Offline Printing

Design offers flexible printing options that fall primarily into offline mode. In Offline mode, the required job files are transferred to the printer via a storage device such as a USB stick and stored in the printer’s memory for future use.

It is necessary to transfer the job file or files to the required printer or printers and use the features of the printer to transfer the job file to the printer’s memory. Once in memory the job file can be retrieved and printed upon demand.

Please consult your printer’s documentation to understand its file management capabilities and processes required to transfer the job file from the storage device to the printer.

If Design is used to modify the job file then the job stored in the printer will need to be replaced with the new job to pick up the changes. Furthermore, the new job will need to be re-selected for printing at the printer interface.

Download a Job File using USB Memory Stick

Do the following tasks to download a job file from the PC to the printer using a USB memory stick:

Insert the USB memory stick into the PC.

Select Videojet 236x under Printer Model from the Home Page. Confirm that 500 is selected under variant drop down list.

Note: If the correct printer model is not selected, the job will not be correct for the printer.

On the job toolbar, click Recent. The job list shows the previously created ‘Basic Secondary with ITF’.

Click on Basic Secondary with ITF and then on Download on the job toolbar. The Download Job(s) window appears:

Click ✓ and then standard Windows save window will open to select the required storage selection.

Note: Set the browser settings to restrict the automatic download of files to a default directory.

Select the USB memory device from the PC Hard Drives list. Confirm the file name and the file type (.zjf) is correct. Click Save to save the job to the USB.

To download multiple job files that have been saved to the PC, navigate to the location in the PC where the files are stored. Select all the required files and transfer them to USB device.

Remove the USB memory stick from the PC.

Extracting CIFF File from ZJF zip File

If your printer does not recognise the new Job format used by Design, you can manually change the format to the old Job format.

This is done by right clicking the new Job file and selecting 7-Zip >Open Archive. Once open, you need to copy the ciff file into a Jobs directory on the USB stick and then follow the instructions in the printer manual to import the Job from USB.

If you do not have 7-Zip to open the archive, you should use an alternative Zip Extraction tool to access the ciff file.

Download a Job File to the PC or Printer

Do the following tasks to download a job file to PC (Basic Functionality) or printer (Advanced Functionality):

Navigate to Design on the menu and select Download from the popup menu.

The Download window will open and select the Required Printer Model and Job.

Note: Only printer models that have available jobs will be displayed in the drop down list.

Note: Printer is not required to download To flash.

Select File Download and save to the required location.

Advanced Functionality - Download to Printer

When this functionality is available, disable ‘Download to flash:’.

Select the required printer from the drop-down list. Click Download to download the file to the printer.