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1. Object Move To Front CTRL Object Move To Back Object Move Forward Object Move Back Fl Help F2 Open label file F3 Save label file SHIFT F3 Save label file as F4 Page Setup F5 Printer settings F6 Print Printing Options Selecting the file then select newto bring up the Select Printer menu PrimaBar provides three ways of printing options She cl E Prior Satup oa Cael Windows driver Ordinary users are suggested to select this option as it supports all Windows fonts and can meet varied printing requirements Printer command This option allows higher speed printing but it only prints the fonts that your printer supports Therefore it is most useful when you want to print large quantity of barcodes and variables Form making This option is not currently supported Printer Setup Having selected the way of printing then select a printer and enter the variables of printer configuration Details please refer to OS or X series User s manual Layout a Label Choose Page setup from the File menu or click the Page setup button on the Toolbar to bring up the following Page setup window Page setup Ea Page Label Margins M Automatic sizing Preview Page dim lt 0 01 inches gt Form PPLB 200 dpi User Define uf l width po Height pmo 4 Portrait flendscape tf inches i millimeters Cancel Apply Help Field Description Automatic si2. Click the drop down arrow to select the data source there are six options Fixed Date Counter Input File When Printed and Reference See Data Source for detailed information 10 Supplement For specific barcode that requires supplement codes Ratio The Ratio item adjusts the width ratio between narrow and thick bars Checksum The Check digit zone is used to select the bar code checking mode Depending on the type of code you have selected different options will be proposed Human readable Select the position to display the human readable line Change font Click this button to change the font of the human readable line Add other images To create a diagonal line 1 Do one of the following Choose Diagonal from the Draw menu Click the Diagonal button on the Tool palette 2 Click and hold the left mouse button while dragging to draw the line 3 Double click on the line to open the Diagonal Properties window to make changes to line thickness and line color To create a horizontal or vertical line 1 Do one of the following Choose Line from the Draw menu Click the Line button on the Tool palette 2 Click and hold the left mouse button while dragging to draw the line 3 Double click on the line to open the Rectangle window to make changes to line thickness and line color To create a rectangle 1 Do one of the following Choose Box from the Draw menu Click the Box button on the Tool palette 2 Cl
3. Ta Opon Cie Se cE eh 7 i Be widh TET ria Ld 4 cot SI e ee oy ei sal Sis ha Fotation inet D Ebridi k This text box is only shown when True Type Font is selected in the Font text box Pee drag T7 Information shown here is dependent on the item selected at Data Source Field Description Coordinates amp Size Displays the coordinates position of the selected text You can enter new coordinates here or drag the text to a new location the new coordinates are displayed Font Click the drop down arrow to select the font When True Type Font is selected then Point Size and Style text boxes will be available TrueType fonts are fonts that are installed on your system 9 True Type Font Point Size Style Expand Height Expand Width Rotation Data Source Fill Color check box Fill Color button Text Color button Remark Add Barcodes When any of the PPLA PPLB fonts are selected the Expand Height and Expand Width text boxes are available PPLA and PPLB fonts are fonts that are installed in the printer s memory Click the drop down arrow to select a TrueType font Click the drop down arrow to select the point size for the selected font Click the drop down arrow to select the style for the selected font Click the drop down arrow to select the expand height for the selected font Click the drop down arrow to select expand width for the selected font Click the drop down
4. arrow to rotate the text Click the drop down arrow to select the data source there are six options Fixed Date Counter Input File When Printed and Reference See Data Source for detailed information When this box is checked the following Fill Color button is active Click the Change Fill Color button to select the background color Click Change Text Color button to select the text color Provides a brief description for the selected setting in the Text Properties window Selecting the Barcode tool then click on the work place to bring up the following Barcode Properties window ey Bee Cocotte E Erinin i Fim hma C Din rch Cuda Tanca Fe ta Farat Udir 07E k pi rel ee ed iiag izt o w __ E Field Barcode type Rotation Narrow bar width Bar height Data source f ap a Data Source Input Field 4 Information shown here 1s dependent on the item selected at Data Source Click on the Option tab to designate the barcode Description The following bar code types are available UPC A UPC E EAN JAN 8 EAN JAN 13 2 amp 5 digit supplemental Code 39 Extend 39 Code 93 Extend 93 Code 128A B C UCC 128 Interleaved Codabar 2 of 5 MSI Plessey HIBC HIBC LIC Postnet Zip 4 Click the drop down arrow to rotate the bar code Lets you determine the bar code width of the narrowest bars Lets you determine the bar code height of the narrowest bars
