Item Label Printing

Introduction

Label Printing allows you to design and print your own barcodes and labels in predefined sizes. It lets you include more information than just the product code in the barcodes like batch numbers, prices, weights, etc.

1. Prerequisites

No specific prerequisites as such.

2. Steps to create a New Item Label

The steps to create a new Item Label are explained below:

Navigate to: Home > Retail. Then under the Settings section click on the Item Label Printing shortcut. This should take you to the Item Label Printing List View screen.

Click on the Add Label Printing button. This should take you to the New Item Label Printing screen. 

Fill in the required information including the mandatory fields on the New Item Label Printing screen. All the mandatory fields are marked with red asterisks.

Select the Printing Format and the Store. Specify the Item details using the Item Details Template.  

Once you have filled in the required information including the mandatory fields on the New Item Label Printing screen click the Save button, to save the data and exit the screen. 

3. New Item Label Screen Explained

The various fields on the New Item Label Screen are explained below:

Format

Select the Printing Format from the drop down list. These Printing Formats are predefined in the system. However, you can choose to create a new one by clicking on the Create a New Thermal Label option.

Store

Select a Store from the drop down list. In case you don’t find your store in the list, you can create one by clicking on the Create a New Warehouse option.

Preview

Click on the Attach button to attach an image preview of the label. Alternatively, when you select a Printing Format from the drop down list, the value in this field is automatically populated which is generally the URL that you can click to preview your label.

Item Details

Specify the Item details using the Item Details Template. You will have to click on the Add Row button displayed below the Item Details Template to add a new blank row. Click on the Pencil symbol under the Gear icon to open the Editing Row screen. 

On the Editing Row screen you can specify the required information.

Item

Select the Item from the drop down list. 

Description

The value in this field is auto populated with the item description and depends on the Item selected in the previous field.

Quantity To Print

Specify the Quantity of Labels to be printed. 

Price

Specify the Price of the item.

Serial / Batch Number

Specify the Serial / Batch number of the item in case the item selected is a Serial or a Batch item. This field is not applicable for non Serial / Batch items.

Bar Code

Specify the UPC code of the item in case the item selected is a Serial or a Batch item. This field is not applicable for non Serial / Batch items.

Weight

Specify the weight of the item in case the item selected is a Weighted item.

UOM

Specify the UOM of the item in case the item. A UoM is a unit using which an Item is measured.

A filled in Item Details Template would look something similar to the image below:

4. Label Printing Settings

The Label Printing Settings can be found on the Label Printing Settings screen. To access the Label Printing Settings screen, navigate to Home > Retail. Under the Setting sections click on the Label Printing Settings shortcut. This should take you to the Label Printing Settings screen.

Enable Label Printing

Check this box to Enable Label Printing. This will unlock the Label Printers Template. You will have to click on the Add Row button displayed below the Label Printers Template to add a new blank row. Click on the Pencil symbol under the Gear icon to open the Editing Row screen. 

On the Editing Row screen you can specify the required information.

Label Printer

Select the Label Printer from the drop down list. In case you don’t find your Label Printer in the list, you can add one by clicking on the Create a New Network Printer option.

Label Height

Specify the Label Height.

Label Width

Specify the Label Width.

Label Print Format

Select the Label Print Format from the drop down list. In case you don’t find your Label Print Format in the list, you can create one by clicking on the Create a New Print Format option.