Configuration of hardware components

In order to define the types of labels used, select the label printer in the "Devices and printers" panel and select "Printer properties" from the context menu (available under the right mouse button). The window shown in Figure 2 will appear.

Printer settings allow you to define general printer data available for applications using this print medium. In order to define new label formats, go to the "Templates" tab, as shown in Fig. 3. In this window, it is possible to define/change the available label templates.

To define a new label template, select the "New…​" option. After selecting a new template definition window appears - Fig. 4. The window is used to define the template name, label size, print speed and non-printable areas.

Figure 4 shows an exemplary definition of labels for PARTEX PPQ+19080DN4 labels, i.e. labels with a label width of 19mm and a height of 80mm. Margins should always be set to 0mm.

If you have additional printer accessories (cutters, etc.), you can define the behavior of the printer in the advanced settings by selecting the "Advanced" tab, as shown in Figure 5. To go to the default printing settings of CAB printers, select the "Default printing settings" button.

After selecting the button, an additional window appears with all available printer options. Changing these settings changes the default settings when printing from any application on the system.

In the case of additional elements, the "Advanced printer settings" tab - fig. 6 - is worth attention, where you can define the specialized behavior of the printer. Such options are, for example:

In addition, after selecting the "Options" button, advanced printer settings appear as shown in Figure 7.

Noteworthy options are:

To enable correct printing using the automatic method of printing, you must define templates corresponding to your label sizes in the configuration of the Zebra printer. To do this, in the printing preferences, go to the "Templates" tab - Figure 11 and select to add/edit a label template.

To support all the label sizes you use, you must define the same number of different label formats.

The view of the template definition is shown in Fig. 11. Specify the size of the label according to the available labels. In the case of combined labels, e.g. three 10x10 mm labels placed in the same row on the tape, the total size of the label should be defined, not a single cell.

In order to define the label sizes used, you need to define them using the Edit/New buttons in the "Material" section. Definition of a new label consists in entering information about the width and height of the label along with information about the available margins.

The control panel contains all possible applets that allow you to configure the device. They are accessed by selecting a specific icon from the control panel (Fig. 15).

After entering the "Date/==Time" panel, a window is presented as shown in Fig. 16. In the window, you can set the current date and time.

After entering the "Imager Setting" option (Fig. 17), we are redirected to the application configuring the 1D/2D reader in the terminal. All available functions of the reader appear in the tabs.

The most important settings are read 1D/2D codes (fig. 18) and signaling the read code to the user (fig. 19).

In the case of the AMAGE application, the basic identification code is the 2D DataMatrix code, and it must be marked as supported by the reader. Otherwise, the reader will not read such a code.

Access to the definition of wired communication is carried out through the "USB Connection" panel (Fig. 20). USB wired communication to the computer uses two methods to access these resources:

The user can set the power saving scheme (Fig. 22) both in the case of mains power ("AC Line") and battery power ("Battery Power"). After entering the power management panel, the user can see the battery status (charge level) and set power schemes in the "Schemes" tab.

The user can set the times:

In the sound configuration, you can set the volume level of the played sounds and which sounds will be signaled to the user (Fig. 23).

The configuration of the wireless network is carried out through the panels "WLAN Power" (Fig. 22) and "WLAN Settings" (Fig. 25). The "WLAN Power" option allows you to enable the Wi-Fi network interface. To do this, enable "WLAN Power Enable" in this control panel. If you want to reduce energy consumption and you do not need a network interface, you can disable this interface.

Detailed settings for access to the Wi-Fi network are configured using the "WLAN Settings" applet. In it, there is an opportunity to select the network identifier SSID, encryption and passwords. Applying changes requires restarting the device.

If you want to display personalized regional settings, you can do it in the "Regional and Language Settings" applet (fig. 24). The choice of location determines how e.g. hours, numbers, etc. are presented.

In order to engrave labels generated by the AMAGE software, the following work must be done both in the AMAGE software and in the software for operating the burner.