Metaframe Before you start with the Network installation on the Windows Terminal Services or Citrix Metaframe read the White Paper Using Label Gallery software with Windows 2000 Terminal Services and Citrix Metaframe The White Paper is available on Label Gallery CD or for download from the Label Gallery website Install the Software on the Server Please follow these steps to install Label Gallery software on the server computer 1 Put the Label Gallery CD in your CD ROM drive An installation window will open automatically Note If the installation wizard does not start automatically go to the main CD directory of your Label Gallery CD and double click on the file START EXE 13 Label Gallery User Guide 2 Click on Install A new window will open showing all Label Gallery editions 3 Click on Label Gallery TruePro 4 Click on Label Galler
131. lect the command Printer Settings in the File menu Go to Printer Memory tab Look at the Slot where you have inserted your memory card in the printer Change the Slot Type to Memory Card Select the appropriate MMEF file created by the application GalleryMemMaster Close all dialog boxes ee Ce Ss ge Select the Picture object in toolbox then click on the label 10 Browse to the picture on the disk that you want to use Note This is the same picture as you have downloaded to the memory card You need to insert it from the disk for previewing purposes only When the label is printed the picture already stored in the memory card will be used 11 Tick the option Picture is stored on the memory card 12 Click on the OK button 63 Label Gallery User Guide Using Label Setup Wizard Defining Label Dimensions Here you can enter the label dimensions Note The values for dimensions are entered automatically if you selected the label stock in the previous step Label Setup Wizard Label Dimensions Set the Label layout dimensions and select the appropriate unit of measure Label width 39 97 Label height 3 94 6 Top Margin 0 0 Lett Margin 0 0 Bottom biargin 0 0 Right Margin 0 0 Columns 1 4 gap Rows 7 Y gap Unit of measure Open the advanced options dialog box Label setup Wizard defining the label format Width height Define the label dimensions Margins Define t
132. lename on the disk Or you can use variable filenames To achieve that connect the element to the variable containing the path and filename of the file Lookup Table is a facility for the user to simplify working with data tables Although the software can interact to any database sometimes there is a need only for one quick simple table that stores your data Lookup Table provides a shortcut to database usage Lookup Table is used when you want to use a data from a simple database on your label You can use some external databases as data source for all variable fields But Lookup Table greatly simplifies this task It is in fact a table stored within the label file Built in database editor can be used to manage the data records Every Lookup table can have a Key Primary and Secondary Key that are used for actual data query Using these keys you can make a query into the table and extract only fields that comply to the condition Both keys can be either fixed or get a value from some variable When the record from the table is found based on information from one or both keys the value of the database field selected in Output fields is returned as the element s contents The element on the label now has its value from the database The button Configure tables will let you manage your Lookup Tables FACT is used when you want to encode the data using this standard for Data Identifiers DI It is much like EAN UCC 128 standard and its A
133. lick on the Define button Choose one of available database felds as a source for the object contents Dialog box for Text Wizard when Database option is chosen Define Click on this button to open the database wizard that will help you define the link to the database Field Choose one of the available database fields as a source for the variable field Length Define the maximum length of the string in variable If field in database contains more characters they will not be printed This option is useful if the field length in your database is not fixed for example tab delimited ASCII file or if you don t want to reserve space for all the characters in database s field Text Wizard Date Field Define the properties of the date field The variable field will get the value from a computer clock 96 Designing Labels Text Wizard Date Define the properties of the date field Date offset Preview r 103 2005 l Dialog box for Text Wizard when Date field option is chosen Format Select the format for your date from the list You can also enter the custom format Date offset You can add a certain numbers of days months or years to a current date and print that date instead of the current one Preview The printer will print the date as shown on the Preview field This way you can see how the selected date format will look on the label Text Wizard Keyboard Input Use this var
134. lling Upgrades Install Label Gallery Edition Upgrade When you perform an edition upgrade you want to upgrade to a more powerful Label Gallery edition for example upgrade from Label Gallery Easy to Label Gallery Plus or Label Gallery Plus to Label Gallery TruePro First you have to remove the old edition from the computer During the removal of the old edition all user files labels and forms will remain on the hard drive and be accessible in the new edition To upgrade your Label Gallery edition do the following 1 Remove the existing edition of Label Gallery software Open Add or Remove Programs from Control Panel select Label Gallery from the list and click on the Remove button 2 Install the new edition on your computer Follow the same instructions as for first time installation Refer to the chapter Installing Software Note Do not remove the existing edition until you have the activation document for the new edition ready You have received the activation document from your vendor with the upgrade package Before you will be able to use the new edition you will have to activate it Install Label Gallery Version Upgrade In a Label Gallery software version upgrade you upgrade an older version for example Label Gallery 4 0 to the latest version of 4 x Before you upgrade your Label Gallery software make sure you e Backup your Label Gallery files e Do not remove the existing version from your desktop PC e Check wh
135. mand SET can then use new delimiter character for specifying the value to the variable Varl Note The command TEXTQUALIFIER is persistent during single program session If your JOB file sets the TEXTQUALIFIER to some value it will be used until set to another value Integration to SAP R3 Integration to SAP R3 Label Gallery can be used to design labels that should be printed to thermal printers from SAP system Two possible methods can be implemented Printi GalleryWatch data detection module is used rinting from TR Label Gallery to integrate label printer to your existing SAP R3 system Labels are normally designed on Windows PC where Label Gallery is installed Gallery Watch runs on the same system User on SAP R3 system would export the data that should be used on the label to some ASCII file or true database file format GalleryWatch will detect the appearance of the file and trigger label production The advantage of this approach is that Label Gallery will process the labels on the fly Labels will be imaged directly with data from exported database There is full support for variable graphics elements truetype fonts for variable fields and for advanced design options usage of functions VB Script etc All label printers with Windows driver can be used The only disadvantage is that a PC computer with installed Windows operating system is required for label printing For more information
136. mand decreases the selected element or part of the element 100 HH Factor You can define your own factor of zoom in Zoom to label You will see the entire label on the screen Zoom to page You will see the entire page on the screen Zoom to objects You will see all the objects on the screen Note To be able to zoom into the label at custom zoom factor you can click on the button and the draw a frame on the section of the label you want to zoom in Working with Objects Defining Objects Defining Bar Code Object To place the bar code object on the label do the following 1 Click on the Bar Code icon in the Toolbox 2 Click the position on the label where you want to place the object Bar Code Wizard dialog box will open Define the contents for the bar code object Click on the Next button to advance to the next step of the wizard Follow on screen instructions in the next steps Click on the Finish button Note Should you later want to edit the object select it then double click it The wizard with properties appears a E Defining Ellipse Object To place the ellipse object on the label do the following 1 Click on the Ellipse icon in the Toolbox 73 Label Gallery User Guide 2 Click the position on the label where you want the upper left position of the object to be set 3 Drag to bottom right direction until the object size is as requested 4 The other method of positioning the objec
137. n header here to group by that column FIELD FIELD FIELDS oie o Label Gallery Plus Label design and printing lw 1 GalleryForm 2 Data entry application de v BRE Galleryw atch Data detection and conne GaleryData Database management Gallery MemMaster Font and graphics dovnload GalleryDriver True Window s thermal transte i Je Records selected 2 Row 3 of 6 5 Selecting records and specifying label quantity 3 Click on the OK button 4 Click on the Print button to start printing labels 5 Click on the Close button to close the dialog box Use Print Preview to Select Data and View a Label Now you will simulate label printing using print preview 1 Click on the print icon 2 Print 7 in the Standard Toolbar 2 The Print dialog box opens with the Quantity of labels set to Variable quantity entered for each database record This setting corresponds to your selection in the Database Wizard when you have selected the options I want to select which record to print and I will enter label quantity for each selected record Only the records you select will be printed in the defined quantity 121 Label Gallery User Guide General Printer Database Initialization Database connection data v Table Number of selected records to be printed 1 Select Records Quantity Labels 1 H Advanced O All selected records from database Variable quantity e
138. n the printer 3 Start the application GalleryMemMaster memory card manager It is part of the Label Gallery Plus amp TruePro editions If the icon for GalleryMemMaster is not shown in the folder Label Gallery in the Start menu check your installation Reinstall Label Gallery Plus or TruePro if necessary 4 We ll assume that memory card is empty or safe to delete First step 1s to let GalleryMemMaster know what type of card is inserted in printer Click Print Setup lin Card menu Select your thermal printer from the list If your printer is not listed you will have to install the appropriate GalleryDriver Click button Properties then click button Memory to open dialog box Printer memory Here we have to activate the memory card in Slot 1 Look at section Slot 1 In field Type select Memory Card leave field Connected file intact Keep clicking OK until you return to GalleryMemMaster Note GalleryMemMaster works only in conjunction with GalleryDriver 5 We will format the memory card and prepare it for downloading our data Be careful if the card contains any previously downloaded elements they will be deleted Click Format from Card menu or click Formatting will take a few seconds 6 Next step is to build a list of fonts and graphics that we want to store on memory card The information about these fonts and graphics is stored in memory card file MMF Let s make a sample memory card file Select New from Card menu or
