Home

Winsign NG User manual

1. Intemational colour code Maximum no of characters k I Colour conversion The above window displays This window is described in sub chapter Create group marking The difference of creating a direct marking and a group marking is that for a direct marking you will not specify a project name and you can only specify Name Number in the group marking dialog see picture above When you have entered a group name you will automatically be transferred to the Create marker dialog More information about this will be described in the next chapter 2006 101 Rev J oe OOO A conwoT Cencop Te akc 375 17 3210001 www absolutsensor by partex PARTEX WinSign NG user manual The idea with direct marking is that you will quickly start to create group markings without having to specify extra information Your group markings will be saved in the direct marking project so next time you will create a direct marking you will find your group markings previously created in the direct marking You cannot create a new project when working in a direct marking To create a new project close direct marking and create a project In the picture below you see a direct marking with items and icons disabled gone EJ File Project Group Marking Tools Window Machine settings Help In Print settings Direct marking Gtrl D Exit D2 O Set marking fr Number generator amp 2006 101 Rev J 34 OOO AdbcosoT Ce
2. r Preview your markers in a group marking The print out button in preview mode cannot be disabled in winsigns program code If you choose to print out via the print preview button then the printing will be awry on the printed media To avoid print out via the print preview a message is displayed to the user See picture below Check the checkbox if the user don t want to see the message anymore This warning are only visible if no symbols are in the group If there is any symbols then a different preview will be used Information x Don t use print out button in preview mode J Don t show this message again Direct print Printer MKE A MK1 Z MK3 i SPI AA Promak 2006 101 Rev J 21 OOO AdbcosmoT Cencop Te akc 375 17 3210001 www absolutsensor by partex PARTEX WinSign NG user manual MARKING SYSTEMS Those buttons will take you directly to the chosen production machine window without taking the way through the group marking dialog Otherwise works it exactly the same as Print Group More information is available in the chapter Print group or markings and Production 2006 101 Rev J 22 OOO AdbcosoT Cencop Te akc 375 17 3210001 www absolutsensor by partex PARTEX WinSign NG user manual MARKING SYSTEMS 3 4 1 2 Group markings menu in the main window 3 4 1 2 1 Group WinSign NG 080206 _ReleaseTest File Project e Marking Tools Window Machine settings H
3. File Project Group Tools Window Machine set Marking Li a IS Mews Tkr Eee Edit Group marking Search Ctrl F PF07533 Printout Ctrl F Tut Tkr Set marking Copy Tkr T Number generator Paste Ctrl Before Start Paste number oF each Insert Ins Delete Del Select All Crrl 4 Change length Character width Split number series Standard me Change number of each Above Note the short cuts in the menu for some of the commands New Creates a new marking Edit Edit checked marking Search This button opens a search window where you can search on markings in the chosen group marking Print Prints one or more markings Cut Cut the selected markers to the clip board Even works with Word Excel and other Windows software Copy Copy the selected markers to the clip board Even works with Word Excel and other Windows software Paste Paste copied or cut out markers Even works with Word Excel and other Windows software Paste number of each Paste copied or cut number of markers normally a number of column in Excel Also works with Word and other Windows programs NB Winsign cannot control if more than one column have been marked and copied in Excel which results in that the cell values is merged into one Please copy the single number of column after you have pasted your marker information Insert Insert an empty cell If you select more cells
4. Stops sending information to the SP1 Production In this frame you will se all the text information that can be sent to the SP1 machine If you don t want to print out all markers then select your markers with ctrl mouse click and or shift mouse click Then only selected markers will be printed lt lt Back Jumps back to the Production window Help Open s the help guide 2006 101 Rev J 71 OOO Adbcos0T Cencop Te akc 375 17 3210001 www absolutsensor by partex PARTEX WinSign NG user manual MARKING SYSTEMS 5 4 MK6 Production on the MK6 machine MK6 x Number of each Current Production i fi m Marginaler Height adjustment Side adjustment p b Save values PARTEX18 Run one marker sdfgdsg __ 2 PARTEX19 lt lt Back Help PARTEX20 d Number of each If you want more than one marker of each you change this value Default value is always 1 Current Shows the last selected marker in the white production frame Height adjustment Position where the text shall be written in vertical position The unit is in tenth of millimetres Side adjustment Position where the text shall be written in horizontal position The unit is in tenth of millimetres Save values Saves height adjustment and side adjustment values in the current production file If you save these values you will not need to change those every time you start Winsign and uses that pro
5. from 1 10 then generates a series with the digits 1 3 5 7 9 Another example from A J with step value of 2 will be A C E G I Reverse order Turns the order in e g a number series stop number will be printed on the first marker position E g a series 1 10 print 10 9 8 7 1 Repeated number generation Generates a number series X number of times e g the marker consists of 2 number series 1 10 and 1 2 The 1 10 series is created on the manner described above For 1 2 repeated number generation is cross marked to get the series to run between and 2 along 1 10 series The result become 1 1 2 2 3 1 4 2 5 1 etc until number 10 will be reach None The justification right or left of the digits in the number series is none That s mean that no space is added before or after a series for e g 1 100 Two examples below please compare with left and right justified to see the difference 1PARTEX 1OPARTEX 100OPARTEX PARTEX1 PARTEX10 PARTEX100 Left The print of the digits in the number series will be left justified on the marker E g a left justified series from 1 100 placed before the static text would look like this 1 PARTEX 10 PARTEX 10OPARTEX Right justified The print of the digits in the number series will be right justified on the marker E g a right justified series from 1 100 placed after the static text would look like this PARTEX 1 PARTEX 10 PARTEX100 Instead of left j
6. then the user can specify where the file should be saved and also enter the file name Winsion NG sl Xl Active project will be closed to prepare copy Continue E Nej Avbryt 3 3 5 3 Tools menu File view Tools Help DO tar IGE X40 SOR Etikett GAB EtIKetE W EbiKete Bombardier Access conversion Eplan ELPROCAD Partex CAD EuroElectra Iveco Euro lectra Alstom In this menu there are different tools for your aid to import and convert marker information to Winsign There are possibilities to help the customer with import by offering implementing tools specific for them Contact Partex for more information IGE XAO Lets you import projects to marker information from the IGE XAO CAD system Contact Partex for additional information Eplan Lets you import projects to marker information from the Eplan CAD system For manual on how to use press the information button in the Eplan dialog Contact Partex for more information ELPROCAD Lets you import projects to marker information from the ELPROCAD CAD system For manual on how to use press the information button in the ELPROCAD dialog Contact Partex for more information 2006 101 Rev J l 7 OOO Adbcos0T Cencop Te akc 375 17 3210001 www absolutsensor by partex PARTEX WinSign NG user manual MARKING SYSTEMS Partex CAD Lets you import projects to marker information from the Partex CAD system For manual on how to
7. B B JE Printer MKB Al Set marking y 5 MK1 SS Mo E Number generator B Before Stat Stop Step After SP1 a ProMark pa TA aea No of labels markers 6 Winsign is a great software Font Size Product type Tahoma 14 PK2 84mm Product type No of each Size Text 1 PK2 84mm 1 14 Partex1 2 PK2 84mm 1 14 Partex2 3 PK2 84mm 1 14 Partex3 4 PK2 84mm 1 14 Winsign is a great software 5 PK2 84mm 1 14 Partex5 You create your markers by writing directly in the flex grid almost like Excel You change font position and size with the controllers over the flex grid You can also change between different product types for those product files who has more than one Every marker can be previewed even the number series created in the number generator You insert new cells with Enter or with the Insert button If you have selected multiple cells then as many as selected cells will be inserted The new cells will be placed after the selected cells Number series can be placed in all empty cells and also in the last cell 2006 101 Rev J 390 OOO AdbcosoT Cencop Te akc 375 17 3210001 www absolutsensor by partex PARTEX WinSign NG user manual MARKING SYSTEMS 3 5 2 1 Enter marker information Set the font and attribute that you want to use mark the cell you want to write to and start writing to create your marker If a marker already exists in the cell the information will be overw
8. E E RE 14 3 3 5 Project window Menu cererii peisan ie a A EERE EE EER ESE R 15 Pi Pee AMD PISMENU ean a a Irene E etree wee res 16 3 392 Project MENU ern eee ee merge eS ea en cer ee eee eee ee 16 3 3 5 3 Tools MGI seir e aE E E E E E RE ER 17 3 334 Window Men ceo cde in e a a a aaa a Tap io iE 19 3 4 GROUP MARKINGS IN WINSIGN NG esesesesesesesesesosescscsosorcsorceceoeoeoeoeseoeseseseseseseseseseseseses 20 3 4 1 Group marking buttons and menus sssssesssesesseeessessresseeeserrsssressrersrenseerssereseres 20 3 4 1 1 The group marking buttons in the project window ssssseeesssssrsssressresseesse 21 3 4 1 2 Group markings menu in the main window sssssesesssessessserssssrsseressresseesse 23 SANL Groupee eei EEE ERE E EEE AEE 23 34 1 22 Machine s tting S sseni a E E ES 26 3 4 2 Working with group markings eseeseeesseseesrserresessessresrersrssresrersessresrresresresereseeeee 27 34 21 Created group Markin si sosser eainiie ne eesin N EE Onei RENEE 27 3 422 Open SVU TAMING scriere e E E 30 3 4 2 3 Edit group marking seseeeseeesseeesseeessrsserersserseerserrsssressresstesseesseeessereserenseenst 30 3 4 2 4 Delete group marking essseseesssseressressressrerseresserssereseressresseessseessressrenseenst 31 3 4 2 5 Delete multiple group markings eseessessesessrssrissessrrsrissrrsresressresresrrsereseenee 31 3 4 2 6 Print group marking seseseseseessseesssersssressressresserssserssseessressressresse
9. a new window has showed up inside the main window Only the icons for the main window and the help menu look like before the project were opened The new window displayed is called the project window The title of the project window is the same as the name of your project A new feature in Winsign is that you can work with multiple projects at a time if you open or creates multiple projects in the same session which was not supported in Winsign 16 See below No of labels markers 11 File Project Group Marking Tools window Machine settings Help Dl a Sa Arrange all Tile Horizontally Group marking a v 1 House Kitchen 2 project2 r Set marking anes Bet Brus Import Font Size Product type Tahoma jf1 PA 2 21 Long v J Product ype No ofeach Text You work just the same even if you have more project opened at a time so from now on I only describe working with one project at a time The only difference is that when you work with more projects at a time the main windows menus only work for that window that is currently active You cannot work with multiple projects when working in direct marking mode The icon to create a project is then disabled Direct marking is for making markers quick not for handling large projects 2006 101 Rev J Oe lie OOO AdbcosnoT Cencop Te akc 375 17 3210001 www absolutsensor by partex PARTEX WinSign NG user manu
10. d SPI Promar B m Set marking gt m Number generator es Before Start Stop Step After na ee No of labels markers BF U impor Winsign is a great program Font Size Product type Tahoma v fi 4 70 0360 mm v Product type No of each Text 1 70 0 36 0 mm 1 Marker 2 70 0 36 0 mm 1 Marker 2 These are the different print options there are Print project Prints all the groups in the project Print group Prints all or selected groups in the project Print marker Prints all or selected markers in the group Direct print Prints the active group This choice sends you directly to the print dialog for chosen machine The difference from the Print Group is that here you cannot chose to include other groups or extra copies 2006 101 Rev J 62 OOO AdbcosnoT Cencop Te akc 375 17 3210001 www absolutsensor by partex PARTEX WinSign NG user manual MARKING SYSTEMS 4 1 Group Number of copies of chosen group Mo p Merger of copies To print a group created earlier click Prout oeaio on the Print icon alternatively the Group Print pull down menu r Selected for printout Name Number of each When printing groups you have a choice of printing an optional number of groups which are part of the project But only groups from the J Asta pin I Center of text in height co Delete selected group from print
