User guide

42 Label Studio Inkjet Reference
Intelligent Mail
barcode width
If you want to use the Intelligent Mail barcode object on your Generic Text
design, you need to determine the width of the barcode in characters and enter
this information into the appropriate parameters within the Intelligent Mail
section of the Modify Printer window. To do this:
Set up the margins of
your label
1. In Label Toolbox, choose File > Page Setup.
2. From the Label Page tab, set the left margin to 0. On the Label Page N-up
tab, set the horizontal number of labels per page to 1. Click OK.
Set up your layout 1. Drag and drop a Text object onto the first (top) line of your layout. Double-
click the Text object, and type the following sequence of numbers:
1234567890123456789012345678901234567890 (This is 1-0, four times.)
2. Drag the Intelligent Mail barcode object onto the second line of the layout.
3. In the value expression field, enter “12345678901234567890” including
quotation marks. This represents 20 digits.
4. Click OK to close the Properties window.
5. Drag and drop a Text object next to the barcode object, and type a few
characters in the Text object.
Save your design file, and
assign it to your job file
1. Choose File > Save As to save your design file with a different name. This
design file should only be used to determine the barcode length; the design
file and the Intelligent Mail barcode should not be used for production
purposes.
2. Choose File > Exit.
3. In the Design File Preview window, click Select to assign this design file to
your job file.
4. In Label Studio, verify your job, and then choose File > Run Job. You will
only need to print a few labels, so in the Print Options window, enter a small
print range (1 to 1, for example), and click OK.
Count the number of
characters, and enter the
data
1. Now with the sample label, you can count the number of characters your
barcode occupies. Using the top row of numbers as a guide, count how many
spaces (characters) the barcode digits use until you reach the first letter in the
string of letters.
2. The first letter on the second line signifies the end of the barcode digits. The
space immediately to the left of the letter is the last space in the barcode.
Above this space is the number that tells you the number of spaces your
barcode will take.
3. After you have determine the number of spaces, choose Tools > Printer
Setup and click More. Enter these values in the respective fields.
Your printer is now set up to use the Intelligent Mail barcode object.
Note: The number of spaces the barcode uses is different depending on the
CPI setting of your printer. Be sure to take this into account when
determining the width of your barcode.