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Print buttons in Omnilinker send labels to your station: the station the computer you work on prints to. You pick it once per computer with Choose station in the top bar, next to the notification bell. Your choice is also what makes the labels of the shipments you create print by themselves when the carrier sends them; see Automatic printing. Choose station is shown when stations are enabled for your organization and you have the Choose a station to print at permission. To print, you also need the Print permission. See Permissions.

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Choose a station

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Open the picker

Click Choose station in the top bar. Where are you printing? opens: “For this computer only. Print buttons send labels to the station you pick here.”
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Pick the station

Stations are grouped by location, with No location last. Each station shows its health, for example Online, the printer problem when it Needs attention, and who else prints there, for example “Anna prints here too”. An offline station cannot be picked.
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Make it your usual station (optional)

Tick Make it my usual station to have Omnilinker pick this station for you on a computer you have not used before. It is ticked for you when you have no usual station yet.
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Confirm

Click Print at followed by the station’s name.
The button then shows the station’s name and a dot for its health: green when its printers are ready, orange when a printer needs attention or printing is paused, red when the station is offline. The picker refreshes every minute.

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How the choice is kept

  • Per computer and browser. The choice is saved in this browser for you. On another computer, or in another browser, you choose again, or Omnilinker picks your usual station.
  • Shared stations. Any number of people can choose the same station. The Stations page shows them under Printing here now.
  • Your usual station. Marked Your usual in the picker. It is only a suggestion for new computers; it never sends a label anywhere by itself.
If your station is removed, or you lose access to its location, you have no station until you choose another one.

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Which stations you see

You see the paired stations you may print at. A location can allow Everyone, or Only these roles or people; stations of a location you are not allowed at do not appear. Stations with no location are open to everyone. The bottom of the picker lists the locations you can print at, for example “You can print at Warehouse A, Office stations.” When there is no station you can print at, the picker says “There are no stations you can print at yet.” with Set up a station, which opens Devices > Stations.

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No station

Choose No station and confirm with Download instead of printing to stop printing from this computer. The print buttons then have no station to send to: Print label opens its menu, where you pick a printer at any station you may use, or download the label. See Print labels. Shipments you create with no station chosen do not print by themselves when the label arrives.

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Still at the same station?

A location can ask people to confirm their station at the start of each shift: the setting Ask people to confirm their station at the start of each shift in Locations. It is off for a new location. When it is on for your station’s location and you last confirmed your station more than 12 hours ago, the picker opens by itself when you open Omnilinker, titled Still at the same station?: “It’s been a while. Check where this computer prints before the first label.” Click Yes, still at followed by the station’s name, or pick another station.