Reference Manual

Printing Labels
9 Printing Specimen Labels
You can print specimen labels with laser or dot-matrix (impact) printers. The
specifications for the customized labels for your institution are contained in an
editable text file named FORMCAP in your MUSE subdirectory (see page 12-1,
"FORMCAP: Designing Printed Forms," for details on setting up your forms).
A variety of label types and sizes are possible, including jar and vial labels, skin
or skeleton tags, and multi-specimen tank or box labels (see figures on pages
D-9-D-12). Such tank or box labels may list data for many Catalog Numbers
(lots or specimens) and may have a header (for which you can be prompted to
enter some text).
To print labels, choose the label type to be printed from among the available
options on a menu and, in a print list, enter the Catalog Numbers of the
specimens for which data are to printed.
To print labels, follow these steps:
1) Choose "Labels" from the "Utilities" menu.
2) Choose "Form" from the "Labels" menu and choose the type of label
you wish to print from the "Form" menu that appears. Actually, you
may perform this step anytime before you choose "Print" to print the
labels (see below).
NOTE: You may skip this step if you wish to print the default label
type. Initially in each session, the default label type for your site, as set
in the system configuration file, is automatically selected and
highlighted.
3) Choose "Edit" from the "Labels" menu to enter the Catalog Numbers
for which you wish to print labels (of a particular type as selected on the
"Form" menu)
A Print List form will appear with two columns of numbers, initially
zeros (see Figure 6). You can enter individual Catalog Numbers and/or
ranges of numbers to be printed. Type single non-contiguous numbers
in the left hand column, leaving zeros in the right column by pressing
as needed. For a range of numbers, enter the first and last to
be printed in the left and right columns respectively. The range can span
missing catalog numbers; they will simply be ignored. Enter as many
numbers and ranges as you need, keeping in mind that all will be printed
on the type of label chosen from the "Form" menu.
The Catalog Numbers do not have to be in any particular sequence. If
you wish a tank or box label to have the items appear in a particular
order, just enter them that way. If you make a mistake or wish a
different sequence, you can use two special keys in editing a print list:
With the cursor positioned on
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9 Printing Specimen Labels