User guide - Carl Valentin GmbH
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4. Click Start Control Panel and Printers and Faxes cows AED Click the right mouse button on the driver you want to delete and then click Delete From the File menu select Server Properties Select the Drivers tab mark the driver you want to delete and click Remove Deleting using Click Start Control Panel and Printers WINCONS VISIA Click the right mouse button on the driver you want to delete and then click Delete Before the driver can be removed in the server properties the function Run as administrator must be selected Click the right mouse button inside the list of available printers View gt Sort By Group By Stack By Refresh Paste Shortcut W Run as administrator y Add Printer e ye SE Add Painter server Properties server Properties Select Run as administrator and then Server Properties Click Continue to start the procedure Select the Drivers tab mark the driver you want to delete and click Remove Select the function Remove driver and driver package and then follow the instructions on the screen 0309 User guide 5 Installation of printer driver Printer driver Deleting using Click Start Devices and Printers mines eo Click the right mouse button on the driver you want to delete From the menu bar click Remove device Click a printer you want and afterwards the menu item Print server properties is shown in the menu bar
5. LP Code 39 3 1 LP Code 2 5 interleaved 2 1 LP Note Code 2 5 interleaved 5 2 LP Code 2 5 interleaved 3 1LF 0309 Code 2 5 interleaved 2 1 DH LP Code 2 5 interleaved 5 2 DH LP Code 2 5 interleaved 3 1 DH LP These fonts are printer fonts They will be delivered together with the driver EAN 8 LP UPC ALP UPC E LP CODABAR LP Code 128 LP ad A a lm Select the desired font and click the Install button Afterwards click Close Now the driver can be set up by the Properties dialog box a The logo test is inapplicable for the driver versions 2 1 4 and 2 1 7 because this versions are certified User guide Installation of printer driver Printer driver Installation with Plug amp Play enables the computer to recognise a device automatically Plug amp Play to configure it and to install the appropriate printer driver For initial operation of printer using the parallel or USB interface we recommend the installation of printer driver by means of the Plug amp Play function Otherwise the Found New Hardware Wizard appears at each re start of Windows After connecting and switching on the printer the message New hardware found appears down right on the screen Click the mouse pointer to any position inside the field and the Found New Hardware Wizard appears Select the check boxes as displayed below Can Windows connect to Windows Update to search for sofware O Yes this time only Yes now and e
6. a functioning command so that this is recognised by the printer 4 2 Counter Example 0M 0 0 4 1 1 0000 formatted in Swis721 With this entry all copies of the document were provided with a consecutive four digit number Blanks must be avoided otherwise undefined printouts or an error messages appear Input Printout With blank after CN 123 123 123 etc Without blank after CN 0000 0001 0002 etc 4 3 Date time The indication of the current time and or date operates according to the same principle With the definition of date it is possible to add offset values Example Date according to RTC 30 01 09 Input Printout CL 0 0 0 lt DD MO YY gt 30 01 09 CL 1 1 0 lt DD MO YY gt 31 01 09 With the definition of the date offset of values can be added 22 User guide 0309 Printer driver Application of variables 4 4 Using in document For the new algorithm on desegmentation block construction it is important that certain rules are observed The algorithm can operate correctly only if the entered text is recognised Example Input with tabulator CL 0 0 0 lt DD MO YY gt CL 0 0 0 lt HH MI SS gt Printout 30 01 09 11 41 25 The single tabulator between both variables serves the driver as end sign With the new sign starts a new block construction If time is not printed both variables must be separated by using another font type By the clear separation from each other the driver must start a new block const
7. certain code the printer can print the appropriate values automatically Object The driver differentiates between general text e g Arial text in a printer font e g Baskerville and graphics Text formatted in a printer font is recognised from the driver as an object Objects can be processed from the driver itself Other text is returned to the GDI graphic interface Thereupon the GDI creates a graphic of the text that is to print and passes it again to the driver Desegmentation Applications such as Microsoft Word divide the entered text into individual segments see page 14 The more corrections were done the more segments are created When using a printer font then individual objects arise The desegmentation is a block building which can combine again the individual segments Used fonts Vector fonts Bitmap fonts Swis721 bold Font 01 0 8 x 1 1 mm Swis721 bold italic Font 02 1 2 x 1 7 mm Swis721 Font 03 1 8 x 2 6 mm Swis721 italic Font 04 4 0 x 5 6 mm Swis721 light Font 05 1 8 x 3 2 mm Swis721 light italic Font 07 1 2 x 2 2 mm Baskerville Font 21 1 Baskerville italic Font 22 1 Brush Script Brush Script italic Font 29 Variable structure The variable structure can be learned from the appropriate interface description 0309 User guide 21 Application of variables Printer driver Function of driver The driver can combine as many as desired individual text segments into
