Microplate Barcode Labeler User Guide - Agilent Technologies

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Chapter 5: Creating label formats for printing
VCode User Guide
Loading label formats
Introduction
This topic describes how to open the label editor and load a label
format into the label editor. These are basic procedures that you will
need to use regularly when working with label formats.
Opening the label
editor
The label editor is where you create and edit label formats.
To open the label editor:
1. In PlateTag, make sure that the profile of the VCode ® that you want
to communicate with is selected in the Device Selection group box.
2. Navigate to View > Diagnostics.
VCode Diagnostics opens.
3. Click the Label editor tab.
Loading a format
from the computer
If you want to view or edit a label format that is saved to a computer
storage drive, you can load it into the label editor.
To load a saved format:
1. In VCode Diagnostics, click Load format from disk.
2. Navigate to the location of the stored file and click Open.
The format data appears in the label editor.
Loading a format
from the printer
If you want to view or edit a label format that is saved in the printer, you
can load it into the label editor.
To load a format from the printer:
1. In the Current format list box on the Label editor page, select the
format that you want to load from the printer and click Load from
printer.
The format data appears in the label editor.
Next step
The next step in the workflow for designing and using a new label format
is “Removing unneeded label format data” on page 89.