Gebruiksaanwijzing /service van het product Codesoft 9.1 Enterprise van de fabrikant Teklynx
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DOC-OEMCS9-UG-EN- 01/09/09.
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The informat ion contained in this guid e is not of a co ntractual nature and may be subject to change without prior notice. The software descr ibed in thi s guide is sold under a lice nse agreement. The softwar e may be used, copied or reproduced only in accordance with the terms of theagreemen t.
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Table of contents INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................................. 1 W ELCOME ! .............................................................
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About this manual Typographical c onventions This manual dist inguishes be tween differe nt types of info rmation using the following co nventions: Terms taken from the interface itself , such as commands , appear in bold . Keys appear in small caps .
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Introduction Welcome! Congratulations, you hav e just acqu ired the world’s leading automatic identification software package! Presentation This label design software allows you to quickly crea te a.
User Guide Installation Note: Before installing this software please save your work and close all other programs. Before running the installatio n program, check the config uration of your PC. 1. Place the CD fo r the installati on in the correct drive.
Introduction License protection Your software can be protected using a software key (an activation code) or a hardware key (a dongle). The dongle is a sma ll electr onic device tha t you plug in to your PC’s parallel or USB port before launching the software.
User Guide USB hard ware keys are not supported using Wi ndows 95 and Windows NT4 operating systems. Error messages when launching the software If you are prompted with an error message when laun ching the software, please check the following items: The administrative rights .
Introduction Fax activation method 1. Select the Fax activation method. 2. Input your info rmation in the User Registration form. Remember that all fields marked by an asterisk (*) are require d. Click Next . 3. Enter the activatio n code provided w ith the product a nd click OK .
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Discovering the interface Description of the ma in window This section present s a general overview of the ma in inte rface elements as they appe ar in the main window at the beginning of a work session. The Menu Bar The Menu bar contains the fo llowing options : File, Edit, View, Objec t, Data Sources, Too ls, Window, and Help.
User Guide The Ti tle Bar The Title bar displays the name of the softwa re an d the name of the current docu ment, or "document no. " if a new document is cr eated.
Discovering the interfa ce Des ign toolbar The creation toolbar comprise s a number of buttons, each one representing a tool for cr eating and manipulating objects. Button Name of tool Use Selection tool Selects and manipula tes objects of all types. Text generation Creates fixed and variable tex t.
User Guide The up arrow a nd down arrow keys on your keyboard allow you to move up and down the tree. The + a nd - symbols allow you to expand or shrink the list and display the list of variable s associated with each data source or the objects available for each ca tegory.
Discovering the interfa ce To change the color of an obj ect: 1. Select the required object. 2. Click on a colo r in the palette with the left mous e button to apply t ext, line or o utline color. 3. Click on a colo r in the palette with the ri ght mouse butto n to appl y background color.
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Setting up the work environment Choice of printer Before starting to create a document, you fi rst need to set up your work environment. The first step co nsists of sel ecting the prin ter on which y ou wish to pri nt your lab els.
User Guide The driv ers for native and nat ive transfer printers are s upplied with the label design software. Pr inting o n these printers is managed dire ctly by the software. To select a printe r 1. Choose File > Se lect printe r... You can also click the button or press F5 .
Setting up the work environment Dem onstration Adding a Zebra 140 on LPT1 1. Choose File > Select pr inter . 2. Click Add . 3. In the Mode l list, select the Zebra group, then the model. 4. Select the LPT1 com munication port, clear the Direct access box then click OK .
User Guide T o change th e dialog b ox display font 1. Choose Tools > Options. 2. Click the Display tab. 3. In the Display font field, click . 4. Select the font. 5. Click OK . To modify th e grid s cale The grid scale, whic h is used to align objects, ca n be modified or disable d.
Setting up the work environment Document page setup Formatting a document Document temp lates are created and mod i fied in the Page setup dialog box. Formatting a document consis ts of setting the page siz e, its orie ntatio n, the numb er of labels per row and per column, docum ent size, margi ns, and dist ance bet ween labels.
User Guide 5. Click th e Page tab and select the following values: Page sizing : Automatic, 6. Click on the Margi ns tab and enter the following values: Margins : Left : 10, Top : 10, Gap : Between r ows : 5, Between col umns : 5.
Setting up the work environment 8. Click on the St ock tab and enter the following values : Type : Jaquette, Name : CDx2. 9. Click OK . Note : The printer used in this examp le is a Windows™ printer. If you wish to use a native printer, it is possible for error messages to appear during page setup.
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Creating a document using fixed object Creating and manipulating objec ts Creating fixed objects involve s inserting objects s uch as text, barcodes , images, line s, rectangles, and circles into your docu ment. Creating objects You can quickly and si mply create a n object in your document (bar co de, image, text, drawing , etc.
User Guide To create a text object A Text object can be one character, on e word or an entire paragraph. Character style and paragraph fo rmat can be defined using the Text formatting toolbar or the Text dialog box. To create a Text object: 1. On the Creation toolbar, click the Writing tool .