11. following window displays Click on OK to close the window 2006 101 Rev J a5 2 OOO AdbcosoT Cencop Te akc 375 17 3210001 www absolutsensor by partex PARTEX WinSign NG user manual 3 5 11 Print markings To print previously created markings click on the print icon on the marking section of the project window You can also select Print in the Marking menu Marking Print When printing markings you got the possibility to print optionally number of markings in the active group marking Only markings in the active group can be printed The print window and the choice of printer is described later in the sub chapter How to print Groups and Markings 3 5 12 Search marking To search for a previously created marking click on the search icon in the marking section of the project window You could also select search in the marking menu marking search Search on marking x Search for Search from start Replace with Search next Replace from start r Alternative Replace next J Match lower case upper case MV Match whole word Replace all Replace within marker text Close m Search on Help Marker text Marker number C Location designation Search for At the dialog box for searching you write the search criteria in a text field In the check box under you select which type of mark information post you want to search on Search function search thro
12. in the flex grid Move to next cell Move to previous cell Confirm entered text in cell or Create empty marker in flex grid Ctrl D Shift Ctrl N Shift Insert Shift Ctrl F Shift Delete Ctrl N Insert Ctrl F Delete Shift Ctrl P Ctrl P Ctrl Enter Ctrl X Ctrl C Ctrl V Ctrl A Insert Delete F2 Scroll Lock Ctrl Up Arrow Ctrl Down Arrow Tab Shift Tab Return IPARTEX MARKING SYSTEMS Tore L fgatan 1 547 22 Gullsp ng Sweden Phone 46 0 551 280 00 Fax 46 0 551 280 99 E mail sales partex se http www partex nu 2006 101 Rev J 86 OOO AdbcosoT Cencop Te ake 375 17 3210001 www absolutsensor by partex PARTEX WinSign NG user manual MARKING SYSTEMS 2006 101 Rev J 87 OOO AdbcosoT Cencop Te akc 375 17 3210001 www absolutsensor by partex
13. marker type 2006 101 Rev J 57 OOO AdbcosoT Cencop Te akc 375 17 3210001 www absolutsensor by partex PARTEX WinSign NG user manual MARKING SYSTEMS 3 5 13 2 Create an importable text file from an Excel file There are three ways to go when you want to create an importable text file from Excel to Winsign Alternative 1 You have all the text in one column 1 Click on the cell that contains the first marker Scroll down so that you see the last marker Press down SHIFT and click with the mouse on the last cell Mark cell by cell and not row by row 2 Use the right mouse button in the field that you have marked and choose copy 3 Open Notepad Don t use WordPad 4 Use once again the right mouse button and choose past 5 Save your job as a text file 6 Close all unnecessary windows and start Winsign X Microsoft Excel Bok1 rkiv Redigera Yisa Infoga Format Verktyg Data F nster Hj lp JOSE S6RY SBBS noA E A 4 de OB 00 Times New Roman gt 12 FKU BS ooo 8 98 lt c Oe 2006 101 Rev J 58 OOO AdbcosoT Cencop Te akc 375 17 3210001 www absolutsensor by partex PARTEX WinSign NG user manual MARKING SYSTEMS Alternative 2 The marker text contains more than one column 1 Remove all unnecessary information in the Excel file 2 Go to the archive menu and choose Save as 3 Make sure that the file format is csv skv a semicolon separat
14. marking name or number Date Winsign will always propose the current date given from the computers real time clock If the date is erroneous please check the computers time settings Location design Notation which is searchable and will also be printed on the marking modules Category Is used to bind together group markings of the same kind or for use in similar field of application Publisher The name of the user who creates the group marking Department The place where the group marking where created Telephone Telephone number to the publisher or the company 2006 101 Rev J 28 OOO Adbcoso0T Cencop Te akc 375 17 3210001 www absolutsensor by partex PARTEX WinSign NG user manual MARKING SYSTEMS You can enter this in the optional field Max no of characters As default Maximum no of characters is set to zero Change this if you want to The function can be used for e g to get a maximum no of characters for the MK1 machine If you know that only 8 characters will fit on your marker then you can limit this in the group marking dialog You can select Control number of characters when you have set the value in the group marking dialog Those markers containing more characters will be marked with a red arrow International colour code Only active if a product type with support for international colour code has been selected These product types have the text colour in the product name Partex have
15. mouse click and shift mouse click can be used to select multiple cells just like you select specific cells in Windows Explorer Press Delete to delete selected groups NB No warning will appear the groups will be deleted directly A warning messages displays see below Warin 86 AN Selected groups will be deleted 2006 101 Rev J soie OOO A conwoT Cencop Te akc 375 17 3210001 www absolutsensor by partex PARTEX WinSign NG user manual MARKING SYSTEMS 3 4 2 6 Print group marking Print of group markings is done by either click on the Print icon of group marking section alternately on a machine in the direct print section or by choosing Print in the group menu Group Print A dialog displays where you can chose which group groups you want to print For more information about to print groups see the chapter How to print Groups and Markings 3 4 2 7 Search for group marking To search for a group marking click on the search icon or chose Search in the Group menu Group Search The following window displays Search on group marking x Search for l Search from start Search for next Group name number ows Location designation Help Search for In the text field for the search the search is defined The two alternatives below the search field describes on what post you are searching on inside the group 7 Important and characters can not be used to search for part of words bu
16. only be markers on few sheet fixture card The markers are always printed out from top to bottom in the production box lt lt Back Jumps back to the Production window Help Open s the help guide When the printer window is called on it will always have your default printer chosen Change the printer if necessary When you click Run the following dialog appears A NTFILE OKIPAGE 14i Properties Ready OKIPAGE 14i NTFILE OKIPAGE 14i Don t use Number of J Print to file copyies in Windows Print dialog Print range G NI Only change printer if Pages from 1 to necessary Don t use E any other options Output Printer is for these machines OKI Micro line 395 Epson LQ 870 HP LaserJet 2100 HP LaserJet 2200 Zebra 105 S 2006 101 Rev J 68 OOO AdbcosoT Cencop Te akc 375 17 3210001 www absolutsensor by partex PARTEX MARKING SYSTEMS WinSign NG user manual 5 2 MKI1 Production on the mini plotter MK1 MK1 E xl Number of each Current Production Doo Character size 5 Specify size Character height Character width r Margins Height adjustment Side adjustment 0 0 I Print to file Run first marker 2 times Bun Pen test top lt lt Back Help Printer help PARTFX2A E Number of each If you want more than one marker of each you change this value Default value is always 1 Current Shows the last sel
17. stop value must be either uppercase or lowercase No mix is allowed Only one character is valid for start and stop value Of course you cannot mix a numerical start or stop value with an alphanumerical character An advanced number series can of course use both alphanumerical series and numerical series but they need to be separated added separately Below you can see an example of that X1 A F X2 a f X3 1 6 which give use X1 A X2 a X3 1 X1 B X2 b X3 2 X1 C X2 c X3 3 X1 D X2 d X3 4 X1 E X2 e X3 5 X1 F X2 f X3 6 2006 101 Rev J 50 OOO AdbcosoT Cencop Te akc 375 17 3210001 www absolutsensor by partex PARTEX a MARKING SYSTEMS WinSign NG user manual 3 5 8 3 Import files Pressing the Import file button does import a file See sub chapter importing file for more information 3 5 9 Edit marking with Set marking dialog In order to edit marker information in a group marking click on the edit icon alternate Edit in the marking menu Marking Edit The dialog box is described in sub chapter Create marking Information which was entered when the marking was created is still there and is editable 2006 101 Rev J 51 OOO AdbcosoT Cencop Te akc 375 17 3210001 www absolutsensor by partex PARTEX WinSign NG user manual MARKING SYSTEMS 3 5 10 Preview markings with the Set marking information dialog To preview a single marker click the preview button in the Set Marking window The
18. the ELPROCAD CAD system For manual on how to use press the information button in the ELPROCAD dialog Contact Partex for more information Partex CAD Lets you import projects to marker information from the Partex CAD system For manual on how to use press the information button in the Partex CAD dialog Contact Partex for more information SOR Etikett CAB Etikett W Etikett R File Specific tools implemented for Partex own production Contact Partex for more information Bombardier Access conversion Partex has implemented a custom specific tool on the customers demand In this case it is Bombardier Denmark This tool converts an Access file which then can be imported in Winsign Contact Partex for more information EuroElectra Iveco Customer specific tool Please contact Partex Marking Systems AB for more information EuroElectra Alstom Customer specific tool Please contact Partex Marking Systems AB for more information 2006 101 Rev J 10 OOO Abcos0T Cencop Te ake 375 17 3210001 www absolutsensor by partex PARTEX WinSign NG user manual MARKING SYSTEMS There are possibilities to help the customer with import by offering implementing tools specific for them Contact Partex for more information 3 2 1 2 4 Help File view Tools Help 0 g 3 Help on Winsign NG About Winsign NG Help on Winsign NG Opens the help for Winsign About Winsign NG Shows the licence window
19. use press the information button in the Partex CAD dialog Contact Partex for more information SOR Etikett CAB Etikett W Etikett R File Specific tools implemented for Partex own production Contact Partex for more information Bombardier Access conversion Partex has implemented a custom specific tool on the customers demand In this case it is Bombardier Denmark This tool converts an Access file which then can be imported in Winsign Contact Partex for more information EuroElectra Iveco Customer specific tool Please contact Partex Marking Systems AB for more information EuroElectra Alstom Customer specific tool Please contact Partex Marking Systems AB for more information There are possibilities to help the customer with import by offering implementing tools specific for them Contact Partex for more information 2006 101 Rev J 18 OOO AdbcosoT Cencop Te akc 375 17 3210001 www absolutsensor by partex PARTEX WinSign NG user manual MARKING SYSTEMS 3 3 5 4 Window menu File Project Group Marking Tools Window Machine settings Arrange all Tile Horizontally Group marking v 1 House Kitchen 2 project2 3 3 project 3 p Set marking EE Arrange all Arrange all windows so they over lap each other Tile Horizontally Positions the windows over or under each other 1 2 p 3 p Allows you to switch between different project 2006 101 Rev
20. 3444 2l 102 3 J3444 3 103 E J3444 4l 104 5 J3444 5l 105 6 J3444 6 106 z J3444 7 107 8 J3444 8l 108 g J3444 9 109 10 J3444 10 110 11 J3444 11l 111 12 J3444 12l 112 13 2 J8888 1 233 14 2 J8888 2 234 15 2 J8888 3l 235 16 1A One column 2 E a es 1 J3444 1 101 J3444 2 102 J3444 3 103 J3444 4 104 J3444 5 105 J3444 6 106 J3444 7 107 J3444 8 108 J3444 9 109 J3444 10 110 J3444 11 111 J3444 12 112 2 J8888 1 233 2 J8888 2 234 2 J8888 3 235 2006 101 Rev J 60 OOO AdbcosnoT Cencop Te akc 375 17 3210001 www absolutsensor by partex PARTEX WinSign NG user manual MARKING SYSTEMS 3 5 14 Help system The help in Winsign is an ordinary online help accordingly to the Windows standard The help is reached by selecting Help content in the Help menu The ordinary help button F1 will also work fine 61 2006 101 Rev J OOO AbcosoT Cencop Te akc 375 17 3210001 www absolutsensor by partex PARTEX WinSign NG user manual MARKING SYSTEMS 4 Print groups or markers To print an earlier created group or marker click on the Print icon alternatively the Group Print pull down menu or the Marker Print pull down menu In order to print your group directly to a chosen machine use the direct print icons loxi File Project Group Marking Tools Window Help 18 x r Group marking Direct print Hal 7 gt O B 8 Printer amp MKG H MKI j MK3
