Techniques Avancees CODESOFT Sentinel Print Pack User Manual page 15

ASCII File Sentinel
The Print document is copied from your application into a directory. Fig-
ure 2 below illustrates how the ASCII file sentinel works.
Ap p lic a tio ns
Unix,
AS400 ,
D a t a
PC ,
...
Print document
is copied in the
specified
directory
Network
When you add an ASCII file sentinel, you specify a directory dedicated to
monitoring print documents.
The print documents stored in this directory are analyzed by the ASCII file
Sentinel, which transcribes the information into print orders for
CODESOFT Run Time.
The ASCII file is associated with the following:
w an output printer, selected earlier in CODESOFT Run Time; and
w printing parameters (the number of labels to print, etc.).
Note 1: the output printer and all the printing parameters can be
configured from the Print document.
Wind o w s
C :\
1
0
0
Directory
a c c e ssib l e from
the Windows
TM
station
Network
Figure 2: Functional Diagram
Station
TM
Se ntine l
D a t a
Print Pa c k
Print orders
Printer