139. n website Network Registration Welcome to the SATO Label Gallery Network Registration site Please enter the data from your SATO Label Gallery Network Registration dialog box into the helds below then press the REGISTER button The fields are case sensitive so make sure you have entered the correct values Company User Name Serial Number M Registration Number E mail compulsory Internet activation website 5 Enter the Key Number and the Registration Number Enter other user information if prompted Click on the Activate button to retrieve the Activation Code 7 Switch back to the window Manage License Enter the Activation Code 8 Click on the Next button Follow the prompts to complete the activation process Installation and Activation Note You can still activate Label Gallery software if the computer does not have access to the internet Please refer to the following section If the computer where you installed Label Gallery software does not have the internet access do the following 1 Follow the steps one 1 to four 4 from the previous section 2 Write down the Key Number and the Registration Number 3 Write down the internet activation web address 4 Go to the computer with the internet access and open the activation website in the Internet Explorer 5 Enter the Key Number and the Registration Number Enter other user information when prompted 6 Click on the Reg
140. nt you downloaded to memory card before If text toolbar is not shown on your screen switch it on using command Text tool in View menu You will recognize downloaded font by special printer symbol in front of its name amp To make sure you have selected the proper font the same symbol is shown in the lower right corner of the element on the label If the symbol is not there you didn t select the right font or you do not have switched on displaying of printer element In this case select Object properties in View menu and click Printer elements 5 Using downloaded graphics Click Graphics icon Picture and select the picture you downloaded to memory card before Click OK Inserted picture is used from disk and not from memory card yet To change this double click the picture and select On memory card in General tab Click Browse and select the picture from memory card To make sure 137 Label Gallery User Guide you are using picture from memory card look at the picture on the label It should be framed in blue box Regular picture doesn t have any frame If you need further explanation on how GalleryMemMaster works please refer to GalleryMemMaster documentation Working with Variables Using Variable Wizard Variable wizard The variable wizard simplifies and speeds up the creation of the most common types of variables You cannot however set the advanced options in variables These can only be set in a Variable dialog box
141. nt from the network 1 Open Windows Explorer Browse to the Label Gallery server computer in My Network Places Double click on the file SETUP EXE Follow on screen instructions For detailed instructions you can also refer to the installation of the single user edition in the chapter Installing Label Gallery Software Note Label Gallery client installed on the workstation must have full access read write delete to the Label Gallery System subfolder on the server computer 2 3 Browse to the folder where Label Gallery software is installed on the server 4 5 6 Click on Finish button to finish the installation Installation and Activation Limitations of the Network Offline Mode Global Global variables cannot be used in off line variables mode If the local copy of global variable and a copy on another workstation or server would be used at the same time the serial numbers would be duplicated Log file If you are using MS Access log file the log will be created but will not be merged with the main system log file when on line mode is restored If you are using Text log file is used and the path to the log file is not accessible the log file will be non operational Location The availability of necessary label files is of labels up to the user Label Gallery will not database duplicate these files graphics i If you are using Windows 2000 or newer etc environment you can enable off line syst
142. ntBatchQuantity Contains the information about the computer name of a PC computer where labels are processed as specified from Windows system Contains information about the label quantity reached in the current label batch The value is reset at beginning at each batch in the printing process DefaultPrinterName Contains the name of the default printer on the system LabelFileName Contains full name of the current label including the path to the 148 file LabelPrinterName RequestedQuantity ShortLabelName SystemUserName TotalQuantityPrinted UserName Types of Variables Designing Labels Contains the name of the printer that is used on the label Contains the quantity of the labels as specified by the user or external application Contains the name of the label without the path Only filename with the extension LBL is available Contains the name of the system Windows user that is logged in and is running the application Contains the quantity of all unique labels printed Label copies are not included in this variable only the number of different labels is Contains the name of the Label Gallery user that is logged in and is using the application This variable has some value only when you have enabled user management in the software Each type of variable has its own icon to easier distinguish variables among each other The icon in front of the variable name determines its type The available ty
143. ntered for each database record Ce He _ Print Print preview dialog box 3 To choose which records to print from the database click on the Select Records button The Record Selection dialog box will open 4 Select the records from the database you want to print and enter the number of labels you want to print for each selected record FIELD FIELDS Label design and printing 2 Data entry application de Data detection and conne CalleryData 40 Database management Gallery MemMaster Font and graphics download Galery Driver 6E True Windows thermal transte i Je Records selected 2 Row 3 of 6 Record selection dialog box 5 Click on the OK button You will return to the Print dialog box 6 Click on the Preview button Now you can preview the labels on the screen Note that the text objects on the label change for each new record 122 Designing Labels GalleryForm 2 Data entry application design Preview of the second label in the series 7 Click on the Next button in the command window to advance to the next label in the series After you see the last label in the preview series Label Gallery software will re open the Print dialog box 8 Click on the Close button to close the Print dialog box Using Database Wizard Adding the Fields to the Label Database Wizard Field Usage Specify the usage of selected fields from the database Define how you want the selecte
144. nts that the Label Gallery will show on the screen It is run in the minimized form GalleryCommands Reference COMMENT When developing program code or scripts it is very wise to well document your commands This will help you decode what the script really performs when you will look at the code after some time Use semicolon on the beginning of the line Everything following it will be treated as script comment and will not be processed by application 157 Label Gallery User Guide CREATEFILE CREATEFILE lt name of the file gt This command will create a plain ASCII text file The file will contain only one line of text LabelGallery without the quotes The purpose of creating such file is to signal some external application that the label processing or printing has began or has ended The example of the CREATEFILE usage is printing labels with the data from some text file First the external application prepares variable data for the labels and stores the data into the text file Then Label Gallery is activated and printing starts A CREATEFILE command 1s used to create a file on the disk The appearance of the file represents a signal to the application that the current printing process is finished DELETEFILE DELETEFILE lt name of the file gt This command deletes the specified file You can use it in combination with CREATEFILE command GalleryCommands The printing with the Label Gallery can be automatic Th
145. o Label Gallery TruePro edition that includes one Pocket Label Gallery Client Access License The licensed version of Pocket Label Gallery comes with a 10 digit Client Access License CAL number that releases the application from DEMO mode and enables you to print labels without limitations from your Windows Mobile Device To get your Client Access License for Pocket Label Gallery you must have the access to the internet from your computer Do the following 1 Start Label Gallery Plus 2 Select Menage License from the Help menu 3 Tick the option Manage current software key license Click Next 4 Select the option Get Pocket PC edition software key Click Next The Pocket Label Gallery activation web page will open 5 Make sure that your Software Key Number is correctly entered Label Gallery User Guide 6 Click on the button Get Free Pocket Label Gallery Key The Pocket Label Gallery Key will be displayed on the screen To register Pocket Label Gallery on your Windows Mobile Device do the following steps 1 Open Start Programs Pocket Label Gallery folder Pocket Label Gallery or Pocket GalleryForm 2 Read the DEMO warning and tap the YES button fi Pocket LabelGallery a 10 54 The application is Unregistered and will run in DEMO mode Labels with only one variable field can be used in the DEMO mode COMMERCIAL USE OF THIS DEMO SOFTWARE IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED Do you want to register the sottware
146. ode is selected the Bar code data field in the Bar code Wizard dialog box is disabled To define the contents of the bar code click the Next button From the list of available Application Identifiers select the first identifier It will be written in bracket bellow the bar code When the Application Identifier includes also check digits you have to define whether it will be calculated or entered together with data Next define how you will set the values for the selected identifier You may enter fixed value or define variable value Fixed values When values are fixed the Wizard dialog box will inform you what is expected to be entered digits the maximum places The defined AID is presented on the list of selected Application Identifiers Click the Add button to add a new AID or on the Delete to delete existing one Should you need to change the AID and the data select the AID and click the Edit button You can sort the listing of AID by using the Up and Down buttons All the settings can be previewed on the Preview field The separator among Application Identifier can be defined by entering the required separator for the left and for the right side of the Application Identifier The default separator 1s bracket Variable values EAN UCC 128 bar code supports keyboard variables the variable data will be entered from the keyboard You can define the Prompt the message for the operator who will enter the data Th
