NiceLabel PowerForms Suite
NiceLabel PowerForms Suite
On-premise label design plus a printing-application builder, so operators print from a controlled form instead of the designer.
On-PremiseUnlimited users, 3+ printers79 included features
Comprehensive Specifications
At a Glance
Included Features
Template Design
| Label setup wizard for quick start with best printing quality and performance | ✓ |
| Text, barcodes, lines, boxes, circles, clip art, images and PDF files | ✓ |
| Print objects in reverse/negative: white on black | ✓ |
| Windows system and built-in printer fonts support | ✓ |
| Rich text object including powerful editor with support for tables and more | ✓ |
| Printing of supply chain documents like delivery notes, pick lists, packing slips, reports, etc. | ✓ |
| Object panel to quickly find and manage objects on the complex label templates | ✓ |
| Extensive RFID support | ✓ |
| Fit-text-to-box (dynamic point size) | ✓ |
| Text on ellipse | ✓ |
| Wrap-text-to-shape (word-wrapping and text justification to non-rectangular shapes) | ✓ |
| Object alignment tools with snap-to-objects and arbitrary rotation of all objects | ✓ |
| Relative object positioning and variable label length | ✓ |
| Library of ready-to-use international standards compliance label templates | ✓ |
| More than 70 linear and 2D barcode symbologies with support for printer-based barcodes | ✓ |
| Intuitive GS1 Application Identifier Data Source Wizard | ✓ |
| Automatic check digit calculation | ✓ |
| Place “human readable” text anywhere in relation to barcodes | ✓ |
| Customizable “human readable” character template | ✓ |
| Object printing based on dynamic data (business rules) | ✓ |
| Unlimited undo and redo commands | ✓ |
| Security: lock label design with a password | ✓ |
Dynamic Data
| Single screen for straightforward management of dynamic data (Dynamic Data Manager) | ✓ |
| Import and Export Dynamic data definitions | ✓ |
| Keyboard or scanner input at print time | ✓ |
| Decimal counters | ✓ |
| Full serialization including support for printer-based serial numbers | ✓ |
| Date and Time fields sourced from PC or Printer | ✓ |
| Print data from Excel and text files | ✓ |
| Full database connectivity to almost any existing database | ✓ |
| Custom SQL database queries | ✓ |
| Reusable connections to multiple databases and tables within the label or solution | ✓ |
| Variable graphic fields including graphics sourced from database and base64-encoded data | ✓ |
| 10+ prebuilt functions for efficient data concatenation and processing | ✓ |
| VBScript and Python scripting for custom data processing | ✓ |
On-Demand Controled Printing And Print Productivity
| Auto-built, all-in-one printing form with data entry controls and dynamic print job preview | ✓ |
| Customizable data-entry filters and error checking | ✓ |
| Print time database record selection on a single screen | ✓ |
| Secure operator environment for efficient document selection and printing (NiceLabel Print | ✓ |
| Single click creation of shortcuts for printing | ✓ |
| Adaptable print form for improved control and efficiency (recommended for touch screens) | ✓ |
| Responsive form design to fit different screen resolutions | ✓ |
| Spellchecking for manual data entry | ✓ |
| Integrated no-programming graphical application builder for building efficient labelling solutions for controlled printing | ✓ |
| Fully configurable user experience with 15+ prebuilt user interface controls and support for multiple forms | ✓ |
| Workflow and business rules editor including 40+ actions for printing labels, database queries, integrations with scales, PLCs… | ✓ |
| Solution document type can contain multiple labels and forms for improved dynamic data management and portability | ✓ |
| Integrated PDF engine for optimized PDF document creation without 3rd party tools | ✓ |
| Support for multi-lingual custom applications | ✓ |
| Interface and control peripheral devices, weight scales, PLCs… | ✓ |
| Automatic serial port monitoring for Weight Scale Integration | ✓ |
| Dynamic stock switching – print the same template in different rotations and on different media types | ✓ |
Integrated Printing
| Native 32 and 64-bit Windows service for printing integration (Automation Easy) | ✓ |
| Graphical integration builder for no-programing integration configuration | ✓ |
| 4 prebuilt connectors (File drop, Serial port, Database and TCP/IP socket) for integration with wide variety of systems and devices | ✓ |
| Workflow and business rules editor including 15+ actions for printing labels, data processing and network communication | ✓ |
| Dynamic print job preview during configuration | ✓ |
| Structured text data (CSV and fixed-width columns) processing | ✓ |
| NiceLabel JOB and XML format data processing | ✓ |
| Unstructured text and binary data processing | ✓ |
| Dedicated integration manager with extensive logging | ✓ |
| .NET API for programing integration | ✓ |
Printing
| Native support for 4000+ label and marking devices | ✓ |
| Support for all laser/inkjet printers with a Windows driver | ✓ |
| Local and network printer support | ✓ |
| Speed optimization reuses repeating data instead of resending it | ✓ |
| Session print – combines multiple labels in a single print job for performance | ✓ |
| Color separation (for GHS labeling) | ✓ |
| Batch printing: header and tail labels | ✓ |
| Two-sided (“duplex”) design and printing | ✓ |
| Advanced printer cutter control | ✓ |
| Store and Recall label templates from printer’s memory | ✓ |
Feature availability is taken from Loftware’s own product edition feature list. Features not included in this edition are not listed.
Available Subscriptions
All subscriptions require a minimum one-year term. Contact Century Systems for a quotation.
A Loftware Authorized Distributor
Century Systems is a Loftware Authorized Distributor and a Loftware Forward Partner, supplying and supporting the full Loftware and NiceLabel range.
Talk to Century Systems about which edition fits your printer count, your integration requirements and your compliance obligations.