Intermec 4630 User Manual page 90

4630 and 4830 Bar Code Label Printers User's Manual
To design a basic label format
1. Using a label from your roll of media, sketch an example of a format that
2. Determine the placement of each field from the label origin. To determine
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you want to create.
Your format can include any or all of these fields:
•
Human-readable (text)
•
Bar code
•
Line
•
Box
•
User-defined characters (UDCs) or graphics
In this example, you will design a simple label that includes a human-
readable field, a line field, and a bar code field.
the horizontal or X origin of each field, measure the distance from the left
side of the label to the upper left corner of the field.
To determine the vertical or Y origin of each field, measure the distance
from the top of the label to the upper left corner of the field.
When you combine the two numbers, they form the field origin oX,Y.
In the following illustration, the horizontal or X origin of the human-
readable field measures 0.5 inch from the left side of the label and the
vertical or Y origin measures 0.25 inch from the top of the label.
Field origin = X,Y
Y
0.25"
X
0.5"
Code
One
bar code
Direction of label from printer