USER MANUAL - Allen Coding
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1. JDS7 22 M00901100EN04132. JPG GIF PNG The printer resolution is 12 points by millimeter or 300 dpi Place your cursor at the point in the label where you wish the upper left hand corner of the graphic to be and click the left mouse button If necessary you can later move the graphic just like any other field or resize it as desired 6 4 Line and Frame Click the appropriate icon in the Toolbox and draw a line or a frame The desired thickness could be changed by double clicking the line or frame and entering the value in the corresponding dialog box Thickness is defined in printhead dots 12 dots 1 mm JDS7 M00901100EN0413 15 FIELDS 6 5 Date Here is an example of the dialog box displayed when selecting the date field r Date Font Table D 1 31 1 Monday M 1 12 ro sy Jw N 7 DD 01 31 1 Sunday MM 01 12 ywa s ww Mon Jan YY 01 Monday January YYYY 2001 MM 01 12 DD 01 31 YYYY 2001 Seven day batch Add days 0 Date n 1 Time offset Add th 0 Variable aa Y Printer language Upcase Title Add years 0 Printer language Lowcase Use another table Print the title IY Ok Cancel Help The data from each column is exclusive it is not possible to print the month in both numbers and letters simultaneous ly Choose only one When selecting an option all other options
3. M00901100EN0413 SELECT PRINTER Allen More printers can be added In such case the user could define which of them the default printer is LE a JDS7 9 M00901100EN0413 Allen FILES 4 Files When a label is designed and saved JDS7 create two files with extensions jds imp The jds file is only read by JDS7 and has all the fields information The imp file has the same information but in a way that the printer could understand This is the file that we will use for download labels into the printer through the USB port They must be copied into the IMPPRX folder in the pen drive device o JDS7 needs to know for what printer you are going to design a label in order to setup the label parameters properly In some cases a label designed for a specific Create a new label printer could be printed in another one the user can choose this option V 53XL40 Ethemet E 53XL80 Com1 a Last labels test jds 3mm 10p jds 3mm8p jds PP Label files created with JDS7 whose extensions are jds are not compatible with files created with JDS4 however there is the option File gt Import label from JDS4 that allow the user to read a label created with JDS4 frm file and save it with the Ms new jds extension JDS7 10 M00901100EN0413 FONTS Allen 5 Fonts The tab Font is available whenever the user choose fields like text date time variable fields counters shiftcode and
4. audit code There are 3 resident fonts Fonts 2 and 3 are WGL4 fonts and have all the European characters Font1 is not this kind and we keep for compatibility with JDS4 labels 02 ea Resident D TrueType Agency FB Reverse ivi Bold Y Visible Aharoni Bold Algerian Andalus Angsana New Angsana New Bold Angsana New Bold Italic Angsana New ltalic AngsanaUPC AngsanaUPC Bold Treat as graphic ABCDEabcde012345 Y Ok Cancel Help E 4 In addition to the resident fonts the user could choose any Windows installed TrueType font All Unicode characters could be printed using Truetype fonts Asian included XLU printers have about 23Mb of free space to keep down loadable fonts In these cases be sure that the font is downloaded into the printer See section 8 3 It is the responsibility of the end users to ensure that they comply with the font licensing requirements provided by the owners of such fonts Any fonts stored in memory of LTU printers may require licensing from the font vendor Another option is to use a Truetype font and treat the text written with it as a graphic This applies for fixed text into the label not variable JDS7 11 M00901100EN0413 FIELDS Allen 6 Fields This chapter covers the different type of fields available for use when designing a label and their options 6 1 Text 6 1 1 Fixed text This field is used to define
5. Download fonts This option allow download True Type fonts to the printer up to 23 5 Mb or 12 fonts Notice the disclaimer window and go ahead Download fonts 53XL40 Ethernet 53XL40 Downloaded fonts Free space 22 825 730 Algerian Andalus Calisto MT Angsana New Bell MT Mangal Bold 20 JDS7 M00901100EN0413 Allen Note that you can see how much fonts are currently in the printer memory and how much free space is available to download extra fonts SETUP The option using sign F allows you to select the font to download from the computer s system fonts folder Download fonts 53XL40 Ethernet 53XL40 Downloaded fonts Free space 22 825 730 Algerian Andalus Calisto MT Angsana New Bell MT Mangal Bold Nina Bold Nyala OCR A Extended Old English Text M Onyx Palace Script MT Palatino Linotype Palatino Linotype B Palatino Linotype B ADODES bedec CAWindows fonts PAPYRUS ttf 163 476 bytes Palatino Linotype lt Help Send to the Parchment printer Perpetua Perpetua Bold Es Perpetua Bold Italic nu Exit Perpetua ltalic The option using sign allows you to delete all fonts This is a time consuming procedure please follow instructions on the screen 8 4 Online Utilities The Online utilities button allows you to view a list of images stored in the printer while in the stopped mode Addition ally imag
