Wasp Labeler Getting Started
Wasp Labeler User Manual Chapter 1 - Getting Started 1.1 Introduction Thank you for your purchase of the Wasp Labeler barcode creation software. This topic contains information that will help familiarize you with barcodes and show you how to create customized barcodes. The Introductory Materials section contains important information you should familiarize yourself with prior to creating barcodes.
Wasp Labeler User Manual 1.2 Getting Started - Wasp Labeler Capabilities Wasp Labeler is a professional label generation application designed to meet the most demanding barcode labeling and printing requirements. Easily generate barcode labels, asset or inventory labels, address labels and envelopes with PostNet Zip Codes, ID badge labels, business checks, and date and time stamps for perishable goods, then print your labels from any local or network Windows printer.
Wasp Labeler User Manual Wasp Labeler supports Static, Serialization, Prompt at Print Time, External Data Source, Bind to Another Object, and Date/Time for objects. The 'Prompt at Print Time' feature is used to interactively enter information onto the label at print time. The 'External Data Source' feature allows you to import, view, and edit information from the most common databases and allows your Text and Bar Code objects to retrieve their source value from an external file.
Wasp Labeler User Manual 1.3 Getting Started - What is a Barcode? A barcode is a graphical representation of a set of numeric or alphanumeric characters that can be read by a barcode scanner. 1234 becomes: Whse1 becomes: . . Assigning a permanent barcode to each site, location, item, supplier and customer creates an environment where a mobile device can be used to easily keep track of inventory movements and alleviates the problem of data-entry errors.
Wasp Labeler User Manual 1.4 Getting Started - Navigating the Main Screen In this topic: Help/Resizing Icons Accessing Help Resizing/Minimizing Wasp Labeler Tabs Icon Toolbar Design Window Properties Box Hide/Show the Properties Box Move the Properties Box This topic provides a brief overview of Wasp Labeler's Main screen. The Main screen provides access to all of the features and functions you will need to create customized labels or to create labels using the templates.
Wasp Labeler User Manual 1.4.1 Section A: Help/Resizing Icons This section contains icons that allow you to adjust the size of the Labeler screen, access this Help file or close the Labeler window. Accessing Help Launching the Help File: You can launch this Help file from anywhere in the Labeler application by clicking the question mark icon in the top right of the screen. Using this method launches the Help with the topic related to the currently open screen/tab displayed.
Wasp Labeler User Manual Resizing/Minimizing Wasp Labeler Wasp Labeler can be resized to fit your whole screen or reduced to appear as a portion of your screen. To resize the window, click the icon in the top, right of the Main screen, as shown below: The screen will reduce in size when the icon is clicked. You can resize the screen by dragging any of the corners or borders. Labeler will remember the size when it is closed and re-opened.
Wasp Labeler User Manual Changes you make will appear in the Label Design window. Data Tab: The Data Tab allows you to add a database, spreadsheet, .csv file or other data source to your label project. You can then associate an object on your label, such as a text field or a barcode with the data source. Print Tab: The Print Tab contains functions relating to printing your labels, including Page Layout.
Wasp Labeler User Manual 1.4.3 Section C: Icon Toolbar The tabs at the top of the Main screen allow you to switch between functionalities. The tabs act as a way to group Wasp Labeler's features together by task. For instance, the File tab contains functionality related to opening a new file, closing a file, saving a file, etc., while the Design tab contains functionality related to creating and designing your labels.
Wasp Labeler User Manual 1.4.5 Section E: Properties Box The Properties box contains options specific to the type of object you have selected in the Design window (barcode, text box, picture or drawing object). You can hide the Properties box or "dock" it in a different location as needed. Hide/Show the Properties Box The Properties box is displayed on the Main screen by default. This box displays information relating to the tab you are currently using.
Wasp Labeler User Manual Move the Properties Box By default the Properties Box is docked on the right side of the Labeler screen. You can move, or redock, the Properties Box to the center-left, center-right or left side of the screen as needed. 1. Click on the top of the Properties Box and drag it. The box will undock from it's current location and appear as a small, floating box similar to the example shown below: 2. Drag the box to the center or left of the screen.
