Print Page

When you click a BarTender document in the document selection pane in the Print Console, or when you select a document in the item list pane in Librarian and then click Print on the toolbar, the view changes to the Print page and displays the currently selected printer, the status of the Print Gateway service, the number of items to print, and a preview of the printed item.

The first time that you use BarTender Cloud to print a document, you are prompted to install the Print Gateway service. This service is required for print jobs to be sent to the printer. For more information, refer to About the Print Gateway Service.

The following options are available:

  • Printer: Displays a list of available printers that you can use to print your document.

  • Configure: Opens the BarTender Print Gateway Settings page so that you can view the statuses of local printers. Printers are configured on the Printers page in the Administration menu.

  • Copies: Specifies the number of identical copies to print. The initial value comes from the value that is specified in the selected document.

  • Cancel: Cancels the print job.

  • Preview: Opens the Print Preview dialog to display the document as it will appear when it is printed. If the document uses query prompts or data entry forms, those prompts or forms are displayed when you click Preview.

  • Print: Starts the print job.

Serialized Data Source

If serialization is enabled for any data source in the document, the following options are also available.

  • Serial Numbers: Specifies the number of serialized items to print. The initial value comes from the value that is specified in the selected document. Available if serialization is enabled for any data source in the document.

  • Copies per Serial Number: Specifies the number of identical copies to print per serialized item. The initial value comes from the value that is specified in the selected document. Available if serialization is enabled for any data source in the document.

When documents contain a serialized data source, you might want to configure BarTender Cloud to automatically save the documents after they are printed. When you do this, the serialized value begins with the next number in the sequence the next time you print the document.

Print-Time Overrides

An administrator can determine if some printer settings can be modified at print time by the user. These printer settings are controlled on the Settings tab of the Printer Details page and made on the Print page. Depending on the printer, these settings can include:

  • Backfeed Speed

  • Darkness Method

  • Direct Thermal Darkness Level

  • Graphics Encoding

  • Print Speed

  • Relative Darkness Level

  • Slew Speed

  • Thermal Transfer Darkness Level 

Automatically Returning to Print Console

Administrators can configure BarTender Cloud to automatically return to the Print Console view after a print job runs by selecting Automatically return to document selection after printing has completed on the Print Settings page under the Administration menu.

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