What is a Device Family?   A Device Family is a manufactured line of printers or readers.  Loftware currently supports a number Device Families, including Alien, Avery, AWID, C.Itoh, Citizen, Datamax, Eltron, Fastmark, IBM, Imtec, Intermec, Novexx, Paxar/Monarch, PCL5, Pressiza, Printronix, Quick Label, Sato, Symbol, TEC, ThingMagic,  UBI, Windows and Zebra.

Loftware is continually adding support for new devices (and device families).  Changes in the device list are automatically reflected anytime you install a new Loftware Label Manager release or update on your PC.  Appendix B contains more information on Loftware’s supported devices.  A current list of supported devices may also be found on Loftware’s Website, http://www.loftware.com/, under Support / Technical Support.

For convenience, you may want to display only certain device families and “hide” others.  Maintaining a shorter list of available devices in this manner simplifies procedures for:

·      Adding new devices

·      Reconfiguring your devices

·      Assigning a “target” device for your label format

Use the Options | Device Families from Loftware Design Mode menu or in LLM Device Configuration, and choose Edit | Filter to show or hide the displayed list of Device Families.

Figure 2-L: Setting Device Families to display