You use this program to define the page layout for printing your stock code labels. A label format must be defined before you can use the Inventory Label Print program.
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Format | This indicates the format code of the label format you are adding or changing. You can define formats between 0-9, A-Z and a-z. |
| Save | Select this to save any new formats, changes to existing formats, and preferences. |
| Change | Indicate the preferences and print positions for your labels. |
| Alignment | Select this to print a label using test characters to verify that the fields you defined are correctly aligned on your stationery. |
| Select this to print the label format information you
defined and saved. It is advisable to keep this report for disaster recovery purposes. |
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| Copy Format | Select this to copy a label format from another company to your current company. |
| Delete | Select this to delete the currently selected label
format. You are prompted to confirm the deletion of the format. |
| Cancel | Exit the program without saving any changes made. |
You use the Alignment function to print labels using test characters to verify that the fields you defined in the format are correctly aligned on your stationery.
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Print test label alignment? | |
| OK | Prints the test format alignment. Two sets of labels are printed, enabling you to check whether the information on each label is aligned correctly not only on the first label, but also on the subsequent label. |
| Cancel | Returns to the previous screen. Nothing is printed. |
The Copy Format function enables you to copy a label format from another company to your current company.
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Current company | This indicates the company in which you are currently working and is the company to which the label format will be copied. |
| Copy from company | Indicate a valid company from which you want to copy the label format. |
| OK | Select this to copy the Inventory label format from the company you selected to the current company. |
| Cancel | Select this to return to the previous screen without copying a format. |
The following preferences can be selected when you use highlight the Label preferences line and select the Change function:
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Total number of lines on label |
Specify the number of lines required on each label. This is the height of a label, including the vertical gap before the next label down. A maximum of 60 lines can be assigned to each label. |
| Highest start column across page | Indicate the maximum column number that can be specified when
defining the column print positions for fields on the document. This must be in the range 1-150. See also Preference restrictions. |
| Gap from start of one label to next |
Indicate the number of columns between the start of one label and the start of the next. This is the width of one label, including the gap before the next label across. This gap cannot exceed 66 columns. |
| Number of labels to view |
Indicate the number of labels to be printed across the page. This must be in the range 1 to 99. |
| Number of labels per stock code |
Indicate the default number of labels to print each stock code. This can be overridden at the time of printing the labels. Up to 9999 labels can be printed for each stock code. |
| Print date format |
Indicate the format in which to print dates on the labels. The system defaults to using the date format configured for the company, but you can select to use the Short date format or the Long date format. |
| Format is 6.1 compatible | This applies to stationery formats defined in the SYSPRO 6.1 SP1
version of the software and is enabled by default for stationery formats
defined in that version. When enabled, the document is printed in the format specified in the SYSPRO 6.1 SP1 version of the software providing no presentation lengths are changed against the Keys defined in the Setup Options program. |
| Close | Select this to return to the previous screen. |
The following options are available when you use highlight the Label detail section line and select the Change function:
Within this section, you define the row and column at which you want to print each of the stock code fields on the label. The row refers to the vertical (top to bottom) position on the label, while the column refers to the horizontal (left to right) position on the label.
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Clear Row/Column |
Select this to set the row and column print positions for the highlighted field to zero, so that the field is not printed. |
| Text Fields | Select this to enter the text to print and its specific position on each document. |
| Change | Select this to maintain the row and column print positions for the highlighted field. |
| Close |
Select this to close the current window and return to the previous window. You save the changes you made when exiting the program. |
This screen is displayed when you select the Text Fields function.
You can enter up to five lines of text (15 characters per line) that you want to print at a specific position on each label.
The Row specification for any field cannot exceed 65 and the Column specification for any field cannot exceed 120.
