Datamax 123 Print v1.1x - Manual (Page 119)

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Chapter 4 : Designing a Label
4. Designing a Label
Overview
Chapter 4
introduction
This Chapter describes the integration between 123 Print and BarTender
to allow you to use BarTender labels in 123 Print projects.
Description
123 Print is integrated with Seagull’s BarTender Enterprise Edition. Use
BarTender (or other label design software) to create the labels you use
in your 123 Print projects.
When running a 123 Print project on a Datamax printer, the labels to be
printed must be in DPL format on the printer.
Consequently, if you are using BarTender to create *.btw files, 123
Print generates the necessary DPL code files for you.
This chapter assumes you have prior knowledge about the use of
BarTender License Server and BarTender Enterprise Edition.
BarTender Setup
According to Seagull Scientific “For your convenience, the printer
setting is saved as part of the label format. Therefore, the next time
you need to print the same labels, all you need to do is load the format
and print.”
However, Seagull also states the following:
“Note: It is always a good idea to select a printer before you begin a
label format in order to ensure that the label format will be set up using
the correct printer specifications. This is especially true when your
labels contain bar code objects. The different bar code density ranges
for laser and dot-matrix printers may affect the size of a given label.
For example, a bar code that is placed on a label while a laser printer is
the selected printer may appear shorter than the same bar code that is
placed on the label while a dot-matrix printer is the selected printer.”
123 Print requires the printer setting to be for a Datamax printer.
Please see
Appendix C – Supported Datamax printers for the list of
printers currently supported by 123 Print.
Topics
This chapter covers the following topics:
Topic Page
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