• The Design information contains the design details (appearance of the label) and name of the design.
• Each batch of labels to print is assigned a design.
• The batch information contains the data required to print each label.
• Label data is then  'Built' to create a batch for printing based on a particular design.
• After a batch of labels is printed, the batch can then 'Cleared'.

• Select the design you want to print.
• Clear out any old print batches.
• Build data into the print batch.
• Print the batch.

• using the 'Build Batch'options on the Label Batch Maintenance Form.
• selecting items individually from the Inventory List.
• creating a batch in the Inventory/Batch Pricing routines.
• creating a batch from an Invoice in Vendors/Receivings.
• adding Customer Labels individually from Customers/Customer Maintenance.
• creating a batch of Customer labels using the Customers/Loyalty Functions.

Using the Label Form 'Build Labels Batch' options.

• If the Batch already has some labels in it, you will see the below Tab Option appear.
• Click the 'Clear Batch' button to remove any old Labels in the batch.
• If not, only the Build' and Designer Tab options will appear 

• Once you have cleared a Label Batch you will be returned to the original selection screen.
• Select a Label Batch Name again to continue to the Build option.
• There are now 4 options supplied which make building in the data for a batch of labels to print automatic.
• Choose one of the following options on the 'Build' Tab option:
• 'By Date Changed'  - This option is provided so that the user can build labels for all changes made over a period of time. Once those labels have been printed and cleared for any one day, the label batch will not print the same items again. 
• By Category Design Preset - This prints all categories where the Category has been allocated a Design in Setup - Item- Categories  
• By Item - This option allows fast keboard or scanner entry of indivifual item barcodes.
• By Item Range The user can build a batch of labels based on parameters supplied to the Range boxes on the Window. e.g. Just labels for the MixMatch group 2 in Store 1 could be built.
  If the 'Special Type' is chosen as part of the range then, if a special price is on the Sales Item, the Label will show the special price.

• As each input box is chosen, a range of possible choices is shown above for convenient reference.
  Double click on an item in the list to choose it or just enter the numeric code in the box.
  
• When you have selected your options, click on 'Build Batch' and your label data will be built according to the options choosen.
• When the Batch is built you will be automatically redirected to the 'Items Print' Tab option. 

Here, the details for the label batch are shown in a spreadsheet type layout. 
Items in the batch cannot be edited, only removed from the batch. 

Batch Build Option - Selecting items individually from the Inventory List.

• Choose Inventory/Item Maintenance to open the list of items.
• Select an Item on the 'Active Items' List 
• Click the 'Labels' Tab Option to see a list of Label Designs. 
• If more than one, click on the design that you wish the selected item to go into.

• You will see an 'Add Label' button and Quantity entry box.
• Enter the number of labels required in the 'Qty' entry box.
• Click the 'Add Label button to add the label to the selected design batch.
• The process can be speeded up for multiple label entries by selecting the 'Double Clicking...' check box.
• Go back top the Active Items List and Double click on any item for which you want a label.

• Repeat this as required, your batch of labels is then available to be printed from the Shelf Labels menu option.

Batch Build Option - Creating a Label batch from the Inventory/Batch Pricing routine.

The Batch Pricing routine is a fast way to effect multiple Cost, Gross Margin and Retail Price changes on many items at a time.
Once the batch has been built and you are happy with it, the entire batch can be sent to a Shelf label design, so you don't have to manually create a label for every Price Change within the batch.

• Select the required batch from the 'Batch List' Tab Option
• Select 'Labels' Tab Option. 
• Choose from the list of designs.
• Click  the 'Make Labels/Signs' button to create the Label Batch.

Batch Build Option - Creating a batch of Item Tags from an Invoice.

Some suppliers do not have barcodes on their products.  Your choice then is to either give such items a simple lookup code that is key entered at the POS, or print a barcode on a tag to attach to the item.

Using the Vendors/Receivings Option it is possible to create a tag for every item that comes in on an invoice in one step.

• Open the Vendors/Receivings form.
• Select the Invoice that you wish to print tags for.
• On the left hand side Inventory Items List, select the 'Labels' Tab Option.

• Select the 'Print Tags from Invoice option.
• Check the 'In House Only' flag to avoid printing barcoded tags for items that have a pre-printed barcode already.
• Select the Design that carries the Item Tag design.
• Click 'Add Label'

• If there are individual 250 items on the invoice then this will create a batch with 250 labels ready for printing.
• The time to create a batch will vary according to the size of the invoice as each label record is created individually. 

Batch Build Option - Creating Customer Barcode/Address/Packing Labels.

The routine in Customers/Customer Maintenance is similar to the one in Inventory/Item Maintenance, whereby customers can be picked from a list and a label created one at a time.
Labels created by this routine can contain the customer's POS ID in UPC barcode format, your Store's Name and the Contact Name for the Customer. 
To see all of those fields on the label, in the design , activate the 'Info', 'Size', and 'Barcode BC' boxes.
If the 'Make Address Label' option is selected, then the Customer's name and address only will be sent the Description box in the Label design. 
To print address labels, just have this one box selected and expanded to fill the label.
In Customers/Customer Maintenance,

• Find and select the required customer from the 'Active Customer' list Tab Option.
• Select the 'Labels' Tab Option.
• Select the Label design for your customer labels.
• Click the 'Add Label' button to push the customer information into the label batch.

Batch Build Option - Creating Customer address label batches.

The Customers/Loyalty Functions routine creates a batch of customers choosen by using the 'Search Setup'  parameters on the form. 

For instance, if you wanted to send a mailout to all customers who have spent more than $100 since Jan 1, you would create that batch of customers then make address labels from that batch.
The Customer's name and address only will be sent to the Description box in the Label design. 
To print address labels, just have this one box selected in the design and expanded to fill the label.
In Customers/Loyalty Functions,

• Setup the parameters on the form under the 'Search Setup' Tab Options
• Click the 'Show Search Results'' button.
• More Tab Options will then appear. 
• Select the 'Address Labels' Tab Option.

• Select the Label design for your customer labels.
• Click the 'Build Label Batch' button to push the customer batch into the label batch.