Labels for license plate labelling or serial labels can be printed from Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations. The settings for this are found…
Labels for license plate labelling or serial labels can be printed from Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations. The settings for this are found in Warehouse management (Warehousemanagement) under Document routing. The labels are written in escape sequences for the printer. ZPL (Zebra Programming Language) is frequently used for this. A first draft can most easily be created with a ZPL viewer such as Labelary . Labels that are only generated at runtime, such as name, address, license plate, item number, etc. can be inserted using placeholders between two $. Document routing layouts in Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations The labels are printed via individually definable rules in the document routing, to any network printer. In the cloud deployment of Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations, the network printers are connected via the Document Routing Agent . Document routing in Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations Checking placeholders Both during and after designing new labels, it can happen that the data replaced by placeholders has to be checked. A printer is not always immediately available. The easiest way to do this is to install a local printer of the type „Print to File“ on the print server. Printer properties Print to File After a printout, the escape sequences are located as a .txt file at the specified path. The placeholders are already replaced, and you see the label exactly as it is sent to the printer. Printed escape sequences as a text file Further information Setting up license plate labelling (Microsoft Docs article) How to Print to File without user intervention (Microsoft Support article)