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Getting to Know Videojet PrintMail WideArray

To create a new job, print a job, or change the job parameters, you must start Videojet PrintMail WideArray.

To start the Videojet PrintMail WideArray program

1. Double-click the Videojet PrintMail WideArray icon on your desktop. The Videojet PrintMail WideArray splash screen appears.

2. Once the flash screen closes, the Videojet PrintMail WideArray Main window appears.

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This window is your work area. It contains the tools to create, edit, and print your jobs. Depending on your print job, some tools may or may not
be available.

There are three tabs at the bottom of the Main window: Job, Template, and Data. These tabs are shortcuts to the print job setup.

On the Main window, click:

the Job tab to print the job or to see the print job details.

the Template tab to edit an existing template or create a new template for the print job.

the Data tab to view any included text information that is merged into the print job. The text appears in its data form.

To exit the Videojet PrintMail WideArray program

From the File menu, select Exit.

About the Videojet PrintMail WideArray Main Window

The Videojet PrintMail WideArray Main window with the elements labelled, is shown below.

Element Name Description

Title bar Shows the name of the program you are working in and the name of the print job.

Menu bar Contains six menus that appear when you open the main window.

Toolbar Includes buttons that access some of the frequently used commands in the menus. To use a command, click the
button on the toolbar. If a command is unavailable, the button appears greyed-out.

Log Contains the Videojet PrintMail WideArray information. It shows the status of a job, such as when you started the
job, and when the job completed.

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Shortcut tabs Facilitates movement from one major function to another. The shortcuts are Job, Template, and Data.

Low ink warning Appears only when the ink level is low.

Window buttons Used to minimize, maximize or close the working window.

Status bar Contains information about the print job on your screen. The information depends on what you are doing at a
particular time.

Using the Main Menus

The Menu Bar shows the menu headings. The available menus depend on what you are currently working on and which
shortcut tab you select. Videojet PrintMail WideArray has six menu items.

Use To
File Open a print job.
Edit View or modify the text and graphic elements of a template.
New Create a record block, message line, and an indicia. Also to add bitmap files, or create barcodes.
Data View the records of a data file.
View Customize your working window. You can view the toolbars, status bar, or ink levels and also zoom in/out
for viewing ease.
Help Get detailed procedures on how to do a task. Alternatively, you can press the F1 key for help on the current
dialog box or window.

When you select the:

Job tab, the File, Edit, View, and Help menus are available. The New and Data menus are not available.

Template tab, all the menus are available.

Data tab, the File, Data, View, and Help menus are available. The Edit and New menus are not available.

Using the File Menu

To open the File menu

On the menu bar, click File. The File options appear.

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Note: When you are printing a job, all options are unavailable except the Stop Printing command.

Use the File menu commands to handle print jobs, templates, data files, print setup, and system setup. The File menu
remains the same whether you use the shortcut tabs of Job, Template, or Data.

Using the Edit Menu

To open the Edit menu

On the menu bar, click Edit. The Edit options appear.

The Edit menu displays different commands when selected from different tabs. For instance, when you select the:

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Job tab, the Edit menu contains only the Validate command.

Template tab, the Edit menu contains commands for modifying the current selection.

Data tab, the Edit menu is not available.

Use the Edit menu to view or modify the text and graphics elements for a template. You can duplicate or delete any of the elements.

Caution: An Undo command is not available on the Edit menu.

On the Edit menu, you can select different alignments for the elements and reposition each element.

Using the New Menu

To open the New menu

On the menu bar, click New. The New options of Print Mail Wide Array appear.

The New menu displays different commands when selected from different tabs. For instance, when you select the:

Job tab, the New menu is not available.

Template tab, the New menu contains commands for creating template and graphic objects.

Data tab, the New menu is not available.

Use the New menu to create or modify a template's:

Data record blocks

Line messages

Indicia

Bitmaps

Conditional bitmaps

Postal barcodes

Barcodes

The Barcode submenu lists industry-standard barcode formats. Use this submenu to add a barcode format. Each barcode has a specific function.
For detailed information about using barcodes, see Creating Postal Barcodes.

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Using the Data Menu

To open the Data menu

On the menu bar, click Data. The Data options appear.

The Data menu displays different commands when selected from different tabs. For instance, when you select the:

Job tab, the Data menu is not available.

Template tab, all commands are available, except Find and Find Next, which are not available if a file is loaded and you select Show
Data.

Data tab, only these commands are available: First Record, Last Record, Goto Record, and Find. Find Next is available after you do a
Find.

Use the Data menu to view the data records. When in the Template tab, you can view the data either as actual formatted
text or just field labels without the text by selecting Show Data.

Using the View Menu

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To open the View menu

On the menu bar, click View. The View options appear.

Use the View menu commands to customize your use of the VideoJet PrintMail WideArray screen. You can use the
commands in this menu to show or hide the toolbars, status line, check ink levels and usage, and set the zoom percentage.
The View menu is different for each screen tab.

When you select the Job tab, you see the following View menu commands. The Customize command has a submenu.

When you select the Template tab, you see the following View menu commands. The Customize and Zoom command have submenus.

When you select the Data tab, you see the following View menu commands. The Customize and Field Headers commands have
submenus.

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Using the Help Menu

To open the Help menu

On the menu bar, click Help. The Help options appear.

Use the Help menu to get detailed procedures on how to do a task. The Help menu is the same for all the three screen
tabs (Job, Template and Data).

Using the Icons

The Videojet PrintMail WideArray icons appear on the Main window. An icon is a graphical representation of a menu
command, for example:

When a command is also available as an icon, the icon is shown next to the procedural step in this guide, similar to the earlier
example.

Each icon appears only when the menu item is available.

Click To

Create a new job or template, depending on the window you currently working in.

Open a job, template, or data file, depending on the window that you are currently working in.

Save a job or template, depending on the window that you currently working in.

Select a template element. (Choose between this icon and the next by clicking on the icon).

Rotate an element, after selecting it.

Insert a record block.

Insert a new message line.

Insert an indicia.

Insert a bitmap.

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Insert a conditional bitmap.

Add a postal barcode.

Insert a barcode.

Zoom.

Duplicate an element, after selecting it.

Delete an element, after selecting it.

Move an element to the bottom, after and selecting it.

Move an element to the top, after selecting it.

Find a data file record.

Move an element up, after selecting it.

Move an element down, after selecting it.

Toggle and show record data.

Move to the first data file record.

Move to the last data file record.

Move to the next data file record.

Move back to the previous data file record.

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