Datamax 123 Print v1.1x manual

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Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com i. Preface Background 123 Print is develope d by MCL Technologies to bring intelligence t o Datamax printer s. Copyright statement © 2007 MCL Technologies 123 Print v1.1x User Manual DATAMAX is a registered trad emark of Da tamax Bar Code Products Corporation[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Table of Contents 1. Primer ........................................................................................................................ 5 1.1. What is 123 Print.......................................................................................[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com October 2007 Page 4 Appendix A – Sample Li cens e Certif icate ................................................................................. 218 Appendix B – Datama x Pr inter Setup ......................................................................[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 1 : Primer 1. Primer Overview Document introduction This document is a User Guide for 123 Print V1.x. It is divided int o several chapters to give you a thor ough understanding of the use of 123 Print. Chapter 1 – Primer Chapter 2 – Getting Started[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 1 : Primer 1.1. What is 123 Print General intro duct ion This section gives an overv iew of 123 Print, its purpose an d its benefits. 123 Print 123 Prin t is a design environment t o create simple, stand-alone applications that run on Data max printers[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 1 : Primer 1.2. Sample Labels General intro duct ion This section shows some sa mple labels to give you an id ea of the kinds of labels you can print u sin g 123 Print projects on Datamax printers. Sample labels The sample lab els shown here were de si[...]

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Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 1 : Primer 1.3. Project Flow General intro duct ion 123 Print structures your proje ct flow using a combinati on of screens and processes that you cr eate via 123 Print’s User Interface and Labels . This section gives a high l eve l view of the flow [...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 1 : Primer Select Label:004 ▼▲ Pallet Label 2 In this case, the th ird screen wil l look like th e screen below . Notice that the label name, Pal let Label, from screen (2) has automatically b een displayed on the first line of screen (3). Pallet L[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 1 : Primer October 2007 Page Select Labe l:003 ▼▲ Item Label 2 Item Label Qty to Prin t:1.. ▼▲ 3 Enter Item C ode ____________ _ A Item on Sca le? Y/N _ B Get Item De script ion from Lookup File Item Description Item Cod e Item’s W eight Weig[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 2 : Getting Started 2. Getting Started Overview Chapter 2 introduction This chapter describes the installati on and setup of 123 Print. Topics This chapter covers the following topics: Topic Page 2.1. 2.2 2.3 Installation Activation General Setup 2.3.1[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 2 : Getting Started 2.1. Installation General intro duct ion This section describes how to install 123 Print. Installation 1 Double-click on the 123 Print installat ion executab le which you have downloaded. The default folder in which 123 Print is ins[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 2 : Getting Started An end-user license agreement is displ ayed as shown below To accept the license term s and proceed 3 Click Yes As shown below, a screen is displayed prompting you to enter th e location wher e you want to in stall 123 Pr i nt. 4 Cl[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 2 : Getting Started As shown below, a scr een is displayed to show you the pro gress of the installatio n The following is displ ayed when installation is completed 7 Click Finish October 2007 Page 15[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 2 : Getting Started Starting 123 Print Once 123 Print is install ed, start it by: 1 Double click on t he 123 Print shortcut icon on the Windows desktop The 123 Print splash screen is supe rimposed on the 123 Print environment October 2007 Page 16[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 2 : Getting Started 2.2. Activation General intro duct ion This section describes the activation process for 123 Print . During the activation proces s you will be prompted to choose between a Software Activation and a Hardware Activation for your 123 [...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 2 : Getting Started 3 Enter the License Number f ound on your License Certificate 4 Click Next October 2007 Page 18[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 2 : Getting Started End-user license agreement MCL’s En d-User License Agre ement is displayed as shown below . Before proceeding, you must read a nd accept these lice nse terms. 5 Read and scroll down to the bottom o f the terms 6 Check the checkbox[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 2 : Getting Started Software versus hardware activation The next step is to choose between Software Activation and Hardware Activation. This choice is very important as it cannot be chang ed at a later stage. Software A ctivation : Using this method of[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 2 : Getting Started 12 Click Next to confirm and proceed The Activation mode sc reen is displayed as shown here Indicate if you want to use on -line or off-line activation 13 Click the appropriate radio button 14 Click Next Your system needs intern et [...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 2 : Getting Started 15 Enter the Password found on your License Certificate 16 Click Next You are prompted to confirm that your registration information is accurate 17 Click Next to confirm the details you enter ed on the previo us screens. 123 Print n[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 2 : Getting Started 18 Print this information and keep it in a safe place for later use in case of disaster recovery. 