147. ompletely familiarized yourself with the commands By using the information contained in this chapter you will be very quickly able to use labeling software efficiently Printing and Previewing Labels Learn how to print and preview labels Integration and Connectivity This chapter describes how labeling software can be used for seamless integration of label printing to your custom applications and which connectivity methods are available for including labelling to information systems without any modifications to existing applications Interface Reference This chapter describes details and explains all the commands used in the labeling software Technical Support Contacting technical support Software Restrictions All features explained in the Quick Start Guide are available in the Label Gallery TruePro edition However some features are not available in the Label Gallery Plus or Label Gallery Easy editions Sections discussing features not available with Label Gallery Plus or Label Gallery Easy will display an alert icon Typographical Conventions Text that appears in bold refers to menu names and buttons like the OK button Text that appears in italic refers to options confirming actions like Read only and locations like Folder Text enclosed in lt Less Than and Greater Than signs gt refers to keys from the desktop PC keyboard like lt Enter gt Variables are enclosed in brackets like variable Label Gallery User G
148. on to find the file on your computer Note that you can only select databases that are stored in files If you use databases via ODBC or OLE DB drivers you will have to set that manually in Database dialog box 124 Designing Labels Selecting Desired Fields Database Wizard Fields Selection Select the fields from the database wou want to use on the label Select the fields you want to use on the label For multiple field selection press and hold the Ctrl key then click on the desired fields Each selected field from the table will be represented as a variable on the label POSITION ROOM PICTURE ID Database wizard Selecting fields On this page you can select the fields you want to use on the label All fields in a table are selected by default but you will probably want to de select some of them especially if you have large table Variable will be created for each selected field and can later be attached to objects Selecting Variable Quantity from the Database Field Select a field in the database that contains the label quantity information The database record will be printed on as many consecutive labels as the selected field contains Note Make sure to select the field that has been formatted with the numeric data 125 Label Gallery User Guide Selecting Which Records will be Printed Database Wizard Records Printing Speci how the records from the database will be printed 1 Select which re
149. onal RSS Limited RSS Expanded UPC A UPC E EAN 8 EAN 13 EAN UCC 128 amp CC A B EAN UCC 128 amp CC C Two 2D Pharmacode PDF 417 DataMatrix dimensional MaxiCode Aztec QR MicroQR Codablock F MicroPDF InfoGlyph Using Bar Code Wizard Bar Code Wizard Bar code Wizard Bar Code Object Define the contents and style of the bar code object Bar code data Fixed bar code data O Variable bar code data 1234567890 Bar code type baa a First page of bar code Wizard Bar Code Wizard guides you to define all parameters for the text object 84 Designing Labels Fixed bar code data Select this option if you would like to have a fixed non changeable content of the object If you select this option you can enter the text directly in this dialog box Variable text Select this option if you would like to have variable content of the object Defining the content is defined in the next step Note When entering values for RSS composite bar codes you need to provide the value for the linear and composite 2D parts at the same time Use the following syntax for entering values for RSS composite bar codes The pipe character is used to distinguish between the components The syntax lt linear part gt lt composite part gt The example 12345 description Bar Code Wizard Choosing Variable Bar Code Select the type of the variable field you want to use Variable name Type in the name of
150. or High Capacity ADC Media HIBC Lookup table Link To File Review result before printing Function dialog box General tab This dialog box is also displayed when you want to change the existing function 132 Designing Labels To define change the function all required parameters must be entered and confirmed by clicking OK button Dialog box has several pages tabs Note that only General tab is fixed all other tabs change according to the function type you select on General tab Each other tab is described separately for each function Using Functions to Manipulate Label Data Using Concatenate Function The concatenate function merges two or more variables into one new variable To create a concatenate function do the following l Click on the button in the Standard toolbar or select Open in the File menu Select the label file ID_CARD LBL from Label Gallery sample folder C Program Files Sato Gallery2 Samples Labels The label has a link to the database so you see how the concatenate function operates on a set of records Select the command Functions in the Data menu There is already one function defined in the label Ignore it and click on the New button The dialog box with the properties of the new function will open In the General tab type My Concatenate function for the name for the function Select the Concatenate function from the
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152. ou have to provide the missing information before Label Gallery software can use the data from such a text database Ff 7 PIPPI PII PIT PET PETE LabelGallery 27799777 1 CE ee a Label design and printing GalleryForm GallenWatch 2 3 Data entry application design Date detection and connectiit GalleryOate GalleryMemMaster b 5 Database management Font and graphics download The label in design mode on the left and preview of the five labels with data from the database Place Database Fields on a Label The next step in the Database Wizard opens the dialog box with the list of available fields from the database 1 By default all fields from the database will be used on the label Click on the Next button Select the fields you want to use on the label For multiple field selection press and hold the Ctrl key then click on the desired fields Each selected field from the table will be represented as a variable on the label Using all fields in the text database 2 Specify what records and how many you want to print Select the options I want to select which record to print and I will enter label quantity for each selected record Before printing labels the table with the records will open and you will be able to select the records you want to print and the quantity of labels for each record 119 Label Gallery User Guide Select which records do you want to print O lwant to print all records from the tabl
153. ou need at least the following e Pentium based computer with at least 64 MB of free RAM e One of the 32 bit Windows operating systems Microsoft Windows 98 SE ME NT 2000 XP or 2003 e Hard disk with 50 to 205 MB of free disk space depending on the installation options e CD ROM drive e Support for OLE DB database drivers Recent Windows operating systems have included OLE DB database drivers If your operation system does not have the database support the installation wizard will prompt you to install it e Administrator rights to the local computer during installation Pocket Label Gallery Edition To work with Pocket Label Gallery you need to have the following A Desktop PC to design labels and forms with one of the following Windows operating systems e Windows 98 or higher 25 Label Gallery User Guide e Windows NT with Service Pack 6 or higher e Windows 2000 Professional with Service Pack 1 or higher e Windows XP B Windows Mobile Device meeting the following requirements e Atleast 8 MB RAM e Installed ActiveSync Version 3 5 or higher e One of the following Windows operating systems e Pocket PC 2000 2002 and 2003 e WinCE 3 0 e CE NET Limitations of the Demo Mode The demo mode is enabled when you do not activate the software in time period of 30 days after the installation Label Gallery software running in the demo mode has limited functionality The major limitations of the Label Gallery d
154. ou will be able to select which records are printed 3 Click on the Finish button The link to the database is created and text objects linked to the variables are positioned on the label oe E to open Print dialog box The button Select Records becomes available 5 Click on the button Select Records The Record Selection dialog box opens 6 Tick the records you want to print You can select individual records or group of records by selecting the first record press and hold the Shift key and then select the last record in the series 115 Label Gallery User Guide Note Selecting of multiple records is only available when using real databases and not when using data from spreadsheets like Microsoft Excel or text CSV data files Database C Program Files 5 atosG allen2 5 amples D atabase identity mdb Table User Information Sf Exact search ID Name Position Room Y Picture b l SO 1 Linda Hudson System Analyst 5020 inda wmf 2 Cindy rey General Manager SOU cindy wmf 3 Jennifer Jones Secretary 01 jennifer wmf Selecting records for printing Query and Create a Database Filter Label Gallery software allows you to perform queries on the database table to extract only the records matching some condition Please note that you have to enable record selection in the database properties to be able to query the database To enable database filter do the following 1 Refer to the chapt
155. ou will not be able to erase this block to re program it with some other value Use this option with caution For ISO tags The blocks that are dimmed and unaccessible are reserved blocks that cannot be used Block Number The successive number of block in the tag Data source Select where the data block will receive the value from It can be Fixed where you will manually type in the value or can be Variable where the value is acquired from some variable defined in the label Data Type in the tag value manually if the selected data type is Fixed Select the variable defined in the label if the selected data type is Variable If your variable length is greater than the block size the next block will automatically be reserved for the data 53 Label Gallery User Guide Size The currently used data is previewed here You can see the amount of space still available in the tag The occupancy of the tag is seen graphically with growing bar and numerically with the digit explaining the number of already used bytes Data type The data can be encoded as ASCII string or as HEX encoded string Locked If you set the block as locked the data will be permanently encoded into the tag You will not be able to erase this block to re program it with some other value Use this option with caution Using Advanced Functionality Creating a Label with EAN UCC 128 Compliance Add Content to EAN UCC 128 Using EAN UCC 128 Wizard Use the EAN UCC 128
156. page of the variable wizard you define the counter variable Variable Wizard Counter Counter Properties Define properties of the counter Starting value Prompt for value before print n Set masimum namber of digits g Increment 1 2 3 etc Decrement 10 9 8 etc Preview f Ta Sed ee ee 10 0 Dialog box for Variable Wizard when Counter option is chosen Starting Value Set the starting value for the counter The counter will increment or decrement from the starting value Note You can enter only digits for the starting value Prompt for value before print Tick this option to enable entering the starting value of the counter when you start printing labels Enter the text that will be shown to the user before printing The message will be shown on the screen each time when the label is to be printed 139 Label Gallery User Guide Set maximum number of digits Define the maximum length of digits the counter can occupy Increment or decrement You can define that the variable value will increase from label to label or decrease Preview The field shows the preview of the counter based on your selection Variable Wizard Counter Continuation Step Define the step for your counter The counter will increase by this number on every label Change value every lt n gt labels Define the number of labels when the counter will change the value Rollover when reached Enter the valu
