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1. lt 3 amp 58 Y 4 61 Avery AP 5 4 300DPI Mouse Wheel support If you have mouse that has a wheel in place of the middle button you can use it to speed up zooming and scrolling a lot e Turning the wheel scrolls the label up or down e Holding lt SHIFT gt and turning the wheel scrolls the label left or right e Holding lt CTRL gt and turning the wheel zooms the label in or out 24 NiceLabel Express User Guide Shortcuts Delete Ctrl X Ctrl C Ctrl V Alt Backspace on numeric pad on numeric pad Alt Shift Backspace Ctrl T Ctrl A Ctrl Z Ctrl Y Ctrl N Ctrl O Ctrl S Ctrl P Ctrl R Ctrl move the object with mouse Alt move the object with mouse Ctrl move the object with cursor keys Deletes selected object Cut Copy Paste Undo Zoom In Zoom Out Redo Rotate 90 Align Undo Redo New Open Save Print Print preview Setting Up the Software Parallel moving of the object by main axes only Objects snap to grid even if it 1s off Fine tuning the position of the object NiceLabel Express User Guide 29 Setting Up the Software Shift Fine tuning the dimensions of the object resize width and cursor keys height in very small steps Right Opens pop up menu with shortcuts to commands The content clicking the of the pop up menu greatly depends on where you clicked your object mouse button and what was select
2. Enable custom check digit algorithm TESTI Edit bar code dialog box Check digit tab You can choose whether you want to input the check digit value or let the program calculate it for you 73 NiceLabel Express User Guide Designing Labels Auto generate check digit Check digit is calculated by the software You must only enter the bar code data For example when using EAN 13 bar code input the first 12 digits check digit on 13th place will be calculated and added automatically Verify the provided check digit Use this command when you want to enter the value for the check digit At print time the entered check digit it will be verified for validity Enable custom check digit algorithm You can set some other algorithm you want to use for calculating the check digit Click on the button Select to choose the algorithm Human Readable Tab On this tab you can set the options regarding position and format of the bar code interpretation No interpretation Bar code object does not have any human interpretation Below bar code All data encoded in the bar code is placed beneath the bar code symbol as human readable characters Above bar code All data encoded in the bar code is placed above the bar code symbol as human readable characters Font Using the Font button you can choose the suitable font for auto translation text The option Auto font scaling will adjust the font of the auto translation text to the si
3. Orientation Print direction Landscape Screen layout Printer layout This printer does not support print direction settings Selecting label layout Orientation Select the label orientation Look at the screen and printer layouts for suggestion how the label will really be printed from the printer Print directions Tick the option Rotated to rotate the label for 180 degrees when printed Click on the Next button to continue with the next step Defining Label Dimensions Here you can enter the label dimensions Note The values for dimensions are entered automatically if you selected the label stock in the previous step 32 NiceLabel Express User Guide Designing Labels Label Setup Wizard Label Dimensions Set the Label layout dimensions and select the appropriate unit of measure Label width IDEE Label height 200 Top Margin 00 Left Margin m Bottom Margin 0 0 Right Margin 10 Rows i A gap Columns E Y gap 0 0 Unit of measure Label setup Wizard defining the label format Width height Define the label dimensions Margins Define the label margins Rows columns Define the number of labels in horizontal and vertical directions This option is commonly used with office printers laser and inkjet printers Gaps Define the gaps between the labels Note Define gaps only if you have changed rows and columns option If you have rolls of labels the gaps b
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5. ng FIELD2 T FELDS E o dsc x Form Designer Data ata entry application design Eo MN Middleware Server D ata detection and connectivil zT Database Manager Database management EBEN o Font Downloader 5 F ont and graphics download FO Printer Drivers 6 True Windows thermaltransfer J n Records selected 2 How 3 af 5 Selecting records and specifying label quantity 3 Click on the OK button 02 NiceLabel Express User Guide Designing Labels 4 Click on the Print button to start printing labels 5 Click on the Close button to close the dialog box Using Text File Wizard Text File Wizard When the input database file is a plain ASCII text file or formatted CSV Comma Separated Values Text File Wizard will be started within Database Wizard and it will guide you through quick and easy steps of text data acquire The main difference between real database and text file 1s 1n their data structure information Databases include the whole information about their fields names data format length and can be automatically used with the application Text files on the other hand do not have stored such information and you will have to instruct the application how the data is encoded When Text File Wizard finishes it will return control back to Database Wizard that will guide the rest of the way Choosing Data Type Before you can use text file you will have to define its data structure Fields can b
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7. These values can be fixed or variable When the EAN UCC 128 bar code is selected the Bar code data field in the Bar code Wizard dialog box is disabled To define the contents of the bar code click the Next button From the list of available Application Identifiers select the first identifier It will be written in bracket bellow the bar code When the Application Identifier includes also check digits you have to define whether it will be calculated or entered together with data Next define how you will set the values for the selected identifier You may enter fixed value or define variable value Fixed values When values are fixed the Wizard dialog box will inform you what is expected to be entered digits the maximum places The defined AID is presented on the list of selected Application Identifiers Click the Add button to add a new AID or on the Delete to delete existing one Should you need to change the AID and the data select the AID and click the Edit button You can sort the listing of AID by using the Up and Down buttons All the settings can be previewed on the Preview field The separator among Application Identifier can be defined by entering the required separator for the left and for the right side of the Application Identifier The default separator is bracket Variable values EAN UCC 128 bar code supports keyboard variables the variable data will be entered from the keyboard You can define
8. for the name of the label 3 The name of the label is visible in the program caption Name of the label in the program caption Use Alignment Tools You have placed the objects on the label Now you want to make sure they are aligned on the horizontal center of the label You can align objects on the label by using the Align toolbar on the right side of the working window To align objects on the label do the following 1 Select all objects on the label Note The first object you select determines the alignment orientation for all selected objects 2 Choose a select arrow in the Toolbox and draw a frame around all objects to select all objects SAMPLE 1234567890 Selecting the objects on the label 3 Inthe Align toolbar on the right click on the icon to arrange the objects The selected objects will be rearranged and positioned on the horizontal center on the label Note There are also other alignment commands available in the Align Toolbar 4 NiceLabel Express User Guide Designing Labels Note You can also align the objects to the label grid The option Snap to Grid is available in the View menu Use Drawing Tools Now you will insert a line to separate a text object from other objects and a rectangle around the picture object 1 Select the icon from Toolbox and move the cursor to the required starting point of the line 2 Press and hold down the mouse button while dr
9. label During this process the database fields get connected to the variable fields on the label When you start printing labels every variable field will automatically get the value from the linked database field Each record in the database is used on a single label Using Data from the Databases Imagine that you have the following database that contains first and last names of the people field1 field2 John Smith Jane Wright Bob Doe 1 To use the data on the label you must first define this database using the Database Wizard 2 To include two variable texts on label create two text objects 3 Inthe text wizard select Variable contents and click on the Next button 4 Select the Database option as the source of variable data 5 Link both text objects to the variable fields Each to a separate field When you print the labels each of the text objects on the label will get the value from the corresponding field in the database When one label is printed next record is used for the second label and process is repeated Each name and surname are printed on the separate label Database Wizard Using Database Wizard Process of defining a new Database access function consists of four steps pages On those pages you enter the data required by Wizard You can go to the next step page by clicking Next button or return to previous with Previous button When all data needed has been entered Finish button will become avai
10. CO will link the database fields to the objects myself later Each database field is represented as a variable on the label The wizard can connect all selected database fields with text objects on the label or leave the linking up to you Database wizard Adding fields to the label On this page you specify if you want the wizard to generate text objects on the label that are already linked to the corresponding fields 1n table Text objects are created in upper left corner of a label but you can later move them to another position 85 NiceLabel Express User Guide Designing Labels Link Label to Text Databases Overview Text databases are text files containing data values that can be used for variable objects on the label The text database is not a real database It contains the data values but lacks the information of the data structure name of the fields and maximum lengths of the fields You have to provide the missing information before the labeling software can use the data from such a text database r PIPPI PIPPI PPP PPP Pe Tee Label Designer 29777292 1 7009070700101 0 o0mrmmmm Label design and printing Form Designer Middleware Integration Module 2 3 Data entry application design Data detection and connective E r Database Manager Font and Graphic Downloader 4 5 Database management Font and graphics download The label in design mode on the left and preview o
11. Click on the small arrow next to the Ace v icon in the Toolbox to display a list of available variable types 2 Select New Counter from the list 3 A dialog box with counter properties opens Fixed Text amp New Keyboard Input New Counter E New Date Field 2 New Time Field Creating new counter variable field 4 Leave everything as default so that the counter will always start from 1 and increase by one on each label 5 Click on the Finish button 6 Click on the label where the counter should be placed The new variable is linked to the text object on the label Note Typically the counter will increase by 1 on each label For example 1 2 3 4 5 etc You can also define different incremental steps Create Date and Time Variable Fields Content of the variable field can be filled automatically with the date or time stamp from the computer clock or printer clock for supported printer models 1 Click on the small arrow next to the Ace v icon in the Toolbox to display a list of available variable types 2 Select New Date Field from the list A dialog box with date properties opens Fixed Text 9 New Keyboard Input q as New Counter New Date Field Q New Time Field Creating new date variable field 44 NiceLabel Express User Guide Designing Labels 3 Leave everything as default and the date will be used on the label using the format as defined in your Window
12. Objects First you have to select objects that you want to align Note All objects are aligned relatively to the first selected object Then click appropriate buttons in the Design toolbar to align selected objects to each other If Align toolbar is not visible by default it is located on the very right side of the window enable the Design toolbar in Toolbar option in View menu You can align objects to 71 NiceLabel Express User Guide Designing Labels Lefi Right Horizontal center Top Bottom ec Vertical center You can also distribute object evenly so that spacing between them 1s equal alt Horizontally Vertically Note If you hold the lt CTRL gt key while clicking the buttons objects are aligned relative to label and not to the first selected object The shortcut Ctrl A opens the Align dialog box with same functionality as the Design toolbar Resizing Objects To resize the object on the label do the following 1 Select the object The selected object is framed with a rectangle 2 Click on one of the small rectangles in the corners of the rectangle 3 Hold the mouse key pressed 4 Move the position of the cursor on the screen The object will resize with the cursor Rotating Label To rotate the label on the screen do the following 1 Click on the icon in the top left corner of label design area where vertical and horizontal ruler collide 2 The label will rotate for 90 clockwi
13. WITH SUFFIX PRODUCT WEIGHT WITH SUFFIX 10 kg 10 kg The left label shows design mode the right two labels are two consecutive labels from print preview Create Keyboard Entry Variable Fields The content of a prompted field can be different for every print job Before you print the label you enter the value for the field 1 Click on the small arrow next to the Ace v icon in the Toolbox to display a list of available variable types 2 Select New Keyboard Input from the list and click on the label where you want to position the object A dialog box with the Variable Wizard will open Fixed Text i9 New Keyboard Input New Counter New Date Field J 2 New Time Field Creating new keyboard input variable field 3 Type Enter product name for the option Display this text to the print operator 4 Click on the Finish button The cursor changes its shape to an arrow with a text object 5 Click on the label where you want to position the prompted field The text object is placed on the label and linked to the new variable Note When you print the label you will be prompted to enter the product name which will be shown in preview on the label and on the printed label 43 NiceLabel Express User Guide Designing Labels Create Serialized Data Variable Fields Counters Now create a counter field on the label The value of that variable field will automatically increase by one on every label 1
14. activation Web site in the Internet Explorer 5 Enter the Key number and the Registration number Enter other user information when prompted Key Number Activation Welcome to the software activation site Please copy the data trom your activation dialog box into the fields below Then press the ACTIVATE button KeNomer RegsmaionNumber J ed Name OSO Company s Address OSOS Address Zip te 00000000000 Coury o J Emailed required Internet activation website 6 Click on the Activate button to retrieve the Activation code Write it down Note The Key and Registration numbers the Activation code and information in other fields are case sensitive so be careful when writing it down 7 Go back to the client computer where the window Manage License is still open 8 Enter the Activation code 18 NiceLabel Express User Guide Installation and Activation 9 Click on the Next button and follow the prompts to complete the activation process Move the Software License to Another Computer The labeling software will run in unlimited mode on each computer where you have activated the labeling software You can activate the software with a hardware key or software key single user or multi user license To move the software license to another computer when you have the hardware key do the following 1 Disconnect the hardware key USB or parallel port variant from your computer 2