6. non variable text that will be printed in the image Enter the desired contents in the one or multiline text box In the last case set the alignment option and the space between lines in mm File Edit Setup Multiple Fields Language Help IB 4 GB are 1 20 30 4 0 DS T Fixed text N Variable field Multiple field TAR i Jn PA y Counter Audit code E Common variable e Shift code 4 Week shift code 6 1 2 Variable field Variable fields contain numeric or alphanumeric information A Field number is used to identify the Variable field in the JDS7 editing window The Title also appears on the handset to prompt the operator as to what type of information should be entered from the handset or PC keyboard as the image is selected for printing or loaded to the printer Printing the title is optional If you choose to print the title it will appear as a preface to the variable infor mation Value from keyboard Field number 1 Title Length 1 4 Printthe title Numeric Decimals 6 1 3 Multiple field This is a combination of other existing fields They are composed in the Multiple Fields section from the drop down menu and assigned a number from 1 to 20 see Chapter 7 6 1 4 RS field This field is designed to be filled with information received through the printer serial port This allows real time in formation to be loaded to the image very quickly allowing for very fast printing The rest of the imag
7. with the same number it is necessary enter a value in the box labeled Repeat For instance with an initial value of 1 and a Repeat of 2 the printer will print 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 The Counter number box is assigned by the user and is used in the multiple field configuration And about the field formatting there are options to fill the remaining length with zeros spaces or adjust the number to the length 6 1 6 Audit Code This is an encrypted text field that reflects date and time of manufacturing and characters associated to the printer customer ID line ID and site ID These characters are defined for each printer in the Printer Setup option described in Section 8 1 The Audit Code is composed of two lines of text six characters on each line When you choose audit code from the Text list select number one or number two program the general parameters font type and rotation and place it into the label 6 1 7 Common variable Common variable is information associated to a specific printer This information is stored in the printer rather than in the image Typical uses would be for a production line number or plant designator Using a Common variable field allows you to generate one image and send it to a variety of different printers and still produce printer specific images Without the Common variable field it would be necessary to produce a separate image for each production line designation There can be as many as five Common var
8. Allen JDS7 Label design software USER MANUAL IMPORTANT NOTES Allen Important Notes Copyright The present document and the described software therein belong to the company Allen Coding All rights remain reserved Reproduction of this document in full or in part requires prior explicit and written approval of the company Allen Coding Copyright 2013 Allen Coding GmbH all rights reserved Disclaimer The company Allen Coding undertakes all measures to ensure that the published document is up to date at the time of publication However no guarantee may be given that the document is error free Allen Coding does not accept liability for possible damages that may have been caused by faulty information in this document The company Allen Coding reserves the right to change the present document at any time without prior notice and to alter its content in regards to continuous product improvement Contact Information Allen Coding GmbH Friedrich Bergius Ring 30 D 97076 Wurzburg Direct 49 931 250 76 O Fax 49 931 250 76 50 Email info allen de Website www allen de JDS7 3 M00901100EN0413 TABLE OF CONTENTS Allen Table of Contents Important Note Scania osa adn anciana 3 Table of Contents ernannten A N 4 1 Introauction u san ira ee a 5 2 Installation ia albo 6 3 Select Printer rinitis 8 4 A auceb saunas esesandengseucenecnee 10 5 OMICS di a A A A A tabs clusaueseteceneecs 11 6 O ceuuacnsea
