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Intermec XMLLabel User Manual

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  • Page 1 User's Guide XMLLabel™ v6.10...
  • Page 2 Intermec. Information and specifications contained in this document are subject to change without prior notice and do not represent a commitment on the part of Intermec Technologies Corporation. © 2005 by Intermec Technologies Corporation. All rights reserved.
  • Page 3 This page records changes to this document. The document was originally released as version 001. Version Date 11/2005 XMLLabel v6.10 User’s Guide Description of Change Added new information to support RFID, SAP Auto-ID Infrastructure, and changes to the Label Loader application.
  • Page 4 XMLLabel v6.10 User’s Guide...

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    Requirements ... 3 What’s New? ... 4 Installing XMLLabel... 4 Installing Printers to Work With XMLLabel... 6 Setting Up Printers in LabelShop PRO... 6 Setting Up Printers in Oracle Version 11i10... 8 Setting Up Printers in SAP Auto-ID Infrastructure... 13 Designing Labels Understanding How the Printer Supports Label Elements ...
  • Page 6 Downloading the .lbx File to Your Printer ... 36 Creating Printer Groups ... 40 Removing Printers and Groups... 42 Printing a Test Label... 42 Troubleshooting Troubleshooting Problems and Possible Solutions ... 48 Understanding Error Messages... 50 Using Sample Labels... 50 ... 33 ... 47 XMLLabel v6.10 User’s Guide...

  • Page 7: Before You Begin

    Global Services and Support Warranty Information To understand the warranty for your Intermec product, visit the Intermec web site at www.intermec.com and click Service & Support > Service & Support. The Intermec Global Sales & Service page appears. From the Service & Support menu, move your pointer over Support, and then click Warranty.

  • Page 8: Who Should Read This Document

    The XMLLabel v6.10 User’s Guide provides you with information about the features of XMLLabel application. It also explains how to install, use, and troubleshoot XMLLabel. Before you install XMLLabel, you should be familiar with your network and general networking terms, such as IP address. Related Documents The Intermec web site at www.intermec.com contains our...

  • Page 9: Getting Started

    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 to Work With XMLLabel XMLLabel v6.10 User’s Guide...

  • Page 10: What Is Xmllabel

    Chapter 1 — Getting Started What Is XMLLabel? XMLLabel is a powerful suite of applications that enables you to easily convert LabelShop PRO label formats into files that you can download to Intermec XMLReady™ printers. XMLLabel helps you convert, download, and test the label formats. The...

  • Page 11: Requirements

    Loader 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 • LabelShop PRO v6.12 • PC running Microsoft Windows 2000 or Windows XP •...

  • Page 12: Supported Printers

    Framework v1.1 from the Microsoft web site and then install XMLLabel. To install XMLLabel 1 Insert the XMLLabel CD in your CD drive. The CD will automatically start and display the introduction window. ® PF2i, PF4i, PF4ci, PM4i, PX4i, PX6i with...
  • Page 13 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 install XMLLabel on the LabelShop PRO Net 1 From the LabelShop CD provided with the LabelShop PRO Net package, install LabelShop PRO Net on the server.

  • Page 14: Installing Printers To Work With Xmllabel

    3 Finish installing LabelShop PRO Net on the server, and then install the clients from the server as described in the Installation Guide of LabelShop PRO Net. 4 Install XMLLabel locally on each of the clients that will use XMLLabel. After you have LabelShop PRO and XMLLabel installed, you can run XMLLabel from these two places: •...
  • Page 15 OK. Printers supported by LabelShop PRO have a printer icon in front of the printer name. XMLLabel does not support printers that appear without the printer icon. Supported printers include EasyCoder PF2i, PF4i, PF4ci, PM4i, PX4i, and PX6i in DP mode.

  • Page 16: Setting Up Printers In Oracle Version 11I10

    Chapter 1 — Getting Started The name and port of the selected printer appears in the lower left corner of the LabelShop PRO window. Setting Up Printers in Oracle Version 11i10 Use this section to understand how to set up OWM to print with the Intermec XMLReady printers.
  • Page 17 1 From the System Administrator Responsibility Role, go to Install > Printer > Register. The Printers dialog box appears. 2 In the Printer field, type a unique name to reference your printer throughout the application. 3 From the Type list box, select Label.

  • Page 18: Assigning Printers To Label Types

    3 In the IP Address field, enter the IP address. 4 In the Port field, enter the port (9200). 5 Click Test to ping the printer. You should receive a message telling you that the connection is successful. If your connection is not successful, make sure there is connectivity between the database and the printer.
  • Page 19 4 From the tree view in the left panel, select a document label type (for example, Lpn or Lpn Summary). 5 From the Printer drop-down list, select a printer name to associate with the label type. 6 From the Level drop-down list, assign a level to the label type.

