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Designer Express User Guide

1. Setting up NiceLabel Software Learn how to set up and customize software to your preferences Designing Labels Learn how to create labels You should refer to this chapter regularly while designing labels until you have completely familiarized yourself with the commands By using the information contained in this chapter you will be very quickly able to use labeling software effi ciently Printing and Previewing Labels Learn how to print and preview labels Technical Support Contacting technical support Typographical Conventions Text that appears in bold refers to menu names and buttons like the OK button Text that appears in italic refers to options confirming actions like Read only and locations like Folder Text enclosed in lt Less Than and Greater Than signs gt refers to keys from the desktop PC key board like lt Enter gt Variables are enclosed in brackets like variable Setting Up the Software User Interface Main Window This is labeling application main window SAMPLE1 LBL File Edit View a Database Tools Window Help FN a a E idem TL s Select fy Text Bar Code wW Picture O Rectangle ra Line 0 Elipse B Inverse 5ale date 10 03 2005 Reseller s stamp amp A BBE 4 61 Aven AP 5 4 SO0DPI Mouse Wheel support If you have mouse that has a wheel in place of the middle button you can use it to speed up zoom ing and scrolling a lot e Turning the wheel
2. double click on the line or rectangle to open the dialog box with its properties The label should show the following SAMPLE TUA 1234567830 Label with fixed objects 2 32 Add Variable Fields Overview Y ou may want to print the label on which the data changes for each label The labeling software offers different variable fields counters date time fields operator s input from the keyboard that you can use with text graphics and barcode objects For this example a new label was created The following steps explain how to create a label that contains a prompted field a counter and date time fields The captions in the following screenshots were added separately E E Ns r H FEDUDUCT FR DUCT PRODUCT Peer errr ts Orange Orange COUNTER COUNTER COLATER vile rer 2 DATE DATE DATE 28 2 2005 24 2 2005 24 2 2005 TIME TIME TIME 1 47 52 1 48 34 1 48 34 PRODUCT WEIGHT WITH SUFFER PRODUCT WEIGHT WITH SUFFIX PRODUCT WEIGHT WITH SUFFER 10 kg 10 kg The left label shows design mode the right two labels are two consecutive labels from print pre view Create Keyboard Entry Variable Fields The content of a prompted field can be different for every print job Before you print the label you enter the value for the field l Click on the small arrow next to the A tet wr icon in the Toolbox to display a list of available variable types 2 Select New Keyboard Input from the list and click
3. h mm AM PM H mm hh mm ss How the time will look 8 25PM 20 25 08 25 36 Lg Using Contents Mask Contents mask is very useful when you must display the input data differently on the label With contents mask you can simply reformat the data to suit your needs For example you must use differently formatted human interpretation text below barcode than the data is formatted in the barcode You do not want to define two variables for this purpose and enter the similar data twice The mask character will be replaced by the actual data and any other used character will be used as is If the current barcode value is AD95 and the contents mask is ae as pn the resulting output will be ADC 95 1 Powerful formatting structures can be defined using Contents mask but it 1s only available with barcodes that allow custom formatting of the human interpretation Y ou should also make sure to print barcodes as graphics otherwise the contents mask 1s not available Note If your data contains the asterisk character then you will have to change the default mask character to something else It should be a unique value not appearing anywhere in the data The contents mask functionality is available with Text and Barcode objects Work with Visual Basic Expressions Visual Basic expressions allows you to manipulate the data values on the label Input to Visual Basic can be fixed values or variable fields from the
4. Identifiers Construct the list of Application Identifiers that will be encoded in the bar code Application Identifiers selected Global Trade Item Number GTIN Batch or Lat number Due Date fT MMDDT Input amp pplicatien identifier delimiter Left li Right a ROG ees Ss Se 12 3 ee e es Preview t1998998998998981 012345121050301 Help Cancel Back Nest Finish Listing the selected application identifiers This 1s the last step of the GS1 128 Wizard Here you can add edit or delete Application Iden tifiers and define separator among them Application Identifiers selected In this field all selected application identifiers for the barcode are listed 1n the order of creation You can change the order with the arrow buttons Add Edit or Delete buttons Use these buttons to add additional application identifiers and edit or delete existing ones Input Application identifier delimiter Define left and right separator among different applic ation identifiers The default setting 1s to use round parenthesis Preview A sample barcode content based on your application identifier selection is shown here Click the Finish button to exit the wizard 5 Selecting Barcode Type Settings for Advanced Barcodes GS1 128 Barcode This Barcode is combined from one or more input values and standard AID Application Iden tifiers Each AID must be followed by the standard values These values ca
5. MMDD Product Variant Seral Number Secondary Data For Specific Health Industry Products Lot Number Transitional Use Lancel Back Next gt GS1 128 Wizard Choosing application identifier The dialog in the first step of Wizard allows you to select the GS1 128 barcode data structure Each barcode is composed out of one or more Application Identifiers and the corresponding data Choose one of the Application Identifiers in this list You can add edit or delete Application Iden tifiers from the barcode later in the process 46 UCC EAN128 Wizard A101 Check Digit Select how you want the check digit to be applied This Application Identifier includes a check digit select check digit input Check digit to be entered with data GS1 128 Wizard How check digit should be applied If you have selected the Application Identifier which data includes a check digit for example AI 01 GTIN Global Trade Item Number then first you will have to select how the check digit will be applied The possible options are m Automatic calculation Check digit will be calculated by the application m Check digit to be entered with data Manually enter the data and check digit The application will verify if the entered check digit is valid 47 Step 2 Application Identifier Input Type UCCIEAN128 Wizard M 01 Application Identifier Input Type Define the data source for Application Identifier D
6. Wizard Field Usage Specify the usage of selected fields from the database Define how vou want the selected database fields to be used on the label O will link the database fields to the objects myself later Each database field is represented as a variable on the label The wizard can connect all selected database fields with text objects on the label or leave the linking up to you Database wizard Adding fields to the label On this page you specify if you want the wizard to generate text objects on the label that are already linked to the corresponding fields in table Text objects are created in upper left corner of a label but you can later move them to another position Link Label to Text Databases Overview Text databases are text files containing data values that can be used for variable objects on the label The text database is not a real database It contains the data values but lacks the information of the data structure name of the fields and maximum lengths of the fields You have to provide the missing information before the labeling software can use the data from such a text database 2073 AEREA CESA ENE CEA RE ES RRA Form Designer i Data entry application design Database Manager 4 Database management The label in design mode on the left and preview of the five labels with data from the database Label Designer i Label design and printing Middleware Integration Module aj Drat
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8. database you want to use on the label Select the fields you want ta use on the label For multiple field selection press and hold Ctrl key then click desired fields Name Position Hoom Picture Database wizard Selecting fields On this page you can select the fields you want to use on the label All fields in a table are selec ted by default but you will probably want to de select some of them especially if you have large table Variable will be created for each selected field and can later be attached to objects 65 Selecting Which Records will be Printed Database Wizard Hecords Printing Specify how the records from the database will be printed Select which records do vou want to print CO want to print all records from the table 9 want to select which record to print Speciy how the label quantity information iz defined O Print one label for each record in the database One field in the table contains the label quantity information Database wizard Selecting which records will be printed Select the desired option how you want to use the records in the database By default the option I want to print all records from the table is set and all records in a table will be printed one at a time Each record will be printed only once If you do not want to print the entire database you can select which records should be printed In this case select the option I want to select which record
9. edit fields empty the prefix suffix will not be used Prefix and suffix can be used in situations where they are required only if the variable has set some value If the variable is empty the prefix suffix will not be printed as well Text Wizard Linked Field Select this type of field to merge the contents of selected variable fields into one field The selec ted input variable fields are combined values and used as the value for the current object Note Concatenated linked fields used with EPL based printers can only be used with the Export to Printer function Linked Element dialog Available elements The drop down menu contains the list of all defined variable fields on the label You can select the fields and click the Add button to add them to the resulting field Selected elements The Selected objects list box contains the names of the selected variable fields whose values are merged into the resulting value Click the up and down arrow buttons to change the relative position of the selected variable fields within the merged value Separator Select the optional separator character that will be included between the merged vari able fields 40 Note When you are merging the variable field containing time or date value from the printer Real Time Clock ensure the fields positioned before and after the Real Time Clock field do not exceed 31 characters Text Wizard Visual Basic Expression Select this type of fi
10. gap Unit of measure Label setup Wizard defining the label format Width height Define the label dimensions Margins Define the label margins Rows columns Define the number of labels in horizontal and vertical directions This option is commonly used with office printers laser and inkjet printers Gaps Define the gaps between the labels Unit of measure Change the unit of measure you want to use When you are satisfied with the label dimensions click on the Finish button to close the Label setup wizard Designing a Basic Label Overview In this section you will learn how to design a simple label file with fixed and variable objects The variable objects can obtain values from several sources You will learn how to e Provide object values with a keyboard prompt e Obtain object values from a database _15 e Preview the label on the screen e Print the label The label you create will look like this SAMPLE Lu Basic label Create a Basic Label Create a New Label To create a basic label do the following 1 Open the labeling software 2 Select New label under File menu or click on the icon in the standard toolbar Each time you create a new label a Label Setup Wizard will start to help you setup the label and connect to the printer Note You can leave the Wizard at any time and accept the default settings for the label by click ing on the Finish button Selec
11. label The output is always a data value that is used as content for the current object The expression is a one line Visual Basic script You can use up to 100 characters for your expres sion A Visual Basic expression must follow the Visual Basic script programming syntax For more information on how to write your expressions refer to the Microsoft help on Visual Basic script ing Click on the button VB Script Help in VB script step in the Text or Barcode wizard to open the Microsoft help Some common samples of Visual Basic expressions Visual Basic The result Comment Expression 1 4 20 1 Numeric cal culation g LEFT 12345 Working with 1234567890 5 string functions MyField1 The values from Concatenating 79 MyField2 variable fields string values MyField1 and MyField2 are merged together Using Expression Editor The labeling software has a simple text built in editor You can use it to design your own simple Visual Basic scripts The Expression editor is a programming text editor with constant access to command reference of the script language you are currently using The Expression editor lets you edit your scripts and expressions with ease The Load and Save but tons allow you to import export Visual Basic scripts from to external text files The editor uses standard shortcuts for positioning of the cursor and working with text files Standard Search and Replace sh
