The Print shipping papers option is used for generating a shipping paper known as a Packing Slip. Shipping papers generate for individual orders and detail order 'Ship to', Sold To, and content information; each order should ship with shipping papers.
Any user defined fields populated for an order line item on the Product Detail window will print below each line item on a shipping paper. If the Enable Multi-Warehouses option is enabled on the Inventory System Setup window (from Orders, select Set up module, and click Inventory), shipping papers sort by order number, warehouse, and line number.
If the warehouse location changes for an individual product, that product's order information prints on a separate page. The Warehouse location prints at the top of a shipping paper, and, if a bin is defined for a warehouse, the Bin location prints next to the product line-item. In addition, order quantity totals will not print on shipping papers when the Enable Multi-Warehouses option is enabled.
Shipping papers also sort product kits by warehouse location when the Enable Multi-Warehouses option is enabled. A product kit will print on one page, and the kit's items will sort and print on separate pages depending on warehouse location. For example, a product kit consists of four items. Three items are from the Default warehouse, and the fourth item is from the North warehouse. The three items from the Default warehouse will print on one page, and the fourth item from the North warehouse will print on a separate page.
To print shipping papers
1. From Orders, select Process orders> Print shipping papers to open the Print shipping papers window.
2. Select the order(s) for which you want to print shipping papers. To edit an order, double-click it to open the order on the Order Entry window.
3. Click Convert. A message displays prompting you to confirm printing the shipping papers.
4. Click Yes to print the shipping papers. The following is a sample shipping paper:
Note: If you are converting multiple shipping papers and screen is the report destination, canceling the job before all shipping papers are processed will cause errors. These errors will occur for every shipping paper that was not processed, and the unprocessed shipping papers will not print. However, each order still will proceed to the Ship orders stage.
Example of a Packing Slip - Multi-Warehouses enabled
Example of a Packing Slip - Multi-Warehouses disabled; pricing information displays only if the Show Prices On Shipping Paper option is enabled on the Order Status Defaults window (from Orders, select Set up module, and click Order Staging)