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10. are instantly disabled Active options appear as black inactive ones in gray ee This Undo button can be used to remove unwanted data from the date field Simply click on in and the last item chosen will be removed Multiple clicks will result in multiple items being removed Enter a number in the box labeled Date n to identify the field for use in a multiple field or a barcode The Seven day batch and Time offset options are also exclusives and they have the following options Seven day batch Using the Seven day batch option allows the printing of a single expiration date for an entire week The day and hour that the expiration date changes is determined by the printer configuration See Printer setup section 8 1 Time offset The printed time is modified according to the Time offset value entered in the Printer setup Variable This date is entered from PC keyboard or from the handset as is done with Variable fields Like the Variable field you can enter a title and choose whether or not to print it This title is also used to prompt the operator to enter the date at the handset The date entered as DDMMYY on the handset or PC keyboard will be printed in the format determined by the image design It is also possible to add years months or days to the date according to the values entered in the corresponding boxes except when using a Variable date Select from the Separator box the character used to separate the Month Day and Year
11. be removed Multiple clicks will result in multiple items being removed Enter a number in the box labeled Hour n to identify the field JDS7 M00901100EN0413 17 Allen MULTIPLE FIELDS 7 Multiple fields The Multiple Field allows the user to compose a single set of data from a combination of other fields Go to the menu bar to locate this option The fields that will be contained in the Multiple field must be created before a Multiple field can be composed Note that the Multiple field itself is not used to print data Rather it is used to compile information from other fields that can be printed as a single field Either as Text or a Barcode It is possible to create up to 20 multiple fields The following dialog box shows an example of a multiple field composition aJ Multiple Fields Pr x um Field number 1 identifier 1 Date 2 Counter Var_F_Alphanumeric Var F Numeric Remove Time Remove all Shift code Fnel Common variable Date Identifier Checksum 2 Fixed text Help Zo Cancel The first step is to select the Multiple Field number to edit or create by using the forward backward buttons If the selected field was previously created then the Composition box displays the existing combination of fields The Selection box provides a list of availa
12. ble fields Most of the available fields require that you supply an identifying number or information from the source field Listed here are the specific requirements for some fields Fnc1 Function 1 is used as the first character in printing some barcodes There are no options associated with this field Common variable select number from 1 to 5 Identifier select a number that will appear between brackets in the composition Checksum will print a checksum from the beginning of data or from the last identifier if used Fixed text you can type in fixed text to be included in the multiple field composition After you select a field and enter the necessary information click on the Add button to place it in the Composition list The final printed data will appear from left to right starting with the information at the top of the list To eliminate a field from the Composition select the field and press the Remove button Also Remove All is allowed JDS7 18 M00901100EN0413 SETUP Allen 8 Setup Select Setup from the drop down menu bar This option is used to configure printers and the computer connection to them It is also used to set and load Printer Setup parameters edit Common Variables Download fonts or enter the Online utilities option Here is an example of the Setup dialog box Download fonts The printer connection to the computer is explained in Chapter 3 8 1 Printer Setup A typical intermitt
13. e is pre mapped ahead of time and then only needs to process and prepare the variable data received through the RS channel The parameters for this type of text are the Position in the string received and the Length of the data to be used The data to be sent to the printer needs to be enclosed in brackets information JDS7 12 M00901100EN0413 FIELDS Allen 6 1 5 Counter It is possible to print a number that increases or de creases with each print cycle This is referred to as a Counter You can use a maximum of 20 counters per label This is the Counter dialog box Y Print the title Step 7 Up a It is necessary to define a Title for the Counter The printing of this Title is optional This Title will be used to prompt the operator to enter an initial value for the Counter This initial value is the starting number from which all subsequent numbers will be increased or de creased The initial value can be entered from the com puter PC keyboard or the handset Fill with spaces Length Fill with zeros Counter number Adjustto length xf Ok Cancel O Help The Length box allows you to set the number of digits to print The value in the box labeled Step determines how much to increase or decrease the number For instance with an initial value of O and a Step value of 2 the printer will print 2 4 6 8 A number can be repeated for a series of labels To print several labels
