TaskAlfa 4012i using Makros

[lebo]

Hello,
my customer uses makros saved on a CF card on the printer FS-9130DN. He uses a IC link network utility to save and maintain them to the CF Card inserted in the machine and calls them during printing by precribe commands saved in the printed document. The makros saved by the IC link are saved in the folder PRE created by the machine after inserting card to the machine.

Have you someone experience with it and some idea how to do it on TaskAlfa 4012i ?

I tried to save makros on the SDHC card rightly to its root as well as to the folder PRE created by machine after formating the card. This way doesnt work :-(

I also tried the IC link utility ver. 3.2 - IC link comunicates with the machine and lets to save makros into the machine but there is no choice of SDHC card only CF card in the utility and if I choose CF card the IC link says the makros were saccessfully saved but printing respective calling makros doesnt work.
If I check SDHC card folder PRE , it is empty of cource :-(

The other prescribe commands saved in the printed document work well except calling makros.

Thank you for any idea.

[CWP]

Re: TaskAlfa 4012i using Makros

Lebo, you can use ICLink, but you the 4012i is a Wisecore machine, so you need to make sure you check that box when you build it. You will still tell ICLink to build it to "Card in Printer" and it will build to SD card. The call commands are slightly different between 9130 and 4012i. The 9530 used "RWER" command and the 4012i uses "RWR" (you probably see a call on the 9130 "RWER R" and on the 4012i should be "RWRF R" followed by other call statement unique to the macro you are pulling. You should download the "Prescribe Command Reference" manual as this is in there. PM me with what you have and I will take a look at it if I have time.

[lebo]

Re: TaskAlfa 4012i using Makros

Lebo, you can use ICLink, but you the 4012i is a Wisecore machine, so you need to make sure you check that box when you build it. You will still tell ICLink to build it to "Card in Printer" and it will build to SD card. The call commands are slightly different between 9130 and 4012i. The 9530 used "RWER" command and the 4012i uses "RWR" (you probably see a call on the 9130 "RWER R" and on the 4012i should be "RWRF R" followed by other call statement unique to the macro you are pulling. You should download the "Prescribe Command Reference" manual as this is in there. PM me with what you have and I will take a look at it if I have time.

[lebo]

Re: TaskAlfa 4012i using Makros

Lebo, you can use ICLink, but you the 4012i is a Wisecore machine, so you need to make sure you check that box when you build it. You will still tell ICLink to build it to "Card in Printer" and it will build to SD card. The call commands are slightly different between 9130 and 4012i. The 9530 used "RWER" command and the 4012i uses "RWR" (you probably see a call on the 9130 "RWER R" and on the 4012i should be "RWRF R" followed by other call statement unique to the macro you are pulling. You should download the "Prescribe Command Reference" manual as this is in there. PM me with what you have and I will take a look at it if I have time.

Thank you, it works. Checking "Wisecore machine" resolved my problem.
They use command "Call" for calling makros in their printed document and it works well.
Some graphical objects are a bit shifted but it is not problem for their programmer.

Bye.

[lebo]

Re: TaskAlfa 4012i using Makros

Hello,
please, can I ask you for help one more time again ?
The problem is, that macros are many times processed ok and sometimes are not.
Each printed document calls for printing A3 duplex sheet and calls for many macros-masks and only two makros-tables.
There is a problem with macros-tables the other macros are printed corectly. Detail explanation you will find in the attachment (zip file, in which you find Readme.txt and samples of printed document)

Thank you.

[CWP]

Re: TaskAlfa 4012i using Makros

Looking at some of these macros and considering the age of them (FS-9130) there is likely an easier way to do what they are wanting by rebuilding the form. Can you get a data capture of some of the print jobs that are supposed to be calling these various macros?

[lebo]

Re: TaskAlfa 4012i using Makros

Looking at some of these macros and considering the age of them (FS-9130) there is likely an easier way to do what they are wanting by rebuilding the form. Can you get a data capture of some of the print jobs that are supposed to be calling these various macros?

Thank you for your answer.
As far as data capturing, they do not print using the printer driver. They copy(put) *.LKN files directly to the port of the printer.
I am going to get logs form the U964 of the maintenance mode.

[CWP]

Re: TaskAlfa 4012i using Makros

Thank you for your answer.
As far as data capturing, they do not print using the printer driver. They copy(put) *.LKN files directly to the port of the printer.
I am going to get logs form the U964 of the maintenance mode.

Then the macro calls should be within the .LKN files; try to get some of those files. If they are not within the .LKN files they could also be called on the individual logical printer ports, but I doubt it in this case.