157. pes of variables are P Counter variable Prompt variable Global variable Database variable Geog b Internal variable Locked variable ip System Date Time variable Printer Date Time variable Counter variable with enabled Dynamic Value Prompt variable with enabled Dynamic Value Function generated variable 149 Label Gallery User Guide Use Variable Graphics At first you have to create a variable that will contain the name of the graphics file You can use Variable wizard to create new prompted variable or use database function to retrieve names from database It is not important where the variable gets the value Hint When defining variable that will contain the name of the graphics you can use Prefix option to specify the drive and folder where file is located like C GRAPHICS Similarly you can use Suffix to define file extension like BMP This way the whole path and extension of the graphics file will be added automatically you just have to provide the image name The next step is to connect this variable to the graphics element on the label by selecting option Variable in the Contents tab of the Graphics dialog box and select appropriate variable from the list below Using Printer Internal Increment Counter Almost all thermal printers offer internal increment counter This 1s a special printer counter that counts labels internally The printer only receives the first value of the counter an
158. played 28 Setting up LabelGallery Software 2 Browse the table sort the records filter the records in the Advanced mode and generate report file Defining User Passwords and Permissions If you want to define access permissions for the users defined in Windows operating system or only define Label Gallery users do the following the following steps define Label Gallery users 1 Go to Tools and select Configure users A new window will open Ei Lonhipure Users iple Action wiew Help Pa Add profile B Add user Authentication Mode Authentication Mode i gat to Mined Windows and Application authentication Set 4 tication mode Dialog box for defining users and their permissions in the software 2 Select the Configure Users option in the left pane 3 Click on the link Set authentication mode in the right pane The Authentication Mode dialog box will open 4 Select the option Mixed Windows and Application authentication Click on the OK button Define new user by doing the following 1 Click on the button Add user in the main toolbar For the username enter Label Gallery User and define password for the user 2 Click on the OK button Set up the profile and define user permissions by doing the following 1 Click on the Add Profile button in the main toolbar 2 Open the General tab and define the name of the profile for example My profile 3 Go to Permissions tab Here you will define the
159. point size and bold style J Using format options in the text toolbox 6 To change the position and size of the text object select the text object and drag object with your mouse to the position where you want to have it The screen should show the following 44 Designing Labels SAMPLE The text object is placed on the label Insert Bar Codes Now you will add a non changeable Code128 bar code on the label To insert the bar code click on the E Bar Code button in the Toolbox Move the cursor to the desired position on the label and click on the mouse button Enter the value 1234567890 for the bar code contents Click on the Define button Edit Bar Code dialog box opens 6 Make sure you select bar code Code128 and click on the OK button l 2 3 The dialog box with object properties will open 4 5 Edit Bar Code General Check Digit Human Readable Details Available bar codes EAN UPC 5 Linear Symbol height Royal Mail Bar A s Expansion factor Ratio Codel 28 8 Code1 28 0 tide Base sherni mis 13 Code 39 1 mils 1 100 inch Code 29 full AS Code 29 Tri 0 ode Op 123456 Code 93 jaja een te ele ga EEA o wE Enable preview Selecting bar code type 7 Click on the Finish button to return to the label 45 Label Gallery User Guide 8 Change the position of the bar code by selecting the bar code and dragging it to the
160. pplication Identifiers AI There is the ability to encode data in the element using HIBC standard This contents provider is available only for RTF element It provides you with the RTF editor where you can define the fixed or variable contents for the element This contents provider is available only when using RSS type of bar code It provides you 107 Label Gallery User Guide code with the functionality to provide linear and composite if applicable data to the bar code RFID This contents provider is available for text and Unique bar code objects It is available when you have Tag ID RFID aware printer driver connected to the label and it can acquire the Unique Tag ID from the RFID tag embedded in the label The Unique Tag ID 1s the number that is programmed in the RFID tag during the manufacturing process The number is unique and cannot be changed The printer will read the Unique Tag ID remember the value and use it with the internal text or bar code objects on the label Because this data is never returned to labeling software but is handled internally in the printer the data you enter for this contents provider is used on the screen for preview purposes only RF Tag selection in this contents provider is available only when you did not enable the RFID functionality in the RF Tag dialog box Otherwise the RF Tag selection is dimmed and properties can only be changed with the Advanced button Different printers h
161. pplication identifier 89 Label Gallery User Guide UCC EAN128 Wizard AI01 Application Identifier alue Enter the data for Application Identifier Al 01 Global Trade ltem Humber GTIN Data format ni4 Enter data for the Application Identifier 1234567890123 13 digits must be entered for the Application identifier Data format wall be numeric Entering fixed value for the application identifier If you have selected fixed value in the previous dialog box you should enter value for the Application Identifier here The Wizard will let you know about the required data format fort this AI and how long the AI value should be For some AI s the field length is fixed to certain number of digits for others only the maximum number of possible digits is stated You will also be reminded of the AI s proper field format numeric alphanumeric if you enter incorrect data Entering variable value for the application identifier 90 Designing Labels UCC EAN128 Wizard AI01 Variable Field Properties Set prompt and properties for vanable teld Prompt Enter the value for Al 01 J GTIN i See Format Numeric Alphanumeric Counter Fixed O Incrementing 1 2 3 etc Decrementing 10 5 8 etc Shep a F m i Change value every n labels Creating new variable for the application identifier If you have selected new variable value in pr
162. ramming Samples Programming examples of how to use Label Gallery as a print engine from your applications are included with your copy of Label Gallery By default they are installed to Samples Integration folder This is typically in C Program Files Sato Gallery Samples Integration The samples are available for MS Word MS Excel MS Access MS Visual Basic and Borland Delphi Please refer to the file INTEGRATION TXT in the same folder It contains more technical information and description of enclosed programming sample files It will help you start using the Label Gallery power from your custom application Automation with DDE DDE Communication You can use DDE connection to print the labels from your Windows applications that you develop in standard programming environments such as Microsoft Visual Basic Borland Delphi C Microsoft Access p gt To create the DDE communication the client application must use the following DDE parameters Service LabelGallery Topic LINE or JOB When you are using topic JOB the content is the name of the command file which must be run When you are using topic LINE the content is one of the Label Gallery commands When you want to use DDE communication to manage Label Gallery it is probably the best when the user doesn t know for the background running of this application For this purpose you can use this command parameter GALLERY2 EXE lt label name gt s The parameter s silent preve
163. re to receive free occasional product newsletter 27 Setting up LabelGallery Software Label Security Tracking Label Design and Printing Enable Revision History Comment To enable the revision history functionality do the following Select Options from Tools menu Go to Settings tab Tick the option Enable revision history logging Note If you want to be able to write a custom comment for each revision also enable the option Prompt for revision history comment 4 Click on the OK button Each time the label is saved a revision note is saved with the label To review the revision history data do the following 1 Open your label file 2 Select Properties from File menu 3 Click on the Advanced button in the bottom of the dialog box to show the Revision History tab 4 Go to the Revision History tab 5 Review revision history data 6 Click on the OK button to close the dialog box Use History Log to Track Label Printing Label Gallery software has the ability to log all information about printing action in the database for later review and reports By default the logging is disabled To be able to track label printing do the following 1 Select the option Configure Log File in the Tools menu 2 Select the option Enable logging 3 Click on the OK button To view at the log of printed labels do the following 1 Select the option View Log File in the Tools menu The table with the printing actions is dis
164. ready opened it does not have to be loaded and thus the label processing can be performed quickly LOGIN LOGIN lt username gt Performs login procedure into Label Gallery program This is necessary when login into Label Gallery is required NOTE This is a DDE command and should not be used in batch command JOB files MESSAGEBOX MESSAGEBOX message caption Displays the message in the message box The second parameter is used to define the title of the message dialog box If the variable value contains space characters or commas you have to enclose the text in quotation marks e g MESSAGEBOX Insert labels in printer Warning OEMTOANSI OEMTOANSI ON OFF This command works in conjunction with command SET It puts the text that follows the command SET in proper codepage so that variable is assigned the proper value Use it to put the values following SET command to the proper codepage so correct values will be transferred to Label Gallery at print time PORT PORT lt file_ name gt This command overrides the printer s port name This command is used to redirect print output to a file In this case specify the name of the file in the parameter file name If the file path or filename contain space characters enclose the whole string in double quotes PRINT PRINT quantity skip identical label copies number of label sets Command PRINT starts printing The first parameter is the quantity of the labels t
