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WordPerfect Corporation
InfoShare Information Fax Service
(800) 228-9960
Title: Labels: Manual Setup for a Dot Matrix Printer
Product: WordPerfect 5.1 for DOS
Number: 1206-11/93
Problem
You want to set up labels in WordPerfect 5.1 for a dot matrix
printer.
Concept
Using the Paper Size/Type feature of WordPerfect, you can set up
labels of varying sizes.
The 05/31/91 interim release of WordPerfect 5.1 includes a macro
called LABELS.WPM. This macro automates label formatting and
simplifies many of the steps presented in this document. Refer
to InfoShare document #1222 for instructions on using the labels
macro.
Solution
Set up a Paper Size/Type that will fit your particular labels.
1 Press Format (Shift+F8), then choose Page (2).
2 Choose Paper Size (7).
For this example, we will create a new label paper size.
3 Choose Add (Create) (2), then choose Other (9).
4 Type a descriptive name for your labels, then press
Enter.
5 Choose Paper Size (1), then choose Other (o).
6 At the Width prompt, type the width of the label. At
the Height prompt, type the measurement from the top of
the first label to the top of the second label (this
includes any space between the labels).
7 Choose Location (5). Determine whether your labels will
be fed into the printer continuously, through a paper
bin, or manually. Choose the proper location.
8 Choose Prompt to Load (4). If you choose Yes, then you
will be prompted to load a new label each time you send
a new print job to the printer. If you choose No, it
will automatically be sent from WordPerfect.
9 Choose Labels (8), then type Y to go to the Format:
Labels screen.
10 Choose Label Margins (5).
You are now in the Format: Labels screen. You can set any
margins you want. The text will be printed on each label
according to the margins that you set.
11 Enter the desired Left, Right, Top, and Bottom label
margins, pressing Enter after each selection.
All of the other settings in this screen will be set to a default
according to the paper size you specified. You may change these
if you wish, but it is not necessary.
12 Press Exit (F7).
If you set any of the four label margins to zero or any number
smaller than the default margin determined by your printer, the
error message Label margins increased due to printer's minimum
margins will appear. Each printer has a physical limitation on
how close to each edge it can print. Your printer will
automatically set your labels to the smallest default setting.
You may also see the error message Labels will not fit on paper
size, which indicates that any of the measurements you have
entered are too large for the specified paper size. You will
need to remeasure your labels and alter the measurements. The
measurement standards for the Paper Size/Type feature are as
follows:
WordPerfect uses a specific equation to see if the labels will
fit. It multiplies the Height by the Number of Rows, then adds
the Top Left Corner: Top measurement and the Distance Between
Rows to that total. The final total cannot be larger than the
Height of your paper size; in our example, this is 11 inches. It
then multiplies the Width by the Number of Columns, then adds the
Top Left Corner: Left measurement and the Distance Between
Columns to that total. The final total of this equation cannot
be larger than the Width of your paper size; in our example, this
is 8 1/2 inches.
13 If you got the Labels will not fit on paper size error
message, make any necessary corrections to the Format:
Edit Paper Definition screen, then press Exit (F7). If
you got the Label margins increased due to printer's
minimum margins error message, just press Exit (F7).
14 Press Exit (F7) until you return to the Format: Paper
Size/Type screen.
15 Make sure that the label size you have just created is
highlighted, then choose Select (1).
16 Press Exit (F7) to return to the document editing
screen.
See Also
∙ Labels in the WordPerfect 5.1 reference manual
∙ InfoShare Document #1021■Labels: Manual Setup for a
Laser Printer
∙ InfoShare Document #1222■Labels: Using the Labels Macro
∙ InfoShare Document #1223■Labels: Standard Label Sizes
for the Dot Matrix Printer
∙ InfoShare Document #1224■Labels: Standard Label Sizes
for the Laser Printer
WordPerfect Corporation 1993
WordPerfect Corporation
1555 N. Technology Way
Orem, UT 84057-2399
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within the United States and other countries.