12. require some other there is an option to use a custom defined one You can also select the Delimiter character that is used when separator character is used in the text field itself The delimiter should be used to enclose such field Text between two delimiter characters is treated as one field although 1t contains the field separator character The data preview in the bottom part of the dialog box will let you know if your choice of a sep arator character is a correct one Fields will be separated with vertical lines if a separator is valid Te Text File Wizard Set Column Breaks Set the Field widths column breaks To CREATE a break line click at the desired position Ta DELETE a break line double click on the line To MOVE a break line click and drag it Data preview abel Designer Label design and printing orm Designer Data entry application design iddlenare Serv EE Data detection and connectivity Database Manager Database management Font Downloader Font and graphics dowmload Database Wizard Setting column breaks If you have selected that your data is formatted with fixed widths the second step of the Wizard will be slightly different Instead of selecting character for field separation you will have to define field widths The Wizard makes is as simple as possible Use a mouse and draw a vertical line to the start positions of the fields Lines will indicate where the new field starts 76 Formatting
13. the Fields Text File Wizard Set Field Names and Fields to Import Set custom field names and their maximum possible lengths Field name and import Field name FELD Field length Data preview Database Wizard Formatting the fields In this step of the Wizard you can review the fields names and lengths and modify them if neces sary You will probably use more friendly field names so you can distinguish between them more easily When you are finished with Text File Wizard the structure information of the used text file 1s stored to a separate file with a extension of SCH Scheme File If you will try to use the same text file some other time on a different label you will be spared all efforts of structure creating SCH file will be automatically used and Text File Wizard will be skipped entirely Available Date Formats The date fields can be printed in various formats In this field you define how the date will look You can select some of the predefined date formats or enter you own When defining the formats the following notation is used D Number of the day in a month Can occupy one or two characters DD Number of the day in a month Always occupies two characters leading zeros will be added as necessary M M is number of the month Can occupy one or two characters MM MM is number of the month Always occupies two characters YY or The year as 2 or 4 digits number YYYY al DDD DDDD MMMM
14. the Next button A new window will open Enter 10 for label width and 7 for label height Note Dialog box differs from thermal and office printers Label Setup Wizard Label Dimensions Set the Label layout dimensions and select the appropriate unit of measure Label width o Label height Top Margin foo Lett Margin Battom Margin 0 0 Right Margin Roms Columns Right Margin Open the advanced options dialog box Do not use the wizard next time Defining label dimensions 18 7 Click on the Finish button New empty label will open Enter Non Changing Text l Click on the A Te wr button in the Toolbox The text cursor appears on the screen ITA CA l Select A Text TEXT Text Box rtf Rich Text Box 7 Bar Code Cursor for text object 2 Move the cursor to the location on the label where you want to place the text object and click on the mouse button The dialog box with object properties will open 3 Enter the text SAMPLE and click on the Finish button Text Wizard Text Object Define the contents and style of the text object Contents 2 Fixed text C2 Variable text SAMPLE Inverse Open the advanced options dialog box Do not use the wizard nest time Entering content for text object 19 4 Click on the text object to select the object 5 Change the font for the text object using t
15. to print Prior printing you will be shown a dialog box with all records from the database Then you will be able to select which records should be printed By default records are used once for a single label If you would like to print several copies of a label with database data you can define it in the second part of this step of the Wizard A field in table contains quantity to print option will let you chose some field in the database This field has the information about the quantity of labels for each record For example You have database with records of your products It contains a field with a numeric value where the required number of label copies is stored Select this field and let the application print the quantity of labels specified here I will enter print quantity for each record This option is only accessible if you have defined to select which records should be printed Prior printing you will be able to select which records will be printed in the selection dialog box At the same time you will be able to type in the exact label copy for each selected record 665 Selecting Variable Quantity from the Database Field Select a field in the database that contains the label quantity information The database record will be printed on as many consecutive labels as the selected field contains Note Make sure to select the field that has been formatted with the numeric data Adding the Fields to the Label 42 Database
16. variable 2 452 Text Wizard Counter Properties Define properties of the counter Starting value Prompt tor value before print Enter the starting value for the counter ees Set maximum number of digits E ET Increment 1 2 3 etc Decrement 10 5 8 etc Preview 1 2 3 4 5 5 7 8 310 numi Dialog box for Text Wizard when Counter option is chosen Starting Value Set the starting value for the counter The counter will increment or decrement from the starting value Note You can enter only digits for the starting value Prompt for value before print Tick this option to enable entering the starting value of the counter when you start printing labels Enter the text that will be shown to the user before printing The message will be shown on the screen each time when the label is to be printed Set maximum number of digits Define the maximum length of digits the counter can occupy Increment or decrement You can define that the variable value will increase from label to label or decrease Preview The field shows the preview of the counter based on your selection Text Wizard Counter Continuation Step Define the step for your counter The counter will increase by this number on every label Change value every lt n gt labels Define the number of labels when the counter will change the value Rollover when reached Enter the value when reached will cause the counter to reset the
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18. F CompuServer Bitmap JPG JPEGM JPEG Bitmap JPE TIFF TIF TIFF Bitmap FAX G3N G3F PNG Portable Network Graphics WMF Windows Metafile EMF Enhanced Windows Metafile ICO Windows Icon CUR Windows Cursor TGA TARGA Targa Bitmap VDA ICB VST PIX PXM PPM Portable Pixmap GreyMap PGM PBM BitMap JP2 JPEG2000 J2K JPC JPEG2000 Code Stream PCX Paintbrush Working with Pictures Place pictures on the label Images can be various sizes If the original size of the graphics is not valid for your label you can freely resize the image by dragging the handles surrounding it The image can be resized pro portionally or stretched in both directions The graphics objects can also be placed on the label from the clipboard or imported from another applications 1 e Corel Draw scanning programs using either the Insert Object or Paste com 61 mand from the Edit menu In this case the graphics 1s embedded in the label file The graphics 1s entirely stored in the label file not separately on the hard disk Note When you insert the graphics as OLE object on the label copy paste from other software the entire design environment of that other software 1s available in label design When you double click such OLE object that other application opens on the label When using OLE object the label processing might be slower A label also occupies more space on the disk and takes more RAM If possible avoid using OLE o
19. MMM JJJ WW The examples Format D M Y Y Y Y DD MM Y Y Abbreviation of the day of week name The full day of week name The full name of the month The abbreviation of the name of month The number of days since 1 January Can occupy from one to three char acters The number of days since 1 January Always occupies three characters The week number in current year Can occupy one or two characters The week number in current year Always occupies two characters Any other sequence of characters will be displayed unchanged This way you can insert dots commas and other characters needed to properly write the date How the date will look 10 3 2005 10 03 05 DDDD D MMMM YYYY Thursday 10 March JJJWWYYYY 2005 069102005 Available Time Formats The time can be printed in various formats In this field you define how the time will look You can select some of the predefined time formats or enter you own When defining the formats the following notation is used h Hours in 12 hour format AM PM will be added if they follow the time Can occupy one or two characters hh Hours in 12 hour format AM PM will be added if they follow the time Always occupies two characters leading zeros will be added as necessary H Hours in 24 hour format Can occupy one or two characters HH Hours in 24 hour format Always occupies two characters mm Used for minutes SS Used for seconds The examples Format
20. NiceLabel Designer Express User Guide English Edition Rev 1112 2012 Euro Plus d o o All rights reserved Euro Plus d o o Poslovna cona A 2 SI 4208 en ur Slovenia tel 386 4 280 50 00 fax 386 4 233 11 48 www nicelabel com info nicelabel com Table of Contents Table of Contents l 0000n 00a 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000022 002222222222 2 os SA 5 Welcome to NiceLabel 2 2 202 oon ccc nec ee ec ce cece eee ceeecceeeeeeeeeeees 5 About this Manual 2 222 000 0000 0 2c cee cece cece eee eee ee eee eee eee cece eee eeeees 5 About this Manual ccoo e cocos 5 Typographical Conventions coc 5 Setting Up the Software 2 00000000000000 000000000000000 cece cece cece nn cnn ooann anaona 6 User Interlace MAMA A 6 Main Window 202 cece cece cece cccceccceccceeecceeecceeecceeeceeecceeecececeeceeeeees 6 Mouse Wheel support ss 6 SO 6 Using the Keyboard and Mouse Effectively ooooooooooccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccooo 8 System folder occ 8 Welcome Wizard nes 9 Use Project Folders _ 2 00 0 022 ccc ccc cece ccc cece cece cece cc ceeeceecceeeeceeeeeeeees 9 Designing Labels l l Laana aaa aaan cece cece cece cece ccc ceceeecececeeeecececeeeeeeeeeeeees 11 Using Label Setup Wizard ccoo 11 Using Label Setup Wizard ccoo ccoo c cece nn 11 Selecting Printer ooo 11 Stock uuuuuuuuuuullllllllllllllllllllsllllil22l22222l2222222222222222222222222222 22
21. Wizard Loc 63 Using Database Wiz ar Gino e 8 ines fo Gee ake cee se Ph Se ee ead eed 63 Selec ne Database File cono a sho Se Liu us Ne e eae ee EEE SUA CO ad 64 Selecting Desired Picldses 2 2 och ed cies Ii asia 65 Selecting Which Records will be Printed _ 2 0 0 000 2022 eee eee 66 Selecting Variable Quantity from the Database Field 67 Adding the Fields to the Label LsLeclelelellllele lessen ee 67 Link Label to Text Databases sssse ccc cece cece cece ceceeeeeee 67 OVEEVIOW uc iixec iussis theres LM ed dera dedito S EE 67 Connect to a Database cuasi cs tee eee te e Set ee tcI codi 68 Format the Data with the Text File Wizard eee eee enses 69 Place Database Fields on a Label ssec llle rn 71 Use Print Preview to Select Data an View a Label sese 72 Prota Label 62 UsonHEScS Uo IE do o En Ree els oe DIE CC LEM c i 73 Using Text File Wizard ice ei 74 A A A cer ELM EE ec 74 Choosing Data Type 0 00 02 ee ee cece cece cece cece eee eeeeeees 74 Setting the Fields 5 ioe oir cesta tee eee caw eee cede aaa 75 Formatting the Fields 0 00 occ 77 Available Date Formats occ 77 Available Time Formats occ cece cece c eee cece eee cece eee eeeeeeeeeeeees 78 Using Contents Masko ocios ocaso
