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Changing Dithering Options

Ditheringisaprocessofconvertingcolororgrayscalepicturestoblackandwhitepicturesthatcan

beprintedonthermalprinters.Thermalprintersnormallycannotprintcolorimagesandcaneither

printadotonthelabelornot.Therearenointermediateshadesofgrey.

Duringtheditheringprocessallcolorsandshadesofgreyinthepictureareconvertedtoblackand

whitedots,creatingtheillusionofnewcolorsandshadesbyvaryingthepatternofdots.Different

shadesofgrayareproducedbyvaryingthepatternsofblackandwhitedots.Therearenogreydots

atall.Inprinting,ditheringisusuallycalledhalftoning,andshadesofgrayarecalledhalftones.

Tochangetheditheringsettings,dothefollowing:

1. GotoFile–PrinterSettings.Thewindowwiththeprintersettingswillopen.

2. OpentheDitheringtab.

3. ChangetheDitheringtypeoptiontosuityourneeds.Lookatthepreviewontheright

sidehowyoucanexpecttheselectedtypetobeappliedonthelabel.

4. ClickontheOKbutton.

5.

Savethelabelbyclickingthe buttonintheStandardtoolbarorselectingthecom-

mandSaveintheFilemenu.

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Defining Unprintable Area

Unprintableareaisthepartofthelabelwheretheprintercannotprint.Youcanvirtuallyincreasethe

sizeofthelabelbyenablingunprintableareaintheprinterdriver.Thethermalprintercanonlyprint

labelsthatareplacedbelowtheprinthead.Ifyouhavewiderlabelsandtheprintheaddoesnotcom-

pletelycoverthelabel,thelabelpartjuttingoutoftheprintheadcannotbeprinted.

Withunprintableareafeatureyoucanlettheapplicationknowthatthereisunusuallywidelabel

insertedintotheprinter.Thelabelingsoftwarewilldrawverticalredlinesidentifyingtheunprintable

area.Theunprintableareaisusuallythelabelarealeftandrightoftheprinterhead.

Theunprintableareaisnotmargin.thelabelobjectsarenotshiftedonthelabel.

Todefinetheunprintableareaonthelabel,dothefollowing:

1. OpenthelabelinDesignerPro.

2. SelectFile->PrinterSettings.

3. GotoOptionstab.

4. EnterthevaluesforUnprintable Area.

For example:

Youhaveaprinterwith10cm(4")printerheadanda12cmwidelabel.Youinsertthelabelcen-

trallyintheprinter,soitsticksoutoftheprintheadevenlyonbothsides.Youdefineanewlabelin

thelabelingsoftwarewith12cmwidth.Bysettingtheunprintableareato1cmontheleftand1cm

ontherightsideyouletthelabelingsoftwareknowthattheactuallabelwidthis10cm.Therewill

betwoverticalredlinesonthelabelidentifyingtheunprintablearea.

Note:

Youmightalsoseetheverticalredlineswhenyouswitchtheprinteronthelabel.Theoriginal

printermighthadwiderprintheadthanthenewprinter.Maximumwidthsofthelabelsarenotthe

sameforbothprinters.Thelabelingsoftwarewilltrytopreservetheoriginallabeldimensionand

automaticallydefinetheunprintableareaforthenewprinter.

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