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Printing QSLs , labels, envelopes, d bookmarks between countries is based on defined patterns for print. You can design your own patterns for print. Supplied with the program patterns completely but enough to print -- because the program retrieves personal data for the station from the file setup.ini - see chapter Setting personal information You may need to just change the size of the possession standard QSL cards or sheets of labels. Calling the template design is done from the main menu
or from the printer icon on the left side
After selecting this function will report to us a window where there will be three tabs as below
2. Bookmark- Design template pattern for print - a description of form fields
This tab has the appearance of
Boookmark -Design template pattern for print |
There are following description of specific groups of fields
2.1 Fields No. 1-Defining Fields pattern template
This tab is used to define fields to be inserted into the box Fields no. 4 .Into the pattern are not inserted the names of these fields but specific data taken from the QSO test - so that the user gets tool WYSIWYG ( What you see - it was you get ) The Fields No. 1 fall.
Construed as a pattern are as follows elections - to choose only one parameter:
Then we need to change the resolution from 300 dpi to 150 dpi to the file was still easy to read and not too large. So press Ustawienia Scanowania Dokumentu . Settings Scan of Document.
Resulting a bitmap file will have around 300 KB. It is not important if you print this file to a printer will have different dimensions than the QSL card, because we will see later we will put real dimensions of QSL cards held - which is exactly the scan performed scaled in a program You can not design based on a scan card only for the stretch of the card - because not get hit in the field of printing the QSL card. It must be a complete QSL card - on a scanner we must see exactly where end of area for QSL card , and there set the area to scan After pressing QSLScan box in a interface design pattern will appear at the bottom additional window It should be given real dimensions of QSL cards and choose scan file After you have selected SP9AUV_QSLScan.bmp we may receive the following announcement - occurs when a chosen pattern of type pattern of fields = Table with fields The program HAM SECRETARY allows design patterns using two types of fields in the pattern:
The preferred fields for the type of card on the basis of the proposed scan of the QSL card is the type of fields = Table with fields . Then we get above announcement. So now I go to the create of the table, eg 9 columns and 9 lines as described in the section below. After create get template pattern as follows
The picture above we see real two images
.Full description of the design pattern using Scan's QSL presented below. Template pattern designed are stored in the directory HAM_SECRETARY \ PATTERN_FOR_PRINT |
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Software tools used here allows choice between the following types of
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These are the following parameters |
This field is used to select the field from the QSO to be inserted in a place corresponding to the current cursor position. Field names are defined in standard ADIF. . In a process development this button allow user to select all the names of the ADIF standard fields, plus some personal data collected from the station. Pattern printed on the screen is not inserted the name of the field but coming from a specific test standard QSOs. If so, we will proceed to get a call from us message This is because that the main form was set to the type for pattern as Labels on QSL , and type of fields in the pattern as Table with fields , and not assume the array, ie not given the quantity of columns and rows, and not put checkbox Table in a pattern. Other fields are not derived from QSO : MY_NAME eg, MY_STREET, MY_ZIP, MY_CITY, MY_ANTENNA, MY_ZONE, MY_COUNTRY, MY_LASTNAME, MY_RIG. These fields come from the personal data
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2.2 The appearance of the area No. 1 for difference choice type of pattern and difference type of fields in a pattern
In the area of No. 1 depending on the selected type of pattern may be extinguished some fields - to make your easier design pattern . The following are the appearance of the area for each selection:
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2.3 Fields No. 2 - Attributes Field Pattern
These fields have the appearance Attributes field pattern The buttons are important
These buttons if you are active - May figure pressed button's - to the given field or cell is used for data alignment This button is visible only when the type fields in a pattern = Table with fields . After the press box where we can get at the same time choose the type of font, its size and color
This area has two boxes to choose from:
Principles of design pattern of the border area of the cells shown here |
2.4 Fields No. 3 printed page
These fields are used to select all the parameters for printing parameters such as show information regarding the deployment of components on printed page
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Paper orientation can be vertical (named also portrait ) or horizontal (named also landscape). As they are often committed errors in the interpretation of this concept will not forget the following rule
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The rule for inserting paper into the printer: Regardless of which orientation - vertical (portrait) or horizontal (landscape) print , put paper into the printer always narrower dimension of the sheet |
Depending on the format of the image showing the printed page is:
For this orientation and paper size A4
