Orion User Guide - User Data PDF

User Data 143 User Data User Data is useful if you have a message containing several elements but one or two need to change occasionally. The data can be changed each time the message is sent to the printer. User Data can be used when inserting Text...

User Data 143 User Data User Data is useful if you have a message containing several elements but one or two need to change occasionally. The data can be changed each time the message is sent to the printer. User Data can be used when inserting Text and Barcode elements. Text and Barcode elements containing User Data will display as blue on the Orion !" message creation screen. Assigning User Data to a Text Element To create a text element with User Data select Text  from the Insert ribbon or right mouse click on the substrate location where you would like to place the text and select Cr eate Text Here . In the Text Properties  ribbon, select User Data . The Dynamic Data  properties group will be displayed. Prompt: Enter the name for the User Data text here. If this box is left blank the prompt will be displayed as Text 1 . Default Data: Enter the text that will be displayed as the default text here . Data Size: This is the maximum number of characters allowed in the text string. Use the arrow buttons to increase or decrease the size of the text string or enter the de sired number of characters in the Data Size: box. The default is 32 characters. Allow Blank Checking the Allow Blank  box will allow t he user to leave the User Data t ext box blank. 144 User Data Numeric Only When the Numeric Only  box is checked only the numeric characters 1 thru 9 can be entered in the User Data text box. The text string will display on the Orion !" message creation scree n in blue. Go to the Message  ribbon tab and select Send to Printer  in the Tools Group . In the Send Message To Printer  window select User Data &  or OK . Because the message now contains User Data the Input User Data for Message  window will open. User Data 145 The first time the Input User Data for Message  window is opened it will display the text string previously defined as default text. In the Input User Data for Message  enter the text to be printed. Text can be added to the default text string or the default text can be replaced with new text. Select OK  an d you will be returned to the Send Message To Printer  window. Enter Text for User Data Here Default Text Prompt 146 User Data Select OK  in the Send Message To Printer  window and the message containing the User Data will be sent to the assigned and connected printers ready for printing. User Data 147 Assigning User Data t o a Barcode Element To create a Barcode element with User Data select Barcode  from the Insert ribbon or right mouse click on the substrate location where you would like to place the barcode and select Create Barcode Here . In the Barcode Properties  ribbon, select User Data . The Dynamic Data  properties group will be displayed. Prompt: Enter the name for the User Data barcode here. If this box is left blank the prompt will be displayed as Barcode 1 . Default Data: Enter the data that be displayed as the default data here. Data Size: This is the maximum number of characters al lowed in the data string. Use the arrow buttons to increase or decrease the size of the text string or enter the desired number of characters in the Data Si ze: box. The default is 32 characters. Allow Blank Checking the Allow Blank  will allow the user to leave the data string empty. Numeric Only When the Numeric Only  box is checked only the numeric characters 1 thru 9 can be entere d in the User Data box. 148 User Data The Barcode Data s tring will display on the Orion !" message creation screen as blue . Go to the Message  ribbon tab and select Send to Printer  in the Tools Group. In the Send Message To Printer  window select User Data &  or OK . Beca use the message now contains User Data the Input User Data for Message  window will open. User Data 149 The first time the Input User Data for Message  window is opened it will display the text string previously defined as default text. In the Input User Data for Message  enter the text to be printed. Text can be added to the default text string or the default text can be replaced with new text. Select OK  and you will be returned to the Send Message To Prin ter  window. Enter Barcode Data for User Data Here Default Data Prompt 150 User Data Select OK  in the Send Message To Printer  window and the message containing the User Data will be sent to the assigned and connected printers ready for printing. User Data 151 Custom Keyboards A custom keyboard can be created to associate with a sp ecific message that contains user data. When creating a custom keyboard any character can be s ubstituted for the standard key board characters. The Custom Keyboard Icon is available in the Tools  Group when the Configure Printer window is open for a spec ific printer. Select the Custom Keyboard  Icon and you will be prompted if you want to define a custom keyboard for the selected printer. Select Yes  to open the Define Custom Keyboard window. 152 User Data In the Define Custom Keyboard window you can define ch aracters for each key on the keyboard. Notice the column headings are for Regular , Shift , Alt , and Shift + Alt characters . To change a character, select a key and enter the Custom Character in that key location. In the exam ple below some of the regul ar number keys and shift keys have been replaced . New Characters Entered in Keyboard Map The character changes will appear in the Keyboard Preview . Keyboard Preview User Data 153 After the custom characters have been defined select OK . If there are undef ined keys on the keyboard you will be prompted if you would like to leave them blank. Select Yes  to continue or No  to go back and define the empty keys. If the same character has been assigned to duplicate keys you will be prompted if this is what you really want to do. Select Yes  to continue or No  to go back and redefine the duplicate keys. A progress window will display while the custom keyboard is sent to the printer. If new fonts are downloaded the printer will automatically reboot when the transfer is complete. After the custom keyboard has been updated select OK . 154 User Data This will reset th e keyboard to the defaul t values. If you select Reset to Default Preset  you will be prompted if this is what you really want to do . Select Yes  and the keyboard will reset to the default values. After the keyboard characters have been defined select Save Preset &  to ope n a standard navigation window. The navigation window will open to the default location: C: \Squid Ink \Orion \Custom \Keybo ard . To use another location, s elect a different name and location to save the new custom keyboard. Select Save  to save the custom keyboard. Note: The default location for saving a custom keyboard is C: \Squid Ink \Orion \Custom \Keyboard User Data 155 To load a pr eviously created custom keyboard select Load Preset &  . 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