There are many formats of label stock available for the different printers currently on the market. As well, there are many printing methods available depending on the printers you choose. This document will not be getting too involved with the printers or the print methods. The purpose here is to ensure that you purchase the correct stock for your printing needs from within Windward. Because your choice of stock can create some limitations on how you print and how many labels will be printed each time you print.

One big consideration is how many labels you usually print at any given time. - If you generally print large runs of labels, chances are the most economical labels would be the full sheet labels, which you can print on your Laser or Ink Jet printers, so there isn't any need to purchase any new hardware. This method however is not as economical if you tend to print small runs or one label at a time.

- If you usually print one label at a time, then you will probably be using a dedicated barcode label printer which accepts rolls of label stock. These rolls come in several different formats as well, and depending on the printable width of the print head (usually 2“ wide or 4” wide), can print 1, 2 or 3 across labels.

For most users a 1 across label is the best choice. This way you can print as many or as few as you need, without having any extra blank labels.

If you decide on a 2 or 3 across label, then you may always have to print multiples of 2 or 3 labels.

This limitation exists for code based labels. However you can print multiples across with the System Five Label Designer. We have the built in ability to specify the label size across in the designer, however all the labels must be the same size for this to work. If you design the label in the System Five Label Designer, and you are printing labels from a PO, or from the inventory item. However, if you are using a 2 across label and you request to print 5 labels, the printer will print 5 labels followed by a blank one. Similarly, if you are using a 3 across label, and you want to print 4 labels, System Five will print 4 labels and 2 blank. This is unavoidable. However, from within a po, if you print labels for all the item on a PO, then System Five will continue to print all the labels according to the the quantities on the PO. In this case, you shouldonly see one or two blank labels at the end of the print job, if the total quantity of labels printed are not divisible by the number of labels across (2 or 3).

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