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Print Picking Note Labels

The Print Picking Note Labels process will print a selected number of Address/header or Product labels for a selected range of Picking Notes and/or Picking Note lines. These may be attached to consignments or individual items being picked.

 

Note: You may alternatively set up label printing when a Picking Note is Confirmed - see Printing Labels On Picking Note Confirmation. For an overview of label printing, including details of setting up label printing in Quantum VS, see Label Printing.

 

To run the Print Picking Note Labels process:

 

1.      Either:

 

The Processes record opens in a new tab, listing all Processes by Name and Category.

 

2.      Use your mouse or [Tab] key to select the Print Picking Note Labels process:

 

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3.      Select options in the available fields as required, using the following as a guide:

 

Note: You may use your [Tab] key to move from one field to the next.

Field

Definition

 

Type

 

Select either:

  • Address: to print Address labels featuring Picking Note header information; or

  • Product: to print Product labels featuring Picking Note line information.

From / To Picking Note

 

To print labels for a:

  • range of Picking Notes - enter the 'start' Picking Note key in the range in the From Picking Note field and/or enter the 'end' Picking Note key in the range in the To Picking Note field or enter nothing in these fields to include your whole Picking Note range.

  • single Picking Note only - enter the same Picking Note key in the From and To Picking Note fields.

 

When manually entering the key, use the format Branch / Sales Type / Order Number / Sequence (e.g. 0001 / 01 / 2107809 / 001), where:

  • Branch is the 4-digit Branch number (0001, 0002 etc.)

  • Sale Type is either 01 (Account sale) or 03 (Cash sale)

  • Order Number is the main 7-digit Picking Note code (e.g. 2107809)

  • Sequence shows the number of the Picking Note raised from the original Sales Order, since multiple Picking Notes may be raised from a single order; e.g. 001 refers to the First Picking Note, 002 is the second, and so on.

 

If you don't know the Picking Note number/key you may enter it automatically using the Finder. To do this:

  • place your cursor in the From/To field;

  • click [F3] to make Picking Notes active in the Finder;

  • in the Finder, locate the Picking Note you wish to add (see Finding Picking Notes); then

  • double-click on the line in the Finder to add the Picking Note.

From / To Picking  Date

 

These fields - which display only when printing labels for multiple Picking Notes - give the option to filter by Picking Note date.

 

If these fields are displayed but the From and To Picking Date fields are not checked, labels will be printed for all Picking Notes in the selected range.

 

To filter Picking Notes in the selected range by date, check the From and/or To Picking Date fields as required and enter/select the date in the field(s) to the right.

 

From / To Line No

 

These fields - which display only if you have selected (above) to print Product labels for an individual Picking Note - give the option to print labels for specific Picking Note lines.

 

If these fields are displayed but the From and To Line No fields are not checked, labels will be printed for all lines on the selected Picking Note.

 

To filter by (i.e. only print labels for) specific lines, check the From and/or To Line No fields as required and enter the line number in the field(s) to the right.

 

Examples: (1) To print labels only for Picking Note lines 3 to 6, check the From and/or To Line No fields and enter the line numbers 3 and 6 in the fields to the right. (2) To print labels only for the first 4 lines on the selected Picking Note, leave the From Line No field unchecked, then check the To Line No field and enter 4 in the field to the right.

 

Label Per Item / Line

 

You may either:

  • Check Label Per Item to print an Address or Product label for each individual item on each Picking Note line; or

  • Uncheck Label Per Item to print one Address or Product label per Picking Note line.

 

For example: you have selected to print labels for one Picking Note which has two lines. Line 1 is 10 refrigerators and line 2 is 3 washing machines. With Label Per Item:

  • Checked: 13 labels will be printed - one for each item on each line.

  • Unchecked: 2 labels will be printed - one for each line.

 

The Label Per Line setting adjusts automatically depending on whether you are printing Address (header) or Product labels and on the Label Per Item setting.