8. each parameter can be set The values of the used parameter must be taken from the corresponding documentation The parameters can be changed when using the following syntax lt CODE Parameter Value gt Text It is possible to use each parameter that is described in the interface manual Example lt PDF417 s 15 gt Das ist ein Text Print position The initial point of 2D bar code matches with the position of command therefore the 2D bar code is printed over the text which is placed in the lines above For this reason it is meaningful to change the datum point by means of the parameter dp lt PDF417 s 15 dp 1 gt This is a text Error analysis If a 2D bar code Is printed incomplete and incorrect by means of the log file it can be determined if the complete text was used In order to setup the prn and log files click the right mouse button on the used printer and select from the context menu Properties Click the Data transmission tab and select the Files tab ran Vita 1106 12 Properties Log file log File name Max number of files Documents Cad Valentin GmbH Driverogfiles 22 User guide 0309 Printer driver Application of variables 4 Application of variables 4 1 Definitions Variable According to the interface description counters consecutive numbering time and date and other printer functions can be created by means of variables With help from a
9. g the use of a wrong format 5 1 Recognising problems From document The driver informs the application which bitmap fonts form sizes etc to printer can be processed Before the application is started and or a new document is created the driver must be selected Only if the correct driver was selected the correct data can be used and or processed In order to print a document the application transfers data to the driver In this way the readable text the used font type graphics etc is provided to the driver for further processing If a printer font e g Swis721 is recognised from the driver then a mask set is created TrueType fonts e g Arial are not recognised from the driver and are therefore returned to the application Unknown texts are converted from the GDI Windows graphic interface in graphic data and sent again to the driver The driver bundles all data and creates a data stream which is sent to the spooler Windows component The spooler supervises the individual print orders and sends it finally to the printer 0309 User guide 29 Error handling Printer driver 5 2 Protocol files Click the right mouse button on the used printer and select Properties from the context menu Click the Data transmission tab and then select the Files tab nan Vita 1106 12 Properties Print file C pm Log file loq File name Max number of files Documents Car Valentin GmbH Driverogfiles From th
10. save or reload existing printer driver settings In this way modifications can be made at the driver It is always possible to access the running functions In the same way a running driver setting can be transferred to another driver PC and then imported 12 User guide 0309 Printer driver Application of printer commands Identification Formatting printer commands 0309 2 Application of printer commands 2 1 Explanation Printer commands are mask and parameter sets which are components of the Valentin printer language CVPL With these commands the printer itself and the printout are controlled The command sets can be taken from the interface manual of the used printer With help from direct formatting certain properties can be assigned to a label document without chnging the settings for printer or document before printing In this way it is possible e g to print individual pages in a document with different speed or number of copies Not all printers support the following specified possibilities All following specified commands and formatting must be formatted in the command font CVPL Command LP This is a normal font but it is not printed Therefore the command can be formatted very small so that it needs only little place in the document 2 2 Formatting of text lt is possible to print individual words or entire texts rotated or inverse white on black provided that the text is formatted in a printer fon