165. refix suffix will not be used Prefix and suffix can be used in situations where they are required only if the variable has set some value If the variable is empty the prefix suffix will not be printed as well Text Wizard Time Field Define the properties of the time field The variable field will get the value from a computer clock 99 Label Gallery User Guide Text Wizard Time Define the properties of the time field Format Pre hear Dialog box for Text Wizard when Time field option is chosen Format Select the format for the time from the list You can also enter the custom format Preview The printer will print the time as shown on the Preview field This way you can see how the selected time format will look on the label Aligning Objects First you have to select objects that you want to align Note All objects are aligned relatively to the first selected object Then click appropriate buttons in the Design toolbar to align selected objects to each other If Align toolbar is not visible by default it is located on the very right side of the window enable the Design toolbar in Toolbar option in View menu You can align objects to Eler ight horizontal center rop Fal ottom a vertical center You can also distribute object evenly so that spacing between them is equal 100 Designing Labels iilHorizontally NE Wertically Note If you hold the lt CTRL gt key while clicking the b
166. ring printing itself The example You have a label of a product Already defined variables are Name and Price We want to print labels as follows e Enter Name and Price values 150 Designing Labels e Enter quantity for this product e Print e Start with new product Do the following 1 Create new variable named Quantity 2 Tick the option The variable value is used as label quantity in the General tab 3 Edit variables Name and Price Go to the Prompting tab assuming the variables are already defined as prompted variables 4 Change the Prompt setting to Based on variable quantity When you start printing labels the quantity parameter in the print dialog is already set to Variable quantity defined from label variable Dynamic Data Overview You may want to print labels on which data changes for each label for example counters serial numbers date and time weight article pictures To accommodate the changing data the labeling application can easily be used to format labels using variable data special functions on variables and databases There are several types of variables you can choose and functions which you define to best suit your needs Data that must be printed as a variable is prepared at the time of printing and can be entered in the program from different sources 1 e keyboard databases system clock etc The variable data can be the same for a quantity of labels or and specific for
167. rinters Printers and Faxes and select Add a Printer 3 Follow the Add Printer Wizard prompts The actual steps vary depending on the version of your Windows operating system It 1s only important to click on the Have disk button in the step where you can select printer manufacturer and model 4 Put the Label Gallery CD in your CD ROM drive if not already done so and browse to the folder Drivers 5 Select the folder of your printer name and click on Open OK buttons to return to the Add Printer Wizard You will see the list of all available printer models of the selected printer 6 Select your model click on the Next button and finish the installation 21 Label Gallery User Guide Manufacturer st Printers Ricoh EF SATO CL408e Version 4 0 0 0 478 2005 ae SATO CL408e Version 4 0 0 0 5 17 2005 Os Samsung 5 Bee SATO aig To ea a ee ee SS _ Ee This driver is digitally signed Tell me why driver signing is important SATO printer drivers are digitally signed drivers Printer installation within software installation To continue installing the GalleryDriver after setup has finished the Label Gallery software installation do the following 1 Select the option Install printer driver 2 Click on the Finish button Il Setup SATO LabelGallery 2 E d Completing the SATO LabelGallery 2 Setup Wizard Setup has hrished mstaling SATO LabelGelery 2 on your
168. rk Key Number cannot be used for the additional activation of the software contact your vendor 2 When the new server computer has Label Gallery properly installed and activated the only thing left to do 1s to restore the previous program settings and data files The files that need to be copied on the new server computer if you want to retain the previous settings are e Global variables GLOBALS TDB e Label Gallery settings and list of users SETTINGSDB MDB e Log file LOGDATABASE MDB e Custom algorithm definition file ALGO DEF e Stock database STOCKDB MDB These files are located in the System folder of the server installation When this step is completed new Label Gallery installation should have the same settings as the old one Note Make sure that no user 1s running Label Gallery at the time when you copy files so the files can be overwritten 3 You must perform One more task is remaining to be done You probably want to copy the label form and database files to the new server computer as well By default Label Gallery uses the directory structure with several subfolders each for its own files e Labels for label files LBL e Forms for form files OFF e Database for database files Copy the contents of these folders to the new server to create duplicated file storage Overview Label Gallery Network software consists of two parts the server and the workstation First you must install Label Gallery sof
169. s The label will be optimized for this printer Always use default printer ou can change the printer specitic settings by clicking the Properties button O Landscape Label setup Wizard Selecting printer Select desired printer and optionally click Properties button if you want to set the printer parameters Print setup dialog box is shown allowing you to set the printer parameters such as print speed print darkness and print direction Note that this is standard Widows printer setup dialog box and its options may differ from printer to printer as it is based on the printer driver If the check box Always use default printer is checked the default window s printer and its settings will be used always when opening this label Click the Next button to continue with the next step Using Label Setup Wizard Label Setup Wizard offers defining dimensions of the label and changing printer setup It consists of a few simple steps Click on the Related Topics button for more information Using Toolbars Using Database Toolbar F973 An FB dd RM RM First field shows the list of currently active databases It allows you to browse through the attached databases User Information 68 Designing Labels User Information List box lists the links to the databases that are available in the label Define a link to new database using Database wizard The Database wizard will guide you through the necessary s
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171. selected by holding lt SHIFT gt while clicking them Use the element shortcuts in toolbars whenever possible Each label element that can be connected to some Contents Provider has a shortcut enabled to quickly access existing variables or define new ones Click the element s shortcut handle for this shortcut It is shown as a small arrow by the side of toolbar button Inthe Toolbox A tet r EE text ox r Rich Text Box Em bar code ma Beere f e inthe Variable toolbar FaMi System folder The labeling application uses its system folder for storing files needed to run the program The location of the folder varies depending on the Windows operating system used On Windows 9X and Me the location is C Program Files Sato Gallery2 Bin System on Windows NT 2000 XP the location is C Documents and Settings All Users Application Data Sato Gallery2 System Note Label Gallery Network clients used the System folder on the network server It is also important that all clients have the full access to that System folder on the network server It is vitally important to own the write access to this folder on your computer system and the right to write to and modify files in this folder In these files user data and user rights are stored as well as custom settings variable trace logs label usage logs variable definition files NVR bar code standards and file names GLOBALS TDB It stores the values of global variables
172. sferred CAB file on your Mobile Device Tab or open the file depends on your Mobile Device and follow the prompts on the screen of your Mobile Device The Pocket Label Gallery application will be stored in the folder Program Files Pocket LabelGallery Pocket Label Gallery will also appear in the Start Program menu of your Mobile Device Overview Pocket Label Gallery enables you to create robust data entry screens for your mobile device With the help of Pocket Label Gallery users can print bar code labels directly with Windows Mobile Devices that are connected with thermal printers through WiFi Bluetooth Infrared or serial cable In addition Pocket Label Gallery enables bar code label printing in a network environment Using GalleryWatch you can print bar code labels to a centralized print server that handles printing and driver selection Pocket Label Gallery and centralized printing through GalleryWatch offer a truly mobile distributed printing application Pocket Label Gallery can also be used as a print engine ActiveX server to enable other applications on your mobile device to control label printing functions Using Pocket Label Gallery as a print engine appeals to system integrators and software developers who wish to utilize Pocket Label Gallery as a label printing module for their mobile applications For more information about utilizing Pocket Label Gallery as a print engine in a customized mobile Windows application please se
173. ss frequently used commands from the drop down menu e View as List This view is similar to View by objects with one difference Not only objects are listed here but also all variables functions and databases You can right click any name to quickly access frequently used commands from the drop down menu The rightmost button Inspector properties is used to define the default behavior should the view to Inspector s elements be expanded by default or not If the elements are expanded then all the properties for all of them are visible If they are not expanded you will have to manually expand the view of the element you are interested in The default position of the Label Inspector 1s a docked position beside Toolbox on the left side of the working window This position can be changed at any time just drag Label Inspector to some other location You can use it in a floating state when it is not docked in the application but positioned above or next to it When it is in this form you can freely change its size simply grab it by the edge or the corner and resize it in appropriate direction Using Pictures from the Memory Card To select the picture from the memory card do the following 1 Open the label where you want to use the pictures from the memory card 2 Make sure the printer has inserted the memory card that contains the pictures Note The application GalleryMemMaster must be used to fill the content of the memory card Se
174. t on the label is simply selecting the Ellipse tool and then clicking the label A default sized ellipse will appear and you can resize it using handles around the object Note If you want to draw a circle grab a handle a on one of the ellipse corners simultaneously press and hold Shift key then resize the ellipse A circle will be drawn For more useful shortcuts available in the software refer to the chapter Shortcuts 4 To move a ellipse to a different position simply select it and drag it elsewhere on the label Defining Inverse Object To place the inverse object on the label do the following 1 Click on the Inverse icon in the Toolbox 2 Click the position on the label where you want the upper left position of the object to be set 3 Drag to bottom right direction until the object size is as requested Note If you want to draw a square grab a handle a on one of the rectangle corners simultaneously press and hold Shift key then resize the rectangle A square will be drawn For more useful shortcuts available in the software refer to the chapter Shortcuts 4 To move a inverse to a different position simply select it and drag it elsewhere on the label Defining Line Object To place the line object on the label do the following 1 Click on the Line object in the Toolbox 2 Define the line starting point by clicking the mouse at the start position 3 Move the cursor to the end point while holding down the mouse