21. ARTEX WinSign NG user manual MARKING SYSTEMS Printer Calls on Windows printer dialog Use this output if you want to print on a machine or printer that needs a Windows driver and which is not on a button Shortcut Alt P MK1 Open s the production window for the MK1 machine Shortcut Alt 1 SP1 Marktex Open s the production window for the SP1 machine Shortcut Alt S MK6 Open s the production window for the MK6 machine Shortcut Alt 6 MK3 Open s the production window for the MK3 machine Shortcut Alt 3 ProMark Open s the production window for the ProMark machine Shortcut Alt R lt lt Back Closes this window and jumps back to the previous window Help Open s the help guide 2006 101 Rev J 66 OOO AdbcosoT Cencop Te akc 375 17 3210001 www absolutsensor by partex PARTEX WinSign NG user manual MARKING SYSTEMS 5 1 Printer Printing on a printer windows drivers Number of each Current Production Po 2PARTEX s 3PARTEX Marginaler APARTEX a eee 5PARTEX eight adjustmeni Side adjustment 6PARTEX eooo peoo 7PARTEX 0 8PARTEX SPARTEX Kitchen __ 1 Save values TOPARTEX 11PARTEX 12PARTEX J With Frames TSPARTEX 14PARTEX 15PARTEX 1BPARTEX 17PARTEX 18PARTEX Kitchen _ 2 1SPARTEX lt lt Back Help 20PARTEX xl Number of each If you want more than one marker of each you change this value Default value is always 1 Current S
22. E9999 lmf Every file contains max 300 markers The information is saved in the same order as they are to be produced When producing on the ProMark first load the file FILE0001 Imf when you have finished that one load FILEO002 Imf and so on When the files are saved you will see the following dialog You can see how many files the work were split into and also see were they are saved Promark i Finish writing IF the information is saved to the memory card don t forget to stop the service before eject the card 2 number of files has been created in folder C TESTS6 File name FILEOQ001 csv gt FILEQO02 csv If you are saving to a reader of USB type then don t forget to stop the service for this one before taking out the memory card Otherwise the risk is big that you will lose information If you don t know if you have an USB reader or don t know how to stop its service Contact system administrator or call Partex 2006 101 Rev J 297 2 OOO Adbcosn0T Cencop Te akc 375 17 3210001 www absolutsensor by partex PARTEX WinSign NG user manual MARKING SYSTEMS USB port Compact flash card reader Select drive the first time a file is saved to the CF card the card reader must be connected to the driver Next time a file is saved to the CF card WinSign will suggest the same driver USB port even if WinSign is terminated assumes that the card reader is connected to the same driver lt lt Bac
23. ESEON TEREA 45 3 5 8 Create marking with the Set marking dialog eeeeseeeeeeeerresrrsrrerrserrsreerrsereeresee 46 3 5 8 1 Character formatting 225 on seasenacavannenecdedinacedennasetcaarencasteresacapenmssecenrnaaeuniteens 47 3 5 8 2 Using the number generator in the Set marking dialog 47 3 5 8 3 Import TSS seasea er raie EE EEE ER E EEEE EES 51 3 5 9 Edit marking with Set marking dialog c sccssscscersseponnesaseoneassasneuassaauncedsatevarcnseene 51 3 5 10 Preview markings with the Set marking information dialog eee 52 Seed Print Markings sssini sensein teanen ane EE a RETE E TEREE E 53 39 12 Search PMA ING o meroni aon a a E EE EE O E NRE 53 3 5 13 Importa Plessers onrein sass au scbhadssgecusaueciheaasiatdacapsoeeladevtaywaiasustiansedesons 54 3 3 13 L Import of UO cca ch cece e rnea a a E aE E EAR aR iE E Eh 56 3 5 13 2 What to consider when you are importing a file to Winsign NG 57 3 5 13 2 Create an importable text file from an Excel file eee eeeeeseeeeneeeeeeeees 58 le Help RY SUC ierosme a a e E aO T enemies 6l 4 PRINT GROUPS OR MARKERS sissisisccssssoseassasicessenssesavsssnsronsseessateensuoiacsseaaseecsanseesien 62 e e GROUP E E E sbsdesarscesevexeneustautieatseasesiadaeass 63 4 2 MARKER sesesseeeseseseoecseseseoececscseoeoseseeeoeoseseseoeoecseseeeososeseseoeoseseseeeoseseseseoecseseeeoscseseseeeesese 64 5 PRODUC TION cisisssccssseasssssectsecssssnsesasosesccosasustansesesecasinscenssnnsaatisnsnsessans
24. J 19 OOO Adbcoso0T Cencop Te akc 375 17 3210001 www absolutsensor by partex PARTEX WinSign NG user manual MARKING SYSTEMS 3 4 Group markings in Winsign NG If a project is a house then a group marking can be e g specific room in the house 3 4 1 Group marking buttons and menus Winsign NG House BEE File Project Group Marking Tools Window Machine settings Help lej x r Group marking l Kitchen e 1 r Set ww Da O B Number generator Before Stat Stop Step After e E E OoOo mE No of bet neta aehien a a2 ees Size Product type 4 Dd Tahoma 7 fi Pa 2 21 Long x Product type The picture above shows us the group marking menu together with a project window Those highlighted icons you see on the picture belong to the group marking In the sub chapters I will explain their functions 2006 101 Rev J 20 OOO Adbcos0T Cencop Te akc 375 17 3210001 www absolutsensor by partex PARTEX WinSign NG user manual MARKING SYSTEMS 3 4 1 1 The group marking buttons in the project window This button opens a search window where you can search on groups inside the active project See the picture below Search on group marking x Search for E fart Group name number iE C Location designation Help This button creates a new group marking Edit active group marking 3 Prints all of your markers for chosen group marking
25. Maximum no of characters vi I Colour conversion System Lists the system types that are a part of the product group E g MK1 MK3 Product group Lists product groups which is supported by Winsign e g Inlay Tags Wire Markers etc Product Lists those product types that are supported by the marking system E g PA 1 for MKI KI When activated lists of product types for Partex marking system can be chosen in the Product group System and Product External company module for production of company specific markings When T activated lists of product types for Thorsmans marking system can be chosen in the Product group System and Product ky External company module for production of company specific markings When activated lists of product types for Eljo marking system can be chosen in the Product group System and Product Machine information Here can you get a technical description of each system supported by Winsign For example a technical desciption of what can be done on marking machine MK1 See picture below 2006 101 Rev J 27 OOO AdbcosoT Cencop Te akc 375 17 3210001 www absolutsensor by partex PARTEX WinSign NG user manual Machine information MK1 Plotter for production of Cable Wire Component and Terminal marking Connects to the computers USB port e NO support for Windows True Type fonts e NO support for check marker length Name number Notation of the group
26. Project Group Marking Tools Window Machine settings Help 1 x M Group marking m Direct print Kitchen zi a O B 8 E Printer amp MKE A CE a ee ee Bey Kitchen MKI SS MK3 d rues B No of labels markers 11 Living room Bed room SP1 AN ProMak By In list are all groups located which has been created in the active project 3 4 2 3 Edit group marking To edit a previously created group marking for e g to change the group name click on the Edit icon or Edit in the Group menu Group Edit The dialog box displayed will be described in sub chapter Create group marking When you are done editing press OK to save changes 2006 101 Rev J 30 OOO AdbcosoT Cencop Te akc 375 17 3210001 www absolutsensor by partex PARTEX WinSign NG user manual MARKING SYSTEMS 3 4 2 4 Delete group marking A group marking is deleted by choosing Delete in the group menu Group Delete When deleting all information about the group is lost A warning dialog displays to confirm if you really want to delete the group marking Deleting group marking EI AN Do you want to delete active group i Nej Avbryt 3 4 2 5 Delete multiple group markings Multiple group markings can be deleted at once by choosing Delete multiple in the group menu All information is lost when deleting group Delete groups x Groups Select the groups you want to delete Ctrl
27. Winsign NG Version 4 10 User manual English PARTEX MARKING SYSTEMS User manual No 2007 101 Rev J 2007 Partex Marking Systems OOO AdbcosmoT Cencop Te akc 375 17 3210001 www absolutsensor by partex PARTEX WinSign NG user manual MARKING SYSTEMS Foreword Winsign has been created as a general project handling tool for industrial identification and production of marking systems for Cables Wires Component and Positions Winsign operates under Windows 2000 and Windows XP Winsign can be installed as a stand alone application as the database engine is included in the application The system can create save search edit import preview projects and print identification markers Project data which is information on a project such as marker identity marker text are saved in a well structured format so that all the information can be accessed Winsign handles all the Windows installed fonts symbols and other additional TrueType fonts you have installed in your Windows Partex cannot guarantee that every font can be used in Winsign That depends on not all fonts belonging to a font family a requirement for being able to use the font in Winsign Winsigns database has been set up to be able to handle the complete range of Partex product assortment for instance Marking On Site on all of Partex specified production equipment ref Chapter 2 Recommended Printers Winsign also contains external c
28. active project can be printed The dialogue screen that appears after clicking on the Print icon prompt you to make several choices Available groups This text box displays the group of available groups The active group is always marked Selected for printout This text box display selected groups with accompanying information and numbers Number of copies of chosen group Number of copies of the chosen group Default number is always copy Merger of copies Print out optimization Can be used for a product type that contains various types sizes of markers The print out can then be optimized so that the material loss is minimized Centre of the text in height If this function is active during printout all marker text will be height centred on the marking module in the project gt Add to printout You can select a group for printing in two ways either double click on the group name or mark the current group and click on gt Remember to first choose number of copies before add to printout lt Delete selected groups from print If you have selected the wrong group by mistake it can be deleted from selected for printout by marking the group and click on lt or double click on the group OK Open s the Productions window lt lt Back Closes this window and jumps back to the previous window Help Open s the help guide 2006 101 Rev J 63 OOO AdbcosnoT Ce
29. al MARKING SYSTEMS 3 3 51 File menu File Project Group Marking Print settings Direct marking Ctrl D Those menu items left in the file menu is Print settings Sets the printer settings Displays the product format when previewed Direct marking Creates a direct marking Exit Exit Winsign application 3 3 52 Project menu File Project Group Mart New Open Edit Close Printout Copy project New Creates a new project You can also click on the icon New This item is disabled if in direct marking mode Open Open s an exiting project You can also click on the icon Open Edit Edits the active project x File name eHouse Cancel Date 20050520 Help Publisher Department Project name AENEA Telephone The menu alternative Project Edit allows you to change an exiting project You can t change the name or the path to file this way 2006 101 Rev J 16 OOO A conwoT Cencop Te akc 375 17 3210001 www absolutsensor by partex PARTEX WinSign NG user manual MARKING SYSTEMS Close Closes your active project Printout Prints the active project You will get a warning message first that tells you that the will be produced on the same machine If your marking needs different machines this is not a good way to print your entire project Copy project Copy the active project A dialog is displayed se below If yes
30. and use Insert then there will be as inserted as selected The new cells are always inserted after the selected cells 2006 101 Rev J 36 OOO AdbcosmoT Cencop Te akc 375 17 3210001 www absolutsensor by partex PARTEX WinSign NG user manual MARKING SYSTEMS Delete Deletes the checked marking Select all Select all cells in the active group Change length Change length on several markers at a time Only valid for MK9 NG Select all Select all cells in the active group Split number series A number series 1 10 presents as 1 10 in the grid cell if the function is activated gets 10 pcs of markers i e 1 2 3 10 Change number of each for marking information Function to change number of each directly in the grids No of each column Highlight a block of markers or a single marker run the function via right mouse click menu or the Marking information menu 2006 101 Rev J 37 OOO AdbcosoT Cencop Te akc 375 17 3210001 www absolutsensor by partex PARTEX WinSign NG user manual MARKING SYSTEMS 3 5 1 3 Marking menu in the flex grid right mouse button click Product type No of each Size Text 1 PK2 84mm 1 14 Partex1 2 PK2 84mm 1 14 Partex2 3 PK2 84mm 1 14 artex3 4 PK2 84mm 1 14 5 PK2 84mm 1 14 Cut 6 PK2 84mm 1 14 Copy 7 PK2 84mm 1 14 Paste 8 PK2 84mm 1 14 Partexd Paste number of each 9 PK2 84mm 1 14 Partex9 AEN Dele