5. label Open Open an existing label Save Save a label Save As Save a label under a different name Page Setup Set options for printing Print Print a Label Exit Exit to the Desktop Edit Cut Move highlighted text barcode other images to clipboard Copy Move highlighted text barcode other images to clipboard Paste Paste text barcode other images from clipboard to label Clear Delete highlighted text barcode other images in label Select All Select all text barcode or other images in current window Properties Bring up the property menu for the selected text or barcode View Zoom Zooms in or zooms out Color Adjust Adjusts the color of ruler bar its figures and background on screen Grid Appear Displays a non printable grid Tool Bars Selects to show or hide the bars Language Selects the language shown on screen Draw Text Inserts text the Text Properties dialog box opens Barcode Inserts a barcode the Barcode Properties dialog box opens Picture Inserts a picture the Load Picture from File dialog box opens Diagonal Uses the Diagonal tool to draw diagonal lines Line Uses the Line tool to draw vertical or horizontal lines Box Uses the Box tool to draw open rectangles Ellipse Uses the Ellipse tool to draw circles or ellipses Object Colors rotates or moves the selected object Help Brings up the help topics and information on PrimaBar You can also select a command by pressing the key that matches the underlined letter in a the command
6. s name Tool Bar The Tool Bar buttons let you quickly carry out commands These same commands can also be found in the drop down menus of the Menu bar Fa OSW S i Bele am er Icon Description Creates a new document Opens an existing document Saves the active document EUO Prints the active document i kS A A oe o lt Ell Opens the Page Setup window Cuts the selection and put it on clipboard Copies the selection and put it on clipboard Inserts the clipboard contents Zooms in Zooms out EEEE Grid displays a non printable grid Displays program information version number and copyright k Display help for clicked on buttons menus and windows Object Format Bar The Object Format Bar lets you quickly apply formatting to the selected text or an object When the selected object is not text the Font and Font Size text boxes are empty Object Format Bar Times New Roma Drop down i Icon Description Times New Roman Click the drop down arrow to select the font 12 Click the drop down arrow to select the font size Applies Boldformat to the selected text i f f Applies talic format to the selected text U Underlines the selected text Rotates the selected text or object 90 degrees to the left M Rotates the selected text or object 90 degrees to the right Ruler There are two measurements in this program The measurement can be altered by click on up left corner of
7. the ruler Tool Palette The Tool Palette gives you quick access to drawing tools such as Line and Ellipse and lets you insert and format Text and Bar codes r F lle LOO Icon Description Be Use the Selection tool to select objects or text T Click the Text icon to insert text the Text Properties dialog a box opens IUII Click the Barcode icon to insert a bar code the 12345 BARCODE Properties dialog box opens 1 el i rp ehig Fs This item is currently unavailable Click the Picture icon to insert a picture the Load Picture PET from File dialog box opens N Use the Diagonal tool to draw diagonal lines Use the Line tool to draw a vertical or a horizontal line O Use the Box tool to draw open rectangles Use the Ellipse tool to draw circles and ellipses The Tool Bar Object Format Bar and Tool Palette can be moved around by clicking on them and dragging to a new location Shortcut Keys List The software is essentially mouse driven but some functions can be called more quickly by pressing a key combination Here is the list Keys Functions CTRL N New label format CTRL O Open label file CTRL S Save label file CTRL P Print label CTRL X Cut SHIFT Delete Cut CTRL C Copy CTRL Insert Copy CTRL V Paste SHIFT Insert Paste Delete Clear CTRL A Select All ESC Cancel Edit ENTER Display object properties dialog CTRL R Object Rotation 90 CTRL L Object Rotation 90 CTRL
8. PrimeraBar Label Software For the Cyclone C 1000 C 1000P Bar Code Label Printer Version 1 0 User s Guide Primera Technology Inc System Requirements Windows 95 98 Me NT or 2000 PC Configuration Pentium processor 32 MB RAM or greater Starting up When you use the software the first time the Select printer driver window will appear Double click the PrimaBar icon on the screen Select Label Dr 200 printer driver then click OK This procedure is used to ensure that the Cyclone printer driver is installed Please note that PrimaBar can be run only when Primera printer driver is installed 1 Click the File button in the upper left corner to select new 2 The pop up menu of Select Printer will appear then select from the printing options the way you want to communicate with your printer 3 Having set up your printer select the page setup from your File menu to decide the layout of your label 4 Back to the Main Features screen 5 To go directly to a particular subject you can choose buttons on the Main Features screen use the Command menu or open the Tool Palette Exiting Choose Exit from the File menu Main Features Screen Main Menu The main window workplace is shown when a new session is started with the PrimaBar Lite application Menu Bar The Menu bar has six drop down menus Select menus with the left mouse button and then select the command you want Status bar File New Open a new
