On-Demand Printing

Starting On-Demand Printing

1. Choose one of the following methods to start On-Demand printing:

a. Click the On-Demand printing icon in Loftware Label Manager’s Design View.

b. Click Start | Programs | Loftware Labeling | On-Demand Print32.

The On-Demand application is displayed with the file open dialog box. The labels displayed here reflect the labels directory specified in Options | File Locations. The default is the Loftware Labeling\Labels subdirectory.

2. Select the label you wish to print from the list of files in the dialog box and press OK. The On-Demand Print Form for the selected label is displayed.

3. Enter data in the fields displayed on the On-Demand Print Form, or select fields from a database. Press Enter or Tab to move to the next field; press Shift+Enter or Shift+Tab to move to the previous field.

4. Click on the active printer icon to print labels, or use the File | Print menu command, F9.

5. The Print Labels dialog box lets you specify the number of labels you want to print, as well as a default quantity of labels. (This dialog box is not displayed when you use the printer icon to request a print.)

6. Press OK to print labels.

7. Repeat steps 3 and 4 to print additional labels or use the File | Open menu command to load and print a new label.

The On-Demand Print application with a sample On-Demand Print Form is displayed.

Figure 9-B: The On-Demand Print application with a sample On-Demand Print Form

Entering Data

When you first load a label, the top left data entry field is selected (has a flashing cursor). Type data into the selected field and edit the data using the cursor keys, backspace key or standard Windows’ copy, cut and paste operations. If your label is connected to a database, the cursor defaults to the field defined as Database-Key. A browse button (ellipsis) is also displayed when a label is connected to a database. (See the next section for more information on browsing in a database).

Entering RFID Data

If you are using On-Demand Print to print an RFID label, the procedure is much like an ordinary On-Demand Print job, except that the data that you supply must be in a hex format. Only the numerals 0-9 and letters A-F are accepted in the ODP application. RFID data will normally be derived from other fields or will be in a database. It is rare that you would actually type it in.