31. at the cursor in the greyed text box must be placed on the position where the number series shall be inserted In the case above it should be direct after the X character in PARTEX The cursor is red coloured to ease cursor placement New line Create a new line for number series if the marker shall have multiple lines Edit Edit created number series for a marker NB The cursor must stand in the text box fixed not the greyed one when you push on the Edit button If it NOT stands in that box all text will not be shown in their fields start number etc for editing Delete Deletes text in the marker text box To delete a number series mark the whole text in the marker text box after that push on Delete button Text fixed In this text box you enter the fixed text for the number series E g PARTEX 1 10 PARTEX is the fixed text Add Confirm and move over to marker text box Start number First number in the number series sequence Numerical and alphanumerical values are allowed Only one alphanumerical character is allowed Final number Last number in the number series sequence Numerical and alphanumerical values are allowed Only one alphanumerical character is allowed 2006 101 Rev J 48 OOO AdbcosnoT Cencop Te akc 375 17 3210001 www absolutsensor by partex PARTEX WinSign NG user manual MARKING SYSTEMS Step Step out up counting of number series If e g the value 2 has been given in a series
32. ator Number generator Before Start Stop Step After foe p fo Uda You can quickly create number series in the number generator First you place the selection on an empty cell in the flex grid Or on a existing number series if you want to update a previously created one Press Update to add update a number series If the button is greyed out it means that you cannot add a number series to that position in the flex grid Number series can be inserted on every empty cell and also the last cell Description on the fields in the number generator Before Here you enter write the text that will be placed before the number in the series Not necessary Start Here you enter the start number of the series Numerical and alphanumerical values are allowed Only one alphanumeric character is allowed Necessary Stop Here you enter the stop number of the series Numerical and alphanumerical values are allowed Only one alphanumeric character is allowed Necessary Step Here you enter the number of steps between each number in the series For example enter 2 here and the order will be accordingly the example in the picture above Partex1 Partex3 Partex5 Partex7 and Partex9 If no value is entered the default is 1 After Here you enter write the text that will be placed after before the number in the series Not necessary Important Start and stop value must be entered with either uppercase or lowercase charac
33. ay when the import is finished Import ready 2006 101 Rev J 55 OOO AdbcosoT Cencop Te akc 375 17 3210001 www absolutsensor by partex PARTEX WinSign NG user manual MARKING SYSTEMS If your files do not correspond with the way Winsign want the files to be you will face the following dialog Error in line 1jaj Continue YES No more warnings NO Following warnings CANCEL Abort File import The dialog describes the erroneous line here 1 a and gives you some choices This is only a warning window your import file doesn t necessary need to be erroneous just because this window displays see the system manual In the case above Winsign warns because I have a character included A may be printed wrong on some marking machines but works fine on others 3 5 13 1 Import of files The file that should be imported must be structured as follows Each marker text that should be produced must be typed in on a single row and ended with a new line This is important on the last marker If the marker information should be printed on two rows the two lines must be separated with a pipe sign Example ROW1IROW2 Large files type txt or skv needs alot of power fran your computer If you have a machine with an old processor and not so much RAM memory it can take some time before the import is finished and presentated in WinSign It has happend that you can get a blank preview and in this case y
34. d media To avoid print out via the print preview a message is displayed to the user Check the checkbox if the user don t want to see the message anymore Information xj Don t use print out button in preview mode J Don t show this message again Check marker length Check if the text fit on the marker This apply to active group Winsign NG House Ioj x File Project Group Marking Tools Window Machine settings Help l x Direct print Group marking Garage x P Printer amp MKG Al Set marking a MKI MK3 a Number generator Before Start a Ha Aen SP1 a ProMark Update Linet Import Product type Font Size Tahoma fro x JPrcoazie Product type 1 PFC04218 1 Willfit 2 PFC04218 1 Too long to fit 3 PFCO4218 Line1ILine2 4 PFC04218 1 Too long linelT oo high also For help push F1 When the function is used it will check all rows in current group and check if the text will fit on the marker 2006 101 Rev J 24 x OOO A conwoT Cencop Te akc 375 17 3210001 www absolutsensor by partex PARTEX WinSign NG user manual MARKING SYSTEMS Means that the text will fit the marker gt Means that the text is too wide for the marker f Means that the text is too high to fit the marker Means that the text is too high and too wide too fit the marker If you edit a marker text after check length then the length symbol will disapp
35. defined colours and character sizes for a given product that supports international colour code Every single character is printed in a coloured block Eg i The international colour code is used for digits numerical and all other characters is printed with black text against white background If you print the following character the result will be White one on brown background White two on red background 3 Black three on orange background Black four on yellow background kj White fice on green background White six on blue background gj White seven on violette background 8 Black eight on grey background 9 Black nine on white background 0 White zero on black background A B C All other characters are printed with black text on white background The following products support international colour code For the MK3 X Card marking system PFC04212KA9 PFC04215KA9 PFC04218KA9 PFC04221KA9 PFC04230KA9 and PFC07533KA9 e Colour Conversion Customer specific system Contact Partex Marking Systems AB for more information 2006 101 Rev J 29 OOO AdbcosoT Cencop Te akc 375 17 3210001 www absolutsensor by partex PARTEX WinSign NG user manual MARKING SYSTEMS 3 4 2 2 Open group marking To open a group marking which has previously been created open the list box located in the group marking section of the project window See the picture below 2151 File
36. duct file When you have pressed Save values the values change to zeros but the difference is saved in the production file Run Starts sending information to MK6 Run one marker Prints highlighted blue marked markers only Production In this frame you will se all the text information that can be sent to the MK6 machine If you don t want to print out all markers then select your markers with ctrl mouse click and or shift mouse click Then only selected markers will be printed 2006 101 Rev J 72 OOO AdbcosnoT Cencop Te akc 375 17 3210001 www absolutsensor by partex PARTEX WinSign NG user manual MARKING SYSTEMS Your markers is separated whit a row se over Group name__Page nr __ These indicates what marker you selected in the sequence NB The indexing of marker is only applied to print out of all markers For own selection the print out will be optimized so that all markers will be as much filled as possible Because otherwise there may only be text on few markers The markers are always printed out from top to bottom in the production box lt lt Back Jumps back to the Production window Help Open s the help guide 2006 101 Rev J 73 OOO AdbcosoT Cencop Te akc 375 17 3210001 www absolutsensor by partex PARTEX WinSign NG user manual MARKING SYSTEMS 5 5 MK3 Production on the MK3 machine MK3 x Number of each Current Production r Margins Hei
37. ear for that marker This mean that you have to run the check again too see which text will fit the marker NB This function only applies for those printers machines that uses Windows fonts for print outs Contact Partex for additional information Control number of characters This function checks the number of characters entered at creation of group The function must be activated in the group marking dialog by setting a number in the Maximum no of characters field Those markers containing more characters than specified will be marked with a red arrow Means that the text overrides the maximum number of characters that was specified in the group marking dialog Change order You can change the order of the groups the place where they appear in the group drop down list in the main window Select a group and use the Move up and the Move down buttons to relocate the group inside the project Move groups x Groups Convert to MK9 NG project Implemented in the Group menu Convert an earlier created project for production on marking machine MK9 NG Since the marker machine MK9 NG do not handle Windows True Type fonts the marker project must be converted to MK9 NG s proportionally font types and the size of the font is shown in mm not pixels 2006 101 Rev J 25 OOO Adbcosno0T Cencop Te akc 375 17 3210001 www absolutsensor by partex PARTEX WinSign NG user manual MARKING SYSTEMS 3 4 1 2 2 Mach
38. ecrease character height and width Side adjustment Position where the text shall be written in horizontal position The unit is in tenth of millimetres Save values Saves height adjustment and side adjustment values in the current production file If you save these values you will not need to change those every time you start Winsign and uses that product file When you have pressed Save values the values change to zeros but the difference is saved in the production file 2006 101 Rev J 69 OOO AdbcosnoT Cencop Te akc 375 17 3210001 www absolutsensor by partex PARTEX WinSign NG user manual MARKING SYSTEMS Print to file When this box is checked when you press Run then all your markers will be printed to a text file A save as dialog displays where you can name your file and select location where to be saved A dialog is display for confirmation of save See picture below Running ready xi i The file is saved in C test txt Run first marker 2 times The first marker on every fixture will be written twice when this alternative is checked This is due to that the pen is often a bit dry at start of run or when changing fixture By this way the first marker doesn t need to be rewritten later Run Starts sending information to MK1 Stop Stops sending information to the MK1 Pen test This function is used for starting the pen by drawing a triangle so the ink flows I
39. ected marker in the white production frame Specify size The size of the text will be the same as the one in the MK1 plug if this box is unchecked If checked you can specify own character height and character width in the text boxes The preset size is the default size for that product type Character height The plotter can t use any True Type fonts so you have to set the character height here This value is not saved when you leave the dialog The value is in tenth of millimetres Character width The plotter can t use any True Type fonts so you have to set the character width here This value is not saved when you leave the dialog The value is in tenth of millimetres Height adjustment Position where the text shall be written in vertical position The unit is in tenth of millimetres If you switch off the MK1 before it has finished to print it can continue to print when you put it in PLOT MODE once again The reason to this is that the buffer memory still contain information for printing Alway use the Stop button in the production window This will stop the computer to send more information to the plotter The MK1 will alway print everything in its memory before it stops If the MK1 don t start producing your markers on run please check so that the right product type has been selected in the group marking dialog Is this not the case then try to decrease number of characters on marker or d
40. ed file before you save your file 4 Close Excel and open WordPad 5 Open our csv skv file in WordPad 6 Choose the command Replace and replace all semicolon with nothing 7 Go to the archive menu and choose Save as Change the file format to a text file and change the name on the file 8 Close all unnecessary windows and start Winsign X Microsoft Excel Boki Heal Arkiv Redigera Visa Infoga Format Yerktyg Data F nster Hj lp OeR SRY BBI no Be zs SI i ia wa z Times New Roman 12 z F xX U Z fa BS woo s 40 is 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 J3456 10 PE 2006 101 Rev J 59 2 OOO Adbcos0T Cencop Te akc 375 17 3210001 www absolutsensor by partex PARTEX WinSign NG user manual MARKING SYSTEMS Alternative 3 The marker text contains more than one column 1 Remove all unnecessary information in the Excel file 2 The A column is for number of markers Note You have to type in how many markers you want for the first marker even if it only is one Then you only have to type in number of markers for those who should be more than one The other columns B C D etc Contains the marker information Go to the archive menu and choose Save as 5 Make sure that the file format is csv skv a semicolon separated file before you save your file 6 Now you can import your csv skv file to Winsign aad Many columns 1 1 J3444 1l 101 2 J
