Rice Lake Ishida AstraLabel User Guide - Manual (Page 26)

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transmitting a label to the scales.
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In ÒfixedÓ mode, the label format downloaded from the scales does not contain the height
of the product name field (because the height field is set to zero). In this case, the Label
Editor resets the height to a default value.
However, if the downloaded height is non-zero, the Label Editor sets the product name
area mode to ÒvariableÓ and uses the downloaded height unchanged.
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As the height of the product name field can only be set to multiples of 19 dots in the
scales, the same restriction is applied to the field height in the Label Editor.
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Other fields should not be located in the product name area. Specifically, the Y
coordinate of a field must be not be between the top and bottom of the product name
field. This is because the product name height is reset to zero when transmitted to the
scales.
Although the Label Editor allows you to place fields in such a position, the fields are
forcibly moved outside the product name area when the label is transmitted to the
scales.
Label Height
The label height value stored in the scales does not include the height of the preprint and
product name areas (unless the product name area is set to ÒvariableÓ mode). When loading
a label from the scales, the Label Editor recalculates the label height by adding these heights
back to the received height value. However, for the reason described above, the height of
the product name field is set to a default value. Consequently the recalculated label height
will be different to the value when the label was transmitted to the scales.