9. e graphic to be printed here Using Data Source When you want to add a text or a barcode into the designed label you can select it from following data sources The screen and printed output are the same Fixed P P Date Displays the date and time according to your system s real time clock If you select Form making it is according to your printer s RTC Choose a format for the date in the drop down menu of Date format Counter Enter the initial value and increment value in the specified box The initial value will be auto counted during printing This function of increment only supports numerals Input file a i Select a text file txt only as the data source by Browse button This option is useful when you have large quantities of data that need to be input However each data of the selected file can only contain a maximum of 20 characters for 2 bytes languages or 40 characters for 1 byte languages Wh inted en printe 1 Specify the maximum length of data string based on byte 2 Data is entered directly from a keyboard or scanner before printing Note The limitation of maximum length is just conducive to formatting 12 Reference 1 Enter a variable in Reference Box by browsing 2 When data source is reference the selected variable will automatically appear during printing 3 It is most useful when same data has to be assigned to different format Using Reference as data source 1 Click Bro
10. ick and hold the left mouse button while dragging to draw the rectangle 3 Double click on the rectangle to open the Ellipse Properties window to make changes to line thickness and line color To create a circle or ellipse 1 Doone of the following Choose Ellipse from the Draw menu Click the Ellipse button on the Tool palette 2 Click and hold the left mouse button while dragging to draw the ellipse 3 Double click on the ellipse to open the Diagonal Properties window to make changes to line thickness and line color To add a picture 11 Selecting the Picture tool then click again on somewhere of the blank workplace to brings up the following Load Picture File dialog box Load picture file Ei a a a m Image A Preview Width fo O 0linch File name ESA _ oen omn Height fo O 0linch Files of type EMF Format Files bmp Cancel Field Description Look in Use this text box to search for graphic files BMP or DIB Click the drop down arrow to change the drive directory File name The selected graphic s file name is shown here Files of type The selected graphic s file type is shown here Click the drop down arrow to change the file types that can be viewed Open Imports the selected graphic to your workspace Cancel Click to cancel importing a graphic Image Displays a preview if checked and size of the graphic to be imported Width Height You can adjust the size of th
11. wsing button to bring up the following window 2 Select one variable field to refer Select a variable to refer E4 Variable options IEn odel When pijpte d gt Price lt Vrhen printt d gt HM Serial Ho lt When printed gt M Sub field Define 3 If you just want to refer a portion of the selected data Click the Sub field Define and specify the Start digit and End digit in the blanks 13 Select a variable to refer L Price lt When printed Wl Serial Ho lt When printed gt Printing Variable Data 1 Click File to select print In print window click Variables button 2 The variable menu will display all the fields that are using Counter or When printed as their data source 3 Click Move Back to decide the priority of data input 14 TT H I ariable Options Model Seen printe d TL Price When printed gt HM Serial Ho lt Counter 4 Click OK to return to the Print window 5 Click Print button to bring up the following window 6 Key in the data in specified box I Data Entry tial No A200029 7 Click OK 8 The label will be printed automatically 15
12. zing Check this box when the label and backing paper are same size Page dim lt 0 01 inches gt Enter the backing paper dimensions width and height by dropdown menu or self define it Click the Label tab Page setup Page Label Margine Label dim lt 0 01 inches gt width m pa Height 300 Comer roundness lo Number of labels Per row i Per column iS Preview tf inches millimeters Cancel Apply Help Field Description Label dim lt 0 01 inches gt Enter the label dimensions width and height and corner roundness Number of labels Enter the number of labels per row and column Click the Margins tab Page Label Margins Margine dim lt 0 01 inches gt Preview Left E 4 te ff 4 Gap dim lt 0 07 inches gt Between column fo Between rows jo E tf inches millimeters Cancel Apply Help Field Description Margins dim lt 0 01 inches gt Enter the dimensions for the left and top margins Gap dim lt 0 01 inches gt Enter the dimensions for the gap between rows When there are more than one label in a row that need to be printed you have to define the distance between label and label Note For NT4 0 Win 2000 user to create a new size please consult OS User s Manual Communicate with the printer Adding Fields Add Text Selecting the Text tool then click on the work place to bring up the following TEXT Properties window
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