Defining Label Dimensions

You need to define the dimensions of a label including the width and length of:

The label set.
Each label in the set.

Dimensions are measured in lines and columns. Lines comprise the length of the set or a label; columns comprise the width. To determine these lines and columns, measure the number of characters and lines contained in an inch as printed by the printer used for labels. These characters become the columns and the lines become the lines.

This example illustrates the lines and columns of a label set:

Figure 2-1:

To measure the dimensions of a label set or an individual label, you determine these things:

How many lines are on a label set.
How many lines are on each label.
How many columns are on each label.
What line number a label begins with (the line number of the top-most line).
What column number a label begins with (the column number of the left-most column).

For example, Figure 2-1 would have these dimensions:

Label

No. of Lines

No. of Columns

Top-most Line

Left-most Line

Label set

18

25

0

0

Label #1

8

6

0

0

Label #2

8

18

0

8

Note that a label may start on a line or column number other than zero.

Print some text using the printer, font, and size of text you will use for labels. Use this text to measure how many characters are printed per inch and how many lines are printed per inch.

To define label dimensions

1 Open the label_dimension view in the Table Editor.

Horizon displays the Edit Label-set Dimensions window.

2 Choose the label dimension you want to change, or create a new label dimension.

Horizon displays the Edit Label-set Dimensions window:

3 Complete these fields to set up the label dimensions of each label:

Field

Action

Label Set

Enter or choose the code for the label set that the label belongs to.

Label #

Enter the number of the label.

Assign numbers from left to right and top to bottom.

Description

Enter a brief description of the label.

# of Lines

Enter the total number of lines on the label.

From Top

Enter the line number of the label set at which the first line of the label is printed.

# of Columns

Enter the total number of columns wide the label is.

This number determines how wide the text printed on the label can be. Each character is a column and letters, numbers, and spaces are all characters.

From Left

The column number of the label set at which the first column of the label is printed.

4 Save your changes.

Once you have defined the label set, you can set up the font and contents of each label using the steps in the next three sections.

 


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