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Chapter 1 — Getting Started

XMLLabel v6.10 User’s Guide

XML print jobs

(optional)

XMLReady

printer

XMLReady

printer

.lbx

label

format

.lab

label

format

.xml

test

file

Label

Loader

LabelShop

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XMLLabel

Wizard

XMLLabel

ERP/WMS

system

XMLLabel Overview:

This diagram shows how XMLLabel works with your ERP or WMS system to

print labels on an Intermec XMLReady printer.

Requirements

System Requirements

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LabelShop PRO v6.12

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PC running Microsoft Windows 2000 or Windows XP

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Hardware requirements–standard for operating system

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Host system with compatible XML output such as Oracle
11i10, SAP Auto-ID Infrastructure (AII) v.2.1 SP03 or v.4.0

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Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 or later

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Microsoft .NET Framework version 1.1

Summary of Contents for XMLLabel

Page 1: ...XMLLabel v6 10 User s Guide...

Page 2: ...ec the Intermec logo Norand ArciTech Beverage Routebook CrossBar dcBrowser Duratherm EasyADC EasyCoder EasySet Fingerprint INCA under license i gistics Intellitag Intellitag Gen2 JANUS LabelShop Mobil...

Page 3: ...d This page records changes to this document The document was originally released as version 001 Version Date Description of Change 002 11 2005 Added new information to support RFID SAP Auto ID Infras...

Page 4: ...iv XMLLabel v6 10 User s Guide...

Page 5: ...inters to Work With XMLLabel 6 Setting Up Printers in LabelShop PRO 6 Setting Up Printers in Oracle Version 11i10 8 Creating an Intermec Printer in Oracle 8 Assigning Printers to Label Types 10 Defini...

Page 6: ...ent Fonts 30 Using Scaleable Fonts 31 Printing Labels 33 Converting a lab File Format to an lbx File Format 34 Downloading the lbx File to Your Printer 36 Creating Printer Groups 40 Removing Printers...

Page 7: ...struction de l quipement ou l alt ration ou la perte de donn es Note Notes either provide extra information about a topic or contain special instructions for handling a particular condition or set of...

Page 8: ...he appropriate option Outside the U S A and Canada contact your local Intermec representative To search for your local representative from the Intermec web site click Contact Who Should Read This Docu...

Page 9: ...uide 1 Getting Started Use this chapter to familiarize yourself with Intermec XMLLabel In this chapter you will find these sections What Is XMLLabel What s New Installing XMLLabel Installing Printers...

Page 10: ...ownload to an XMLReady printer XMLLabel Wizard also lets you create a sample xml file and a variable list file var at the same time that you create the lbx file You can use the xml file to print a tes...

Page 11: ...his diagram shows how XMLLabel works with your ERP or WMS system to print labels on an Intermec XMLReady printer Requirements System Requirements LabelShop PRO v6 12 PC running Microsoft Windows 2000...

Page 12: ...AII For help see Setting Up Printers in SAP Auto ID Infrastructure on page 13 Changes to the Label Loader application For help see Downloading the lbx File to Your Printer on page 36 Installing XMLLa...

Page 13: ...are 3 If you do not have LabelShop PRO already installed select Install LabelShop PRO and follow the directions for installation 4 Select Install XMLLabel and follow the directions for installation To...

Page 14: ...s Intermec XMLLabel Tools menu in LabelShop PRO Installing Printers to Work With XMLLabel You need to make sure that you have the XMLReady printers you plan to use in your network installed in LabelSh...

Page 15: ...e Port list select the port to which the printer is connected 7 Click OK 8 Make sure the printer you added is selected in the Printer dialog box and click OK Printers supported by LabelShop PRO have a...

Page 16: ...ermecPrinter in Oracle The printer needs to be set up within Oracle Applications solely for the purpose of choosing the correct printer for a particular print request and then identifying the selected...

Page 17: ...s 2 In the Printer field type a unique name to reference your printer throughout the application 3 From the Type list box select Label 4 In the Description field type a meaningful description of the p...

Page 18: ...that the connection is successful If your connection is not successful make sure there is connectivity between the database and the printer Assigning Printers to LabelTypes When a particular label re...

Page 19: ...ensitive menu 3 From the List of Values select the appropriate label type The label type is added to the tree view 4 From the tree view in the left panel select a document label type for example Lpn o...

Page 20: ...es Define Label Formats 2 To find existing label formats select the Label Type associated with the label format and click Find 3 In the Name field enter a label format name or make sure the label form...

Page 21: ...FID printers a For TCP IP printing set these parameters Parameter Value Type T TCP IP Gateway Host IP address of the printer Gateway Service Port 9200 b For HTTP printing set these parameters Paramete...

Page 22: ...Chapter 1 Getting Started 14 XMLLabel v6 10 User s Guide...

Page 23: ...Intermec XMLReady printer This chapter contains these sections Understanding How the Printer Supports Label Elements Defining Variable Data Using Variable Data in a Label Using Non Latin Character Se...

Page 24: ...inters support both Bar codes The printers support fixed and variable Use printer bar codes only Graphics The printers support fixed graphics only Polygons circles rounded rectangles The printers prin...

Page 25: ...10 User s Guide 17 4 Click Var0 to select it and click again or press F2 5 Enter the name of the variable field that is used in the database and press Enter Variable Field In this example Part No is t...

Page 26: ...ble value box Variable Value In this example the Variable value is 1234567890 8 Click OK Using Variable Data in a Label Use the following procedure to add variable data to your label You can display t...

Page 27: ...l v6 10 User s Guide 19 2 Select whether you want the variable to appear on the label as text or a bar code The variable data appears on the label This example shows what the label looks like if you d...