Wasp Labeler User Manual You can then let go of the box and it will dock where indicated. To move the Properties box back to the default location, click the Reset Docking icon on the Label Tab toolbar.
Wasp Labeler User Manual 1.5 Getting Started - Creating a Static Label Now that you are familiar with the basics of moving around the Main screen, you can begin creating your labels. This topic will take you through the steps to create the most basic label - a static barcode label. A static label means the information on it does not change. The label does not pull information from a database, isn't serialized, etc.
Wasp Labeler User Manual where you want it. 3. Define your barcode: By default, a Code128 barcode with content123456789 will be placed onto your label. Use the Properties box to select the appropriate barcode and enter the content (what you want encoded in the barcode). a. Make sure the barcode is selected in the Design window. b. Click the Barcode tab in the Properties box. c. Make sure Code 128 is selected in the Symbology drop down box. d.
Wasp Labeler User Manual Note that your label changes to display Jane Doe123456 below the barcode. e. Now that we have the content in the barcode, we can specify how it should be formatted. In this case, we want the employee ID number to appear below the employee name. To do this, click the ellipse (...) button to the right of the Content field. The Special Characters menu option appears. Place your cursor where you want the break to occur. Here we will place the cursor after the e in Doe.
Wasp Labeler User Manual Note: For a description of the ASCII Special Characters, please refer to the topic ASCII Special Character Codes. The barcode on your design label will look similar to the following: 4. Add additional objects to your label: You can include additional objects on your label as needed. In the case of the name badge we are creating in this example, a graphic such as a picture of the employee or a company logo might be included.
Wasp Labeler User Manual The example in the screen shot above shows a layout of 4 labels per page. To change the type of label, click the Layout button on the toolbar. The Page Setup screen appears: The Page Setup screen allows you to choose a different label template or create custom templates. The template should match the label stock you are using.
Wasp Labeler User Manual want to print just one employee badge for Jane Doe. Let's assume our example company uses a laser printer with Avery name badge labels for the employee badges. In this case, we should select Avery Laser from the Family drop down and Name Badge from the Type drop down. The screen will now look like this: Click Done to close the Page Setup screen. Notice that the Print Preview window changes based on the Family and Type of label you selected.
Wasp Labeler User Manual 7. Print your label: Now you are ready to print your label. Click the Print button on the Print tab toolbar. The standard Windows Print screen will appear allowing you to select a printer. That's it! You've created a static barcode label.
Wasp Labeler User Manual 1.6 Getting Started - Binding a Data Source to an Object Now that you can create a basic label (see Getting Started - Creating a Static Label), let's try binding a data source to an object. This allows you to create one label template, attach a database to it, then let Labeler pull information from the database when printing.
Wasp Labeler User Manual 2. Select a External Data Source on the Data tab. We'll add a data source to this project using the Data tab. Your data source options are listed on the Data tab.
Wasp Labeler User Manual Select the type of database you want to add. For this example, we want to add a .txt file that contains a list of employee ids, and names so click on Text.
Wasp Labeler User Manual Select your file and the associated Delimiter, then click Apply. For detailed instructions on adding a Text file, see the topic Connecting to a Text File. 3. Bind an object on the label to a column in the data source. On the Design tab, select the object to which you want to bind data. The property options for the selected object appear in the Properties box. Here we have selected the barcode object and want to bind it to the Employee ID column in the data source.
Wasp Labeler User Manual Select the appropriate column from the drop down list and click Done. Notice that the Properties Box now indicates that this object is using the Employee ID column as the data source. That's all there is to adding a data source and binding an object to it. You can continue binding objects to columns or other data sources (Serialized Numbers or Letters, Data/Time, Etc.) as needed.
Wasp Labeler User Manual 1.7 Getting Started - Using String Builder to Concatenate Data In the previous example we learned how to add a data source to the label project and bind an object to a column within that data source. Now let's learn how to concatenate, or combine, two different columns. Joined data is called a "string". Creating strings allows you to bind data from two different columns in your data source to one object.