15. and technical documentation sample files and other documents Note If you are using Windows 2000 XP or 2003 you have to log on with Administrator rights to be able to perform installation Run START EXE Use the installation wizard to install the labeling software on your desktop PC To install the labeling software do the following 1 Put the product CD in your CD ROM drive An installation window will open automatically Note If the installation wizard does not start automatically go to the main CD directory of your product CD and double click on the file START EXE 2 Click on Install A new window will open showing all available software editions 3 Click on the software edition you want to install Follow the prompts 11 NiceLabel Express User Guide Installation and Activation Note Make sure to select the appropriate installation type in the installation wizard The same installation wizard 1s used for all software editions Close All Software Applications To ensure complete installation of the labeling software close all open software applications before you start installing the labeling software Define Setup Options You can select the components of the selected software edition that you want to install You can choose among the following three types of installations e Full Installation installs all software components in all available languages e Compact Installation installs only minimal set of
16. available with the Enterprise Series edition NiceLabel Print Center Before you can activate the client you must activate the NiceLabel Print Center 14 NiceLabel Express User Guide Installation and Activation Activate Software with a Hardware Key You can activate the single user editions with a parallel or USB key However you cannot activate the network edition with a hardware key Make sure you have finished installing the software on your PC when you activate your single user edition with a hardware key Activate the with a Parallel Key VENE Ji Parallel hardware key To install a parallel key do the following 1 Shutdown your computer and switch off your printer 2 Connect the hardware key directly to the parallel port marked as LPT or PRN port on your computer 3 Make sure you connect the hardware key in such a manner that pins on the key plug into the holes in the computer port Fasten the two screws to secure the key Note Do not remove the screws or try to turn them inside out Never try to connect the key to a serial port on the computer or directly to a printer You can permanently damage the hardware key as well as your computer equipment 3 Start the labeling software A Warning window will open 4 Click on the Manage License button The Manage License window will open 5 Select Activate the package and click on Next 6 Select Hardware Key and click on Next A new Manage License window will
17. code reader to properly read the bar code Security The definition of the control check digit with some bar code types 103 NiceLabel Express User Guide
18. components required for software to work correctly Help and sample files are not installed e Custom Installation gives you the option to select individual components for installation To continue installation do the following 1 Click on the Next button 2 Specify the program group you want to use for the labeling software 3 Specify if shortcuts to labeling software should be created on the desktop or in Quick Launch area 4 Click on the Install button to finish the installation 5 The Start menu in your Windows will show a new program group for the labeling software that contains shortcuts for all applications Install Printer Driver Install Printer Driver You can use the labeling software to design and print labels to standard office printers laser inkjet or matrix or to professional label printers thermal printers If you own a thermal printer you have to install the appropriate printer driver before you can print with the label printer You will find NiceDrivers for all major thermal printer brands on the product CD and on the product website You can install a printer driver for your thermal printer in the following three ways e Install within the labeling software installation e Use the Printer Installation Wizard e Usethe Windows Add Printer Wizard Printer installation within software installation To continue installing the NiceDriver after setup has finished the labeling software installation do t
19. computer clock Format Select the format for the time from the list You can also enter the custom format Preview The printer will print the time as shown on the Preview field This way you can see how the selected date format will look on the label Bar Code Wizard Database Variable field linked to the database gets the value from the specified database field Define Click on this button to open the database wizard that will help you define the link to the database Field Choose one of the available database fields as a source for the variable field Length Define the maximum length of the string in variable If field in database contains more characters they will not be printed This option is useful if the field length in your database is not fixed for example tab delimited ASCII file or if you don t want to reserve space for all the characters in database s field Bar Code Wizard Prefix and Suffix The variable element can have a prefix and suffix values The prefix text is placed in front of the variable s value The suffix text is place at the end of the variable s value Note If you leave the edit fields empty the prefix suffix will not be used Prefix and suffix can be used in situations where they are required only if the variable has set some value If the variable 1s empty the prefix suffix will not be printed as well 62 NiceLabel Express User Guide Designing Labels Using EAN UCC 128 Wizard Usi
20. in the Standard toolbar or select the command Print in the File menu The Print dialog box appears 2 Enter 10 for Label Quantity and click on the Preview button The software will close the dialog box and simulate the production for 10 labels on the screen Note You can select between the quantity of the labels and the quantity of the pages The page can have one or more labels and the labels are arranged on the page in columns and rows If you have eight labels on the page the quantity of ten pages will print 80 labels When you are certain that the labels will be printed correctly and the preview shows the correct values you can proceed to real printing To actually print the labels do the following a Print 1 Click on appears icon in the Standard toolbar The Print dialog box 99 NiceLabel Express User Guide Printing and Previewing Labels 2 Enter 10 for the Label Quantity and click on the Print button Your printer will now print 10 labels Optimize the Printing Speed There are many factors that affect the printing speed By following the guidelines below you can dramatically increase the speed of printing 100 If your printer supports parallel and serial port use the parallel port Computer can send data to printer over parallel port much faster than over serial port Use printer s internal fonts instead of Windows true type fonts True type fonts must be sent to printer as graphics and therefo
21. is not available Note If your data contains the asterisk character then you will have to change the default mask character to something else It should be a unique value not appearing anywhere in the data The contents mask functionality 1s available with Text and Bar code objects 98 NiceLabel Express User Guide Printing and Previewing Labels Printing and Previewing Labels Previewing Pictures When you place a picture on the label in design mode it is always shown in color depth as defined in the picture However when previewing the labels on screen the preview of the pictures depends on the dithering option set in the printer driver All color pictures except WMF and EMF files are converted to monochrome images The illusion of colors and shades of grey is accomplished by varying the pattern of dots More dots close together will provide darker shade of grey The preview of the label will show pictures in the same way as they will be printed accordingly to the dithering setting More accurate print preview 1s guaranteed this way If the picture is not previewed as you would like to print it change the dithering setting in the printer driver Preview and Print a Label If you want to print a label you can use the print preview to simulate a print output The label preview shows the label on the screen Simulate printing 10 labels on the screen to check label layout and printing procedure z icon
22. the Prompt the message for the operator who will enter the data The data can be numeric only or the operator 1s allowed to enter all characters The value can be fixed or incremented decremented on every label or certain number of labels with the desired step The variable data will be written in the Preview field as a series of A character 69 NiceLabel Express User Guide Designing Labels When you are satisfied with the settings click the Finish to put the EAN UCC 128 bar code to the label PDF 417 2D Code General tab Y expansion factor This option defines the height of the bar code symbol Security tab Accordingly to the standard you can select among 9 levels of security Higher security level allows more reliable reading regardless errors but the bar code symbol is bigger Truncated bar codes can be used where label damage is unlikely and there is no demand for very high level of security The truncated symbol is smaller Aspect Ratio It is the ratio between number of columns and number of rows Contents PDF 417 code can encode e Full 128 ASCII character set e All 128 Extended ASCII characters e bit binary data DataMatrix Bar Code General tab Y expansion factor This option defines the height of the bar code symbol Aspect Ratio It is the ratio between number of columns and number of rows Enter the wanted value in the fields Details tab ECC Type Error Correction Codes define the secu
23. 39 full AS Code 39 Tri Of 123456 Code 93 E vm rr dd Val B Enable preview ox Cem Cone Selecting bar code type 39 NiceLabel Express User Guide Designing Labels 7 Click on the Finish button to return to the label 8 Change the position of the bar code by selecting the bar code and dragging it to the desired position 9 Change the object size by dragging the object handles The handles are small rectangles surrounding the object when it is selected The label should now show the following SAMPLE 1234567890 Bi Label with text and bar code objects Insert Pictures The labeling software works with BMP PCX GIF WMF JPEG and many other popular graphic formats 1 To insert the picture click on the button in the Toolbox 2 Move the cursor to the desired position on the label and click on the mouse button 3 The Open dialog box will open allowing you to browse for your picture on your hard drive Go to the folder Sample Graphics and select the picture LEISURE WMF Click on the Open button The screen should show the following SAMPLE a l gett E r q 2 af f F m Label with text bar code and picture objects 40 NiceLabel Express User Guide Designing Labels Save a Label Always save your label during the design process To save a label do the following 1 Select the icon 2 Type in the name of the label For example enter label
24. AN UCC 128 Wizard Where the data for AI 1s obtained from When the Application Identifier is selected you will have to define where is the data for its value obtained from There are three possible options e Fixed The application identifier will have the fixed value on every label e New variable The application identifier will be linked to the variable and have variable value on each label You will define a new variable e Use existing variable The application identifier will be linked to the variable and have variable value on each label Select the existing variable from the list Step 3 Entering the value for the Application Identifier Entering fixed value for the application identifier 65 NiceLabel Express User Guide Designing Labels UCC EAN128 Wizard AI 01 Application Identifier Value Enter the data for Application Identifier 3 4 01 Global Trade Item Number GTIN Data format n14 Enter data for the amp pplication Identifier 1234567890123 13 digits must be entered for the amp pplication identifier Data format will be numeric Entering fixed value for the application identifier If you have selected fixed value in the previous dialog box you should enter value for the Application Identifier here The Wizard will let you know about the required data format fort this AI and how long the AI value should be For some AT s the field length is fixed to certain number of digits for others
25. Install the labeling software on the new computer Follow the steps in the topic Installing Software 3 Activate the labeling software on the new computer Follow the steps in the topic Activate Software with a Hardware Key To move the software license to another computer when you have the software key 25 character number do the following 1 Run NiceLabel Pro on currently active computer 2 Select Help gt Manage License 3 Enable the option Manage current software key license 4 Click Next 5 Select the option Deactivate License and click Finish Selecting this option will remove the license from your computer and store it back to the activation server Note The computer must have access to the internet to be able to transfer the license to the activation server 6 Install the software on the new computer Follow the steps in the topic Installing Software 7 Activate the software on the new computer Follow the steps in the topic Activate Single User Edition Installing Upgrades Overview You can upgrade the labeling software in the following ways e Upgrade software within one version minor version upgrade for example from 5 0 0 to 5 1 0 e Upgrade software version from an older version to the most current one major version upgrade for example 2 1 0 to 3 0 0 19 NiceLabel Express User Guide Installation and Activation e Upgrade software edition for example NiceLabel Pro to a more advanced edi
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27. Printer Settings Change Common Printer Settings When you start designing a label you specify to which printer the label should be connected Each label file remembers the printer settings for the selected printer driver on the label As an example you will change the printing speed and darkness To change the printer settings do the following 45 NiceLabel Express User Guide Designing Labels 1 Goto File Printer Settings The window with the printer settings will open 2 Open the Options tab 3 Change the Speed and Darkness options 4 Click on the OK button 5 Save the label by clicking the button in the Standard toolbar or selecting the command Save in the File menu Frinter Memory Custom Commands Import E port settings About Options Advanced Setup Dithering Stocks No OF Copies Darkness 50 RT Stocks User defined v Printer driver properties Note Any changes in the printer settings dialog box will be saved to the label and applied to future print actions You can also change the printer settings right before the label 1s printed 1 Select the Print command in the File menu 2 Goto the Printer tab This tab allows you to change the printer just before printing begins but it also enables you to change common printer settings like speed darkness and print direction Note Changes to the settings in the Printer tab will not be saved in the label but used only at print time Change Dithering Opt
28. RFID Smart Label printing to desktop mobile and enterprise users Software offers an easy to use interface and meets any label design and printing requirement for efficient label printing solutions to users in retail logistics healthcare chemical automotive and other industries NiceLabel family of products offers the following e Standard Series e Represent the most complete range of standard labeling software e Easy to use but offers powerful functions expected from advanced label designers e Unique selling points NiceForm NiceWatch amp Pocket NiceLabel e Tight control over printing process NicePrintQueue amp bi directional drivers reprint functionality Enterprise Series Products for enterprises and toughest demands NiceLabel Print Center NiceWatch Enterprise Developer Series Integration solution for software publisher print engine NiceLabel Express User Guide Introduction e NiceLabel SDK SDK for software publishers who need label printing capabilities in their software NiceLabel SDK can be embedded in existing information systems or existing applications to provide support for label printing NiceLabel SDK provides all label printing functionality of the software e NiceLabel PocketSDK e NiceLabel WebSDK NiceLabel Express Wizard based software meeting basic bar code labeling needs The entry level software includes many design elements of the NiceLabel Pro edition with the emphasis on simplified u
29. Readable TaD E aE 74 Details aD X a a E O Ta 75 Supported Bar Code T ypescidooqse timed di m eaa do N quad US 76 IC ECMO CCUG Roe NER UR MU M PU MON CO NAE TI Editi DISCUS aaea E a go debo Ate Gaius b ado T1 DUO TAG BC TS udo tue esci epubtotsu m tte uoa tU eu I op EDUC 77 PON OI OOD FC CLS Pet T 77 Resize ODE e RI 78 Rotna Labe brerna iuc Ib educi ec le ee 78 CoU IET O10 aie E meer eee men E N 79 Supported Graphics Formats i e oca be Ebr eno aE ERa 79 Working Wit PIet leS a ea tei Deeds epe pb d ab n E Re oisi sca id aD e Eoes 80 Workings with Variable Data sso eio tutae eae huida de abeat cuts 80 Byname DAT OVV E Wisan a a a EN 80 Working with Databases oeiee eenean eer a aae aa Ane eere AS eaa NE eiai 80 Use Data trom the Datibas6S oie e a E 81 NiceLabel Express User Guide Table of Contents Database Wizard hens r e a aateaacacabenss 81 Usine Database W Bri NR o mm 81 melecting Database Pile ER E OL 82 pelecting Desired ie dS scsccsccccstsasessaohearsanaisanthare assent A 83 Selecting Which Records will be Printed sese 84 Selecting Variable Quantity from the Database Field esses 85 Adding the Fields tothe Labe birgai ite uo oet ena Iac aote to aite AEA 85 mk abel to Test Data bases irs sacri n uiuo debe p e eae ttum toa EEedC UR SAO Sa OIN et Ra mediano 86 COM T bacc editt Dust eso iced noone danse ES E E 86 Connec 10 A AVA AS oce id ibl O AS 86 F
