GM Template and Wizard Instructions

Select a GM Template

1.Choose File | New from the menu bar in the Loftware Label Manager Design.

2.3.Choose a Printer Family and Model from the drop-down lists, press Next

The following is displayed:

Fig. 7-L: Choosing a Template

4.Select the template for the GM label you want to design; click Next.

5.Click Finish when the summary screen is displayed, or press Back to change any selection.

Note: Some of the library of templates listed have printer names associated with them. Choose a template from the template list that matches the printer previously chosen.

The template for the label is displayed in design view.

Fig. 7-M: GM Label Template

6.Proceed creating the PDF417 bar code using the GM Bar Code Wizard:

GM Wizard, Part 1: Getting Started

From Loftware Design Mode:

1.Choose Insert > Bar Code Wizard from the Design menu.

2.Choose GM/HIBC/TCIF Bar Code Wizards from the list of available wizards; press Next>...

Fig. 7-N: Wizard Data Structure Screen

GM Wizard, Part 2: Building the GM Data Structure

1.Choose PDF417 from the Symbology List; click OK.

The first dialog box, regarding Kanban information, is displayed.

What is Kanban? The name 'Kanban' was the word used for shop signs in old Japan. Today Kanban is a term used to describe the flow process in Production Ordering. Kanban specifies the item and the production quantity, the materials required, where to find them, and where to store the finished item.

Note: If you make an error in selection, Click the Back button on the GM Bar Code Wizard, and make the correct choice.

Fig. 7-O: Kanban Dialog Box

2.Choose Yes or No; click Next.

·If Yes, the Container Type dialog box is displayed.

What is Container Type? Container type information is a descriptor of the actual container that holds the parts. The descriptor should match the designated container type within the GM Plant(s).

Fig. 7-P: Container Type Dialog Box

·If No is selected, the Reference or PO Information Dialog Box is displayed.

Fig. 7-Q: Reference or PO Information Dialog Box

3.Choose Yes or No; click Next.

·If Yes, the Field Name dialog box is displayed,

·If No, or the Container Type dialog box is displayed. (See figure above.)

4.For Field Name dialog box, enter a Field Name, or accept the default name, and click Finish.

5.For Container Type dialog box, choose Yes or No; click Next.

·If either Yes or No is chosen, the Field Name dialog box is displayed.

6.Enter a field name; or accept the default name, click Finish.

GM Wizard, Part 3: Finishing and Printing the Label

After you have entered a name for the label, and pressed Finish, the field is placed on the label in the upper left corner. Use the cursor or the keyboard arrows to move the bar code field into place at the upper right corner of the label. (For GM1724-A labels, as shown in this section.)

The completed GM Label, with the PDF417 bar code in place, is shown:

Fig. 7-R: GM Label with PDF417 Bar code

Refer to the printing chapters in this User’s Guide, and Chapters 1 through 3 of the LPS User’s Guide to review how to print this label.

You can print this label using Loftware technology such as:

·On-Demand Print or Batch Print Modules

·The Loftware Print Server Technology

Or, from other Windows Applications using:

·Loftware's ActiveX Controls, or the “Thin” Clients

·Loftware’s Internet Printing Applications

Note: You may have to make changes on the On-Demand Print Form to assist you with any non-printing fields you may have. See the On-Demand Printing chapter for more information.