11. with 6 copies 10 10 11 11 12 12 Printout with 250 copies 010 010 011 011 012 etc 099 099 100 100 101 101 etc Option 2 Interval without leading zeros CC Start value 10 Interval 2 Printout with 250 copies 10 10 11 11 12 etc 99 99 100 100 101 101 etc Option 3 lt amp gt sn gt 1092 Start value 0 4 Step width 3 Interval 2 Increment 3 Printout with 6 copies 10 10 13 13 16 16 26 User guide 0309 Printer driver Application of variables Counter freely to define lt 5num gt or lt ext gt Hereby no start values etc must be indicated The definition is effected by the driver only In the input field of the driver lt num gt the complete counter can be indicated Counter lt Snum gt Extended counter lt Sext gt CC 1 2 4 0 1 999 0050 If the driver recognises the text lt num gt or lt ext gt then the definition which is indicated in the input field is inserted instead Direct printout With the aux fields it is possible to define as much as desired commands Select the direct option see below to include the command directly in the data stream which is to be transferred to the printer Other lt aux1 gt FRF CLR 1 42 Direct Other lt aux2 gt FRF AT 4098 DT 3100DA7557D32C49E70 7 Direct In this case no mask set was created Link field The definition of a link field can be effected with a wildcard link The object numbers must be taken from the pri
12. CcL rooosoc0 Ga A LabelLength 30 0 mm 33 BeFocm roc2c0 E of Gaplength 2 0 mm 40 BRecco rocloco0 B ff Labelwidth 100 0 mm 41 EieFccjJ rod E Label alignment left 42 ERp0500001600044 7 RTS EZa MIR MAC eS MM E 43 Ar END_PAGE 44 E 45 Bom 1 364 9796 0 4 03 279 279 EE 46 Bem 1 E1n Text in swis72163 47 BF 6A4 r1 65 ff Objects Fields 1 48 BNF EC r1 Se Off Printstart unsortiert 49 ff END_ZDOC 50 GRP CoOp ri1 Ss Off Cutter singlecut 51 ff END_JOB The prn file shows the data stream which the driver sends to the spooler and or to the printer It is composed of parameter sets printer and document settings graphic data mask sets print objects and the actual print start 0309 User guide 31 Error handling Printer driver 5 3 Possible errors Missing text If a text in the log file is not displayed then it must be examined if the text is placed possibly in the not printable range The format and margins must be examined in the application Unreadable text Individual programs partly transfer no clear ASCII code readable characters to the driver Not printable special characters are recognised and lead to errors with printer fonts Example of a log file 118 Arial YHVwERREC4 amp s3 113 4rdal SHULDO EB 120 Arial 30UwGIEA f 121 Arial CO f 122 Arial EEG 123 Arial ERES ROWURO 124 Aral 125 4rdal 126 Arial If the use of printer fonts is
13. Click the Printer server properties item From the Driver tab select the driver you want to delete and then click Remove Extracting Current driver versions can be downloaded free of charge from the printer files appropriate area on our web site Save the selected exe file on your computer and start the file Unless otherwise indicated the files are saved in the directory C Valentin Driver English WinZip Self Extractor CVDriver_21 _Windows_en exe To unzip all files in this sel extractor file to the Lir zi specified folder press the Unzip button a Run Wire ip CW alenlin D ner English Browse Close i Overvrite files without prompting About Unzip to folder MW When done unzipping oper Help Mau ADrnverlnetallation exe If the installation is to be effected under Windows XP or Vista per Plug amp Play then deselect the When done unzipping open Afterwards click Unzip 6 User guide 0309 Printer driver Installation of printer driver 1 2 Installation There are different possibilities for installing the printer available The simplest version is the use of the included installation program Automatic cleaning The Printer driver installation dialog offers a function for an automatic of print server cleaning of print server No longer used driver and installation files can be removed from program Start the installation program If older installations are existing click Clean pr
14. ation is possible User guide 19 Printer driver Application of 2D bar codes Formatting 2D bar codes Integrated 2D bar codes Example 0309 3 Application of 2D bar codes 3 1 Explanation 2D bar codes can save a lot of information on relatively small area Some 2D bar codes have an integrated error correction so that the information can be still read if some of the 2D bar code is damaged 2D bar codes can be read with image processing systems Some mobile phones integrated such programs ma Not all printers support the following specified possibilities All following specified commands inclusive the text to code must be formatted in the command font CVPL Command LP It is a normal font however it is not printed Therefore the command can be formatted very small so that it needs only little place in the document lt PDF417 gt Text lt MAXICODE gt Text lt DATAMATRIX gt Text lt CODABLOCK gt Text lt GS1 gt Number Text lt FOR gt Text lt ITF14 gt Number driver in the same way and is therefore displayed in the lt The ITF14 is no 2D bar code but it is processed from the same list Command Printout lt PDF417 gt Das ist ein PDF417 Barcode The bar code contents is still available and readable in the document therefore it can be corrected at any time User guide 21 Application of 2D bar codes Printer driver Modifying parameters According to the indications in the interface description
