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SECTION 3
OPERATING THE PRINTER
g. Height of label = is equal to the number of Printheads on the AstroJet Printer used, times 1/2".
This example uses a 5-head printer, therefore the height is 2-1/2".
h. Form Top & Bottom Margins = should be set at 0.100 to insure that none of the data is lost.
i.
Height between labels = 0.000
j.
Form Height = the height of the Printhead area or slightly larger.
5.
Name the form in the Form name box and click OK.
Create Layout
Once the Barcode Font supplied with the AstroJet
form is set up, the layout that you are using in DeskTop Mailer
1. Open the DeskTop Mailer
application, then open the Data file.
2. Click Print and open the Template
Design. (In this example, Non-
presorted Labels. This same step
holds true for Presorted Labels.)
3. Click Template Design and the "Choose Template for Printing" window opens. Select the
template you wish to use from the list, then click Edit. "Edit Template" window opens. Or
select New... to create a new template.
4. In this example, we are creating a new template and placing the Barcode below the address lines.
When creating a new template, first highlight the "Define Font" command and click on "Insert
command". "Font Selection" window opens. Select Font style, Size, and assign a Font
Number. Click OK.
5. Highlight the "Font = 1" command and click Insert command. Then highlight FIRST in the
Database Fields list and click "Insert field". Repeat this for the next field, and press ENTER
to go to the next line. Once the address fields are entered on the Template the next step is to add
the Barcode.
6. The Barcode will become Font 2. Begin by highlighting the "Define Font" command, then
click "Insert command". "Font Selection" window opens. Select the Barcode USPS font, Size
11 - 12, (choose the correct size for your application, you may use fractional numbers such as
11.5) and assign Font Number 2 to it. Then click OK.
7. Highlight the "Font = 1" command. Click "Insert command". Then change the 1 in {F,1} to 2.
8. Click Save. Insert a "|" line (bar) next and then build the barcode data. (In this example it is ZIP,
DP2, and DPC.) Finish this up with another "|".
9. Now save your template by typing in a unique name in the File name box, then click Save.
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TM
Driver Disk is installed on your computer and the
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must be created.
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