IVL - LABELS and BAR CODES
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Barcode Labels will include the following: Barcode, Item number, Title, Date label printed, Category, Retail Price, Author/Artist, Publisher, and chosen field if set up in the Config File line 300. See Note below to make sure all configurations are set correctly to print barcode labels.
Note: Each time you enter the IVL program and choose labels to print, you are asked if you want to delete the previous batch of labels. Normally, you would delete the previous batch unless you want to append the labels or reprint the labels.
Chooses labels to be printed for each individual item on a specific purchase order. Set SYStem Config File, #5, Line #313 to "Y" if labels will be printed after purchase order is merged, otherwise, print labels before merging. Enter the Purchase Order number, the name of the Vendor will be displayed. All OK? Y/N, "N" allows you to enter another P.O. number, "Y" will create a file called LABELS so labels may be printed. Labels for a P.O. may be reprinted. When choosing labels for a P.O. for which you have already printed labels, a message will be displayed, "No labels have been generated for this P.O. If this is because they have already been printed, you can over-ride this and reprint all labels for this P.O. Do you wish to do so? Y/N" "Y" will reprint the labels. If there are items on the P.O. for which you do not want labels, delete the items from the P.O. (only after merging) before printing labels.
IVL #2 = Labels for 1 Publisher
Chooses labels to be printed for all items under a specific Vendor. Looks at Vendor #1 field. The name of the Vendor will be displayed. All OK? Y/N, "N" allows you to enter another Vendor number, "Y" will create a file called LABELS so labels may be printed. The number of labels for each item will be determined by the on hand amount.
Chooses labels to be printed for specific items. Enter the item number and the the number of labels needed for that item. Continue until all items are chosen. Press <Esc> to exit. Will create a file called LABELS so labels may be printed.
Chooses labels to be printed for all items under a specific category. Enter the category number and the name of the category will be displayed. All OK __. "N" will exit to the IVL options. "Y" will create a file called LABELS so labels may be printed. You may choose another category and append the file.
Prints the labels previously chosen. Labels must be chosen to be printed by using #1, #2, #3, or #4. You may print price increase labels after running "IVUP" Inventory Price Update. You must print the labels for the price increases before you choose any other type of labels and choose to delete the previous batch.
You may print a test patten to help line up the labels on dot matrix printers. On laser printers, you choose which label on the page to begin printing, and you will be told how many labels there are to be printed and how many pages of labels needed.
<Esc> Exits the program.
Note: In order for labels to be printed for items received from a Publisher, the Publisher must be set up in "IVVM" to print labels.
Also, a "Y" or "T" must be entered on individual items in "IVM" Inventory Maintenance Labels Field. Put a "T" in this field if you only want a price label for this item. (Laser printers will go ahead and print bar-codes anyway.)
Also, there are a number of "SYS"tem Misc.Configurations that need to be set up. Go into "SYS" Config File, #5 Misc Configurations and set up the following:
Line 204 = Barcodes printed on labels (Yes = ‘BAR’): Entering "BAR" will allow bar codes to be printed on labels.
Line 205 = Price printed on labels? Y/N: "Y" will print the price on the labels.
Line 206 = Print barcode labels for Spl Orders?: "Y" will print labels for special orders. If the special order is for an inventory item, no labels will be printed for these items if you put "N" on this line.
Line 215 = Mix Tickets and BarCodes? Y/N: "Y" will allow tickets and barcodes to be printed on the same purchase order.
Line 300 = Add’l Cat/Alt/Sale/Misc/Inv/2Prices/Loc: Enter a "C" for the Catalog field, "A" for the Alternate Category field, "S" for the Sale Price, "M" for the Miscellaneous field, "I" for the Invoice number, "2" for the U.S. Retail Price (Reg) and the Our price #1 (Ours), and "L" for the location field.
Line 313 = Keep IVO Records after merging? Y/N: "Y" will allow you to print barcode labels after a purchase order is merged. The items will be kept on the order and will reflect they have been merged by an asterisk at left of item number. You may print labels before or after it is merged. The labels for Backorded items will not be printed until they are merged. Also, if part of the quantity ordered is backordered, labels will not print for the amount merged but will print for the backordered items when merged. If you do not want labels for particular items on a P.O., delete the items from the P.O. (after merging) before printing labels.
Line 412 = Print labels for Non-Inventory Items?: "Y" labels will be printed for items not on your inventory. "N" labels will not be printed.
Line 501 = Barcode Batch file: Dot matrix printers: enter IVBC
Laser printers: DOS enter BARCODE.EXE
DOS Windows 95 enter START /C BARCODE.PIF UNIX enter BARCODE
Line 707 = Print label default for ‘IVM’ Y/N/T: When entering new items into your inventory, the Label field will default to what is entered here. "Y" will print labels for the item. "N" no label will be printed for the item. "T" will print a price label without barcode on dot matrix printers. Laser printers will go ahead and print the barcode anyway.
Enter a Environment Setting if using a laser printer: Go to SYStem Environment and enter the following line:
DOS: BARCODE-OUT 4 0 5 LPT2
UNIX: BARCODE-OUT 4 0 5 -P lp -s -dReport
The character between 4 and 5 is a zero.
The first number is the printer type. Most printers work best if you use 4.
The second number is an offset value from the top. If labels are printing too high, you can use any whole number from 0 to 19. As the number increases, the printing will begin further from the top.
The third number is an offset value from left to right. Zero should print on the left side of the label, 5 in the middle, and 9 to 10 on the right side. This option is provided so you can have pre-printed labels with your store logo on one side or the other and be able to move the barcode to accommodate the logo.
The last setting is the printer name. In a DOS or Windows based system, it is normally set to LPT2. If you need to specify a spooler name, you can do the here. In a UNIX system, you can either put the device name or the name of the print spooler (spooler is shown in the example above).