22. a detection and connectiya Font and Graphic Downloader a Font and graphics download Connect to a Database The labeling software offers a Database Wizard that guides you through the necessary steps to con nect the database to a label To connect your label to a database using the Database Wizard do the following UM Datab y l Click on the button in the Standard Toolbar 2 Click on the Browse button and point to the text database data txt from sample folder Database Wizard Database and Table Select the type of database and table you want to use on the label Select the type of the database All installed database drivers ODBC OLE DB BDE Browse for the database table you want to use Browse for the table containing label data Wizard will help you make a connection to SSS E table fields and transfer their values ta the objects on the label Open the advanced options dialog box Do not use the wizard nest time Selecting the text database 68 3 Click on the Next button Note If you connect to the database for the first time you need to define the database structure Continue with the next section Format the Data with the Text File Wizard Because the text files do not contain the structural information like real databases do you must define the fields and their data structure When you use the same text database some other time you won t have to define the st
23. be For some Al s the field length is fixed to certain number of digits for others only the maximum number of possible digits is stated You will also be reminded of the Al s proper field format numeric alphanumeric if you enter incorrect data Entering variable value for the application identifier 49 A UCCIEAN128 Wizard A01 EH Variable Field Properties Set prompt and properties for variable field Prompt Ente the value tor Al UT GTIN LL Format 2 Numeric Counter Fixed Incrementing 1 2 3 etc Decrementing 10 9 8 etc TI ex Step Change value every labels Creating new variable for the application identifier If you have selected new variable value in previous dialog box a new variable field will be cre ated You will have to provide some information about variable being used Calculating Check Digit Select how the check digit will be calculated 1 You can enter the check digit with the data and the software will validate it 2 The software can calculate the check digit Defining New Variable Define the properties of the variable that will provide value for the application identifier Prompt Enter the text that will be displayed to the user at print time Format Define the format of the variable Counter If the variable will be a counter define its properties 50 Step 4 List of selected application identifiers A UCC EAN128 Wizard Application
24. bjects on the label Working with Variable Data Dynamic Data Overview You may want to print labels on which the data changes for each label for example counter serial numbers date and time To accommodate the changing data the application can easily be used to format labels using the variable fields Variable field can be used with text and graphics objects There are several types of variables you can choose to best suit your needs Data which must be printed as a variable is prepared at the time of printing It can be entered in the program from dif ferent ways e by the operator from the keyboard e automatically from the computer s clock date and time e automatically from the label design using counters with predefined starting values and steps e database can be used to provide data for the fields The variable data can be the same for many labels and or specific for one label only Working with Databases The labeling software allows you to use databases in which your data is stored Database type can be 1 ASCII text file where fields are fixed length or are separated with any selected char acter 2 Microsoft Excel database You can use a single database on the same label Database is very useful when printing labels with a large quantity of different data and variable val ues You don t have to enter values for every variable before label production any more you can use previously prepared da
25. ble commands Note that these commands are equivalent to correspondent menu commands Y ou can also change the anchoring point of a selected object by holding lt CTRL gt while clicking the placeholders corners of the bounding box of the object Editing Objects To edit the properties of the object do the following 1 Double click the object on the label The dialog box with object properties will open Note You can also press the lt Enter gt key while the object is selected 2 Make modifications to the object properties 3 Click on the Finish button Moving Objects To move the object on the label do the following 1 Select the object 2 Click on the object with the left mouse button 3 Hold the mouse key pressed 4 Move the position of the cursor on the screen The object will move with the cursor Aligning Objects First you have to select objects that you want to align Note All objects are aligned relatively to the first selected object Then click appropriate buttons in the Design toolbar to align selected objects to each other If Align toolbar is not visible by default it is located on the very right side of the window enable the Design toolbar in Toolbar option in View menu You can align objects to Left _ 59 Right Horizontal center Top Bottom Vertical center You can also distribute object evenly so that spacing between them is equal Horizontally Vertically The sho
26. ce a picture on the label in design mode it is always shown in color depth as defined in the picture However when previewing the labels on screen the preview of the pictures depends on the dither ing option set in the printer driver All color pictures except WMF and EMF files are converted to monochrome images The illusion of colors and shades of grey is accomplished by varying the pattern of dots More dots close together will provide darker shade of grey The preview of the label will show pictures in the same way as they will be printed accordingly to the dithering setting More accurate print preview is guaranteed this way If the picture 1s not previewed as you would like to print it change the dithering setting in the printer driver Preview and Print a Label If you want to print a label you can use the print preview to simulate a print output The label pre view shows the label on the screen Simulate printing 10 labels on the screen to check label layout and printing procedure icon in the Standard toolbar or select the command Print in the File menu The Print dialog box appears 2 Enter 10 for Label Quantity and click on the Preview button The software will close the dialog box and simulate the production for 10 labels on the screen Note You can select between the quantity of the labels and the quantity of the pages The page can have one or more labels and the labels are arranged on the page in columns and row
27. ch as print speed print darkness and print direction Note that this is standard Widows printer setup dialog box and its options may differ from printer to printer as it is based on the printer driver If the check box Always use default printer is checked the default window s printer and its set tings will be used always when opening this label Click the Next button to continue with the next step als Stock Label Setup Wizard Select Stock Predefined label formats stacks can speed up label design Select the label stack IF you will define label dimensions an your own skip this step and proceed with Next button Stock type Stock name Label linked to stock Stock information Label setup Wizard selecting Label Stock If you use one of the standard predefined label formats you can specify it here Stock Type Select the type of stock Stock name Select the stock from the list Stock information The information about label dimensions printer settings background images as defined by the selected stock Label linked to stock If you enable this option you cannot change the dimensions of the label because the stocks locks the dimensions Click on the Next button to continue with the next step EM ow Defining the Page Size Label Setup Wizard Page Size Select the paper size that best matches pour needs Page size User defined me Height Automatic Sizin
28. ct or connect the object to one already defined variable Using Text Toolbar You can use text toolbar to quickly format the text objects on the label Hp Arial aa a mz ru E E Here is how 1 First select it the text object by clicking tt 2 Click the appropriate shortcut button in the text toolbar 3 To change the font select the appropriate font from the list in the list box Note You can limit the display of fonts in the list You can list all fonts on the system only graphic fonts truetype opentype typel bitmap Windows fonts or only thermal printer resident fonts Click on the two icons next to the list of fonts 4 To change the size of the text click on the list with font sizes and select appropriate size You can also click on the buttons and that will enlarge reduce the size of the font to the next step Note You can change the fonts size also directly on the label by resizing the text element with a mouse 5 To format the text bold italic or underline click on the appropriate formatting buttons Formats the selected text in bold style Formats the selected text in italic style Formats the selected text in underline style 6 To change the alignment of the text object click on the appropriate alignment buttons Note These buttons are accessible only for multi line text objects Aligns text to the left edge Aligns text to the horizontal cen EE ter _ 29 Aligns text to
29. d on the label Click on the Next but ton Select the fields pon want to use on the label Far multiple held selection press and hold the Ctrl key then click on the desired Fields E ach selected field from the table will be represented as a variable on the label Using all fields in the text database 2 Specify what records and how many you want to print Select the options I want to select which record to print and I will enter label quant ity for each selected record Before printing labels the table with the records will open and you will be able to select the records you want to print and the quantity of labels for each record Select which recorde do you want to print C3 want to print all records from the table 2 want to select which record to print Specify how the label quantity information le defined Print one label for each record in the database One field in the table contains the label quantity information Specifying which records from the database will be printed and in what quantity 3 Click on the Next button 4 Select if the Database Wizard should link all selected fields from the database to the text objects on the label or if you want to link the fields manually to the label 5 Click on the Next button 6 Select I want a text object for each selected field and click on the Finish button F lt Define how you want the selected database fields to be used on the label CO wil
30. e counter when you start printing labels Enter the text that will be shown to the user before printing The message will be shown on the screen each time when the label is to be printed Set maximum number of digits Define the maximum length of digits the counter can occupy Increment or decrement You can define that the variable value will increase from label to label or decrease Preview The field shows the preview of the counter based on your selection Text Wizard Counter Continuation Step Define the step for your counter The counter will increase by this number on every label Change value every lt n gt labels Define the number of labels when the counter will change the value Rollover when reached Enter the value when reached will cause the counter to reset the value to the starting value Barcode Wizard Date Field Define the properties of the date field The variable field will get the value from a computer clock Format Select the format for your date from the list You can also enter the custom format Date offset You can add a certain numbers of days months or years to a current date and print that date instead of the current one 43 Preview The printer will print the date as shown on the Preview field This way you can see how the selected date format will look on the label Barcode Wizard Time Field Define the properties of the time field The variable field will get th
31. e contents of the selected variable fields into one field The selected input variable fields are combined values and used as the value for the current object Note Concatenated linked fields used with EPL based printers can only be used with the Export to Printer function Available elements The combo box contains the list of all defined variable fields on the label You can select the fields and click the Add button to add them to the resulting value Selected elements The list box contains the names of the selected variable fields which will be merged into the resulting value Click the up and down arrow buttons to change the relative pos ition of the selected variable field within the merged value Separator Select the optional separator character that will be included between the merged vari able fields 44 Barcode Wizard Visual Basic Expression Select this type of field to manipulate your variable fields with the Visual Basic functions The res ult of the expression will be used with the current object on the label You can define one line expression that must follow Visual Basic programming syntax Look at the samples in the dialog box for ideas of what can be done with the Visual Basic script Expression Enter the Visual Basic expression Include the names of the variable fields in the straight quotes Build Expression Click on this button to open the Expression Builder text editor with reference
