Standard printing – nShift Help Center

Use standard printing for single print jobs.

Note: If you want to print labels and shipping documents on a physical printer you need to install OnlinePrinter.

To simplify and streamline the printing function, create printing favorites for your most common cases.

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Making a standard printing

Follow these steps to make a single print job using Standard printing:

Go to Shipments > Standard printing in the top menu.
Select a Sender from the sender list or enter a new sender by clicking the New tab. When you use a new sender you can add your carrier customer number in the CustNo field. You can search if you have a long list of senders.
Select a Receiver from the sender list or enter a new sender by clicking the New tab.
Select a service and click Next.
Fill in any additional information needed in the Shipment section. Any default information saved on the Sender will already be prefilled.
Check any Additional services if relevant.
Fill in any relevant information in the Parcels section. Any mandatory fields will be marked with * and the fields vary from carrier to carrier. Some carriers also have a Freight measure section where information about volume, load meter, etc. can be entered. (See the section about adding multiple parcels).
Click Print to print immediately. This requires that the OnlinePrinter application is installed on your computer. Print PDF opens the label in a PDF viewer on the screen. You can print the PDF or download it. Alternatively, choose Store to save the shipment for later printing under Shipments > Stored printings.

Example showing the fields of a carrier with mandatory fields and a Freight measure section:

The Print button will launch the OnlinePrinter application after which you have several options:

Click Print report or Back to start a new print job if the printing went well and should be used.
Click Discard if the printing went well but should not be used.
Click Discard & print again if the printing was not successful but the problem can be solved immediately, for example, by loading labels.
Click Discard & store of the printing was not successful but the problem can be solved later, for example, if the printer is out of order.
Click Book to book at pickup if this is offered by the carrier. You can also book it later under Shipments > Booking.

Note:

Some carriers communicate via EDI and others via API, which can be important when you discard a shipment.

If you discard a shipment before EDI is sent (EDI carrier):

The carrier receives no information.
If you use the label anyway, the carrier may charge you a penalty - for using a non-EDI label.

If you discard a shipment after EDI is sent (EDI carrier) or if you use an API carrier:

The cancellation only takes place in Delivery and the label is still valid according to the carrier.
If you do not use the label, some carriers may charge a penalty - because they did not receive the parcel they expected.

Contact the carrier if you are unsure of what applies.

If you have different types of parcels, for example, 2 parcels of 3 kg each and 1 parcel of 4 kg, you must enter the types separately.

Example:

Set Number of parcels to "2" and Weight (kg) to "3". Click Add. A line will be added.
Set Number of parcels to "1" and Weight (kg) to "4". Click Add. A second line will be added.

You can choose to specify parcel information per parcel or per row. All parcels in a shipment must be specified in the same way.

"Specified per parcel" – the weight and/or the volume are calculated per parcel (2 parcels and 3 kg equals 6 kg).
"Specified per row" – the weight and/or the volume is the total for the parcels (2 parcels and 3 kg equals 3 kg).

Example:

2 parcels and 3 kg, and 1 parcel and 4 kg, specified per parcel is 3 + 3 + 4 = 10

2 parcels and 3 kg, and 1 parcel and 4 kg, specified per row is 3 + 4 = 7