Creating a document using fixed object 4. Sel ect the two text obj ects and click on the Lock button. Unicode can be used to create labels u sing a variety of linguistic characters. To use Unicode, just sel ect a Unicode font for your text by going to the Character tab available in the Properties of your text objec t.
User Guide Creating a shape obj ect Example: Drawin g a line Your software comes complete with a rang e of tools to help you de sign perfect labels . You can draw a line, a circl e, a rectangle, etc. u sing the same proces s described below. To draw a lin e: 1.
Creating a document using variable objects About data sources A data source contains a list of variables fed by data of the same orig in. When you select a data source, you are indicating where t h e data you are interested in is found, and what type of data you require.
User Guide The data source created is displayed auto matical ly under the sele cted data source. The application gives th e data source a default name. Note: Brackets {} cannot be us ed in a variable name. This procedure applies to all data sources, except variables from th e Database data source.
Creating a document using v ariable objects Click SQL Qu ery Builder to access the Query Builder . This pr ovides an easy-to-use interface for building SQL database queries. You can create n ew re quests graphically or repr esent existi ng requests graphically in your applicati ons.
User Guide Note : To create a new data source, c lick the New data sour ce button. Th is gives you th e option of using the Wizard or choosing between an ODBC or OLEDB data source. 2. By default, Standard creation mode is activated. However to carry out a table lookup, you can use Advanced creation mode: SQL.
Creating a document using v ariable objects 5. Click th e Test button to disp lay the result in the Query dialog bo x. The Date data source Command: Data source > Date > Add The Date data source contains a list of data sources crea ted. These data sources ar e fed by the co mputer's date system or by the printer.
User Guide Dem onstration: Creating the counter 1. Open a label. 2. Create a counter and nam e it namcd. 3. Select it, then choose Properties in the context menu. 4. Select Decimal as the type of coun ter. 5. Enter ''1'' in the Increment box.
Creating a document using v ariable objects Dem onstration: Creating a simple formula Displaying the price of a prod uct T 1 2. For the WEIGHT variable: Enter 788 (the wei ght of the product being 788 ''Please enter the weigh t in g'' in the Prefix box, th en click OK.
User Guide Comma nd: Data source > Form > Add riables you ha ve created. These data sour ces are populated by entering data directly into the Form The Form data source contai ns a list of va using the keyboard. r data during design or, most commonly, before pr inting.
Creating a document using v ariable objects 4. Cl ick the number of the field you want to appear first in the form. The number c hanges to green wh en validated. 4 to continue ordering. and select Validate tab ordering . The order of the fields will be automatically validated wh en the first f ield is vali dated.
User Guide - o r - If you have chosen the From a file , select the required fil e. 2. In the 3. Click OK . Output tab, you can d efine an output format, maximum leng th, suffix and prefix . reating a Free data source . Create a Free data source and name it ''ref''.
Creating a document using v ariable objects 5. Select the variabl e you want to assign to your object. Guided mode creation (accord i ng to your requirements): owing the actions you can take. 2. To create a variable object using an exis ting data source, you have the option of : t creation process.
User Guide - o r - - Select Wizard : This will gu 3. Click th ide you step-by-step through t he variable object crea tion process. e location where you want to place the label. Note : The creation wizard is enab led by default. To disable it, select Tools > Options > Wizards .
Printing A po werful print engine Your software is both a powerful, user-friendly crea tion tool and a print engine, br inging together the widest possible range o f printers (native, thermal tr ansfer and inkjet), which were never b efore available on the automatic identif ication market.
User Guide Type Increment +1 Min value 0 The first counter, called NumLabel , id entifies a par ticular label, w h ereas the ISO coun ter counts the total number of label s printe d. Labels in the series In this example, we ar e going to print a series of 10 labels: 1.
Printing 5. Go to Fi le > Page setup or click . The Page setup dialog box appears. The preview giv es you an idea of how the p age will look w hen it is pr inted. 6. Close the dialog box. 7. Click . 8. Enter the following values: Labels : 8 Copies of each page : 2 9.
User Guide Printing using the form 1. Go to File > Prin t. .. or click or press the F6 key. 2. Enter ''2'' in the Labels field. 3.
Printing Optimizing printing speed As we have already seen in the i ntroduction, there is no univer sal configur ation fo r optimiz ing printing speed, but rather a range of different settings that come into pl ay.
User Guide Fo r printing images For example, your company logo, not a printer object , must be transferr ed to the printer. The more images you send to the printer, the s lower printing become s, especia lly if you are using a serial connec tion.
Printing 43 print media has been inser ted the wrong way (the print head is heating the wrong side of th e paper). For thermal transfer print ing: The ribbon has not been inserted, or was inserted in correctly. Check the ribbon and refit if necessary (refer to the manufacturer’s handbook).
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