Configure Bar-Code Appearance

Align Bar-Code Print on Labels by making settings on the Print-Settings Screen. (See below.)

BCSS is set to print bar codes on labels in correct position for general laser-style printers. It may be necessary to adjust margin and row-space settings. (Bar-code margin settings are made in inches.)

Procedures for Test Printing Labels

1. Select Labels on the Main Menu.

   

2. Click on the Inventory tab to open the Inventory-Report Screen.
3. At the bottom in Styles, choose 'Bar Codes on Avery Stock'.
4. Press the Print Price Labels button:

   

5. Select 'Print Open Bar Codes' on the Bar-Code-Options Screen:

   

6. These are the default settings for margins, rows and columns:

   Top Margin: .1 Bottom Margin: .5 Rows: 10 Row Space: 1.04 Left Margin: .3 Right Margin: .5 Columns: 3

7. Press the 'Test Print' or 'Print' Button.
8. On the Print-Preview Screen, press the Print Button:

   

9. On the Print-Setup Screen:

   

   1. Select the printer if necessary.
   2. Change Orientation to Portrait.
   3. Change 'Page range' to 'Current page'.
   4. 'Number of copies' should be 1.
   5. Put a blank sheet of white paper in the printer.
   6. Click OK.

Bar-code labels should have printed on one page. Lay the printed sheet over a sheet of labels, square them and hold them up to the light. If the labels are printed in the correct position, follow the next instructions for print alignment.

If labels didn't print, test the printer with another program (like Notepad) to see that the printer is working. It may be necessary to dump the printer queue. Go to Control Panel, Printers. Select the printer. Select 'Printer' then 'Cancel All Documents'. Turn the printer off and back on. Test print again.

Procedures for Label Print Alignment

1. Select Labels on the Main Menu.

   

2. Click on the Inventory tab to open the Inventory-Report Screen.
3. At the bottom in Styles, choose 'Bar Codes on Avery Stock'.
4. Press the Print Price Labels button:

   

5. Select 'Print Open Bar Codes' on the Bar-Code-Options Screen:

   

6. On the Print-Settings Screen - Change values to adjust print alignment. (Values are in inches so small changes in values will move print position significantly. Values shown below are the default values.)

   Top Margin: .1 Bottom Margin: .5 Rows: 10 Row Space: 1.04 Left Margin: .3 Right Margin: .5 Columns: 3

   • If the first row of print started too high on the test-print page, increase the Top Margin, and vice versa.
   • If the first column of labels was too far to the left, increase Left Margin, and vice versa. Set the left margin to .3" for 3 columns (.1" for 4 columns).
   • Bottom Margin and Right Margin may not need adjustment.
   • Adjust Row Space to increase or decrease the space between rows.
   • Change Rows to 20 and Columns to 4 when printing Small Price Labels (4 Across, 20 Down, 80 labels per sheet)
7. Press the 'Test Print' or 'Print' Button.
8. Follow the procedures above to print.
9. If necessary return to the Print-Settings Screen for additional tweaks.

Other Print-Setting-Screen Options

Check the box named 'Bar Code Quantity = Inventory Quantity' to print a number of bar codes equal to the # of items in inventory.

Also, for a partially-used sheet of labels, enter the next available label # after 'Start printing at this label #'. Example: If 14 labels were used, enter 15 and feed the unused portion of the sheet first.

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