Widget configuration

Table of Contents

  1. General
  2. Setting and removing widgets
  3. Creating a widget configuration image


General

Widgets for cab printers are introduced by cab A+ and Mach4 printers. They are small programs displaying printer details as an icon in the printers display. This technology enables to configure the information be shown on a printers display.

Using the status information dialogue, it allows to observe how the widgets and so information concerning the printers changes. New widgets maybe added with new firmware revisions.

This dialogue itself is divided in two major sections. The first section, the table, shows the widget already set and displayed at the printer. Below the table, section 2, of the dialogue gives details about the display usage and the available widget as well as button to change the configuration.

Widget configuration dialogue ...

Picture 1: Widget configuration dialogue

!Warning! Note: The printer controlls the order of the widgets. !Warning!


Setting and removing widgets

Display space of a printer is limited. Therefore, the dialogue provide display usage information - in the centre of the dialogue. The display usage bar can have two colours. Green indicates that there is enough space for at least one available widget. The colour red signals that there is not enough space for other available widgets. The bar is also showing the usage measured in pixel of the printer display.

To add a widget select a widget in the selection box below the display usage bar and press the "Set" button. The content of the selection box shows all available widget. An already displayed widget is coloured black. It can be also found in the table. The colouring of the other entry is analogue to the display usage. A green labelled entry can be set. For all red marked widgets is less space left in the display.

Widget selection box ...

Picture 2: Widget selection box

Selecting a widget in the table and pressing the "Remove" button in the lower right corner of the dialogue removes the selected widget.


Creating a widget configuration image

By just pressing the "Image" button a configuration image will be created. For more detailed information about configuration images and how to synchronise printer parameters refer to configuration synchronisation. The configuration image will save all widgets displayed at the printer from which the configuration was created. This is equivalent to content of the table.