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31. awing the line Move the mouse to the end position of the line and release the button The Line object 1s placed on the label 3 Click on the icon in the Toolbox and point the mouse to the upper left corner of the picture 4 Click and hold the mouse button while you stretch the rectangle to the lower right corner of the picture 5 Tochange the thickness of the vertical and horizontal line double click on the rectangle object to open its properties Select the thickness you want and click on the Finish button 6 To edit the drawing object double click on the line or rectangle to open the dialog box with its properties The label should show the following SAMPLE Label with fixed objects Add Variable Fields Overview You may want to print the label on which the data changes for each label The labeling software offers different variable fields counters date time fields operator s input from the keyboard that you can use with text graphics and bar code objects 42 NiceLabel Express User Guide Designing Labels For this example a new label was created The following steps explain how to create a label that contains a prompted field a counter and date time fields The captions in the following screenshots were added separately r m r PRODUCT PRODUCT PRODUCT TOPPPTPCPTTPT Orange Orange COUNTER COUNTER COUNTER 1 m DATE DATE 24 2 2005 24 2 2005 TIME TIME 1 48 34 1 48 34 PRODUCT WEIGHT
32. bels Label Setup Wizard Select Printer Select the printer you want to use with this label Choose the printer from the list of installed printers The label will be optimized for this printer Avery AP 5 4 300DP1 v Always use default printer Double sided printing You can change the printer specific settings by clicking the Properties button Open the advanced options dialog box Do not use the wizard next time Cancel lt Back N Finish Selecting a printer 2 Click on the Next button Define Label and Page Dimensions 1 If you want to use the label stock select your choices in the window Select Stock 2 Click on the Next button A new window will open to define the label dimensions manually 3 Leave the option Page Size on User defined default and check Automatic Sizing Click the Next button A new window will open Select label orientation and print direction LES 35 NiceLabel Express User Guide Designing Labels Label Setup Wizard Select a layout that suites you most Label Layout Orientation Landscape Screen layout Print direction Rotated Printer layout ABCD LLALL este This printer does not support print direction settings A4 210X237m HIT be pen the advanced options dialog box Do not use the wizard next time Selecting label layout 6 Click on the Next button A new window will open Enter 10 for label width a
33. bject on the label do the following 1 Click on the Rectangle icon in the Toolbox 2 Click the position on the label where you want the upper left position of the object to be set 3 Drag to bottom right direction until the object size is as requested 4 The other method of positioning the rectangle object on the label is simply selecting the Rectangle tool and then clicking the label A default sized rectangle will appear and you can resize it using handles around the object Note If you want to draw a square grab a handle a on one of the rectangle corners simultaneously press and hold Shift key then resize the rectangle A square will be drawn For more useful shortcuts available in the software refer to the chapter Shortcuts 4 To move a rectangle to a different position simply select it and drag it elsewhere on the label Note Should you later want to edit the object select it then double click it The dialog box with properties appears Defining Line Object To place the line object on the label do the following 1 Click on the Line object in the Toolbox 2 Define the line starting point by clicking the mouse at the start position 3 Move the cursor to the end point while holding down the mouse button A line will be drawn from the left to right side of the label 50 NiceLabel Express User Guide Designing Labels Note If you need to draw a vertical line just click for starting point then drag the cur
34. ceLabel Express User Guide Designing Labels Text Wizard Counter Properties Define properties of the counter Starting value n J Prompt for value before print Enter the starting value for the counter Set maximum number of digits lg Increment 1 2 3 etc Decrement 10 9 8 etc Preview 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 8 10 Dialog box for Text Wizard when Counter option is chosen Starting Value Set the starting value for the counter The counter will increment or decrement from the starting value Note You can enter only digits for the starting value Prompt for value before print Tick this option to enable entering the starting value of the counter when you start printing labels Enter the text that will be shown to the user before printing The message will be shown on the screen each time when the label 1s to be printed Set maximum number of digits Define the maximum length of digits the counter can occupy Increment or decrement You can define that the variable value will increase from label to label or decrease Preview The field shows the preview of the counter based on your selection Text Wizard Counter Continuation Step Define the step for your counter The counter will increase by this number on every label 55 NiceLabel Express User Guide Designing Labels Change value every lt n gt labels Define the number of labels when the counter will change the valu
35. cked Omnidirectional RSS Limited RSS Expanded UPC A UPC E EAN 8 EAN 13 EAN UCC 128 amp CC A B EAN UCC 128 amp 76 NiceLabel Express User Guide Designing Labels CC C Two 2D Pharmacode PDF 417 DataMatrix MaxiCode Aztec QR dimensional MicroQR Codablock F MicroPDF InfoGlyph Selecting Objects To select two or more objects you should press the lt Shift gt key and hold down while clicking the object with a mouse The objects can be selected cut copied pasted and edited with the right mouse button If you click the right mouse button on the object the menu shows all the available commands Note that these commands are equivalent to correspondent menu commands You can also change the anchoring point of a selected object by holding lt CTRL gt while clicking the placeholders corners of the bounding box of the object Editing Objects To edit the properties of the object do the following 1 Double click the object on the label The dialog box with object properties will open Note You can also press the Enter key while the object 1s selected 2 Make modifications to the object properties 3 Click on the Finish button Moving Objects To move the object on the label do the following 1 Select the object 2 Click on the object with the left mouse button 3 Hold the mouse key pressed 4 Move the position of the cursor on the screen The object will move with the cursor Aligning
36. contact your local vendor or representative offices listed in the topic Contact Information For more information please refer to Support FAQ http kb nicelabel com NiceLabel FAQ www nicelabel com Learning center Sales FAQ NiceLabelTutorials www nicelabel com Learning center Tutorials NiceLabel Forums forums nicelabel com Contact Information Head Office Euro Plus d o o Ulica Lojzeta Hrovata 4c SI 4000 Kranj Slovenia Tel 386 4 280 50 00 Fax 386 4 233 11 48 support nicelabel com www nicelabel com North American Office Niceware International LLC 10437 Innovation Drive Suite 147 Milwaukee WI 53226 Tel 1 414 476 6423 Fax 1 414 476 7955 Tech Support 1 414 476 6408 support nicewareintl com www nicewareintl com French Office 101 NiceLabel Express User Guide Technical Support Cobarsoft SARL Le rempart 32320 Montesquiou France Tel 33 0 562 709 201 Fax 33 0 562 708 004 support nicelabel fr WWW nicelabel fr 102 NiceLabel Express User Guide Glossary of Terms Glossary of Terms Auto translation Bar code interpretation in human readable characters Darkness The print head temperature defines the print darkness The higher is the temperature the darker is the printout thermal printers only Descender bars Longer first and last bar in the EAN 13 bar codes Quiet zone The empty place before and after the bar code symbol This is necessary for the bar
37. cting Label Stock If you use one of the standard predefined label formats you can specify it here Stock Type Select the type of stock Stock name Select the stock from the list Stock information The information about label dimensions printer settings background images as defined by the selected stock Label linked to stock If you enable this option you cannot change the dimensions of the label because the stocks locks the dimensions Note Using pre defined stocks simplifies the process of label creation as you do not have to define the label dimensions manually Click on the Next button to continue with the next step 30 NiceLabel Express User Guide Designing Labels Defining the Page Size Label Setup Wizard Page Size Select the paper size that best matches your needs Page size fy ser defined Width Height Automatic Sizing Label setup Wizard choosing Label Dimensions Select the page size for your labels This step is only necessary for the office printers Automatic Sizing Tick this option if you are using thermal printer with NiceDrivers The labeling software and NiceDrivers will negotiate about the label dimensions Click on the Next button to continue with the next step 31 NiceLabel Express User Guide Designing Labels Selecting Label Orientation m Label Setup Wizard Select a layout that siutes you most A4 210X297m ESTER br i Label Layout
38. desktop PC 2 Disable your Virus Scan software 3 Put the product CD in your CD ROM drive 4 Install the same software edition as you already have for example if you have NiceLabel Pro 2 1 x and want to upgrade to NiceLabel Pro 3 x x install NiceLabel Pro 3 x x 5 Follow the prompts 20 NiceLabel Express User Guide Installation and Activation Install Edition Upgrade When you perform an edition upgrade you want to upgrade to a more powerful software edition for example upgrade from NiceLabel Express to NiceLabel Pro or NiceLabel Pro to NiceLabel Suite Before you upgrade your labeling software make sure you e Backup your program files e Close the labeling software and any other software on your desktop PC e Do not remove the existing labeling software edition To upgrade your stand alone single user software edition do the following 1 Put the product CD in your CD ROM drive 3 Install the new edition Pro or Suite on your computer Follow the same instructions as for first time installation Refer to the chapter Installing the Labeling Software 4 Follow the prompts Note Activate the new edition of the labeling software when you have received the activation document from your vendor with the upgrade package You won t be able to use the new edition until you have activated it Activating Upgrades Activate Minor Version Upgrade When you upgrade to a new minor version of the the same edition for
39. e Rollover when reached Enter the value when reached will cause the counter to reset the value to the starting value Text Wizard Date Field Define the properties of the date field The variable field will get the value from a computer clock 47 Text Wizard Date Define the properties of the date field Date offset o days i months lo pears Preview 10 3 2005 Dialog box for Text Wizard when Date field option is chosen Format Select the format for your date from the list You can also enter the custom format Date offset You can add a certain numbers of days months or years to a current date and print that date instead of the current one Preview The printer will print the date as shown on the Preview field This way you can see how the selected date format will look on the label Text Wizard Time Field Detine the properties of the time field The variable field will get the value from a computer clock 56 NiceLabel Express User Guide Designing Labels Text Wizard Time Define the properties of the time field Format mmm L Preview 1 36 36 1 36 36 Dialog box for Text Wizard when Time field option 1s chosen Format Select the format for the time from the list You can also enter the custom format Preview The printer will print the time as shown on the Preview field This way you can see how the selected time format w
40. e delimited by some sort of a separator tab semicolon comma or some entirely user defined separator or can be of a fixed length Text File Wizard Choose Data Type Choose the data type that best describes your data structure Data type 5 Delimited Characters such as comma or tab separate each field Fixed Fields are aligned in columns with spaces between each field First row contains field names ident csv l Linda Hudson System Analyst 502 linda wmf 101 2 Cindy Grey General Manager 500 cindy wmf 100 3 Jennifer Jones Secretary 501 jennifer wmf 105 Database Wizard Choosing Data Type 93 NiceLabel Express User Guide Designing Labels Choose Delimited if you know that data fields are separated with some special character File preview at the bottom of the dialog box can be helpful if you do not know exactly how the data 1s organized Choose Fixed if you know that your data fields always occupy the same number of characters Start import at row option is useful when you do not want to import some rows at the top of the file Most usual situation when you would want to use this option is when text file contains some header on top of actual data fields Setting the Fields Text File Wizard Set the Delimiter and Text Qualifier Set the delimiter and text qualifier that are used in your text file Delimiter Tab Semicolon Comma Other Database Wizard Setting separato
41. e new 25 digit software key number Both keys are required to activate your upgrade Summary of required steps 1 Close all labeling software applications 2 Install the new edition of the software 3 Activate the new edition with the upgrade key number Limitations of the Demo Mode Registering the Software At the end of the activation process please fill out the registration form in the last step of the Product Activation process If you have the access to the internet the product can be activated on line You can also print out the registration form and send or fax it to the contact on the form Registration is not required but you should register the labeling software to receive the following benefits e Free access to downloads and updates e Free Technical Newsletter discussing product news To register the labeling software do the following 1 Start the label designer 2 Select Help gt Manage Registration 3 Follow on screen instructions 23 NiceLabel Express User Guide Setting Up the Software Setting Up the Software User Interface Main Window This is labeling application main window SAMPLE1 LBL Selle File Edit View Object Database Tools Window Help LEN bed Yo S 3 EY d mom J zoom w view v om v O lw Select A Text Bar Code Ww M Label Designer O Rectangle Line User friendly labeling software Ellipse E Inverse Sale date 10 03 2005 Reseller s stamp
42. e to NiceLabel NiceLabel is a family of professional labeling software products that brings a complete bar code printing solution and RFID Smart Label printing to desktop mobile and enterprise users NiceLabel offers an easy to use interface and meets any label design and printing requirement for efficient label printing solutions to users in retail logistics health care chemical automotive and other industries The main product lines include NiceLabel Suite NiceLabel Pro andNiceLabel Express NiceLabel can be used with any 32 bit or 64 bit Windows operating system Windows 2000 Windows XP Windows Server 2003 and Windows Vista The latest software 1s available for free download on the NiceLabel website at www nicelabel com Contents of the Package Before starting the installation of the NiceLabellabeling software check the contents of the package to ensure it is complete The package must include NiceLabelCD Installation Guide Quick Start Guide Software key or optionally a hardware key not available with all editions If any of the mentioned items are missing please contact your software vendor immediately for package replacement About this Manual About this Manual The User Guide helps you design and print labels quickly The User Guide contains the following sections Introduction This chapter will introduce you to NiceLabel software Installation and Activation Learn how to install and activate the labe