19 Click Next to validate your a ctivation. You are now prompted to save a backup of your License Key. It includes your license number[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 2 : Getting Started A suc ce ssful backup screen is display ed as shown here. 22 Click Finish Starting 123 Print When the activati on is completed, 123 Print is st arted automatically. To start 123 Print again in the futu re, double click on the 123 Pr[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 2 : Getting Started 2.3. General Setup General intro duct ion This section describes the setup of 123 Print to allow it to operate in your environment. This se tup involves the sett in gs that are required by 123 Print to work with your printer, simula[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 2 : Getting Started 2.3.1. DPL Connection DPL Connectio n Setup your printer interface for DPL Mod e c ommunicatio ns. In the Setup dialogue box: 1 Click on the DPL Connection tab If you want to use network comm un ications for your DPL comma nds: 2 Ed[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 2 : Getting Started 2.3.2. MCL Connection MCL Connection Next setup you r printer interf ace for MCL Mode communications. I n the Setup dialogue box: 1 Click on the MCL Connection tab The MCL Connection optio ns screen is displayed as s hown here MCL G[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 2 : Getting Started 2.3.3. Local Settings Local Settings Nex t, setup pr oject simulation opti ons. In th e Setu p dialogue b ox: 1 Click on the Local Settings tab The Local Sett ings screen is displayed as shown here The project you run on a printer m[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 2 : Getting Started Assign Com 2 Printer Port To  This option is identical to the Assign Com 1 option. This option simply lets you simu late a peripheral, such a s a weight scal e, that would normally be connected to port 2 on the printer. 3 Select [...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 2 : Getting Started 2.3.4. Others Others Set up the values for 123 Print’s integration wit h BarTender or DPL labels. In the Setup w indow: 1 Click the Others tab The Others dialogue box is di splay ed as shown here If BarTender is installed an d act[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 2 : Getting Started October 2007 Page Timer is used to set the duration, in seconds, of the disp lay of the Welcome screen. Th e Welcome screen is typically displayed momentarily only 5 Edit the timer value, or 6 Use the up and down arrows beside the t[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 3 : Creating a Project 3. Creating a Project Overview Chapter 3 introduction This chap ter describes how to use 12 3 Print to create projects and label programs for your Datamax printers. Description 123 Print provides you with all the tools nece ssary[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 3 : Creating a Project 3.1. Project Description General intro duct ion This section describes how to begin creating your 123 Print project. New Project Start firs t by creating a new project. On the menu bar : 1 Click File 2 Click New Alternatively, on[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 3 : Creating a Project On the Project Description screen : 3 Edit the field s with the appropriate data When you have comp le ted editing the se fields, notice t hat the following buttons appear on the left-hand side of the main window: The functions a[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 3 : Creating a Project 3.2. User Interface General intro duct ion This section describes the User Interface core screens of your 123 Print project. The User Interface is where yo u configure the core screens with which the user will interact on the Dat[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 3 : Creating a Project Text Display The User Interface for a text di splay printer is as shown here: Graphical Display - Large The User Interface for a large graphical display printer is as shown here. October 2007 Page 36[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 3 : Creating a Project Graphical Display - Small The User Interface for a small graphical display printer is as shown here: Graphical Display - Status Toolbar The status toolbar across the top of the grap hical display sc reens gives the following p ri[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 3 : Creating a Project 3.2.1. Welcome Screen Welcome Screen The We lcome screen is the first s creen the user will see when they s tart your 123 Print project on the printer. You can edit the welcom e you want to give the user. Notic e that, by default[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 3 : Creating a Project As you make your changes, the result will appear in the di splay in the top-half of the edi ti ng window. The clock next to the Welco m e screen in the to p-half of the edit in g window sets the delay period for this screen. By d[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 3 : Creating a Project The Footer Soft Keys show th e function of the Datamax pr inter keys in an MCL application. These may be de fined on a project-by-project ba sis as described is Section 3.5.1 - Soft Keys Setup – Graphical Dis play Only . The tw[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 3 : Creating a Project Below shows a n example of a Welcome scre en edited to have an image and fixed text on Line 2: As with the text display scre en, the clock control allow s you to ed it the Welcome screen delay: 12 Edit the value of the delay from[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 3 : Creating a Project 3.2.2. Select Label Screen Select Label scre en The Sele ct Label screen is dis played after the Welcome scr een has been displayed. You may edit this screen to give the user different prompts than those supplied by default by 12[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 3 : Creating a Project 4 On Line 2 choose the me thod you want to use to sele ct the label The Datamax printer ca nnot accept input from bo th a connected keyboard and a barcode scanner for a given input field. However, it can accept input from the fro[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 3 : Creating a Project 4 Select a Header option 5 Edit the User Prompt box to display the desired prompt 6 On Select L abel choos e the method y o u want to use to s elect the label. These options are the same as those described above for Select Label [...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 3 : Creating a Project 3.2.3. Quantity to Print Screen Quantity to Print screen To edi t the Quantity to Print screen, on the User Interface window: 1 Click on the Quantity to Print screen, or 2 Click the Quan tity button at the bottom of the window As[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 3 : Creating a Project the front panel and a barcode scanner , or from just the front panel.  If you choose Qty Using Front Panel , the user mu st use the Fwd ↑ and Rev ↓ buttons on the front panel to increment o r decrement t he quantity.  I[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 3 : Creating a Project 4 Select a Header option 5 Edit the User Prompt box to display the desired prompt 6 On Select Quantity choose the method y o u want to use to inpu t the quantity. Thes e options are the same as thos e described above for Quantity[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 3 : Creating a Project 3.2.4. Print Error Message Screen Print Error Message screen The Print Error Message Screen is displayed by the Data max printer whenever it detects a prin t er ror. You can display whatever message is appropriate here for your e[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 3 : Creating a Project Message screen The Print Error Message Screen editing window for a large graphical display printer is as shown here: Notice that t hi s screen has the sa me display screen ed iting options — a Header, Footer and two lines on th[...]

