A client wants to use a dedicated label printer, the kind that prints
out on a roll of single label width.

How do I set this up with filemaker? It seems like I'd need to be able
to pick a page setup from the printer dialog box that was appropriate
for single-label printing. Would that come with the printer driver? I
want to be able to tell my client whether he should go ahead and buy the
dedicated label printer.... then we can figure it out.

It isn't too difficult to create the layout. You need to use PageSetup
to set the printer for the label printer when you are creating the
layout. Then you pretty well create the layout as with any other use.

Several years ago I was working for a company that purchased a printer
to make their own plastic membership card for their members. Working
on Windows, I found 3rd party method to change printers. We created
the member record (name address phone etc.) and then launched a script
that printed to the card printer to print a personalized plastic card,
switch printers to the laser to print a welcome-letter from the general
manager, and then prompt to put a #10 envelope into the printer to
print the envelope. Worked slick :-)
TK



Greg Dember wrote:

Thanks. What I'm wondering is: If we get the label-printing device,
and install it's driver software, does that supply the operating system
with a PageSetup option? So when I look at page setup, I will see not
only "Letter" "Legal" "A4" "A5" etc..... but now I will also see
"Single Label" or some such?

Thanks,
Greg


In article <1158983366.484131.149860 (AT) e3g2000cwe (DOT) googlegroups.com>,
"TKnTexas" <tkntexas55 (AT) aol (DOT) com> wrote:

(with an 's') that apply to that particular printer. With the device you
also get a manual that you'd better read thoroughly to make it work.
Remi-Noel

Just to note - on one single label printer I've worked with, I had to
adjust left and right margins in filemaker's layout setup to get them
exact so that the layout printed ok from filemaker. If you have
problems where your layout doesnt seem to be printing, just print a
full page layout to the label printer and see what part of the layout
prints.
Also see what the label printer needs to know what label size it is
printing. Some you need to tell each time you change the labels, some
have sensors that can determine it themself.
One of the great things about filemaker is that you can use each label
like a regular page and print 2+ columns with header, footer, and
multiple records if you need to.
Using most label software connected to an external database you can't
do that - at least not at all easily. You need to play with it a little
to make sure everything has exact placement for the label, but I've
found it works very well.
Nina

Remi-Noel Menegaux wrote:

Thanks Nina and Remi-Noel for your help!

Greg


In article <1159127827.921524.308820 (AT) m73g2000cwd (DOT) googlegroups.com>,
"NDiMaio" <vernonchild (AT) earthlink (DOT) net> wrote:

I use Dymo Label 330 printer for the past 3 years to print sticker with FM6
work like a charm !!

JF
"Greg Dember" <greg (AT) artocratic (DOT) com> a écrit dans le message de news:
greg-DDD0EE.18520524092006 (AT) bubb...T) drizzle.com...

JF --- thanks for the lead. I saw a review of it that said it was not
so good for Macs. I'm wondering is your experience on a Mac or Windows
machine?

Thanks,
Greg

In article <OkhSg.93544$LH3.715385 (AT) weber (DOT) videotron.net>,
"JF Fortier" <climatisationfortier-removespam (AT) videotron (DOT) ca> wrote:

I had been trying to get a Dymo 330 (something) to work from a mac
10.4.8 over the last couple of moths. It prints, but trying to get it to
print in the correct orientation, has so far proved impossible. The
matrix of page setup orientation, Filemaker layout sizes/label
configs... nada effective.

I'm open to suggestions


regards

Chris


Greg Dember wrote:

In article
<455f7e89$0$28181$5a62ac22 (AT) per-qv1-newsreader-01 (DOT) iinet.net.au>, c b
<cbrown (AT) medicine (DOT) adelaide.edu.au> wrote:

I haven't used the Dymo printers, but for ANY printer (as long as it
works through the Mac OS) it *should* be a simple matter of ...

- Create a new BLANK layout (don't bother with silly "label"
templates or anything else).

- Delete all the Layout Parts except the Body Part.

- In Layout mode, choose Page Setup from the file menu and
set the appropriate page size and orientation for the Dymo
printer (not "any printer" or any other printer).

- FileMaker should now show you the page breaks for that
page size / orientation and you can put the fields on the
Layout to fit inside that. You may need to pull the bottom
of the Body Part up to fit within the page breaks.

If you're still having problems, perhaps there's a newer version of the
printer driver on the company's website.



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