43. e ys iahy ies e ceo A E rer a A 50 Dennins Rectan ele OBCO aeee a r e A enti 50 etn ms TanesO EC RM cC SE 50 NiceLabel Express User Guide Table of Contents DDetiimns Elipse ODE tida E a vede eR etaed de sentite 51 Weta Inverse OD CCL sen oues iuto de tup ene ue Adiievdadendixuscutta eee dts de opesus dir onde tnc 51 Use Text WZA deceret tet Eoo e pens one ensi od o eek Ganst fad UR MER edd 52 LO ATA EE EEEE A eee E A EE N E EA EEA ee 22 Text Wizard Choosing Variable Text rn eie tei o p MER E PEDE De teen pte Std 53 Text Wizard Keyboard Inputs essa apio qi a A 53 Text V Izdrub CONE ahs pater ne ht eno EE Hann laesus tan iet M anacinenah i tepan tunt tree 54 Text Wizard Counter Cont InlallOn eee coeno de duse cec oo ho etae esee duse eet i m hoses aeres onion 29 Text Wat ss Date Field aessa e td a E tr ddiuide 56 Text Wizard Tine PIelds dove eene dete esae Medeae e ecards 56 Text WIZabd DAA Ase ante antonio datei ecd diram detecta tr diediena des 57 Text Wizard Prefix and SUPE esna a aa E E 58 Usine B Code Wizard essen eun E cia oi ciet 60 PEC OMe IZALG aean E A EE AE 60 Bar Code Wizard Choosing Variable Bar Code ccccccseeeecceeceeeceeeeaeeesseeeseeeeeeess 60 Bar Code Wizard Keyboard Input ccccccccccccccssssssseseseeeeeeceeeeeeeeeeeaaeasesseseeeeeeeess 61 BarCode W zard C00 oeoescuecneck ovd eios c eer s drap anser ec evd ede sens drpaK qu ev P nne vd eques 61 Text Wizard Counter Continuation
44. ed at that time Enter Opens properties dialog box of the selected element F2 or double click Using the Keyboard and Mouse Effectively When selecting objects you can use lt CTRL gt key to adjust object s anchoring point by clicking the object placeholders If you have a Wheel Mouse you can use the wheel to scroll label up and down Holding lt CTRL gt when rotating the wheel adjusts zoom factor lt SHIFT gt scrolls label left or right Double click on printer s name in status bar opens printer properties dialog box in which you can set various options regarding currently selected printer If you hold lt CTRL gt while double clicking printer setup dialog box is opened in which you can select different printer You can quickly move objects from one open label to another by simply dragging desired object to another window while holding lt ALT gt If you want to copy objects instead hold both lt ALT gt and lt CTRL gt Note that you must have both label windows visible to do that Different objects on label can be selected using the TAB and lt SHIFT gt lt TAB gt keys Pressing cursor keys while holding lt Ctrl gt key can move currently selected object This can be used to fine tune position of the object Holding lt SHIFT gt while pressing cursor keys will resize the object You can use the right mouse button almost anywhere on label to access most common options for that area object For example if you c
45. element Prefix string will be placed in front of the data value Suffix string will be placed after the data value Prefix Suffix To complete the Wizard click Finish Setting Prefix and Suffix string for the variable text element Note If you leave the edit fields empty the prefix suffix will not be used Prefix and suffix can be used in situations where they are required only if the variable has set some value If the variable is empty the prefix suffix will not be printed as well 59 NiceLabel Express User Guide Designing Labels Using Bar Code Wizard Bar Code Wizard Bar code Wizard Bar Code Object Define the contents and style of the bar code object Bar code data Fixed bar code data Variable bar code data 1234567890 Bar code type Code 28 First page of bar code Wizard Bar Code Wizard guides you to define all parameters for the bar code object Fixed bar code data Select this option if you would like to have a fixed non changeable content of the object If you select this option you can enter the text directly in this dialog box Variable text Select this option if you would like to have variable content of the object Defining the content 1s defined in the next step Note When entering values for RSS composite bar codes you need to provide the value for the linear and composite 2D parts at the same time Use the following syntax for entering valu
46. ent Instead of selecting character for field separation you will have to define field widths The Wizard makes is as simple as possible Use a mouse and draw a vertical line to the start positions of the fields Lines will indicate where the new field starts 95 NiceLabel Express User Guide Designing Labels Formatting the Fields Text File Wizard Set Field Names and Fields to Import Set custom field names and their maximum possible lengths Field name and import Field name Field lenath Data preview Linda Hudso System Analyst oz Cindy Grey 15250994 24 ESI TEES GCcretary Database Wizard Formatting the fields In this step of the Wizard you can review the fields names and lengths and modify them if necessary You will probably use more friendly field names so you can distinguish between them more easily When you are finished with Text File Wizard the structure information of the used text file is stored to a separate file with a extension of SCH Scheme File If you will try to use the same text file some other time on a different label you will be spared all efforts of structure creating SCH file will be automatically used and Text File Wizard will be skipped entirely Available Date Formats The date fields can be printed in various formats In this field you define how the date will look You can select some of the predefined date formats or enter you own When defining the formats the following n
47. entry application design Database Manager L E Data detectian and connectivil Database management Font Downloader Font and graphics download EBEN o Printer Drivers True Windows thermal transfer J n Records selected 2 How 3 af 5 Record selection dialog box 5 Click on the OK button You will return to the Print dialog box 6 Click on the Preview button Now you can preview the labels on the screen Note that the text objects on the label change for each new record 91 NiceLabel Express User Guide Designing Labels PR Pause Form Designer 2 Data entry application design Preview of the second label in the series 7 Click on the Next button in the command window to advance to the next label in the series After you see the last label in the preview series the application will re open the Print dialog box 8 Click on the Close button to close the Print dialog box Print a Label When you are certain that the label design 1s correct and label preview shows the correct values from the database you can start sending the labels to the printer To print a label do the following 1 Click on the print icon ean in the Standard Toolbar The Print dialog box will open same as the print preview dialog box 2 Click on the button Select Records and select the records you want to print and specify the label quantity for each record Drag a column header here to group by that column
48. ernal memory or memory card for optimized label printing e NiceData Manage your databases e NicePrint Manage fast and easy label printing e NicePrintQueue manage your print jobs NiceLabel Express User Guide Introduction NiceLabel Suite 1s available in Print Only edition as well For detailed information about a particular program please refer to User Guide available on the product CD and web site Pocket NiceLabel Pocket NiceLabel is a program package for Windows CE that brings the power of label printing to portable Windows CE computers Windows Mobile Device NiceLabel Pocket PC Designer NiceLabel Pocket PC Designer is a software package for desktop Windows computers that brings the power of label and form design to Windows mobile devices After you have designed the required labels on the desktop PC synchronize the labels with the Windows mobile device and print them from the Windows mobile device NiceLabel Print Center NiceLabel Print Center is enterprise level labeling solution with centralized control over all clients in the network The enterprise edition manages the printing process centrally while label design and printing occurs locally on the client computers hosting NiceLabel Suite The NiceLabel Print Center software performs the following Centralized print and event logging Centralized control over printers and print queues print jobs Centralized logging of executed NiceWatch actions Iss
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50. es for RSS composite bar codes The pipe character is used to distinguish between the components The syntax linear part l composite part The example 12345ldescription Bar Code Wizard Choosing Variable Bar Code Select the type of the variable field you want to use 60 NiceLabel Express User Guide Designing Labels Variable name Type in the name of the variable that will be linked to the bar code object and will provide the value for it The next page of the wizard depends on your selection here Bar Code Wizard Keyboard Input Use this variable type when you want the operator to enter a value of the variable from the keyboard before printing the specified numbers of labels Prompt text for this variable field Fill in the message that will be shown to the user when he will enter tne values for the variable field Format Select the format of data you allow to be entered for the variable field Set maximum number of characters Define the maximum length of characters that can be entered for the variable field Bar Code Wizard Counter On this page of the wizard you define the counter variable Starting Value Set the starting value for the counter The counter will increment or decrement from the starting value Note You can enter only digits for the starting value Prompt for value before print Tick this option to enable entering the starting value of the counter when you start printing labels Enter
51. etween the labels are auto identified by the gap sensor in the printer Unit of measure Change the unit of measure you want to use When you are satisfied with the label dimensions click on the Finish button to close the Label setup wizard Designing a Basic Label Overview In this section you will learn how to design a simple label file with fixed and variable objects The variable objects can obtain values from several sources You will learn how to 33 NiceLabel Express User Guide Designing Labels Provide object values with a keyboard prompt Obtain object values from a database Preview the label on the screen Print the label The label you create will look like this SAMPLE AIL Basic label Create a Basic Label Create a New Label To create a basic label do the following 1 Open the labeling software 2 Select New label under File menu or click on the icon L in the standard toolbar Each time you create a new label a Label Setup Wizard will start to help you setup the label and connect to the printer Note You can leave the Wizard at any time and accept the default settings for the label by clicking on the Finish button Select a Printer 1 Select the printer you want to use for label printing Note If you don t find your printer on the list refer to chapter Install Printer Driver for installation instructions 34 NiceLabel Express User Guide Designing La
52. example NiceLabel Pro version 3 x 1 to NiceLabel Pro version 3 x 2 the software will remain activated Just make sure you install the new version in the same folder as the existing version Please follow the same instructions as described in the chapter Install the Minor Version Upgrade Note For the network edition make sure to install the server part in the same folder on the server that is currently used for the Network edition You will not have to activate the server again It will remain activated from the previously installed build Activate Major Version Upgrade When you upgrade to a new major version of the same edition for example NiceLabel Pro version 2 1 x to NiceLabel Pro version 3 x x you will have to activate the software again The new version does not override the existing one and you can work with both the old and new version of the same edition Please follow the same instructions as for the first time installation of the labeling software in the chapter Installing the Software Summary of required steps 1 Close running labeling applications Zi NiceLabel Express User Guide Installation and Activation 2 Do not remove the existing version of labeling software 3 Install the new version of the same edition you already have 4 If your software old version has a hardware key USB or Parallel see chapter Activating the Software plug the key in your computer 5 Activate the new the version with the upg
53. f the five labels with data from the database Connect to a Database The labeling software offers a Database Wizard that guides you through the necessary steps to connect the database to a label To connect your label to a database using the Database Wizard do the following 1 Click on thel button in the Standard Toolbar 2 Click on the Browse button and point to the text database data txt from sample folder 86 NiceLabel Express User Guide Designing Labels Database Wizard Database and T able Select the type of database and table you want to use on the label Select the type of the database CO All installed database drivers ODBC OLE DB BDE Browse for the database table you want to use Browse Browse for the table containing label data Wizard will help you make a connection to table fields and transfer their values to the objects on the label Open the advanced options dialog box Do not use the wizard next time Selecting the text database 3 Click on the Next button Note If you connect to the database for the first time you need to define the database structure Continue with the next section Format the Data with the Text File Wizard Because the text files do not contain the structural information like real databases do you must define the fields and their data structure When you use the same text database some other time you won t have to define the structure agai
54. g 1 Make a separate folder for each project you are building e g Projectl 2 Beneath this folder make the following subfolders Database for databases Forms for forms Graphics for images abels for labels Note Use the English names for the folders 3 Store appropriate files in each of these subfolders 4 Do not change any folder location in application preferences Tools gt Options When the applications will require some file the relative links between the files is always the same Even if you copy the main project folder to some other location or disk the relative links between the subfolder Database Forms Graphics and Labels remain the same For example The image is placed on the label The original image location was c My Project 10 Grahics logo jpg on your local disk When the label project for the customer is complete you copy the folder structure My Project to the customer s computer and rename it to Labels The location is d Labels Because you use the subfolders the relative link between the label in Labels folder and the image logo jpg in the Graphics folder is the same The application can find the image 28 NiceLabel Express User Guide Designing Labels Designing Labels Using Label Setup Wizard Using Label Setup Wizard Label Setup Wizard offers defining dimensions of the label and changing printer setup It consists of a few simple steps Click on the Related Topics b
55. hapter Shortcuts 4 To move a inverse to a different position simply select it and drag it elsewhere on the label ol NiceLabel Express User Guide Designing Labels Using Text Wizard Text Wizard Text Wizard Text Object Define the contents and style of the text object Contents Fixed text C Variable text Product code Font aval 70F seen _ Inverse First screen of Text Wizard Text Wizard guides you to define all parameters for the text object Fixed text Select this option if you would like to have a fixed non changeable content of the object If you select this option you can enter the text directly in this dialog box Variable text Select this option if you would like to have variable content of the object Defining the content 1s defined in the next step Font Currently selected font type is shown in this field e Inverse Enable this option to use the text in inverse Note The option is not available for all printers e Select button You can select different font type for this text object among available fonts in the system 32 NiceLabel Express User Guide Designing Labels Text Wizard Choosing Variable Text Text Wizard Variable Field Select the type of variable field for the object Wizard will create new variable text or bar code object on the label Select the type of a variable field Prompted before print Counter T2343 Date F
56. he following 1 Select the option Install printer driver 12 NiceLabel Express User Guide vac iS Note Installation and Activation Click on the Finish button Printer Installation Wizard will open Select your printer from the list Click on the Next button Select the port where you have connected your printer and click on the Finish button This type of printer installation is available only when running installation from the product CD Printer Installation Using the Printer Installation Wizard l PR Note Put the product CD in your CD ROM drive The main installation application should start automatically If not start Windows Explorer browse to the CD and double click on the file START EXE Click on Installation A new window will open showing all software editions and printer drivers Click on NiceDrivers The printer installation wizard will start Select your printer from the list Click on the Next button Select the port where you have connected your printer and click on the Finish button If you have downloaded the installation for NiceDriver from the product web site run the downloaded executable file and follow the steps four 4 and five 5 Printer Installation Using the Windows Add Printer Wizard l 3 6 Note Open Control Panel from Settings option in Start menu Open Printers Printers and Faxes and select Add a Printer Follow the Add Printer Wizard prompts The actual
