Processing Label Print Utility

The Utility Label form consists of multiple tabs; one for each label type, and an additional tab to display and maintain default values for each tab.

To print the labels, user can:

  1. Indicate the warehouse and printer.
  2. Select the tab for which the labels are printed:
    • Location
    • Inventory
    • Container
    • Inventory code
    • Task
    • Employee
    • Cancel Print Job
  3. Specify this information:
    Location tab
    Use this tab to print labels for identifying locations in the warehouse. Specify this information:
    • Warehouse: This field defaults the user’s current warehouse.
    • From/To Location: User can select the range of the location.
    Inventory tab
    Use the tab to print labels for inventory (non-container). Specify this information:
    • Warehouse: This field defaults the user’s current warehouse.
    • From/To Location: User can select the range of the location.
    • From/To Item: User can select the range of the item.
    • Inventory in Container: If specified as Yes, prints labels for inventory stored in containers.
    Container tab
    Use the tab to print labels for inventory (container).
    • Warehouse: This field defaults the user’s current warehouse.
    • From/To Location: User can select the range of the location.
    • From/To Container: User can select the range of the container.
    Inventory Code tab
    Use this tab to print labels for inventory transactions/adjustments.
    • Reason Code: User can select the type(Drop Down for Adjustment code, Misc receipt, Misc. issue and Scrap reason codes) .
    Task tab
    Use this tab to print labels for Task identifiers.
    • Task type: User can select the type (indirect, Project, service, production order, production schedule).
    Employee tab
    Use this tab to print label for employee numbers from the specific ERP system.
    • From/To Employee: User can select the range of the employee.
    Cancel Print Job tab
    Use this tab to cancel an active label print job that was initiated from the Label Print utility. The Label Printing Utility displays these warning messages when attempting to cancel printing large number of labels.
    • When there are no records to print with pending “Ready” status, the “Cancel print failed. No active label print utility jobs found” message is displayed.
    • When there are records to print with pending “Ready” status, and successfully updated to printed status the “Cancel print successful.” message is displayed.
    • When there are few records to print with pending “Ready” status but are not successfully updated to printed status, the “Cancel print failed. Please try again and if the issue persists, please contact your administrator” message is displayed.
    Defaults
    Use this tab to view the data set as the default values in all the tabs. This data is set as default:
    • Label Name
    • Printer
    • Number of Copies,
    Note: You can use the Save As Default option to set the data specified in the above mentioned fields as the default values.
  4. Click Save As Default to save the current Label Name,Default Printer , and Number of Copies for the label type corresponding to the current tab. The specified data is defaulted in the Defaults tab.
    The Label Name, Printer and Number of copies fields are common for all tabs. The values for these fields are defaulted based on the setup record.
  5. Click Print. A warning message "This could result in printing a bulk number of labels and could block the label printing functionality for regular business. Do you want to continue?" is displayed. This is for the user’s confirmation to start the process. The standard printing process is executed to create the header and detail print records. After the records are created, the printing of these records is initiated.
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