The Batch Controller can be used to print reports onto labels of any size. To set up the Batch Controller to print labels, you must first know certain characteristics about the labels to be used.
Number of labels per sheet
Number of lines per label
Number of characters for the left margin
Number of characters to print per label (line width)
Number of lines for the top margin
Number of gap lines in between each label
Font size
If printing at the host site, start the Batch Controller, click on File, then Print Definition Maintenance.
If printing at a remote site, start the File Manager, click on the Sites tab, select the site, then click on the Batch Ctrl button.
Click on the Labels tab.
Print Definition File - Labels screen
| 1. | Top margin - Optional. Specifies how many lines to skip before starting to print on the first label. |
| 2. | Labels per page - Enter how many physical labels there are on the sheet. |
| 3. | Lines per label - Enter how many lines can be printed on each label, based on 6 lines per inch. |
| 4. | Last label adjustment - Optional. Enter the number of lines to adjust the last label. Useful for labels that are printed on laser printers, but the laser printer cannot physically print on the last 2 or 3 lines of the last label (assuming the last label goes all the way down to the end of the form). |
| 5. | Line width - Enter the number of characters that should print on a line. Assuming an 8.5" wide form with a 1/2" left and right margin, you can get 75 characters using the Courier font, 90 characters using the Elite font, or 120 characters using the Lineprinter font. |
| 6. | Left margin - Optional. Indicates how many characters should be used for the left margin. |
| 7. | Number of gap lines - Optional. Indicates how many blank lines exist between each label. If blank or 0, then it is assumed that the labels all run together, with a perforation between each. |
| 8. | Protocol - Select from the drop-down list either Laser or IBM Proprinter. |
| 9. | Font - Select either Courier, Elite, or Lineprinter. Each is a different size font, which makes it possible to control the number of characters on a line. Courier is 10 CPI (characters per inch), Elite is 12 CPI, and Lineprinter is 16.6 CPI. |
| 10. | Include header - Optional. Indicates that the form's header is to print at the top of each report. |
| 11. | No form feed - Optional. Indicates that no form feed is to be done at the end of a page. Useful for dot-matrix printers that use continuous feed paper. |