32. e file the relative links between the files is always the same Even if you copy the main project folder to some other location or disk the relative links between the subfolder Database Forms Graphics and Labels remain the same For example The image is placed on the label The original image location was c My Project 10 Grahics logo jpg on your local disk When the label project for the customer 1s complete you copy the folder structure My Project to the customer s computer and rename it to Labels The location is d Labels Because you use the subfolders the relative link between the label in 10 Designing Labels Using Label Setup Wizard Using Label Setup Wizard Label Setup Wizard offers defining dimensions of the label and changing printer setup It consists of a few simple steps Click on the Related Topics button for more information Selecting Printer Label Setup Wizard Select Printer Select the printer you want to use with this label Choose the printer from the list of installed printers The label will be optimized for this printer Avery AP 5 4 3ODDPI v Always use default printer You can change the prnter specific settings by clicking the Properties button Label setup Wizard Selecting printer Select desired printer and optionally click Properties button if you want to set the printer para meters Print setup dialog box is shown allowing you to set the printer parameters su
33. e value from a computer clock Format Select the format for the time from the list You can also enter the custom format Preview The printer will print the time as shown on the Preview field This way you can see how the selected date format will look on the label Barcode Wizard Database Variable field linked to the database gets the value from the specified database field Define Click on this button to open the database wizard that will help you define the link to the database Field Choose one of the available database fields as a source for the variable field Length Define the maximum length of the string in variable If field in database contains more characters they will not be printed This option is useful if the field length in your database is not fixed for example tab delimited ASCII file or if you don t want to reserve space for all the char acters in database s field Barcode Wizard Prefix and Suffix The variable element can have a prefix and suffix values The prefix text is placed in front of the variable s value The suffix text 1s place at the end of the variable s value Note If you leave the edit fields empty the prefix suffix will not be used Prefix and suffix can be used in situations where they are required only if the variable has set some value If the variable is empty the prefix suffix will not be printed as well Barcode Wizard Linked Field Select this type of field to merge th
34. ected the barcode will print as printer internal object Print ing barcodes as internal printer objects will speed up label printing because less data must be transferred to the printer Enable preview Enable this option to see the preview of the selected barcode type The preview will show on the right side of the dialog box Check Digit Tab This tab is used to specify if you want to use the check digit in the barcode or not This option can only be modified for the barcodes that allow you to enable and disable the check digit 55 Some barcode standards include the check digit by the definition and 1t cannot be omitted An example of such barcodes are EAN and UPC barcodes where check digit cannot be disabled at all But some codes allow you to freely enable disable check digit Edit Bar Code General Check Digit Human Readable Details Include check digit 9 Auto generate check digit O Verify the provided check digit Enable custom check digit algorithm PS TESTS Edit barcode dialog box Check digit tab You can choose whether you want to input the check digit value or let the program calculate 1t for you Auto generate check digit Check digit is calculated by the software You must only enter the bar code data For example when using EAN 13 barcode input the first 12 digits check digit on 13th place will be calculated and added automatically Verify the provided check digit Use
35. efine the input type for he Application Identifier O Fixed O New variable Use existing variable GS1 128 Wizard Where the data for Al 1s obtained from When the Application Identifier is selected you will have to define where is the data for its value obtained from There are three possible options e Fixed The application identifier will have the fixed value on every label e New variable The application identifier will be linked to the variable and have variable value on each label You will define a new variable e Use existing variable The application identifier will be linked to the variable and have variable value on each label Select the existing variable from the list Step 3 Entering the value for the Application Identifier Entering fixed value for the application identifier 48 UCCIEAN128 Wizard Al 04 Application Identifier Value Enter the data for Application Identifier Al 01 Global Trade Item Number GTIN Data format 1114 Enter data for the Application Identifier 1234567890123 ree 13 digits must be entered for the Application identifier Data format will be numeric Entering fixed value for the application identifier If you have selected fixed value in the previous dialog box you should enter value for the Applic ation Identifier here The Wizard will let you know about the required data format fort this AI and how long the AI value should
36. eld to manipulate your variable fields with the Visual Basic function The res ult of the expression will be used with the current object on the label You can define one line expressions that must follow Visual Basic programming syntax Look at the samples in the dialog box for ideas of what can be done with the Visual Basic script VB Expression dialog Expression Enter the Visual Basic expression Include the names of the variable fields in the straight quotes Build Expression Click this button to open the Expression Builder text editor with reference to frequently used Visual Basic functions VB Script Help Click this button to open the Microsoft help files explaining syntax and usage of Visual Basic scripting _A Using Barcode Wizard Barcode Wizard Bar code Wizard Bar Code Object Define the contents and style of the bar code object Bar code data 9 Fixed bar code data O Variable bar code data 1234567830 Bar code type i Help Cancel Back Next gt Finish First page of Barcode Wizard Barcode Wizard guides you to define all parameters for the Barcode object Fixed Barcode data Select this option if you would like to have a fixed non changeable content of the object If you select this option you can enter the text directly in this dialog box Variable text Select this option if you would like to have variable content of the object Defining t
37. es 2n First define the link to the database and then select the database field The value for the label object will come from the database field To set up database access click on the Define button Choose one of avallable database fields as a source for the object contents Field Length Dialog box for Text Wizard when Database option is chosen Define Click on this button to open the database wizard that will help you define the link to the database Field Choose one of the available database fields as a source for the variable field Length Define the maximum length of the string in variable If field in database contains more characters they will not be printed This option is useful if the field length in your database is not fixed for example tab delimited ASCII file or if you don t want to reserve space for all the char acters in database s field Text Wizard Prefix and Suffix The variable element can have a prefix and suffix values The prefix text is placed in front of the variable s value The suffix text is place at the end of the variable s value 39 Text Wizard JH Prefix and Suffix Specify prefix and suffis tor your element a Pret string will be placed in front of the data value Sufi string will be placed after the data value Pretis S To complete the Wizard click Finish Setting Prefix and Suffix string for the variable text element Note If you leave the
38. essage for the operator who will enter the data The data can be numeric only or the operator is allowed to enter all characters The value can be fixed or incremented decremented on every label or certain number of labels with the desired step The variable data will be written in the Preview field as a series of A character When you are satisfied with the settings click the Finish to put the GS1 128 Barcode to the label PDF 417 2D Code General tab Y expansion factor This option defines the height of the barcode symbol Security tab 52 Accordingly to the standard you can select among 9 levels of security Higher security level allows more reliable reading regardless errors but the barcode symbol is bigger Truncated barcodes can be used where label damage is unlikely and there is no demand for very high level of security The truncated symbol 1s smaller Aspect Ratio It is the ratio between number of columns and number of rows Contents PDF 417 code can encode e Full 128 ASCII character set e All 128 Extended ASCII characters e 8 bit binary data DataMatrix Barcode General tab Y expansion factor This option defines the height of the Barcode symbol Aspect Ratio It is the ratio between number of columns and number of rows Enter the wanted value in the fields Details tab ECC Type Error Correction Codes define the security level You can select one from the standard levels in the pull down
39. formatting only Example mask char is asterisk T7 97 99 TESTI Mask character Enable preview 9 tet is Edit barcode dialog box Human readable tab Details Tab On this tab you can define advanced settings for the barcode Note Not all of these options are available for all barcodes and printers Include quiet zones By checking this field you set that the barcode will have some white space in the front and in the end for increased readability Descender bars Some bars of a barcode will be longer than others This is typically used with EAN and UPC barcodes that have longer bars in the begging in the middle and in the end of the barcode Mirror horizontally mirror vertically The barcode can be mirrored vertically and horizontally barcode will usually have to be printed as graphics for this option to be accessible Intercharacter gap Some barcodes allow you to change the gap between characters in the bar code e g Code 39 a 7 3 Include EAN white space Before and after the barcode a special character 1s inserted lt or gt It indicates the width of the barcode If you put any other object in the extent of the barcode it will reduce the readability of the barcode This option is only valid for EAN barcodes Edit Bar Code General Check Digit Human Readable Details Include quiet zones Intercharacter gap TESTI Enable preview Edit barcode Details tab Supp
40. g Label setup Wizard choosing Label Dimensions Select the page size for your labels This step is only necessary for the office printers Automatic Sizing Tick this option if you are using thermal printer with NiceLabel Printer Drivers The labeling software and NiceLabel Printer Drivers will negotiate about the label dimen sions Click on the Next button to continue with the next step ST Selecting Label Orientation Label Setup Wizard Select a layout that siutes you most A4 210K297m ERES i Label Layout Orientation Print direction Landscape Screen layout Printer layout This printer does nat support print direction settings Selecting label layout Orientation Select the label orientation Look at the screen and printer layouts for suggestion how the label will really be printed from the printer The general rule is that portrait is orientation in which the label exists the printer Print directions Tick the option Rotated to rotate the label for 180 degrees when printed Click on the Next button to continue with the next step Defining Label Dimensions Here you can enter the label dimensions 14 Label Setup Wizard Label Dimension Set the Label layout dimensions and select the appropriate unit of measure I Label width TTE Label height 200 I I k Top Margin fo Left Margin Bottom Margin 10 0 Right Margin Rows f A gap Columns f m T
41. g the barcode and dragging it to the desired position 9 Change the object size by dragging the object handles The handles are small rectangles surrounding the object when it 1s selected The label should now show the following SAMPLE 1234567890 El Label with text and barcode objects Insert Pictures The labeling software works with BMP PCX GIF WMF JPEG and many other popular graphic formats 1 To insert the picture click on the button in the Toolbox 2 Move the cursor to the desired position on the label and click on the mouse button 3 The Open dialog box will open allowing you to browse for your picture on your hard drive Go to the folder Sample Graphics and select the picture LEISURE WMF Click on the Open button oA p The screen should show the following SAMPLE Anm 1234567890 Label with text barcode and picture objects Save a Label Always save your label during the design process To save a label do the following l Select the icon 2 Type in the name of the label For example enter label for the name of the label 3 The name of the label is visible in the program caption Name of the label in the program caption Use Alignment Tools You have placed the objects on the label Now you want to make sure they are aligned on the hori zontal center of the label You can align objects on the label by using the Align toolbar on the right side of the working window To a
