Process Design User Interface: Reprint Process

Reprint processes can be used to enable one print request to print the same label template multiple times. A Reprint process will print an image of the label that was just printed successfully and store it in a configurable file system location.

The following panels and panes are displayed when a process is created or opened in Process Design Process Design and Reprint is selected for the Process Type. For ribbon information, see User Interface: Process Design.

Property Description

Process Type

Required. Whether to display the properties for a simple process, generator process, or reprint process.

  • Simple
  • Generator
  • Reprint

Audit Type

How nested processes should determine which data to save to an audit table in Loftware Enterprise SP.

  • Static: Save the data as defined by the Audit Mask property in the manner specified by the Audit Procedure property.
  • Parameter: Save the data as defined in a job.

Audit Mask

When a label is printed, what auditing data about the label to save to an audit table in Loftware Enterprise SP. You can select multiple options. If no options are selected, then only general auditing values are saved.

  • Data: Save the data necessary to print the label.
  • Stream: Save all print streams sent to the device.
  • Image: Save an image file of each label.
  • PDF: Save a PDF file of each label.
  • XML Data: Save an XML representation of the data necessary to print the label.

Note: This property is displayed only if Static is selected for the Audit Type property. If Reprint is selected for the Process Type, then the only value option available for Audit Mask is Data.

Audit Procedure

How nested processes should determine which values to use when saving data to an audit table in Loftware Enterprise SP.

  • Overwrite: The values from the parent process are ignored.
  • Inherit: The values from the parent process are used.
  • Merge: The values from the parent process are combined with the current values.

Note: This property is displayed only if Static is selected for the Audit Type property.

Audit Key

The specified name of the key in an audit table for the bitmask value representing the Audit Mask and Audit Procedure values. The default value is ${AUDIT_MASK!}. For bitmask values, see Reserved Keys for Process Properties.

Note: This property is displayed only if Parameter is selected for the Audit Type property.

Delink Data Source

Whether Loftware Enterprise SP is prevented from using data sources defined in the label template.

  • If true, Loftware Enterprise SP does not use data sources defined in the label template except for Database and Alternate data sources.
  • If false, Loftware Enterprise SP uses all data sources defined in the label template. However, when the business rule is run, any business rule components that would be triggered by the LABEL event are not run.

Tip: You can run business rule components that are triggered by the LABEL event, but also have access to all data sources in the label template. To do so, set Delink Data Source to true and use a Reference business rule component to load the label data sources into the data map. For more information, see Access Label Data Sources (XML).
Ignore Errors

Whether processing the print request continues if an error is encountered.

  • If true, continue processing the request until it is completed.
  • If false, stop processing the request as soon as error is encountered.

Note: This property is displayed only if Generator is selected for the Process Type property.

Tip: You can use the Relative Path check box to control whether the path is represented as an absolute path or a relative path. Using a relative path may be helpful if an object is likely to be transferred to a different Loftware Enterprise SP instanceClosed A Loftware Application Server and a Loftware Database Server that are associated with each other by a Loftware Enterprise - SP License.. The check box is available to select after the object has been saved for the first time. For more information, see Relative Paths.

Property Description Values

Business Rule

Required. The full path in Loftware Enterprise SP for a business rule to be run when this process is used.

If you do not want to run a business rule, enter ${!DATASOURCE_URL!}.

Path to a business rule

Device

Required. The full path in Loftware Enterprise SP for the device to be used with this process.

Path to a device

Layout

The full path in Loftware Enterprise SP for the layout to be used with this process.

Path to a layout

The default name for each of the following properties refers to the value specified in the job. If no value is specified in the job, then the value specified in the Print Job Detail Data table is used. This table can be displayed by clicking Data Map in the process.

Property Description Values
Reprint Target Type

How the reprint target value is interpreted.

  • Sibling: For stacked jobs and nested process designs, print the process immediately before it by default, or specify a relative index to the reprint process and print a different sibling.
  • Job: For on demand reprints, reprint every print job detail within the listed job to the same target printer.

sibling

job
Reprint Target ID

If the Reprint Target Type is Sibling, this value specifies the number of previous sibling processes to traverse when determining which process is to be reprinted. The default value is 1, which will reprint the previous sibling process in the local containers process list.

If the Reprint Target Type is Job, this value is the target job's Job ID.

Positive integer or Target Job's Job ID

Label Ranges

Specifies a set of comma delimited label ranges to reprint in a multi-label or quantity reprint.

An asterisk is a wildcard value that resolves to the last label printed.

Example

A value of 1,3,4-6,9-10 would print labels 1,3,4,5,6,9 and 10.

Single value or a hyphen delimited range of values

Additional Print Parameters include the following:

The Data Map panel allows you to enter and view data map entries for print job detail data. Each data map entry consists of a name (key) and value pair in the data map for a print request.

The Properties pane allows you to name and describe a process. You can also view information about when and by whom the process was created and most recently modified.

The Tag Values dialog box is available when viewing an object that supports tags. Click View > Tags to open the dialog box.

You can categorize an application, business rule, data service, device group, facility, field data catalog, form, image, integration, label template, layer object, layout, process, Remote Site, reusable object, user, or workflow template by assigning tags to it. Each tag has a category and a value. For a version-controlled object, tags cannot be changed in a previously checked-in version.

Button Command Description

Add

Assign Tag Assign a tag to an object. The tag category must already exist.

Delete

Delete Tag Remove a tag that was assigned to an object.

Edit Tag

Edit the tag Category and Value.

For more information, see Categorize a Process, Business Rule, or Workflow Template.