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Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 3 : Creating a Project 3.3. Labels General intro duct ion The Labels function allows you to add the following capabilities to your 123 Print projects Associate pre-designed labels Associate screen prompts w it h a labe l to collect user input, such as [...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 3 : Creating a Project To associate a label wit h your 123 Print project, 4 Click the button at the bottom of the Labels List window Each time you add a label, 1 23 Prin t assigns a sequen ce number t o the label. This syst em assigned numb er is displ[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 3 : Creating a Project Static label If you are simp ly associating a sta t ic label, you are done us ing the Labels function for this label 6 Click OK to close the Lab el s Properties and return to the La bels List window to add other labels as nec ess[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 3 : Creating a Project 3.3.1. Edit General Introduction If you have Seagull Scie nt ific’s BarTender installed and activated on your system, and are working with a BarTender *.btw f ile, when you press Edit , 123 Print starts Bartend er with your act[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 3 : Creating a Project 3.3.2. Variables General intro duct ion Variables is one of the main functions in 123 Pri nt to enable you to create labels that are prin ted with dynamic conten t. Consider the labels shown in Section 1.2 – Sam ple Labels . Th[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 3 : Creating a Project Graphical Display - Large The 123Print Designer window for a large graphical display printer is as shown here. Only one prompt screen is disp layed at a time for large graphical displays. Use the scroll bar provided t o navi gate[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 3 : Creating a Project Creating a label program To show you h o w to design a labe l program, an example is used extensively herein. Th is example creates Wa rehouse Shelving labe ls, like the one shown below , for a self-service warehouse . The user w[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 3 : Creating a Project Input Methods When you enter a prompt, you must sele ct an Input Method for the prompt. This determ ines how the user will be able to enter data on the given screen. The Input Methods are entered on Line 2 of a scree n prompt. Th[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 3 : Creating a Project The Warehouse Shelving exa mple only requires two of the inpu t properties to be se tup:  Result Variable  Force Uppercase The Result Variable is t he variable where the user’s input w ill be saved when they enter a loca [...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 3 : Creating a Project Various kinds of Variables may be used in a 123 Print label program. To work with the variables, select one of tabs: User Local All Local Global System  You cannot write to a System Variabl e. T herefore, these are not applica[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 3 : Creating a Project Notice that the Result Variable field has now been f illed with the name of the Variable you just created: [A0] Location . You have now completed the first prom pt screen of your label program. For this Warehouse S helving exampl[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 3 : Creating a Project Continuing with the Warehou se Shelving example, crea te a screen that allows the user to confirm t hat the product na me they entered is correct. 8 Select Screen 3 on the left-hand side of t he 123Print Designer window. Then pro[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 3 : Creating a Project 12 Click on the User Local tab 13 Select the Variable [A1] Product_ Na me. 14 Click OK In order for the user to be able to see this screen and read the displayed data, you must display th e sc reen long enough fo r the user to be[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 3 : Creating a Project When complet ed, the properties for Screen 4 are as shown here October 2007 Page 64[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 3 : Creating a Project Processes In the Warehouse She lving example, you will want to perform different operations dep endi ng upon the input the user gives to th e confirmation prompt. If the user enters Y es to conf irm that the Product Name is corre[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 3 : Creating a Project 21 Select the Test and Branch process A Conditional Branching dialogue box is d isplayed as shown here Using this process, one acti on will be performed if Y es has be en entered on screen 4. Otherwise, a different action will be[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 3 : Creating a Project 25 Set the Then Goto field to Continue 26 Set the Else Go to to [S_02] (Screen 2). The final Conditiona l Br anching proces s en tries for this example are as shown here 27 Click OK The process setup is completed. The 123Print De[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 3 : Creating a Project 3.3.2.1. Front Panel Up/Dw Numeric General intro duct ion As discussed in Section 3.3.2 – Variables, Input Methods , several input methods are availab le for your screen prompts. This section di scusses the Fr ont Panel Up/Dw N[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 3 : Creating a Project 3.3.2.2. External Keyboard General intro duct ion As discussed in Section 3.3.2 – Variables, Input Methods , several input methods are availab le for your screen prompts. This section discu sses the External Keyboard inpu t met[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 3 : Creating a Project Extract To Force Uppercase Default Value Result Valu e Output Format Set the ending posit ion if extracting only certain characters from the inpu t For example, if you set Extract From 4 and Extract To 6 , you will extrac t “55[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 3 : Creating a Project 3.3.2.3. External Barcode Reader General intro duct ion As discussed in Section 3.3.2 – Variables, Input Methods , several input methods are availab le for your screen prompts. This section discu sses the External Bar code Read[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 3 : Creating a Project Default Value Result Valu e Output Format Type a value or set a d efault value us ing the contents of a variable. If you use a variable, remember to assign a value to the variable someplace in y our label progra m Select the vari[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 3 : Creating a Project 3.3.2.4. Weight Scale General intro duct ion As discussed in Section 3.3.2 – Variables, Input Methods , several input methods are available for your screen prompts. This section discu sses the Weight Sc al e input method and th[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 3 : Creating a Project Data to Receive  Start with  End With Extract from Received Data  From Positio n  To Position Validation Mod e Repeat Sequen ce Result Variable Output Format This function is aut omatically active and cannot be unchec[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 3 : Creating a Project Following is an examp le to illustrate the use of some of the options described above. If the request to ask your scale to send weig ht information has the following structure: <STX > as a start of text character, followed [...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 3 : Creating a Project The remaining weight data may be further refined by selectin g an output format, such as stripping leading zeros. Th e result may then be saved in a variable for additional processing or printing. Below shows what t he complete I[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 3 : Creating a Project 3.3.2.5. Select Value from List General intro duct ion As discussed in Section 3.3.2 – Variables, Input Methods , several input methods are available for your screen prompts. This section discu sses the Select Va lue from List [...]

