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Printing Unqualified Barcode Labels

Printing Unqualified Barcodes with TapeTrack Barcode Printer is accomplished by loading the Barcodes via a text file.

Creating The Barcode Text File

Information in the text file has the format of barcode:text_under_barcode, one barcode per line.

The Barcode Text File can be created several different ways, which method is best used depends on the quantity of Barcode labels required.

If only a couple of labels are required, the easiest method is to use a text editor like Notepad to manually type the labels required.

If a large number of Barcode Labels using Excel to create the required values for the text file.

  • Selecting the Volumes in TapeMaster and copying values to your clipboard by right clicking the highlighted Volumes and selecting Edit → Copy → Unqualified Volumes.
  • Open Excel and paste Volume-ID's into an Excel spreadsheet column A
  • Add ; to column B and drag cell to auto fill the cells next to column A values
  • Use cell formulas to concatenate the cell values to one column using formula =CONCAT(A1,B1,A1) to create the barcode;barcode format.
  • Copy the concatenated column and paste into a Notepad file, saving under a known name and location.

Opening The Barcode Printer

Open the Barcode Printer via the Windows Start Menu at TapeTrack → Barcode Printer

Alternatively, navigate in File Explorer to the TapeTrack TapeMaster installation directory and run the executable TMSSBarcodePrinter.exe.

Loading Barcodes From Text File

From the Main Menu select File → Open

Navigate to and select the Barcode Text File. Click Open' to load the file. ===== Editing Print Layout ===== Use the left window pane on the Barcode Printer to edit the print layout options to suit your requirements. * Across: Number of barcodes to print across the page. * Down: The number of barcodes to print down the page. * Margins: Margins to be placed around the barcodes * Left: Left margin padding * Right: Right margin padding * Top: Top margin padding * Bottom: Bottom margin padding * Appearence: * Separator Box: Adds a grey border around each Barcode to aid in separating individual Barcodes. * Preview Margins: Adds a preview of print boundaries to aid in confirming Barcode will print within a specified area. * QR Code: Adds a QR code to the Barcode label. * Include Human Readable: Adds text representation of Barcode to make it readable by Humans. * Font'': Sets font for Human Readable content, does not alter Barcode.

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