15. corrective measures of the driver the correct size can be defined with the commands LENGTH and WIDTH This command can be used e g when printing on continuous material and the labels to be printed are differently long With COPIES it is possible to print an individual page in a multi page document several times If the following pages should be printed one then the number of copies must be again reset with the command lt I COPIES gt 1 Example on page 1 QOP ESS on page 2 lt 1 COPD me gt 2 on page 3 LI COP LHS In this case the first and third page is printed once the second page is printed twice With SPEED and CONTRAST individual documents can be printed with modified speed and or contrast Example A certain paper size is inserted in the printer and it is always printed with the default setting For specified labels the print speed is to be reduced and generally 2 copies are to be printed For this the following commands must be available at an optional place in the document lt ISPEED gt 70 lt ICOPIES gt 2 The driver recognises these commands and uses the appropriate parameter sets As the previous example shows the printer settings can be set individually for the document Knowledge for the writing of the parameter set is not necessary A short command in clear text is sufficient and is understandable for each user The functionality of commands must be tested in individual cases Not each combin
16. defined separately If a wildcard is recognised in any document this definition is used The definition of wildcards is valid for all documents which are printed If different functions of a variable e g two different time formats are to be used these variables must be defined directly in the document see chapter 4 2 4 4 Only the first three wildcards lt date gt lt time gt and lt sn gt are replaced by their appropriate variables All other wildcards are freely definable but should be used according to their names Wildcard must be defined in a printer font 0309 User guide 25 Application of variables Printer driver Date Time With the wildcards for date and time there are some predefined formats which can be selected in the appropriate selection fields If other formats are to be printed the necessary formatting is to be taken from the corresponding interface manual of the used printer and to be adapted in the appropriate text field Predefined Counter For the definition of counters are different possibilities available Example lt 6sn gt 102 Special counter lt Ssn gt Start value wl Interval 01 59 Co Start value tc Interval 0 9 ula lt num gt Start value 6c Interval 0 9 without lead zero Start value f Increment 0 9 Interval 0 9 Exdended counter ext gt i Option 1 Interval with leading zeros CN Start value 10 Interval 2 Printout
17. e example are 4 segments that lead to a shift Therefore letters are pushed togelher ors tr e tc hed This depends from the beginning of the segment In the most unfavourable case the letters can be printed one above the other A desegmentation prevents this effect With other fonts e g Arial this effect does not appear because the printer does not recognise the font and it is converted from Windows GDI graphic interface in a bitmap graphic In this case the screen display and the printout are the same The desegmentation for vector fonts is normally switched on however can be switched off in case of problems with formatting To avoid errors in formatting individual text passages should be embedded with another font type so that beginning and end of formatting are clear With special commands e g variables the desegmentation is generally active User guide 0309 Printer driver Application of printer commands Adjusting Click the right mouse button on the used printer and select Properties desegmentation from the context menu From the General tab click the Printer Preferences button Click the Fonts tab and select the smaller Fonts tab Vita II 106 12 Printing Preferences Commands j Vanables Vector fonts Bitmap fonts Swis721 LP Font 01 0 3x 1 1mm Font 02 1 2x 1 7mm Font 03 1 8x 2 6mm Font 04 4 0x 5 6mm Font 05 1 8x 3 2mm Font 07 1 2x 2 2mm Font 21 1 0 13 Font 22 1 8 21 Font 23 2 6 31 Fo
