Advanced Options for NOVEXX Solutions Devices

If the Family selected is Family Driver and the Model selected is EasyPlug EasyPlug, a printer command language by NOVEXX Solutions. NOVEXX Solutions originated from Avery Dennison's Industrial Paint & Apply (IPA) line of business., then the Advanced tab displays the following options. Some options may not be relevant to some device models.

If the Family selected is NOVEXX Solutions or Avery Dennison and a specific model is selected, then only options appropriate to that model are displayed. For more information about drivers and Loftware Spectrum®, see Managing Devices.

Advanced Options

Option	Description	Values
Store Images	Whether to download all images associated with a label to the device so that they are available for recall if needed.	: Use the device's default behavior about downloading images. (Default) : Override the device's default behavior and download all images.
Send Device Options	Whether to send device options configured in Spectrum to the device, or to use the device options configured on the device. When this check box is cleared, the options that are configured on the device are disabled in Spectrum.	: Use device options configured on the device. : Send all device options configured in Spectrum to the device. (Default)
Render Label As Image	Whether Spectrum should render the entire label as an image or generate each field individually. If individually, the field is rendered natively by the device if possible. If the device does not support native rendering of the field, then Spectrum generates an image for the field.	: Render fields individually. (Default if supported for device) : Render entire label as an image.
300 DPI Emulation Mode	Whether to print in native 600 dpi mode or 300 dpi emulation. Note: This option is configurable only if Device Resolution (DPI) in the Options tab is set to 600.	: Print image is generated with the 600 dpi print head resolution. (Default) : Print image is scaled so that the printout with the 600 dpi print head has the same size as if it was printed with a 300 dpi print head.
Character Set	The national, regional, or standard-based character set for the device to use. For more information, see NOVEXX Solutions documentation.	USA UK France Germany Italy Sweden Spain Norway Special IBM-similar (Default) ANSI codepage 1252 Latin 1 ANSI codepage 1250 Central Europe ISO 8859-2 Latin 2 UTF-8

Device Contact

Spectrum can contact devices to request information. For each device, you can configure how long Spectrum waits for a response and whether Spectrum repeats the request if no response is received.

Note: These options are applied only when On-Demand Status or a business rule prompts Spectrum to request detailed status from a device. These options are not used when performing periodic device status checks.

Option	Description	Values
Read Retry Attempts Source	When Spectrum requests information from a device and does not receive a response, you can specify the maximum number of times that Spectrum should repeat the request. If the maximum number of retry attempts is made without receiving a response, Spectrum reports an error. This option allows you to configure whether the number of retry attempts is managed via a global setting or a value that you customize for this device. Tip: You can view the value of the global setting in System by clicking System Properties. For Namespace, enter deviceManagement to filter the list, and then view the system key named connection.readRetry.count.	Use Global Setting: The maximum number of retry attempts is specified by a global system key. (Default) Custom Value: The Read Retry Attempts option is displayed and overrides the global setting.
Read Retry Attempts	The maximum number of times that Spectrum should repeat a request to the device. Note: This option is displayed only if Read Retry Attempts Source is set to Custom Value.	0 to 10 retry attempts Default: 3
Read Wait Time Source	When Spectrum requests information from a device, you can specify how long Spectrum waits to receive a response from the device before repeating the request or reporting an error. This option allows you to configure whether the wait time is managed via a global setting or a value that you customize for this device. Tip: You can view the value of the global setting in System by clicking System Properties. For Namespace, enter deviceManagement to filter the list, and then view the system key named connection.readWait.time_msec. The value is in milliseconds.	Use Global Setting: The wait time is specified by a global system key. (Default) Custom Value: The Read Wait Time option is displayed and overrides the global setting.
Read Wait Time	How long Spectrum should wait to receive a response from the device before repeating the request or reporting an error. Note: This option is displayed only if Read Wait Time Source is set to Custom Value.	100 to 9999ms Default: 1000ms

Option

Description

Values

Read Retry Attempts Source

When Spectrum requests information from a device and does not receive a response, you can specify the maximum number of times that Spectrum should repeat the request. If the maximum number of retry attempts is made without receiving a response, Spectrum reports an error.

