About the Print Gateway Service

The Print Gateway service connects BarTender Cloud to the local printers that are connected to your computer and to the printers that are shared by other users within your account. It runs on your computer and registers your printers with BarTender Cloud. Then, when BarTender Cloud processes a print job, the service sends print data to your printers over the internet.

Installing this service is optional, but if it is not installed, BarTender Cloud cannot find your printers. You can still generate PDF files and send those to your printers manually, but your optimized print code generation, your printer settings, and metadata (such as RFID encoding) will not be used.

ClosedTo download and install the Print Gateway service

  1. In the document selection pane, click a document to open the Print page.

  2. On the Print page, in the message box that prompts you to download the Print Gateway service, click Install.

  3. After the Print Gateway service file is downloaded to your computer, double-click it.

  4. In the User Account Control dialog, click Yes. The BarTender Cloud Print Gateway Setup wizard starts.

  5. Follow the steps in the wizard to select the installation folder that you want and to install the service.

After the Print Gateway service is installed, a message appears on the BarTender Cloud Print page that indicates that the service is running. In the Printer list, you can view your connected printers and select the printer that you want to use. You can also click Configure to display the BarTender Print Gateway Settings page, which you can use to add print servers and configure printer settings.

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