Printing barcodes as labels
You can create a new report from a vendor-labels documents to print your part numbers as barcode labels.
- For the label page format to print correctly, the label width must be at least one inch.
- For the barcodes to print correctly, you must use the correct label printing paper.
To print a barcode as a label:
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In the 13-3 Report Writer window, from the File menu, click New.
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In the Report Title window, enter a report name. For example, you could name the report Parts Label.
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Click Next, then select the Primary Table.
To print barcode labels, the table to select is Takeoff Parts.
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Click Next.
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In the Report Form window, browse to a form design that you previously created.
For example, you may have created a form design and named it Avery5160.Docs_Parts.
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Click Open, then click Next.
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In the Display Fields window, select the part number field, which is tkfprt.recnum, then click Next.
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In the Group Fields and Sort Fields windows, click Next.
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In the Selection Fields window, select the criteria by which to print the labels, such as Part #, then click Next.
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In the Selection Criteria window, modify the criteria to fit your business requirements, then click Next.
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In the Page Settings window, click Finish.
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In the 13-3 Report Writer window, in the File menu, click Save.
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Open 13-4 Report Printing, and then select the report for printing barcodes as labels.
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Click the Print Record to Screen button to view the report before printing it.
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Make adjustments to the form, as necessary.
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Click the Print Records button to print the barcodes as labels.