Printing Documents

After you connect to a BarTender site, you can select documents that are hosted on the site and select a printer to send the print job to. The BarTender Mobile app supports data entry forms and query prompts, so you can add this data at print time.

Note: Occasionally, the BarTender Mobile app might be unable to send a print job to the selected printer. If this occurs, the app notifies you so that you can contact your administrator and request that a driver be added to the BarTender site server for the printer that you want.

To return to your BarTender site from a different page in the app, tap .

ClosedSelecting a Document to Print

To select the document that you want to print, follow these steps:

  1. Open the BarTender Mobile app.

  2. Connect to the BarTender site that you want to use.

  3. Browse the displayed documents to find the document that you want. Alternatively, enter a search term in the Search field.

  4. Tap the document to begin the printing process. (If you are in the Manage Files view in a BarTender Cloud site, tap next to the document, and then tap Print.)

The BarTender Mobile app supports BarTender Cloud and the BarTender 2022 and BarTender 2021 versions of Print Portal as BarTender sites. For more information about how to print a document in BarTender Cloud and in Print Portal, refer to the following topics in their help systems:

You can also access the BarTender Cloud or Print Portal help system through the BarTender Mobile app when the BarTender site is displayed, as follows: 

  • In BarTender Cloud, tap .

  • In Print Portal, tap , and then tap Help.

ClosedPrinting Your Document

To print a document, follow these steps:

  1. Locate the document that you want, and then tap it to open the Print dialog. (If you are in the Manage Files view in a BarTender Cloud site, tap next to the document, and then tap Print.)

  2. In the Printer list, select the printer that you want.

    Note: If the printer that you want does not appear in the list, you can ask your administrator to add the printer to the server that is hosting the BarTender site.

    Alternatively, you can add the printer locally to the BarTender Mobile app. When you do this, you share the printer with the BarTender site when you connect to the site. For more information, refer to Managing Your Printers.

  3. In the Copies field, enter the number of copies that you want to print.

  4. If your document contains serialized data, enter the number of serial numbers and the number of copies per serial number that you want to print in the Serial Numbers and Copies per Serial Number fields.

  5. Tap Print.

    • If the Select Records dialog opens, select the records that you want to print, and then tap Print.

    • If a query prompt or data entry form is displayed, enter the required data, and then tap Print.

    The print job runs.

  6. In the Print dialog, review the print job details, and then click Close to return to the Print dialog. If you printed to a PDF, you can optionally tap Download to download a copy of the printed items and/or tap Open and then select a PDF viewer to review the printed items.

ClosedUsing Print Preview

You can view the document in Print Preview to verify that it is correct before you print it. Print Preview displays the printed items exactly as they will appear, including any data that is pulled from connected databases or entered from query prompts or data entry forms.

To use Print Preview, follow these steps:

  1. Locate the document that you want, and then tap it to open the Print dialog.

  2. In the Printer list, select the printer that you want.

    Note: If the printer that you want does not appear in the list, you can ask your administrator to add the printer to the server that is hosting the BarTender site.

    Alternatively, you can add the printer locally to the BarTender Mobile app. When you do this, you share the printer with the BarTender site when you connect to the site. For more information, refer to Managing Your Printers.

  3. In the Copies field, enter the number of copies that you want to print.

  4. If your document contains serialized data, enter the number of serial numbers and the number of copies per serial number that you want to print in the Serial Numbers and Copies per Serial Number fields.

  5. Tap Preview.

    • If the Select Records dialog opens, select the records that you want to print, and then tap Preview.

    • If a query prompt or data entry form is displayed, enter the required data, and then tap Preview.

  6. In the Print Preview dialog, a preview of your printed item is displayed. If your print job includes more than one page, you can tap Page and then select the page that you want to view.

    Tap Print to print the document, or tap Cancel to close Print Preview.