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Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 3 : Creating a Project 3.3.2.6. Select Value from File General intro duct ion As discussed in Section 3.3.2 – Variables, Input Methods , several input methods are availab le for your screen prompts. This section di scusses the Se lect Value from Fi l[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 3 : Creating a Project Example Following is an examp le to illustrate the use of some of the options described above. This example involves a produc t file (Product.dat) with 4 fields per record. The first field in each reco rd is a Product Cod e. If i[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 3 : Creating a Project 3.3.2.7. Display Data General intro duct ion As discussed in Section 3.3.2 – Variables, Input Methods , several input methods are availab le for your screen prompts. This section discu sses the Display Data input method and the[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 3 : Creating a Project 3.3.3. Mapping General intro duct ion Mapping is the funct ion in 123 Print tha t allows you to con vert a static label or label temp lat e into a dynamic labe l. Firstly, you req uire a static la bel th at has the layou t you w [...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 3 : Creating a Project In the Mapping window , you will see the various el ements (text field s, barcodes, etc) of the given label. If you have BarTender installed and activated on your system and are using a BarTender label, you will s ee a thumbnai l[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 3 : Creating a Project Returning to the Wa rehou se Shelving exampl e started in Section 3. 3.2 - Variables , the follow ing describes how the LocationMCL2.b tw label would be mapped using th e variables created in the exam ple . 2 Double-c lick on the[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 3 : Creating a Project Again the Variables lis t i s displayed. Select the var iable to be associated with this text fi eld . When the label is pr inted, the conten ts of that variable will be pr int ed as text where the t ext “location” wa s pr in[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 3 : Creating a Project Result Labels The static Loca tio nMCL2 .b tw l abel used in th is Ware hous e Shelv ing example looks as follows: When you run the label program you cre a t ed for the Warehouse Shelving example, your screen pr ompts will reques[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 3 : Creating a Project Labels List When you return to the Labels List w indow, an entry will have been added for your label. Notice that sev eral bu ttons are now activ e across the botto m of the window. Thes e represent ac tions yo u can perform on t[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 3 : Creating a Project Adding more labels To add a new label, simply click on the button. If you wish to add a new label and ha ve it a ppear before the existing label in your Label s List, you should us e the button. If you wish to dupl ica te your ex[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 3 : Creating a Project 3.4. Lookup Files General intro duct ion 123 Print allows you to use lookup files in your printer project. Using printer inputs, such as a weight scale, and a lookup file you cou ld print, for example, labels that include a produ[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 3 : Creating a Project Lookup File Data To review and edit the data in the Lookup file at any time, on the ma in Lookup Files window: 1 Click on the Data button 2 Edit the data . See Section 3.4.4 – Edit Lookup File Data for details Delete Lookup Fil[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 3 : Creating a Project 3.4.1. Add Lookup File Add Lookup file When adding a Lookup File , you can either create a lookup file from scratch or import data from another data source to create the lookup file. The file y o u create is of t ype *.dat. If yo[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 3 : Creating a Project 2 Give this look u p file a name , for example, Product Description The n ext lookup f ile pr operty is the Me mory property. The lookup file may be saved in flash, RAM, or optional flash memory on your Datamax printer when you d[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 3 : Creating a Project As show n below, you can leave th e data in the lookup file unsor ted, or you can sort it using the first field or the f irst and second fields of the file records. The lookup file will be sorted and saved according to this sort [...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 3 : Creating a Project Add Lookup File from Scratch To see how to put data in the Lookup File yo u have created, plea se see Section 3.4.3 – Add Lookup File from Scratch Add Lookup File from Import To create your lookup file from an existing data sou[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 3 : Creating a Project 3.4.2. Add Lookup File from Import File Add Lookup File from import file In 123 Print, you can create a Lookup File from an existing data source. Several file typ es are valid for import: *.dat, *.txt, *. xls, *.cvs First, c ompl[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 3 : Creating a Project To select the file to be imported, 2 Enter a path and filename , or 3 Click on the browse icon If you click browse, an Add a Lookup File browse windo w is displayed as shown here 4 Select the appropriat e file type of the file to[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 3 : Creating a Project If you are imp orting a file, such as an excel file, in which the first row of your spreadsheet contains co lumn head ers that you want to use as field descriptors in your lookup file: 8 Check the checkbox beside First line = Col[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 3 : Creating a Project The look up will be created using th e properties given h ere, using these field names, field lengths, field separators, etc. Any of the properties such as the f ield names or field length may be edited at this time . Edit the Pr[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 3 : Creating a Project The Lookup Files window is displa yed with an entry for the Produc t Description lookup file being created. You have now created a Lookup File from a data source. T he resulting Product Description.dat file for this example looks[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 3 : Creating a Project 3.4.3. Add Lookup File from Scratch Add Lookup File from scratch In 123 Print, you can create a Lookup File from Scratch. First, c omplete the Lookup File Properties as described in Sec tion 3. 4 – Add Lookup File . 123 Print a[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 3 : Creating a Project The main Lookup Files window is displayed as show n here Next, add your data to the Lookup File. In the Lookup Files window , 4 Click the Da ta button 5 Double click on the first field in the first row to edit it with the desired[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 3 : Creating a Project Continue adding records until your Lookup File is completed Save Lookup File To save the Lookup File, 7 Click OK You are prompted to confir m that you want to save the f ile 8 Click Yes The Lookup File is closed w ith an updated [...]

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Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 3 : Creating a Project 3.4.4. Edit Lookup File Data General intro duct ion Once a Lookup file is created from scra tch or through importation of an existing data source, you can edit yo ur Lookup File data. You may perform the following on your data re[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 3 : Creating a Project Display / Hide columns You can hide any of the column s you do not want to see: 3 Right click any of the column headers A list of the columns i s shown. A check mark beside a co lumn indicate s it is being displ ayed. No check ma[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 3 : Creating a Project Add record To add a record: 1 Click the Add button A blank record is added to the file. 2 Enter the desired data for this record, fo r example the product information for Seagull’s BarTender software When all the data for the n[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 3 : Creating a Project Insert a record To insert a record, 1 Click on the record below the desired in sertion point 2 Click the Insert button A record is added above the selected record. 3 Enter the desired data for this record, for example the product[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 3 : Creating a Project Modify a record To modify a record, 1 Click on the record to be modified 2 Click the Modify button 3 Edit the data as desired. In this example, the product code for the inserted record is modified Change record order The arrows i[...]

