Set up Plant Labels

In order for labels to print when Post is clicked on the Plant Material Output screen, you need to complete these steps.

Labels are printed when Post is clicked on the Plant Material Output screen, and Post & Print is selected for the Post Action field on the Plant Device Configuration page. Plant will look at the lines on the Label Configuration page, where the Label Type is Item, to determine which inventory label will be printed.

To configure devices to print when posting from Plant

  1. Open the Plant Device Groups page.

  2. Select the device group that you want to print when posting output.

  3. On the Home tab, choose Configuration. The Plant Device Configuration page opens.

  4. On the Material Output FastTab, select Post & Print for the Post Action field.

  5. Close the page.

To create a custom Word layout report

If required, you can create a custom Word layout report for the Inventory label (23019508).

See Create and Modify Custom Report Layouts for more information.

To select the layouts for the Inventory Label report

You can select the layouts that you want to print for the Inventory Label report.

  1. Open the Label Configurations page.

  2. On the Home tab, choose Edit List.

  3. On an empty line, select Item for the Label Type field.

  4. If the report applies to a certain item, enter values in the Item Type and Item Code fields.

  5. If the report applies to a certain vendor, enter values in the Source Type and Source Code fields.

  6. If the report applies to a certain location, enter values in the Location Type and Location Code fields.

  7. In the Report ID field, select the report ID that represents the Inventory label. The provided report is 23019508.

  8. If you created a custom layout, select the layout in the Layout ID field.

  9. Enter the number of extra labels to be printed in the No. of Copies field. If you don't want any extra labels to be printed, enter 0 (zero).

  10. Close the page.

To update the Plant configuration

When you change the configuration of a device group, then you must update the configuration from within Plant.

  1. Open the Plant application.

  2. From the Plant Home page, click the Plant tab.

  3. Click Options.

  4. Click Update Config.

  5. Click OK to close the Options screen.

See Also

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