Use the Automatic Shipping Ticket Printing window to specify how often shipping tickets print for a branch printer location. Shipping tickets will only print for order generations with a ship status, such as Ship When Specified, Ship When Complete, Ship When Available, or Ship Item Complete.
Depending on your warehouse workflow, you can schedule printing runs for every few minutes, a couple times a day, or just print the tickets as needed. You can enter specific date information or use variable dating. You can also edit a printing job that is already scheduled to run using Phantom Job Scheduler Maintenance.
Depending on your credit card setup, when the system prints a ship ticket, any authorized cards entered for orders are also charged.
Before printing a ticket, the system rechecks the availability of products and the customer's credit status. If there is a problem with either, the order status is automatically changed to Call When Complete. The order's Change Log then indicates that either products are not available or there is a credit hold.
Once shipping tickets are printed, orders are available for invoicing. If you preview invoices before printing, you can catch and correct any shipping discrepancies before actually printing and sending the invoices. While previewing, you can open an order generation for editing. For example, you can change the order status from Invoice to another status that results in an open order.
Note: Routing tickets also print for any orders that require them, based on ship via.
To print shipping tickets automatically:
From the Orders > Printing menu, select Automatic Shipping Ticket Printing.
In the Branch/Territory field, enter the branches or territories for which to print tickets.
In the Stop Printing at field, enter the time of day after which no more printing is done. For example, enter 06:00 PM to stop automatic printing at that time.
In the Location field, press F10 and specify where the printer is located.
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In the Print every (mins) field, enter the number of minutes in between print runs. For example, enter 60 to print every hour.
In the Ship Via field, specify which ship via type, or types, you want to print automatically. To specify multiple ship via types, click the Multiple Items button to the right of the field.
To log the orders in the Open Order Status Review Queue, select the Log prints for confirm check box. This lets you check the queue to confirm which tickets were printed.
In the Print all available ship dates through field, specify the ending date for the print run. You can also use the Invoice Date field to specify a date used for the corresponding invoices.
If you want to print tickets for future Ship When Specified orders, use the After <Time> and includes all ship dates through fields.
In the After field, specify a time like 07:00 PM, after which you print tickets for the next day's Ship When Specified orders.
In the includes all ship dates through field, specify the ending date, which is usually the next day. You can also use the Invoice Date field to specify a date used for the corresponding invoices.
Use the Print incomplete Ship When Available orders after field to specify when to print shipping tickets for orders with partial quantities available. You can leave this blank to always print shipping tickets when any quantity is available.
Use the following options to finalize the printing:
To... | Use this menu options... |
begin using the specified print settings | File > Begin |
display the Phantom Scheduler window, to schedule printing whenever desired | Options > Schedule |
display an Enter Work ID prompt | File > Recall Enter the Work ID name to reuse its field settings. Press F10 to select from a list, and click OK when finished. |
save the current settings as a new work ID | File > Save Use to save current settings. Enter a name for saving and recalling the field settings. |
delete the active Work ID. Confirm when prompted | File > Delete |
enter a user-defined heading for shipping tickets | Options > User Defined Heading Enter a user-defined heading and click OK. |
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