Designing And Creating A Label Format - Intermec 3440 User Manual

3440 Bar Code Label Printer User's Manual

Designing and Creating a Label Format

Label formats are combinations of several different fields that determine
where and how different types of data appear in the label design. The fields
on a label may differ in size, location, orientation, and data type. You must
define information that you plan to print on the label as a field in the label
format. Once you define the fields, you can pass data into the fields and
print them. The following tutorial assumes that you are using the IPL
command set.
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. The label
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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. See the example on the
facing page.
origin (oØ,Ø) is the top left corner of the label.
To determine 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.
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