Note: There are three ways to print labels "On-Demand" with Loftware Products. This chapter describes the traditional way of prompting the operator for label data and making label requests. The Thin Client On-Demand Print Utility works as a client to the Loftware Print Server (Chapter 1 in the LPS User’s Guide) and has most of the functionality of On-Demand Print. Refer to the Thin Client Modules chapter in the LPS User’s Guide.) The Thin Client does not require that Loftware be installed on the Client PC and can be far easier to maintain if you have several print stations. The WebClient is similar to the traditional On-Demand Print but runs across the Internet to print labels on-demand. Refer to the LPS User’s Guide for more details before making your choice.
To print from within Loftware Label Manager using Loftware's On-Demand printing module, you enter data into the On-Demand Print Form generated from the label that you designed. On-Demand printing allows labels to be printed on an as needed basis. You can produce a single label or several identical copies of the same label. All data sources, serial numbers, formulas, check digits, and calculations are evaluated “on-the-fly” based on the data requested at print time.
Every time you create a label, Loftware Label Manager automatically creates a default On-Demand Print Form for use in the On-Demand Print Module and the Thin Client Module. (Information on Thin Clients is found in the LPS User’s Guide.)
Figure 9-A: Default On-Demand Print Form