The purpose of the label component is to display text. The text displayed can be specified when the label template is created or can be populated by a property associated with a material at the time of printing.
Figure 18.1. The Label Details dialogue box.
The options of the label component are:
- Database field. Select this option when the text of the label is to be populated by eLab at the time of printing. From the Name box select the name of the field from the database that represents the data you want and the number of characters that you want to display.
- Free Text. Select this option when you want to display static text on the label. Enter the text in the
Text box.
- Scale Factor. Acts to magnify the size of the label based on the font setting.
- Font. Allows you to select one of the Zebra fonts, see the table below.
| Font |
Height
(in dots) |
Width
(in dots) |
Inter-character Gap
(in dots) |
| Zebra A |
9 |
5 |
1 |
| Zebra C |
18 |
10 |
2 |
| Zebra D |
18 |
10 |
2 |
| Zebra F |
26 |
13 |
3 |
| Zebra G |
60 |
40 |
8 |
Table 18.2. Zebra font specifications.
Note: See your Zebra printer manual and www.zebra.com for more details regarding fonts.
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