These terms refer to the printer settings that you set in either the Windows Control Panel or the macOS System Preferences. To view and set document options, go to Settings > Printing > Printing Setup and click Document Options next to the document type you wish to modify. These settings include label format, print sequence, label messages and logo, and more. This term refers specifically to the options available for different document types in ShipStation. ![]() The Set Up Printers in MacOS and Set Up Printers in Windows articles will help guide you through the options available, and link to specific drivers when possible. Some printers will require you to install specific drivers before you can print, some printers won't. Printer drivers are how your operating systems (Windows or macOS) communicate data to your connected printer hardware. Or you may use standard printers only for other document types, like packing slips, pick lists, and customs forms. You may use a standard printer to print labels on plain paper, or special integrated label paper. These printers print on letter size (8.5" x 11") or A4 size paper. The term Standard Printer simply refers to desktop-style printers like inkjet or laser printers. These printers use thermal transfer instead of ink or other methods, greatly increasing their speed and reducing your material cost over time. You may even use your label printer to print other documents (like packing slips and customs forms) from ShipStation.Ī thermal label printer is a printer specifically designed to print labels onto specially designed paper that is typically self-adhesive. This could be a thermal label printer like a Zebra or DYMO, or it could be a standard desktop printer like an inkjet or laser printer. Your label printer is whatever printer you use to print your labels. If you print using ShipStation Connect, you only need to install it on your printer workstations. You may also have more than one printer workstation. Your printer workstation may be the same computer you use to access ShipStation, a computer that is dedicated only to printing labels in your warehouse, or a multi-use computer. ![]() The term printer workstation in this guide specifically refers to the computer your printers are connected to via USB. The following terminology used in this section is defined below for your convenience. To help you quickly become a ShipStation printing pro, we've included some helpful printing basics below, like printing terminology, a list of supported printers and recommended labels, and an overview of how the printing process works. ![]() To ensure your printer preferences are configured correctly, please review our Set Up Printers in MacOS or Set Up Printers in Windows help article in the Getting Started section. How you set your printer preferences will differ by which operating system you use and what printer hardware you have connected. Printing in ShipStation requires both your ShipStation settings and your printer preferences to be set correctly. ![]() The articles in the Print Settings & ShipStation Connect section provide details on label and other document settings, as well as how to install, launch, and print with the ShipStation Connect printing app. Printing labels is, undeniably, the most important reason you use ShipStation! Configuring ShipStation to print to a specific printer on a specific workstation requires your printer hardware, printer software, and ShipStation to all work together. Describes ShipStation's printing terminology and process, as well as lists popular printers and types of labels.
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