How to 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 window. Plant will look at the lines on the Label Configuration window, where the Label Type is Item, to determine which inventory label will be printed.

To define the report buffer path

You need to define the temporary location where the Plant files are stored before being sent to a printer. The default value is c:\temp.

The report buffer is used for labels and the Batch Ticket report.

The Batch Ticket report is printed when Batch Ticket is clicked from the Select Operation, Consumption or Output screen. The report to be printed is defined on the JustFood Plant Device Configuration window in the Batch Ticket Report Id field. The provided Batch Ticket report is 23019504.

Create a folder where you want to store the temporary files. The folder must exist on the JustFood service machine, and the service tier credentials must have read/write/modify access to this folder.
Open the Plant Setup window.
Enter a network path in the Report Buffer Path field.

When the service tier is on a separate machine from the client, the report buffer path must be a Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN). In a format such as the following:

\\<servername>\<folder>

For example,

\\axsp1\SharedDocuments
Close the window.

To configure devices to print when posting from Plant

Open the Plant Device Groups window.
Select the device group that you want to print when posting output.
On the Home tab, choose Configuration. The Plant Device Configuration window opens.
On the Material Output FastTab, select Post & Print for the Post Action field.
Close the window.

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.

Open the Label Configurations window.
On the Home tab, choose Edit List.
On an empty line, select Item for the Label Type field.
If the report applies to a certain item, enter values in the Item Type and Item Code fields.
If the report applies to a certain vendor, enter values in the Source Type and Source Code fields.
If the report applies to a certain location, enter values in the Location Type and Location Code fields.
In the Report ID field, select the report ID that represents the Inventory label. The provided report is 23019508.
If you created a custom layout, select the layout in the Layout ID field.
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).
Close the window.

To update the Plant configuration.

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