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Shipping label printing improvements #217

Open contextref opened 4 years ago

contextref commented 4 years ago

See the thread under https://maskson.slack.com/archives/C011225T9FG/p1595171421012500 @markfreedmantulip should this be assigned to you? I have no idea where to begin, and I have a hell of a week coming up at work :-(

jackkrooss commented 4 years ago

I understand that this is a bottleneck, but I believe it is more of a process issue and not a software matter. I am wondering if there is something about the design of the label that would make it better. We have a lot of flexibility in how we do the label. We could for instance print it in portrait vs. landscape mode and organize the information in any way you desire. Also, it is possible to direct the print output to a PDF file, and there are utilities that automatically name the files using a base name and date code (see image). These files could then be viewed and printed later or by another PC. It would also be possible to print all files in a folder so this might save time. I have experimented with some print to PDF tools and they have the functionality to autoname files and datecode them, so it is a pretty speedy process.

I will engage with Lightspeed to determine how we can best address their needs here, but I do not think we should regard this as a development requirement other than perhaps to modify the print screen.