Create a printing favorite

When creating a printing favorite you start with senders and receivers, continue with adding details about services and addons and finally adding details about shipment and parcels.

Notice

All sections and alternatives within the sections are optional as you decide the level of detail you need for the printing favorite.

The services, addons and options available depend on what is included in your account.

Senders

  1. Go to Maintenance > Printing favorites.

  2. Click New printing favorite and give the printing favorite a name.

  3. Go to the Senders and receivers section and click Change.

  4. Go to the Sender section.

  5. Create a filter by clicking Change next to Filter . If you want to change where the information comes from, start by clicking Change next to Source. Normally, the source is Sender/receiver.

  6. If you always use the same sender, select it as Default sender.

  7. Check the Hidden box if the sender information shouldn't be displayed in the GUI when printing.

  8. Check the Locked box if it shouldn't be possible to change sender.

  9. Select a Default mode for using the printing favorite.

    • Register new/edit selected, if the mode where you add senders should be set as default.

    • Select from address book, if ithe mode where you select senders should be set as default.

  10. Check the Locked to default mode box if it shouldn't be possible to change modes.

  11. Check the Never propose a sender box if the Sender field shouldn't contain a sender from start, to avoid sending from the wrong sender.

  12. Check the Mandatory search value box if a search value must be used.

  13. Check the Only exact search box if it must be an exact match between search value and search results.

Receivers

  1. Go to the Senders and receivers section and click Change.

  2. Go to the Receiver section.

  3. Create a filter by clicking Change next to Filter . If you want to change where the information comes from, start by clicking Change next to Source. Normally, the source is Sender/receiver.

  4. If you always use the same receiver, select it as Default receiver.

  5. Check the Hidden box if the receiver information shouldn't be displayed when printing.

  6. Check the Locked box if it shouldn't be possible to change receiver.

  7. Select a Default mode for using the printing favorite.

    • Register new/edit selected, if the view where you add receivers should be set as default.

    • Select from address book, if the view where you select receivers should be set as default.

  8. Check the Locked to default mode box if it shouldn't be possible to change views.

  9. Check the Never propose a receiver box if the Receiver field shouldn't contain a receiver from start, to avoid sending to the wrong receiver.

  10. Check the Mandatory search value box if a specific search value should be used, e.g. Quick ID.

  11. Check the Only exact search box if it must be an exact match between search value and search results.

When needed, proceed with other address parties and enter details in the same way as for sender and receiver.

Service, addons and options

  1. Go to the Service and addons section and click Change.

  2. Go to the Service section.

  3. Create a filter by clicking Change next to Filter .

  4. If you always use the same service, select it as Service.

  5. Check the Hidden box if ithe service shouldn't be displayed in the GUI when printing.

  6. Check the Locked box if it shouldn't be possible to change service.

  7. Check Normal label, Return label or both.

  8. Check the Hidden box if the label selection shouldn't be displayed in the GUI when printing.

  9. Check Use sender address on label if that should be shown on the label instead of the dispatch address, in cases where dispatch party is used.

  10. Go to the Addons section to add relevant addons. Different addons require different kinds of information.

    You can choose to check Hidden, Locked and Select if valid for all addons.

  11. Go to the Options section to add relevant options. Different options require different kinds of information.

    You can choose to check Hidden and Locked for all options. For some options you can choose Select if valid.

Shipment and parcels

All fields in the Shipment and parcels section can be defined for the printing favorite. Entering default values, locking values, hiding details, and set fields as mandatory are some examples of how you can control information about shipments and parcels. You can also make settings such as the number of parcels, weight and package codes. These are values that may be mandatory for a service.

Warning

Proceed with caution when hiding or locking mandatory values as it may prevent you from creating a correct shipment when using the printing favorite.

Ignore warnings

In the Ignore warnings section you can make settings that allow you to print shipments that normally should have generated the status ”Warning”.

If you want to show, edit or delete a printing favorite, use the search function.