57. hts Custom application settings Label printing logs Bar code standards Definition of global variables GLOBALS TDB Welcome Wizard When you start the labeling software a Welcome Wizard will be shown It provides a quick access to most used commands when starting working on a label layout Create a new A blank label will be created and Label Setup Wizard will be label started You will be able to design a new label from a scratch Open recently A list of recently used labels will be displayed to provide a used label quick access to commonly used labels Open some other A common Windows dialog box will open to let you browse existing label for the appropriate label file Use Project Folders You should always design the appropriate folder layout on disk for your label projects With that in mind you can increase your work efficiency significantly and always know where certain types of files are stored The applications also finds required files faster this way 23 NiceLabel Express User Guide Setting Up the Software Using consistent folders is important with more demanding projects where you have a lot of labels databases pictures and printing forms Of course you can always change the file location in application preferences Tools gt Options But this approach is not really recommended when you work with different projects and do not want to mix the files between the projects You should do the followin
58. ield 10 3 2005 Time Field 13 12 57 C Database Value from the database Text Wizard Choosing variable text Select the type of the variable field you want to use If some of the option in the list is not accessible the functionality is not available Variable name Type in the name of the variable that will be linked to the bar code object and will provide the value for it The next page of the wizard depends on your selection here Text Wizard Keyboard Input Use this variable type when you want the operator to enter a value of the variable from the keyboard before printing the specified numbers of labels 53 NiceLabel Express User Guide Designing Labels Text Wizard Keyboard Input Define the properties of the prompt keyboard input Prompt text for this variable field f Lot number Format All characters Numeric Alphanumeric Currency Set maximum number of characters Dialog box for Text Wizard when Keyboard input option is chosen Prompt text for this variable field Fill in the message that will be shown to the user when he will enter tne values for the variable field Format Select the format of data you allow to be entered for the variable field Set maximum number of characters Define the maximum length of characters that can be entered for the variable field Text Wizard Counter On this page of the wizard you define the counter variable 54 Ni
59. ifiers Construct the list of Application Identifiers that will be encoded in the bar code Application Identifiers selected S n Nan Global Trade Item Number GTIN Batch or Lot number I Due Date CY MMDDI Delete Input Application identifier delimiter tet Woo Right i Preview 01 89933333333393 10 12345 12 050301 Listing the selected application identifiers This is the last step of the EAN UCC 128 Wizard Here you can add edit or delete Application Identifiers and define separator among them Application Identifiers selected In this field all selected application identifiers for the bar code are listed in the order of creation You can change the order with the arrow buttons Add Edit or Delete buttons Use these buttons to add additional application identifiers and edit or delete existing ones Input Application identifier delimiter Define left and right separator among different application identifiers The default setting 1s to use round parenthesis Preview A sample bar code content based on your application identifier selection is shown here Click the Finish button to exit the wizard 68 NiceLabel Express User Guide Designing Labels Selecting Bar Code Type Settings for Advanced Bar Codes EAN UCC 128 Bar Code This bar code is combined from one or more input values and standard AID Application Identifiers Each AID must be followed by the standard values
60. ill look on the label Text Wizard Database Variable field linked to the database gets the value from the specified database field 57 NiceLabel Express User Guide Designing Labels Text Wizard Database Properties First define the link to the database and then select the database field The value for the label object will come from the database field To set up database access click on the Define button Choose one of available database fields as a source for the object contents Field Ep N Length pss x Dialog box for Text Wizard when Database option is chosen Define Click on this button to open the database wizard that will help you define the link to the database Field Choose one of the available database fields as a source for the variable field Length Define the maximum length of the string in variable If field 1n database contains more characters they will not be printed This option 1s useful if the field length in your database is not fixed for example tab delimited ASCH file or if you don t want to reserve space for all the characters 1n database s field Text Wizard Prefix and Suffix The variable element can have a prefix and suffix values The prefix text is placed in front of the variable s value The suffix text 1s place at the end of the variable s value 58 NiceLabel Express User Guide Designing Labels 4 Text Wizard Prefix and Suffix Specify prefix and suffix for your
61. in the first step of Wizard allows you to select the EAN UCC 128 bar code data structure Each bar code is composed out of one or more Application Identifiers and the corresponding data 63 NiceLabel Express User Guide Designing Labels Choose one of the Application Identifiers in this list You can add edit or delete Application Identifiers from the bar code later in the process UCC EAN128 Wizard AI 01 Check Digit Select how you want the check digit to be applied This amp pplication Identifier includes a check digit Select check digit input Check digit to be entered with data EAN UCC 128 Wizard How check digit should be applied If you have selected the Application Identifier which data includes a check digit for example AI 01 GTIN Global Trade Item Number then first you will have to select how the check digit will be applied The possible options are Automatic calculation Check digit will be calculated by the application Check digit to be entered with data Manually enter the data and check digit The application will verify if the entered check digit is valid 64 NiceLabel Express User Guide Designing Labels Step 2 Application Identifier Input Type UCC EAN128 Wizard Al 01 Application Identifier Input Type Define the data source for Application Identifier Define the input type for the Application Identifier Fixed O New variable Use existing variable E
62. ions Dithering is a process of converting color or gray scale pictures to black and white pictures that can be printed on thermal printers Thermal printers normally cannot print color images and can either print a dot on the label or not There are no intermediate shades of grey During the dithering process all colors and shades of grey in the picture are converted to black and white dots creating the illusion of new colors and shades by varying the pattern of dots Different shades of gray are produced by varying the patterns of black and white dots There are no grey dots at all In printing dithering 1s usually called halftoning and shades of gray are called halftones To change the dithering settings do the following l Goto File Printer Settings The window with the printer settings will open 2 Open the Dithering tab 46 NiceLabel Express User Guide Designing Labels 3 Change the Dithering type option to suit your needs Look at the preview on the right side how you can expect the selected type to be applied on the label 4 Click on the OK button 5 Save the label by clicking the button in the Standard toolbar or selecting the command Save in the File menu Using Toolbars Using Standard Toolbar Click on the icons in the standard toolbar will execute the following actions Seo E e E WE Database M Create new label Open existing label Save currently opened label Cut the selected objects to c
63. is page you can select the fields you want to use on the label All fields in a table are selected by default but you will probably want to de select some of them especially if you have large table Variable will be created for each selected field and can later be attached to objects 83 NiceLabel Express User Guide Designing Labels Selecting Which Records will be Printed Database Wizard Records Printing Specify how the records from the database will be printed Select which records do you want to print CO want to print all records from the table want to select which record to print Specify how the label quantity information is defined Print one label for each record in the database One field in the table contains the label quantity information Database wizard Selecting which records will be printed Select the desired option how you want to use the records in the database By default the option I want to print all records from the table is set and all records in a table will be printed one at a time Each record will be printed only once If you do not want to print the entire database you can select which records should be printed In this case select the option I want to select which record to print Prior printing you will be shown a dialog box with all records from the database Then you will be able to select which records should be printed By default records are used once for a single
64. label If you would like to print several copies of a label with database data you can define it in the second part of this step of the Wizard A field in table contains quantity to print option will let you chose some field in the database This field has the information about the quantity of labels for each record For example You have database with records of your products It contains a field with a numeric value where the required number of label copies is stored Select this field and let the application print the quantity of labels specified here I will enter print quantity for each record This option is only accessible if you have defined to select which records should be printed Prior printing you will be able 84 NiceLabel Express User Guide Designing Labels to select which records will be printed in the selection dialog box At the same time you will be able to type in the exact label copy for each selected record Selecting Variable Quantity from the Database Field Select a field in the database that contains the label quantity information The database record will be printed on as many consecutive labels as the selected field contains Note Make sure to select the field that has been formatted with the numeric data Adding the Fields to the Label Database Wizard Field Usage Specify the usage of selected fields from the database Define how you want the selected database fields to be used on the label
65. lable allowing you to complete the process of defining a new Database access function Note that some options have predefined values so you don t really need to go through all the steps of a wizard 81 NiceLabel Express User Guide Designing Labels Selecting Database File Database Wizard Database and T able Select the type of database and table you want to use on the label Select the type of the database CO All installed database drivers ODBC OLE DB BDE Browse for the database table you want to use Browse T able User Information v Browse for the table containing label data Wizard will help you make a connection to table fields and transfer their values to the objects on the label Database wizard Selecting database file Enter the full path name of the database file in edit box or use Browse button to find the file on your computer Note You can only select databases that are stored in files If you use databases via ODBC or OLE DB drivers you will have to set that manually in Database dialog box 82 NiceLabel Express User Guide Designing Labels Selecting Desired Fields 9 Database Wizard Fields Selection Select the fields from the database you want to use on the label Select the fields you want to use on the label For multiple field selection press and hold Ctrl key then click desired fields Name Database wizard Selecting fields On th
66. lick an object with right mouse button a pop up menu is displayed that contains options and actions that can be performed on selected object Similarly clicking the other parts of label produces pop up menu with options for that part of label Multiple objects can be selected by holding lt SHIFT gt while clicking them Use the element shortcuts in toolbars whenever possible Each label element that can be connected to some Contents Provider has a shortcut enabled to quickly access existing variables or define new ones Click the element s shortcut handle for this shortcut It is shown as a small arrow by the side of some toolbox icons 26 NiceLabel Express User Guide Setting Up the Software System folder The labeling application uses its system folder for storing files needed to run the program The location of the folder varies depending on the Windows operating system used The location of the System folder is C Documents and Settings All Users Application Data EuroPlus Express 5 system It is vitally important to own the write access to this folder on your computer system and the right to write to and modify files in this folder Note The Network clients use the System folder on the network server If you have Network edition all clients must have the full access also to the System folder on the server The labeling software stores important system settings in the System folder as follows User data and user rig
67. ling software Setting up NiceLabel Software Learn how to set up and customize software to your preferences NiceLabel Express User Guide Introduction Designing Labels Learn how to create labels You should refer to this chapter regularly while designing labels until you have completely familiarized yourself with the commands By using the information contained in this chapter you will be very quickly able to use labeling software efficiently Printing and Previewing Labels Learn how to print and preview labels Technical Support Contacting technical support Software Restrictions All features explained in the Quick Start Guide are available in the NiceLabel Suite edition However some features are not available in the NiceLabel Pro or NiceLabel Express editions Sections discussing features not available with NiceLabel Pro or NiceLabel Express will display an alert icon Typographical Conventions Text that appears in bold refers to menu names and buttons like the OK button Text that appears in italic refers to options confirming actions like Read only and locations like Folder Text enclosed in lt Less Than and Greater Than signs gt refers to keys from the desktop PC keyboard like lt Enter gt Variables are enclosed in brackets like variable Product Overview NiceLabel Software Products NiceLabel is a family of professional labeling software products that brings a complete bar code printing solution and
68. lipboard Copy the selected objects to clipboard Paste the objects from the clipboard Undo last action Redo last action Access to the print functionality Click on the small arrow for more commands Access to the zoom functionality Click on the small arrow for more commands Access to the view functionality Click on the small arrow for more commands Access to the variables Click on the small arrow for more commands Access to the databases Click on the small arrow for more commands Open the help file 47 NiceLabel Express User Guide Designing Labels Using Toolbox To use the toolbox do the following 1 Click on the icon in the toolbox to select the object 2 Move the mouse over the label See how the cursors has changed 3 Click on the label where you want to place the selected object Some objects have additional shortcut on the right side of the icon Using this shortcut you can quickly create a new object with fixed content create a new variable and connect it to the selected object or connect the object to one already defined variable Using Text Toolbar You can use text toolbar to quickly format the text objects on the label Fp Arial Here is how 1 First select it the text object by clicking it 2 Click the appropriate shortcut button in the text toolbar 3 Tochange the font select the appropriate font from the list in the list box Note You can limit the display of font