For the horizontal orientation showing the turnover made from portrait to landscape orientation to obtain. It is presented for a new type of printer - such as ink-jet - for which turnover is 270 deg . This printer you can recognize , because when printing in a landscape orientation - the first line will be print at the top of document If your printer prints in landscape orientation in this way that the first line appears at the bottom of document - then the turnover is 90 deg . But note - a lot of printers, for example, the HP LaserJet 2200 2300 pre-rotated by 90 degrees. But the driver for this printer is the possibility of additional turnover of 180 ° and then behaves in such a printer to print the horizontal orientation as a new printer. Rotate 270 degrees is especially valuable for developers - because then printing starts in the upper left corner and a printer can easily "cheat" by giving the other a larger print format if there are no possibilities to define a custom format. By contrast, rotate 90 degrees make print in landscape orientation alignment is made in the lower-right corner, and then substituting the smaller format than the printer asked nothing prints - ie the print area is outside the format For this orientation and paper size A4 Thus we see that the horizontal orientation the height and width of paper turns into places with respect to the vertical orientation |
This field shows the real size of paper for the selected time format - A4, A5, C6 Envelopes address and many other formats in this release 2.3.0 (24 paper sizes). In these cases, only shows the dimensions of the box without giving them access to the user. The icons of this field - see above. In the event that a paper size format is chosen the Custom format , this field is cleared and the user must manually enter the dimensions, ie height and width of the paper |
This field is only displayed and does not give access to that data by the user. Data in this field are calculated by the program based on the actual paper size minus the margins required for your printer We see that the value are grayed-out - without giving them access to change. They are only functions of the information. |
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2.5 Fields No. 4 Pattern template
Sample appearance template pattern for the two types of fields shown in the pictures
For the types of fields in pattern = Only Fields
With an table in a pattern are associated specific conditions which are described below:
1. | If you want to put the table in any program such as Microsoft Word or Open Office then after adding one column or expand the column width does not change the total width of the table |
2. | If we want to put an extra line or change the height of one row of the table in any program such as Microsoft Word or Open Office then the total hight table increases. |
Demands that we make for the table pattern: |
Therefore, you need to ask yourself
• | How to ensure this condition? |
• | Used table element provides itself maintains a constant width table, regardless of the width of the columns that will be changed. However, the change in the width of one column will change other column widths - which is not a problem. |
• | However, when changing row height or adding the row , will change the total height of the table. Therefore, the program uses a special technique of aligning these heights |
A special technique of leveling hight rows in the pattern table:
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Moving the line separating rows down |
Appearance when you move the line separating rows down and releasing mouse button |
The final appearance of the pattern table and attention which must be pure-keep. |
In a properly designed pattern table no element to be printed should not exceed the area of the pattern on the screen. But the best would be if the pattern does not show the possibility of moving pattern with the mouse wheel (scrooling down -up ). |
Here we see the field subtitles example is To Radio - entered directly and field type ADIF taken from the test QSO ie field CALL=9K2AO . In this way, the pattern is not show the ADIF field name but a concrete date taken from the record QSO of file test. In this way, obtained mode WYSIWYG (What you see is what you get ). Excellent design makes this pattern. At the bottom of the pattern is visible status bar - which displays Modified string if the pattern has been modified
For the types of fields in a pattern = Table with fields
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Pattern template - full QSL card with graphics |
In the form at the top put a space in the form of 2-s marks the ENTER key after selecting a previously font size 4 pt - which secures the fit of the labels in the case of some inaccuracies in the positioning of the printer
Correct way to design pattern was presented in a chapter
2.6 Field No. 6 - Controls Buttons
Here are the following fields and buttons:
• | Field Name file of pattern for writing - in this field should indicate the name under which is saved pattern template . Once loaded, ie, choose to edit or benchmark testing in the field |
Name of the selected template automatically go to the field Name of file pattern template for writing. You can edit this name to record a new version of the pattern. The program will automatically adding an extension for the name of the pattern and determine it as follows::
Extension plays an important role in the program since the extension controls functions performed by the program when you select a print pattern template
• | Button Save file of pattern -- save result of pattern in a directory PATTERN_FOR_PRINT . Along with the file of extensions described above is saved as a file named filename pattern but with .RVF . extension. Contained in it are: |
• | Rich set of content |
• | size, type fonts. and its color |
• | attributes to allign for the elements |
• | in the case of graphics is saved also an image in it as if you made a reduced scale image |
• | Button Fill page with data test - fills the area.No. 6 with data from the test data file of QSO - which fills the 1-one page to print. Page can be printed by pressing the button Print Preview. |
• | Print Preview button. Takes you to bookmark, print preview and printing - where you can preview a page dedicated to print and print it |
• | Help button describing the design process for print pattern |
• | Exit to main menu Button to go to the main menu. If you forget to record the modified pattern will get a message in which we decide whether we write a file of |
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