Labeling with DiskDupe

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Labels

(Pro/AutoPro)

DiskDupe allows you to print labels for your disks. This feature can be used for ordinary disk labels, to record disk serial numbers, or to pull information from the disk, such as the serial number, volume label and other contents of a disk file.

If you are a shareware distributor, you can use the Relay feature and have the disk volume name printed on the label. To include a longer description of the disk on each label, you can put a file on each disk with the description and use the SRCFILE,README.TXT command in your label file to print the description on the label.

Note: DiskDupe's label feature is designed for sheets of labels that have only one label horizontally on a sheet.

Creating a Label file:

Select File|New|Label. Enter the name of the file you want to create and press New. This will bring up the editor from which you enter the contents of your label.

When you have finished entering the contents of your label, select Save from the File menu, or press [F2] (Dos only).

Note: To edit a label file, select File|Open|Label and follow the instructions above.

Printing a Label file:

Select Label from the Job menu.

Choose Select One or Follow Image and then type the name of the label file you want to use.

Make sure that Printer and Print To is correctly set. When you are ready to print your labels, press Print.

Label file Commands (keywords):

The following table lists the Label commands, which you can embed in the label file. Any line that starts with a semicolon is a comment and does not print out; anything else prints out on the label. Bracketed text indicates a command. Two commands on the same line will print out side-by-side on the same line.

Command Function Example

{{Code,code#1, code#2} Sends printer control codes. Put a "$" in front of hex codes. {{Code,27,78,$1B,$6B}

{{Serial} Prints the serial number. Serial #{{Serial}

{IncFile, filename} Prints an entire file on the hard disk. This can be used for graphical logos. {{IncFile,C}

{{SrcFile, filename} Prints the first line of a file on the disk being copied. {{SrcFile,README.TXT}

{{VolLabel} Prints the volume label on the source disk. {{VolLabel}

Normal Line Print as is (c) 1994, XYZ corp.

{{Date} Prints the current date.

{{ImageNum}
{{Images} Prints disk # in set.
Prints total # of images in set. Disk {{ImageNum} of
{{Images}

{{SetNum}
{{Sets} Prints set # in job.
Prints total # of sets in job. Set {{SetNum} of
{{Sets}

{{CopyNum}
{{Copies} Prints disk # in job.
Prints total # of disks in job Disk {{CopyNum} of
{{Copies}

{{CPI10}
{{CPI12}
{{CPI17} Changes the pitch.

{{Prop} Changes to a proportional font.

{{Italic} and {{ItalicOfF} Italics

{{Cond} and {{CondOff} Condensed

{{Wide} and {{WideOff} Wide

{{Bold} and {{BoldOff} Bold

{{Under} and {{UnderOff} Underlined

{{Sup} and {{SupOff} Superscript

{{Sub} and {{SubOff} Subscript

{{LS1/8}
{{LS7/72}
{{LS1/6} Change the line spacing.

{{LS216,x} To set line spacing to x/216 inches.

{{LF216,x} To do a line feed of x/216 inches.

{{RM,x} To set right margin to x spaces.

{{LM,x} To set left margin to x spaces.

{{UD} To print text upside-down on the LLP Printer.

{{Barcode} or {{Bar}, and {{BarOff} To print a barcode.

Note: Not all of these commands are supported on all printers. The Code command allows you to use printer-specific codes, which can be found in your printer's manual. They would, for example, let you use printer-resident fonts.

Files created with the label editor are normal ASCII, or text, files and have the extension .DDL for DiskDupe Label. If you want to use special fonts or graphics, you can use a word processing or desktop publishing program to create the label layout and then print it to a file. The label file will be sent directly to the printer except for any special label commands in it, such as {{Serial}, which will be sent from DiskDupe.

If you use the IncFile command in a label file, but the file cannot be found when the labels are being printed, DiskDupe will give you an error. However, the SrcFile command will simply print out a blank line if it cannot locate the file, as will the VolLabel and Serial commands if there is no volume label or serial number.

You could also print labels in two runs: one to print a graphic image with a desktop publishing program and another to print disk-specific information with DiskDupe. Another alternative is to buy labels with your logo and company information already printed on them and then have DiskDupe customize them with volume and serial number information.