69. log box with the list of available fields from the database 1 By default all fields from the database will be used on the label Click on the Next button Select the fields you want to use on the label Far multiple feld selection press and hold the Ctrl kep then click on the desired fields Each selected field from the table will be represented as a variable on the label 89 NiceLabel Express User Guide Designing Labels Using all fields in the text database 2 Specify what records and how many you want to print Select the options I want to select which record to print and I will enter label quantity for each selected record Before printing labels the table with the records will open and you will be able to select the records you want to print and the quantity of labels for each record Select which records do vou want to print C3 want to print all records from the table want to select which record to print Specify how the label quantity information i defined C3 Print one label for each record in the database One field in the table contains the label quantity information Specifying which records from the database will be printed and in what quantity 3 Click on the Next button 4 Select if the Database Wizard should link all selected fields from the database to the text objects on the label or if you want to link the fields manually to the label 5 Click on the Next button 6 Select I want a te
70. n 1 Select the encoding of the data in your text file The encoding selection is important when your file has multi lingual contents Unicode data If in doubt what to use first try the option Automatic detection Refer to the preview it must display to correct values 87 NiceLabel Express User Guide Designing Labels Text File Wizard Choose File Type Choose the file encoding type that is used in the data file File type Select the encoding of the text file Automatic detection is recomended if your files include file type header used for UNICODE files If this is not true vou must define the encoding to use UNICODE data in the file File encoding Automatic detection v Automatic detection File preview lus XS amples D atabase data_txt 1 Label Designer UTF 16 sign and printing 2 Form Designer 2 Data entry application design 3 Middlewzre Server 3 Data detection and connectivity 4 Database Manager 4 Database management EH Font Downloader 5 Font and graphics download Defining the file encoding 2 Choose the data type for the selected text database The fields are aligned in columns so you must select the option Fixed Text File Wizard Choose Data Type Choose the data type that best describes your data structure Data type C Delimited Characters such as comma or tab separate each field 5 Fixed Fields are aligned in columns with spaces between each field First row contai
71. n 12 hour format AM PM will be added if they follow the time Can occupy one or two characters hh Hours in 12 hour format AM PM will be added if they follow the time Always occupies two characters leading zeros will be added as necessary H Hours in 24 hour format Can occupy one or two characters 97 NiceLabel Express User Guide Designing Labels HH Hours in 24 hour format Always occupies two characters mm Used for minutes SS Used for seconds The examples Format How the time will look h mm AM PM 8 25PM H mm 20 25 hh mm ss 08 25 36 Using Contents Mask Contents mask is very useful when you must display the input data differently on the label With contents mask you can simply reformat the data to suit your needs For example you must use differently formatted human interpretation text below bar code than the data is formatted in the bar code You do not want to define two variables for this purpose and enter the similar data twice The mask character will be replaced by the actual data and any other used character will be used as is If the current bar code value is AD95I and the contents mask 1s WRC ek ky the resulting output will be ADC 95 1 Powerful formatting structures can be defined using Contents mask but it is only available with bar codes that allow custom formatting of the human interpretation You should also make sure to print bar codes as graphics otherwise the contents mask
72. n change it and adjust the bar code size to your needs Print bar code as graphics Select this option to convert the bar code object into the image and sent to the printer as image If not selected the bar code will print as 72 NiceLabel Express User Guide Designing Labels printer internal object Printing bar codes as internal printer objects will speed up label printing because less data must be transferred to the printer Note To disable the option Print bar code as graphics you must use the printer drivers that ship with the software Enable preview Enable this option to see the preview of the selected bar code type The preview will show on the right side of the dialog box Check Digit Tab This tab is used to specify if you want to use the check digit in the bar code or not This option can only be modified for the bar codes that allow you to enable and disable the check digit Some bar code standards include the check digit by the definition and it cannot be omitted An example of such bar codes are EAN and UPC bar codes where check digit cannot be disabled at all But some codes allow you to freely enable disable check digit Note It is always recommended to include the check digit character in the bar code It will increase the scanning reliability Edit Bar Code General Check Digit Human Readable Details Include check digit amp uto generate check digit Verify the provided check digit
73. n server recommended 8 To activate the software manually click on the provided Internet link for Web page activation Your Internet browser will open the Upgrade Activation Web site e Enter user information and click on ACTIVATE A new window will open with the generated Activation Code e Copy the Activation code from the Web site and paste it in the field Activation Code in the open Manage License Activation code window of the open the software 9 Click on the Next button and follow the prompts to complete the activation process 22 NiceLabel Express User Guide Installation and Activation Note You can still activate the software 1f the computer does not have access to the Internet Please refer to the chapter Activate the Single User Edition Activate Edition Upgrade When you upgrade to a new edition of the labeling software for example from NiceLabel Express to NiceLabel Pro or NiceLabel Pro to NiceLabel Suite you keep the existing software edition on your computer and install and activate the new software edition Please follow the same instructions as for the first time installation of the labeling software in the chapter Installing the Software To activate the new edition of the labeling software follow the activation instructions discussed in the chapter Activating the Major Version Upgrade Note To upgrade your software edition you need to have available the old 25 digit serial number software key and th
74. nd 7 for label height Note Dialog box differs from thermal and office printers 36 NiceLabel Express User Guide Designing Labels Label Setup Wizard Label Dimensions Set the Label layout dimensions and select the appropriate unit of measure Label width Top Margin 10 Left Margin Bottom Margin 10 Right Margin 0 0 Rows E gap o Columns Y gap Right Margin Open the advanced options dialog box _ Do not use the wizard next time Defining label dimensions Note To change the unit of measure from centimeters to inches or other supported units click on the button with unit of measure below the label preview in the dialog box 7 Click on the Finish button New empty label will open Enter Non Changing Text 1 Click on the button in the Toolbox The text cursor appears on the screen N Select Text 3 Text Box E Ju rtt Rich Text Box 1 Bar Code Cursor for text object 2 Move the cursor to the location on the label where you want to place the text object and click on the mouse button The dialog box with object properties will open 37 NiceLabel Express User Guide Designing Labels 3 Enter the text SAMPLE and click on the Finish button Text Wizard Text Object Define the contents and style of the text object Contents Fixed text Variable text SAMPLE Font Inverse _ Open the ad
75. ng EAN UCC 128 Wizard This wizard allows you to define the data structure for EAN UCC 128 bar code This kind of bar code has different areas of application that include trade items logistic units assets and locations The EAN UCC 128 bar code is an extremely flexible symbology It allows representation of data of variable length and makes it possible to encode several pieces of information in one bar code symbol This is called concatenation An Application Identifier is the field of two or more characters at the beginning of an data value Application identifiers are prefixes that uniquely identify the meaning and the format of the data field following The data fields are either of fixed or variable length depending on the AI Step 1 Choosing the application identifier UCC EAN128 Wizard Selection of Application Identifier Select the required Application Identifier for your bar code Select the required Application Identifier Detailed Serial Shipping Container Code Serial Shipping Container Code Global Trade ltem Number GTIN GTIN of trade items contained in a logistic unit Batch or Lot number Production Date Y MMDD J Due Date Y MMDD Packaging Date Y MMDD Minimum Durability Date Y MMDD Maximum Durability Date r MMDD Product Variant Serial Number Secondary Data For Specific Health Industry Products Lot Number Transitional Use EAN UCC 128 Wizard Choosing application identifier The dialog
76. ns field names al v ll Label Designer Label design and printing 2 Form Desiqner Data entry application desiqn 3 Middleware Server Data detection and connectivity 4 Database Manager Database management 5 Font Downloader Font and graphics download 88 NiceLabel Express User Guide Designing Labels Defining the type of the text database 2 Click on the Next button 3 Define the widths of the individual columns by placing a break line before the second column and before the third column To CREATE a break line click at the desired position To DELETE a break line double click on the line To MOVE a break line click and drag it Data preview Label Desiqner Label design and printing Form Desiqner 5s Data entry application design iddleware Server Data detection and connectivity Database Manager j Database management Fonts Downloader Font and graphics download Ill 4 Defining the fields in the text database 4 Click on the Next button 5 Accept the default field names and click on the Next button 6 Review the text database structure The field names and their maximum lengths are displayed Click on the Finish button to close Text File Wizard The link to the database has been created and database fields are available on the label The labeling software brings you back to the Database Wizard Place Database Fields on a Label The next step in the Database Wizard opens the dia
77. o the Internet you will have to open the Activation Web page on a computer with Internet access to obtain the activation information Before you start the activation process of the labeling software get familiar with the following terminology e Key number The sequence of 25 characters provided with the labeling software e Registration number Unique number generated during the activation process The registration number validates the entered software key e Activation code Issued on the labeling activation Web site The activation code activates the labeling software on your computer To activate the labeling software do the following 1 After the installation is complete run the labeling software The Warning window will open 2 Click on Manage License The Manage License window will open 3 Select Activate the package and click on Next 16 NiceLabel Express User Guide Installation and Activation Manage license Welcome to Product Activation Wizard This wizard will quide you through the product activation process Product has not yet been activated or no valid licenses could be found Please Follow this Activation Wizard to activate your copy of product or troubleshoot your active license Please choose product activation method Note 9 Hardware Key Single User Software Key Selecting Single user Software Key activation Select Single user Software Key and click on Next Enter the required cu
78. only the maximum number of possible digits is stated You will also be reminded of the AT s proper field format numeric alphanumeric if you enter incorrect data Entering variable value for the application identifier 66 NiceLabel Express User Guide Designing Labels UCC EAN128 Wizard Al 01 Variable Field Properties Set prompt and properties for variable field Prompt Enter the value for Al 01 GTIN Format Numeric Counter 5 Fixed Incrementing 1 2 3 etc Decrementing 10 9 8 etc Step 1 am Change value every labels Creating new variable for the application identifier If you have selected new variable value in previous dialog box a new variable field will be created You will have to provide some information about variable being used Calculating Check Digit Select how the check digit will be calculated 1 Youcan enter the check digit with the data and the software will validate it 2 The software can calculate the check digit Defining New Variable Define the properties of the variable that will provide value for the application identifier Prompt Enter the text that will be displayed to the user at print time Format Define the format of the variable Counter If the variable will be a counter define its properties 67 NiceLabel Express User Guide Designing Labels Step 4 List of selected application identifiers UCC EAN128 Wizard Application Ident
79. open showing the key license information for your labeling software 7 Click on the Finish button and the labeling software will start in full working mode Note If you own a serial printer you cannot connect the printer to the hardware key directly because the connectors are not compatible Always connect your serial printer to the serial port and hardware key to the parallel port Your printer does not need to print through the hardware key Activate the labeling software with a USB Key 15 NiceLabel Express User Guide Installation and Activation USB hardware key To activate the labeling software using a USB key do the following 1 Plug the USB key into an available USB port 2 Start the labeling software A Warning window will open 3 Click on the Manage License button The Manage License window will open 4 Select Activate the package and click on Next 5 Select Hardware Key and click on Next A new Manage License window will open showing the key license information for your labeling software 6 Click on the Finish button and labeling software will start in full working mode Activate Single User Edition You can activate the labeling software automatically through the Activation Server or manually through the activation Key Number Activation Web site The activation on the Web only works with single user software key and network software key If the computer that uses the labeling software is not connected t
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81. otation is used D Number of the day in a month Can occupy one or two characters DD Number of the day in a month Always occupies two characters leading zeros will be added as necessary M M is number of the month Can occupy one or two characters MM MM is number of the month Always occupies two characters 96 NiceLabel Express User Guide YY or YYYY DDD DDDD MMMM MMM JJJ WW The examples Format D M Y Y Y Y DD MM Y Y Designing Labels The year as 2 or 4 digits number Abbreviation of the day of week name The full day of week name The full name of the month The abbreviation of the name of month The number of days since 1 January Can occupy from one to three characters The number of days since January Always occupies three characters The week number in current year Can occupy one or two characters The week number in current year Always occupies two characters Any other sequence of characters will be displayed unchanged This way you can insert dots commas and other characters needed to properly write the date How the date will look 10 3 2005 10 03 05 DDDD D MMMM YYYY Thursday 10 March 2005 JJJWWYYYY 069102005 Available Time Formats The time can be printed in various formats In this field you define how the time will look You can select some of the predefined time formats or enter you own When defining the formats the following notation is used h Hours i