41. elp Cy c g New Shift Ctrl h jean anaes ae eee eal Edit Group marking Search Ctrl Shift F PF07533 Printout Ctrl Shift P Delete Shift Del Set marking Preview Number gene Delete Multiple Before Check marker length Control number of characters Change order Convert to MK9 MG Project New Creates a new group marking Edit Edit active group marking Search Search for groups inside the active project Print Prints your markers for chosen group marking Delete Deletes the active group marking from the current project Delete Multiple Deletes multiple group markings in the project Delete groups x Groups E Kitchen Sleep room Cancel Living room Hall Select the groups you want to delete Ctrl mouse click and shift mouse click can be used to select multiple cells just like you select specific cells in Windows Explorer Press Delete to delete selected groups A warning is displayed before the groups is deleted see picture below 2006 101 Rev J 23 OOO AdbcosnoT Cencop Te akc 375 17 3210001 www absolutsensor by partex PARTEX WinSign NG user manual MARKING SYSTEMS Warning xi AN Selected groups will be deleted Preview Preview your markers in a group marking The print out button in preview mode cannot be disabled in winsigns program code If you choose to print out via the print preview button then the printing will be awry on the printe
42. eoasusieaseasoesssansoessen 65 BaD A a a D D EEE E A E E E OE ETE 67 PP EN 1 E E TA E E 69 5S e a Ea eN a c TEX E E E E A E T R 71 I E E A A A EE E 72 F l E E E E E 74 5 6 PROMARK sissies idee sniespedncaccuiecanecdecsacesdetneneaiilsasasucusnsenseuveavcsatenstidecsacecucipetadeissescdeteaesds 76 5 0 PROC OMee crs sacasnenicilesnstiasaadannatdacesbuceaaseutan sense AO EEEE O EO E SNART 76 5 6 2 MK9 NG specific functions ssssseseseeseseesssesseteseeessrestressessrenseetssereseressressreessne 78 6 EXIT WINSIGN NG siscesscsscasssccsssecansneressvcnsveastsseesaxcsenousxatanesaveveseusuensvodstesevassestseonseanaeaaxe 84 7 TERMINOLOGY issscssicosissseceveesscnsssssoesensssososniedsevessnnsvnnssas venssonisnatsossbevossavenenssessseessavensteds 85 8 SHORT CUTS sapecsscvesssnssvecsasicssscessassvavsecen ssustsicusasisesseesiavsnevvasussoesdaientesssisscussevnnnusesusseaees 86 2006 101 Rev J yee OOO AdbcosnoT Cencop Te akc 375 17 3210001 www absolutsensor by partex PARTEX WinSign NG user manual MARKING SYSTEMS 2 Recommended machines and printers For production of marking information Partex recommend following printers mentioned below Partex even supports these printers other printer can be used but then Partex refuses responsibility for wrong printer handling and text placement on the markers Other types of printers are continues under evaluation Ref System manual 2 1 Matrix printers e OKI Micro line 395 with if
43. ersseressrenseenst 32 3 4 2 7 Search for group Markin Gita ccsise cet irae eee pieced 32 3 4 3 Direct marking ossessi eE E E EE R 33 3 5 MARKING INFORMATION IN WINSIGN NG eesesoeessecesocessecesocesocessocesoesssosesocessoeesocesoeses 35 3 5 1 Marking b ttons and MENUS ssssisesssersssssscsusr seeders seues cek rsea ener Et sasu EE V SEEN REEE 35 3 5 1 1 Marking buttons in the project window sssesssessssseesssesssessersssrsssressrerseesse 35 3 5 1 2 Markings menu in the main WindOwW ccscccessecceesceceeeeeceeeecesanereeaeeeeees 36 2006 101 Rev J 3 OOO A conwoT Cencop Te akc 375 17 3210001 www absolutsensor by partex PARTEX WinSign NG user manual MARKING SYSTEMS SSAA Markin erine ena Re ee nee ee eM 36 3 5 1 3 Marking menu in the flex grid right mouse button click 38 3 5 2 Create markers in the flex ricco eo tcasta cs erhcetacessaesyentdenesenaaveteaatacaeudcaseneiees 39 3 5 2 Mer marker informati N scossi E a e EEN 40 3 5 3 Edit Delete marker information seeesseseesesessessesersrisrersrrsriserrsrssresrreseesreseresrenee 41 3 5 4 Preview box and No of labels markers eeeseseeeeeseeseeereeriesrrsrrsrissrrsresriseresreeee 42 3 5 5 Preview of the marker module eseesseesseseesreesresersssresrersrrsrisrersrssresrresresrrseresesee 43 3 5 6 The number generator ssssesssseeseeesseeseteseetssseessresstessteessersssressrersreeseeesseresrts 45 39 Import MeS eiee eeo e e bes E EE
44. for Winsign 2006 101 Rev J 11 OOO AdbcosoT Cencop Te akc 375 17 3210001 www absolutsensor by partex PARTEX WinSign NG user manual MARKING SYSTEMS 3 3 Projects in Winsign NG A project in Winsign can be compared to for example a construction project If you should build a house then a suitable name for the project could be My house 3 3 1 Create a new project A new project is created by clicking on the button New project or by selecting New in the File menu File New You will face the following window when creating a new project x Project name File name E Cancel Date 20030303 Help Publisher Department Telephone 3 3 2 Project marking Project name This is where you enter the name for the project In the house example that name could have been My house File name You cannot type anything in this field but if you edit the project later you can locate where the project is saved A project doesn t need to be named same as the file name Date As default the current date is displayed When not check the computers clock Publisher Department Telephone You can write extra information about the project here if you want to Help If you push this button then the help window will display Cancel Abort the creation of the new project OK When you click on OK a information text displays It is informs the user not to save the project fi
45. ght adjustment Side adjustment po o p o Save values PARTEX18 Kitchen 2 PARTEX19 lt lt Back Help PARTEX20 z Number of each If you want more than one marker of each you change this value Default value is always 1 Current Shows the last selected marker in the white production frame Height adjustment Position where the text shall be written in vertical position The unit is in tenth of millimetres Side adjustment Position where the text shall be written in horizontal position The unit is in tenth of millimetres Save values Saves height adjustment and side adjustment values in the current production file If you save these values you will not need to change those every time you start Winsign and uses that product file When you have pressed Save values the values change to zeros but the difference is saved in the production file Run Starts sending information to MK3 Production In this frame you will se all the text information that can be sent to the MK3 machine If you don t want to print out all markers then select your markers with ctrl mouse click and or shift mouse click Then only selected markers will be printed 2006 101 Rev J 74 OOO AdbcosoT Cencop Te ake 375 17 3210001 www absolutsensor by partex PARTEX a MARKING SYSTEMS WinSign NG user manual Your markers is seperated with a row se over Group name__Page nr __ This is indica
46. gram you are using and all licence information which you entered the first time you started Winsign NG Se picture above 2006 101 Rev J a ae OOO Adbcos0T Cencop Te akc 375 17 3210001 www absolutsensor by partex PARTEX WinSign NG user manual MARKING SYSTEMS 3 2 Main Window If your licence time not has expired you will find following window when you have accepted the licence information 3 2 1 Main window buttons and menus Winsign NG os a Above picture shows the main windows buttons and menus 3 2 1 1 Main window buttons and their functions D Create a new project This icon is not available in direct marking mode a ee Open an existing project g PORSE Print the active project z Create a direct marking 5 Change several marker lengths at a time Only valid for MK9 NG 2006 101 Rev J ahs OOO AdbcosoT Cencop Te akc 375 17 3210001 www absolutsensor by partex PARTEX WinSign NG user manual MARKING SYSTEMS 3 2 1 2 Main window menus and their functions 3 2 1 2 1 File File View Tools Help New Ctrl M Open Ctrl O Direct marking Printer settings 1 C Partex Datal___ mp BTR 2 C Partex Data 341064 BTR Exit New Create a new project Open Open an existing project Direct marking Create a direct marking Printer settings Shows Windows standard window for printer settings The choice of printer also corres
47. haracter in a text if you want to But if you want that then the function automatically select entire text must not be activated 3 5 8 2 Using the number generator in the Set marking dialog Number generator is a tool for creating number series sequences and paginations To create a number series cross mark in the box for Number generator The marking information window maker text will extend with additional controls and fields ref picture below 2006 101 Rev J aA x OOO Adbcoso0T Cencop Te akc 375 17 3210001 www absolutsensor by partex PARTEX WinSign NG user manual MARKING SYSTEMS Set marking Marker type PFC04221 New marker Marker number Preyiew Cancel Help Insert symbol Loc designation Import file lt Previous Number of each No of labels markers 21 I Number generator Nees Font IV Automatically select entire text Tahoma B7 Use Marker text PARTEX 1 10 Static text Number Start value Number of each Final value Number of blanks Step Filling character zi I Reverse order No system De gt I Repeated number generation New line Delete Adjustment None Filling character inactive C Left Right Text box greyed Preview field for created number series e g PARTEX 1 10 consist of e PARTEX named as fixed text prefix or suffix e is start value e 10 is final value Remark th
48. he drop down control for size Two new controls are also added Character width Standard The following can be changed for character width Standard Standard character width Condensed Half character width Extended Double character width al Change marker length on one or more markers at the same time Just select one or more markers and click this button The following dialog will show Marker length x O Lx Cancel Enter desired length in millimeters and press OK Tenths of a millimeter is entered with comma or point Example 24 7 Some controllers has also disapered in MK9 NG mode These are settings for font font type and adjustment of marker text left center right It is done since the MK9 NG doesn t handle these controls Information in flex grid The marker text fits the marker The marker text is too long Decrease number of characters character size or increase marker length t To many rows or to large text Decrease text size or number of rows Too long and too high text 2006 101 Rev J 82 OOO A conwoT Cencop Te akc 375 17 3210001 www absolutsensor by partex PARTEX WinSign NG user manual MARKING SYSTEMS The above information is displayed in the flex grid during the time each marker is entered Go to menu Group and then Control number of characters to check all markers in the group 2006 101 Rev J 83 OOO AdbcosoT Cencop Te a
49. hows the last selected marker in the white production frame Height adjustment Position where the text shall be written in vertical position The unit is in tenth of millimetres Side adjustment Position where the text shall be written in horizontal position The unit is in tenth of millimetres Save values Saves height adjustment and side adjustment values in the current production file If you save these values you will not need to change those every time you start Winsign and uses that product file When you have pressed Save values the values change to zeros but the difference is saved in the production file Run Starts sending information to the printer Production In this frame you will se all the text information that can be sent to the printer If you don t want to print out all markers use then ctrl mouse click and or shift mouse click to only print the selected markers The markers are separated by a line se over ___ Group name__Page nr __ This indicates which label sheet fixture you have marked in sequence 2006 101 Rev J 67 OOO AdbcosmoT Cencop Te akc 375 17 3210001 www absolutsensor by partex PARTEX WinSign NG user manual MARKING SYSTEMS NB The indexing of sheet fixture card is only applied to print out of all markers For own selection the print out will be optimized so that all sheets fixtures cards will be as much filled as possible Because otherwise there may