175. t option is chosen Prompt text for this variable field Fill in the message that will be shown to the user when he will enter tne values for the variable field Format Select the format of data you allow to be entered for the variable field Set maximum number of characters Define the maximum length of characters that can be entered for the variable field Variable Wizard Prefix and Suffix The variable element can have a prefix and suffix values The prefix text is placed in front of the variable s value The suffix text is place at the end of the variable s value Note If you leave the edit fields empty the prefix suffix will not be used Prefix and suffix can be used in situations where they are required only if the variable has set some value If the variable is empty the prefix suffix will not be printed as well Variable Wizard Time Field Define the properties of the time field The variable field will get the value from a computer clock 141 Label Gallery User Guide Variable Wizard Datel x Time Define the properties of the time field Preview 4 08 35 Open the advanced options dialog box Do not use the wizard next time Dialog box for Variable Wizard when Time field option is chosen Format Select the format for the time from the list You can also enter the custom format Preview The printer will print the time as shown on the Preview field This way you can see how the s
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177. t the application print the quantity of labels specified here I will enter print quantity for each record This option is only accessible if you have defined to select which records should be printed Prior printing you will be able to select which records will be printed in the selection dialog box At the same time you will be able to type in the exact label copy for each selected record 126 Designing Labels Using Database Wizard Process of defining a new Database access function consists of four steps pages On those pages you enter the data required by Wizard You can go to the next step page by clicking Next button or return to previous with Previous button When all data needed has been entered Finish button will become available allowing you to complete the process of defining a new Database access function Note that some options have predefined values so you don t really need to go through all the steps of a wizard Using Text File Wizard Choosing Data Type Before you can use text file you will have to define its data structure Fields can be delimited by some sort of a separator tab semicolon comma or some entirely user defined separator or can be of a fixed length Text File Wizard Choose Data Type Choose the data type that best describes your data structure Data type Delimited Characters such as comma or tab separate each field Fixed Fields are aligned in columns with spaces between e
178. t the Label layout dimensions and select the appropriate unit of measure Label width i 0 Label height Top Margin oo Left Margin Bottom Margin oo Right Margir Roms gap Columns E Y gap Right Margin Open the advanced options dialog box Do not use the wizard nest time Help Cancel lt Back e Finish Defining label dimensions Note To change the unit of measure from centimeters to inches or other supported units click on the button with unit of measure below the label preview in the dialog box 7 Click on the Finish button New empty label will open Enter Non Changing Text 1 Click on the button in the Toolbox The text cursor appears on the screen fy Select Text Text Box Cursor for text object 2 Move the cursor to the location on the label where you want to place the text object and click on the mouse button The dialog box with object properties will open 3 Enter the text SAMPLE and click on the Finish button 43 Label Gallery User Guide Text Wizard Text Object Defne the contents and style of the test object Contents Fined text Variable text SAMPLE i Font Inverze E Open the advanced options dialog box Do not use the wizard next time Entering content for text object 4 Click on the text object to select the object 5 Change the font for the text object using the Text toolbar Choose Arial font 28
179. ta in larger quantities This contrasts with a bar code label which does not store any enhanced information but merely some code number RF tag data encoding options can be set in this dialog box Use RF Tag in label Enable this option if you want to program the tag at the same time as the label is printed If the option is not selected no RF data is sent to the printer but the definition is remembered for next time Type Select the type of RF tag you want to use with your printer The list of available tags change with the selected printer Not all tag types are always available You must use GalleryDriver to be able to use RF programming It also depends on each printer model what kind of RF ID tags can be used with it There are generally two types of tags 52 Designing Labels e ISO tags Tagit 1Code ISO These are block oriented tags The data can be encoded in multiple blocks e UHF tags ePC The data is encoded in one block of data Tag Settings This section provides the information about the selected tag type Number of blocks The number of blocks that are available in the RF tag Reserved blocks The number of blocks that cannot be accessed and used Block size The size of each block in bytes Unique RF Tag If you have the printer and or the tag type that can provide you with the Unique Tag ID this flag will be set to Yes Each tag has a unique ID encoded already in the production line If your printer can r
180. te By default values for all variables on the label are traced 3 Select Configure Log File from Tools menu 4 Enable logging functionality 5 When you will print labels the values for variables as were used on the label are saved to the log file Using Contents Mask Contents mask is very useful when you must display the input data differently on the label With contents mask you can simply reformat the data to suit your needs For example you must use differently formatted human interpretation text below bar code than the data is formatted in the bar code You do not want to define two variables for this purpose and enter the similar data twice The mask character will be replaced by the actual data and any other used character will be used as is If the current bar code value is AD9S51 and the contents mask is Nek KC _ KK pel the resulting output will be ADC 95 1 Powerful formatting structures can be defined using Contents mask but it is only available with bar codes that allow custom formatting of the human interpretation You should also make sure to print bar codes as graphics otherwise the contents mask 1s not available Note If your data contains the asterisk character then you will have to change the default mask character to something else It should be a unique value not appearing anywhere in the data The contents mask functionality 1s available with Text and Bar code objects 60 Design
181. teps to link database on the label The result will be database fields available as variables w Define new link to the database manually Edit the properties of the selected link to the database You can change the database driver select which records will be printed and define if quantity of the labels comes from the database E l Delete the selected link to the database Note Make sure that database fields are not used anywhere on the label linked to objects or used in the functions Otherwise the link cannot be removed If you are not sure where the database fields are used use the Label Inspector to find that out a Click on this button to open the database table in database management application GalleryData Database navigator buttons can be used to move through the records in l the database Use these buttons to see how data from different records will be used on the label You can quickly verify if the objects fit on the label Note The buttons are accessible only when you have enabled Data view on the label and when record selection in the properties of database link is disabled Using Design Toolbar The design toolbar is used for e Changing color of the objects e Aligning objects e Rotating objects e Arranging objects Using Printing Toolbar SLO dts SPB corm Print 22g Print Direction T Preview labels on screen Print the current label T
182. ter existing labels forms and trigger configuration Advanced settings for changing the labels are not available Pocket Label Gallery Pocket Label Gallery is a program package for Windows CE that brings the power of label printing to portable Windows CE computers Windows Mobile Device Contents of the Package Before starting the installation of Label Gallery software check the contents of the package to ensure it is complete The package must include e Label Gallery CD e Quick Start Guide e Software key on a sticker or hardware key not available with all editions If any of the mentioned items are missing please contact your software vendor immediately for package replacement Welcome to Label Gallery Label Gallery is a family of professional labeling software products that brings a complete bar code printing solution and RFID Smart Label printing to desktop mobile and enterprise users Label Gallery offers an easy to use interface and meets any label design and printing requirement for efficient label printing solutions to users in retail logistics health care chemical automotive and other industries The main product lines include Label Gallery Dynamic TruePro Label Gallery TruePro Print Only Label Gallery Dynamic Plus Label Gallery Dynamic Plus Print Only Label Gallery TruePro Label Gallery Plus Label Gallery Label Gallery User Guide Easy Label Gallery Free Label Gallery Dynamic TruePro Network Label Gallery Tr
183. the variable that will be linked to the bar code object and will provide the value for it The next page of the wizard depends on your selection here Bar Code Wizard Counter On this page of the wizard you define the counter variable Starting Value Set the starting value for the counter The counter will increment or decrement from the starting value Note You can enter only digits for the starting value Prompt for value before print Tick this option to enable entering the starting value of the counter when you start printing labels Enter the text that will be shown to the user before printing The message will be shown on the screen each time when the label is to be printed Set maximum number of digits Define the maximum length of digits the counter can occupy Increment or decrement You can define that the variable value will increase from label to label or decrease Preview The field shows the preview of the counter based on your selection Text Wizard Counter Continuation Step Define the step for your counter The counter will increase by this number on every label Change value every lt n gt labels Define the number of labels when the counter will change the value 85 Label Gallery User Guide Rollover when reached Enter the value when reached will cause the counter to reset the value to the starting value Bar Code Wizard Database Variable field linked to the database gets the valu