  • Page 20: Defining Label Formats

    .lbx (lowercase). 4 In the Description field, enter a description for the label format. After you define the format name and description, you can view the label content by clicking the Label Fields and Variables button. XMLLabel v6.10 User’s Guide...

  • Page 21: Setting Up Printers In Sap Auto-Id Infrastructure

    Setting Up Printers in SAP Auto-ID Infrastructure XMLLabel supports Auto-ID Infrastructure (AII) version 2.1. To use Intermec XMLReady printers with SAP AII, you need to configure the parameters in the following procedure. To find all of these settings, go to Basic Settings in the SAP AII interface.
  • Page 22 Chapter 1 — Getting Started XMLLabel v6.10 User’s Guide...

  • Page 23: Designing Labels

    Designing Labels Use this chapter to understand how to design labels to use with your Intermec XMLReady printer. This chapter contains these sections: • Understanding How the Printer Supports Label Elements • Defining Variable Data • Using Variable Data in a Label •...

  • Page 24: Understanding How The Printer Supports Label Elements

    The printers support fixed graphics only. The printers print these elements as graphics. The printers print these elements as graphics. The printers print these elements as graphics. The printers support fixed and variable data. XMLLabel v6.10 User’s Guide...
  • Page 25 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 the name of the variable in the database. XMLLabel v6.10 User’s Guide Chapter 2 — Designing Labels...

  • Page 26: Using Variable Data In A Label

    You can display the variable data as text or a bar code. To use variable data in a label 1 From the Data Sources tab, click and drag the variable you want to add to the label into the label frame. A dialog box appears. XMLLabel v6.10 User’s Guide...
  • Page 27 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 display the variable as a bar code. XMLLabel v6.10 User’s Guide...

  • Page 28: Using Non-Latin Character Sets In A Label

    Using Non-Latin Character Sets in a Label You can use non-Latin character sets in both fixed and variable data fields. You must use the printer font Swis721 BT if you want to print a non-Latin character. The Swis721 font offers a wide range or character sets including Greek, Cyrillic, Baltic, and Turkish.

  • Page 29: Defining Rfid Tags In A Label

    Defining RFID Tags in a Label You can design labels that contain RFID tags with LabelShop PRO and print them on XMLReady printers using XMLLabel. Creating an RFID variable is the same as defining any other variable with these two exceptions: •...
  • Page 30 Chapter 2 — Designing Labels Before you can save a .lab format and convert it to an .lbx file supported by XMLLabel, you need to set up the RFID Tag properties for printing. To set up RFID tag properties for printing 1 From the LabelShop PRO main menu, choose File >...

  • Page 31: Using Variables For Advanced Features

    You can design concatenated fields using formulas. Concatenated fields are useful when you want to: • merge two or more database fields. • combine database fields with fixed data. • combine database fields with non-printable characters. XMLLabel v6.10 User’s Guide Chapter 2 — Designing Labels...
  • Page 32 Example 1: Code 128 With Manufacturer’s Part Number Example 1 explains how to create the following label including a Code 128 bar code with the manufacturer’s part number, using a FACT Data Identifier (DI). The DI for part number is 1P. XMLLabel v6.10 User’s Guide...
  • Page 33 The list box to the right populates with all of the variables. 8 From the newly populated list box, select Part No and then click Insert. XMLLabel v6.10 User’s Guide Chapter 2 — Designing Labels BC_PN , and then select Variables from...
  • Page 34 Chapter 2 — Designing Labels 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 appears under BC_PN. XMLLabel v6.10 User’s Guide...
  • Page 35 Example 2 explains how to create a label including an EAN128 bar code with two merged data fields. This sample label, “Example2.lab,” is available in the Samples\XML\203dpi (or 300dpi) directory. XMLLabel v6.10 User’s Guide Chapter 2 — Designing Labels HR_PN (there is a space after the close...
  • Page 36 9 In the text box, type from the list box, and then select Product Group from the newly populated list box. and press Enter. BC_LOC_PG select Variables from the list “90”&, , select Variables & “{FNC1}”&”91”& XMLLabel v6.10 User’s Guide...
  • Page 37 19 In the text box, type list box, and then select Location from the newly populated list box. 20 Click Insert. 21 Select the Output tab. XMLLabel v6.10 User’s Guide Chapter 2 — Designing Labels and press Enter. HR_LOC_PG , select Variables from the list “(90) “&...

  • Page 38: Optimizing Label Printing Speed

    2 Select the correct font from the Font list. Using Printer Resident Fonts You should use printer resident fonts for fixed text. If you use Windows fonts, these fonts are sent as graphics causing the label to print slower.

