General Print Settings in Lab 50

To configure Lab 50 for processing kiosk orders, you’ll need to access the Setup Wizard. The Setup Wizard may be accessed via Settings > Fulfillment > Print Server, and then click on the APM Setup Wizard button on the right-panel.

Step 1: Adding and Configuring a Printer Interface

1. Click on the Printer Configuration button in the Category Navigation pane.
2. Click on the Add Printer option from the Primary Navigation pane.
3. Select the printer interface you wish to add from the list of drivers.
4. Enter a name for the printer (preferably something simple and unique), and press the Add button.

**Note: Repeat Steps 1-4, as needed, to setup each printer interface. When you add a new printer, it is displayed in the list of printers in the Primary Navigation pane.

Once your printer interfaces have been added, you will need to configure the settings in each individual interface.

1. Click to select the appropriate printer from the list in the Primary Navigation pane.
2. The configuration settings for your selected interface will display in the Customization pane.
3. Repeat for any additional printers.

Step 2: Selecting Printable Products

After the printer interfaces have been properly configured, the next step to choose the products you wish to print from the APM.

1. Click on the Products Printed Here option in the Primary Navigation pane.
2. Place a check mark next to all the products that will be printed through Lab 50.
3. The checkboxes at the top of the Customization pane allow the ability to send one product to multiple printers, based upon either the fulfillment or the product finish.

• If Send products to different printers based on the fulfillment is checked, the Product Matrix option in the Primary Navigation pane will expand from one to three selections, based upon the three fulfillments.

• If Send products to different printers based on their surface is checked, the listing of products in the Product Matrix option will expand to offer both glossy and matte options for each product

**Note: For proper operation, make certain that every print product you are offering for each fulfillment is checked for all available columns.

Step 3: Assigning Interfaces to Products

This last step involves assigning any available printer interfaces to the listing of the available printed products.

1. Click on the Product Matrix (All Fulfillments) option in the Primary Navigation pane.
2. For each product listed, click on the Printer column and select the desired printer from the drop-down menu.
3. If there is more than one Product Matrix option (see figure below), repeat for each matrix.
4. When you are finished, save the settings by selecting the File menu, then Save.

Additional Options available within the Setup Wizard

General Print Settings

• Print separator page between orders: Enabling this option will print an additional invoice at the end of every order.

• Print receipt with order: When an order is printed, a copy of the receipt will be printed for each order on the default Windows printer.

• Number of Days to backup printed orders: In the field, enter the number of days to locally retain a backup copy of all orders. The settings range from 1 to 60 days. 7 days is the default setting.

• Index Print Size: Choose the default size for index prints. The default is a 4x6 print.

• Index Print Type: Choose the layout of the index print, containing either just the images, or the images with additional order information.

• Print Index Print with all orders: Includes an index print in every order that is printed.

Card Catalog Settings

If the Card Catalog product is being offered to your customers, use this screen to access and change the universal settings for all card catalogs produced by the software.

• Include Title page: Enabling this option will print a cover with a customer-entered title. It will also include a custom store logo if one has been installed. Refer to the section on logo customization for further information.

• Show Filename with Image: Toggles the ability to print the original filename under each thumbnail of the card catalog. This option is disabled by default.

• Show EXIF Date Created with Image: Enabling this feature displays the original date the image was captured, read from the JPEG EXIF information for each file. This option is disabled by default.

• Select Product: Choose the type of card catalog you would like to print from the drop-down menu of available products.

• Select Background Color: Choose the background color used for the card catalog pages.

• Column Count and Row Count: Use the drop-down menus to select the number of images you would like to display on the horizontal and vertical planes, respectively.

Customize Logo Settings

Customizing the Logo:

1. Press the Change Logo button and locate your image file on the local hard drive. This file will be used to customize your card catalog products and index print products only.

**Note: The image must be in JPEG, BMP, or TIFF format.

2. Press the Open button in the dialog box after selecting your image. Your custom image will then be applied.

In the Lab 50 software, the other viewable options are not applied.