diff --git a/docs/PARTS_LABELS.md b/docs/PARTS_LABELS.md index 54dbac5..a89a593 100644 --- a/docs/PARTS_LABELS.md +++ b/docs/PARTS_LABELS.md @@ -172,6 +172,41 @@ set one. Maximum length is about 430 mm. Copies are sent as repeated jobs rather than via the IPP `copies` attribute, because tape printers vary wildly in whether they honour it. +**One job at a time.** The VC-500W prints at about 7.5 mm/s and accepts a +single job at a time: anything that arrives while the tape is still moving +comes back `server-error-busy`, which is why firing a batch at it used to +print the first label and fail the rest. LIM now waits for the printer to +report *idle* before each job and retries while it reports busy, so a batch +goes through in order. The trade is that printing is synchronous — a long run +holds the page until it finishes. **Don't refresh mid-run**, or you'll send +the batch twice and spend the tape twice. + +### Combining parts onto one label + +Under the preview: tick two or more labels and press **Combine onto one +label**. *Split apart* undoes it for the ticked ones, and *Back to drawers* +throws the manual grouping away and goes back to grouping on the drawer field. + +Automatic grouping matches on the *drawer / location* field, which is what you +want for a sorted drawer. Combining by hand is for everything that has nothing +in common to match on — a custom build, a MOC bag, the odds and ends tray. + +A hand-made group is never broken up: it is kept whatever *Size* says, and the +label grows 5 mm for each part past the second (two parts 20 mm, three 25 mm, +four 30 mm). The grouping lives in the URL, so it survives printing and you +can bookmark a set of combined labels. + +### Text size + +*Tape & layout → Text size*, 0.5× to 3×, with Normal / Large / Huge / Max +presets and a slider. + +The name is sized first and everything else gives way to it: the part image +shrinks (and is dropped entirely if that is what it takes) before the type +does. The whole name always prints — it wraps to two lines and settles at the +largest size that fits, so a long name stops growing before a short one does. +Untick *Part image* for the biggest possible type. + ### What to do when it won't print | Symptom | Likely cause | @@ -181,6 +216,8 @@ because tape printers vary wildly in whether they honour it. | Prints sideways | Untick *Rotate for tape feed* | | Text clipped at the edges | Raise *Padding*, or lower *Text size* | | Blank or faint | Cleaning cassette (CK-1000), or the tape is in backwards | +| *Printer stayed busy after 6 attempts* | Something else is printing to it, or a job is stuck. Power-cycle the printer | +| Text smaller than you asked for | A long name fits at that size and no larger. Untick *Part image*, or shorten the name | ---