This option allows you to configure whether the number of retry attempts is managed via a global setting or a value that you customize for this device.

Tip: You can view the value of the global setting in System by clicking System Properties. For Namespace, enter deviceManagement to filter the list, and then view the system key named connection.readRetry.count.

Use Global Setting: The maximum number of retry attempts is specified by a global system key. (Default)

Custom Value: The Read Retry Attempts option is displayed and overrides the global setting.

Read Retry Attempts

The maximum number of times that Spectrum should repeat a request to the device.

Note: This option is displayed only if Read Retry Attempts Source is set to Custom Value.

0 to 10 retry attempts

Default: 3

Read Wait Time Source

When Spectrum requests information from a device, you can specify how long Spectrum waits to receive a response from the device before repeating the request or reporting an error.

This option allows you to configure whether the wait time is managed via a global setting or a value that you customize for this device.

Use Global Setting: The wait time is specified by a global system key. (Default)

Custom Value: The Read Wait Time option is displayed and overrides the global setting.

Read Wait Time

How long Spectrum should wait to receive a response from the device before repeating the request or reporting an error.

Note: This option is displayed only if Read Wait Time Source is set to Custom Value.

100 to 9999ms

Default: 1000ms

Advanced Troubleshooting

Option	Description	Values
Advanced Troubleshooting	Whether to display advanced troubleshooting options, including options for print stream scripting.	Disabled: Do not display advanced troubleshooting options, and do not run a print stream script for this device connection. (Default) Enabled: Display advanced troubleshooting options.

Option

Description

Values

Advanced Troubleshooting

Whether to display advanced troubleshooting options, including options for print stream scripting.

Disabled: Do not display advanced troubleshooting options, and do not run a print stream script for this device connection. (Default)

Enabled: Display advanced troubleshooting options.

Print Stream Scripting

This section is displayed only if the Advanced Troubleshooting option is enabled.

Tip: For assistance with print stream scripting, contact Loftware's Professional Services Group.

Option	Description	Values
Script Name	The name of the print stream script. Tip: This name may be included in log files, which may assist you if troubleshooting problems with the script.
Apply Script	Whether to run the print stream script. A print stream script is run just prior to sending data to a device. The effects of print stream scripting are reflected only in the print stream, not in the data map. Note: Regardless of whether Apply Script was selected, if the Advanced Troubleshooting option is disabled then the script is not run.	: Do not run the script. (Default) : Run the script.
Script	A print stream script written in JavaScript. Loftware Spectrum® uses the Rhino JavaScript engine for Script data sources and supports both the Rhino and Nashorn JavaScript engines for use in scripts in business rules. Rhino is an open source JavaScript engine maintained by the Mozilla Foundation, and Nashorn is an open source JavaScript engine maintained by Oracle. These engines enable you to parse, compile, and run JavaScript statements. Note: JavaScript versions 1.3 and later conform to the Standard ECMA-262 ECMAScript Language Specification. For more about this specification, see "Scripting, Java, and XML" in External Links.

Option

Description

Values

Script Name

The name of the print stream script.

Tip: This name may be included in log files, which may assist you if troubleshooting problems with the script.

Apply Script

Whether to run the print stream script. A print stream script is run just prior to sending data to a device. The effects of print stream scripting are reflected only in the print stream, not in the data map.

Note: Regardless of whether Apply Script was selected, if the Advanced Troubleshooting option is disabled then the script is not run.

Cleared : Do not run the script. (Default)

Selected : Run the script.

Script

A print stream script written in JavaScript.

Loftware Spectrum® uses the Rhino JavaScript engine for Script data sources and supports both the Rhino and Nashorn JavaScript engines for use in scripts in business rules. Rhino is an open source JavaScript engine maintained by the Mozilla Foundation, and Nashorn is an open source JavaScript engine maintained by Oracle. These engines enable you to parse, compile, and run JavaScript statements.

Note: JavaScript versions 1.3 and later conform to the Standard ECMA-262 ECMAScript Language Specification. For more about this specification, see "Scripting, Java, and XML" in External Links.