About Loftware Cloud Essentials

Loftware Cloud Essentials helps midsize businesses or growing companies securely design and print labels. With Cloud Essentials, you can print remotely on any printer connected to a computer with Loftware installations installed.

All Loftware products use printer-seat-based licensing. That means printer seats determine how many printers you can print to at a time.

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Printer seats are printer usage units. With each printing to a different physical or virtual (XPS, PDF), a printer takes one printer seat.

To avoid exceeding your printer seat limit, read how Loftware licensing works.

When you buy Cloud Essentials, you decide how many printer seats you want on your license (from 2 to 20). You can buy more printer seats later.

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To upgrade your product, contact the Loftware sales or your Loftware partner.

LoftwareCloud Essentials contains:

  • LoftwareControl Center is a cloud-based application that allows you to share and store your labeling files and print labels. Control Center connects all printers of all users who have their desktop Designer connected to Control Center.

  • LoftwareWeb Printing is a server/client-based solution primarily designed for barcode label printing. Web Printing belongs to Control Center. To use Web Printing, Control Center must be installed and activated.

  • LoftwareWeb Designer is a web-hosted application for editing and designing labels you can access from Control Center.

  • Loftware desktop Designer is an application for designing and printing labels. Install desktop Designer on your computer and connect it to Control Center. In Control Center, you can see all your printers connected to your desktop Designer.

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    Computers with desktop Designer must be connected to Control Center.

  • LoftwarePrint is a stand-alone application for fast and easy printing. It eliminates the need for opening labels and solution documents in desktop Designer.

  • LoftwareAutomationEssentials is an application that automates repetitive tasks like automated printing.

  • LoftwareWeb Client allows you to access and use your shared printing applications.

About Getting started with LoftwareCloud Essentials

This Getting started guide helps you set up your LoftwareCloud Essentials labeling environment.

  1. Set up your printers.

  2. Activate Cloud Essentials.

  3. Install and activate desktop Designer.

  4. Reserve printers in Control Center.

  5. Test print in Control Center.

  6. Access Web Designer.

System requirements

Before you install LoftwareCloud Essentials applications, check the System requirements.