50. ine settings Winsign NG House File Project Group Marking Tools Window Machine settings D S be MK3 Group marking A k Bed room MKS SP1 Set marking Printer liimhar nanaratar Here can you get a technical description of each system supported by Winsign For example a technical description of what can be done on marking machine MK1 Machine information MK1 Plotter for production of Cable Wire Component and Terminal marking Connects to the computers USB port e NO support for Windows True Type fonts e NO support for check marker length Supported systems MK1 MK3 MK6 MK9 SP1 Printer 2006 101 Rev J 26 OOO A conwoT Cencop Te akc 375 17 3210001 www absolutsensor by partex PARTEX WinSign NG user manual MARKING SYSTEMS 3 4 2 Working with group markings 3 4 2 1 Create a group marking To create a new group marking click on the New icon or use the menu Group New A new group marking requires some information about the group in order to be registered You will face the below window when you have chosen to create a new group marking xl r System kase 0 YS C Machine Product group Information Product ae Name Number kitchen Ss Date 20060523 Ooo Cancel Loc designation Standard Help Category ContiolPanel Publisher Department Telephone Optional Fi EER F nternational colour code
51. ivsxsucakcrssetninisunscusdesscacaucususesusdsondiaasesvnssavusasiee 5 2 3 PLOTTER wsisssssvinssesscuiacssthnuedssauwucassacwaseseandunsssnssicussivaassavssddundunteusteseadeusigssasbansasdenaunisiess 5 2 4 THERMAL TRANSFER sssssasssssssiossssssossssssssossasssosa ssssses sosshs sssdsissssossssois ssbed sbssis s ds s ss s 5 3 USE WINSIGN NG eves vecessnsscsssczanesedscansedssussneceatnsusiensvessewsansennsoanscuavieasductesnvoxssensyuseusasuesecas 6 3 1 LICENCE INFORMATION ssc cacscucnicaveusnsiesccatarssduenavsdavnvuisvesnssadsuacavisisaucrstieseuavaseesealuesiies 6 3 2 MAIN WINDOW sscesssniscsssnsuesacainuuassacued sssicdunssbeinaauss ixncutbavessduteusdiesuiassadeusiessacoarseasdesatnianess 8 3 2 1 Main window buttons and Menus sssessessseesseeressrsssressetsserrssrsseresseesseesseeesee 8 3 2 1 1 Main window buttons and their functions seseseseeeseeeesesressressresseeeserrseee 8 3 2 1 2 Main window menus and their functions ssseseseseseseeessersssressrersresserrseee 9 I2 Veh Peeper eE E EREE E EER 9 Dade Did VIEW aroia rean EEEE E EEES E E EES 9 78 e aR O RE E E E AEA E A E E 10 Be Ve Helper E E caret oeaaeeee ee 11 3 3 PROJECTS IN WINSIGN NG scsscsscecosssssonssencssnonsesvenssenancvavensvsneesssnovssenceseseesseetessesecssseases 12 33 Created neW PIO CE sornes aoar a E AAEE DNE EEOAE SEESE 12 3 3 2 Project markinarren e ee ee S 12 33 3 Open ProjeCt rere E E E eee ee 14 3 34 Direct marki S serie E
52. k Jumps back to the Production window Help Open s the help guide 5 6 2 MK9 NG specific functions Group marking System MK9 NG Machine Information Product group MKS NG Wire Markers 7 Settings Product PO 05 x Name Number PO og Date fooros10 lt i S O S Cancel Loc designation LSS ssi Help Category fo 00 S Publisher i Department Telephone E Optional F Intemational colour code Maximum no of characters Colour conversion Select the MK9 NG system in the drop down There after select product group and product Give a name to the group Then press the button MK9 NG Settings The following dialog shows 2006 101 Rev J 78 OOO AdbcosnoT Cencop Te akc 375 17 3210001 www absolutsensor by partex PARTEX WinSign NG user manual Marker length C Auto Manual Avbryt Character height C Auto Manual Character space Line space Standard Close Standard Close C Contact Wide aor f Wide Cut mark Vertical printout 1 2 cut Line No Yes C Dot No mark Settings Set desired setting and press OK These settings are applied for the created group Partex recommends to use manual settings for Marker length and Character height Marker length Auto Automatic adjustment of the marker length to match the marker text Character height character space and line space will also be adjusted No warnings wil
53. kc 375 17 3210001 www absolutsensor by partex PARTEX WinSign NG user manual MARKING SYSTEMS 6 Exit Winsign NG To exit Winsign choose File Exit or one of Windows other common ways to close a program 4 Winsign NG House Are L Tem a e ee Leda 84 2006 101 Rev J OOO AcomoT Cencop Ten akc 375 17 3210001 www absolutsensor by partex PARTEX MARKING SYSTEMS WinSign NG user manual 7 Terminology Words MKI1 MK3 MK6 SP1 ProMark USB port Explanation Mini plotter Card printer Machine that prints on heat shrinks Machine that prints on uncut profile Machine that prints on uncut profile A common port on your computer where you can connect for e g keyboard mouse readers etc 2006 101 Rev J 85 OOO Abcos0T Cencop Te akc 375 17 3210001 www absolutsensor by partex PARTEX MARKING SYSTEMS WinSign NG user manual 8 Short cuts Direct marking New Group Search Group Delete Group New Marking Search Marking Delete Marking Print Group marking Print Marking Create a new row in existing marker Above Applies to Set Marking dialog Create a new row in existing marker Above Applies to flex grid Cut Copy Paste Select all markers flex grid Insert new row cell Delete row cell or delete text in cell Direct edit of selected marker Quick edit mode in flex grid Mark first row cell in the flex grid Mark last row cell
54. l show hence the machine sets the marker length automatically Manual Marker length is set by the user Character height Auto Automatic adjustment of character height so that the largest possible text will be printed on the marker No warnings will show hence the machine sets the character height automatically Manual Character height is set by the user Character space Standard Default setting Standard character width Close The distance between the characters is half compared to standard Contact No space between characters Wide The distance between the characters is double compared to standard 2006 101 Rev J 79 OOO AdbcosnoT Cencop Te akc 375 17 3210001 www absolutsensor by partex PARTEX WinSign NG user manual MARKING SYSTEMS Line space Standard Default setting Normal line space Close The distance between the rows is half compared to standard Contact No space between rows Wide The distance between the rows is double compared to standard Cut Mark 1 2 cut The profile cut is by half Line A line is printed as cutting mark Dot Dots are printed as cutting mark No mark No cut mark is printed Vertical Printout No The marking text is printed horisontal on all profiles Yes The marking text is printed vertical on some profiles on others every singel character is printed vertical in horisontal direction Contact Partex for addi
55. le on the desktop or in My Documents and also that the file shouldn t be saved in a folder containing spaces The name should also only contain characters A to Z and 0 to 9 See a picture of the dialog below If you don t want to display the dialog again please check the box in the down left corner in the dialog 2006 101 Rev J I2 OOO AdbcosmoT Cencop Te akc 375 17 3210001 www absolutsensor by partex PARTEX WinSign NG user manual After this information a Save dialog is displayed where you can choose where you want to save the project and the name of the project As default the file name is same as the project name This can of course be changed file name and project name doesn t need to be the same LL Don t save the project file on the desktop or in the folder My documents Don t save the project file in a folder name containing spaces Use only 4 2 and 0 9 in the projects file name I Don t show this message again A Winsign project file has the extension btr 2006 101 Rev J 243 OOO AdbcosoT Cencop Te akc 375 17 3210001 www absolutsensor by partex PARTEX WinSign NG user manual MARKING SYSTEMS 3 3 3 Open project You can open an already existing project by selecting Open in the File menu File Open As default all projects is saved in the folder C Partex WinsignNG Data 3 3 4 Direct marking Direct marking is available for you to quickly start and produce y
56. ncop Te akc 375 17 3210001 www absolutsensor by partex PARTEX WinSign NG user manual MARKING SYSTEMS 3 5 Marking information in Winsign NG 3 5 1 Marking buttons and menus WinSign NG 080206 _ReleaseTest File Project Group Machine set easel Tools Window D as amp Fa New Ctrl e a al Edit Group marking Search Ctrl F PF07533 o Printout Ctrl P Cut Ctri x Set marking Copy Ctrl C Number generator Paste Ctrl Before Start Paste number of each sk Insert Ins Delete Del Select All Ctrl 4 amp Change length Character width Split number series Standard me Change number of each Above you see the marking menu extended and also a project window The lower line of icons belongs to the marking section of the project 3 5 1 1 Marking buttons in the project window This button opens a search window where you can search for markers in the chosen group marking See the picture below x Search for Search from start Search for next Marker number Close Record number AAi Help C Location designation C Marker text This button creates a new marking Edit checked marking Print one or more markings 2006 101 Rev J 535a OOO AdbcosnoT Cencop Te akc 375 17 3210001 www absolutsensor by partex PARTEX WinSign NG user manual MARKING SYSTEMS 3 5 1 2 Markings menu in the main window 3 5 1 2 1 Marking WinSign NG O80706_ Release Test
57. ncop Te akc 375 17 3210001 www absolutsensor by partex PARTEX WinSign NG user manual MARKING SYSTEMS 4 2 Marker To print a marker created earlier Daie xi click on the Print icon ee alternatively the Marking Print ssisiensies Selected pirtout Record number Marker text Record number Marker text Number pull down menu When printing markers you have a choice of printing an optional number of markers which are part of the group markers But gt Add to only markers from the active ee paces ree iae group can be printed lt lt Back Hep The dialogue screen that appears after clicking on the Print icon prompt you to make several choices Available markers This text box displays the record number and marker text of available markers The active marker is always marked Selected for printout This text box display selected markers with accompanying information and numbers Number of copies of chosen marker Number of copies of the chosen marker Default number is always copy Centre of the text in height If this function is active during printout all marker text will be height centred on the marking module in the project gt Add to printout You can select a marker for printing in two ways either double click on the marker name or mark the current marker and click on gt Remember to first choose number of copies before add to printout lt Delete selected marker
58. nsor by partex PARTEX WinSign NG user manual MARKING SYSTEMS 3 5 3 Edit Delete marker information Product type No of each Text 2 70 0 36 0 mm 1 Marker 3 70 0 36 0 mm 1 Winsign is more 4 70 0 36 0 mm 1 1 5 70 0 36 0 mm i2f o ooo 6 70 0 36 0 mm 13 A single marker is edited by double clicking on it The cursor will automatically be placed after existing text Number series is edited in the number generator and multi line markers is edited in the Set marking dialog The No of each column is edited in the same way as a regular marker Deleting marker information i xi AN Do you want to delete highlighted markers i Nej Avbryt A block of selected cells can be marked in the flex grid to adjust for example the font and the centering of the markers In the same way you can delete a block of markers by selecting them and pressing the Delete key or using the menu Marking Delete Important If selected cells contains different attributes such as bold and not bold styles Then all markers will be bold if the first marker is not bold and bold style is applied If the first selected marker is bold then all the other marked cells will be bold too It is the first marked cell that controls what the rest of the marked cells will have for attribut The first selected marker has always a yellow frame around itself TIP Use the F2 key to edit selected marker in the flex grid If Scroll Lock is also acti
59. ompany modules for production of company specific making information Partex adapts different CAD systems and databases for integration in Winsign ref system manual Identification marking can be produced on Partex self adhesive polyester foil Partex designs new marking formats according to customer requirements both customised and standard designs ref system manual COPYRIGHT NOTICE This document contains information proprietary to Partex Marking Systems This document and the information contained within is copyrighted by Partex Marking Systems and may not be duplicated in full or in part by any person without written approval from Partex While every effort has been made to keep the information contained within current and accurate as of the date of publication no guarantee is given or implied that the document is error free or that it is accurate with regard to any specification Partex reserves the right to make changes for the purpose of product improvement at any time 2006 101 Rev J Sy OOO AdbcosoT Cencop Te akc 375 17 3210001 www absolutsensor by partex PARTEX WinSign NG user manual MARKING SYSTEMS TABLE OF CONTENTS 2 RECOMMENDED MACHINES AND PRINTERS 0 ccsscsssssssccscsesscssscsesssesseeeees 5 2 1 MATRIX PRINTERS sstsscissesstxctoesisiarcedectsineduedsncedsansisucvadaisadcausacesmidncessevsssessciavtasveusuuasedds 5 2 2 LASER PRINTERS sicssiis savcssusscastonsisdaunasncssseces
