Print by nShift is a standalone print solution for printing labels and documents via UI or API.

Learn how to:

• Activate your Print by nShift account
• Print via UI
• Print via API
• Install Print client
• Reset password

Activate your Print by nShift account

Before you can start using the Print by nShift solution, you need to receive an account through nShift Delivery and make some preparations. An email containing an autogenerated username and a link to set a password is sent to the email address associated with your Delivery account.

Preparations for using Print by nShift:

1. Log in to nShift Delivery.
    
2. Go to Settings > Print management.
    
3. Click Activate Print by nShift.
   
   
    
4. Open the email containing your autogenerated username and the link to set a password.
    
5. Follow the link to set your password.
   When you have downloaded and installed the Print client, you can use your credentials to connect it to the printing solution.
   Before you are ready to use the solution through Delivery, you need to associate API keys in Delivery with the Print account.
    
6. Go to Maintenance > API keys.
    
7. Check both Print by nShift and Web Services (REST) boxes in the Type section on any API key you want to use with the solution.
   
   
   
    

Print via UI

Make sure you have activated the Print by nShift solution by following the steps in the section above. 
To print labels and documents from the Delivery UI using the Print client, follow these steps:

1. Activate your Print by nShift account.
    
2. Install Print client.
    
3. Set up printer profiles. (The Print UI will, in the near future, include additional features, like managing print jobs and clients.)
    
4. Once these steps are complete, you’ll be ready to print directly from the UI.
   
    

Print via API

Manage your daily printing tasks, and easily oversee, monitor, and troubleshoot print client applications, printers, and print jobs via API.

Before getting started, you need to Activate your Print by nShift account and Install the Print client.

Before you are ready to use the solution through Delivery, you need to associate API keys in Delivery with the Print by nShift account.

1. Go to Maintenance > API keys.
    
2. Check both Print by nShift and Web Services (REST) boxes in the Type section on any API key you want to use with the solution.
   
   

Learn how you manage print client applications, printers, and jobs through the API.

Install Print client

The Print client application facilitates communication with installed printers and the printing solution server. The client will remain connected to the server persistently and be assigned a unique identifier along with every printer detected.

The desktop application runs on Windows and Mac. You can also run the application as a service and interact with it through a browser-based interface, which is the preferred method when run on a server.

Supported Windows versions:

Versions: Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10, and Windows 11.

Download Print client for Windows

Supported Mac OS versions

Big Sur, Monterey, Ventura, Sonoma, and Sequoia

Download Print client for Mac

After launching the installer, follow the steps in the installation wizard. Make the appropriate choices and finish the installation. 

The following installation wizard description is applicable to Windows:

Make sure to select the correct box depending on whether you are installing as a desktop or as a service.

 

Once the installation has completed you will be able to launch the application user interface from the system tray icon if you have installed the Print client as a desktop application.

 

As a service, the client interface is accessible using the following URL: localhost:8888

Desktop application

Launching the application user interface will take you to the welcome screen of the application.

 

Provide the credentials you received by email for the printing solution. Using those credentials in the client application will open a persistent session and the client registers with the service.

 

Installed printers will automatically be detected and assigned unique identifiers. Switch to the Printers tab in the application to view and deselect any printers that you don't want to use for the service.

Some other settings can be adjusted under the Settings tab.

 

The Logs tab provides information that can be useful for troubleshooting.

 

License information can be found under the About tab.

Reset password

If you forget your password to your Print account, which is needed to connect to the Print client, the password can be reset.

If the Print client application is not connected, the user will see a Forgot password? link in the application interface below the login fields.

1. Click the Forgot password? link.
    
2. Access the link in the mail and provide a new password.
    
3. Enter username or email for the account.
    
4. Click Reset password.
    
5. An email containing a link to set a new password is sent to the email provided or associated with the username.
    
6. Access the link in the mail and provide a new password.