Transfer Objects

Videojet Status

You can read out the status of the printer via the status transfer object.

Model	Select the printer model here.
Static printer	Set this checkbox if you want to define a printer directly in the transfer object.
IP	Define the static IP address of the printer here. Note: This field is only available if you have selected the Static Printer field.
Port	Define the static port of the printer here. Note: This field is only available if you have selected the Static Printer field.
Timeout	Define here from when a timeout should be set if the printer is not reachable.

Videojet Printer

The printer transfer object can be used to select the print template that is defined in the plug-in. You can connect the printer via a static IP address.

info

Note: You can also enter a host from outside into the IP address field. To do this, create a constant with the IP of the printer, for example, and drag an arrow to the IP address field.

Label	Select here the Layout
Static printer	Set this checkbox if you want to define a printer directly in the transfer object.
IP	Enter the IP of the Videojet printer here. Note: Only available if Static printer is checked.
Port	Enter the port of the printer here. Note: Only available if Static printer is checked.
Timeout	Define here from when a timeout should be set if the printer is not reachable.

Videojet message printer

The transfer object for the Videojet message printer overwrites the currently selected label and refills it with the transferred text elements.

After double-clicking the Videojet message Printer transfer object, set the following properties:

Static printer	activated: The printer is set up during creating time and is not be changed during run time. deactivated: The printers name has to be defined during run time (from variable, data base or similar).
IP	Enter the IP address of your static printer.
Port	Enter the port of your static printer.
Timeout	Time (in ms) that the connection setup may take before a connection error is returned.

This command will overwrite the selected message on the Videojet printer.

In this transfer object, you can enter values corresponding to the predefined fields:

• FONT NUM to specify the font size of the text element.
• HORC for horizontal alignment of the text element.
• VERC for vertical alignment of the text element.
• ATTRIB for selecting various printer-specific attributes.
• MESSAGE TEXT to enter your freely selectable text on the label.
• Label = Name of the label to be overwritten.

How the individual entries must be made is described in the documentation of your Videojet printer in the MESSAGE DATA Field Format section.

Array input also allows you to create several text elements.

Videojet update printer

The Videojet update printer transfer object selects an existing label in the printer and fills the specified printer variables with values.

After double-clicking the Videojet update printer transfer object, set the following properties:

Etikett	Select a label from the drop-down menu. If you do not assign any values to the transfer object, the default values that you specified for this label in the Videojet printer plug-in will be used.
Statischer Drucker	activated: The printer is set up during creating time and is not be changed during run time. deactivated: The printers name has to be defined during run time (from variable, data base or similar).
IP	Enter the IP address of your static printer.
Port	Enter the port of your static printer.
Timeout	Time (in ms) that the connection setup may take before a connection error is returned.

You can assign values to the fields of the transfer object and trigger the printer using the “Label” area.