Installing and activating desktop Designer

Use desktop Designer to design, edit, and print your labels. In desktop Designer, you can drag and drop text, barcodes, and picture objects onto your label templates and connect your objects with the data you already use.

[Important] Important

To print and see your printers in Control Center, you must connect your desktop Designer to Control Center.

When you successfully activate Cloud Compliance:

  1. Download the Loftware installation file from Control Center and install the application.

    [Note] Note

    Install desktop Designer on the computer your printers are connected to.

  2. Activate desktop Designer.

  3. Test print from desktop Designer.

Downloading and installing desktop Designer

  1. In Control Center, go to your Dashboard and click Download Desktop Designer.

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  2. When your download completes, go to the Downloads folder on your computer and run Loftware installation (.exe) file.

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  3. Complete the installation wizard.

    When the installation completes, activate desktop Designer.

Activating desktop Designer and connecting to Loftware Cloud

  1. Run desktop Designer on your computer.

  2. The Sign in window opens. Click Sign in.

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    [Note] Note

    If you accidentally change or delete text in the edit field, your activation will fail.

  3. Your browser opens automatically. Sign in to Loftware Cloud.

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  4. When you sign in, return to desktop Designer.

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  5. Your activation is complete. Click OK.

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When your activation completes, desktop Designer opens automatically.

Desktop Designer is now installed and activated, connected to Loftware Cloud, and you can see your printers in Control Center.

Next, see Test printing from desktop Designer.