82. r and delimiter In the second step of the Text File Wizard you have to set the fields in the text file If you have selected Delimited in the previous step choose the appropriate separator here The ones that are usually used with text files are already pre defined But if you require some other there is an option to use a custom defined one You can also select the Delimiter character that is used when separator character 1s used in the text field itself The delimiter should be used to enclose such field Text between two delimiter characters is treated as one field although it contains the field separator character The data preview in the bottom part of the dialog box will let you know if your choice of a separator character is a correct one Fields will be separated with vertical lines if a separator is valid 94 NiceLabel Express User Guide Designing Labels Text File Wizard Set Column Breaks Set the field widths column breaks To CREATE a break line click at the desired position To DELETE a break line double click on the line To MOVE a break line click and drag it Data preview abel Designer Label design and printing orm Designer Data entry application design Data detection and connectivity Database management Font and graphics download Database Wizard Setting column breaks If you have selected that your data is formatted with fixed widths the second step of the Wizard will be slightly differ
83. r code type Click the option Enable preview to preview the bar code The bar code symbol was displayed on the right side of the dialog box 71 NiceLabel Express User Guide Designing Labels Click the OK button to confirm the changes you made Click the Cancel button to discard the changes General Tab On this tab you can select the bar code type you want to use and the properties of the bar code Edit Bar Code General Check Digit Human Readable Details Available bar codes 3 EAN UPC Symbol height H ASS 2D x Expansion factor Ratio Base object width mils 20 1 mils 1 100 inch 123456 Print bar code as a graphic Enable preview E Edit bar code dialog box General tab Type of bar code The required bar code symbology is selected from the tree list of available bar codes Symbol height The height dimension of a bar code can be specified either by entering a value here or by resizing the bar code symbol directly on the label Narrow bar width The width of the narrowest bar in the bar code This 1s the base bar width The widths for all wider bars are calculated by the formula narrow bar width ratio The result of the formula must be a whole number it represents number of pixels Ratio This is the ratio between narrowest and widest bar in the bar code The ratio is locked for majority of bar codes and you cannot change it However for some bar codes you ca
84. rade key number Note To upgrade your software version 2 1 x to version 3 x x you need to have available both the old 25 digit serial number for version 2 1 x and the new 25 digit software key number for version 3 x x Both keys are required to activate your software upgrade To activate the new version do the following 1 Open the newly installed labeling software A Warning window will open 2 Click on the Manage License button The Manage License window will open Note If you activate the labeling software immediately after completing the installation select Activate the package and click on Next 3 Select Single User Software Key and click on Next A new Manage License window will open showing the key license information of your old version of labeling software Note If your old software came with a USB or Parallel key plug the key into an available port select Hardware Key and click on Next 4 If your software is protected by a software key select Manage current software key license and click on Next If your software is protected by a hardware key select Manage current hardware key license and click on Next 5 Inthe Manage License Manage software key license window select Upgrade key license and click on Next 6 Inthe Manage License Upgrade code window enter the Upgrade Key Number you received from your vendor 7 To activate the software automatically click on the link Connect to the Activatio
85. re the size of data sent to printer is much bigger couple of kilobytes When using internal fonts only the text 1s sent to printer couple of bytes Avoid use of graphics on labels When using bar codes make sure that you don t print bar codes as graphics if your printer supports printing bar codes When using counters the printer will internally increment the numbers if the internal fonts are used 1f supported by the printer This means that the printer will only receive the first number of object and will later increment this number to print other labels Using this option also reduces the amount of data transferred between computer and printer but the difference 1s noticeable only with high quantity of labels Set the printing speed to a higher value if your printer supports 1t Note that setting the printing speed usually affects the quality of printing The higher the speed the lower the quality You will have to find an acceptable compromise for this Don t print too much data on labels If the speed of printing 1s an important factor you should consider using preprinted labels and only print the data that is different on each label NiceLabel Express User Guide Technical Support Technical Support Online Support You can find the latest builds updates workarounds for problems and Frequently Asked Questions FAQ on the product web site at www nicelabel com If you cannot solve the problem on your own please
86. rity level You can select one from the standard levels in the pull down menu Format ID This option defines which character set will be used in the bar code You can select one of the formats with the following filter 0land 11 0O 9 space 70 NiceLabel Express User Guide Designing Labels 02 and 12 A Z space 03 and 13 A Z 0 9 space 04 and 14 A Z 0 9 space 05 and 15 7 bit ASCII lower part from 0 to 127 06 and 16 all 07 and 17 7 bit ASCH The formats from 1 to 7 allow the data length to 500 characters while formats from 11 to 17 allow to 2000 characters Border Size Factors from 1 to 15 set the dimension of the border in the shape of the character L Data Matrix can encode e Full 128 ASCII character set e All ISO characters e All EBCDIC characters MaxiCode 2D Code General tab Y expansion factor This option defines the height of the bar code symbol Details tab When the option Structured is not selected the content of the bar code is optional For Structured bar code you may encode only standard contents Edit Bar Code Dialog Box This dialog box is displayed when you click the Define button on the Bar Code dialog box In this dialog box you specify the type of bar code you want to use on the label and all bar code properties How the bar code should be generated Automatic or manual check digit calculation Position of the human readable Other options dependant on the ba
87. s allow you to change the gap between characters in the bar code e g Code 39 Include EAN white space Before and after the bar code a special character is inserted lt or gt It indicates the width of the bar code If you put any other object in the extent of the bar code it will reduce the readability of the bar code This option 1s only valid for EAN bar codes 75 NiceLabel Express User Guide Designing Labels Edit Bar Code Include quiet zones Intercharacter gap TEST1 Enable preview Edit bar code Details tab Supported Bar Code Types Bar code Bar code Types Group EAN and EAN 8 EAN 8 2 digit supplement EAN 8 5 digit supplement UPC EAN 13 EAN 13 2 digit supplement EAN 13 5 digit supplement EAN 14 DUN 14 UPC Case Code UPC A UPC A 2 digit supplement UPC A 5 digit supplement UPC E UPC E 2 digit supplement UPC E 5 digit supplement UPC E 1 GSI 128 EAN UCC 128 SSCC Bookland Addon 2 Addon 5 Linear Interleaved 2 of 5 ITF 14 ITF 16 Code 39 Code 39 Tri Optic Code 39 Full ASCH Code 32 Code 93 CODE 128 A B and C subsets Code 128 Pharmacy MSI Codabar Postnet 32 Postnet 37 Postnet 52 Postnest 62 Kix Pharmacode Plessy Anker GS1 Linear GS1 Databar symbologies Databar RSS14 RSS14 Truncated RSS14 Stacked RSS14 Stacked Omnidirectional RSS Limited RSS Expanded Composite GS1 Databar symbologies RSS14 RSS14 Truncated RSS14 Stacked RSS14 Sta
88. s in the list You can list all fonts on the system only eraphic fonts truetype opentype typel bitmap Windows fonts or only thermal printer resident fonts Click on the two icons next to the list of fonts 4 Tochange the size of the text click on the list with font sizes and select appropriate size You can also click on the buttons and that will enlarge reduce the size of the font to the next step Note You can change the fonts size also directly on the label by resizing the text element with a mouse 5 To format the text bold italic or underline click on the appropriate formatting buttons Formats the selected text in bold style Formats the selected text in italic style Formats the selected text in underline style 6 To change the alignment of the text object click on the appropriate alignment buttons Note These buttons are accessible only for multi line text objects Aligns text to the left edge Aligns text to the horizontal center 48 NiceLabel Express User Guide Designing Labels Aligns text to the right edge Using Design Toolbar The design toolbar is used for Changing color of the objects Aligning objects Rotating objects Arranging objects Working with Objects Defining Objects Defining Text Object To place the text object on the label do the following l 2 p M SI Note Click on the Text icon in the Toolbox Click the position on the label where you want
89. s operating system To place a time stamp on the label do the following 1 Click on the small arrow next to the A tet w icon in the Toolbox to display a list of available variable types 2 Select New Time Field from the list 3 Click on the Finish button 4 Click on the label where the counter should be placed The new variable is linked to the text object on the label The date and time fields are updated when you preview or print the label In this example the values will come from the system clock of your computer Use Prefix or Suffix Options You can add a prefix and suffix to each variable field on the label Both are added to the value when you preview and print the label 1 Click on the small arrow next to the Ace v icon in the Toolbox to display a list of available variable types 2 Select New Keyboard Input from the list 3 Adialog box with variable properties will open 4 Type the text Enter product weight for the option Display this text to the print operator Set the allowable characters to digits and click on the Next button 5 Enter kg for the Suffix option 5 uffi kg Defining the variable suffix 6 Click on the Finish button 7 Click on the label where you want to position the prompted field The text object is placed on the label and linked to the new variable When you will preview or print the label the suffix kg will be appended to the entered value on the right side Change
90. se Each click on the button will rotate the label for additional 90 degrees The initial rotate position 1s portrait Each click will rotate the label to the next position The positions in line are portrait landscape rotated portrait rotated landscape Rotating the label on screen will help you define label easier when the objects on the label must be printed rotated but you want to be able to design the label in the upside orientation 78 NiceLabel Express User Guide Designing Labels Note If you do not use NiceDriver or your printer does not support 180 printing then only two rotations are possible portrait and landscape Rotating Objects To rotate the object do the following 1 Select the object 2 Click on the LJ icon in the design toolbar The object will be rotated for 90 clockwise Note If the design toolbar is not visible select the command Toolbars in the View menu then click on the Design Supported Graphics Formats The following graphical formats are supported File extension Graphics type BMP DIB RLE Windows Bitmap GIF Compuserver Bitmap JPG JPEGM JPE JPEG Bitmap TIFF TIF FAX TIFF Bitmap G3N G3F PNG Portable Network Graphics WMF Windows Metafile EMF Enhanced Windows Metafile ICO Windows Icon CUR Windows Cursor TGA TARGA Targa Bitmap VDA ICB VST PIX PXM PPM Portable Pixmap GreyMap PGM PBM BitMap JP2 JPEG2000 J2K JPC JPEG2000 Code Stream PCX Pain
91. sed with text and graphics objects There are several types of variables you can choose to best suit your needs Data which must be printed as a variable 1s prepared at the time of printing It can be entered in the program from different ways e by the operator from the keyboard automatically from the computer s clock date and time automatically from the label design using counters with predefined starting values and steps e database can be used to provide data for the fields The variable data can be the same for many labels and or specific for one label only Working with Databases The labeling software allows you to use databases in which your data is stored Database type can be 1 ASCII text file where fields are fixed length or are separated with any selected character 2 Microsoft Excel database 80 NiceLabel Express User Guide Designing Labels You can use a single database on the same label Database is very useful when printing labels with a large quantity of different data and variable values You don t have to enter values for every variable before label production any more you can use previously prepared database instead Database in the ASCII text file can be created in any text editor e g Notepad it can be also exported from other applications e g Microsoft Word You can also use Microsoft Excel to edit your data Before you can use the data from the database you have to link the database on the
92. ser interaction NiceLabel Pro Full featured software designed for professional label design and printing including complete database support and ActiveX integration possibilities A wide range of features and options makes NiceLabel Pro a perfect and easy to use tool for any labeling requirement NiceLabel Pro includes the following modules e NiceLabel Pro Main application for label design and printing e NiceMemMaster Download fonts and graphics to the computer s memory card for optimized label printing e NiceData Manage your databases NiceLabel Pro is available in Print Only edition as well NiceLabel Suite NiceLabel Suite is a complete software solution for any kind of label design and print requirement Multiple connectivity options allow users to perform stand alone printing or integrate label printing into any network environment NiceLabel Suite offers interactive label printing capabilities such as integrating label printing into existing applications ActiveX or non programming embedding of label printing to existing systems NiceWatch NiceLabel Suite includes the following programs e NiceLabel Pro Main application for label design and printing e NiceForm Create your own custom designed data entry applications without requiring any programming skills e NiceWatch Integrate and automate label printing to any existing information system e NiceMemMaster Download fonts and graphics to the printer s int
93. shers who need label printing capabilities in their software NiceLabel SDK can be embedded in existing information systems or existing applications to provide support for label printing NiceLabel SDK provides all label printing functionality of the software NiceLabel WebSDK NiceLabel WebSDK is the label printing solution for web applications Similar to NiceLabel SDK it is developed for software publishers who integrate label printing functionality into their web applications 10 NiceLabel Express User Guide Installation and Activation Installation and Activation System and Software Requirements Single User Edition To run the program you need at least the following e Pentium based computer with at least 128 MB of free RAM e One of the 32 bit or 64 bit Windows operating systems Windows 2000 XP 2003 and Vista e Hard disk with 75 to 250 MB of free disk space depending on the installation options e CD ROM drive e Support for OLE DB database drivers Recent Windows operating systems have included OLE DB database drivers If your operation system does not have the database support the installation wizard will prompt you to install it e Administrator rights to the local computer during installation Installing Software Installing Software When you put the product CD in your CD ROM drive the installation demonstration program will start automatically You can browse the directory of the CD look at the brochures
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95. sor in the up down direction Defining Ellipse Object To place the ellipse object on the label do the following 1 Click on the Ellipse icon in the Toolbox 2 Click the position on the label where you want the upper left position of the object to be set 3 Drag to bottom right direction until the object size is as requested 4 The other method of positioning the object on the label is simply selecting the Ellipse tool and then clicking the label A default sized ellipse will appear and you can resize it using handles around the object Note If you want to draw a circle grab a handle a on one of the ellipse corners simultaneously press and hold Shift key then resize the ellipse A circle will be drawn For more useful shortcuts available in the software refer to the chapter Shortcuts 4 To move a ellipse to a different position simply select it and drag it elsewhere on the label Defining Inverse Object To place the inverse object on the label do the following 1 Click on the Inverse icon in the Toolbox 2 Click the position on the label where you want the upper left position of the object to be set 3 Drag to bottom right direction until the object size is as requested Note If you want to draw a square grab a handle a on one of the rectangle corners simultaneously press and hold Shift key then resize the rectangle A square will be drawn For more useful shortcuts available in the software refer to the c
