Creating A Print Job; Transferring A Print Job - Avery Dennison 64-Series User Manual

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USER MANUAL

Creating a print job

Essentially, there are two ways of creating a print job: Either by using the
64-xx Windows printer driver, or by creating a text file using print commands.
64-xx printer drivers are available for different versions of Windows. You can
print from nearly every Windows application using the printer drivers. Howe-
ver, functionality is strongly dependent on the choice of software. Special la-
bel layout programs are best suited, for example NiceLabel (a demo version
is included with the printer shipment).
The driver's help function explains how to use the printer driver. The help
function of your Windows operating system will tell you how to install the
driver.
for the different versions of Windows can be found on the
Internet at (http://www.machines.averydennison.com/printersystems_gb.nsf/
wview/L4L3?OpenDocument)
You can write a sequence of commands in a text file and send it to the printer.
To do this, you can use any text editor and the MS-DOS Copy command.
Easy Plug provides a special command language to program print jobs. Ho-
wever, writing a print job in text file format does require some programming
knowledge. Furthermore, you will not be able to preview the resulting printout
on the screen. Instead, you have to run a test print to see a copy of the finis-
hed result.
Manual: here you can find a practice example of a print job
together with instructions in the section "Program Example" in topic section
"General, Definitions Commands Overview".

Transferring a print job

The printer can only carry out a print job once this job has been transferred
into the printer's RAM. This can be accomplished in two ways: via a direct
transfer from your computer via a data cable or by saving it to a memory me-
dium (memory card or USB stick).
The print job can be transferred
via the serial interface,
via the parallel interface, or
via the Ethernet connection.
To transfer data via the serial or parallel interface, connect the corresponding
ports on the host computer and the printer. Use the DOS window to send the
print job file to the interface:
Serial interface (COM1): copy testjob.txt com1
Parallel interface (LPT1): copy testjob.txt lpt1
USB interface / Ethernet interface:
copy testjob.txt \\computername\sharename.
– computername = Name of the computer (e.g., "DM-ECH-0990"). In
Windows XP this can be found under START > SETTINGS > CONTROL
PANEL > SYSTEM > COMPUTER NAME.
– sharename = enter the name found under START > SETTINGS >
PRINTERS AND FAXES after clicking on a printer symbol and right-
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