Printing barcodes as labels

You can create a new report from a vendor-labels documents to print your part numbers as barcode labels.

Important!

  • 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:

  1. In the 13-3 Report Writer window, from the File menu, click New.

  2. In the Report Title window, enter a report name. For example, you could name the report Parts Label.

  3. Click Next, then select the Primary Table.

    To print barcode labels, the table to select is Takeoff Parts.

  4. Click Next.

  5. 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.

  6. Click Open, then click Next.

  7. In the Display Fields window, select the part number field, which is tkfprt.recnum, then click Next.

  8. In the Group Fields and Sort Fields windows, click Next.

  9. In the Selection Fields window, select the criteria by which to print the labels, such as Part #, then click Next.

  10. In the Selection Criteria window, modify the criteria to fit your business requirements, then click Next.

  11. In the Page Settings window, click Finish.

  12. In the 13-3 Report Writer window, in the File menu, click Save.

  13. Open 13-4 Report Printing, and then select the report for printing barcodes as labels.

  14. Click the Print Record to Screen button to view the report before printing it.

  15. Make adjustments to the form, as necessary.

  16. Click the Print Records button to print the barcodes as labels.