Designer

You will find the Template Designer at the top of the printer plug-in menu next to the buttons for creating and editing new labels with the template designer

• you define the size of a document,
• you define the template variables with standard values,
• you place the elements “Text”, “Image”, “Rectangle” and “Barcode”. Elements from the type “Text” and “Barcode” can be seized with template variables.

Define document size

You can define the document size in the menu at “Settings - Document Size” or select the sizes available on the printer of your choice.. The second option is especially useful, when you allready know what printer you`ll use. On the other hand, you don´t fix on a printer by choosing the second option, to e. g. set up a DIN standard with Microsofts XPS printer. Stating the size is in millimeters.

1. So choose the option “User Defined Size” or “Supported Size”.
   • User-defined size: Fill in the document size.
   • Supported size: Choose a printer and document size.
2. Confirm with “OK”.
3. If necessary, select “Landscape” by “Settings”.

Define Template Variables

Template variables are filled during run time, e. g. from the controlling or batch- and task data from the data base. At this point, you define the needed placeholder and state standard values, if wanted. The values can be printed as text or barcodes.

1. Choose the button “New placeholder”.
2. Assign a name and confirm with “OK”.
3. The template variable is shown in the list. Assign a standard value, if wanted.
4. Repeat the steps 1 to 3 for all needed placeholders.
5. If you want to remove a variable, click on the name in the list and delete or rename it.

Place Elements

From the following elements can be chosen:

• Text: Free text and placeholder in combination. Size and position of the frame, font -type, -size and -colour are to be setted.
• Rectangle: A frame of free size and position. Frame colour, -type and -width are to be setted as well as the fill in colour.
• Barcode: Free definable Barcode. Size and position, encryption, content (text, numbers and placeholders) are to be setted. The alignment can also be configured for a barcode and/or a barcode text.
• Image: Image data in free position and size, to be chosen from the data system.
• Choose the button “New Element” and the type in the opening list.
• The element will be placed in the upper left corner. Slide it to the desired position with the mouse or state the coordinates exactly in the property menu or simply by drag and drop.
• Define the size of the element. To do this, click on the element frame and drag it to the desired size, or state the size exactly in the property menu.
• Define the other properties.

tip

Tip: With “Insert placeholder” (Text and Barcode) you fill in a defined template variable to the relevant place. Don´t change the syntax.

tip

Tip: In the colour definition you can assign besides the value for red, green and blue, the value “alpha”, to set up lucency (0 = invisible, 255 = not translucent, for text and frames).

Test print, save and close

• Use the button “Print (test)”, to print a test on a configured printer.
• A memory query appears if you want to close your input window via the window button.
• Use the button “Close”, to close the designer and go back to the router configuration.

Changing existing templates

Via double clicking an entry in the plug-in configuration you can change the chosen template at all times.

warning

Attention: Don´t change variable names and don´t delete template variables, which allready are used in the connection projection. The router can´t use placeholders manipulated like that and gives out a defective label (e. g. with standard value).