I will show you how to use CORELDRAW
designed VOUCHER TEMPLATE to create Mikrotik
User Manager vouchers and print on a desktop printer.
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| Single Vouch |
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| 12 Vouchers on A4 Sheet |
TOOLS TO USE
1.
Knowledge
in CorelDRAW.
2.
Knowledge
about how to generate batch users in
Mikrotik User MANAGER.
3.
Desktop
printer.
4.
And
the will to learn and to succeed.
The
instructions shall be in three (3)
parts:
1.
Part one is the design
of VOUCHER TEMPLATE in CorelDRAW.
2.
Part two shall concern
itself with the preparation of voucher information,
including LOGIN and PASSWORD
data, in the form of CSV File.
3.
Part three shall be the generation of vouchers
through PRINT MERGE in CorelDRAW.
PART I: Design of
VOUCHER TEMPLATE in CorelDRAW
STEPS
1. Open
CorelDRAW.
2. Click
"File" > "New".
3. Click
"Layout" > "Page Layout" > "Label".
4. Select
"Labels".
5. Click the plus
(+) sign beside "AVERY Ink A4".
6. Select
"J8164-63.5x72" and click "OK".
7. Design the
ticket according to your need by adding logo, price, time and spaces for
"Login" and "Password".
8. Click
"File" > "Save as".
9. Name it
"Voucher Template".
10. Click
"OK".
If, however, you
cannot use CorelDRAW to create
your own template, I shall be willing
to provide customized template(s) at your
request.
STEPS
1.
Create batch users in
USER MANAGER.
a.
To log into Mikrotik Userman, type ip/userman in browser
and press enter.
b.
Type your “Login” and “Password” info and
click “Log in”.
c.
To generate batch users, click “Users” > “Add” (on top menu bar).
d.
Click
“Batch”.
e.
For “Number of users”
enter 20 or 50 according to the vouchers needed.
f.
For “Username length”
enter 6.
g.
For “Password length” enter 6.
h.
For “Assign profile”
select one of the profiles.
i.
Click
“Add”.
j.
That
number of users shall be added to the existing users.
2.
Select
the users for which vouchers would be created by ticking the boxes
beside them.
3.
On
the top menu bar, click “Generate” > “CSV”.
4.
Select
“Download as file” and click “Generate”.
5.
Select
“Open with” > Notepad (default).
6.
Click
“OK”.
7.
CSV
file shall open in Notepad.
8.
In the Notepad, click
“File” > “Save As”.
9.
Enter
a name (e.g. Userman Vouchers) for the “File name”.
10.
For “Save as type”
select “Text Documents “.
11.
Click
“Save”.
12. Note
the place or folder (e.g. Documents)
where the Text file is saved.
PART III: Generation of Vouchers through PRINT
MERGE in CorelDraw STEPS
1.Open the VOUCHER template in CorelDraw.
a.
Double
click CorelDraw icon on the desktop (if it is not already opened).
b.
Double
click the voucher template you made.
2.
Modify template if
necessary (by changing logo, price,
time, expiry, colour etc.).
4. Select “Import text from a file or an ODBC data source”, and click next.
5. Select “File” and click the corresponding “arrow” to browse to the place or folder (Documents) where you saved the Text file (Userman Vouchers) earlier on.
7. Click "Next" > "Next" > "Next" > "Finish".
8. On the “Print Merge” menu bar look for “Field” and “Insert Print Merge Field”.
9. For the “Field” section, select LOGIN; and click the “Insert Print Merge Field”.
10. Format and properly position the inserted “LOGIN” field on the voucher template.
11. Again, for the “Field” section, select “PASSWORD”; and click the “Insert Print Merge Field”.
12. Format and properly position the inserted "PASSWORD" field on the voucher template.
13. On the same “Print Merge” menu bar, click “Merge to New Document”.
14. Wait while vouchers are generated and a new document is created.
16. Click “File” > “Print” > “OK” to print the vouchers.
17. Cut and staple vouchers into booklets.
18. Test one of the vouchers to ensure it works right.
THE END
WATCH OUT FOR TUTORIAL 2: How to incorporate SERIAL NUMBERS into vouchers.