18. e print file prn you will see which print data were created When using time stamps it is possible to produce successively several print files and to compare them The log file log provides information about settings of the driver texts and fonts which derive from the application and which label forms are used 30 User guide 0309 Printer driver Error handling Log file The log file contains all driver settings The most important section is at the end of the file e2 START_Doc sa swiss 721 LP Ein Text in swisy2l1 84 swiss F2l LP 85 Arial En anderer Text in arial se Arial az Calibri 88 sa END_DOc 90 s Public DEVMODE CCMDID_LEND_JOB at Date 04 02 2009 Time L2 13 27 866 sz DeyvicenName 23 orientation 94 Papersize 55 PaperLengrh ss Paperwidth 37 FormName 98 ss ENC_106 1 valid 141 valid 300 not used 1000 not used Etikett 100 x 30 mm valid The clear text indicates the text which is to be printed Example Ein Text in Swis721 and Ein anderer Text in Arial Moreover the paper form is indicated Example 100 x 30 mm Print file The following extract shows the appropriate prn file The label format 100 x 30 mm is also recognisable In addition it is obvious that from the text formatted in printer font Swis721 a mask set was created The apparently unsystematic character sequence B etc belongs to the bitmap graphic that was created from the Arial text 38 BRIF
19. eneral tab click the Printer Preferences button Select the Layout Size tab and then the Layout tab Vita 1106 12 Printing Preferences Label formats Forms Orientation Size management Extem Extemal mtema HEEE Extern Application uses the label format and orientation from the application and Intern Driver uses the the values from driver Even if the application determines the label format the size should be entered in driver in order to avoid error messages of the application The correct setting depends on the used program and must be tested in individual cases If the orientation is set to Portrait Landscape no new label format can be selected 0309 User guide 33 Printer driver Index 6 Index 2 2D bar codes ESET OF anal SIS naci 22 EX DIAM ALOR aries 21 integrated 2D Dar codes ion ei 21 Parameter MOI lo oo e 22 A A A A a ee 22 D Driver files PMA ici 6 Driver delete Ma alele VS DAY SE ND NA HHHH HHHH Hz 5 ae OW SG A ND ica 5 E EVO i COM CC IOI rcconssucecosusgacasusteacanastducewacenancdaatoacseantaetnosteaiecananvettieness 33 fi OT Manin sayey une 4 seek an M w NEN Kel 9n N h ran w ber2 N Set 29 30 31 32 Extracting Gh Gl NCS s say aus n kenyan laicas 6 Installation e AA e a a 12 ARS AAA A ea a a ea Ea 10 Preparations lll kk Kak K k KK KK KK KK KK KK KK KK lA 5 Sn ye DE N E Ka EE O NE RO Ee NN DEK Na 8 A A A 12 P
20. f the different mask and parameter sets can be learned from the interface description For an easier use and definition of the above described commands different short commands were integrated in the driver These commands are applicable with the following schema lt IBEFEHL gt Parameter Starting from version 2 1 3 the following commands are integrated lt SPEED gt lt CONTRAST gt lt LENGTH gt lt WIDTH gt lt COPLES gt lt SINGLECUT gt lt FORMFEED gt lt ROTATE gt lt ENDCUT gt lt NO_FBC gt from beginning with version 2 1 7 User guide 0309 Printer driver Application of printer commands Singlecut Formfeed Endcut Rotate Length Width Copies Speed Contrast Advantages of short commands Restrictions 0309 Directly executed commands such as SINGLECUT and FORMFEED must be placed at the position in the document where they are needed If a cut should be activated after the second page then the command must be placed on page 3 In addition ENDCUT can be used alternatively Hereby a single cut is only sent after the print start command With ROTATE it is possible to print out printer fonts on a single page rotated also in a multiple page document The command has no effect on other fonts because the printout is controlled from the application If the wrong form size should be sent nevertheless to the printer e g in Client Server environments despite all
21. int server Printer Driver Installation Windows Vista AN _ valentin ETIKETTENDRUCKSYSTEME Installed Drivers Printer Models COM3 Local Port COMA Local Port FILE Local Por LPT2 Local Port LPT3 Local Port TPVM ThinPrint Print Port for VMWare Set as default printer Show readme Share Printer rere Attention Unused old drivers are installed on the system The dialog appears its extension Printer server and driver deaning INF fle oem8 inf ka Print Server Properties Driver Compa 106 12 C Confirm each action Delete following Select an option for deaning process Old INF files E old drivers Old print jobs Select all check boxes under Delete following items and then click the Cleaning button The selection of Confirm each action can be deleted if desired The installation can be continued 0309 User guide 7 Installation of printer driver Printer driver Installation with Setup Extract the driver files description see page 6 and select in the corresponding box the check box When done unzipping open If you have a printer driver installation CD insert the CD and run the file Start exe Click Printer driver and select your operating system The Printer Driver Installation dialog box appears AN _ valentin ETIKETTENDRUCKSYSTEME Printer Models COM Local Port COM4 Local Port FILE Local Por TPVM ThinPrint Print Port for VMWare XPSPor
