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Instruction manual LabelMax MP1
TABLE OF CONTENTS
03 User interface
04 Setup SignMax MP
05 Design labels
06 Insert elements
07 Attributes of texts
08 Attributes of barcodes // Attributes of QR codes // Attributes of images
09 Align multiple elements
10 Serialization
11 Database linking
12 Save and print labels
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USER INTERFACE
Open settings
Preview of the last edited label. Click to edit.
Name of the current label. Click to open templates.
Currently connected printer. Click to display available devices.
Create new label.
Print current label.
Open label templates.
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SETUP SIGNMAX MP
When starting the SignMax MP for the rst time, you will need to conrm that the location can be accessed during use in order for the
LabelMax MP1 to pair with the tablet.
To connect the LabelMax MP1 to your tablet, click on the button marked with .
The switched on LabelMax MP1 is now displayed in the printer overview. Click on the printer.
Now you have to conrm the pairing request.
Press „Pair“ to nish (Access to contacts does not need to be allowed).
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DESIGN LABELS
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Open the corresponding template, suitable for your inserted label. To do this, click on the „Template“ button.
If no templates are displayed in the cloud, log in by typing „SignMax“ and leaving the password blank.
Click the desired template to save it on your tablet and edit it.
To edit the label, simply click on the preview.
The edit mode opens. Here you can edit your label according to your wishes. To save the label, insert elements or adjust the content, click on the
corresponding tab in the bar.
To edit elements, select them and go to the „Property“ tab. Here you can make various settings for the selected element.
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INSERT ELEMENTS
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When you have opened a label, switch to the „Insert“ tab.
By clicking on the respective element you add it to the label.
Adjustments can be made to the selected element by clicking on the „Property“ tab.
Inserts a text eld.
Inserts a barcode. The following options are possible:
Code-128, Code-39, ITF-25, EAN-13, EAN-8, UPC-A, UPC-E, ISBN,
Codabar, Code-93, eCode-39, ITF-14, China Post, Matrix-25,
Industrial-25
Inserts a QR code.
Inserts images/photos. After clicking on the button a new
window will open, here you can select the desired graphic.
The graphic must be stored on the tablet.
Inserts pictograms/symbols.
Here you will nd a large selection of standard pictograms
for various signs such as prohibition, mandatory, warning, re
protection, escape route and rescue signs.
Haven‘t found the right pictorgram yet?
Feel free to contact us! We are happy to help!
Inserts lines on the blank size. You can create solid and dashed
lines.
Inserts shapes, such as rectangles, rounded rectangles
rectangles, ellipses and circles.
Adds a table to the blank size, this can be lled in manually and
adjustments such as line width, cell width and height can be
made via the „Property“-button.
Inserts a text eld lled with sequential numbers that increase
with each printed label. A combination of text and number is also
possible as serialization (e.g. „Employee 001“). The increment
can be set via the „Property“ button.
Inserts a timestamp that updates automatically.
It is possible to set which time units (day, month, year, hours,
minutes or seconds) should be displayed and whether an offset
of the time should be added or subtracted.
This function allows you to scan barcodes and QR codes and
then paste them again as barcode, QR code or text on the black
size. Clicking the button opens the camera (access must be
authorized) to capture the barcode/QR code.
This button allows you to capture texts by photographing them.
After you have positioned the text in the frame, press the trigger.
Now you can crop the image and conrm with the check mark.
Now the SignMax MP processes the photo and recognizes the
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ADJUST PROPERTIES
Denes what kind of text is entered:
Manual: The text can be entered directly.
Degress: numbers included in the text are automatically
increased or decreased on each label
Data Source: Text is pulled from Excel spreadsheet.
Displays the current text. If you click on the text, you can edit
it. The scan icon can be used to scan text from a barcode or QR
code.
Text adjustments: „Auto Wrapping“ determines whether letters
or words may be automatically separated when the border of
the text frame is exceeded, if „None“ is selected, the text is
compressed.
Font: Here you can select font, font size and font markings.
Position & Dimension: These settings can be used to adjust the
rotation, as well as the size and position of the text eld.
„Full label“ enlarges the text to the size of the entire workspace
(this is usually larger than the label itself)
„Horizontally“ and „Vertically“ move the selected text eld to the
center of the workspace.
Other parameters: With this option you can set whether the
selected object should be printed and whether the movement
should be locked. „Lock Movement“ protects against accidental
movement of the element.