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Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 3 : Creating a Project 3.5. System Setup General intro duct ion This section de scribes the set tin gs for your 123 Print project. Different settings are possible acco rding to your printer display type. Setup To enter System Setup, you must first have[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 3 : Creating a Project 3 Select the desired Date For mat for your project 4 Select the desired Time Format for your project 5 Select the desired Font Code Page for your project October 2007 Page 111[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 3 : Creating a Project 3.5.1. Soft Keys Setup – Graphical Display Only General intro duct ion This section de scrib es th e Soft Key setup for your graphical d isplay 123 Print projects. As described in Section 3.2 – Us er Interface, a 123 Print gr[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 3 : Creating a Project The Soft Keys screen is displayed as shown here: The keys found on your Datamax printer ar e depicted with a Key Code box beneath each key. 5 Select the desired functi on for each of the keys from the d rop down list of options a[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 3 : Creating a Project 6 Select the Text or Image radio button If you select Text, simply edit the text box provided for each key to reflect the given function of the key, as shown here: Below shows what the We lcome screen footer looks like if the abo[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 3 : Creating a Project If you select Image, click th e browse button to naviga te to the desired image as shown here: Graphical Display – Large Screen The Soft Key footer image fo r a larg e screen graphical display sho uld be a monochrome *.bmp imag[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 3 : Creating a Project 3.5.2. Auxiliary Communications General intro duct ion This section describ es the auxiliary co mm unications sett ing s in order for your 123 Print project to be abl e to communicati on with peripherals connected serially to you[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 3 : Creating a Project Com 2 Com 2 (if insta lled on your Datamax pr inter) is typica lly used to support non-barcode scanning periph erals such as weight s cales. Any serial device may be connected here. 5 Select Com 2 port settings to matc h those of[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 3 : Creating a Project October 2007 Page 118 The Com 2 setup allows you t o define the speed, th e parity, the number of data bits and stop bits and the handshake flow control. You may also define when the input bu ffer must be cleared:  Before Read[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 4 : Designing a Label 4. Designing a Label Overview Chapter 4 introduction This Chapter describes the integrat ion between 123 Print and BarTender to allow you to use BarTender labels in 123 Print projects. Description 123 Print is integrated with Seag[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 4 : Designing a Label 4.1. BarTender Integration General intro duct ion This section describes how 123 Print integrates with Seagul l’s BarTender to help you easily create BarTender labels to include in your 123 Print projects. The steps that follow [...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 4 : Designing a Label Launch BarTender On the main 123 Print window tool bar, click the Bar Tender icon, or on the menu bar: 1 Click Tools 2 Click BarTender 3 Open an existin g label or create a new la bel in BarTender 4 Make sure the target Data ma x [...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 4 : Designing a Label Using your BarTender Label To incorporate your new label into your project, return to 123 Print. 9 If not already done, open your project 10 Click the Labels button on the left-hand side of the main window. Alternatively, on the 1[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 4 : Designing a Label 14 Click on the browse icon 15 123 Print looks for labels ei ther in the last folder from which a label has been added or in the “btw ” folder you s elected during setup. 16 Select a label fr o m this folder or navigate to the[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 4 : Designing a Label 18 Click Open As shown below, 123 Print converts the label to DPL form at if BarTender Enterprise Edit ion is insta ll ed and activated on your system. Note: When associati ng a label with your project, 123 Print creates a working[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 4 : Designing a Label Label ID is the numb er you assigned to th is label in the Lab el Properties screen. The BTW icon under type indicates that the label you have added is a BTW label. The Label File and Labe l Name are the nam es you assigned in t h[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 4 : Designing a Label Editing associated labels If you edit your BarTender label after having associated it with your 123 Print project, it is important to reme mber to save your cha nges both in the master copy in BarTender’s default label location [...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 4 : Designing a Label October 2007 Page When the DPL code is generated su ccessfully, y o u receive the fo llo wing message. This m essage reminds you to che ck to see if your mapping has been affected by the labe l edits you hav e mad e. The restricti[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 5 : Using Processes 5. Using Processes Overview Chapter 5 introduction This chapter explains how to work with processes in 123 Print. A process is a general term for the commands tha t you can generate to execute a particular functio n or to manipulate[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 5 : Using Processes Description The processes described in th is chap ter are tied to a screen associated with a label: 1 Open or create a new project 2 Click the Labels button 3 Add a label 4 Double cl ick on the label or cl ick label proper ties 5 Cl[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 5 : Using Processes 8 Select the desired process to be added, or 9 Click + in the tree vi ew to view the processes availabl e in a given group of processes 10 Click OK The processes described in this chapter start from st ep 8 in this procedure. When a[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 5 : Using Processes 5.1. Introduction to 123 Print Variables General intro duct ion Most of the processes descri b ed in this chapter u se variables. Therefore, to understand how to use the processes, it is impo rtant to first understand the kinds of v[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 5 : Using Processes User local Below is an ex ample of a list of user local variables associated with a Price Label. This is a view list only. You cannot define a new user local variable in this list. To se e the list of user local variab les in a labe[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 5 : Using Processes Global Below is the list of global v a riables used in y our 123 Print pr o ject. These variables may be used by any label program. This is where you define new global variables for your label programs. To see the list of global var[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 5 : Using Processes 5.2. Branch General intro duct ion This section d e scribes the po s sible branching related operat ions that you can perform in your label program. Branch Proces ses 1 Click the plus sign (+) beside Branch in the Add Process dialog[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 5 : Using Processes 5.2.1. Case and Branch General intro duct ion The Case & Branch process a llows you to compare the valu e of a variable input with up to six other variables or values. The Case and Branch command will check for equality only. As[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 5 : Using Processes In this example, the Input Method chosen is Select Va lue from List to set up a list of possible prod u ct type s. The user scrolls through this lis t and selects the appropriate prod uct type—NONE, SOFTW A RE , or HARDWARE. In th[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 5 : Using Processes 5.2.2. Control and Branch General intro duct ion The Control and Branch process allo ws you to compare the contents of a variable against a specific pattern. Depending on the r esult of the ch eck, the program will bra nch to the de[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 5 : Using Processes 5.2.3. Goto Label General intro duct ion The Goto command is an "un condi tional" branch within the label program. It will branch to the tags you set up in your program using the Set Label process ( see Section 5.2.6 ). Wh[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 5 : Using Processes 5.2.4. Goto Screen General intro duct ion The Goto command is an "un condi tional" branch within the label program. Goto Screen To set a goto screen func tion, proceed as follows: 1 Add the process Goto Screen to your labe[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 5 : Using Processes 5.2.5. Key and Branch General intro duct ion The Key & Branch process allows you to request a progra m stop and define to where the program shou ld branch depending upo n user key input. You can also def in e a time-o ut and to [...