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How To Use QuickSwitch Plus
Product Selection
Linx 7900
2 Product selection
Message data for a product selection is read from a barcode on a product or worksheet. The
barcode scanner uses QuickSwitch® to send the data to the printer. This data is used as a
product key to load a particular product selection. A product selection can contain the
following data:
• Message
• Date offset
• Remote field data
• Print Delay
• Print Width
• Orientation
• Print Height
Product selection has the following benefits:
• It reduces the chances of user error when you enter or edit message data.
• It allows you to configure a printer quickly and reduces printer downtime (for example,
time spent to configure messages for multiple products that require different print
delays or orientations).
• It simplifies message management. If a company has a large number of products there
is no need to create a new message for each product where the message data only varies
slightly between the products. You can simply create one message for a similar set of
products and populate the message with the required data. A smaller set of messages
also reduces the chance of incorrect data being selected.
• It allows closer integration of message creation and message management on a
production line.
2.1 How to use product selection
2.1.1 Message selection
You can use product selection to quickly select a different message for each product that is
coded. This functionality is already available through QuickSwitch®, but if you use
QuickSwitch® to select a message from a barcode scan, the message must have the same
name as the barcode data. Product selection allows you to match imported data to a
message with a more memorable name.
A message can be selected in a number of ways, for example:
• From a scan of a barcode on the product.
• From a scan of a sheet of barcodes that contains details of print jobs.
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