 

Include Unprinted

 

Check this field to include Picking Notes / Picking Note lines with the Status 'Unprinted'.

 

Include Unconfirmed

 

Check this field to include Picking Notes / Picking Note lines with the Status 'Unconfirmed'.

 

Include Confirmed

 

Check this field to include Picking Notes / Picking Note lines with the Status 'Confirmed'.

 

Override Default Code

 

If required, you may override the Label Types to be printed by selecting an option from the menu (i.e. make all product labels to be printed use this Label Type).

 

If you select (None), the system will use the Label Type associated with each selected product.

 

Note: The Label Types (i.e. Label Description and Code) available in this menu are set up in Label Maintenance. See Creating A New Label Record.

 

4.      Click Start on the Toolbar - Sub Menu to begin running the report.

 

5.      The Print Labels window displays, showing the default label - or labels - for the selected Picking Note/lines range. You may now specify further options or accept the displayed default options.

 

Note: Default Label types for Picking Notes and Picking Note lines are defined for each Branch via the Branch record > Labels tab. The Default Picking Header Label field defines the default Label type used when printing Picking Header/Address labels. The Default Picking Line Label defines the default Label type used when printing Picking Line labels. See Adding Branch Label Settings.

 

For example:

 

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The fields displayed - and options available - are as follows:

 

Note: In the above example, the system has selected only one Label Type - A - for the Picking Note range we have selected to print labels for. Potentially multiple Label Types may be displayed, although the available options for each Label Type are the same.

 

Field

Definition

 

Original Code

 

The Label Type selected to be printed (based on the entered criteria).

 

In the example above, all 16 of the Picking Notes/lines selected for label printing are associated with the Label Type 'A'.

 

Selected Quantity

 

The quantity of this Label Type selected to be printed (based on the entered criteria).

 

In the example above, 16 labels are due to be printed of the Label Type 'A'.

 

Label Code

 

The current selected Label Type to be printed (showing Label Code and Description).

 

This is initially the same as the Original Code. However, you may assign a different Label Type by selecting an option from the menu.

 

In the example above, all 16 of the Picking Notes/lines selected for label printing are associated with the Label Type 'A'. If you decided you would prefer to use the Label Type 'B' instead of 'A', you would select this option from the menu.

 

Printer

 

The default Printer to be used for this Label Type, as defined in the Label record.

 

You may select an alternative from the menu as necessary.

 

Copies

 

The number of copies of this Label Type to be printed. This defaults to 1, but you may select an alternative.

 

For example, if you required 2 of each label you would alter the number of Copies to 2.

 

Note: Setting the Copies quantity to zero means that none of this Label Type will be printed.

'Legend' Fields

 

Up to five 'Legend' fields may be displayed. These are User-definable and specified in the Label record for each Label Type.

 

For each 'Legend' field displayed, you may enter a value which will be printed on the label.

 

For example, if this Label Type had the 'Legend' field 'Warehouse Name', you might enter the name of the warehouse in the available field. This would then be printed on each label for this Label Type.

 

 

The Total number of labels to be printed displays at the bottom of the Print Labels window.

 

If Picking Notes/lines have not been associated with a Label Type

If Picking Notes/lines selected for label printing have not been associated with a default Label Type they are listed in the Print Labels window with the Original Code (None) and the Print option is disabled.

 

To enable printing of these labels you will need to assign the Label Code and Printer to be used:

 

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Alternatively you may disable printing by amending the number of Copies to zero.

 

Another option is to go back and associate Default Label types for Picking Notes and Despatch Note lines for each Branch via the Branch record > Labels tab (in the Default Picking Header Label and Default Picking Line Label fields - See Adding Branch Label Settings) then resume Picking Note Label Printing with the same criteria as before.

 

6.      When you have finished, click Print. The specified label(s) will be printed using the specified printer(s).

 

7.      When the process has finished running, a Status message will be shown. Click OK to close this message. You may now close the Processes tab if you wish.

 

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