22. lk _ Vvalentin ETIKETTENDRUCKSYSTEME User guide Printer driver Version 2 1 x Microsoft Windows September 2010 Copyright by Carl Valentin GmbH 79820550710 Information on the scope of delivery appearance performance dimensions and weight reflect our knowledge at the time of printing We reserve the rights to make modifications All rights including those regarding the translation are reserved No part of this document may be reproduced in any form print photocopy or any other method or edited copied or distributed electronically without written permission from Carl Valentin GmbH Certified driver Version 2 1 Build 7 of printer driver is certified for Windows XP Vista und 7 x386 and x64 and fulfils the high quality standards of Microsoft a s Y Windows Windows Vista and the Windows logo are trademarks of the Microsoft group of companies Microsoft Windows and the Windows logo are trademarks of the Microsoft group of companies ld Naientin ETIKETTENDRUCKSYSTEME Carl Valentin GmbH Postfach 3744 D 78026 Villingen Schwenningen NeckarstraBe 78 82 94 D 78056 Villingen Schwenningen Phone 49 7720 9712 0 Fax 49 7720 9712 9901 E mail info valentin carl de www valentin carl de Printer driver Table of contents Table of contents Table Ot CONTIN S air siy yi rnek eyane kenya E OR 3 1 Installation Of printer driver
23. nt 24 5 6 67 Font 28 4 0 48 Font 29 0 8 9 Inverse Use fonts j Inverse Use fonts Desegmentation 4 Single symbol Space CR LF as separator Select the check box Desegmentation lt is also possible to select the Fonts Fonts tab with help of the Printer Properties directly in the used application With option Single symbol as separator longer text can be separated by a line feed Without this function a complete text block would be printed in one line only With some applications e g Word individual blanks can be interpreted as separators by segmentation 0309 User guide 15 Application of printer commands Printer driver Inverse printing Example 1 Example 2 16 Click the right mouse button on the used printer and select Properties from the context menu From the General tab click the Printer Preferences button Click the Fonts tab and select the smaller Fonts tab Select the check box Inverse lt is also possible to select the Fonts Fonts tab with help of the Printer Properties directly in the used application With this option the inverse printing is activated for all vector and bitmap fonts at the same time According to this each printer font in the document is printed inversely Dieser Text ist in Swis 21 formatiert und hat Segmente Dieser Text istin Svwis721 formatertiund hat Segmente it it The upper line shows the indication in the application and or on the screen and the sec
24. nt file Over the fields aux arbitrary instructions can be defined By selection of the option directly the instructions can be merged directly into the data stream which will transfer to the printer Customised entry With the cutomised entry it is possible to control inputs at the printer In the printer display appears a prompt 0309 User guide 27 Application of variables Printer driver 4 7 Label example lt Sdate gt lt Stime gt lt num gt EW gt lt SaUx gt ZUSE gt RAUKAS lt on gt 9852 lt Slink gt ran Vita Il 106 12 Printing Preferences Special counter lt sn gt Start value f Interval 0 9 Counter lt num gt Extended counter lt Bex gt CC 1 2 4 0 1 999 0050 User guiding lt Buser gt User Input lt link gt lt Saucl gt Spectra 108 lt Bauc2 gt Windows Vista Please use the interface manual for the commands 03 03 2009 08 50 03 0000 50 Spectra 108 User input Windows Vista 985 03 03 2008 08 50 03 0000 With empiy fields the driver uses partly pre defined examples so that the function can be noticed The link field link is the variable SC 1 2 3 stored The link field places the objects 1 2 and 3 one after the other and creates a new object which is printed 28 User guide 0309 Printer driver Error handling 5 Error handling There are some errors which result from wrong settings in the driver The most common error is the e
25. ond line shows the printout In this example the individual segments can be recognised particularly lt i gt Dieser Text istin Swis 21 tormatiert und hat Segmente Dieser Text ist In owis 21 tormatiert und hat Segmente i i The upper line was formatted in CVPL Command LP and indicates the screen display The second line shows the printing result In this example individual text passages were formatted In this case the large gap is noticeable and that the complete text is not printed inverse In addition this error shows the function of the command and the consequences of segmentation lt i gt In order to activate the inverse printing the command must be formatted in CVPL Command LP Afterwards the command can be formatted in a very small character size e g 1 or 2 so that the formatted text is not disturbed User guide 0309 Printer driver Application of printer commands Rotating text Datumpoint Initial point 0309 For rotation of text the possibilities are 90 180 and 270 With the command lt 270 gt the following text is rotated by 270 These commands can be combined also with variables Command Printout lt uzT10 gt EN 0709 37 Fly 1050 0S0 The previous example shows that rotation was effected at the point at left bottom In order to place the printout in the same line as the command the datumpoint of rotation can be adapted Command Printout lt 270 8 gt CN 0 0 3 1 1 050 O