60. ou cant print your markers If you have an Excel file that you want to change to a csv file you can t doa Carriage return in the cells If you for example wants a two row marker you have to use the pipe sign to seperate the two rows ROW 1IROW 2 In the file WinsignNG ini you can type in what types of characters you want the import should accept IMPORT SpecialChar 2006 101 Rev J 56 OOO AdbcosoT Cencop Te akc 375 17 3210001 www absolutsensor by partex PARTEX WinSign NG user manual MARKING SYSTEMS 3 5 13 2 What to consider when you are importing a file to Winsign NG Different language versions of Windows and Excel Problem may happen when copying of Excel files skv and csv between different language versions of Excel and Windows E g You get problem when a import file made in a Swedish Windows with Excel is sent to an American Windows with Excel which is then edited there and then sent back If you get problems read the import chapter in the System manual Before pressing the import button Choose Marker type Choose font type character size position and if it should be bold or not Click on Import Choose the file you want to import Text file If you want to import more than one file repeat step 1 to 5 When you are done click on OK OV E Ot Step 1 and 2 can of course be done after the import Just select your markers cells and change for example the font size or
61. ou markings without to need think about project or files etc To create a direct marking from the main windows click on the icon that looks like a flash You can also select Direct marking in the File menu File Direct marking You will see the picture below Group marking System MK 3 x CARD 7 Machine Information Product group Product ZO PF04221 Colour 21mm zi DZ Name Number Date 20070810 Cancel Loc designation Ee E T Help Category o Publisher ic nd Department Telephone BSE Optional F aa F nternational colour code Maximum no of characters i F Colour conversion Creation of a group marking in direct marking mode More about this will be explained under the chapter Group markings in Winsign NG Direct marking 2006 101 Rev J 14 OOO A conwoT Cencop Te akc 375 17 3210001 www absolutsensor by partex PARTEX WinSign NG user manual MARKING SYSTEMS 3 3 5 Project window menu Winsign NG House 0 x 7 Eile Project Group Marking Tools Window Machine settings Help 5 x gt Group marking ir i Kinen o d Y OD B A Pine amp me H facial oe MKI SS M3 d E a E spt A Promar G ET Update No of labels markers 11 Z BZ Use Import Font Size Product type Tahoma gt fra z PA 2 21 Long 7 For help push F1 Above we have a project opened called House As you see the menus are extended and
62. ponds to how the preview will appear If you have a standard laser printer you will have an A4 format but if you have an X card machine than the preview will be big as a X card MK3 format 1 2 3 4 Shows the four latest opened projects Exit Exit Winsign application 3 2 1 2 2 View File view Tools Help O v Toolbar v Status line d Toolbar Hide Show the toolbar Status line Show Hide status line 2006 101 Rev J 9 OOO Adbcosn0T Cencop Te akc 375 17 3210001 www absolutsensor by partex PARTEX WinSign NG user manual MARKING SYSTEMS 3 2 1 2 3 Tools File view Tools Help 0D gt IGE X40 SOR Etikett GAB Etikett W EtKett Bombardier Access conversion Eplan ELPROCAD Partex CAD Euroclectra Iyveco Euro lectra Alstom In this menu there are different tools for your aid to import and convert marker information to Winsign There are possibilities to help the customer with import by offering implementing tools specific for them Contact Partex for more information IGE XAO Lets you import projects to marker information from the IGE XAO CAD system Contact Partex for additional information Eplan Lets you import projects to marker information from the Eplan CAD system For manual on how to use press the information button in the Eplan dialog Contact Partex for more information ELPROCAD Lets you import projects to marker information from
63. required special tape ribbon e Epson LQ 870 with if required special tape ribbon 2 2 Laser printers e HP LaserJet 2100 e HP LaserJet 2200 2 3 Plotter e MKI delivered from Partex or our suppliers 2 4 Thermal transfer e SP 1 with baud rate 9600 Communication cable delivered from Partex or our suppliers SP 2000 is also supported via serialport e Eltron P310 MK3 delivered from Partex or our suppliers e Zebra 105 S with if required special tape ribbon e CAB Gemeni 2 e ProMark LM 370 and LM 380 2006 101 Rev J ee OOO AdbcosoT Cencop Te akc 375 17 3210001 www absolutsensor by partex PARTEX WinSign NG user manual MARKING SYSTEMS 3 Use Winsign NG 3 1 Licence information When Winsign is started for the first time the below dialog is displayed Fill in your name company and department and press OK Note that you have to enter at least one character on each line Registration x Company Cancel Department About Winsign NG Portions of this program Copyright Btrieve Technologies Inc All Rights Reserved Copyright Partes Marking Systems 4B 1995 2005 Version 4 10 License to Henk Company Pater Department M3 Expiry date 20201231 License number 0000 2006 101 Rev J 6 OOO Adbcos0T Cencop Te akc 375 17 3210001 www absolutsensor by partex PARTEX WinSign NG user manual MARKING SYSTEMS The window About Winsign NG shows which version of the pro
64. ritten To undo the action press the Esc key Press Enter to jump down to the next row Are you on the last cell a new one will be added automatically Change the value in the No of each cells if you whiches more copies of the same marker Simply just print or double click in the cell All text entered in the flex grid will be of the same font and size regardless of the choosen formatting Of course your formattings will be used on the printed marker You will also see your formatting in preview mode or when using the fast preview box That box is placed farest right in Winsign See picture above The fast preview box shall only been seen as a guide line for how your markers will look like Size and placement in height position may differ from real position on the actual marker To get a better and more exact preview use the preview icon To create multi line markers use the character pipe as a page break character Eg Row Row2 will be Rowl Row2 To get the character use Alt Gr NB The user cannot change size or atribute for the marker text if a product type with international colour code are being used The preview box will not show colour code or the proper font Use the preview button to get a proper preview Don t forget to set the right printer in File Printer settings or set it as the default printer before Winsign is started 2006 101 Rev J 40 OOO AdbcosoT Cencop Te akc 375 17 3210001 www absolutse
65. s from print If you have selected the wrong marker by mistake it can be deleted from selected for printout by marking the marker and click on lt or double click on the marker OK Open s the Productions window lt lt Back Closes this window and jumps back to the previous window Help Open s the help guide 2006 101 Rev J 64 OOO AdbcosmoT Cencop Te akc 375 17 3210001 www absolutsensor by partex PARTEX WinSign NG user manual MARKING SYSTEMS 5 Production In the dialog below you can choose what output that matches the type of product you have selected in your group marking ref Create group marking or Direct marking Contact Partex if you want to get more information about the output devices that you can se in the dialog below If you use output Printer your default printer will automatically be chosen if you don t have selected another printer Don t use Number of copies in Windows Print dialog x Print Equipment lt lt Back r ProMark mki __Hep SP1 M arktexi Tip You can print selected markers from every Run dialog Use Ctrl mouse click and or Shift mouse click to make your choice Below is an example Number of each Current Production PARTEX19 lt lt Back Help PARTEX20 2006 101 Rev J 65 OOO A conwoT Cencop Te akc 375 17 3210001 www absolutsensor by partex P
66. se a dialog appears which tells you to save the marker Insert symbol Lets you insert a symbol on the marker The picture format is wmf The pictures can only be printed on windows printers and MK3 Import file A dialog box is displayed where you can import file of your choice Se sub chapter Import a file Automatically select entire text The whole marker text is marked when you press e g bold italic centred or chose font and size That is when this checkbox is checked lt Previous Next gt Lets you navigate between those markers which is created in the group When creating a new marker you will be asked to save your new marker If this marker is also empty then you will be asked if you want to save a blank marker OK Saves your marker and close the window If a new empty marker then you will be asked to save it If you then open the dialog again by making a New Marker Winsign will remember your formatting and font settings from the most recent marker created 3 5 8 1 Character formatting Choice of font Select the desired font for your marker in this list box Choice of font height Select desired font height in the list box B bold Get bold style on selected text P italic Get italic style on selected text U underlined style Get underlined style on selected text ABOC strike through style Get strike through style on selected text Naturally you can change font settings for every single c
67. t out all markers then select your markers with ctrl mouse click and or shift mouse click Then only selected markers will be printed lt lt Back Jumps back to the Production window Help Open s the help guide 2006 101 Rev J 76 OOO AdbcosoT Cencop Te akc 375 17 3210001 www absolutsensor by partex PARTEX WinSign NG user manual MARKING SYSTEMS When you click on Run you get the following dialog Pe hl Name Folder Save Split fi Select drive fan x Help e a lt lt Back Name folder Here you write the name of the folder where the files will be saved This folder shall be selected in the ProMark machine later Maximum 8 characters can be used and only characters A to Z and numbers 0 to 9 Select drive Here are all drives of your computer listed It is important that you have plugged in the memory card reader before opening the Save Split dialog Otherwise the drive for the memory card will not be shown This apply to USB readers Of course you can shoose you hard drive or discette and later on move the folder to a memory card Save Split Save your files in LMF format in selected drive and typed folder Is the marking information on more than 300 rows or more than 1997 characters then these will be splitted up on different files Hence ProMark can only handle 300 rows and maximum 1997 characters at a time The files will be named FILEO001 lmf up to maximum FIL
68. t prevents bad writing results on the first markers Repeat till you get desired result on the triangle The pen test will only be made at those sleeves configured by Partex Production In this frame you will se all the text information that can be sent to the MK1 machine If you don t want to print out all markers then select your markers with ctrl mouse click and or shift mouse click Then only selected markers will be printed lt lt Back Jumps back to the Production window Printer help Opens a help window with tips about what to do if the plotter won t run Printer help a x Tf the plotter don t start Can this depend on wrong product type to many characters on the marker try to reduce character size width height Help Open s the help guide 2006 101 Rev J 70 OOO Adbcosn0T Cencop Te ake 375 17 3210001 www absolutsensor by partex PARTEX WinSign NG user manual MARKING SYSTEMS 5 3 SP1 Marktex Production on the SP1 machine SP1 Ea Number of each Current Production All settings of Fonts textpositions and so on must be done on the SP1 machine Winsign can only send the text information to the SP1 lt lt Back Help Number of each If you want more than one marker of each you change this value Default value is always 1 Current Shows the last selected marker in the white production frame Run Starts sending information to SP1 Stop
69. t you can search for a part of group e g search on Ha and you will find Hall if such group exists Winsign make distinguish on Capital and small characters Search from beginning The function search after the first hit in the project E g you have the groups Hall Kitchen and Hall second floor You search on Ha and you will get the Hall because this one is the first in this example Search next After doing a search from beginning and got the fist hit then use search next to search after the next hit In the previous example we would have got the result Hall second floor If no hit on any of the searches the following message is displayed Group can not be found 2006 101 Rev J 32 OOO A conwoT Cencop Te akc 375 17 3210001 www absolutsensor by partex PARTEX WinSign NG user manual MARKING SYSTEMS 3 4 3 Direct marking A direct marking is created by choosing Direct marking in the File menu File Direct marking or by pressing the direct marking icon If one or more project is open direct marking can be created from the menu Marking Direct marking All the alternatives give the same result See picture Group marking x System Laser X Machine Information Product group inlay Tags v to Product Zo PF07533 7 Name Number Direct making Date Cancel Loc designation C Help Category TE Publisher SaaS Department a Telephone O Optional