Wasp Labeler User Manual The String Builder screen appears.
Wasp Labeler User Manual For this example we want to create a string containing two database columns: Employee Last Name and Employee First Name. Let's assume we want the Last Name first, then a comma and a space, followed by the First Name. The result should look like this: Doe, John a. First, select Database Column from the drop down, then click the Add Substring button.
Wasp Labeler User Manual The Data Source - Database screen appears allowing you to select a column. b. Select Employee Last Name, then click Done.
Wasp Labeler User Manual c. Now repeat Steps a and b, but this time select Employee First Name from the drop down list and click Done. Another substring will be added. d. Highlight the substring Column: Employee First Name and select Add Space Before in the Substring Properties box.
Wasp Labeler User Manual e. Now we just need to add the comma. To do this, we'll add a static substring with the character "," in it. Select Static from the drop down menu, then click Add Substring. The Static content screen appears. Enter a comma in the text box provided, then click OK. f. 30 The Static substring appears in the String list. Highlight it and click the up arrow icon once to move it between the Employee Last Name and Employee First Name substrings.
Wasp Labeler User Manual g. Notice that your sample data at the bottom of the String Builder screen now shows the correct formatting for your data. Click OK to save your new string. The Content Source for your text box now shows .
Wasp Labeler User Manual 1.8 Getting Started - Creating Enumerated Labels A common need when printing labels is a "label counter" or "copy counter". Counters tell you what number out of a set each label represents: i.e. 1 of 12, 2 of 12, 3 of 12, etc. You can create these counters using a text field and the String Builder screen. You have four counter field options on the String Builder screen: Label Counter - This counts the number of unique labels. Label Total - The total number of unique labels.
Wasp Labeler User Manual 7. Now select Static from the drop down and click Add Substring. The Static window appears. 8. Highlight the sample text and type "of" (without quotation marks), then click OK. 9. With your Static substring highlighted in the list, select Add > SPACE Before and Add > SPACE After.
Wasp Labeler User Manual 10. Finally, select Label Total from the drop down list and click Add Substring. Label Total will be added to your substring list.
Wasp Labeler User Manual 11. On the Print tab enter 20 in the Number of Labels > Specify field. Now your label will look similar to the following: Example Two: You are sending a shipment to a customer. The items will be packed into two separate boxes. You need identical labels on each box with a counter indicating 1 of 2 and 2 of 2. Steps: 1. Create your label as desired 2. Add a textbox to your label. 3. With the textbox selected, click String Builder in the Properties Box > Content tab.
Wasp Labeler User Manual The substring will be added to the list as shown below: 5. Now select Static from the drop down and click Add Substring. The Static window appears. 6. Highlight the sample text and type "of" (without quotation marks), then click OK. 7. With your Static substring highlighted in the list, select Add > SPACE Before and Add > SPACE After.
Wasp Labeler User Manual 8. Finally, select Copy Total from the drop down list and click Add Substring. Copy Total will be added to your substring list. Your screen should look similar to the following: 9. On the Print tab enter 2 in the Number of Copies > Manual from User field.
Wasp Labeler User Manual 1.9 Getting Started - Example Labels Wasp Labeler includes a set of example labels that you can access for a quick demonstration of various Labeler features. Choosing an example label is a good starting point for your label design. Review the descriptions in the list of example labels and choose one that best fits your needs. 1. On the File tab, select the Example Templates icon. The Example Templates screen appears. 2. Scroll through the list of available label templates.
Wasp Labeler User Manual 3. To open an example template in the design window, highlight a template and click the Open button. The label will open in the design window.
Wasp Labeler User Manual You can click on any of the elements on the label and see their associated properties in the Properties box. You can do a "Save As" function to save the label under a different name and make changes to it as needed. You cannot make changes directly to the label template. If you try to save changes directly to the template file, the following screen appears: Click OK on the warning screen to pick a new name and location for your new label.