26. ous chapters 4 2 4 4 described the use of individual variables However in many cases the space in document is not sufficient to use these long definitions The use of wildcards simplifies the use of variables If the driver recognises a wildcard its text is replaced from driver with the appropriate variable definition A further advantage for wildcards is that their function is more easily recognisable by the describing name i e lt time gt can be recognised more easy as time indication as CL 0 0 0 lt HH MI SS gt Example In smaller labels the definition of the time variable cannot be used because of a lack of space Variable Printout CL 0 0 0 lt HH MI SS gt 12 38 21 Wildcard Printout lt llma gt 12 38 21 24 User guide 0309 Printer driver Application of variables 4 6 Defining wildcards Click the right mouse button on the used printer and select Properties from the context menu From the General tab click the Printing Preferences button Select the Fonts tab and then click the Variables tab Vita 1106 12 Printing Preferences Commands Variables Date lt date gt DD MO YYYY Time lt Stime gt HH MI S5 Special counter lt en gt Start value x _ Interval 0 9 Counter lt Snum gt Extended counter lt Bext gt User guiding lt Auser gt Link field lt Blink gt Other sauel Other zaut Flease use the inteface manual for the commands Each wildcard can be
27. ruction Input with blank CL 0 0 0 lt DD MO YY gt CL 0 0 0 lt HH MI SS gt Printout 30 01 9Y gt CL 0 0 0 lt HH MI SS gt Insight into Swiss 721 Light LP the log file Swiss 721 Light LP CL Swiss 721 Light LP 0 0 0 lt DD MO YY Swiss 721 Light LP gt Swiss 721 Light LP CL Swiss 721 Light LP 0 0 0 lt Swiss 721 Light LP H Swiss 721 Light LP H Swiss 721 Light LP MI SS Swiss 721 Light LP gt A strong segmentation is recognisable The driver converts the following Insight into AM 1 2210 9796 0 4 0 5 254 254 0 the prn file BM 1 CL 0 0 0 lt DD MO YY AM 2 2210 6155 0 4 0 5 254 254 0 BM 2 gt CL 0 0 0 lt HH MI SS gt The driver searches for as new start starting from version 2 1 4 the sign must be places as the first indication in the segment Printout 30 01 09 CL 0 0 0 12 38 21 prn file AM 1 2210 9796 0 4 0 5 254 254 0 BM 1 CL 0 0 0 lt DD MO YY gt CL 0 0 0 lt HH MI SS gt 0309 User guide 23 Application of variables Printer driver The examples show that the second command CL can be removed and simplified The following command can be used CL 0 0 0 lt DD MO YY gt lt HH MI SS gt This would lead directly to the correct result Moreover the example shows that with incorrect printout an appropriate formatting must be used If the blank is formatted at the beginning in Arial then the printout is immediately correct 4 5 Using wildcards The previ
28. switched off in this example the application must generate the printout itself and the GDI must create a graphic These graphic data are printed correctly If a printer font should be used nevertheless the error must be searched in the application itself and then removed Text with shift This problem concerns printer fonts only The segmentation that is created at each correction e g in Microsoft Word result in text blocks Each text block has its own starting position x y coordinates Because of the fact that the screen display cannot be copied 100 when using printer fonts rough passages result from smallest differences in character sizes Letters can be pushed together or stretched In this case the position of the individual segments is responsible In order to avoid the shift from the Fonts tab the desegmentation is to be switched on or the use of printer fonts must be switched off Wrong format For the general use of form sizes there is no guideline The settings of system and application should be in accordance An already created form which is to be print on another computer must be again set up there 32 User guide 0309 Printer driver Error handling Wrong settings In order that the settings in a program that are made in the Printer Preferences are used the Size management must be adjusted accordingly Click the right mouse button on the used printer and select Properties from the context menu From the G