42. he Text toolbar Choose Arial font 28 point size and bold style FE J t E iis E gt b Aria T a I d j mu wis i Using format options in the text toolbox 6 To change the position and size of the text object select the text object and drag object with your mouse to the position where you want to have it The screen should show the following SAMPLE The text object is placed on the label Insert Barcodes Now you will add a non changeable Code128 barcode on the label To insert the barcode click on the HE Bar Code w button in the Toolbox Move the cursor to the desired position on the label and click on the mouse button The dialog box with object properties will open Enter the value 1234567890 for the barcode contents Click on the Define button Edit Barcode dialog box opens 6 Make sure you select barcode Code128 and click on the OK button A c E 20 Edit Bar Code General Check Digit Human Readable Details Available bar cades m EAN LIPE E Linear Symbol height Royal Mail Bar Codabar _ X Expansion factor 4 M Codel 28 L Cade 28 A Ratio Code128 8 Codel28 0 L ade 32 Base object width milz 13 Lode 33 1 mile 1 100 inch Code 39 full AE Code 39 Tri Or 123456 Enable preview Selecting barcode type 7 Click on the Finish button to return to the label 8 Change the position of the barcode by selectin
43. he content is defined in the next step Use the following syntax for entering values for RSS composite Barcodes The pipe character 18 used to distinguish between the components The syntax linear part gt lt composite part gt The example 12345 description Barcode Wizard Choosing Variable Barcode Select the type of the variable field you want to use 42 Variable name Type in the name of the variable that will be linked to the Barcode object and will provide the value for 1t The next page of the wizard depends on your selection here Barcode Wizard Keyboard Input Use this variable type when you want the operator to enter a value of the variable from the key board before printing the specified numbers of labels Prompt text for this variable field Fill in the message that will be shown to the user when he will enter tne values for the variable field Format Select the format of data you allow to be entered for the variable field Set maximum number of characters Define the maximum length of characters that can be entered for the variable field Barcode Wizard Counter On this page of the wizard you define the counter variable Starting Value Set the starting value for the counter The counter will increment or decrement from the starting value Note You can enter only digits for the starting value Prompt for value before print Tick this option to enable entering the starting value of th
44. iable properties will open 4 Type the text Enter product weight for the option Display this text to the print operator Set the allowable characters to digits and click on the Next button 5 Enter kg for the Suffix option Suffix kg Defining the variable suffix 6 Click on the Finish button 7 Click on the label where you want to position the prompted field The text object 1s placed on the label and linked to the new variable When you will pre view or print the label the suffix kg will be appended to the entered value on the right side Ds Change Printer Settings Change Common Printer Settings When you start designing a label you specify to which printer the label should be connected Each label file remembers the printer settings for the selected printer driver on the label As an example you will change the printing speed and darkness To change the printer settings do the following 1 Go to File Printer Settings The window with the printer settings will open 2 Open the Options tab 3 Change the Speed and Darkness options 4 Click on the OK button 5 Save the label by clicking the button in the Standard toolbar or selecting the com mand Save in the File menu Printer Memory Custom Commands Impart E port settings About Options Advanced Setup Dithering Stocks No OF Copies Stocks User defined il Printer driver properties Note Any changes in the printer settings dial
45. ining New Variable ur susi ced na os bak et a is abi eL Mae 50 Step 4 List of selected application identifiers Lioiuiuiuiuuuiuuuiuuuuuuiuuuu 51 Selecting Barcode Type 0 coco ccoo 52 Settings for Advanced Barcodes occ 52 GST ALZS VERS SERERE ERR TT 52 PDE 417 2D Codo da e Ed 52 DataMatrix Barcode on ibo ri e E A a e HE EIE 53 Maxi ode 2D Code 20 ti doo ita al e d 54 Edit Barcode Dialos BOX reed rs die Na ideas 54 General TD o a e MD 54 Check Divit Tab 2g ies ide a ds O he cer alate ME EE 55 Hinman Readable Fab ccoccocauo o dale taria dto dies el a o o ed alte dodo 56 DA S7 Supported Barcode Types eeu a eee ies DTS na 58 Selecting Objects A re 59 Edito OD E 59 Moving Objects ooo e eee e eee eee ceeeeeeee sees 59 A seem eka eeu EA 59 RESIZING OD CCS iras tania loc cits sita 60 Rotatino Label 60 A RE eh ed Ce a eee AN 61 Supported Graphics Formats 2 000 200 2222 c cece eee cece cece cece cceeeeeeeeeeee 61 Working with Pictures sssecc sssss cece ee eee eee reri 61 Working with Variable Data _ 22 0000 o oo ccc ccc ec ccoo 62 Dynamic Data Overview occ conc cc cccccc ccc cc ccc ccceeeeeceeeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 62 Working with Databases 2 2 20 0 222 cece cee eee eect cece ceeeeeees 62 Using Data from the Databases _ 02 0 000222 63 Database
46. l link the database fields to the objects myself later Each field from the database will be linked to a text object The label will show several text objects Every field from the database is linked with the text object on the label Use Print Preview to Select Data an View a Label Now you will simulate label printing using print preview l Click on the print icon in the Standard Toolbar 2 The Print dialog box opens with the Quantity of labels set to Variable quantity entered for each database record This setting corresponds to your selection in the Database Wizard when you have selected the options I want to select which record to print and I will enter label quantity for each selected record Only the records you select will be printed in the defined quantity Number of selected records to be printed 1 Select Records Print Print preview dialog box 3 To choose which records to print from the database click on the Select Records button The Record Selection dialog box will open 4 Select the records from the database you want to print and enter the number of labels you want to print for each selected record FIELD FIELD2 FIELDS Y E O f Label Designer 1 Label design and printing v Form Designer pm Data entry application design I 15 mm Middleware 5 E Data detection and connectivil E O Database Manager 4 Database management E O Font Downloader A Font and graphics download O Printer Dri
47. ld can be filled automatically with the date or time stamp from the com puter clock or printer clock for supported printer models l Click on the small arrow next to the A Te wr icon in the Toolbox to display a list of available variable types 2 Select New Date Field from the list A dialog box with date properties opens 25 ey Mew Keyboard Input 1231 Mew Counter 5 Mew Date Field Mew Time Field Creating new date variable field 3 Leave everything as default and the date will be used on the label using the format as defined in your Windows operating system To place a time stamp on the label do the following l Click on the small arrow next to the AT wr icon in the Toolbox to display a list of available variable types 2 Select New Time Field from the list 3 Click on the Finish button 4 Click on the label where the counter should be placed The new variable 1s linked to the text object on the label The date and time fields are updated when you preview or print the label In this example the val ues will come from the system clock of your computer Use Prefix or Suffix Options You can add a prefix and suffix to each variable field on the label Both are added to the value when you preview and print the label l Click on the small arrow next to the AT wr icon in the Toolbox to display a list of available variable types 2 Select New Keyboard Input from the list 3 A dialog box with var
48. lign objects on the label do the following 1 Select all objects on the label 2 Choose a select arrow in the Toolbox and draw a frame around all objects to select all objects 205 Selecting the objects on the label 3 In the Align toolbar on the right click on the icon to arrange the objects The selected objects will be rearranged and positioned on the horizontal center on the label Note There are also other alignment commands available in the Align Toolbar Note You can also align the objects to the label grid The option Snap to Grid is available in the View menu Use Drawing Tools Now you will insert a line to separate a text object from other objects and a rectangle around the picture object l Select the icon from Toolbox and move the cursor to the required start ing point of the line 2 Press and hold down the mouse button while drawing the line Move the mouse to the end position of the line and release the button The Line object is placed on the label 3 Click on the Pestenale icon in the Toolbox and point the mouse to the upper left corner of the picture 4 Click and hold the mouse button while you stretch the rectangle to the lower right corner of the picture 5 To change the thickness of the vertical and horizontal line double click on the rectangle object to open its properties Select the thickness you want and click on the Finish but ton 6 To edit the drawing object
49. lt CTRL gt when rotating the wheel adjusts zoom factor lt SHIFT gt scrolls label left or right Double click on printer s name in status bar opens printer properties dialog box in which you can set various options regarding currently selected printer If you hold lt CTRL gt while double clicking printer setup dialog box is opened in which you can select different printer You can quickly move objects from one open label to another by simply dragging desired object to another window while holding lt ALT gt If you want to copy objects instead hold both lt ALT gt and lt CTRL gt Note that you must have both label windows visible to do that Different objects on label can be selected using the lt TAB gt and lt SHIFT gt lt TA B gt keys Pressing cursor keys while holding lt Ctrl gt key can move currently selected object This can be used to fine tune position of the object Holding lt SHIFT gt while pressing cursor keys will resize the object You can use the right mouse button almost anywhere on label to access most common options for that area object For example if you click an object with right mouse button a pop up menu is dis played that contains options and actions that can be performed on selected object Similarly click ing the other parts of label produces pop up menu with options for that part of label Multiple objects can be selected by holding lt SHIFT gt while clicking them Use the element shor
50. menu Format ID This option defines which character set will be used in the Barcode You can select one of the formats with the following filter 01 and 0 9 space 11 02 and A Z space 12 03 and A Z 0 9 space 13 04 and A Z 0 9 space 14 05 and 7 bit ASCII lower part from 0 to 15 127 06 and all 16 07 and 7 bit ASCII 17 53 The formats from 1 to 7 allow the data length to 500 characters while formats from 11 to 17 allow to 2000 characters Border Size Factors from 1 to 15 set the dimension of the border in the shape of the character L Data Matrix can encode e Full 128 ASCII character set e All ISO characters e All EBCDIC characters MaxiCode 2D Code General tab Y expansion factor This option defines the height of the barcode symbol Details tab When the option Structured is not selected the content of the barcode is optional For Structured barcode you may encode only standard contents Edit Barcode Dialog Box This dialog box is displayed when you click the Define button on the Barcode dialog box In this dialog box you specify the type of Barcode you want to use on the label and all Barcode properties How the Barcode should be generated m Automatic or manual check digit calculation m Position of the human readable Other options dependant on the Barcode type Click the option Enable preview to preview the Barcode The Barcode symbol was displayed on the right
51. n be fixed or variable When the GS1 128 Barcode is selected the Barcode data field in the Barcode Wizard dialog box 1s disabled To define the contents of the Barcode click the Next button From the list of available Application Identifiers select the first identifier It will be written in bracket bellow the Barcode When the Application Identifier includes also check digits you have to define whether it will be calculated or entered together with data Next define how you will set the values for the selected identifier You may enter fixed value or define variable value Fixed values When values are fixed the Wizard dialog box will inform you what is expected to be entered digits the maximum places The defined AID is presented on the list of selected Application Identifiers Click the Add button to add a new AID or on the Delete to delete existing one Should you need to change the AID and the data select the AID and click the Edit button You can sort the listing of AID by using the Up and Down buttons All the settings can be previewed on the Preview field The separator among Application Identifier can be defined by entering the required separator for the left and for the right side of the Application Identifier The default separator is bracket Variable values GS1 128 Barcode supports keyboard variables the variable data will be entered from the key board You can define the Prompt the m
