Print document types
Every print job says what kind of document it is. This is what routing rules and site defaults key off.
| Document | Comes from | Default used | Usual form |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shipping label | Buying a courier label for a parcel | Shipping-label default | ZPL, or PDF where the site has no thermal printer |
| Packing slip | Packing a fulfilment group | Document default | |
| Pick list | Running a pick | Document default | |
| Product label | A product, or a batch | Thermal-label default, falling back to the document default | ZPL |
| Location label | A location, or a batch | Thermal-label default, falling back to the document default | ZPL |
| Licence plate label | A licence plate | Thermal-label default, falling back to the document default | ZPL |
| Test | Checking a printer works | The printer you are testing | Either |
The three item labels behave differently
Product, location and licence-plate labels are item labels, and they are the only ones with a two-step default: the site's thermal-label default first, and the document default if there is not one.
That fallback is why item labels sometimes come out of an office printer — see how a printer is chosen. If small labels are appearing on A4, the site has no thermal-label default set.
Only item labels use your templates
Product, location and licence-plate labels are rendered from templates you design.
Everything else arrives already made: a courier label from the carrier, a packing slip and pick list from Yessort. You cannot lay those out yourself.
Carrier-aware routing applies to one
Routing rules can match on carrier and service as well as site and document type, which only means anything for shipping labels. Other document types have no carrier.