Installing PrintNode
You print picklists, packinglists, and shipping labels automatically from Picqer with PrintNode. In this article you create a PrintNode account and install the program on the computers in your warehouse.
Print jobs
You can create prints in various places in Picqer. Besides shipping labels, think of labels for your containers or locations, and barcodes for your products. Picqer sends every print job straight to the right printer through PrintNode.
Usually the job is ready at your printer within a second. How fast a document comes out depends on the speed of your computer and printer.
Create an account
You don't need to register with PrintNode yourself. It's included in your Picqer subscription. You create a PrintNode account from within Picqer, at Settings > Printers.
You'll receive your password by email and you'll need it to log in to PrintNode. At api.printnode.com/app you can change your password or email address, or request a new password.
Installing PrintNode
You can install PrintNode on multiple computers. You can then control the printers of all those computers from Picqer.
Download PrintNode on the computers your printers are connected to. Choose PrintNode for Windows or Mac. The installation steps are similar.
Go through the installation; you don't need to change anything during these steps. On Windows, leave 'Install as a Service' off. Otherwise you can't select the correct settings for shipping labels.
After the installation, PrintNode opens. Log in with the credentials you received by email. Here you can see the name your computer is known by and which printers are available. This comes back when you set up the printers in Picqer.
Close the window with the cross. PrintNode keeps running in the background. On Windows you'll see this by the icon in the bottom right, near the clock. On Mac the icon is in the top right.
Printers and packing stations
PrintNode is now ready and needs to keep running in the background. You can now continue in Picqer by setting up printers and packing stations. There you decide which printer prints which documents.
