(LaserLinc: Fairborn, OH) -- LaserLinc is introducing a new option in its proprietary Total Vu software package: customizable reports from Microsoft Excel templates.

For this option, Total Vu users can set up report templates in Microsoft Excel, specifying desired layout features. The user may reference one of many configuration or data items from Total Vu (e.g., product specifications, statistical values, Total Vu charts, and measurement values). Multiple rows and columns can be filled automatically by predefined and formatted Excel charts.

When a report is triggered—for example, at the end of a run or a spool—Total Vu creates a new workbook from the template, fills in cells that reference Total Vu items with the corresponding value, and then saves and prints the new workbook.

Users can have complete control over the look and content of their reports. They also have the ability to use any Windows-compatible printers, including label printers. And they can use a tool most engineers already know well: Microsoft Excel.

The customizable reports are included with LaserLinc’s Advanced SPC option or sold separately.

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