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 5 : Using Processes 5.2.6. Set Label General intro duct ion The Set Label proces s allows you to set a la bel (referenc e) in your label program. A label can be up to 18 characters long. These reference points can be used for jumping and branching with[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 5 : Using Processes 5.2.7. Test and Branch General intro duct ion The Test & Branch command allow s yo u to set up a test and, depending on the test res ult, branch to a specif i ed screen or labe l. Test and Branch To test a variable and branch up[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 5 : Using Processes 5.3. Date Operation General intro duct ion This section d e scribes the po s sible operat ions that you ca n perform on a date in your label program: Add/Subtract Date Difference Conversion Date Operatio n 1 Click on the Date Operat[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 5 : Using Processes 5.3.1. Date Add/Subtract Add/Subtract The Date Add/Subtract pr ocess allow s you t o add or subtr act a number of days to or from a date variable (i .e. a variable that contains a date) and save it in a new variable. To add or subtr[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 5 : Using Processes 5.3.2. Date Conversion Conversion The Conv ert Date process allo ws you to convert a date variabl e into a predefined format. To convert the format of a date, proceed as follows: 1 Add the process Date Op eration to your lab el prog[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 5 : Using Processes 5.3.3. Date Difference Difference The Date Difference process allows you to compute the number of days, hours, minutes, second s, or mi lliseconds b etween two dates. To determine the period of time be tween two dates, proceed as fo[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 5 : Using Processes 5.4. File Search General intro duct ion The File Search command allows you to read the fields of a record in a file and assign their contents to variables. The file records are searched using a value you provide as the lookup k ey. [...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 5 : Using Processes You may right mouse click a Result Variable entry at any time to get a list of edit options for that entr y: Copy, Cut, Pa ste, Dele te , and Variables. Example The followi ng e xample searches the first f ield of the lookup file Pr[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 5 : Using Processes 5.5. Mathematic Operation General intro duct ion The Mathematic Operation pr ocess allows you to perform the fo llowing operations on a variable: Add Substract Multiply Divide Calculate the remaind er after a division operation (%) [...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 5 : Using Processes 5.6. Other General intro duct ion This section de scrib es the various misc el laneous processes tha t you can perform in your label program. Other Processes 1 Click th e plus sign (+) beside Other in the Add Process d ialogue box t[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 5 : Using Processes 5.6.1. Delay General intro duct ion This section describ es how to use the delay process. Use this process any time you want to insert a pause in your application. This is used frequently to display a screen for a couple of seconds [...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 5 : Using Processes 5.6.2. MCL Code General intro duct ion The MCL Code box allows you to insert MCL code languag e com mand lines direct ly into your labe l p rogram. MCL Code To insert a process line in MCL Code, proceed as follows: 1 Add the process[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 5 : Using Processes 5.6.3. Notes General intro duct ion The Notes proc ess a llows you to in sert comment lines in your labe l program. This will help in the under standing of some special routines. Notes To insert a comment, proceed as follows: 1 Add [...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 5 : Using Processes 5.6.4. Print Label General intro duct ion The Print Label pr o cess allows you to in itiate the prin t of any label included in your pro ject. You can initiate the print to occur On the printer where your project is running. On a pr[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 5 : Using Processes 5.7. Serial Communications General intro duct ion This section d escribes th e po ssible seria l co mmunicatio ns operations that you can perform in your label program. Seri al com munic ation processes 1 Click the plus sign (+) bes[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 5 : Using Processes 5.7.1. Serial In General intro duct ion The Serial In process al lows y ou to create an inpu t process that waits for data coming in from an auxiliary device. The format of the expected data is defined here, and a time out can be se[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 5 : Using Processes Abbreviations STX ETX CR LF TAB NULL Start-of-Text (02 hex) End-of-Text (0 3 hex) Carriage Return (0D hex) Line Feed (0A hex) Horizontal Tab (09 hex) NULL (00 hex) Note: Any hex adecimal value can be en tered in the serial data stre[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 5 : Using Processes 5.7.2. Serial Out General intro duct ion The Serial Out process al lows you to create an o utput process that sends data out a serial com po rt to an aux iliary device. The format of the data to be sent is defined here. Serial Out T[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 5 : Using Processes 5.8. Processes on Variables General intro duct ion This section d e scribes the po s sible operat ions that you ca n perform on variables in your labe l program. Variable Processes 1 Click the plus sign (+) beside Variable in the Ad[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 5 : Using Processes 5.8.1. Variable Assign General intro duct ion The Variable Assign command allows you to assign a value to one or more variables. Up to 10 variables can be as signed wi th one single variable assignment process. Variable Assign To as[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 5 : Using Processes 3 In the Variables dialogue box, select an ex isting variable , or 4 Click the All Local tab to create a new variable 5 Click OK 6 In the Value(s) list in the right- hand column of the Assign window, enter the valu e you want to ass[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 5 : Using Processes 5.8.2. Variable Concatenate General intro duct ion The Variable Concatena te command al lows you to com bine two or more existing variables or constants into a new variable. Variab le Concat enate To concatenate variables, proceed a[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 5 : Using Processes 5.8.3. Variable Extract General intro duct ion The Variable Extract proce ss allows you to e x tract one or more spec ified fields out of a variable. Up to 20 fields can be parsed in one single variable extraction pro cess. Your inp[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 5 : Using Processes Example In th is example the variable [C1] contains three fiel ds s eparated by semi-colons. T his process extracts th e first and third fields and copies their contents to variables [B1] and [B3] respectivel y. October 2007 Page 16[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 5 : Using Processes 5.8.4. Variable Format General intro duct ion The Variable Format command allows you to reformat the data inside a variable. Multiple options are availabl e dependin g on the type of data – Character or Numeric. Variable Format To[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 5 : Using Processes If the above Variable Form at processes are run with: [B4] = 001234.569 Then, [B5] = 1234.5690000000 And [B6] = +000001234.57 October 2007 Page 166[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 5 : Using Processes 5.8.5. Variable Length General intro duct ion The Variable Length command allows you to compute the length of a variable and to place the length value in a result variable. Variable Length To determine t he l ength of a variable, pr[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 5 : Using Processes 5.8.6. Variable Position General intro duct ion The Variable Position process allows you to search for and determine the position of a specific character or string of characters inside a variable. The process gives the positio n of [...