29. t Three parameters are available for the text formatting lt Rotation Datumpoint inverse gt Each parameter can be used also separately The use of the sign is important to note When using a printer font True Type or Bitmap the segmentation see page 14 is to be observed regarding formatting This depends from application User guide 13 Application of printer commands Printer driver Considering segmentation Example Desegmentation 14 Application programs such as Microsoft Word save each correction or other input separately The outcoming is sometimes texts that are split up to illegibility These individual text segments were passed to the printer driver The driver must be able to differentiate if these segments are intended or if the driver must put them together Normally the desegmentation of vector fonts is switched off It is active only with special commands e g variables If the desegmentation is always switched on then a longer text is printed in only one line as long as an individual separator is found The segmentation has still another disadvantage because each position is transferred individually As the printer font printed from the printer does not comply hundred percent with the presentation on screen this results in a shift in the printout Dieser Text ist in Swis 21 tormatiert una hat Segmente Dieser Text ist in Swis 2l formatie rt und hat Se camente it it it 1 In the abov
30. t Local Port etas default printer Show readme Share Printer Printer name Select the desired printer and the appropriate port Click the Install button to start the procedure Installing printer driver Installation of Vita II 106 12 Please wait the dialog is dosed automatically 8 User guide 0309 Printer driver Installation of printer driver If a uncertified version is installed the following warning message appears after a few seconds i Windows Security K Windows can t verify the publisher of this driver software Don t install this driver software You should check your manufacturer s website for updated driver software for your device Install this driver software anyway Only install driver software obtained from your manufacturer s website or disc Unsigned software from other sources may harm your computer or steal information i v See details Confirm the note with Install this driver software anyway This has no reaction to the functionality of driver However this driver fulfills the quality conditions of Microsoft If not all True Type fonts available in the printer were installed yet the following dialog appears at the end of installation Printer Driver Installation Add Fonts Uk _ Nvalentin ETIKETTENDRUCKSYSTEME Printer font directory host Shared Folders Setup CV Valentin TF n Available fonts Code 39 2 1LP E Code 39 5 2
31. the driver versions 2 1 4 and 2 1 7 because this versions are certified 0309 User guide 11 Installation of printer driver Printer driver Installation with Click Start Printers and Faxes and or Devices and Printers Ade printer Double click Add Printer and the Add Printer Wizard appears Select if you want to setup the printer as Local printer or as Network printer Select the Port you want to use Click Have Disk to select the path in which the driver files are located Insert the installation CD and click Browse Select the CD drive double click Driver German and the used operating system and then select the inf file of the connected printer lf you have no or only an old installation CD available select the path in which you extracted the driver files before C Valentin Driver English see page 6 Follow the instructions on the screen Gonfirm the message that the printer driver did not passed the Windows logo test with Install this driver software anyway This does not have any effects on the functionality of the driver Click Finish to terminate the installation of printer driver Now the driver can be set up by the Properties dialog box Installation with update The installation of a new driver with the update function is generally possible However it is not recommended because in most cases an update is not executed error free 1 3 Import Export The register tab Service provides the possibility to
32. very time connect a device 2 No not this time What do pon want the wizard to do Install the software automatically Recommended Install from a list or specific location Advanced Don t search will choose the driver to install Choose this option to select the device driver from a list Windows does not guarantee that the driver you choose will be the best match for jour hardware Click Have Disk to select the path in which the driver files are located Insert the installation CD and click Browse Select the CD drive double click Driver German and your used operating system and then select the inf file of the connected printer lf you have no installation CD available select the path in which you extracted the driver files before C Valentin Driver English see page 6 10 User guide 0309 Printer driver Installation of printer driver Follow the instructions on the screen If a driver is to be installed which is not certified then a warning message appears see page 7 Confirm the note with Install this driver software anyway This has no reaction to the functionality of driver However this driver fulfills the quality conditions of Microsoft Click Finish to terminate the installation of printer driver j New hardware found The software for this device has been successfully installed Now the driver can be set up by the Properties dialog box The logo test is inapplicable for
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