184. ting is required or in events where server system failure would otherwise stop the label production Force Off line Mode The client will not check for the presence of the network server The client will automatically start in the off line mode When the license lease expires it will stop running and you must renew the license by switching off this option and re connecting to the network server Note The off line license expires after 14 days Application Settings Location Label Gallery software stores the setting in the System folder By default the System folder is available on the network server and is shared among all network clients But you can also store the settings on the local workstation where they are accessible to your Label Gallery client only The table at the bottom of the dialog box displays the occupation of the licenses Installing Pocket Edition Install Pocket Label Gallery Before you install Pocket Label Gallery make sure you have the following e Label Gallery CD ROM e User Guide for Pocket Label Gallery e 10 digit Serial Number Client Access Number Note If your desktop PC runs Windows NT 2000 or XP you have to log on with administrator rights to be able to install the software properly Furthermore you must ensure that your Mobile Device works properly including file synchronization with ActiveSync and any printing capabilities your Mobile Device supports 17 Label Gallery User Guide There are
185. tware on the server computer and make all files accessible to the clients Then you can install Label Gallery software on the workstation client Client installation 1s possible from the Label Gallery server or from the Label Gallery CD Note Label Gallery Easy and Label Gallery Plus editions are not available with network licenses Only Label Gallery TruePro edition is available with network licensing 16 Installation and Activation Recovering Lost Licenses When Label Gallery client connects to the server one license gets occupied If from some reason the client computer stops responding freezes or locks up and you are forces to reboot it the license will still remain in use on the server There is a simple way to recover such license When computer restarts just re run Label Gallery software The client will find its previous license on the server and will not occupy another one Then close Label Gallery software and the license will be released Using License Manager The program License Manager is used to monitor and manage network licenses License Manager displays the information of the current client and also provides an overview of the total license occupation You can also use it to enable disable off line mode for workstations Off line mode enables selected workstations to function in spite of the fact that Label Gallery server computer is not available or not accessible It is used in environments where mobile label prin
186. two ways to install Pocket Label Gallery You can either follow the installation wizard on the Label Gallery CD ROM or transfer the appropriate CAB file to your Mobile Device manually Installation Wizard 1 Connect your Mobile Device to the desktop PC 2 Make sure that an ActiveSync partnership is established between the desktop PC and Mobile Device 3 Put the Label Gallery CD ROM in your CD drive The STARTUP EXE application will start automatically If not go the folder X and click on the file START EXE X stands for the letter of your CD ROM drive The window Label Gallery Product CD will open Click on Install Click on Mobile Printing Editions WinCE Click on Pocket Label Gallery and follow the prompts oo a Select the correct Operating System or Platform for your Mobile Device Pocket LabelGallery Installation Platforms Please point to the platform that matches your device Supported Platforms Pocket PC 2003 Falcon Dolphin Windowele NET Pocket PL HPC 2000 HPL Fro Falm ize zi 2 j s or z 7 ja Back Cancel Selecting the platform of your Mobile Device Note If you select the wrong platform here you won t be able to install and register Pocket Label Gallery on your Mobile Device If you are not sure what operating system or platform your Mobile Device uses check your documentation or your system information under settings control panel or in the Help menu of your Mobile De
187. u want to position the prompted field The text object is placed on the label and linked to the new variable Note When you print the label you will be prompted to enter the product name which will be shown in preview on the label and on the printed label Create Serialized Data Variable Fields Counters Now create a counter field on the label The value of that variable field will automatically increase by one on every label 1 Click on the small arrow next to the icon in the Toolbox to display a list of available variable types 39 Label Gallery User Guide 2 Select New Counter from the list 3 A dialog box with counter properties opens o Mew Keyboard Input Mew Counter Creating new counter variable field 4 Leave everything as default so that the counter will always start from 1 and increase by one on each label 5 Click on the Finish button 6 Click on the label where the counter should be placed The new variable is linked to the text object on the label Note Typically the counter will increase by 1 on each label For example 1 2 3 4 5 etc You can also define different incremental steps Overview You may want to print the label on which the data changes for each label Label Gallery software offers different variable fields counters date time fields operator s input from the keyboard that you can use with text graphics and bar code objects For this example a new label was cr
188. uePro Network and Pocket Label Gallery Label Gallery can be used with 32 bit Windows operating systems Windows 98 SE Windows NT 4 0 Windows ME Windows 2000 Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 The latest software 1s available for free download on the Label Gallery website at www satoworldwide com Installation and Activation Activating Software Activate Network Client The Network client you have used for activation of the Label Gallery Network server is automatically activated as well To activate additional Label Gallery Network clients on other workstations please follow these steps After the installation is complete run Label Gallery software No valid license is found and the window Manage License opens Select the Network Software Key and click on Next button Browse for the location where the Label Gallery Network was installed and click on the Next button The license information will be copied from the server Note Make sure you are using UNC syntax when referring to the network location Use the syntax server share file and not the syntax with the mapped drive like W share file Label Gallery Network client is activated The Label Gallery client can run on the workatation only if the Label Gallery server has enough licenses available If no license 1s available you will have to wait until one of the currently running clients logs off Activating Pocket Label Gallery Note The text in this topic applies t
189. uggestion how the label will really be printed from the printer Print directions Tick the option Rotated to rotate the label for 180 degrees when printed Click on the Next button to continue with the next step 66 Designing Labels Stock Label Setup Wizard Select Stock Predefined label formats stocks can speed up label design Select the label stock IF you will define label dimensions on your own skip this step and proceed with Next button Stock type HONE l l l l g Stock name Label linked to stock Stack informations TT Label setup Wizard selecting Label Stock If you use one of the standard predefined label formats you can specify it here Stock Type Select the type of stock Stock name Select the stock from the list Stock information The information about label dimensions printer settings background images as defined by the selected stock Label linked to stock If you enable this option you cannot change the dimensions of the label because the stocks locks the dimensions Note Using pre defined stocks simplifies the process of label creation as you do not have to define the label dimensions manually Click on the Next button to continue with the next step 67 Label Gallery User Guide Selecting Printer Label Setup Wizard Select Printer Select the printer you want to use with this label Choose the printer from the list of installed printer
190. uide Product Overview GalleryEngine GalleryEngine is an ActiveX integrator edition of Label Gallery software developed for software publishers who need label printing capabilities in their software GalleryEngine can be embedded in existing information systems or existing applications to provide support for label printing GalleryEngine provides all label printing functionality of the Label Gallery software Label Gallery Easy Wizard based software meeting basic bar code labeling needs The entry level software includes many design elements of the Plus edition with the emphasis on simplified user interaction Label Gallery Free Wizard based software meeting basic barcode labeling needs This edition is fully functional but comes with some limited functionality Note No hardware key is required for this edition Label Gallery Plus Full featured software designed for professional label design and printing including complete database support and ActiveX integration possibilities A wide range of features and options makes Label Gallery Plus a perfect and easy to use tool for any labeling requirement Label Gallery Plus includes the following modules Label Gallery Plus Main application for label design and printing GalleryMemMaster Download fonts and graphics to the computer s memory card for optimized label printing GalleryData Manage your databases Label Gallery Plus Print Only Label Gallery Plus Print Only off
191. ur thermal printer if you want to control the installed cutter To set up the cutter control do the following l 2 3 56 Select the option Label Setup in the File menu Go to the Cutter Settings tab Select the option Enable cutter Designing Labels Label Setup Printer Paper layout Stocks Dimensions Cutter Settings Cutter Definition 3 Preview Control the cutter behaviour of the printer Configure when the cutter must cut the media Define the cutter when to cut the labels Alter the last printed label After fied number of labels Based on the variable value change E Quantity Based on the variable quantity H Quantity Unit of measure Advanced gt gt ox Cancel Help Enabling cutter functionality Note Label Gallery Easy edition can control the cutter However you cannot use the Label Setup dialog box Instead you must define the cutter parameters in the properties of the GalleryDriver printer driver Please refer to the Label Gallery Easy manual for instructions how to set up cutter Defining Label Batch Printing and Using Header and Tail Labels Label batch refers to a group of labels that have some property in common The purpose of identifying label batch is to execute the actions and to enclose each label batch with header and tail label The header and tail labels are printed in front of the first label in the batch header label and after the last
192. urrently selected font type is shown in this field e Inverse Enable this option to use the text in inverse Note The option is not available for all printers e Select button You can select different font type for this text object among available fonts in the system 93 Label Gallery User Guide Text Wizard Choosing Variable Text Text Wizard Variable Field Select the type of variable field for the object Wizard will create new variable text or bar code object on the label Select the type ota vanable teld Prompted before print Counter ger gt Date Field 10 3 2005 Time Field 13 12 57 Database Value from the database Text Wizard Choosing variable text Select the type of the variable field you want to use Variable name Type in the name of the variable that will be linked to the bar code object and will provide the value for it The next page of the wizard depends on your selection here Text Wizard Counter On this page of the wizard you define the counter variable 94 Designing Labels Text Wizard Counter Properties Define properties of the counter Starting value F eS Prompt tor value before pririt Enter the starting value for the counter 3 e Set masimum number of digits 8 zi Increment 1 2 3 6tc Decrement 10 9 8 etc Preview 1 23456 789 10 Finish Dialog box for Text Wizard when Counter option is chosen
