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Using the Omron V275 Verifier

You can configure BarTender to use a label verifier system that is integrated into a printer to ensure that your labels are compliant with regulations and quality requirements at the point of label production. A label verifier system provides both quality inspection and barcode verification by scanning the printed label and checking the image for accuracy. The printer output is verified when you print to the verifier-enabled printer.

BarTender currently supports configurations for barcode verification and label inspection for the following device:

The following steps describe how to configure BarTender to support the Omron V275 verifier system. To complete these steps, you must first have the following components in place:

ClosedStep 1: Configure the verification device in Administration Console

You must configure the verification device and enable verification for the printer by using Administration Console.

ClosedTo configure a verification device

  1. Open Administration Console. To do this, on the BarTender Tools menu, click Administration Console. Alternatively, in Windows, click Start, click to expand the BarTender 2022 folder in the applications list, and then click the Administration Console icon.

  2. In the navigation pane, click Verifier Setup.

  3. Click to open the New Verifier Settings dialog.

  4. In the Name field, enter a descriptive name for the configuration.

  5. In the Device Type list, select the verifier driver that you want to add.

  6. Click OK. The new configuration appears in the Configurations pane.

  7. In the properties pane, specify the following required properties, and then click OK. For more information, refer to Verifier Setup Page.

    1. User Name: Enter the user name to use for accessing the V275 server application.

    2. Password: Enter the password to use to access the V275 server application.

    3. V275 Device IP Address: Enter the network IP address or the name of the computer that is hosting the V275 device. When BarTender is installed on the same computer that is hosting the V275 device, enter localhost (the default value).

    4. V275 Device Port: Enter the TCP port that is used to control the verification scanner.

  8. Click Apply to save the configuration changes.

  9. In the navigation pane, click Printer Setup.

  10. In the Printers List pane, click to select the verifier-enabled printer that you want to use.

  11. In the Printer Properties pane, under Verification, click to select the Verifier Device Attached check box, and then select the device from the list.

  12. Click OK to save your changes and close Administration Console.

ClosedStep 2: Print a sample label from the BarTender document

When you configure BarTender to support label verification, you must create and print a verification training sample. To do this, you print three or more labels from the BarTender document that contains the label for which you want to set up verification. When you print these sample labels, the V275 server application can build a template of your label.

Before you complete the following procedures, you must open the V275 application and sign in to the V275 server by using a relevant account.

ClosedTo create a verification training sample

  1. In BarTender Designer, open the document that contains the template that you want to verify.

  2. On the File menu, click Print to open the Print dialog. Alternatively, click on the main toolbar.

  3. In the Name list, select the Zebra ZT610 printer.

  4. Click Close to close the Print dialog. Make any necessary template adjustments if you are prompted to do so.

  5. Click Save.

  6. On the File menu, click Print to open the Print dialog. Alternatively, click on the main toolbar.

  7. In the Copies field, enter the number 3; if you are connected to a database, print a single record.

  8. Click Print.

ClosedStep 3: Create the Omron template for the label

For the V275 server application to be able to verify labels that you print, you must use the V275 server application to create an Omron template that is based on the sample labels that you printed in Step 2. You must then copy this template file, which is in .json format, to the computer that is running BarTender.

ClosedTo create an Omron template that is based on the sample label

  1. In the Omron V275 server application, click the attached device, enter your credentials, and then click Login.

  2. In the templates pane on the right side of the window, click New Template.

  3. In the Create a new template dialog, enter a name for the template, and then click CREATE. A folder for the template is created automatically, based on the template name you entered.

  4. On the Edit page of the Omron connection screen, verify that the labels from the sample print job are visible in the template pane on the right side of the screen.

  5. On one of the labels, pick a unique landmark feature that will be unchanged across every label, encase it within the user selectable area, and then click Train.

  6. Make sure that only a single, complete label is captured. To do this, use the sizing controls that are available in the template pane on the right side of the screen to adjust the selection area until the entire label is positioned between the lines in the middle pane of the screen.

