Business Integration Solutions documentation

How to: Set up the label printing element

Solution Center contains the Label Printer Setup pages described in the previous sections.

In Business Integration Solutions, use the LABELPRINTING activity to invoke the APIs of label printing software (Bartender or Loftware) to print labels using data from Microsoft Dynamics NAV.

Select the LABELPRINTING element from the elements list.

Configure the following settings in the Label Printing element:

Field	Description
Document No.	Document providing the data to use.
Automation Level	Select Drop-file Exchange or Automation Interface.
Folder Name	Folder to store the file.
File Name	File name.
Method	Available options: GETLABEL, GETPRINTER, PRINT.
Use Report	Override label template with a report.
Report	Report number.
Printer Name	Printer name or source from document.
Label Name	Default label template or source from document.
No. of Copies	Number of printed copies or source from document.

Document settings

For printing labels, always set Method to PRINT.

Document No. is of type External and requires the following XML format for the label software (XML is case-sensitive):

<LabelPrinting>
    <LabelData>
        <[field a]>123456789</[field a]>
        <[field b]>12345</[field b]>
        <[field c]>TextTextText</[field c]>
    </LabelData>
</LabelPrinting>

Replace [field a..n] with the field names from the label template configured in the label software.

Loftware label property for ItemNo.

Bartender label property for ItemDescription.

You can also include printer settings in the external document (Printer Name, Label Name, and No. of Copies) by selecting a document node in the Printer Settings section.

Override with report

You can print the label using a report instead of the label software. Enable Use Report and enter the report number in the Report field.

When using this setting, the label does not print via the label software.

Printer settings

Printing a label requires three settings:

• Printer Name
• Label Name
• No. of Copies

Printer Name determines the target printer. Only printers available on the Label Printers page are valid.

Label Name selects the applicable label layout created in the label software. Only labels available on the Print Label page are selectable.

No. of Copies lets you print several copies in one label print request.

Set these values using Document Node or Default Value. The document node refers to the document selected in this activity and lets you set these values dynamically during the label print call.

Alternatively, set the default value using the available printers and labels from the dropdown.

Default values are always overridden by the document node if the document node contains a value.