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Using Non-Latin Character Sets in a Label

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Chapter 2 - Designing Labels 3 To move the variable data, click the Select Objects button from the Creations toolbar and then click and drag the variable to your desired location. 4 To change the parameters for the variable data, such as font type or bar code symbology, double-click the variable data. A Text, Bar Code, or Image dialog box appears. 5 Make any necessary changes in the dialog box and then click OK. Using Non-Latin Character Sets in a Label You can use non-Latin character sets in both fixed and variable data fields. You must use the printer font Swis721 BT if you want to print a non-Latin character. The Swis721 font offers a wide range or character sets including Greek, Cyrillic, Baltic, and Turkish. Using Non-Latin Characters With Variable Data For variable data, the printer reads the font encoding from the XML file header. The printer supports these encodings of the XML file: 850, 851, 852, 855, 857, 1250, 1251, 1252, 1253, 1254, 1257, ISO 8859-1, and UTF-8. Using Non-Latin Characters With Fixed Data For fixed data, you need to make some changes in LabelShop PRO and Windows. Use the following procedure to add nonLatin based characters to a fixed data field. Note: Intermec does not recommend using standard Windows fonts. You can use standard Windows fonts for non-Latin characters, but these characters are sent as graphic data and may lead to lower throughput. To use non-Latin characters in a fixed data field 1 From the Creation toolbar, click the Text button and create a fixed text field on the label. 2 Type some placeholder text in the fixed text field. 20 XMLLabel v6.10 User's Guide

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Chapter 2 — Designing Labels
20
XMLLabel v6.10 User’s Guide
3
To move the variable data, click the
Select Objects
button
from the Creations toolbar and then click and drag the
variable to your desired location.
4
To change the parameters for the variable data, such as font
type or bar code symbology, double-click the variable data. A
Text, Bar Code, or Image dialog box appears.
5
Make any necessary changes in the dialog box and then click
OK
.
Using Non-Latin Character Sets in a Label
You can use non-Latin character sets in both fixed and variable
data fields. You must use the printer font Swis721 BT if you
want to print a non-Latin character. The Swis721 font offers a
wide range or character sets including Greek, Cyrillic, Baltic,
and Turkish.
Using Non-Latin Characters With Variable Data
For variable data, the printer reads the font encoding from the
XML file header. The printer supports these encodings of the
XML file: 850, 851, 852, 855, 857, 1250, 1251, 1252, 1253,
1254, 1257, ISO 8859-1, and UTF-8.
Using Non-Latin Characters With Fixed Data
For fixed data, you need to make some changes in LabelShop
PRO and Windows. Use the following procedure to add non-
Latin based characters to a fixed data field.
Note:
Intermec does not recommend using standard
Windows fonts. You can
use standard Windows fonts for
non-Latin characters, but these characters are sent as graphic
data and may lead to lower throughput.
To use non-Latin characters in a fixed data field
1
From the Creation toolbar, click the
Text
button and create
a fixed text field on the label.
2
Type some placeholder text in the fixed text field.