„Anti-Color“ leaves the text on the label blank and the text frame
is printed in black.
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Example „Anti-Color“
Adjust properties of texts

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Adjust properties of QR codes
Adjust properties of images
Denes to which type the content of the barcode is referred:
Manual: The content can be entered directly.
Degrees: numbers included in the barcode are automatically
increased or decreased on each label
Data Source: Text is pulled from Excel spreadsheet.
Species what type of content is obtained for the QR code.
Displays the current content of the barcode. If you click on the
text, you can edit it. The scan icon can be used to scan text from
a barcode or QR code.
Displays the current content of the QR code. If you click on the
arrow, you can edit it. The scan icon can be used to scan text
from a barcode or QR code.
Displays the name of the image.
Tile: Stretches the entire image to the size of the frame.
Type: Here you can dene the type of the barcode. The choices
are: Code-128, Code-39, ITF-25, EAN-13, EAN-8, UPC-A, UPC-E,
ISBN, Codabar, Code-93, eCode-39, ITF-14, China Post, Matrix-25,
Industrial-25.
Zone Size: Denes how large the quiet zone around the QR code
should be.
Error Level:The higher the error correction is set, the more the
QR code can be damaged and still be scannable, but
the larger it will be.
Color Mode: Since the LabelMax MP1 prints in monochrome,
you can dene here how the images are to be converted to
monochrome images. The color threshold value determines from
which brightness level the pixels should be recognized as black
or white.
Alignment of the text in the barcode. Above or below the barcode,
left-aligned, centered, right-aligned or stretched to the full width
of the barcode.
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ALIGN MULTIPLE ELEMENTS
To select multiple elements, rst click the multiple selection icon
in the header area.
Now click all elements that should be aligned to each other.
In the „Property“ tab, the elements can now be aligned with
each other. In this tab, all attributes are now displayed which
apply to the selected elements. These can be adjusted here for
all elements simultaneously. In addition to the alignment of the
selected elements to each other, you can also move or rotate all
elements at the same time.
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SERIALIZATION
Click on the „Serial No“ button, a text eld with the content
„001“ is inserted on the label. You can now edit this text eld as
usual. Also, two arrows and a „001“ appear at the bottom of the
blank size.
This is the indication that serialization is applied.
Using the arrows, you can switch through the labels and
check if the serialization is applied correctly.
If you have selected an element that supports serialization, you
can activate the function via the „Property“ tab.
Now click on the „Property“ tab to adjust the serialization.
„Degrees“ is now automatically selected for „Type“. So this
element will be incremented per label.
Via „Degrees Offset“ you can set by which value the digits of the
serialization are to be increased or decreased label. (Increment
of the serialization)
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In the SignMax MP various elements can be provided with a serialization. This means that digits are increased or decreased by a certain value per
label when printing multiple labels. For example, if the rst label says „Employee 1“, serialization on the second label will automatically change the
text to „Employee 2“.
Serialization can be applied to the following elements: Texts, barcodes, QR codes, tables.
There are two ways to create a serialization.
1. Via the „Serial No“ button
2. In the „Property“ tab

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DATABASE LINKING
With SignMax MP you can print data from a table/database onto labels automatically. As a starting point for database linking a table is
used, SignMax MP supports Excel (xlsx &xls), as well as CSV les.
Important: The rst line of the table must contain the name of each element.
Send the table to your tablet (for example, as an email attachment) and open it on your tablet. When you click on the le, you will
be asked which app should open the table. Select SignMax MP.
Now open your desired label and click on an empty area on the label, then on „Propertys“ to open the settings for the label. Scroll
down to the „Database“ item. Here click on „Data Source.“
An overview of all local data opens. Now select the desired table.
Now insert a text eld, QR code or barcode and click „Data Source“ under „Property“.
A selection of the elds available in the table opens (rst line). Select the desired element here and then click on „Conrm“ at the
top right.
To view the individual labels, you can click through the labels at the bottom of the blank size.
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SAVE AND PRINT LABELS
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To save your changes, click on „Save“ on the „Label“ tab.
To print the label you have several options. The fastest way is to click on „Print“ in the upper right corner of the edit mode.
The print menu opens. Here you can make various settings, such as the number of printouts and the print temperature. If the con-
tent is not centered on the label when printed, you can adjust the horizontal and vertical offset in this menu.
After you have made the settings, click „Print“ to send the label to the LabelMax MP1.
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