193. used ribbon The same colors become available in the labeling software For multicolor printing to work you need to use the appropriate GalleryDriver Color palette synchronizes the available colors with settings in the printer driver All colors you have defined in the printer driver are retrieved in the labeling software and made available for color selection Color palette color selection dialog box and label setup dialog box all display only the available colors from the printer Each label element can then easily be assigned some of the available colors The element is then printed using that color More than one color cannot be used with a single label element When you use color images on the label their appearance on the label changes They cannot be printed in more colors than supported by the printer The images are not displayed in full color Each image is converted to monochrome graphics and previewed on the label as such Conversion from color to monochrome graphics is done using dithering setting in the driver You can assign the image one color and thus the print head where the image will be printed The colors on the label identify which printer head will be used for printing the elements Setting up Stock Manager to List Commonly Used Labels When you create a new label you can base the new label on some pre designed label format referred to as stock or you can design the new label from the scratch Label Gallery software comes
194. uttons objects are aligned relative to label and not to the first selected object The shortcut lt Ctrl gt A opens the Align dialog box with same functionality as the Design toolbar Clipart Galleries The distribution of labeling software includes a library of frequently used clipart images that you can use on your labels Images are stored in GIF and WMF file formats They are black amp white images Clipart Galleries incorporate useful images from retail logistics chemical automotive and other industries Subset of these galleries is included within the two Font files but for the whole collection of available symbols you should browse the galleries Editing Objects To edit the properties of the object do the following 1 Double click the object on the label The dialog box with object properties will open Note You can also press the lt Enter gt key while the object is selected 2 Make modifications to the object properties 3 Click on the Finish button Font Files Along with the labeling application you have also got two fonts with graphical symbols You can use them on your labels They contain frequently used care symbols used in textile industry symbols for handling dangerous materials used in chemical industry and many other useful industry symbols The fonts are not automatically installed on your system but should you require them they are stored on your CD ROM They are accessible from the fold
195. ve the option to select the records for printing Before the labels are processed you can select the records in the table that you want to print You can also specify the print quantity for each record Advanced record selection techniques are also available in Label Gallery software You can create database filters and obtain only the records that match the conditions The same functionality allows you to join two or more database tables together and obtain values for the same product from multiple databases Manual modification of the SQL sentence is available for advanced users Print All Database Records By default the Database Wizards sets up the database connection to print all records in the database The Database Wizard step Records Printing is where you can define which records are printed To print all records in the database table follow the steps in the chapter Link to a Database Using Database Wizard Note To print all records 1n the database it 1s important to select the option I want to print all records from the table By default each record is printed once on the label Print Selected Database Records You can define which records from the database you want to print in the Records Printing of the Database Wizard 1 Follow the steps in the chapter Link to a Database Using Database Wizard until the step 5 2 Select the option I want to select which record to print to be able to select which records are printed Y
196. vice 8 Follow the prompts to finish the installation 18 Installation and Activation 9 If Pocket Label Gallery installation on your desktop PC is complete ActiveSync will start and transfer the necessary files to the Mobile Device Follow the prompts on both the desktop PC and Mobile Device The Pocket Label Gallery application will be stored in the folder Program Files Pocket LabelGallery Pocket Label Gallery will also appear in the Start Program menu of your Mobile Device Transfer CAB file to your Mobile Device Instead of using the installation wizard and starting SETUP EXE from the Label Gallery CD ROM you can transfer the correct CAB file to the Mobile Device by doing the following 1 Create a synchronization folder for your Mobile Device on your desktop PC You might have done that already when you setup the communication between your desktop PC and Mobile Device 2 Put the Label Gallery CD ROM in your CD drive and go to the folder X Setup WindowsCE X stands for the letter of your CD ROM drive 3 Open the folder with the name of the Operating System or Platform of your Mobile Device 4 Select the CAB file that mentions your Operating System or platform before the CAB extension Copy that file to your synchronization folder for your Mobile Device 6 Transfer the CAB file to your Mobile Device using ActiveSync Complete installation on your Mobile Device 7 Open File Explorer and select the tran
197. was connected to the label file at design time This other database table will only be used when printing labels the label file will remain intact with connection to the original table The new database table should be of the same type as original table For example you cannot change the table from dBase to Paradox The structure of new table has to be identical to the original one You can use table from the database that is already connected to the label or from some entirely different database TEXTQUALIFIER TEXTQUALIFIER Text qualifier is the character that embeds a data value that is assigned to a variable If the data value includes space characters 1t must be included in the text qualifier Otherwise only the data until the first encountered space character is assigned to the variable The default delimiter for the command SET is double quote character Because the double quote character is used as shortcut for inch unit of measure sometimes it is difficult to pass the data with inch marks in the JOB files The work around is to use the double double quote character instead of just one but in this case already the incoming data stream needed to be changed You can leave the incoming data stream as is and change the delimiter you want to use 162 Integration and Connectivity For example TEXTQUALIFIER SET Varl EPAK WRP BD 12 X10 7 32 The command TEXTQUALIFIER set the delimiter to percent sign The com
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200. y TruePro Network Installation will start Note If you do not see the option Label Gallery TruePro Network listed you are trying to installing Label Gallery TruePro Network from a computer that already has stand alone Label Gallery installed In this case you can do the following e Run Label Gallery TruePro Network installation on some other computer e Start the installation manually with command line switch netinstall like this SETUP EXE netinstall If running installation from Label Gallery CD the SETUP EXE resides in the folder Setup LabelGallery 5 Follow the installation prompts 6 Browse to the folder on the server where you want to install Label Gallery server 7 Click on the Next button to finish the installation Note You should select a server and disk share that is visible to all workstations in the domain where you intend to use Label Gallery software Install the Software on the Workstation There are two ways how you can install the Label Gallery Network client on the workstation Installing the client from CD Install Label Gallery TruePro single user software from the Label Gallery CD as described in the chapter Installing Software Just make sure to select the Network activation type in the Product Activation utility Installing the client from the network Install Label Gallery client by running the installation file WORKSTAT EXE from the Label Gallery server Follow these steps to install the clie
201. y used database as defined in the program value The name of the new table that should be used as data source This command allows you to use some other database with the label file and not the one that was connected to the label file at design time This other database will only be used when printing labels the label file will remain intact with connection to the original database SETPRINTPARAM SETPRINTPARAM paramname value 161 Label Gallery User Guide This command allows you to set advanced print parameters before printing Currently supported PARAMNAMES are PAPERBIN Use it to specify from which tray the paper should be used If the printer 1s equipped with more than just one paper label tray you can control which is used for printing The name of the tray should be acquired from the printer driver PRINTSPEED Use this parameter so specify printing speed The value for parameter varies from one printer to the other Consult printer s manuals for numbers PRINTDARKNESS Use this parameter so specify printing darkness contrast The value for parameter varies from one printer to the other Consult printer s manuals for numbers SETTABLE SETTABLE lt table name gt lt value gt table name The name of the currently used table as defined in the program sae Une The name of the new table that should be used as data source This command allows you to use some other table with the label file and not the one that
202. you have selected the Application Identifier which data includes a check digit for example AI 01 GTIN Global Trade Item Number then first you will have to select how the check digit will be applied The possible options are Automatic calculation Check digit will be calculated by the application Check digit to be entered with data Manually enter the data and check digit The application will verify if the entered check digit is valid 88 Designing Labels Step 2 Application Identifier Input Type UCC EAN128 Wizard AI01 Application Identifier Input Type Define the data source for Application Identifier Define the input type for the 4pplication Identifier O Fixed O New variable Use existing variable EAN UCC 128 Wizard Where the data for AI is obtained from When the Application Identifier is selected you will have to define where is the data for its value obtained from There are three possible options e Fixed The application identifier will have the fixed value on every label e New variable The application identifier will be linked to the variable and have variable value on each label You will define a new variable e Use existing variable The application identifier will be linked to the variable and have variable value on each label Select the existing variable from the list Step 3 Entering the value for the Application Identifier Entering fixed value for the a

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