Hi this is Travis with POSGuys.com today we're going to take another look at scanning and
printing. It is a little different from the previous iteration that we had done in the
first version. We set it up so that when you scan any barcode as soon as you scan it will send the print command
right afterwards. So it just one scan, one print. We're going to do it a little differently
this time. We're going to set it up so you can scan multiple barcodes and when you are
ready to print scan the barcode to print. So once again I'm in the Motorola 123Scan.
You can configure this using the manual and just scanning the correct barcodes but 123Scan
is a little bit easier to use especially for advanced programming. Again I'm going to be
programming a LI4278. This process would work for multiple Motorola scanners. Most of the
current versions this would work for. They all have enough memory to this same type of
programming. I'm going to create a new configuration file. I'm going to select USB. It is going
to load up. There is the scanner that I'm going to program. I'm going to select it and
I'm going to come down here into modify data and then I'm going to select 'create a new
rule'. For the rule name we are going to put in 'print command'. For the code type you
can leave it as all codes and that is what I would recommend. If you know specifically
what type of barcode you would be using whether it is code 3 of 9, code 128, if you're going
to scan a UPC code you can select that code type just to be a little more specific but
using all codes should work fine. Most the part in here, the important part is the line
that says 'string'. This is where you are going to specify your barcode. If you are
printing your own barcodes you can print using whatever you want. You can use like the word
'print' or you can use 'printprint'. You can write out 'Ctrl P' that won't necessarily
print automatically but some people just know that 'Ctrl + P' normally means print. Or you
can just use numbers. In this case I have a barcode that is '123456' and so that is
what I am going to use. Down her you have the add action. When you click add action
you'll get a little dialogue box that pops up and you have a few different options. What
you are looking for is the send value. When you click send value it will give you some
additional options here. You want the 'Send ASCII Key' and there are our options. We're
looking for 'Ctrl P' because that is what is going to tell most programs to print. There
I selected 'Ctrl P' and I'm also going to click 'Save and Add Another'. If you want
to print automatically and not have to select 'OK' in the dialogue box than under 'Send
Extended Key' you're going to look for . In this case where I do want to use the dialogue
box I am not going to do that. You're going to go down to 'Beep' and I'm gonna select
'Thrice'. We just want to hear a triple beep instead of a normal beep to know that I am
going to print. Click 'Save' and then on the screen you will see the 'Send ASCII Key' and
the 'Beep Thrice'. We're also going to need another action. If you save like you are now
than it will print when you scan '123456' but it won't do anything else. When you scan
anything else it is just going to beep nothing will be sent to the screen. So we are going
to have to tell the scanner to send data like normal. What I'm going to select is 'Add a
rule from library' Motorola has provided some simple commands. This one I'm going to select
is 'Append and Enter'. Select that and than click 'Select Rule'. What it does is send
all that remains, basically send the barcode, and then send enter. Instead of send enter
you can have it send tab if you would rather have a tab or if you just want to send the
data and nothing else. If you remove the send enter then it will just send the information.
So those are the two rules that we need. From here we click 'done'. It kind of verifies
your settings and then you hit 'load to scanner'. I have a couple different scanners plugged
in but if you have a single scanner it will show your model there and then you will just
hit 'load to all scanners' and it will load the information to the scanner. That is all
you have to do in 123Scan. When this is done go ahead and close the application. I'm going
to jump over to the camera and I can show you how the barcode scanning and the printing
works. Here I have my LI4278 and my test barcodes. This monitor has just a basic text editor
open and there is my printer. What I'm going to do is I'm going to scan a bunch of barcodes.
It scans into my text editor and than this big middle barcode here is my '123456'. When
it scanned that it got the triple beep and the print dialogue appeared on the screen
and if you hit 'OK' it goes ahead and prints. If you want it to print automatically without
going through the print dialogue you can do that you just got to set up that first rule
to do an extra carriage return and it will also print automatically and you don't have
to do the onscreen dialogue. So that is basically how you can do a different version of the
scan and print application. For more information, to download the manual, to download 123Scan
or to purchase a barcode scanner please visit us at POSGuys.com. Thanks.