Microplate Barcode Labeler User Guide - Agilent Technologies
Microplate Barcode Labeler User Guide - Agilent Technologies
Microplate Barcode Labeler User Guide - Agilent Technologies
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Chapter 5: Creating label formats for printing<br />
VCode <strong>User</strong> <strong>Guide</strong><br />
99<br />
About test printing and applying<br />
Introduction<br />
There are several different ways to perform a test print of a label. This<br />
topic helps you to choose between them.<br />
When to do a test<br />
print<br />
Perform a test print when first setting up your VCode, after creating a<br />
new format, or when troubleshooting printing problems.<br />
Testing will allow you to correct problems such as:<br />
❑ Overlapping fields<br />
❑ Bar codes that are too large for the label<br />
❑ Missing bar codes, caused by magnification values that are too small<br />
❑ Text fields that are too small to read<br />
Test printing and<br />
print jobs<br />
The settings that you use for test printing have no impact on the settings<br />
that define bar code labels when running a print job.<br />
Printing options<br />
You can perform test prints from two locations in VCode Diagnostics:<br />
the Label Editor tab and the Testing tab.<br />
If you want to test print...<br />
One label that uses the formats<br />
currently specified in the label editor,<br />
and do not want to apply the label to<br />
a plate.<br />
(This is the best option to use at the<br />
time you create a label format.)<br />
One or more identical labels, using<br />
any format stored in the printer, and<br />
do not want to apply the labels to a<br />
plate.<br />
One or more identical labels, using<br />
any format stored in the printer, and<br />
want to apply them to specified sides<br />
of one or more plates.<br />
Each printed label is the same as<br />
every other because you can only<br />
define one set of fields for the test.<br />
A batch of different labels, using any<br />
format stored in the printer, and want<br />
to apply them to specified sides of<br />
one or more plates.<br />
Then...<br />
Print from the Label Editor tab.<br />
See “Printing one label from the<br />
Label Editor page” on page 100.<br />
Print from the Testing tab.<br />
See “Printing one label from the<br />
Testing page” on page 101.<br />
Print and apply from the Testing tab.<br />
See “Printing and applying multiple<br />
labels to a plate” on page 103.<br />
Create a schema and run a print job<br />
in PlateTag.<br />
See “Running a print job” on<br />
page 107.
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