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 5 : Using Processes 5.8.7. Variable Search and Replace General intro duct ion The Variable Search and Replace pr ocess allows you to search for a specific character or a string of charac ters inside a variable and if found, the string will be repla ced[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 5 : Using Processes October 2007 Page 5.8.8. Variable Substring General intro duct ion The Variable Substring command allows you to extract from a variab le a certain character or group of characte rs based upon their position in a variable and save th[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 6 : Simulating Your Project 6. Simulating Your Project Overview Chapter 6 introduction This Chapter describes the simulator provided with 123 Print to test your project. This simulator lets you: Test your project routines at any time during development[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 6 : Simulating Your Project 6.1. Simulation Mode General intro duct ion The Simulator allows you to t est your applicatio n on the PC as if i t were running on the printer. The simulator disp lays an image of the pr inter with the printer scre en and f[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 6 : Simulating Your Project Graphical Display – Large Screen Working with the simulator Using the Simulator , you may execute a project th e same way the user will use it on the physical printe r. From the Simulator menu bar, se veral optio ns are av[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 6 : Simulating Your Project 3 Check the checkbox beside Interactive I/O dialogue box W ith this option enabled , whenever an I/O instr uction is execu ted in your project, the simulator will stop. An Aux comm Simulation dia l ogue box is displayed show[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 6 : Simulating Your Project This allows you to simulate s uccessful or failed com mu nications and observe how your project behaves in ea ch condition. If you simula te successful com munications, the s imulation continu es to the next step in your app[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 6 : Simulating Your Project 6.2. Debugger Mode Introduction The Debug g er function enab l es you to do a complete and deta iled test of the project. It displays: MCL Screen Viewer—an imag e of the printer screen and fro nt panel MCL File Viewer—a [...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 6 : Simulating Your Project These views do not inc lude a n image of the printer as is shown in Simulator Mode. Only a representation of the printer screen is given in the MCL Screen Viewer wind ow as shown above in the top left view. When executing yo[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 6 : Simulating Your Project Variable Viewer The Variable viewer giv es you a view of your user defined variables and system variables. Thi s vi ewer is u pdated continually by th e debugger. When necessary, you may force the co ntents of a variable to [...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 6 : Simulating Your Project The viewer a lso indicates the number of record(s) presen t in the file and the current poin ter po sition in that fil e. Your program may alter the contents of these files programmatically. However, you cannot manua lly cha[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 6 : Simulating Your Project The tool bar across the top of the MCL Scr een Viewer provides additional debug control icons. The traffic lig ht icon indicates the state of executio n: Green = simulation is r unning without break s Yellow = a break has oc[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 6 : Simulating Your Project October 2007 Page Using the Debugger – Graphical Display – Large Screen The MCL Screen Viewer presen ts a view th at is represen tative of a given printer’s display typ e. Below shows the Debugger w indows for a large [...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 7 : Deploying a Printer Project 7. Deploying a Printer Project Overview Chapter 7 introduction Typically, you would use DMXNet Manager to deploy your 123 Print Project to a network o f Datamax printers. However, to facilitate the te st and initial inst[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 7 : Deploying a Printer Project 7.1. Connect / Disconnect Printer General intro duct ion This section describes how to initiate a conne ction between 123 Print and a given printer. Before you can connect a printer to 123 Print , your Datamax printer mu[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 7 : Deploying a Printer Project Choose the interface— ser ia l, network, or parallel cable communications—you want to use fo r connecting to th is printer: 3 Select the appropriat e radio button for your choice of communicatio n s interface 4 Fill [...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 7 : Deploying a Printer Project You canno t download firmware over a serial connection . When you establish a seri al connection, y ou receive the fo llowing warning message. This is simply a re minder that you cannot download firmware over a serial co[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 7 : Deploying a Printer Project Disconnect To disconnect 123 Print from your printer: 1 On the menu bar , click Tools and th en select Disconnect Alternatively: 2 On the tool bar , click the Discon nect icon The connection status on the bottom left-han[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 7 : Deploying a Printer Project 7.2. Printer Status General intro duct ion This section describ es the printer sta tus given by 123 Print. The 123 Print status is a read-only stat us. You can not modify any of the information shown o n these screens. P[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 7 : Deploying a Printer Project Activated  This indicates whet her or no t the MCL-Clien t has been activated on your Datamax print er allowing you to run applications created using 123 Print or MCL-Designer Printer key  Please reference your Dat[...]

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Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 7 : Deploying a Printer Project 7.3. Printer Control General intro duct ion 123 Print allows you to easily control a pri nter remotely / centrally. This section de scrib es these control s and how they are initia ted . Printer controls The following pr[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 7 : Deploying a Printer Project Control execution If 123 Print does not require any additional information to perform the operation, it init iat es the con t ro l action im media te ly when y ou selec t it. If the opera tion is not succe ssful, you are[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 7 : Deploying a Printer Project Insert Test Label 1 Click to print a Datamax factory defined test label Print Config La bel 1 Click to print a Datamax fa c tory defined configur a tion label Reset Print er 1 Click to reset the selected printer Send Dat[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 7 : Deploying a Printer Project 7.4. Load File / Control General intro duct ion Load File is the Printer Contro l (see Section 7.3 – Prin ter Control ) that allows you to d o wnload files such a s f ir mware, labels , and MCL projects to your Datamax[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 7 : Deploying a Printer Project 7.4.1. Load Firmware Load firmware action To load firmware into the printer 1 Select the Load Firmware action A dialogue box is displayed a s shown below. This allow s you to select the firmware and MCL System Menu you w[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 7 : Deploying a Printer Project 6 Click Load You can only load firmware over a network or parallel connection, not over a serial connection. If y o u atte mpt to load firmware over a serial connection, you wi ll re ceive the following error mes sage. C[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 7 : Deploying a Printer Project Download Process 123 Print performs the following steps for you if you load the MCL System Menu into the printer when you are loading firmware: Loads the selected firmware Reboots the printer Waits for the printer to boo[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 7 : Deploying a Printer Project 7.4.2. Load Font Load font action To load a font into the printer 1 Select Load Font A dialogue box is displayed a s show n below Load font options In the font options area: 2 Select