14. ent printer configuration is indicated in the following graphic Parameters corresponding to 53XL40 Ethemet 53XL40 1 26 0 17 Print delay AA Electrovalve 0 9999 Password E valve Off 0 9999 zen End cycle delay jem i Password J Date and Time 19 02 2013 12 43 22 Send to the Es Date and Time in printer 19 02 2013 12 42 15 printer The parameters above can also be modified with the PR5 or View handsets For more detail please refer to the printer User s Guide supplied with your printer The numeric parameters appear with their corresponding value range in brackets The Send to the Printer button transfers the parameters entered in the dialog box through the associated port to the printer JDS7 19 M00901100EN0413 SETUP 8 2 Common variables and other printer parameters This is the dialog box corresponding to Common variables described in section 6 1 7 A O A AR den ld Parameters corresponding to 53XL40 Ethernet 53XL40 Seven day batch Common variables Hour Test 1 3 Test 2 Time offset Test 3 Hour Minute 0 2 0 Test 4 Test 5 Audit code Line Number Customer ID Site ID E 3 2 Send to the Es printer Exit This dialog allow changing options for the Seven day batch and Time offset explained in section 6 5 and Audit code explained in section 6 1 6 3 3
15. es can be deleted from this option Labels on 53XL40 Ethernet 53XL40 Printing label 21al g Prints completed 4 Print X Delete JDS7 M00901100EN0413 21 PRINT Allen 9 Print This section is about sending the labels you have created in the JDS7 program to your printer Note that you must have previously configured a connection to it in Printer Setup Begin by opening the label you wish to send to the printer and then select File gt Print or the corresponding icon in the Menu The type of dialog box displayed depends on the fields selected when designing the label Printing a label without variable fields Note that you can choose the printer that is going to receive the label although the dialog shows the default one as the first choice You may want to keep the label into the printer memory and not 7 al Print aE ge Batch count 0 print Check the Send not print option for this purpose Send not print E Stop View machine status O te Yor Printing a label with variable fields You are prompted to fill in the variable fields counter or variable data content Batch count In both cases a Stop order is sent before sending the label Send noipi A The machine status is always available through the button View stop View machine status machine status and only in case of IDLE status the label is sent to the printer Hep vor
16. iable fields in any image These are designated Common variable 1 through Common variable 5 Enter the general parameters for this field font type rotation and place the defined field into the label See section 8 2 to learn how to define and send Common variable to a printer JDS7 M00901100EN0413 13 FIELDS Allen 6 1 8 Shift code Fields defined as a Shift code or Week shift code print up Shift code Font j to 4 characters associated with intervals of time defined by the user In the example dialog box above for a shift Numberofshits Steingst H Em BRA defined as 08 00 to 16 00 the printer will print the letter 3 movas H Y Ee B during this time period the letter C in the next time Sunday i period and so on It is necessary to define the interval of rd a time and characters to be printed W ednesday 08 Fay 16 z z Begin by defining the Number of shifts Starting at and intervals values Then click the Set up button The pro 00 gram will automatically set up the intervals Shiftcode n 1 00 To add or edit the associated print string double click each interval and enter digits in the box marked Print Yor cancet Help Follow the same process to define the Week shift code field for each day of the week For a Shift code the Number of shifts Starting at and intervals will only need to be set up once The listing for the days of the week will be inacti