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Clear text | Select this to clear the text and print positions for the highlighted text field. |
| Change | Select this to maintain the highlighted text line. |
| Detail Section Text Entry | |
| Text | Indicate the actual text that must be printed on the Inventory label. |
| Row |
Indicate the vertical position (i.e. top to bottom) at which you want to print the text entered in the Text field. |
| Column |
Indicate the horizontal position (i.e. Left to right) at which you want to print the text entered in the Text field. |
| Print attribute |
The entry made here relates to the attribute that you have assigned to your printer using the Attribute maintenance function (Print Setup (non-Windows)). This option is only available for those fields defined as "with attribute". |
| OK | Select this to accept the information you entered for the text field. |
| Cancel | Select this to ignore the information you entered for the text field and to return to the previous screen. |
| Close | Select this to return to the previous screen. |
You use the Change function from within the Label detail section to maintain the row and column print positions for the highlighted field in this section.
The Row specification for any field cannot exceed 65 and the Column specification for any field cannot exceed 120.
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Positions |
All measurements are based from the top left hand corner of the page. For some fields, only the Row or only the Column may be available for you to indicate. To assist you in positioning the fields correctly, you can use the Print Mask program to print a grid of the required columns and lines. Ensure that the layout mask is output to the printer on which you will be printing your documents. |
| Row |
Indicate the vertical position (i.e. top to bottom) at which you want to print the highlighted field. |
| Column |
Indicate the horizontal position (i.e. left to right) at which you want to print the highlighted field. |
| OK | Select this to accept the print positions you entered. |
| Cancel | Select this to ignore the print position you entered and to return to the previous screen. |
The following table lists the fields you can print in the Label Detail section:
The majority of these fields are defined against each stock item - see Stock Codes.
| Field | Origin/Comment |
|---|---|
| Stock code | This is the code of the stock item. |
| Stock description | This is the description of the stock item. |
| Unit of measure | This is the unit of measure in which the stock item is held on file. |
| Alternate unit of measure | This is the alternative unit of measure for the sale or purchase quantity of an item and the pricing. |
| Other unit of measure | This is the other unit of measure for the sales ordering quantity of an item and the pricing. |
| Mass per unit | This is the weight of a single unit of the stock item in the stocking unit of measure. |
| Supplier | This is the code of the primary supplier from whom you usually purchase this stock item. |
| Supplier's name | This is the name of the selected supplier. |
| Product class | This indicates the category to which the item is assigned. |
| Sales tax code | |
| List price code | This indicates the standard price code for the stock item on which discounts can be based during Sales Order Entry processing. |
| List price | This indicates the list price for the item. |
| List price basis | This indicates the unit of measure on which the first selling price of the stock item is based. |
| ABC classification | |
| ABC analysis required flag | This is used to indicate that you want to include the stock item in the calculations performed by the ABC Analysis program. |
| Alternate stock codes 1-5 | |
| Long description | |
| Alternate supplier 1-3 | |
| Label print date | |
| Stock code (with attribute) | |
| List price (excluding tax) | This indicates the list price, excluding tax, for the item. |
| List price (including tax) | This indicates the list price, including tax, for the item. |
| Tax amount | |
| User defined fields 1-5 | This to indicates extra information you want to assign to the item. |
| Alternate key 1 | This indicates additional information assigned to the stock item which can be used as selection criteria when browsing on stock codes. |
| Alternate key 2 | This indicates additional information assigned to the stock item which can be used as selection criteria when browsing on stock codes. |
| Tariff code | This is used in the Landed Cost Tracking system to determine the duty rate applicable to an imported item. |
| Buyer code | |
| Drawing office no | |
| Volume per unit | |
| Warehouse | |
| Bin location |
You use the Price section to define the rows and columns at which you want to print up to four price codes and its associated prices on the label.
The row refers to the vertical (top to bottom) position on the label, while the column refers to the horizontal (left to right) position on the label.
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| Clear Price Entry |
Select this to delete the row and column print positions for the highlighted field. When you select this function, the print positions for the highlighted field are set to zero, which means the field is not printed. |
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| Change | Indicate the print positions for the highlighted field. | ||||||
| Price code to print | Indicate the price code you want to print on the label. | ||||||
| Price code | Indicate the print positions for the price
code.
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| Price | Indicate the print positions for the actual
price.
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| OK | Select this to accept the print positions you entered. | ||||||
| Cancel | Select this to ignore the print position you entered and to return to the previous screen. | ||||||
| Close | Select this to return to the previous screen. |