Deployment

Overview

The role of Control Center is to define Loftware Web Printing users and to host their solution files.

When a Loftware Web Printing user logs in to the server, the application (solution) runs using the Loftware Web Client application.

Tip

You can print solution files (.nsln) and label files (.nlbl) with the Loftware Web Printing application. If you print label files (.nlbl), Loftware creates a predefined printing form.

Typically, Loftware Web Printing users print labels that contain variable data. The selected label template takes the provided data and displays the label preview in a printing form. Labels print with the selected data. The data usually originates from a Microsoft SQL database hosted within the company’s information infrastructure.

Note

The data source is not limited to Microsoft SQL. Data can be stored using any type of database.

The application running in Web Client doesn’t communicate directly with the database. All communication is channeled through the Web Printing site on the server. When a database record is required, the application sends a request to the Web Printing site, which redirects it to the database server. The response travels in the opposite direction. In the same way, the Web Printing site records print events and stores the data in a database.

Note

Loftware Web Printing can access 32-bit databases even if the Web Printing site runs under 64 bits. Loftware Web Printing works with 32-bit databases via Loftware Web Printing proxy service.