NST LabelEditor

and

NST LabelEditor Advanced Edition



User manual





Index


  1. Copy write
  2. Introduction
  3. Start
  4. Menu display
  5. Menu Label
  6. Production
  7. Printers
  8. Registration


Copywrite

Issue: 10/01/05

Authors:

Glauco Bordoni
Alessandro Mazzocchi
Alessandra Sacchi

Company:

Elebor GB s.r.l.

Content:

Instructions of label and tape drawing and printing software NSTLabelEditor


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Introduction

NstLabelEditor is a software to draw and print labels and tapes using thermal transfer printers.
NstLabelEditor even if designed to fit fabric samples field operator needs, it is so simple and user friendly to be used comfortably everywhere labels are needed.
NstLabelEditor makes easy to manage complex labels, which modify during printing, filled with pictures and logos using all installed character fonts.
Common symbols font is also included.
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Start

As soon as you open NstLabelEditor, you will see a welcome dialog box. Usually you can close it. Special occasions to look at it are: registration and trouble shooting support.


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Display menu

Use the Display menu to select one of the following items,

so you can insert or modify the display measures.
According to display measures the software will suggest you, during printing session, one of the following:

New display input

Select the menu Display -> New cuts dimensions to input the new display cut dimensions. The above dialog box appears:

The dialog box presents four areas:

Select the tabs to access to the input panels.

Note:


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Fabric measures

The first info to input are:

Once you fulfilled the tab select the Cut board measures.
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Cut board measures

Select the Cut board measures panel to consider the fabric cut.
You have to input the cut board dimensions, usually a square. It is also as great as the fabric width.
You can also state the tape width in both direction longitudinal and transversal.


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Longitudinal cuts measures

Select the tab longitudinal cuts to input the measures of cuts.
Cuts number and repetitions define the number of tape stripes to be printed.
Longitudinal cuts are presented in yellow in the preview.
Note:
an error is marked out if the sum of cuts measures overtakes the cut board dimension.


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Transversal cut measures

Select the tab Transversal cuts to input the measures. In the case of printing tapes, cuts dimension define the dimension of the printing area.
Note:
an error is marked out if the sum of cuts measures overtakes the cut board dimension.


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Label menu

The menu Label presents the following items:

The first three items activate the label editor to draw or to modify a label.
The items New list... and Edit List... activate the variable fields editor to input or modify a list of data to be inserted in the label at printing time.

Label creation

If you select the menu Label-> New label, a dialog box appears to insert:

  1. the label name
  2. the label width
  3. the label height
  4. the gap between labels,the space between the labels
  5. the type of support where the label are sticked on:
    1. tape (distance between labels
    2. marked transparent labels
    3. normal labels (silicons support)
    4. normal labels preprinted

After you input all the values press OK

Note:
If you have input the display measures, NSTLabelEditor automatically evaluates the dimensions to get a printed tape.
The evaluated measures are inserted in Label width and Label height, the Gap between labels and type of support input fields are disabled.
If you want to draw a standard label, you have simply to substitute the measures suggested by NSTLabelEditor with the ones of the label you want to print; as soon as you modify the dimensions input field, the Gap between labels and type of support input fields become enabled.

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Drawing a new label or editing an existing one the next tools bars appear: tools bar


brushes bar (standard edition)   brushes bar (only ADVANCED EDITON)

Drawing Brushes:

Note:


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Drawing tools

NSTLabelEditor supply you some comfortable tools to help you drawing. Simply click over the button to get the desired action.


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Pop-up menu

The pop-up menus are useful to modify the property of a graphical object.
To get a pop-up menu you have to select one or more graphical object and click using the right mouse button.
A menu appears with different items according to the object selected i.e. see the following picture :




The six items below the separator lines remain the same for each graphical object, they are the only ones you get if you make a multiple selection.
They means:


If you make a single selection you get specific items for the selected object.
Some specific items are common to many objects ex.: you can rotate a picture, a text, a multi-line text, symbols of 0°,90°,180°,270° according to your needs.
Unluckily you cant rotate lines, rectangle and circle.