Page 28: ...s including Greek Cyrillic Baltic and Turkish Using Non Latin CharactersWith Variable Data For variable data the printer reads the font encoding from the XML file header The printer supports these enc...

Page 29: ...port installed 6 In LabelShop PRO replace the placeholder text with your non Latin character text Defining RFID Tags in a Label You can design labels that contain RFID tags with LabelShop PRO and prin...

Page 30: ...tab 3 From the Model list select EPC or UCode ISO Note You can use standard ISO tags as well but we do not describe the interface in this procedure 4 In the Class field select EPC 1 19 C1V1 tags or G...

Page 31: ...From the Identifier list select RAW 96 for 96 bit data or RAW 64 for 64 bit data 12 From the User data field select the RFID variable in the Data source column 13 Click OK Using Variables for Advanced...

Page 32: ...cters When building formulas for UCC EAN 128 bar codes you may need FNC1 Function Code 1 You use the control character FNC1 for such cases You enter the Function Code 1 character as FNC1 Note Printer...

Page 33: ...For help see Defining Variable Data on page 16 3 On the Data sources tab right click Formula and select Add Formula0 appears 4 Select Formula0 and then click Formula0 again or press F2 to make the nam...

Page 34: ...gning Labels 26 XMLLabel v6 10 User s Guide 9 Select the Output tab 10 In the Maximum length field enter 22 and click OK 11 On the Data sources tab right click Formula 1 and select Add Formula1 appear...

Page 35: ...select Variables from the list box The list box to the right populates with all of the variables 16 From the newly populated list box select Part No and click Insert 17 Select the Output tab and set t...

Page 36: ...Define a variable named Product Group with a length of 10 For help see Defining Variable Data on page 16 3 On the Data sources tab right click Formula and select Add Formula0 appears 4 Select Formula0...

Page 37: ...ess F2 to make the name editable 15 In the formula field enter HR_LOC_PG and press Enter 16 Right click formula HR_LOC_PG and select Variable properties The HR_LOC_PG dialog box appears 17 In the text...

Page 38: ...g Speed If you are not satisfied with your label throughput you can increase your print speed by choosing the correct font To change the font 1 Double click the text in the label The Text dialog box a...

Page 39: ...Scaleable Fonts You can scale these fonts into any size You can enter width in a percent of the nominal width which makes it very flexible If you want to alter the nominal size select the point size...

Page 40: ...Chapter 2 Designing Labels 32 XMLLabel v6 10 User s Guide...

Page 41: ...iles and send them down to the XMLReady printers Use the suite of XMLLabel applications to convert your file download it to the printer and perform a test print to validate your label format This chap...

Page 42: ...the target printer model that you can convert To convert a lab file to an lbx file 1 Start the XMLLabel Wizard There are two ways to start the XMLLabel Wizard From within LabelShop PRO choose Tools XM...

Page 43: ...rom the Step 2 Output Files window select the check boxes to generate a test file or a variable file list file Creating these files is optional but it helps you test and debug problems with your label...

Page 44: ...se the Label Loader application to download the lbx file to your Intermec XMLReady printer To download the lbx file to yourprinter 1 Start the Label Loader application There are three ways to start th...

Page 45: ...o search or the IP address of a specific printer Note 255 255 255 255 scans your local network segment If you want to scan another network segment you must specify a broadcast address such as 192 168...

Page 46: ...them in the Add Groups window Note If you have problems scanning for printers see Troubleshooting Problems and Possible Solutions on page 48 for help 6 Select the printers you want to use and click th...

Page 47: ...ow click Add files An Open dialog box appears 10 Browse to the location of your lbx file select it and click Open Your lbx file now appears in the Files list Note You can select and add multiple lbx f...

Page 48: ...ate a printer group 1 There are two ways to create a group From the Add Groups window click Add Group Place your mouse pointer in the Selected Printer s to send file s to box right click and select Ad...

Page 49: ...ss 1 Place your mouse pointer in the Selected Printer s to send file s to box right click and select Add IP Address The IPAddress dialog box appears 2 Add IP addresses in either of these ways To add a...

Page 50: ...to remove right click with your mouse and select to remove the printer or printer group Printing a Test Label If you chose to generate a test file when you were converting your lab file to an lbx fil...

Page 51: ...ress or IP address information in two ways Use the Scan for printers button a In the Broadcast Address IPAddress text box enter a broadcast address you want to search or the IP address of a specific p...

Page 52: ...44 XMLLabel v6 10 User s Guide d Select the printer you want to send the xml file to and click Next Manually enter an IP address a Select the Use manual IP address check box b Type the IP address in...

Page 53: ...by the XMLLabel wizard are always stored in the Program Files Intermec LabelShop PRO 6 XML directory 6 Browse to the location of your xml file select it and click Open The path to your xml file now a...

Page 54: ...Chapter 3 Printing Labels 46 XMLLabel v6 10 User s Guide You can click the link on the Finish window to see an example of the label you just printed with your XML data 8 Click Finish...

Page 55: ...abel v6 10 User s Guide 47 Troubleshooting Use this chapter to understand and fix problems understand error messages and understand how to use the sample labels provided with LabelShop PRO and XMLLabe...

Page 56: ...et to Synchronous TCP IP Assign and enable the printer at the user level or higher level for each Label Type you want to print Assign Label Type s to the business flows at the user level or at a highe...

Page 57: ...d the host system are identical Check for capitalization and space characters If the variable text does not print correctly check that the printer font supports the character set of the database or th...

Page 58: ...ssions in a formula that XMLLabel does not support This may be for example a check digit calculation or a logical expression Change the formula so that it contains only concatenated constants variable...

Page 59: ...ll supported Intermec XMLReady printers The sample labels were created for the EasyCoder PM4i printer You can use these files to create lbx files for another printer model To create lbx files for anot...

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