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Barcode in Shoper 9

December 2009


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Objectives

Need for Barcode in business

Shoper 9 support in creating and printing of barcodes

o Design labels for Thermal and Standard Printers

o Design layout for Standard Printers

o Printing of Labels


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Barcode

A set of machine-readable parallel bars varying in width, height or spacing.

Encodes information according to a symbology.

Provides accurate data.

Scanning the barcode makes data entry faster.

Manual entry error can be avoided.

Helps in quick billing, stock taking, physical stock verification, etc.


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Need for Designing and Printing Barcodes

No barcode exists

Additional business specific barcodes required

o Logo specific

o Price change

o Size specific

o Additional product information


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Barcode in Shoper 9

Why use Barcode in Shoper 9 ?

Features

o Customer/ Printer specific label and layout design

Label content

Item information, Image, Date, etc.o Flexibility to configure

Font

Label size and Number of labels in a row/ page

For any stationery

o Convenient

Barcodes for cartons

o Affordable

Use existing/ any printer


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Options available

Design Labels for Barcode Printers

Design Labels for Standard Printers

Design Layout for Standard Printers

Print Labels


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Design Labels for Barcode Printers

(Interface script files for Thermal Printers)

Create a basic template for barcode printing and

specify the parameters to be considered while

generating a barcode

The design is done collectively by Shoper

support personnel, retailer and printer vendor

The base script files required to print the

barcode labels are supplied by the barcode

vendor in .txt file format

Make the required changes to it and save the

settings



Designing Labels for Thermal Printers

To design

o In POS: Stock > Barcode > Print

Labels

o In HO: Merchandise > Barcode >Print Labels

Import/ Load the Script file




Map the Fields

o Create an interface between

Shoper 9 and the script file with

field values captured in Shoper 9

A barcode tag can contain field values of type String, Integer and Text



Barcode Content and Configuration

String values

o Stock number

o .

o .

o Product description

Capture

o The position and

o The length of the string to be

printed



Barcode Content and Configuration

Integer values

o Rate

o .

o .

o Tax rate

Capture

o The position

o the length of the Integer and

o the number of decimals to be

printed




Text values

o Showroom name

o .

o .

o Address

Capture

o The position

o The length and number of

digits and

o Value of the Text

Save the settings made to the barcode script as a .txt file



Designing Labels for Standard Printers

Barcode labels can be designed to contain various fields, fonts, image, etc.,

and printed using laser, inkjet or dot-matrix printers

The format and the content of the barcode of the existing inkjet printers can

also be used

To design

o In POS: Stock > Barcode > Designing Labels for Standard Printers

o

In HO: Merchandise > Barcode > Designing Labels for StandardPrinters



Label Designer

The options available for designing

a label:

o Open option to open

a .btf file

o Save Save the label design

o Save As

Save the labeldesign with other name

o Format Bold, Italic,

Underline, Strike,

Font colour, Background colour,

Format Date

Font name, Font size,Top position, Left position,

width and height



Label Designer

Label Parameters

o Unit of measurement can be

defined in terms of Milli Meters,

Centi meters and Inches

o Unit of measurement to decide

the height and the width of the

label

o Apply Label Settings



Label Designer

Select Fields

o Select the label content

Constant Text

Barcode Label

Value captured in Shoper 9

Image



Label Designer

Field Parameters

o To configure the parameters

based on the label content

o

The field parameter groupvaries depending upon the

field type selected



Label Designer

Apply Field Settings

o Apply the field configurations to

the respective field in the label

Place the required fields and theirvalues in the barcode label panel



Label Designer

Delete Allows user to delete a field

from a label

Clear All Clear the content of the

label

Exit Exit the label the designer



Constant Text

o Showroom Name

o .

o .

o A message

To configure

o Select Constant Text in

Select Fields

o Click to place/ add multiple

constant text in a single label

o Enter the constant text label

(to be printed on the label)



Barcode Label

To Configure

o Select Barcode Label as the

Selected Fields



o Select the Symbology (to be

printer on the label)

o Select the Stock No as the

Barcode Content

o Enter the Sample Text

Note: The mapping between messages and barcodes is called a Symbology



Fields from item master table

(Values captured in Shoper 9)

o Item Description

o .

o .

o Mfg Date

To Configure

o Select Stock Number in

Select Fields



o Enter the Sample Text

(example, the stock number)

o Apply Field Settings



Image

o Company Logo

o .

o .

o Pictorial message

To configure image

o Select Images as Select

Fields

o Select the path where theimage is available

Note: The position of various values in the label panel can be moved with cursorpointer

Save the label design as a .btffile


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Designing Layout for Standard Printers

The design layout is used to configure

o Page size

o page format

o pitch settings

o number of rows and columns

o number of labels in a page

The settings made in the design layout is as per customer requirement andtype of stationery

To designo In POS: Stock > Barcode > Design Layout for Standard Printers

o In HO: Merchandise > Barcode > Design Layout for Standard

Printers


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Layout Designer

Load the label design file

o The details of the label design isdisplayed

Select Label Design Preview


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Layout Designer

Enter page settings

Select Layout Design Preview

Save Barcode Layout Designer File as a .blffile


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Print Barcode Labels

To print

o In POS: Stock > Barcode > Print Labels

o In HO: Merchandise > Barcode > Print Labels

Load script file name

Based on the printer, select thescript file

o For Thermal printers,

select .txt file and enter/

select the values where ever

the fields are blank

o For Standard printers,select .blffile


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Printing Tag/ Labels

The values from the script file

populate the Tag Printing screen

Use any of the selection listed

under Options and choose the

appropriate settings


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Use Manual Selection

o to print barcode tags for the

item masters created

o to print barcode tags for the

selected stock numbers

Use Against Purchase (PT File)

to print barcode tags for the items

received from vendor/ warehouse

and PT file is available for the

items received


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Use Against Transaction to

print barcode tags for the items

which are transacted in Shoper 9

like Sales Bill, Transfer In/Out,

Sales Order, etc. Use Against Purchase Order

o To print and use the barcode

tags for items received

o To print barcode tags against

a purchase order and send

the same to the vendor along

with the purchase order. This

will help the vendor in

attaching the barcodes to the

goods at delivery.


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Use Against Masters to print

the barcode tags for the items

created during selected date

range and data.

Use Against Direct Scan to

print barcode tags for identical

items received from a vendor

without barcode tags. Scan or

enter the stock number for

printing the barcode tags.


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Standard Printers

o By default, the output andport is selected


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Thermal Printers

Select File as the Output to

By default, the output is saved in

Out folder as Manualbar.seq

You can also browse and select aspecific existing file

Create a batch file in the Outdirectory to print the saved file

o Open Notepad

o Enter

Type Manualbar.seq > prn

o Save the file as .bat in the

Out folder


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Edit the number of tags/ labels toprint as per businessrequirement

Print the barcode labels

Note: For Thermal Printers,

double click the .bat file after allthe settings and executing Print


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Print Labels


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