  7. Click Finish.

  8. For each object to be matched, encase it with the appropriate match sector and then in the Data Matching pane, select Prompt Match File at Run in the Mode list. When you do this, BarTender template objects that have dynamic data (such as a database field, named data source, or serialized value) will be verified accurately.

  9. Verify that the template is set up correctly, and then click to save the template.

ClosedTo copy the template to the Verification Templates folder

  1. On the computer that is running the V275 application software, open Windows Explorer, and then browse to the following folder:

    C:\Program Files\v275\data\<printer scanner MAC address>\Jobs\Design.

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    The printer-scanner media access control (MAC) folder name is 12 characters in length and consists of the digits 0-9 and the letters a-f (for example, 00111c032deb). On a V275 system that is attached to a single printer, it is likely that only one folder matches this description.

  2. Browse to the file with the name that you specified for the template when you created it in the V275 server application, and then copy the .json template file.

  3. On the computer that is running BarTender, open Windows Explorer, browse to the folder that you specified for the Verification Templates Folder on the Verifier Setup page (the default path is C:\ProgramData\Seagull\BarTender\Verification Templates), and then paste the .json template file.

ClosedStep 4: Enable print job logging

You must enable print job logging in Administration Console so that the verification results are logged to the BarTender System Database. After you enable logging, you can view the verification results by using History Explorer and Reprint Console.

Print job logging is enabled by default in BarTender Enterprise edition.

ClosedTo enable print job logging

  1. In Administration Console, expand the System Database node in the left navigation pane if it is not already expanded, and then click Print Job Logging.

  2. On the Print Job Logging page, click to select the Log print job information check box.

  3. Click Apply to save your changes. Alternatively, click OK to save your changes and close Administration Console.

    For more information, refer to Logging Print Job Information in the BarTender help system.

ClosedStep 5: Enable verification for the BarTender document and print your labels

After you complete the previous steps, you can open the BarTender document, enable verification, and then print your labels.

ClosedTo enable verification for the document and print your labels

  1. In BarTender, open the document for the template that you want to verify.

  2. On the File menu, click Print to open the Print dialog. Alternatively, click on the main toolbar.

  3. On the Print tab, in the Printer section, verify that the verifier-enabled printer is selected (for example, Zebra ZT610 (300 dpi)).

  4. On the Quantity mini-tab, specify the number of copies that you want to print.

  5. On the Verification mini-tab, click to select Verify printed output, and then click Settings.

  6. In the Document Properties dialog, select the job template that you created on the Omron server, and then click OK.

  7. Click Print.

ClosedStep 6: View the results of your verification print job

By using History Explorer or Reprint Console, you can review the results of your verification print job, including whether the job succeeded or failed.

ClosedTo view the verification results of your print job by using History Explorer

  1. Open History Explorer. To do this, on the BarTender Tools menu, click History Explorer. Alternatively, in Windows, click Start, click to expand the BarTender 2022 folder in the applications list, and then click the History Explorer icon.

  2. In the left pane, under BarTender: Print Jobs, select Jobs by Printer.

  3. In the Jobs by Printer pane, select the verifier-enabled printer (for example, Zebra ZT610 (300 dpi)).

  4. Click the print job.

  5. In the Job Details pane, click the Status History tab. The results of your verification print job, including whether it succeeded or failed, are displayed.

    For more information, refer to Viewing Data with History Explorer in the BarTender help system.

ClosedTo view the verification results of your print job by using Reprint Console

  1. Open Reprint Console. To do this, on the BarTender Tools menu, click Reprint Console. Alternatively, in Windows, click Start, click to expand the BarTender 2022 folder in the applications list, and then click the Reprint Console icon.

  2. In the BarTender: Print Jobs pane, select and then expand the print job. The results of your verification print job, including whether it succeeded or failed, are displayed.

    For more information, refer to Viewing Data with Reprint Console in the BarTender help system.