96. steps vary depending on the version of your Windows operating system It is only important to click on the Have disk button in the step where you can select printer manufacturer and model Put the product CD in your CD ROM drive if not already done so and browse to the folder Drivers Select the folder of your printer name and click on Open OK buttons to return to the Add Printer Wizard You will see the list of all available printer models of the selected printer Select your model click on the Next button and finish the installation Windows 2000 XP and Vista might prompt you to cancel the installation process because NiceDrivers do not have the digital signature by Microsoft It 1s safe to continue with the installation at this point NiceDrivers have not been certified by 13 NiceLabel Express User Guide Installation and Activation Microsoft but have been subject of intensive pre release testing and comply with Microsoft s demands for printer drivers Activating Software Activating Software The following activation instructions work for single user and network editions You have to activate the software if you want to use it If you do not complete the activation process the software will run in demo mode The Product Activation utility will always run after installation If you want to change the activation type or add more licenses to your network edition you can also start activation from the labeling software Selec
97. stomer information and the key number Click on the Next button The window Manage License Activation Code will open To activate the software automatically click on the link Connect to the Activation server recommended To activate the software manually click on the Internet link for Web page activation Your Internet browser will open the Key Number Activation Web site e Enter the key number and the registration number Enter other user information if prompted e Click on the Activate button to retrieve the Activation code e Copy the Activation code and paste it in the field Activation Code in the open Manage License Activation code window of the opened labeling software Click on the Next button and follow the prompts to complete the activation process You can still activate the labeling software if the computer does not have access to the Internet 17 NiceLabel Express User Guide Installation and Activation If the computer where you installed the labeling software does not have Internet access do the following 1 Follow the steps one 1 to four 4 from the previous section 2 Write down the Key number and the Registration number 3 Write down the Internet activation Web address Note You can also click the button Save Data and store the activation information to the text file It will save you some time as you do not have to write down the numbers 4 Go to a computer with Internet access and open the
98. t Help gt Manage License There are the following types of the software activation e Hardware key activation e Single user Software key activation e Network Software key activation Note NiceLabel SE NiceLabel Express and NiceLabel Pro editions do not have the network licensing or Enterprise Print Manager license server Hardware key activation The software editions with hardware key can be used immediately after installation If you have a software edition with a hardware key please skip ahead to the chapter Activate the Software with a Hardware Key Single user Software key activation The software editions with a single user software key need to run the activation application in order to obtain full functionality The Software Key number is a sequence of 25 characters Network Software key activation You can activate the server part of the Network edition the same way as editions that come with a single user software key The Network Software Key number is a sequence of 25 characters Activating the server part will also activate the client on the current workstation If you upgrade the network edition with additional users you have to install and activate each additional workstation separately Please refer to the chapter Activate Additional Network Clients Enterprise Print Manager license server You can activate the labeling client with the license coming from the Enterprise Print Manager EPM Enterprise Print Manager is
99. tbrush 79 NiceLabel Express User Guide Designing Labels Working with Pictures Place pictures on the label Images can be various sizes If the original size of the graphics is not valid for your label you can freely resize the image by dragging the handles surrounding it The image can be resized proportionally or stretched in both directions The graphics objects can also be placed on the label from the clipboard or imported from another applications 1 e Corel Draw scanning programs using either the Insert Object or Paste command from the Edit menu In this case the graphics 1s embedded in the label file The graphics 1s entirely stored in the label file not separately on the hard disk Note When you insert the graphics as OLE object on the label copy paste from other software the entire design environment of that other software 1s available in label design When you double click such OLE object that other application opens on the label When using OLE object the label processing might be slower A label also occupies more space on the disk and takes more RAM If possible avoid using OLE objects on the label Working with Variable Data Dynamic Data Overview You may want to print labels on which the data changes for each label for example counter serial numbers date and time To accommodate the changing data the application can easily be used to format labels using the variable fields Variable field can be u
100. the text that will be shown to the user before printing The message will be shown on the screen each time when the label 1s to be printed Set maximum number of digits Define the maximum length of digits the counter can occupy Increment or decrement You can define that the variable value will increase from label to label or decrease Preview The field shows the preview of the counter based on your selection Text Wizard Counter Continuation Step Define the step for your counter The counter will increase by this number on every label Change value every lt n gt labels Define the number of labels when the counter will change the value Rollover when reached Enter the value when reached will cause the counter to reset the value to the starting value 61 NiceLabel Express User Guide Designing Labels Bar Code Wizard Date Field Define the properties of the date field The variable field will get the value from a computer clock Format Select the format for your date from the list You can also enter the custom format Date offset You can add a certain numbers of days months or years to a current date and print that date instead of the current one Preview The printer will print the date as shown on the Preview field This way you can see how the selected date format will look on the label Bar Code Wizard Time Field Define the properties of the time field The variable field will get the value from a
101. tion like NiceLabel Suite Install Minor Version Upgrade In a software minor version upgrade you upgrade an older minor version for example 3 0 0 to the latest version of 3 x x Before you upgrade your labeling software make sure you e Backup your label files e Do not remove the existing version from your desktop PC e Check which software edition you have Note To check your software edition look at the label on your CD case or start the software and select Help gt About To upgrade your stand alone single user software minor version upgrade do the following 1 Close the labeling software on your desktop PC 2 Disable your Virus Scan software 3 Install the new minor version in the same folder where the old version is currently installed The new version will replace the old one 4 Follow the prompts Install Major Version Upgrade In a labeling software major version upgrade you upgrade an older version for example 2 x x to the latest version of 3 x x Before you upgrade the labeling software make sure you e Backup your program files e Do not remove the existing version from your desktop PC e Check which edition you have Note To check your software edition look at the label on your CD case or start the software and select Help gt About To upgrade your stand alone single user software major version upgrade do the following 1 Close the labeling software and any other software on your
102. to place the object Text Wizard dialog box will open Define the contents for the text object Click on the Next button to advance to the next step of the wizard Follow on screen instructions in the next steps Click on the Finish button Should you later want to edit the object select it then double click it The wizard with properties appears Defining Bar Code Object To place the bar code object on the label do the following l 2 NAT d Click on the Bar Code icon in the Toolbox Click the position on the label where you want to place the object Bar Code Wizard dialog box will open Define the contents for the bar code object Click on the Next button to advance to the next step of the wizard Follow on screen instructions in the next steps Click on the Finish button 49 NiceLabel Express User Guide Designing Labels Note Should you later want to edit the object select it then double click it The wizard with properties appears Defining Picture Object To place the picture object on the label do the following 1 Click on the Picture object in the Toolbox 2 Click on the label where you want to place the picture The Open dialog box opens 3 Browse for the picture on the hard disk then click on the Open button Note Should you later want to edit the object select it then double click it The wizard or dialog box with properties appears Defining Rectangle Object To place the rectangle o
103. uing alerts through email NetSend Instant Messenger RSS feed SMS or pager e Flexible licensing for clients The NiceLabel Print Center is comprised of two main components e NiceLabelEnterprise Print Manager installed on server e NiceLabel Suite installed on client computers The NiceLabel Print Center edition can be used with 32 bit and 64 bit Windows 2000 and Windows 2003 server families NiceWatch Enterprise Centralized label printing middleware software that integrates the label printing process into enterprise level products such as Enterprise Resource Planning ERP systems Warehouse Management Systems WHS and others The NiceWatch Enterprise performs the following e Miulti threaded label printing execution to ensure fast and stable operation in heavy load environments where a lot of print requests happen simultaneously e Remote administration to view list of triggers start and stop triggers e Centralized logging of executed actions NiceWatch Enterprise includes the following modules NiceLabel Express User Guide Introduction e NiceWatch Server e Enterprise Print Manager EPM NiceWatch Enterprise also includes one NiceLabel Pro license You will use NiceLabel Pro for label design The NiceWatch Server edition can be used with 32 bit and 64 bit Windows 2000 and Windows 2003 server families NiceLabel SDK NiceLabel SDK 1s an ActiveX integrator edition of software developed for software publi
104. utton for more information Selecting Printer Label Setup Wizard Select Printer Select the printer you want to use with this label Choose the printer from the list of installed printers The label will be optimized for this printer Avery AP 5 4 3000P E Always use default printer Y ou can change the printer specific settings by clicking the Properties button Cancel Back Tm i Finish Label setup Wizard Selecting printer Select desired printer and optionally click Properties button if you want to set the printer parameters Print setup dialog box is shown allowing you to set the printer parameters such as print speed print darkness and print direction Note that this is standard Widows printer setup dialog box and its options may differ from printer to printer as it is based on the printer driver If the check box Always use default printer is checked the default window s printer and its settings will be used always when opening this label Click the Next button to continue with the next step 29 NiceLabel Express User Guide Designing Labels Stock Ea Label Setup Wizard Select Stock Predefined label formats stocks can speed up label design Select the label stock IF you will define label dimensions on your own skip this step and proceed with Next button Stock type ENS Stock name _ Label linked to stock Stock information L 34 Label setup Wizard sele
105. vanced options dialog box Do not use the wizard next time Entering content for text object 4 Click on the text object to select the object 5 Change the font for the text object using the Text toolbar Choose Arial font 28 point size and bold style iH Arial m MEE A LZ IU f E Using format options in the text toolbox 6 Tochange the position and size of the text object select the text object and drag object with your mouse to the position where you want to have it The screen should show the following 38 NiceLabel Express User Guide Designing Labels SAMPLE The text object is placed on the label Insert Bar Codes Now you will add a non changeable Code128 bar code on the label To insert the bar code click on the a code button in the Toolbox 2 Move the cursor to the desired position on the label and click on the mouse button 3 The dialog box with object properties will open 4 Enter the value 1234567890 for the bar code contents 5 Click on the Define button Edit Bar Code dialog box opens 6 Make sure you select bar code Code128 and click on the OK button E Edit Bar Code General Check Digit Human Readable Details Available bar codes I EAN UPC Linear Symbol height Royal Mail Bar Codabar x Expansion factor Codel 25 Code1 28 4 Rais 1 3 Codel28B Code128 C Code 32 Base object width mils 13 Code 33 1 mils 1 100 inch Code
106. xt object for each selected field and click on the Finish button Define how you want the selected database fields to be used on the label CO will link the database fields to the objects myself later Each field from the database will be linked to a text object The label will show several text objects Every field from the database is linked with the text object on the label Use Print Preview to Select Data an View a Label Now you will simulate label printing using print preview Click on the print icon L in the Standard Toolbar The Print dialog box opens with the Quantity of labels set to Variable quantity entered for each database record This setting corresponds to your selection in the Database Wizard when you have selected the options I want to select which record to print and I will enter label quantity for each selected record N e 90 NiceLabel Express User Guide Designing Labels Only the records you select will be printed in the defined quantity Number of selected records to be printed 1 Print Print preview dialog box 3 To choose which records to print from the database click on the Select Records button The Record Selection dialog box will open 4 Select the records from the database you want to print and enter the number of labels you want to print for each selected record FIELD FIELDS kd D Label Designer m Label design and printing 1 Farm Designer z lata
107. ze of the bar code Note You can only format the font for human interpretation if the bar code is printed as graphics When printing bar code as internal printer object the printer will print the interpretation using resident built in fonts Contents mask sets the custom format of the human interpretation 74 NiceLabel Express User Guide Designing Labels f Edit Bar Code General Check Digit Human Readable Details Style Contents Mask Mask characters will be replaced by the actual data All other characters will be used for formatting only Example mask char is asterisk 00 99 9 2 TESTI Mask character Enable preview Edit bar code dialog box Human readable tab Details Tab On this tab you can define advanced settings for the bar code Note Not all of these options are available for all bar codes and printers Include quiet zones By checking this field you set that the bar code will have some white space in the front and in the end for increased readability Descender bars Some bars of a bar code will be longer than others This is typically used with EAN and UPC bar codes that have longer bars in the begging in the middle and in the end of the bar code Mirror horizontally mirror vertically The bar code can be mirrored vertically and horizontally bar code will usually have to be printed as graphics for this option to be accessible Intercharacter gap Some bar code

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