For articles with a product number you print labels with the article name and a barcode, and for shelves price tags with the article name and price – at the Sales Point directly on a label printer, or in the bessa Manager as a PDF.
Label Printing at the Sales Point
You find the printer symbol or Print label
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next to every article in the warehouse view, in batch bookings and in their review,
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in the title bar of an article's booking dialog,
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in the article management of the Sales Point.
The following settings are saved per printer for the next use:
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Printer
The available printers are detected automatically. The label printer you printed on last is preselected. For a list of supported printers, see the Label Printers article. -
Template
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Article & code or Code & article – article name and barcode; the template sets their order.
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Article & price – a price tag without a barcode, for example for shelf labels: the price first, the article name below it. The name is not cut to one line but uses the height of the label. The price follows the gross or net display of the Sales Point.
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Format
Only for the templates with a code: EAN-13 (default), EAN-8, UPC-A, Code 128, GS1-128 or PZN (German pharmacy code). For EAN-13, EAN-8, UPC-A and PZN, shorter product numbers are padded with leading zeros to the length of the format. If the product number does not fit the format – too long, for example, or containing letters for EAN – the dialog points this out before printing. -
Resolution (dpi)
Queried from the printer after you select it. Below the field you see where the value comes from: Reported by the printer, Not reported by the printer, please check (203 dpi is assumed then) or Set manually. If the printer reports its resolution, you do not need to touch the field. Otherwise enter the resolution from the rating plate or the data sheet; a value entered manually is kept for this printer. -
Width/Height (mm)
The printed area of the label in millimetres; decimals are possible (e.g. 57.5). -
Horizontal/Vertical margin (mm)
The distance of the content from the edge of the printed area.
The number of Copies is prefilled: from a booking with the booked quantity – after a delivery of 12 bottles that means 12 labels – otherwise with the current stock level. Adjust it if needed.
For a printer you have never printed on, the size fields are empty and the dialog asks you to enter width and height. Missing or invalid values are shown directly at the field. The dialog only closes once the label has been sent to the printer; if that fails, it stays open with a message.
Setting the label size on the printer
Width and height in the dialog only describe the area the Sales Point prints on. The size of the label itself – above all the print width – is set on the label printer, using the manufacturer's configuration tool. A wrong setting there therefore cannot be fixed in the dialog.
Make sure the print width on the printer matches the width of the label, not that of the liner: on many rolls the liner is a few millimetres wider than the label. If the print width is set too wide, the content sits shifted to one side – one margin is clearly narrower than set, the opposite one correspondingly wider.
Close the configuration tool or disconnect it after changing the setting. A label printer on the network accepts only one connection – as long as the tool is connected, the Sales Point cannot print.
Label Printing in the Manager
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Open the article's 3-dot menu – in the warehouse view (Manage → Warehouses) or in the article list.
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Choose Print label.
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Select the barcode Format: EAN-13 (default), EAN-8, UPC-A, Code 128, GS1-128 or PZN (Pharmacy Central Number). The Manager remembers your choice.
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Click Print.
You receive a PDF file <product number>_<name>.pdf, which you print via the driver of your label printer. For details, see the Label Printers article.
If the article has no product number, No product number appears. Add the product number in the article and print again. The product number must match the selected format.