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Version: 5.4

Videojet Message Printer Transfer Object

Videojet Message Printer​

The Videojet Message Printer transfer object overwrites the currently selected Message and refills it with the transferred text elements.

Videojet Message Printer Transfer Object

After double-clicking the Videojet Message Printer Transfer Object, set the following properties:

Settings nameDescription
Static printer
  • activated: The printer controlled will always be the same, for this enter the IP and the Port.
  • deactivated: The printer is dynamic, the name of the printer will have to be defined during the runtime (by a constant, a variable, a database or other.)
IP

Enter the IP address of your static printer.
Note: This field is only available if you have selected the "Static printers" field.

Port

Enter the port of your static printer.
Note: This field is only available if you have selected the "Static printers" field.

TimeoutAmount of time in milliseconds after which the printer will be considered unreachable.

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 specifiy the font size of the text element.
  • HORC for horizontal alignement of the text element.
  • VERC for vertical alignement 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.