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Description

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

Key features

See Cloud Print Service

• 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

Cloud Print Service Terminology

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.

• The Cloud Print Service request contains mainly the dataset
• Customizable so you can add/change values to the dataset
• The dataset can include:
  • Context (Order, OrderLine, Lookup-result etc.)
  • Collected steps
  • Customized data
    • See Print Label

High-level process of printing a label

for more information.

Physical Zebra printer installation (not covered in this guide)

When you purchase a cloud print license and printer from Tasklet, you are guided on how to physically set up your new printer.

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
    • Connection Tenant

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Step 2 - Enter credentials

• Username and Password

  • Cloud Print Service requires a separate license
    Please contact Tasklet Factory Sales to purchase a license and get account information
    
    

• Tenant
  • <TenantNameHere> - A unique to you
  • "COMMONBC" - A 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 "Printers"
  • 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

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Step 4 - Review / Set up label templates

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template template

• 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 so labels gets numbered, e.g. License Plates -label
     

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(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"

(Optional) Step 6 - Print on mobile actions

The step is only relevant if you want to automatically print labels when certain actions are performed on mobile.

• Print on Sales Order Pick
  • Template to print when mobile user posts picked item, directly on sales orders
    
    
• Print on Warehouse Shipment Post
  • Template to print when mobile user posts warehouse shipment
  • Separate labels will be printed for each source documents, if multiple exists
     

Step 7 - Verify setup

You should now be able to print a label and verify the setup is correct.

See Verify Cloud Print Setup