52. og box will be saved to the label and applied to future print actions You can also change the printer settings right before the label is printed 1 Select the Print command in the File menu 2 Go to the Printer tab This tab allows you to change the printer just before printing begins but it also enables you to change common printer settings like speed darkness and print direction Note Changes to the settings in the Printer tab will not be saved in the label but used only at print time Change Dithering Options Dithering is a process of converting color or gray scale pictures to black and white pictures that can be printed on thermal printers Thermal printers normally cannot print color images and can either print a dot on the label or not There are no intermediate shades of grey 2D During the dithering process all colors and shades of grey in the picture are converted to black and white dots creating the illusion of new colors and shades by varying the pattern of dots Different shades of gray are produced by varying the patterns of black and white dots There are no grey dots at all In printing dithering is usually called halftoning and shades of gray are called halftones To change the dithering settings do the following 1 Go to File Printer Settings The window with the printer settings will open 2 Open the Dithering tab 3 Change the Dithering type option to suit your needs Look at the
53. on the label where you want to pos ition the object A dialog box with the Variable Wizard will open Fixed Text ETT Mew Keyboard Input 22 Mew Counter New Date Field el Mew Time Field T pom Creating new keyboard input variable field 3 Type Enter product name for the option Display this text to the print operator 4 Click on the Finish button The cursor changes its shape to an arrow with a text object 5 Click on the label where you want to position the prompted field _ 24 The text object 1s placed on the label and linked to the new variable Create Serialized Data Variable Fields Counters Now create a counter field on the label The value of that variable field will automatically increase by one on every label 1 Click on the small arrow next to the A ter wr icon in the Toolbox to display a list of available variable types 2 Select New Counter from the list 3 A dialog box with counter properties opens Fixed Text ia Mew Keyboard Input New Counter 5 Mew Date Field G Mew Time Field Creating new counter variable field 4 Leave everything as default so that the counter will always start from 1 and increase by one on each label 5 Click on the Finish button 6 Click on the label where the counter should be placed The new variable is linked to the text object on the label Create Date and Time Variable Fields Content of the variable fie
54. ont and graphics download E Printer Drivers b True Windows thermal transfer I 4 19 M 3 gt Records selected 2 Rom 3of6 Selecting records and specifying label quantity ee 3 Click on the OK button 4 Click on the Print button to start printing labels 5 Click on the Close button to close the dialog box Using Text File Wizard Text File Wizard When the input database file is a plain ASCII text file or formatted CSV Comma Separated Val ues Text File Wizard will be started within Database Wizard and it will guide you through quick and easy steps of text data acquire The main difference between real database and text file 1s in their data structure information Databases include the whole information about their fields names data format length and can be automatically used with the application Text files on the other hand do not have stored such information and you will have to instruct the application how the data is encoded When Text File Wizard finishes 1t will return control back to Database Wizard that will guide the rest of the way Choosing Data Type Before you can use text file you will have to define its data structure Fields can be delimited by some sort of a separator tab semicolon comma or some entirely user defined separator or can be of a fixed length Text File Wizard Choose Data Type Choose the data type that best describes pour data structure Data type 2 Delimi
55. orm Designer Data entry application design 3 Middleware Server Data detection and connectivity ld Database Manager Database management 5 Font Downloader Font and graphics download Defining the type of the text database 2 Click on the Next button 3 Define the widths of the individual columns by placing a break line before the second column and before the third column To CREATE a break line click at the desired position To DELETE a break line double click an the line To MOYE a break line click and drag it Data preview 5 10 15 20 25 30 a5 40 45 g0 EG eu Label Designer Label design and printing Form Designer 5 Data entry application design iddleware Server Dat a detection and connectivity Database Manager y Database Wanaqement Fonts Downloader Font and graphics download Defining the fields in the text database 4 Click on the Next button Accept the default field names and click on the Next button 6 Review the text database structure The field names and their maximum lengths are dis played Click on the Finish button to close Text File Wizard The link to the database has been created and database fields are available on the label The labeling software brings you back to the Database Wizard Us Place Database Fields on a Label The next step in the Database Wizard opens the dialog box with the list of available fields from the database 1 By default all fields from the database will be use
56. ortcuts Ctrl F Ctrl R are also available The working window is divided into four parts Category Name Expression Description Language Help The button will open the help file with the detailed reference of the Visual Basic script This section contains the groups of available commands func tions and operators Similar objects have been grouped together for easier identification and faster search The groups are displayed as a tree view Select the main group name to display all its contents into the Name section Or you can click the plus sign in front of the group name if available to dis play all defined sub groups Then select the sub group name to display only its contents This section will display the contents of the selected group in the Category section All available commands functions operators etc will be listed here If you select one of them its properties will be displayed in the Description section If you want to insert the selected operands into the Expression field double click its name or click the Insert button This section is the main workplace of the Expression editor Use it to write and modify the script you are working on This section displays the name sample use and description of the currently selected operand in the Name section You will get an idea of how the current operand should be used 80 Printing and Previewing Labels Previewing Pictures When you pla
57. orted Barcode Types Barcode Barcode Types Group EAN and EAN 8 EAN 8 2 digit supplement EAN 8 5 digit supplement UPC EAN 13 EAN 13 2 digit supplement EAN 13 5 digit sup plement EAN 14 DUN 14 UPC Case Code UPC A UPC A 2 digit supplement UPC A 5 digit supplement UPC E UPC E 2 digit supplement UPC E 5 digit supplement UPC E 1 GS1 128 GS1 128 SSCC Bookland Addon 2 Addon 5 Linear Interleaved 2 of 5 ITF 14 ITF 16 Code 39 Code 39 Tri Optic Code 39 Full ASCII Code 32 Code 93 CODE 128 A B and C subsets Code 128 Pharmacy MSI Codabar Postnet 32 Postnet 37 Postnet 52 Postnest 62 Kix Pharmacode Plessy Anker GS1 Linear GS1 Databar symbologies Databar RSS14 RSS14 Truncated RSS14 Stacked RSS14 Stacked Omnidirectional RSS Limited RSS Expanded Composite GS1 Databar symbologies RSS14 RSS14 Truncated RSS14 Stacked RSS14 Stacked Omni directional RSS Limited RSS Expanded UPC A UPC E EAN EAN 13 GS1 128 amp CC A B GS1 128 amp CC C Two dimen 2D Pharmacode PDF 417 DataMatrix MaxiCode Aztec QR 255 2 sional MicroQR Codablock F MicroPDF InfoGlyph Selecting Objects To select two or more objects you should press the lt Shift gt key and hold down while clicking the object with a mouse The objects can be selected cut copied pasted and edited with the right mouse button If you click the right mouse button on the object the menu shows all the availa
58. preview on the right side how you can expect the selected type to be applied on the label 4 Click on the OK button 5 Save the label by clicking the button in the Standard toolbar or selecting the com mand Save in the File menu Using Toolbars Using Standard Toolbar Click on the icons in the standard toolbar will execute the following actions Create new label Open existing label Save currently opened label Cut the selected objects to clipboard Copy the selected objects to clipboard Paste the objects from the clipboard Undo last action Redo last action Access to the print functionality Click on the small arrow for more commands Access to the zoom functionality Click on the small arrow for more commands Access to the view functionality Click on the small arrow for more commands Access to the variables Click on the small arrow for more com mands Access to the databases Click on the small arrow for more com mands Open the help file _ 28 Using Toolbox To use the toolbox do the following 1 Click on the icon in the toolbox to select the object 2 Move the mouse over the label See how the cursors has changed 3 Click on the label where you want to place the selected object Some objects have additional shortcut on the right side of the icon Using this shortcut you can quickly create a new object with fixed content create a new variable and connect it to the selected obje
59. r to the end point while holding down the mouse button A line will be drawn from the left to right side of the label is Defining Ellipse Object To place the ellipse object on the label do the following 1 Click on the Ellipse icon in the Toolbox 2 Click the position on the label where you want the upper left position of the object to be set 3 Drag to bottom right direction until the object size 1s as requested 4 The other method of positioning the object on the label is simply selecting the Ellipse tool and then clicking the label A default sized ellipse will appear and you can resize it using handles around the object Note If you want to draw a circle grab a handle a on one of the ellipse corners simultaneously press and hold Shift key then resize the ellipse A circle will be drawn For more useful short cuts available in the software refer to the chapter Shortcuts 4 To move a ellipse to a different position simply select it and drag it elsewhere on the label Defining Inverse Object To place the inverse object on the label do the following 1 Click on the Inverse icon in the Toolbox 2 Click the position on the label where you want the upper left position of the object to be set 3 Drag to bottom right direction until the object size 1s as requested Note If you want to draw a square grab a handle a on one of the rectangle corners sim ultaneously press and hold Shift key then resize the
60. rectangle A square will be drawn For more useful shortcuts available in the software refer to the chapter Shortcuts 4 To move a inverse to a different position simply select it and drag it elsewhere on the label 203 Using Text Wizard Text Wizard Text Wizard Text Object Define the contents and style of the text object Contents 2 Fixed text O Variable text Product code Fon Arial 10 Pt Sm er a SSS r Inverse Help Cancel 4 Bat Fa Mex t Finish First screen of Text Wizard Text Wizard guides you to define all parameters for the text object Fixed text Select this option if you would like to have a fixed non changeable content of the object If you select this option you can enter the text directly in this dialog box Variable text Select this option if you would like to have variable content of the object Defining the content is defined in the next step Font Currently selected font type is shown in this field e Inverse Enable this option to use the text in inverse Note The option is not available for all printers e Select button You can select different font type for this text object among available fonts in the system ee Text Wizard Choosing Variable Text Text Wizard Variable Field Select the type of variable field for the object Wizard will create new variable text or bar code object on the label Select the type of a variable field Coun