70. te row 10 PK2 84mm 1 14 Partex10 Select All x A menu appears if you right click on selected markers in the flex grid Cut Cut the selected markers to the clip board Even works with Word Excel and other Windows software Copy Copy the selected markers to the clip board Even works with Word Excel and other Windows software Paste Paste copied or cut out markers Even works with Word Excel and other Windows software Paste number of each Paste copied or cut number of markers normally a number of column in Excel Also works with Word and other Windows programs NB Winsign cannot control if more than one column have been marked and copied in Excel which results in that the cell values is merged into one Please copy the single number of column after you have pasted your marker information Insert row Insert an empty cell If you select more cells and use Insert then there will be as inserted as selected The new cells are always inserted after the selected cells Delete row Deletes the checked marking Select all Select all cells in the active group 2006 101 Rev J 38 OOO A conwoT Cencop Te akc 375 17 3210001 www absolutsensor by partex PARTEX WinSign NG user manual MARKING SYSTEMS 3 5 2 Create markers in the flex grid Winsign NG 59 File Project Group Marking Tools Window Machine settings Help DS al Group marking Direct print Kiket z v O
71. ters if alphanumeric number series are to be used No mix is allowed Only one character is allowed as start or stop value Of course you cannot mix a numerical start or stop value with a alphanumeric character Reversed number series are allowed 3 5 7 Import files Pressing the Import file button does import a file See sub chapter Importing file for more information You can only import files when the cell row selection is on the last cell row in the flex grid It is done in this way to get better understanding that imported files always will be placed last in the flex grid 2006 101 Rev J 4S OOO AdbcosoT Cencop Te akc 375 17 3210001 www absolutsensor by partex PARTEX WinSign NG user manual MARKING SYSTEMS 3 5 8 Create marking with the Set marking dialog To create a new marking inside a group click on the New icon in the marking section of the project window It is also possible to create a marking by selecting New in the marking menu Marking New The following dialog displays set marking xl Marker type PF07533 X New marker Marker number Preview Cancel Help Insert symbol Loc designation Import file lt Previous Number of each f1 No of labels markers 100 Number generator Next gt Font Size JV Automatically select entire text Tahoma z 12 j B Z Uw Marker text Marker type Pick a desired marker type from the list box selectable are onl
72. ting which card you have marked in the sequence On the produced cards the card number is also written This helps when you want to find a specific card in the production dialog NB The indexing of card is only applied to print out of all markers For own selection the print out will be optimized so that all cards will be as much filled as possible Because otherwise there may only be markers on few of the cards The markers are always printed out from top to bottom in the production box lt lt Back Jumps back to the Production window Help Open s the help guide 2006 101 Rev J ey ie OOO AbcosoT Cencop Te akc 375 17 3210001 www absolutsensor by partex PARTEX WinSign NG user manual MARKING SYSTEMS 5 6 ProMark 5 6 1 Production Production on the MK9 NG ProMark machine Select a production file for MK9 NG in order to activate print out for this system Otherwise the CSV print out will be used for the older MK9 system Promark O a x Number of each Current Production Mo fe lt lt Back Help Number of each If you want more than one marker of each you change this value Default value is always 1 Current Shows the last selected marker in the white production frame Run Open a dialog where you can set name of folder and which drive to be used Production In this frame you will se all the text information that can be sent to the MK3 machine If you don t want to prin
73. tion only simple search can be done Search and replace does not work on number series If you get no hit on any of the above search method then you will get the following message Marking can not be found 3 5 13 Import a file Winsign lets you import externally created files to your group marking Information about how such file is structured is found in the System Manual When you import a file it is necessary that you first choose what font size etc before you import the file The file is imported by clicking the Import button in the Set marking window or the Set marking section over the flex grid see pictures below 2006 101 Rev J 54 OOO AdbcosoT Cencop Te akc 375 17 3210001 www absolutsensor by partex PARTEX WinSign NG user manual MARKING SYSTEMS x r Set marking Makere po New marker Number generator Makene FT a Cancel Before Start Stop Step After Help Parex fi fio Update Loe designation sSs S Import fle lt Previous Number of each fT No of labels markers 100 gt Number generator ES B Fa u ABE Import Font Size Automatically select entire text ae je ee ee Font Size Product type 7 Tahoma fia x Paa 33 x A File open dialog displays where you can select which file you want to import You can choose from different import formats such as csv skv and txt When you are finished press OK and the following message will displ
74. tional information about products and printing layout in vertical mode for these Below you see to two different vertical printouts N WN Re 1S Main Window Winsign NG Im_380 lolx File Project Group Marking Tools Window Machine settings Help lej x D a iz marking My PO 05 z S O Be A Set marking MK1 3 MK3 y DB B B ij Number generator Before Stat Stop Step After SP1 a ProMark No of labels markers 1 IIT wel Import Character width Size Product type Standard 7 3 0 7 Po 05 No of each Size Marker 1 3 0 Marker 2 3 0 Marker 3 3 0 Marker 4 Marker 5 2 PO 05 27 0 3 PO 05 27 0 4 PO 05 27 0 mt ot oe 2006 101 Rev J 80 OOO Adbcosn0T Cencop Te akc 375 17 3210001 www absolutsensor by partex PARTEX WinSign NG user manual MARKING SYSTEMS There are two new fields in the flex grid for MK9 NG Length 27 0 70 Length The marker length is listed in mm in this field This cell cannot be edited in marker length AUTO In manual mode it can be edited by double clicking at it just like editing a marker 1 2006 101 Rev J OOO AdbcosoT Cencop Te akc 375 17 3210001 www absolutsensor by partex PARTEX WinSign NG user manual MARKING SYSTEMS Size 3 0 an Size The text size for the marker is listed here Can not be edited by double clicking To change select desired size in t
75. ugh the whole active project a Important and characters can not be used to search for part of words but you can search for a part of name e g search on Blu and you will find Blue if such making exists 2006 101 Rev J 59 3 OOO AdbcosmoT Cencop Te akc 375 17 3210001 www absolutsensor by partex PARTEX WinSign NG user manual MARKING SYSTEMS What the buttons do Search from start Search from the first marker in the group Search next Continue the search Replace from start Replace the first occurrence marker of the search Replace next Continue to next occurrence of the search Replace all Search and replace from the first marker in the group A warning dialog with the information that you cannot undo changes made is displayed Close Close the search dialog Help Open the help information The Alternative choices Match lower case upper case Match upper and lowercase characters If the users search on ParTex then ParTex will be found but not partex or PARTEX Match whole word The search text must be the same as the marker text If searched on Partex then partex and PARTEX will be found but not Part or Partex Marking Systems AB Replace within marker text Replace found search string with the replace string The choices of above can of course be combined together The choices for Search on Replace can only be done on marker text for marker number and Location designa
76. up menu Group Preview Winsign NG My house M E3 Eile Project Group Marking Tools Window Help lj xj oee Print Guts ext fag Prev Page Iwo Pane Zoom In Zoom Out Close E z C num 2 The button in this mode is described below Print Print the preview on the printer A message box is displayed it informs the user that the Print out button shall not be used in preview This is because the whole group are being printed out on the default printer instead of the marking machine Check the checkbox if you don t want to see the warning message again See picture below Information J x Don t use print out button in preview mode T Don t show this message again Next Page If more than one marker module is filled then this button switch to the next marker module in the preview Prev Page Switch to the previous marker module in the preview Two Page Displays two page at a time 2006 101 Rev J 43 OOO A conwoT Cencop Te akec 375 17 3210001 www absolutsensor by partex PARTEX WinSign NG user manual MARKING SYSTEMS Zoom in Zooms the marker module You can also use the left mouse button to zoom Zoom out Zooms out the marker module Close Close the preview and return to Winsign _ 44 2006 101 Rev J OOO AdbcosoT Cencop Te akc 375 17 3210001 www absolutsensor by partex PARTEX WinSign NG user manual MARKING SYSTEMS 3 5 6 The number gener
77. ustified PARTEX1 PARTEX10 PARTEX100 Number of each Number of times the same digit will be printed in the number series E g a series from 1 3 and number of each is entered to 2 Result of operation 1 1 2 2 3 3 Number of blanks The function creates empty gap spaces in the marking positions in the number series E g the series 1 10 and L as fixed text together with 1 3 as second number series Each fourth shall remain blank to do this enter 1 in the box for number of blanks Result of the operation 1 L1 2 L2 3 L3 4 L 5 L1 6 L2 7 L3 8 L 9 L1 10 L2 Observe 4 L and 8 L Filling character The function will be used to create number series with in leading signs E g a number series runs from 001 100 instead of 1 100 The result will be 001 002 003 040 041 042 100 No System Set if you want to use the decimal system 0 to 9 or the hexadecimal system 0 to F in the number series Add Confirm and move over to marker text box IMPORTANT When you want to add a text or a number series inside an already existing number generation it is important that you first enter the information and then place the mouse pointer and last pushes the Add button 2006 101 Rev J 49 OOO AdbcosoT Cencop Te akc 375 17 3210001 www absolutsensor by partex PARTEX WinSign NG user manual MARKING SYSTEMS Important regarding alphanumeric series If an alphanumeric number series are used then start and
78. vated then auto editing is activated Use the up and down arrow keys to quick select markers in edit mode in the flex grid You will then not need to double click to edit a marker 2006 101 Rev J sA OOO AdbcosnoT Cencop Te akc 375 17 3210001 www absolutsensor by partex PARTEX MARKING SYSTEMS WinSign NG user manual 3 5 4 Preview box and No of labels markers Number generator A O a 3 Before Stat Stop Step After SP1 a Update No of labels markers 24 B22 Brus Import Marker Font Size Product type Tahoma ii fia gt 70 0 36 0 mm Product type No of each Text 2 70 0 36 0 mm 1 Marker The preview box shows how the marked cell marker will look like when printed a marker The box change in size depending on which product type you choosen See picture above Above the preview box is the text No of labels markers After that a number is printed That number describes how many labels markers that will fit on the fixture paper sheet card NB The preview box are not to be used for international colour code Use the preview button instead It will show the right font and colour code 2006 101 Rev J 42 OOO AdbcosoT Cencop Te akc 375 17 3210001 www absolutsensor by partex PARTEX WinSign NG user manual MARKING SYSTEMS 3 5 5 Preview of the marker module Click on the preview icon to preview a marker module you can also select preview in the Gro
79. y those marking types which includes in the marker module previously selected Marker number Identification number of the marker information Not compulsory Loc designation Gives the location designation for the marking Not compulsory Number of each Indicates the quantity of current marking No markers module The number after is the number of markers labels on marker module A marker module can be for e g a card fixture and sheet Marker text Here is the test registered which shall be printed on the marker The text box adapts the size accordingly to the marker type you have selected This is a good way to see if your text fits the marker If you write longer or more lines rows than the text box fits a warning text appears text to wide and or text to high To create multi line gt 1 row markers labels use Ctrl Enter to create a new line hard enter In the flex grid where you see the markers an extra line is displayed with a pipe character 2006 101 Rev J 46 OOO AdbcosmoT Cencop Te akc 375 17 3210001 www absolutsensor by partex PARTEX WinSign NG user manual MARKING SYSTEMS New This button register the current marker in the database and a new blank marking dialog appears When a marker is unwritten no text then a dialog asks you if you want to save a blank marker Preview Lets you preview selected marker The marker must be saved created in order to be previewed Otherwi

Winsign NG User manual

Contents

Download Pdf Manuals

Related Search

Related Contents