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The integration to Cloud Print Service seamlessly combines data from Business Central, Mobile WMS with an online label designer.

Key features

• Label design is handled by Cloud Print Service. A complex task not suited for ERP
• Design your custom labels using WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get)-designer

• Plug-n-play installation
• Customization of data through Mobile WMS extension API

Prerequisites

• An active subscription with Cloud Print Service
• Zebra Label printer connected via Bluetooth or Wi-Fi to mobile devices running Mobile WMS

Terminology

Tenant

• The cloud service uses Having an individual tenant isolates your templates and processing from other users
• A shared tenant also exists. This is used if you do not need to create new templates
  
  

Label Template

• Cloud Print Service design of a Label
• Templates have a Name and a URL

Request

• XML Request to Cloud Print Service containing the data to print a label.

Print Dataset

A shared and generic key-value format, used for all standard templates.

Dataset and design are independent of each other, meaning the same dataset can be used by any design, e.g, different label sizes.

• Print request contains mainly the dataset
• Dataset is customizable so you can add/change values in it
• The dataset can include:
  • Context (Order, OrderLine, Lookup-result etc.)
  • Collected steps
  • Customized data. See Print Label and Print Label for examples

Dataset examples for each standard template is available at Standard Label Designs   

Standard Template Designs

The system comes with Standard Label Designs.

Designs can easily be changed/customized by you, using the online designer.

Standard Template Handlers

Each standard label has a “template handler”, this can be used if you create your own version of a template, but want to re-use the data processing and Step-collection of a standard template.

Handlers makes it easy to reuse the existing standard logic and data handling for your own templates.

Data customization 

Data can easily be changed through extension/customization:

• Additional values can also be collected by adding new steps
• or you can change existing steps

See Print Label and Print Label for examples

The process of printing a label

This examples outlines the events involved in printing label

1. User selects an action to print
   1. The action can be placed anywhere using mobile configuration
      
      
2. User is shown with a list of available templates
   1. Selects template
   2. Completes the steps
      
      
3. The context (Order, OrderLine, Lookup-result etc.) is converted to a Dataset
   1. Additional values are collected using “Steps” and added to the Dataset
      
      
4. Request is sent to Cloud Print Service
   1. Dataset is converted to Request using the "template handler”
      
      
5. Cloud Print Service maps the values from the dataset to the template
   
   1. Cloud Print Service responds with label data (ZPL)
      
      
6. Mobile prints directly to the printer using Wi-Fi or Bluetooth

Setting up Cloud Print Service in Business Central

Step 1 - Generate a standard setup

• Go to "Mobile Print Setup"
  • This page contains the general setup
    
    
• Click “Create Standard Setup” to generate the base setup

  • This will create:

    • Default Label-Templates
    • Connection URL

Step 2 - Enter credentials

• Username and Password

  • Cloud Print Service requires a separate license
    Please contact Tasklet Factory Sales to purchase or gain access using a Demo account
    
    

• Tenant:
  • "<TenantNameHere> - A unique to you
  • "COMMONBC" - A common shared tenant. This is used if you do not need to create new templates

Step 3 - Insert Mobile Printers

• Go to "Mobile Print Setup" and click "Templates"
  • This page contains the physical printers that you have access to

• Click Name to insert a new printer
  • Network/Wi-Fi connected devices are identified with IP-address
    • Wi-Fi is much preferred over cabled network or Bluetooth
  • Bluetooth connected devices are identified via MAC-address
    • Do not “pair” any devices
      
      
• Select the correct DPI-setting for each printer
  • The DPI can be found in the technical documentation or Supported Printers
    • If incorrect, labels will scale incorrectly
      
      
• (optional) Select a Location
  • This will make the printer only available when handling Orders and Lines for this Location

Step 4 - Review / Set up label templates

• Go to "Mobile Print Setup" and click "Templates"
  • This page contains templates (designs) that you have access to
    
    
• On this page you can:
  • Disable unused templates
  • Create your own design (Copy Template)
  • Limit printers to only specific templates (Assign Printers and the Available To-column)
  • Set No. Series the label will get numbering from. i.e. License Plates -label
     

(Optional) Step 5 - Assign Templates to Printers

This step is only relevant if you use multiple printers and multiple labels.

• A "label template" represents a label designed for a specific size of label i.e.  4x6-inch.
• Label templates should only be assigned to printers that supports the label size the template has been designed for.

You can assign:

• Printer to Templates
  • Go to "Mobile Print Setup" and click "Templates" and Click  "Assign Printers"
• Templates to Printers
  • Go to "Mobile Print Setup" and click "Printer" and Click  "Assign Templates"