Define your own label layout for use INSIDE Acme. -Your new layout can appear in the drop down lists when printing item or customer labels in Acme, if you name the label file as described below.
IMPORTANT: Use Dymo Label Software Version 8 and any Dymo LabelWriter up to model 4xxx. Model 500 and higher printers are not supported.
If you have the wrong sized label stock installed in your printer then output can be unpredictable. For example labels may print in portrait instead of landscape. Always test with proper label stock loaded.
Legacy labels that shipped with Acme may have an LBL extension. Newer versions of Dymo software create labels with .LABEL extension. Starting with Acme build 930 only LABEL format labels are compatible.
Save the new definitions in the acmepos\labeldefinitions folder ON EACH WORKSTATION that will print labels. Use a .LABEL file extension. Limit the file name to 50 characters.
Label printing now categorizes label definition files (*.LABEL) by one of the keywords (shelf, item, sign) embedded in the file name. The keyword can fall anywhere in the file name and multiple keywords can be used to make the definition show in multiple lists.
If you include the dimensions (H x W) in millimeters, Acme will display that as well as the Dymo size in inches and the Dymo label model number.
The label shown below has a file name of "Bar Code Label 89 x 28mm & Description (item).label", it will be available on the drop down list while printing item labels.
Create Your own Dymo Label Layout
To pass data from Acme to a label custom design a label in the Dymo LabelWriter (Version 8x) application, it's available free of charge from dymo.com.
Add a text object to the label. Double-click the text object and on the dialog that appears, set it to “Function as Variable Text Object”. Click OK to Close the dialog. Right-click on the text object and in Object Properties set the “Reference Name” to one of the following values:
For item labels:
Selected PLU inserted into a Dymo bar code box (reference name is ignored)
The following applies to Dymo text boxes:
Plu (this can be printed as plain text or through Acme bar code fonts, see Add Bar Code to Custom Label)
Bin
Deptcode
Deptdesc
Uomcode
Uomdesc
Misc1
Misc2
Misc3
Misc4
Misc5
Listprice
Listprice$ (List Price with leading dollar sign)
ListpriceC (List Price with leading dollar sign or trailing cent sign)
Pricecode
Pricecode$ (Price with leading dollar sign)
PricecodeC (Price with leading dollar sign or trailing cent sign)
Storename
Itemno
Itemdesc (item description)
Tktdesc (ticket description)
Pricecodeprice
Itemnotes (most labels use shrink to fit, so split long sentences onto multiple lines when entering notes into Acme.
For customer labels including Acme NeXus labels:
Address labels should use Dymo’s address box with a reference name of address. Acme will automatically format the address for the address box. If the address box has a reference of “return address”, Acme will insert the store address.
Address & Return address as described above inserted into a Dymo address box
The following applies to Dymo text boxes:
Custno
Name
Lastname
Firstname
Lastnamefirst
Address1
Address2
City
State
Postalcode
Citystatepostalcode (city, state postal-code combined)
Marketingphone
Phone1
Phone2
Phone3
Marketingemail
Email1
Email2
Add Bar Code to Custom Label -very useful information if you need to fit a lot of information into small bar code.
Need to create your own item numbers? See Label Printing
