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Komet Sales allows for remote printers to be managed.

This option will help users create and manage default printers per location and per carrier. There will also be an option to select the printer when printing a document in the Order Summary, Truck Summary, and Shipping tabs.
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This only applies to companies that have the remote printing component installed.

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Go to Setup > Settings >Shipping and click on Manage Remote Printers.

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 The system will display the Manage Remote Printers window, click on the "Add a new printer" link.

In this article, you will learn how to add, manage, delete, and set default printers. You will also learn how to automatize the printing process.

You can add printers for the following documents:

  • Invoices

  • Shipping Labels

  • Pick Tickets

  • BOLs

  • Receiving Docs

  • UPC Labels

  • Receiving Labels

  • Fulfillment Worksheet

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To use remote printers, your company must have the printing component enabled. To learn more, read Printing Component Setup.

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Add a New Printer

When adding printers, you need to add the printer for each document type. This will be a printer/document type combination.

To add a printer and document type combination, do the following instructions:

  1. Go to Setup and select Settings.

  2. Click on Manage Remote Printers from the Shipping group of settings.

  3. Click on Add a new printer.

  4. Add the printer name. When adding the printer's name, please ensure it is the exact name on your computer as when the printer was installed.

Ui stepType in the information requested
  1. Optional: Select a carrier for the

new printer,
  1. printer/document combination.

  2. Select the document type

and select a specific carrier if needed. There is also the option to set the
  1. .

  2. Optional: Set the printer as default.

Enabling the default option, upon confirmation of an invoice order, the
  1. The system will

automatically
  1. use the

selected
  1. default printer based on

the
  1. location, carrier, and document type

being printed
  1. when an order is confirmed.

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titleInformation
The printer information will need to be updated for each document type.
  1. Click on Save.

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Important information about default printers:

  • You can set up different default printers

as long as they have a different Carrier Name and Document Type selected. If a remote printer is created with the same Document Type, Location, and Default, the default setting for the existing remote printer will be automatically removed. Ui expand
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Go to Setup > Settings >Shipping and click on Manage Remote Printers.

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 Use the available filters (by name, document type, location (if applies), and carrier to search for the printer desired.

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Under the Actions column, click on Edit, update the required information and click on Save when finished. 

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Komet gives you the option of print automatically some of the
  • for each carrier and document type combination.

  • The system will override the default printer if you set a new printer with the same combination as an existing one.

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Edit an Existing Printer

  1. Go to Setup and select Settings.

  2. Click on Manage Remote Printers from the Shipping group of settings.

  3. Search the printer.

  4. Click on Edit from the Actions column and select Edit. 

  5. Update the information. 

  6. Click on Save

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Delete a Printer

  1. Go to Setup and select Settings.

  2. Click on Manage Remote Printers from the Shipping group of settings.

  3. Search the printer.

  4. Click on Edit from the Actions column and select Delete. 

  5. Click on Confirm.

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Automatically Print Documents

The system can automatically print Shipping Documents once an order is confirmed from any screen.

To have this option enabled, please contact us.

This option is available for the

next

following documents:

  • Shipping Labels

  • Pick Tickets

  • Pick Ticket for Units

  • Invoices

  • BOLs

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Once the order is confirmed, you can

always

verify if a document

has sucessfully been printed by going to Shipping>>Order Summary and using the available filters:

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titleTo Disable Automatic Printing

Follow the steps of editing a printer as described above. Once the carrier is found, go to the Actions column >> Edit and update the printer name to NO_PRINTER, from the drop down menu select the document types that will be excluded from automatic printing and click on Save.

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was printed by searching for the order in the Shipping - Order Summary screen.

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To have this option enabled, please contact us.

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Disable Automatic Printing

  1. Go to Setup and select Settings.

  2. Click on Manage Remote Printers from the Shipping group of settings.

  3. Search the printer.

  4. Click on Edit from the Actions column and select Edit. 

  5. Change the printer name to NO_PRINTER.

  6. Select the document type to exclude from automatic printing. 

  7. Click on Save

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titleDocuments available for this feature:
  • Invoices
  • Shipping Labels
  • Pick Tickets
  • BOLs
  • Receiving Docs
  • UPC Labels
  • Receiving Labels
  • Fulfillment Worksheet
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