DuraLabel Kodiak - Pipe Marking

DuraLabelKodiakUserGuidev0.6(Prerelease)Page20of28
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Whenthedetailshavebeenentered,clicktheSaveDatabasebuttontoaddyournewentrytothe
ChemicalLabelingmodule’scurrentdatabase.TheSaveLabelbuttonwillexportyourcurrentlabel
designtoitsownfile,soyoucanadjustthedesignintheLabelDesignermodule.Ifyouwanttoremove
thecurrentrecordfromthedatabase,clicktheDeleteRecordbutton.
Templates, Sizes, and Settings
ToprintNFPA‐stylechemicallabelsindifferentsizes,opentheLabelSettingsmenuandselectthe
appropriatetemplatewiththedrop‐downLabelTemplatesmenu.Thedefaulttemplatesarenamedso
thatthesizeofthelabelisshownfirst(withdimensionsininches).
Inthesamemenu,youcanalsochooseafontforthetextofyourlabel,andtoggleoptionalelements
suchasPPEsymbolsandcomments.NotalltemplatesallowforPPEsymbolsand/orcommenttext.
ThismenualsoletsyouselectwhichNFPA‐stylechemicaldatabaseyouareusing,ifmorethanone
databaseisavailable.
Printing a Label
Whenyouarereadytoprint,clickthePrintSettingsbutton.Here,choosewhichlabelsyouwantto
print,andhowmanycopiesofeach.YoucanalsocheckaPrintPreviewhere.
PressingthephysicalPrintbuttononthefrontofyourKodiakwillprintonecopyofthecurrentlabel
design,usingthecurrentprintsetting.
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Pipe Marking
[Thissectioninprogress.]
ThePipeMarkingmoduleusestherecommendationsoftheANSI/ASMEA13.1standardtocreatesimple
andeffectivepipelabels.
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Additional Functions
Supply Status Utility
Thisutilityshowsthecurrentlyloadedsupplies,andhowmuchofeachisremaining.Clickthesupply
rollsonKodiak’smaintoolbartoopenthisutility.
Inordertoprint,Kodiakrequiresalabelstockandtwoprintingribbons.Thisutilitycanhelpyoucheck
thatsupplieshavebeencorrectlyloaded.Ifyouneedtotrimtheedgeofyourlabelstock(afterclearing
ajam,forexample)thisutilityalsooffersaTrimfunction,whichwill“print”ashort,blanklabel,andcut
itcleanly.
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