61. rita c corral ios 79 Work with Visual Basic Expressions 2 20 222 2 ccc eee cece eee cece cece ec ceeeeees 79 Using Expression Editor 00 00000 2 cece cece eee eee cece eee sse nnne 80 Printing and Previewing Labels LLLLLLL uususssssssssssss mI erre 81 Previewing Pictures piece dost deslice sc oae Le LC bas dl LUE GU SL 81 Preview and Print a Label aio to Garda tetas eats ELE 81 Optimize the Printing Speed ooo 82 Technical Support aoaaa aaan aoaaa a aaahh a aLaaa LaaLa LALALALA LLLA LLALL DALLAL L a aLaaa La 83 Online SUDDOEC zearen ea E a a EAE 83 Introduction Welcome to NiceLabel NiceLabel is a family of professional labeling software products that brings a complete barcode printing solution and RFID Smart Label printing to desktop mobile and enterprise users NiceLa bel offers an easy to use interface and meets any label design and printing requirement for effi cient label printing solutions to users in retail logistics healthcare chemical automotive and other industries The latest software is available for free download on the NiceLabel website at www nicela bel com About this Manual About this Manual The User Guide helps you design and print labels quickly The User Guide contains the following sections Introduction This chapter will introduce you to NiceLabel software Installation and Activation Learn how to install and activate the labeling software
62. rtcut lt Ctrl gt A opens the Align dialog box with same functionality as the Design toolbar Resizing Objects To resize the object on the label do the following 1 Select the object The selected object is framed with a rectangle 2 Click on one of the small rectangles in the corners of the rectangle 3 Hold the mouse key pressed 4 Move the position of the cursor on the screen The object will resize with the cursor Rotating Label To rotate the label on the screen do the following l Click on the icon in the top left corner of label design area where vertical and hori zontal ruler collide 2 The label will rotate for 90 clockwise Each click on the button will rotate the label for additional 90 degrees The initial rotate position is portrait Each click will rotate the label to the next position The positions in line are portrait land scape rotated portrait rotated landscape Rotating the label on screen will help you define label easier when the objects on the label must be printed rotated but you want to be able to design the label in the upside orientation 60 Rotating Objects To rotate the object do the following 1 Select the object 2 Click on the LJ icon in the design toolbar The object will be rotated for 90 clockwise Supported Graphics Formats The following graphical formats are supported File extension Graphics type BMP DIB Windows Bitmap RLE GI
63. ructure again 1 Select the encoding of the data in your text file The encoding selection 1s important when your file has multi lingual contents Unicode data If in doubt what to use first try the option Automatic detection Refer to the preview it must display to correct values Text File Wizard Choose File Type Choose the file encoding type that is used in the data file File type Select the encoding of the text file Automatic detection i recomended if your files include file type header used for UNICODE files IF this is not true you must define the encoding to use UNICODE data in the file File encoding Automatic detection File preview b luz 55 amples D atabase data txt ll nLzbe1 Designer UTF 16 sign and printing 12 Porra De ioqner Data entry application design 3 Middleware Berwer Data detection and connectivity 4 Database Manager Database management 5 Font Downloader Font and graphics download Defining the file encoding 2 Choose the data type for the selected text database The fields are aligned in columns so you must select the option Fixed 69 Text File Wizard Choose Data Type Choose the data type that best describes your data structure Data type Delimited Characters such as comma or tab separate each held 5 Fixed Fields are aligned in columnes with spaces between each field First row contains field names 1 Label Desiqner Label design and printing Z F
64. s If you have eight labels on the page the quantity of ten pages will print 80 labels When you are certain that the labels will be printed correctly and the preview shows the correct values you can proceed to real printing To actually print the labels do the following l Click on icon in the Standard toolbar The Print dialog box appears 2 Enter 10 for the Label Quantity and click on the Print button Your printer will now print 10 labels _ 8 Optimize the Printing Speed There are many factors that affect the printing speed By following the guidelines below you can dramatically increase the speed of printing If your printer supports parallel and serial port use the parallel port Computer can send data to printer over parallel port much faster than over serial port Use printer s internal fonts instead of Windows true type fonts True type fonts must be sent to printer as graphics and therefore the size of data sent to printer is much bigger couple of kilobytes When using internal fonts only the text 1s sent to printer couple of bytes Avoid use of graphics on labels When using barcodes make sure that you don t print barcodes as graphics if your printer supports printing barcodes When using counters the printer will internally increment the numbers if the mternal fonts are used if supported by the printer This means that the printer will only receive the first number of object and will la
65. scrolls the label up or down e Holding lt SHIFT gt and turning the wheel scrolls the label left or right e Holding lt CTRL gt and turning the wheel zooms the label in or out Shortcuts Delete Deletes selected object Ctrl X Cut Ctrl C Copy Ctrl V Alt Backspace on numeric pad on numeric pad Alt Shift Back space Ctrl T Ctrl A Ctrl Z Ctrl Y Ctrl N CtrI 0 Ctrl S Ctrl P Ctrl R Ctrl move the object with mouse Alt move the object with mouse Ctrl move the object with cursor keys Shift cursor keys Right clicking the object Enter F2 or double click Paste Undo Zoom In Zoom Out Redo Rotate 90 Align Undo Redo New Open Save Print Print preview Parallel moving of the object by main axes only Objects snap to grid even if it is off Fine tuning the position of the object Fine tuning the dimensions of the object resize width and height in very small steps Opens pop up menu with shortcuts to commands The content of the pop up menu greatly depends on where you clicked your mouse button and what was selected at that time Opens properties dialog box of the selected element Using the Keyboard and Mouse Effectively When selecting objects you can use lt CTRL gt key to adjust object s anchoring point by clicking the object placeholders If you have a Wheel Mouse you can use the wheel to scroll label up and down Holding
66. se Wizard Process of defining a new Database access function consists of four steps pages On those pages you enter the data required by Wizard You can go to the next step page by clicking Next button or return to previous with Previous button When all data needed has been entered Finish button will become available allowing you to com plete the process of defining a new Database access function Note that some options have pre defined values so you don t really need to go through all the steps of a wizard 63 5 Selecting Database File Database Wizard Database and Table Select the type of database and table you want to use on the label Select the type of the database C3 All installed database drivers ODBC OLE DB BDE Browse for the database table you want to use T able User Information Browse for the table containing label data Wizard will help you make a connection to table fields and transfer their values ta the objects on the label Database wizard Selecting database file Enter the full path name of the database file in edit box or use Browse button to find the file on your computer Note You can only select databases that are stored in files If you use databases via ODBC or OLE DB drivers you will have to set that manually in Database dialog box 64 Selecting Desired Fields Database Wizard Fields Selection Select the fields from the
67. se for the picture on the hard disk then click on the Open button Note Should you later want to edit the object select it then double click it The wizard or dialog box with properties appears Defining Rectangle Object To place the rectangle object on the label do the following 1 Click on the Rectangle icon in the Toolbox 2 Click the position on the label where you want the upper left position of the object to be set 3 Drag to bottom right direction until the object size is as requested 4 The other method of positioning the rectangle object on the label is simply selecting the Rectangle tool and then clicking the label A default sized rectangle will appear and you can resize it using handles around the object Note If you want to draw a square grab a handle a on one of the rectangle corners simultaneously press and hold Shift key then resize the rectangle A square will be drawn For more useful short cuts available in the software refer to the chapter Shortcuts 4 To move a rectangle to a different position simply select it and drag it elsewhere on the label Note Should you later want to edit the object select 1t then double click it The dialog box with prop erties appears Defining Line Object To place the line object on the label do the following 1 Click on the Line object in the Toolbox 2 Define the line starting point by clicking the mouse at the start position 3 Move the curso
68. side of the dialog box Click the OK button to confirm the changes you made Click the Cancel button to discard the changes General Tab On this tab you can select the barcode type you want to use and the properties of the barcode 54 Edit Bar Code General Check Digi Human Readable Details Available bar codes E EAN LUPC Symbol height Expansion factor atia Base object width mils el 1 mile 1 100 inch 123456 Print bar code as a graphic Enable preview Edit barcode dialog box General tab Type of barcode The required barcode symbology is selected from the tree list of available bar codes Symbol height The height dimension of a barcode can be specified either by entering a value here or by resizing the barcode symbol directly on the label Narrow bar width The width of the narrowest bar in the barcode This 1s the base bar width The widths for all wider bars are calculated by the formula narrow bar width ratio The result of the formula must be a whole number it represents number of pixels Ratio This is the ratio between narrowest and widest bar in the barcode The ratio is locked for majority of barcodes and you cannot change it However for some barcodes you can change it and adjust the barcode size to your needs Print barcode as graphics Select this option to convert the barcode object into the image and sent to the printer as image If not sel
69. t a Printer 1 Select the printer you want to use for label printing Note If you don t find your printer on the list refer to chapter Install Printer Driver for install ation instructions 16 Label Setup Wizard Select Printer Select the printer vau want to use with this label Choose the printer fram the list of installed printers The label will be optimized for this printer Ave AP 5 4 30007 z Always use default printer ou can change the printer pecific settings by clicking the Properties button Open the advanced options dialog box Do not use the wizard next time Selecting a printer 2 Click on the Next button Define Label and Page Dimensions If you want to use the label stock select your choices in the window Select Stock 2 Click on the Next button A new window will open to define the label dimensions manu ally 3 Leave the option Page Size on User defined default and check Automatic Sizing 4 Click the Next button A new window will open Select label orientation and print direction 7s Label Setup Wizard Select a layout that suites you most h4 210X207m E a ESAE Label Layout Orientation Print direction C3 Landscape Screen layout Printer layout This printer does not support print direction settings Open the advanced options dialog box Do not use the wizard nest time Selecting label layout 6 Click on
70. tabase instead Database in the ASCII text file can be created in any text editor e g Notepad it can be also exported from other applications e g Microsoft Word You can also use Microsoft Excel to edit your data Before you can use the data from the database you have to link the database on the label During this process the database fields get connected to the variable fields on the label When you start printing labels every variable field will automatically get the value from the linked database field Each record in the database is used on a single label _ 62 Using Data from the Databases Imagine that you have the following database that contains first and last names of the people field1 field2 John Smith Jane Wright Bob Doe 1 To use the data on the label you must first define this database using the Database Wiz ard 2 To include two variable texts on label create two text objects 3 4 5 In the text wizard select Variable contents and click on the Next button Select the Database option as the source of variable data Link both text objects to the variable fields Each to a separate field When you print the labels each of the text objects on the label will get the value from the cor responding field in the database When one label 1s printed next record 1s used for the second label and process 1s repeated Each name and surname are printed on the separate label Database Wizard Using Databa
