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Printing and Previewing Labels
Preview and Print a Label
Ifyouwanttoprintalabel,youcanusetheprintpreviewtosimulateaprintoutput.Thelabelpre-
viewshowsthelabelonthescreen.
Simulateprinting10labelsonthescreentochecklabellayoutandprintingprocedure.
1.
Clickon iconintheStandard toolbarorselectthecommandPrintintheFile
menu.ThePrintdialogboxappears.
2. Enter10forLabelQuantityandclickonthePreviewbutton.Thesoftwarewillclosethe
dialogboxandsimulatetheproductionfor10labelsonthescreen.
Note:Youcanselectbetweenthequantityofthelabelsandthequantityofthepages.Thepagecan
haveoneormorelabelsandthelabelsarearrangedonthepageincolumnsandrows.Ifyouhave
eightlabelsonthepage,thequantityoftenpageswillprint80labels.
Whenyouarecertainthatthelabelswillbeprintedcorrectlyandthepreviewshowsthecorrect
values,youcanproceedtorealprinting.Toactuallyprintthelabels,dothefollowing:
1.
Clickon iconintheStandard toolbar.ThePrintdialogboxappears.
2. Enter10fortheLabelQuantityandclickonthePrintbutton.Yourprinterwillnow
print10labels.
Note:Tomanagefastandeasylabelprinting,youcanprintlabelsfromtheapplicationNicePrintor
theformgeneratedwithPowerForms.FormoreinformationrefertothechapterOther Appli-
cations.
Store and Recall Printing Mode
StoreandRecallprintingmodeisthemethodofoptimizedlabelprinting.
Inthismodethesoftwaredoesnotsendthedataforeachlabelindividuallytotheprinter,aprocess
thatusedinstandardprintingmode.Insteadforeachprintactionlabelrecallcommandissenttothe
printer.Theobviousbenefitisreductionofdatasenttotheprinter.Typicallyafewbytesofdatais
senttotheprinter,comparedtoafewkilobyteswithnormalprinting.
Storeandrecallprintingmethodisaperfectsolutionforlabelprinters,wherehighresponseand
high-throughputisrequired.Usuallywithembeddedandintegrationsystems.Onceyouhavedefined
thestoreandrecallprintingmodeinthelabeldesigner,thesamebenefitsareavailablefromthe
formdesignerandmiddlewareintegrationmodule.
Insteadthelabelprintingprocessisbrokenintotwoprocesses:
l Store label
Duringthisprocessthesoftwarecreatesadescriptionofthelabeltemplateformattedin
theprintercommandlanguageoftheselectedprinter.Thesoftwarethensendsthe
createdcommandfiletotheprintermemoryandstoresitthere.
Oncethelabelhasbeenstoredintheprinter,itremainsthereuntilyouformattheprinter
memory,orswitchofftheprinter.Therearevariousmemorylocationsintheprinterand
someofthemarenon-volatileandyoucanlosethecontents,whentheprinterswitches
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