  • Page 39: Using Scaleable Fonts

    Note: You must use printer resident fonts for variable text. Using 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 (mm or inch) and then the width and height in percent.
  • Page 40 Chapter 2 — Designing Labels XMLLabel v6.10 User’s Guide...

  • Page 41: Printing Labels

    Printing Labels The unique architecture of XMLLabel makes it easy for you to convert existing .lab files to .lbx files 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.

  • Page 42: Converting A .Lab File Format To An .Lbx File Format

    • you have a .lab file designed for 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 > XMLLabel Wizard.
  • Page 43 8 From the Step 3 – Confirm File Names and Directories. window, make sure the file names and directories are correct and click Next. XMLLabel creates your new format and optional test files and then displays the Finished! window. XMLLabel v6.10 User’s Guide...

  • Page 44: Downloading The .Lbx File To Your Printer

    Label Loader application: • Label Loader automatically launches after you finish the XMLLabel Wizard if you have selected the check box to run Label Loader when you close the wizard. • From within LabelShop PRO, choose Tools > Label Loader.
  • Page 45 3 In the Broadcast Address / IPAddress text box, enter the broadcast address of the subnet (network segment) you want to 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 192.168.214.255.
  • Page 46 “Troubleshooting Problems and Possible Solutions” on page 48 for help. 6 Select the printers you want to use and click the right arrow ( - >) to move them into the Selected Printer(s) to send file(s) to list. Your printers now appear under My Printer Groups.
  • Page 47 You can create printer groups and remove printers you do not want to use. For help, see the next sections, “Creating Printer Groups” and “Removing Printers and Groups.” 7 Click Next. 8 Select the check boxes of the printers where you want to send the .lbx files and click Next.

  • Page 48: Creating Printer Groups

    Add Group. NewGroup1 is added underneath My Printer Groups in the Selected Printer(s) to send file(s) to list box. 2 Type a name for your new printer group and then press Enter. 3 Select the new printer group you just created.
  • Page 49 IPAddress dialog box appears. 2 Add IP addresses in either of these ways: • To add a single printer, enter the IP address and click OK. • To add all printers in an IP range, select IP Range, enter a number in the to box, and then click OK.

  • Page 50: Removing Printers And Groups

    .lab file to an .lbx file, you can use the test (.xml) file to make sure your label format converted correctly. The test file depends on which system you set in XMLLabel Preferences. The test .xml file will look something like this example: <?xml version="1.0"...
  • Page 51 To print a test label 1 Start XMLLabel Print. Go to Start > Programs > Intermec XMLLabel > XMLLabel Print. The XMLLabel Print window appears. 2 Click Next. 3 From the Step 1 – Choose Printer window, click Scan for printers.
  • Page 52 Chapter 3 — Printing Labels d Select the printer you want to send the .xml file to and • Manually enter an IP address: a Select the Use manual IP address check box. b Type the IP address in the text box.
  • Page 53 5 From the Step 2 – Choose File window, click Browse. An Open dialog box appears. Note: The .xml files created 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.
  • Page 54 Chapter 3 — Printing Labels 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. XMLLabel v6.10 User’s Guide...

  • Page 55: Troubleshooting

    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 XMLLabel. XMLLabel v6.10 User’s Guide...

  • Page 56: Troubleshooting Problems And Possible Solutions

    Chapter 4 — Troubleshooting Troubleshooting Problems and Possible Solutions Use the following table to find problems you may see while using XMLLabel along with possible solutions to fix them. Please contact Intermec technical support if you need more information. Troubleshooting Problems and Possible Solutions...
  • Page 57 The printer does not appear as expected when you scan the network. XMLLabel v6.10 User’s Guide Chapter 4 — Troubleshooting Possible Solution Hardware printing or printing service problem. Check the printer’s network connection. The printer power switch is turned off. Make sure the printer power switch is turned on.

  • Page 58: Understanding Error Messages

    LabelShop and XMLLabel installation. You have used expressions 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, variables and special characters.
  • Page 59 • SGTIN-96_Hex.lab (requires an RFID-enabled printer) • Shipcont.lab • SSCC-96_Hex.lab (requires an RFID-enabled printer) You can use these labels as templates for all 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.
  • Page 60 Chapter 4 — Troubleshooting XMLLabel v6.10 User’s Guide...
  • Page 62 Corporate Headquarters 6001 36th Avenue West Everett, Washington 98203 U.S.A. tel 425.348.2600 fax 425.355.9551 www.intermec.com XMLLabel v6.10 User's Guide *075224-002* P/N 075224-002...

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