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© Tally Solutions Pvt. Ltd. All Rights Reserved 1

Barcode in Shoper 9

December 2009


Objectives

Need for Barcode in business

Shoper 9 support in creating and printing of barcodes

o Design labels for Thermal and Standard Printers

o Design layout for Standard Printers

o Printing of Labels


Barcode

A set of machine-readable parallel bars varying in width, height or spacing.

Encodes information according to a symbology.

Provides accurate data.

Scanning the barcode makes data entry faster.

Manual entry error can be avoided.

Helps in quick billing, stock taking, physical stock verification, etc.


Need for Designing and Printing Barcodes

No barcode exists

Additional business specific barcodes required

o Logo specific

o Price change

o Size specific

o Additional product information


Barcode in Shoper 9

Why use Barcode in Shoper 9 ?

Features

o Customer/ Printer specific label and layout design

Label content – Item information, Image, Date, etc.

o Flexibility to configure

Font

Label size and Number of labels in a row/ page

For any stationery

o Convenient

Barcodes for cartons

o Affordable

Use existing/ any printer


Options available

Design Labels for Barcode Printers

Design Labels for Standard Printers

Design Layout for Standard Printers

Print Labels


Design Labels for Barcode Printers

(Interface script files for Thermal Printers)

Create a basic template for barcode printing and

specify the parameters to be considered while

generating a barcode

The design is done collectively by Shoper

support personnel, retailer and printer vendor

The base script files required to print the

barcode labels are supplied by the barcode

vendor in .txt file format

Make the required changes to it and save the

settings


Designing Labels for Thermal Printers

To design

o In POS: Stock > Barcode > Print

Labels

o In HO: Merchandise > Barcode >

Print Labels

Import/ Load the Script file



Map the Fields

o Create an interface between

Shoper 9 and the script file with

field values captured in Shoper 9

A barcode tag can contain field values of type String, Integer and Text


Barcode Content and Configuration

String values

o Stock number

o .

o .

o Product description

Capture

o The position and

o The length of the string to be

printed


Barcode Content and Configuration

Integer values

o Rate

o .

o .

o Tax rate

Capture

o The position

o the length of the Integer and

o the number of decimals to be

printed



Text values

o Showroom name

o .

o .

o Address

Capture

o The position

o The length and number of

digits and

o Value of the Text

Save the settings made to the barcode script as a .txt file


Designing Labels for Standard Printers

Barcode labels can be designed to contain various fields, fonts, image, etc.,

and printed using laser, inkjet or dot-matrix printers

The format and the content of the barcode of the existing inkjet printers can

also be used

To design

o In POS: Stock > Barcode > Designing Labels for Standard Printers

o In HO: Merchandise > Barcode > Designing Labels for Standard

Printers


Label Designer

The options available for designing a label:

o Open – option to open a .btf fileo Save – Save the label designo Save As – Save the label design with other nameo Format – Bold, Italic, Underline, Strike, Font colour, Background colour, Format Date Font name, Font size, Top position, Left position, width and height


Label Designer

Label Parameters

o Unit of measurement can be

defined in terms of Milli Meters,

Centi meters and Inches

o Unit of measurement to decide

the height and the width of the

label

o Apply Label Settings


Label Designer

Select Fields

o Select the label content

Constant Text

Barcode Label

Value captured in Shoper 9

Image


Label Designer

Field Parameters

o To configure the parameters

based on the label content

o The field parameter group

varies depending upon the

field type selected


Label Designer

Apply Field Settings

o Apply the field configurations to

the respective field in the label

Place the required fields and their

values in the barcode label panel


Label Designer

Delete – Allows user to delete a field

from a label

Clear All – Clear the content of the

label

Exit – Exit the label the designer


Constant Text

o Showroom Name

o .

o .

o A message

To configure

o Select Constant Text in

Select Fields

o Click to place/ add multiple

constant text in a single label

o Enter the constant text label

(to be printed on the label)


Barcode Label

To Configure

o Select Barcode Label as the

Selected Fields

o Click to place/ add multiple

constant text in a single label

o Select the Symbology (to be

printer on the label)

o Select the Stock No as the

Barcode Content

o Enter the Sample Text

Note: The mapping between messages and barcodes is called a Symbology


Fields from item master table

(Values captured in Shoper 9)

o Item Description

o .

o .

o Mfg Date

To Configure

o Select Stock Number in

Select Fields

o Click to place/ add multiple constant text in a single label

o Enter the Sample Text

(example, the stock number)

o Apply Field Settings


Image

o Company Logo

o .

o .

o Pictorial message

To configure image

o Select Images as Select Fields

o Select the path where the image

is available

Note: The position of various values in the label panel can be moved with cursor pointer

Save the label design as a .btf file


Designing Layout for Standard Printers

The design layout is used to configure o Page size o page format o pitch settings o number of rows and columns o number of labels in a page

The settings made in the design layout is as per customer requirement and type of stationery

To design o In POS: Stock > Barcode > Design Layout for Standard Printers o In HO: Merchandise > Barcode > Design Layout for Standard

Printers


Layout Designer

Load the label design fileo The details of the label design is

displayed

Select Label Design Preview


Layout Designer

Enter page settings Select Layout Design Preview

Save Barcode Layout Designer File as a .blf file


Print Barcode Labels

To print o In POS: Stock > Barcode > Print Labelso In HO: Merchandise > Barcode > Print Labels

Load script file name Based on the printer, select the script file

o For Thermal printers, select .txt file and enter/ select the values where ever the fields are blanko For Standard printers, select .blf file


Printing Tag/ Labels

The values from the script file

populate the Tag Printing screen

Use any of the selection listed

under Options and choose the

appropriate settings



Use Manual Selection

o to print barcode tags for the

item masters created

o to print barcode tags for the

selected stock numbers

Use Against Purchase (PT File)

to print barcode tags for the items

received from vendor/ warehouse

and PT file is available for the

items received



Use Against Transaction to print

barcode tags for the items which are

transacted in Shoper 9 like Sales Bill,

Transfer In/Out, Sales Order, etc.

Use Against Purchase Order

o To print and use the barcode

tags for items received

o To print barcode tags against a

purchase order and send the

same to the vendor along with

the purchase order. This will help

the vendor in attaching the

barcodes to the goods at

delivery.



Use Against Masters to print

the barcode tags for the items

created during selected date

range and data.

Use Against Direct Scan to

print barcode tags for identical

items received from a vendor

without barcode tags. Scan or

enter the stock number for

printing the barcode tags.



Standard Printerso By default, the output and

port is selected



Thermal Printers Select File as the Output to

By default, the output is saved in Out folder as Manualbar.seqYou can also browse and select a

specific existing file

Create a batch file in the Out directory to print the saved fileo Open Notepado Enter Type Manualbar.seq > prno Save the file as .bat in the Out folder



Edit the number of tags/ labels to print as per business requirement

Print the barcode labels Note: For Thermal Printers,

double click the .bat file after all the settings and executing Print


Print Labels


Barcode in Shoper 9

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Questions & Answers

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Documents

position o

barcode labels

o address capture o

o flexibility

fields o

o value

stock barcode print

o tax rate capture o