71. tcuts in toolbars whenever possible Each label element that can be connected to some Contents Provider has a shortcut enabled to quickly access existing variables or define new ones Click the element s shortcut handle for this shortcut It is shown as a small arrow by the side of some toolbox icons System folder The labeling application uses its system folder for storing files needed to run the program The loc ation of the folder varies depending on the Windows operating system used The location of the System folder is c Documents and Settings All Users Application Data Eur oPlus NiceLabel Express 6 system It is vitally important to own the write access to this folder on your computer system and the right to write to and modify files in this folder Note The Network clients use the System folder on the network server If you have Network edi tion all clients must have the full access also to the System folder on the server The labeling software stores important system settings in the System folder as follows m User data and user rights m Custom application settings Label printing logs m Barcode standards Definition of global variables GLOBALS TDB Welcome Wizard When you start the labeling software a Welcome Wizard will be shown It provides a quick access to most used commands when starting working on a label layout Create a new A blank label will be created and Label Setup Wizard will be star label ted You
72. ted Characters such as comma or tab separate each field 2 Fixed Fields are aligned in columns with spaces between each field First row contains field names ac 0 ident czv l Linda Hudson System A nalyst 5 0z linda wmt l l 2 Cindy Grey General Manager 500 cindy mmf 100 3 Jenni fer Jones Secretary 501 jJennifer wmtf 105 Database Wizard Choosing Data Type Choose Delimited if you know that data fields are separated with some special character File pre view at the bottom of the dialog box can be helpful if you do not know exactly how the data is organized Choose Fixed if you know that your data fields always occupy the same number of characters 7A Start import at row option is useful when you do not want to import some rows at the top of the file Most usual situation when you would want to use this option is when text file contains some header on top of actual data fields Setting the Fields Text File Wizard Set the Delimiter and Text Qualifier Set the delimiter and text qualifier that are used in your text file Delimiter O Tab Semicolon Comma Other Database Wizard Setting separator and delimiter In the second step of the Text File Wizard you have to set the fields in the text file If you have selected Delimited in the previous step choose the appropriate separator here The ones that are usually used with text files are already pre defined But if you
73. ter Date Field Time Field O Database Prompted before print 1 2 3 10 3 2005 131257 Value from the database Text Wizard Choosing variable text Select the type of the variable field you want to use If some of the option in the list is not access ible the functionality 1s not available Variable name Type in the name of the variable that will be linked to the barcode object and will provide the value for it The next page of the wizard depends on your selection here Text Wizard Keyboard Input Use this variable type when you want the operator to enter a value of the variable from the key board before printing the specified numbers of labels 34 Text Wizard Keyboard Input Define the properties of the prompt keyboard input Prompt text For this variable field are a e A Gom Lammber 0000000 a Format O All characters Numeric Alphanumeric Currency Set maximum number of characters Dialog box for Text Wizard when Keyboard input option is chosen Prompt text for this variable field Fill in the message that will be shown to the user when he will enter tne values for the variable field Format Select the format of data you allow to be entered for the variable field Set maximum number of characters Define the maximum length of characters that can be entered for the variable field Text Wizard Counter On this page of the wizard you define the counter
74. ter increment this number to print other labels Using this option also reduces the amount of data transferred between computer and printer but the difference is noticeable only with high quantity of labels Set the printing speed to a higher value if your printer supports it Note that setting the printing speed usually affects the quality of printing The higher the speed the lower the quality You will have to find an acceptable compromise for this Don t print too much data on labels If the speed of printing is an important factor you should consider using preprinted labels and only print the data that is different on each label _ 22 Technical Support Online Support You can find the latest builds updates workarounds for problems and Frequently Asked Questions FAQ on the product web site For more information please refer to e Knowledge base http kb nicelabel com e NiceLabel Support http www nicelabel com support e NiceLabel Tutorials www nicelabel com Learning center Tutorials e NiceLabel Forums forums nicelabel com _ 83
75. the right edge Using Design Toolbar The design toolbar is used for e Changing color of the objects e Aligning objects e Rotating objects e Arranging objects Working with Objects Defining Objects Defining Text Object To place the text object on the label do the following 1 Click on the Text icon in the Toolbox 2 Click the position on the label where you want to place the object Text Wizard dialog box will open Define the contents for the text object 3 4 Click on the Next button to advance to the next step of the wizard 5 Follow on screen instructions in the next steps 6 Click on the Finish button Defining Barcode Object To place the Barcode object on the label do the following 1 Click on the Barcode icon in the Toolbox 2 Click the position on the label where you want to place the object Barcode Wizard dialog box will open Define the contents for the Barcode object Click on the Next button to advance to the next step of the wizard Follow on screen instructions in the next steps Click on the Finish button te I 30 Note Should you later want to edit the object select 1t then double click 1t The wizard with properties appears Defining Picture Object To place the picture object on the label do the following 1 Click on the Picture object in the Toolbox 2 Click on the label where you want to place the picture The Open dialog box opens 3 Brow
76. this command when you want to enter the value for the check digit At print time the entered check digit it will be verified for validity Enable custom check digit algorithm You can set some other algorithm you want to use for cal culating the check digit Click on the button Select to choose the algorithm Human Readable Tab On this tab you can set the options regarding position and format of the barcode interpretation No interpretation Barcode object does not have any human interpretation Below barcode All data encoded in the barcode is placed beneath the barcode symbol as human readable characters Above barcode All data encoded in the barcode is placed above the barcode symbol as human readable characters 56 Font Using the Font button you can choose the suitable font for auto translation text The option Auto font scaling will adjust the font of the auto translation text to the size of the barcode Note You can only format the font for human interpretation if the barcode is printed as graph ics When printing barcode as internal printer object the printer will print the interpretation using resident built in fonts Contents mask sets the custom format of the human interpretation Edit Bar Code 2 2 E eS AAT e e ais General Check Digit Human Readable Details Style No interpretation Contents Mask Mask characters will be replaced by the actual data All other characters will be used for
77. to frequently used Visual Basic functions VB Script Help Click on this button to open the Microsoft help files explaining syntax and use of Visual Basic scripting Using GSi 128 Wizard Using GS1 128 Wizard This wizard allows you to define the data structure for GS1 128 barcode This kind of barcode has different areas of application that include trade items logistic units assets and locations The GS1 128 barcode is an extremely flexible symbology It allows representation of data of vari able length and makes it possible to encode several pieces of information in one barcode symbol This is called concatenation An Application Identifier is the field of two or more characters at the beginning of an data value Application identifiers are prefixes that uniquely identify the mean ing and the format of the data field following The data fields are either of fixed or variable length depending on the AI 45 Step 1 Choosing the application identifier A UCC EAN128 Wizard Selection of Application Identifier Select the required Application Identifier for your bar code Select the required Application Identifier Detaled Serial Shipping Container Code Seral Shipping Container Code Global Trade ltem Number GTIN GTIN of trade items contained in a logistic unit Batch ar Lot number Production Date yy MMOD Due Date yy MMOD Packaging Date fy MMDD Minimum Durability Date yy MM DD Maximum Durability Date Vy
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79. value to the starting value 36 Text Wizard Date Field Define the properties of the date field The variable field will get the value from a computer clock Text Wizard Date Define the properties of the date field Format Y Date offset 0 E days fi d months 0 years Preview foams Dialog box for Text Wizard when Date field option is chosen Format Select the format for your date from the list You can also enter the custom format Date offset You can add a certain numbers of days months or years to a current date and print that date instead of the current one Preview The printer will print the date as shown on the Preview field This way you can see how the selected date format will look on the label Text Wizard Time Field Define the properties of the time field The variable field will get the value from a computer clock e Text Wizard Time Define the properties of the time held Format Preview tasaa Dialog box for Text Wizard when Time field option is chosen Format Select the format for the time from the list You can also enter the custom format Preview The printer will print the time as shown on the Preview field This way you can see how the selected time format will look on the label Text Wizard Database Variable field linked to the database gets the value from the specified database field 38 s Text Wizard JH Database Properti
80. vers b True Windows thermal transfer 4 4 19 M 3 gt Records selected 2 How 3 of E 99 2 Record selection dialog box 5 Click on the OK button You will return to the Print dialog box 6 Click on the Preview button Now you can preview the labels on the screen Note that the text objects on the label change for each new record Pause wales Form Designer E Label Data entry application design Preview of the second label in the series 7 Click on the Next button in the command window to advance to the next label in the series After you see the last label in the preview series the application will re open the Print dialog box 8 Click on the Close button to close the Print dialog box Print a Label When you are certain that the label design is correct and label preview shows the correct values from the database you can start sending the labels to the printer To print a label do the following 1 Click on the print icon in the Standard Toolbar The Print dialog box will open same as the print preview dialog box 2 Click on the button Select Records and select the records you want to print and specify the label quantity for each record FIELD FIELD2 FIELDS E O f Label Designer 1 Label design and printing fa Form Designer Data entry application design Ew e5 Data detection and connectivil O Database Manager 4 Database management E O Font Downloader A F
81. will be able to design a new label from a scratch Open recently A list of recently used labels will be displayed to provide a quick used label access to commonly used labels Open some A common Windows dialog box will open to let you browse for the other existing appropriate label file label Use Project Folders You should always design the appropriate folder layout on disk for your label projects With that in mind you can increase your work efficiency significantly and always know where certain types of files are stored The applications also finds required files faster this way Using consistent folders is important with more demanding projects where you have a lot of labels databases pictures and printing forms Of course you can always change the file location in application preferences Tools gt Options But this approach 1s not really recommended when you work with different projects and do not want to mix the files between the projects You should do the following 1 Make a separate folder for each project you are building e g Projectl 2 Beneath this folder make the following subfolders m Database for databases Forms for forms m Graphics for images m Labels for labels Note Use the English names for the folders 3 Store appropriate files in each of these subfolders 4 Do not change any folder location in application preferences Tools gt Options When the applications will require som

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