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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

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

Terminology

Tenant

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.

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

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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

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 accounta license and get account information
    
    

• 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 "TemplatesPrinters"
  • 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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• 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 so labels gets numbered, e.g. 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"

(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