Wasp Labeler User Manual 1.10 Barcode Symbology Reference Note: All example barcodes use the Wasp Labeler default default properties unless otherwise noted. A|C|D|E|G|I|M|P|Q|U A Aztec Code Aztec Code is a 2D barcode that can encode up to 3750 characters from the entire 256 byte ASCII character set. This barcode is square with a "bullseye" in the middle. Aztec Code is becoming increasingly popular for use on cell phones and mobile devices.
Wasp Labeler User Manual Code 11 Code 11 is used primarily in telecommunications. The symbol can encode any length string consisting of the digits 0-9 and the dash character (-). One or more modulo-11 check digit(s) can be included. Code 11 Example (No Check Digit) Code 128 Code 128 is variable length and encodes the full 128 ASCII character set. Each character is represented by 11 modules that can be one of four bar widths.
Wasp Labeler User Manual Code 39 Extended (Full ASCII Code): Standard Code 39 contains only 43 characters (0-9, A-Z, $, /, %, +). Code 39 can be extended to an 128 character symbology (full ASCII) by combining one of the special characters ($, /, %, +) with a letter (A-Z) to form the characters that are not present in the standard Code 39 symbology. For example, in standard Code 39 a lowercase "a" cannot be represented. In Code 39 Full ASCII, however, "a" is represented as "+A".
Wasp Labeler User Manual E EAN/JAN The EAN/JAN-13 is fixed length and is similar to the UPC-A symbology, but encodes a 13th digit. Also, the "12th and 13th" digits of an EAN-13, may represent a country code in its entirety or just the beginning of the country code, which may vary from 2 to 3 digits. The code 00-04 and 06-09 are assigned to the United States. The nominal height for the EAN/JAN-13 bar code is one inch. The reduced size is 80% of the nominal size.
Wasp Labeler User Manual GS1-Limited encodes a 14-digit GS1 item identification with indicator digits of zero or one in a linear symbol for use on small items that will not be scanned at the point-of-sale. GS1-14 Stacked is a variation of GS1-14 symbology that is stacked in two rows and is used when the normal symbol would be too wide for the application.
Wasp Labeler User Manual Interleaved 2 of 5 Example (No Check Digit) ISBN The International Standard Book Number (ISBN) is a unique machine-readable identification number used to identify books. ISBN is based on an ISO International Standard that was first published in 1972 as ISO 2108. ISO 2108 specifies the basic structure of an ISBN, the rules for its allocation, and the administration of the ISBN system. ISBN barcodes have consisted of 13 digits since 2007. Prior to 2007 they contained 13 digits.
Wasp Labeler User Manual ITF14 The ITF-14 Traded Unit Case Code is used in the retail sector on outer cases and pallets (traded units). Based on Interleaved 2 of 5, the 14-digit code is numeric and used to display the unique traded unit number. Bearer bars must be included in horizontal form for codes printed on labels, and as a full box (with H gauges) when printed directly on corrugated surfaces.
Wasp Labeler User Manual MicroPDF417 MicroPDF417 is a multi-row 2D symbology, derived from and closely based on PDF417. It is designed for applications that need improved area efficiency but without the requirement for PDF417's maximum data capacity. A limited set of symbols is available, together with a fixed level of error correction for each symbol size. Module dimensions are user-specified to enable symbol production and reading by a wide variety of techniques.
Wasp Labeler User Manual P PDF417 PDF417 is a stacked linear barcode symbol format used in a variety of applications, primarily transport, identification cards, and inventory management. PDF stands for Portable Data File. Each character consists of 4 bars and 4 spaces in a 17 module structure. The name of the symbol is derived from the format of the code. PDF stands for "Portable Data File" and "417" is derived from the module structure.
Wasp Labeler User Manual Q QR Code A QR code (abbreviated from Quick Response code) is a specific matrix barcode (or two-dimensional code) that is readable by dedicated QR barcode readers and camera telephones. The code consists of black modules arranged in a square pattern on a white background. The information encoded may be text, URL, or other data. QR Code Example U UPC-A Each UPC-A barcode consists of a scannable strip of black bars and white spaces, above a sequence of 12 numerical digits.
