You can use Thermal 4" x 8¼" (or local equivalent) stock to print labels with an extended area. The extended area (2 inches or local equivalent at either the top or the bottom) allows you to customize your labels with a generic barcode, preprinted label stock, SSCC-18 barcode, graphical image (company logo), or reference numbers. In addition to printing reference numbers in the extended area, you can print two reference numbers as part of the label information. See Configure Reference Numbers to Print on Labels.
To set up the thermal label printer to print Thermal 4" x 8¼" (or local equivalent) labels with an extended area:
On the Tools menu, click System Preferences. The System Preferences Editor window appears.
On the Printing Setup tab, click the Label Printer Setup button. The Label Printer Setup window appears.
Under Printer, click the Change Label Printer button. The Printer Selection window appears.
Select your thermal label printer and click the Select button. The Label Printer Setup window appears again.
Under Label Configuration:
Click the down arrow in the Label Stock Dimensions box and select Thermal 4x8 or 4x8¼ (or local equivalent).
Click the down
arrow in the Extended Area Usage box and select what you want to print
in the extended area of the label. Your choices are: (None), Generic Barcode,
Preprinted Label Stock, SSCC-18 Barcode, Graphical Image (Company Logo),
and Reference Numbers.
Tip: If you select reference numbers to print in the extended
area and then select the same reference numbers to print as part of the
label information (see step 6), those reference numbers will not print
in the extended area.
Click the Apply button. The Printing Setup tab in the System Preferences Editor window appears again.
On the Printing Setup tab:
Under Current Label Configuration, verify that Label Printer shows your printer, Label Stock Dimensions shows Thermal 4x8 or 4x8¼ (or local equivalent), and Extended Area Usage shows (None), Generic Barcode, Preprinted Label Stock, SSCC-18 Barcode, Graphical Image (Company Logo), or Reference Numbers.
If you selected
the Generic Barcode or SSCC-18 Barcode for the extended area in step 6,
click the down arrow in the This Reference Number is Assigned to the Selected
Barcode box and select the reference number to be encoded in the barcode.
Tip: You must enter the actual barcode for this option in the
corresponding Reference Number box on the Reference tab in the Shipping
window.
If you selected
Graphical Image (Company Logo) for the extended area in step 5, click
the Select Image button on the Preferences tab in the Shipper Editor window
and then select the image file you want use in the extended area.
Tip: In order for the image to print, you must specify Graphical
Image (Company Logo) for the Label Configuration (see step 5) and the
location of the graphical image (this step).
If you selected Reference Numbers for the extended area in step 5, type the reference numbers on the Reference tab in the Shipping window.
Click the down arrow in each This Reference No. Prints on the Label box and select a reference number to appear as part of the label information. If you want all numbers to print in the extended area, select (None Selected) in these boxes.
Click the Print Test Label button to make sure your printer is correctly set up for UPS WorldShip. If the label does not print correctly, recheck your configuration.
Tip: The reference numbers will not print on the test label; however, the reference numbers will print on a real label.