Create label printer defaults
When to use this procedure
Use this procedure to set up your barcode label styles for your label printer. Once created, you can assign the defaults to your inventory subcategories.
Note: For consignment stores that set up automatic discounts, you may choose to add the discount periods and levels to your barcode labels (for example, $20.00 Jan 1 -Feb 1, $17.00 Feb 2 - March 1, and so on) or you may choose to reprint labels as discounts apply.
Steps to complete
Default labels are automatically created when you create label styles using the system defaults. This procedure is only necessary if you want to create your own custom labels from scratch. It may be useful to use a ruler to determine the exact position of each item on your custom label.
Prerequisites: You must have established label styles before completing this procedure.
- On the Setup Barcode Defaults window, click Add (the larger button at the bottom of the window).
- Enter a label for your new defaults in the Description box.
- Select a label style in the Label Style box.
- Indicate if this default is for your serialized and accessories inventory or for your titles inventory.
- Indicate if the label text should print left to right, right to left, bottom to top, or top to bottom.
- Select a barcode type appropriate to your label printer. Tri-Tech recommends selecting Code 39, Code 128, or None (no barcode) if you are building a custom default.
- Create margins for your labels using the Barcode Left Pos and Barcode Top Pos boxes. Enter values in inches and fractions of inches.
- Enter the width of the barcode in the Barcode Bar Width box. This value determines the width between each line of the barcode. Tri-Tech recommends no less than 0.0075 inches.
- Click Add (the smaller button below the grid). This adds a new, editable row to the grid.
- Click in the Field Name column and select the first item you want to print on your label. Items print in the order they appear in the grid. The What will Print, Lgth, Code, Rtl, Font, and FSize columns will automatically populate with values for that Field Name. Change them as necessary by typing directly into the grid.
- Enter the distance from the left and top label edges in inches in the Left Pos and Top Pos columns. Each item on your label should use a different value in these columns to avoid overlap.
- Repeat steps 9-11 for each item you want to print on the labels.
- Enter a SKU in the Sku for Test Label box to print a test label when you click Save.
- Click Save. On the message that displays, click Yes to apply this default set to any subcategory that does not have a current barcode label default, or click No to continue without applying the new default to subcategories.
- Repeat steps 2-13 as many times as you'd like, creating as many sets of barcode defaults as you need.
- To apply your new default to specific inventory subcategories, do so by selecting this label default in the Barcode box for that subcategory on the Edit Sub Categories window.
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