Beginning with version 6.50.00, Rx-Universe allows labs to print multiple documents whenever a work ticket is printed (verification tickets, stickers, labels for jobs, warranty cards, etc).
These additional documents can be designed with Satisloh's LOHreport program. The LOHreport program produces a template in XML format; to use a template designed in LOHreport, place the resulting XML file into the RX-XML subfolder (under the root Rx-Universe folder).
(Please note that the LOHreport program must be obtained from Satisloh - this program is not provided with Rx-Universe).
Documents can be printed on any printer which supports printing using a standard Windows print queue. This allows label printers and plastic card printers to be used easily.
Setting up the documents
There is a new Additional Documents screen, which can be found on the Setup menu ("Setup", "Additional Documents"). This is a standard browse window with add, edit, delete and copy functionality. Each document to be printed (whether printing for all jobs or just specific jobs) must be set up here. Consider the example below, showing several different types of documents; these will be used in the examples that follow.
For each document, the name of the document can be entered (this is what will appear on menus). The filename of the template to use when printing must be selected - a browse button is available for easy selection of the available XML documents in the RX-XML folder. The destination of the document is specified using an LPT port - recall that the routing of any specific LPT port is configurable by workstation (in the Workstation Setup under Supervisor). For each document, indicate when it should be printed, and for what kinds of jobs. In the example below, the document is configured to print automatically only for toric uncuts, at OE at the same time as the work ticket.
Documents For Certain Types Of Jobs
To allow for more control of the multiple document printing, the documents can be further restricted to print (or not), by "Lens Style", "Digital Type", "Addon Code", "Customer Account", "Customer and Digital Type", "Customer and Lens Style" and/or by "Order". When the printing rules for a document are set in more than one location for an order, the "When to Print" and "Copies" will be prioritized (in increasing order of precedence) as follows:
- Main Document List
- Customer Account
- Addon Code
- Digital Type (if applicable)
- Lens Style
- Customer/Digital Vendor (if applicable)
- Customer/Lens Style
- Order
Some examples of documents for specific jobs might be:
- a verification ticket for a specific digital vendor
- a warranty card for a specific lens design
- a warranty card for a specific coating (a premium AR for example)
- a mailing label for a certain customer(s)
Document For Specific Lens Style (Verification Ticket, Warranty Card)
Consider a case where the lab wants to print a plastic warranty card for specific premium digital designs. The plastic card printer is set up as a Windows printer, and is configured as LPT8 on the computers that will print to it. (Recall that these printer routings are defined in the Workstation Setup for each Rx-Universe workstation).
The default "when to print" for the warranty card is set to "Off" (see above). To activate printing of the warranty card for specific lens styles, on the lens style screen, access the "Additional Document Overrides" button on the "Optional Fields" tab, as follows:
The following screen allows specific documents to be printed, at specific times, and a specified number of copies. In the example below, the lab has set up the Essilor Warranty Card to print 1 copy, at shipping, for this particular lens design. The printer routing was defined as LPT8 in the Document Setup, so will print to whatever Windows print queue is associated with LPT8 on the workstation doing the printing (from the Workstation Setup).
(Note: to add a new document, right-click in the document grid).
Document for a specific digital vendor, different for different customers
Another need for a lab might be to print a specific verification ticket for a specific digital vendor, but print a different document depending also on the customer. For example, the lab might have an English document and a Spanish document, and print one or the other depending on the language preference of the customer.
To select this type of printing, on each customer screen, the lab would set up the document to print, just for the digital vendor desired. On the customer screen, on the Overrides tab, is the "Additional Documents" button, which will pop the document setup screen:
For this customer, the lab could specify the English Crossbows document for example:
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The Addon Code database and Digital Type database, Overrides tab, have also been changed to add the "Additional Document Overrides" button. The Surfacing Options (F12) screen in Order Entry has also been changed to add the new button.
The Customer Account database, Overrides tab, was changed to add a new button "Additional Document Overrides by Account" as well as two new list boxes; Customer/Digital Type and Customer/Lens Style.
The documents will print automatically whenever a work ticket is printed or during shipping dependent on the above rules. The documents can also be printed or viewed ad-hoc from Customer Service by right-clicking on the order and selecting the appropriate document.