17. in the Date field Possible sepa rators are none space dash colon slash and dot By default when printing months or days of the week in text form the printer will use an alphabetic table Selecting Printer language Upcase or Printer language Lowcase will provide upper or lower case text Choosing Mon or Mon day will determine if the full text or an abbreviation will be used JDS7 16 M00901100EN0413 FIELDS Allen If you want to represent the days or months with another value it is possible to create and use one of up to 10 tables created by the user in the JDS7 program Select table number and create or edit the string table of the months and days according to the following graphic r Week starts on Sunday nov deq ox cancet Her Tables will be loaded to the printer when the label that uses them is loaded 6 6 Time This is the Time field options dialog box H 0 23 H 0 12 HH 00 23 HH 00 12 HH 00 23 MM IY Ok Cancel Help All the fields in the Hour Minute and Second columns are exclusive you can only use each option once in a given field Active options appear as black inactive ones in gray ae This Undo button can be used to remove unwanted data from the time field Simply click on the Undo button and the last item chosen will
18. n this window j5 Setup JDS7 Select Additional Tasks By Which additional tasks should be performed E l Select the additional tasks you would like Setup to perform while installing JDS7 then dick Next You may use the Back key to return to an earlier window and make changes or click on Next to continue with the JDS7 installation process When you click Next the actual installation will commence and you will see progress indicators on your computer screen Once the installation is complete you will see the following screen 13 Setup JDS7 aa AE acu Completing the JDS7 Setup Wizard Setup has finished installing JDS7 on your computer The application may be launched by selecting the installed icons Click Finish to exit Setup To run JDS7 If you chose this option an icon has been placed on your Windows Desktop for the JDS7 program Double click this icon to start JDS7 If not click on Start gt Programs gt Jds7 gt Jds7 to run the program JDS7 7 M00901100EN0413 SELECT PRINTER Allen 3 Select printer Once JDS7 is open for the first time the next step is setup a printer to work with ADTs MEG x Que Q0 30 40 pilil 10 Go to the Setup menu to select a SA printer H a Select Add and choose the printer model and the way it is going to communicate with the computer 53XL40 Ethernet Com Serial Ethernet Com Speed IP Com r 115200 192 168 1 23 8 JDS7
19. sensitive integrated help File Edit Setup Multiple Fields Language Help Ja x4 SG aAar E MOG x Que QO JDS7 Software ITW Marking and Coding Business Group Linear and 2D P Barcodes THURSDAY 07 FEBRUARY 2013 RIT RAGS Il 53XL80 Ethernet 192 168 1 23 30001 X 77 Y 44 JDS7 5 M00901100EN0413 INSTALLATION 2 Installation This chapter describes how to install JDS7 into your computer Insert the installation disk into your computer s CD Rom drive jB Setup JDS7 Welcome to the JDS7 Setup Wizard This will install JDS7 version v x on your computer Itis recommended that you dose all other applications before continuing Click Next to continue or Cancel to exit Setup The installation program recommends c Program Files jds7 as the directory to install the necessary files You may accept this recommendation or specify a different directory with the Browse button if desired Click on Next when you are ready to continue The Program Folders option window will appear Select Destination Location Where should JDS7 be installed A Setup will install JDS7 into the following folder To continue dick Next If you would like to select a different folder dick Browse c Program Files jds7 Browse At least 10 2 MB of free disk space is required 6 JDS7 M00901100EN0413 INSTALLATION Allen You can place a shortcut into the desktop by checking the box that appears i
20. ve For both Shift code and Week shift code enter a number in the box labeled Shift code number to identify the field for use in a multiple field 6 2 Barcode Here is an example of the Bar Code dialog box E Type Contents 2 5 Inter Narrowbar 2 Ratio 20 Cod 93 o Fixed text points UPC Ean 8 Variable field Hoigie wun 10 Ean 13 Multiple field 90 Cod 39 RS v Human readable 180 par rial Counter Reverse 270 Ean 128 Common variable Databar i Fixed text Databar Truncated Shit code Databar Limited Date Databar Stacked Tne Databar St Omnig Datamatrix FNC1 Datamatrix gZ Ok Cancel Help The user selects the type of barcode and what type of data is going to be in it Content like variable field multiple field counter common variable shift code date and time need an identification number in order to look for the content inside these pre defined fields JDS7 14 M00901100EN0413 FIELDS Allen The following chart provides a list of number of digits and type of data allowed in each different code Code Number of Type of data digits 2 5 Inter Variable Cod 93 Variable Cod 39 Variable Cod 128 Variable EAN 128 Variable RSS14 13 Numeric linear component 6 RSS14 2 Alphanumeric composite component Datamatrix Variable Alphanumeric 6 3 Graphic Select a valid image in one of the standard types BMP
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