the file name of the font you want to[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 7 : Deploying a Printer Project 7.4.3. Load Graphic Load graphic action To load a graphic into the printer 1 Select Load Graphic A dialogue box is displayed a s show n below Load graphic options In the graph ic options area: 2 Select the file name of t[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 7 : Deploying a Printer Project 7 Select the appropriat e Type – ASCII characters only or all characters 8 Click Load Note: Graphic images must b e monochrome. Valid graphic file types are:  *.bmp  *.pcx  *.img  *.f7b Datamax graphic file[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 7 : Deploying a Printer Project 7.4.4. Load Label Load label action To load a label into the printer 1 Select Load Label A dialogue box is displayed a s show n below Load label options In the label op tions area: 2 Select the file name of the label you[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 7 : Deploying a Printer Project 7.4.5. Load Lookup Load lookup action To load a lookup file into the printer 1 Select Load Lookup A dialogue box is displayed a s show n below Load lookup options In the lookup options area: 2 Select the file name of the[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 7 : Deploying a Printer Project 7.4.6. Load Any File Load any file action To load firmware into the printer 1 Select Load Any File A dialogue box is displayed a s show n below Load any file options In th e load any file op tio ns area: 2 Select the fil[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 7 : Deploying a Printer Project 7.4.7. Load Profile Load profile action In the software product DMXNet Manager , MCL Technolo gies has implemented a concept called profiles. All th e configuration settings for a given printer can be saved in a profile.[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 7 : Deploying a Printer Project 7.4.8. Load MCL-Project Load MCL project action 123 Print and MCL-Designer for Datamax Printers allow you to create applications that run o n Datamax printer s. To load a project into the printer: 1 Select Load MCL-Proje[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 7 : Deploying a Printer Project 7.4.9. Load DPL Control DPL Control actio n To load a DPL Co ntr ol into the se le cted printer: 1 Put the printer into DPL Mode Note: DPL Con trol commands sho uld be sent with the pr inter in DPL Mode to be sure the pr[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 7 : Deploying a Printer Project 5 In the DPL Comma nd box provided, enter the DPL command you want to execute 6 Click Load October 2007 Page 206[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 7 : Deploying a Printer Project 7.4.10. MCL Agent Control MCL Agent Control The MC L-Client running on the Da tamax printer includ es a component called MCL Agent. This is a program that runs in the background for remote printer management using DMXNet[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 7 : Deploying a Printer Project 7.5. Load Project General intro duct ion This section describ es how to down load your currently active project into your prin t er using th e Load Project func tion. For quick project loa d into your pr inter duri ng ap[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 7 : Deploying a Printer Project 7.6. Scripts General intro duct ion Section 7.4 – Load File / Control describes the various kinds of files that may be loaded into a Datamax printer . Th e File Load allo w s you to load just one file at a ti me into t[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 7 : Deploying a Printer Project 7.6.1. Script Actions Script actions Now that you have cre ated a new, bl ank script, start adding the actions you want this script to execute. On the Script menu bar, 1 Click Script 2 Click Add 3 Choose the action you w[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 7 : Deploying a Printer Project 4 Click any of these action icons to disp lay the related Scr ipt Detail dialogue box 5 Edit the Script Detail dialogue with settings for this action as described in Sectio n 7.4 – Load File / Control 6 Click OK The Sc[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 7 : Deploying a Printer Project 7.6.2. Script Building Script add action To build your script, continuing adding actions as required. On the Script menu bar, 1 Click Script 2 Click Add 3 Choose the action you want to perform first Alternatively, click [...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 7 : Deploying a Printer Project Script delete action In addition to editing ac tion s in the script, you may also d elete actions you have previously inserted in th e script. 1 Select the action you want to delete On the Script menu bar: 2 Click Script[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 7 : Deploying a Printer Project 7.6.3. Script Save Script save Save the script you have created . On the Script menu bar , 1 Click File 2 Click Save , or 3 Click Save as … A dialogue box is displayed a s shown here 4 Enter a File name for your script[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 7 : Deploying a Printer Project 7.6.4. Script Open Script open Once saved, the Scrip t you created may be opened and m o difie d again at any time. On the Script menu bar : 1 Click File 2 Click Open A dialogue box is displayed a s shown here 3 Select t[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 7 : Deploying a Printer Project October 2007 Page 7.6.5. Script Execution Script execution Once a script is built and sav ed, it may be executed. Execu ting a script means that the script actions are se nt to the connect ed printer. To execute a script[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Chapter 7 : Deploying a Printer Project 6 Click the Execute button foun d at the bottom of the Script utility s creen. You are prompted to confirm tha t you want to execute the script 7 Click Yes Script execution progress When the scri pt is being executed , v[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Appendices Appendix A – Sample License Certificate License Certif icate When you place your order for 123 Print, you will receive an em ail with a License Certifica te for th e produc t you ordered. Below is a sample License Certif icate. The information hig[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Appendices ********************************************************************* ******* SALES ORDER : DATAMAX/1234570 MCL REF NBR : DATAMAX/1234567891250 CUSTOMER ID : DATAMAX/12345680 CUSTOMER NAME : MCL Technologies CUSTOMER ADDRESS : Chaussee de Bruxelles,[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Appendices Appendix B – Datamax Printer Setup General intro duct ion In order to monitor and control your Datamax pri nter using 123 Print, you must first perform some setup op eratio ns on your Datamax printer. MCL ID and Group ID Firstly, you must set up a[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Appendices Appendix C – Supported Datamax Printers List of Printers that 123 Print v1.1x supports A-Class  A-4212  A-4310  A-4408  A-4606  A-6212  A-6310 H-Class  H-4212X  H-4310X  H-4606X  H-6212X  H-6310X  H-8308X  H-[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Appendices Appendix D – System Requirements General intro duct ion This appendix provides the mini mum requirements t o run 123 Print v1.1x. Operating systems supported Windows XP Windows 2000 Windows 98 Server Specif ication Windows XP (min / recommend) Win[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Appendices Appendix E – Mapping Label Graphic Elements General intro duct ion Section 3.3.3 – Mapping introduce s y o u to the mapping of variable content to elements o n a label. That sectio n mentions so me re strictions related to the mapping of grap hi[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Appendices Appendix F – Connectivity / Function Matrix General intro duct ion Datamax printers offer three diffe rent physical connectivities for communicating with your hos t PC: Parallel Serial Ethernet When MCL is running o n a Datamax printer , MCL and D[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Appendices October 2007 Page Example As an exa mple, consider the above matrix. On an H-Class printer, you can download Firmware over a parall el cable, but you cannot download an MCL System Menu over a parallel cable. This means that although you can download[...]

Copyright © 200 7 • MCL T echnologies • All Rights Reserv ed www .mcl-collection.com Visualize · Mobilize · R ealize MCL -Collection MCL-Designer High-productivity, horizontal developm ent environment to create enterp rise-r eady, mul timodal , data capture applications. MCL-Link Batch/ Point-to-Point, Serial:  Direct Connect RS-232  M[...]