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Printer Setup
A ColorDesigner housekeeping setup option that allows you to
select a system printer as well as the information to print on
for-mula labels that you attach to paint cans.
What Is the Printer Setup Module? . . . B-2
How to Access the Printer Setup Module . . . B-3
Reference Information
The Printer Setup Screen . . . B-4
The Label Designer Screen. . . B-5
Standard Procedures
How to Setup Your Label Printer . . . B-7
How to Customize an Existing Formula Label . . . B-8
How to Create a New Formula Label . . . B-10
Hints and Tips . . . B-12
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What Is the Printer Setup Module?
The primary purpose of the Printer Setup is for you to select the type of
printer and type of label your system will use to create formula labels.
Formula labels are the stickers you put on paint cans to let the customer
know the color, formula, date created, etc.
Printer Setup also has an application called Label Designer that allows
you to customize the information printed on a formula label. You can
modify one of ColorDesigner’s standard labels, or you can create your
own from new. See the following examples:
Standard Wide Label
Customized Wide Label
Add Custom Logo
Add Custom Text
Adjust Layout Elements
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How to Access the Printer Setup Module
1 Start ColorDesigner.
Double-click the X-Rite
ColorDesigner icon on the
desktop, or click Start, point to
Programs, then X-Rite, and click
X-Rite ColorDesigner.
2 Go to Housekeeping.
After the Main Menu appears,
click the Housekeeping icon.
3 Enter the secure area.
In the Password field, type your
password and click Unlock.
Tip: The default password is 1234
4 Display the Setup menu.
At the top of the screen, click the
Setup icon.
5 Display the Printer setup
options.
On the Setup menu on the left
side of the screen, click Printer.
The Printer Setup screen appears at the
lower right of the ColorDesigner window.
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The Printer Setup Screen
Printer
Click arrow to select from the list of printers available to your system. The label printer will typically be a DYMO LabelWriter.
Label Template
Click arrow to select from the list of label tem-plates. The list includes standard ColorDesigner templates and any custom template you created and saved with Label Designer.
Tip: The Label Size field shows the type of label
you selected (wide, narrow, or rounded).
Label Size
Shows the name of the label type for the cur-rently selected Label Template. Printers can support more than one label size. For example, these two types of labels can be used by a DYMO LabelWriter 320 printer:
Print Formula When Tinting
If your ColorDesigner system includes an auto-matic paint dispenser, select this box to have a formula label print every time a tint command is sent to the dispenser.
If you do not want to print the formula label when tinting or you have a manual paint dis-penser, do not select the box.
Custom Text
Type in any custom text (i.e. store name, store phone number), which will be printed on the label without any settings in the LabelDesigner. Works with Wide and Rounded labels only.
Wide Wide Rounded
Label Designer
Click to start the Label Designer application. Label Designer opens in a new window. See the next two pages for descriptions of the Label Designer window.
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The Label Designer Screen — Area Description
Template File Area
Select existing templates from Template or use New and Save to create new templates. Use Delete to remove templates. (Tip: You cannot delete the system’s default templates.)
Template Design Area
Click elements here to select them. When an element is selected, you can click and drag to move the element, and you can use the fields in the Element Definition Area to edit the element. Click Print to print the current template. Select Highlighter to highlight all printable elements.
Element Selection Area
Drag and drop elements from this area to the Template Design area to add elements to a template. (See the next page for descriptions of each element.)
Element Definition Area
Use the buttons and fields in this area to define, delete, and arrange elements for the current template in the Template Design Area.
Control Area
View information on the currently selected field, click Help to view online Label Designer help, or click Close to close the Label Designer window.
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The Label Designer Screen — Element Selection Description
Custom Text: For adding text that is unique to your store. For example, “Downtown on Main”
Horizontal/Vertical Lines: For adding lines to sepa- rate areas of the label to make it more readable.
Custom Logo: For adding a simple graphic that is unique to your store or store franchiser.
Date/Time: For adding a field where the current date and time will print.
Formula Block: For adding a table where the recipe of the colorants needed to make the paint color will print.
Product Information: For adding a field where one or more categories that define the paint type will print. For example, “Interior Latex/Satin/ Premier”
Color Name: For adding a field where the manu-facturer’s name of the paint’s color will print. For example, “Blue Heaven”
Color Number: For adding a field where the system number that identifies the paint will print. For example, “745”
Color Source: For adding a field where the source that the system is matching the paint color to will print. For example, “Colour Category E,” “Fandeck,” or “Customer File”
Can Size: For adding a field where the name of the paint container size will print. For example, “Gallon” or “Quart”
Base: For adding a field where the name of the base used to make the paint will print. For example, “Pastel A”
Illuminant: For adding a field where the name of the lighting condition under which the paint was made will print. Either “Daylight,” “Florescent,” or “Incandescent”
Formula Code: For adding a field where a unique code to identify the paint color, can size, base, etc. will print. Later, you can enter the code in ColorDesigner to repeat this order. (Tip: This fea-ture must first be activated in the setup feafea-tures.)
Paint Source: For adding a field where your database name for the paint source will print. For example, “Atticus Hardware Store”
Color Description: For adding a field where cus-tomer-specific information about the paint color will print. This is defined in a customer file. For example, “Acme Painters Red”
Job Description: For adding a field where customer-specific information about the paint’s intended use will print. This is defined in a cus-tomer file. For example, “Bathroom Ceilings”
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How to Setup Your Label Printer
Follow this procedure to setup your
system’s label printer. After completing
this procedure, your system will be able
to print formula labels for customer paint
containers.
1 Go to the Printer Setup screen.
If needed, see
“How to Access the
Printer Setup Module”
on Page
B-3.
2 Select a printer.
Click the Printer arrow, use the
scroll arrows to find the needed
printer, and then click the name.
