+ AA6YQ comments below
I am finally to the point I need to send out a hand full of cards and could use a little assistance from one of you that use a Dymo
Labelwriter 450 Turbo.
First issue is if I setup the font to print larger than 7 the data is to large for the box it goes into. Is there a means to change
the size of the box/field?
+ DXKeeper scales the height of the box rows to the font size, and the width of the box to the label size. For a 30252 label, which
is 3.5" wide, the 450 Turbo's print driver specifies a printable width of 3.21" and a left margin of .23". Setting the "Label
Width" to 3.25 in the "Single QSL Labels" panel on the "QSL Configuration" window's "QSL Labels" tab will produce a serviceable
label if you set the "QSO Information Font" on that tab to 9-point "Arial Narrow" .
+ If you want more flexibility in label generation, you can used DXKeeper to generate an ADIF file that drives purpose-built label
printing application. See
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Also I am using single label which does indeed print but would like to shift it to the right to center it on the label. I see in the
print preview it has the margins but I don't see any means of changing that in the single label configuration.
+ Correct. For more flexibility, see the reference documentation cited above.
The next thing I'd like to find out is it possible to have it print a JPG with the QSL data?
+ DXKeeper can optionally print a background image on QSL cards, but not on QSL labels.
This may be a stretch. I usually print either a IOTA or GRID jpg on the card. I realize what I could do is preprint the two symbols
on a roll of labels, reload them and then print the qsl data on them but was hoping for a different work around? I am attaching a
jpg of one I used in the past. That was done however with the Dymo software which can bring JPG's in.
+ You could specify your IOTA tag or gridsquare as your default "QSL Message", which would then appear in the Notes box of a single
QSL label. You can do that via the Configuration window's Defaults tab. It's the Default QSL Message in place when you log the QSO
that will appear on the QSL label; you could if necessary modify the "QSL Message" items of a group of QSOs en masse using the
"Advanced Sorts, Filters, and Modifiers" window's "Modify QSOs" panel (after first backing up your log!).
73,
Dave, AA6YQ
