Specifications

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4. If you have inserted one of the 20 user-defined text fields, the Additional Parameters button at the bottom
will become available. Clicking on
Additional Parameters button opens the dialog box shown in
Figure 7-33.
Figure 7-33. Additional Parameters Screen
In this dialog box you can enter up to two lines per text file and set the font size. The limit on the length
of the text depends on the size of the print area and the character size you choose. After entering the text
and font size, click on the
OK button to return to the main label formatting screen.
Modifying an Inserted Field
Once you insert a field on the label layout screen, the previously inserted fields are temporarily fixed in the
position you placed them. The field name moves from the data field drop-down box to the inserted field
drop-down box.
1. To change the position or the parameters of any field that has already been inserted, select the field from
the inserted field drop-down box or click on the field representation on the layout screen.
2. Once you select a previously inserted field, that field’s representation on the label layout screen will turn
green again and allow you to move it by dragging it with your mouse. The other parameters of this field
(X Position, Y Position, status, width, height, status, angle and font size) will appear in the data entry
boxes where they can be changed if needed.
Deleting an Inserted Field
Once you insert a field on the label layout screen, the previously inserted fields are temporarily fixed in the
position you placed them. The field name moves from the data field drop-down box to the inserted field
drop-down box.
1. To delete a field that has already been inserted, select the field from the inserted field drop-down box or
by clicking on it.
2. Once you have selected a previously inserted field, that field’s representation on the label layout screen
will turn green. Make sure that you have selected the correct field, then click on the
Delete Field button.
You can also right-click on the field representation on the layout screen and then select “Delete”. The
field marker will disappear from the label layout screen.
7.3.3 Saving and Uploading a Label Format
The DC-300 Label Editor will allow you to save the label format you have designed to its own database on your
PC and/or to download the format to the DC-300 scale. The free format design can be recalled on the scale or the
PC by the free format label Number.
Saving to the DC-300 Label Editor Database
To save your label design to the DC-300’s own database on the PC, simply click on the Update Database button
in the bottom left frame.
Figure 7-34. Update Database Screen