Tip: If the name of the printer you
need is not listed, you need to install
the printer driver. See your printer’s
documentation.
3 Select a label template.
Click the Label Template arrow,
use the scroll arrows to find the
needed label, and then click the
name.
Tip: Make sure the label size you
selected matches the label size in
your printer. You can click Label
Designer to open Label Designer
and review the label template you
selected. Click Print to print a test
copy.
4 If your system has an
auto-matic dispenser and you want
to print a formula label each
time you select a tint, select
Print formula when tinting.
5 Return to the Main Menu
At the upper right of the screen,
click the Main Menu icon.
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How to Customize an Existing Formula Label
Follow this procedure to use an existing
formula label template to create a new
template. After completing this
proce-dure, your system will use this template
when printing formula labels.
1 Go to the Printer Setup screen.
If needed, see
“How to Access the
Printer Setup Module”
on Page
B-3.
2 Go to Label Designer.
At the bottom right of the screen,
click Label Designer.
The Label Designer application
opens in a new window.
3 Select a label template.
Click the Template arrow, use the
scroll arrows to find the needed
label, and then click the name.
If needed, see
“The Label
Designer Screen”
on Pages B-5
and B-6 for descriptions of Label
Designer’s areas and elements.
Tip: You cannot delete default
templates (which are part of
ColorDesigner). You can only delete
custom templates (the ones you
create).
4 Update existing content.
Click elements in the Template
Design area. (A dotted line
appears around the selected
ele-ment.)
• Click and drag elements to
move them.
•
Use the fields and buttons in
the Element Definition area to
edit the selected element.
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5 Add new content.
Drag and drop elements from
the Element Selection area to the
Template Design area.
6 Save your work.
At the top right of the screen,
click Save.
The Save Label dialog box
appears with the name of the
template you modified in the File
Name field.
•
If you modified a standard
template, type a new name and
click Save.
•
If you modified a custom
tem-plate, either click Save to
over-write the pervious copy or type
a new name and click Save.
Updating/Adding Content Tips:
• After saving changes, you can click
Print to print an example label
using the template.
• Select Highlighter to make sure
the elements are positioned
cor-rectly and are not overlapping.
• Use Bring to Front and Send to
Back to position elements and fix
print overlapping problems.
• You can have only one instance of
certain elements. For example, if a
template already has a Can Size, it
will not let you add another one.
7 Close Label Designer.
At the lower right of the screen,
click Close.
The Printer Setup screen appears.
8 If needed, have the system
use the updated label
tem-plate.
Click the Label Template arrow,
use the scroll arrows to find the
label, and then click its name.
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How to Create a New Formula Label
Follow this procedure to create a new
template for a formula label. After
com-pleting this procedure, your system will be
able to use this template when printing
formula labels.
1 Go to the Printer Setup screen.
If needed, see
“How to Access the
Printer Setup Module”
on Page
B-3.
2 Go to Label Designer.
At the bottom right of the screen,
click Label Designer.
The Label Designer application
opens in a new window.
3 Select a new label template.
At the top right of the screen,
click New.
The New Label dialog box
appears. Select the label size and
orientation, and click Create.
Tip: Match the label size and
orienta-tion to the actual printing labels you
plan to use. See your printer and
printer documentation.
If needed, see
“The Label
Designer Screen”
on Pages B-5
and B-6 for descriptions of Label
Designer’s areas and elements.
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4 Add new content.
Drag and drop elements from
the Element Selection area to the
Template Design area.
5 Save your work.
At the top right of the screen,
click Save.
The Save Label dialog box
appears. Type the name and click
Save.
Adding Content Tips:
• After saving changes, you can click
Print to print an example label
using the template.
• Select Highlighter to make sure
the elements are positioned
cor-rectly and are not overlapping.
• Use Bring to Front and Send to
Back to position elements and fix
print overlapping problems.
• You can have only one instance of
certain elements. For example, if a
template already has a Can Size, it
will not let you add another one.
6 Close Label Designer.
At the lower right of the screen,
click Close.
The Printer Setup screen appears.
7 If needed, have the system
use the new label template.
Click the Label Template arrow,
use the scroll arrows to find the
label, and then click its name.
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Hints and Tips
Custom Logo element
You must import your custom logo from an artwork file. The artwork must be black and white, and the file must be saved in the Windows bitmap (.BMP) format.
Simple logos work best. The formula labels are small, so complicated artwork will likely not look good.
Formula Block element
Display File field *
Formula Block information can be displayed as either a string or a column.
• A string is just the basic formula information without text labels. Select this if you want to print the formula but do not want the infor-mation to be easily used by others.
• A column is the formula information put into a table that provide text labels. Select this if you want the complete formula information printed on the label.
Brackets (for example, <ColorName>)
Indicate where information will be included on the actual label. For example:
More...
Actual Label Template
*
Note that the Display File field in theElement Definition area defines how the formula block prints on formula labels. The formula block information may appear on screen in other parts of ColorDesigner in a different format.
For more information, see the “Housekeep-ing Tips” document.
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“Left” and “Top” fields
These two fields define the position of the ele-ment on the label. The distances are in “points.” (There are 72 points in one inch.) Both are mea-sured from the top left corner. In this example, the Color Name element is 105 points from the left and 15 points from the top.
The “Width” and “Height” fields, which define the element area, are also in points.
“Text” field
Provides a place to identify the information that follows it. If you select the Base element, “Base:” appears in the Text field. The label will show “Base:” and the base name. For example, Base: Pastel A
“Shrink to Fit” field
Select this to have Label Designer reduce the font size of the text to make it fit within the specified width and height for the element.
General elements:
Elements with the “abc123” icon each have the same Element Definition fields, as shown on the right.
105
15
...more “Hints & Tips.”
Additional Support
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