Insertion of a background image in cablabel S3, helps you to place the objects on a pre-printed label, and to have a better preview of final result.

To quickly insert an image :

1) The digital image sizes ratio must match with the label sizes ratio.
2) Then simply insert the image as background in « Stretched » position.

Warning : if both sizes ratios are different, the inserted image in label will be distorted.

This « cabPainting.stc » label is available in the samples folder provided with your version of cablabel S3 Lite and Pro.

To see the full description of steps or for a specific insertion in other positions, download the detailed guide:

• Guide background image for pre-printed label (PDF 3,2 MB)

The answer is: yes. cablabel S3 supports Unicode (UTF-8). With UTF-8 you can enter and print characters of your language but also characters of other languages and special characters.

Characters not on your keyboard you can copy from Microsoft character map. By the way: you can add different language keyboards in Windows. (For more information go to Microsoft support.)

Before printing your label please check if UTF-8 is set for your printer. These setting you find in following menue:

Settings ➪ Interface ➪ Character set

The new EU regulation 1169/2011 for food labeling will become effective on December 13. For more information please see the web site of the European Union.

The regulation focuses especially on allergens. These have to be highlighted in the list of a product’s ingredients and substances – for example in bold, italic or colored.

cablabel S3 Pro offers the possibility to determine “key words” and assign a certain markup to them. While loading the ingredients list from a data base into your label, the software checks these terms according to your list of allergens and marks them as defined by your settings.

Particularly useful: The whole list of ingredients can be implemented as continuous text in a text module. If you assign a certain row width to your label, cablabel S3 Pro adjusts the list of ingredients automatically – including syllabication!

To use this feature you need cablabel S3 Pro version 1.0.3.0. Please notice: to update the program you need to activate the software once more. This additional activation is for free.

Downloads:

• cablabel S3
• Example files (zip, 256 KB)

No, labels that have been created in cablabel R2+ can not be opened in cablabel S3. The files are not compatible, because there are two different programs.

But we can offer you a conversion of the files for a processing fee. If you are interested, please download the following file and read it carefully:

• Agreement on the Conversion of Label Data in cablabel S3 Format
  (PDF 54 KB)

cablabel S3 Print is provided for users in production or warehouse. The user interface is simplified and makes only those functions available which are required for label print: You select the label in a list and get the layout for visual control. Then you enter the variable information and the amount you want to print. This simplifies your work and reduces possible sources of error.

• Learn more about cablabel S3 Print

cablabel S3 can be extended at any time by 1, 4 and 9 licenses.
It is not necessary to reinstall the previous software version.

Just order the required number of licenses, stating your serial number.
After the confirmation of your purchase from our side, install cablabel S3 and activate it with the same license number.

In this way, every cablabel version can be changed from a single user to a multi user version.

To download the demo version follow the link below. We will send you the activation key for this version within two working days.

• Download cablabel S3 Demo and request activation code

These are the differences between the full- and the demo version.

1.   The demo version runs for 30 days and can only be activated one time.
2.   In printout graphics are crossed out and in the text some characters are replaced with “X”.
3.   You can only print 10 labels at a time.
4.   It is not possible to open cablabel S3 Pro labels.
5.   The J-Script viewer is not available.
6.   Saving to memory card is not possible.
7.   The RFID functionality is not available.

The labels you created in the Demo version can be open and edited in the Pro version.

It is possible to import a J-Script file ( *. LBL) in cablabel S3 Pro.This function offers you serveral possibilities.
You can load a label from a memory card or you can load a print file which was generated by a Windows driver or a labelling software.

The quality of the label depends on
1.) The LBL file.
When text fields with TrueType fonts are images fields, cablabel S3 can only import an image field that can’t be changed.

2.) The used functions.
cablabel S3 is able to import: text, bar codes and images, counter, easy variable and linked fields.
It is not able to import: data base, date and time fields, formula and serial number.