Batch Printing

Batch Printing enables the merchant to print all approved invoices, packing slips and shipping labels in the print queue at the same time. Documents are added to the print queue two ways:

Importing orders that are approved automatically triggers the program to add the specified number of invoices, packing slips and shipping labels to the print queue. Refer to the appropriate section of the Store Setup Wizard for the version of Order Manager that is installed. Version 5.9+ or Version 5.612-.
Selecting to print paperwork later after manually approving orders and issuing credits.

When there are documents waiting to be printed, the Batch Printing button or link will be highlighted by a white background (5.612 and lower) or red text (5.905+).

Batch Printing

To print the contents of the print queue:

Go to Main Menu> Reports> Batch Printing (in versions 5.8XX and higher)
Go to Main Menu> Batch Printing (in versions 5.612 and lower)

The Batch Printing dialog box opens:

The Number In List column indicates how many of each document type (sales receipts/invoices, packing slips, shipping labels or credit slips) are in the print queue.
Click the appropriate document type button in the Print: column to send those reports to a printer.
To print documents associated with a particular shipping method, e.g. packing slips for UPS Ground packages, click on that shipping method in the Print for: column (upper left) and then click the Packing Slips button.
Check the All Shipping Methods box to print all of a particular document type regardless of the shipping method before clicking on the appropriate document type button.

Printer Options:

Check the Default Printer box to send the print jobs to your default printer.
Check Selected Printer to send the print jobs to another printer that can be chosen from the Select a Printer box (e.g. the printer in the shipping department).
To print to a non-default printer, select the printer and then the paper source before clicking on the appropriate document type button.

Print Recovery

To avoid the potential loss of reports due to printer errors, etc., the Order Manager provides the Print Recovery feature that records print jobs (invoices, packing slips, shipping labels and credit slips) as they are being printed, and retains them for a specified number of days. To use this feature, it must be turned on via the System Parameters. Set the parameter UsePrintRecovery to True and the PrintRecoveryDays parameter to the number of days the Order Manager should keep a record of print jobs (3 is the default).
This feature will not protect the entire print queue in the event that the Purge Batch Queue button is clicked, since reports are only added to the recovery queue as they are being printed. The Purge Batch Queue button will erase all reports from the print queue. Use this button with caution.

Sharing a Print Queue Among Networked Computers

By default, each workstation uses its own local print queue. If you use the Order Manager across a network, it is possible to share a common print queue. To accomplish this, set the system parameter UseCommonPrintQueue to True.

Batch Printing for Multiple Stores

Each store (data file) in the Order Manager has its own print queue. Batch printing will print those documents waiting in the print queue for the open store only.