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The POS Printing parameters contain parameters regarding the Point of Sale module.
This form is displayed when you click Manufacturer systems (Module) and MB. Mercedes-Benz (Company) > Menu - Utilities > Mercedes-Benz parameters and you browse to Service > + POS Printing Parameters > [no. Company name] on the Project parameters browser. It defines the POS printing actions.
Tabs:
Printing of documents:
Print deleted lines on a delivery note: Select the concerning setting.
Never: Point-of-Sale lines with a status of D, 1 or 2 are never printed. This is the default setting.
1 Only once: Point-of-Sale lines with a status of D, 1 or 2 are printed only once on the delivery note and are skipped every next time that a delivery note is printed.
A Always: Point-of-Sale lines with a status of D, 1 or 2 are printed every time when a delivery note is printed.
Print backordered lines on a delivery note: Select the concerning setting.
Never: Point-of-Sale lines with status backordered are never printed. This is the default setting.
1 Only once: Point-of-Sale lines with status backordered are printed only once on the delivery note and are skipped every next time that a delivery note is printed.
A Always: Point-of-Sale lines with status backordered are printed every time when a delivery note is printed.
Print format exchange parts: Select the concerning style used.
Default: Standard way of printing within Point of Sale. The Mercedes-Benz style is ignored.
1 Standard DC: The prices are printed on the return part line or on a additional total line when there is customer share or discount on this part.
2 Alternative style: Prints all the values on the exchange part. The return part will not contain any value.
Note: Setting this parameter to Standard DC or Alternative Style without changing the formats will give unwanted information on the print out!
Button:
: Opens the Print Format Examples Exchange Parts form which displays a preview of the layout of the selected style.
Picking slip printing options: Select how the Picking slip and Requisition are printed.
Default: The sorting option is deactivated and the core functionality is active.
1 Print Picking slip: The Picking slip is printed in the sorting order set in the POS parameters.
2 Print Picking slip & Requisition: The Picking slip and Requisition are printed in the sorting order set in the POS parameters. The Requisition button is deactivated automatically.
3 Print Picking slip & Suppress Requisition: The Picking slip is printed in the sorting order set in the POS parameters and the printing of the requisition is suppressed. The Requisition button will be deactivated automatically. However, the functionality that comes with the printing of the requisition remains active.
Note: If the Picking slip printing options parameter is set to 3 Print Picking slip & Suppress Requisition, it is not possible to select the Print requisition and invoice simultaneously parameter.
4 Print Requisition: The Picking slip button is deactivated and only the Requisition is sorted.
Print requisition and invoice simultaneously: Select if you want to print the requisition and invoice simultaneously in Point-of-Sale and Print Batch of Invoices/Credits.
Note: It is still possible to print a Requisition without invoicing the WIP, if you first print the Requisition in Point-of-sale.
Note: This function is only active in Point-of-Sale if the Decarding option of the account selected on the WIP is set up to print a Requisition instead of a Delivery note.
Change status after printing pickingslip: Select to change the status P (Issue) of a part line in a WIP (Point of Sale) after printing a picking slip.
New status after printing pickingslip: The status of all part lines with status P (Issue) are set to this status after printing a picking slip, if the Change status after printing picking slip parameter is selected.
Department: Enter the departments, separated by a comma, for which the Change status after printing picking slip function is used. Leave this parameter blank to use the Change status after printing picking slip function in all companies.
Offer status R->P per picking slip: Select to enable the conversion of parts from status R to status P for selected picking slips.
Note: If part lines exist with status R which are related to more than one picking slip, the Select picking slips for conversion form is displayed when selecting the Convert R status lines to P option in the WIP. The user is able to select one or more of these numbers. Only part lines which are related to the selected picking slip numbers are changed.
Cash allocation format: Enter the format stationary ID used to print the cash allocation, for example, MS/MBC. No print is produced, if this field is blank.
Prevent zero value documents per W code: Select to prevent users form invoicing zero value documents. A message is displayed that the POS invoice includes a zero-sum document for a specific warranty code, the invoice is rejected and not printed.
Note: This function is only active for NDL systems.
Gate pass parameters:
Activate Gate pass: Select to activate the Gate pass functionality.
Priority to print Gate pass: Enter the minimum priority the user needs to print a Gate pass.
Gate pass number: Enter the unique running serial number. This parameter contains the last gate pass number that has been assigned to a WIP on the moment of printing the document. This number will be increased every time a gate pass document is printed and will be reset automatically to 0 in case the maximum of 999999999 has been reached.
Note: The Gate pass number must be set up per Point of Sale company.
Format stationary: Enter the format stationary format which is used to print the Gate pass document. Default: SO/GAT
Tip: For the Gate pass document a standard Print Manager format FSGATEPASS.kpm is available.
Terminal number/matching printer 1: Enter the terminal number and select printer for which printing the Gate pass document is allowed.
Terminal number/matching printer 2: Enter the terminal number and select printer for which printing the Gate pass document is allowed.
Terminal number/matching printer 3: Enter the terminal number and select printer for which printing the Gate pass document is allowed.
Terminal number/matching printer 4: Enter the terminal number and select printer for which printing the Gate pass document is allowed.
Terminal number/matching printer 5: Enter the terminal number and select printer for which printing the Gate pass document is allowed.
Tip: The terminal number is not the POS Default Terminal number, but the Terminal number of the user. The Gate pass document can only be printed on five different terminals (computers).You can freeze the terminal number of the user via the environment variable TERMFILE. In this TERMFILE the concerning Computer name is linked to the specified terminal number. This specified terminal number should be available in the Terminal details of the System Utilities module.
Note: Before using a format in Point of Sale, you must generate the library of Point of Sale, make modules and restart the library.
Fields:
Enable print preview: Select to activate the option to preview the documents using Print viewer (if installed) or a PC text viewer.
Email support: Select to send documents from Point-Of-Sales via Email (Only available for printers using Print manager).
IP number mail server: Enter the IP address or host name of the mail server for outgoing mail (SMTP).
Print form layer mask: Select one or multiple layers to calculate the layer mask to be used for sending documents by email. If left blank, the default will be used. (Obsolete for PM server version 1.10.17315 or higher, the parameters Send email as copy document is used from this version onwards.)
Email redirect server: Enter the IP address or host name of the print manager server that should be used to send mail. The print manager server will forward the mail request to this redirecting print manager server. (The redirect parameters that are specified on system level will be used if these parameter is left blank.)
Queue: Enter the name of the queue that should be used for mailing the document.
Fax support: Select to send documents from Point-Of-Sales via Fax (Only available for printers using Print manager with Fax support).
Print form layer mask: Select one or multiple layers to calculate the layer mask to be used for sending a document to a fax recipient. If left blank, the default will be used. (Obsolete for PM server version 1.10.17315 or higher, the parameters Send fax as copy document is used from this version onwards.)
Coverpage: Enter the trigger name for which coverpage to use.
Fax redirect server: Enter the IP address or host name of the print manager server that should be used to send faxes. The print manager server will forward the mail request to this redirecting print manager server. (The redirect parameters that are specified on system level will be used if these parameter is left blank.)
Queue: Enter the name of the queue that should be used for faxing the document.
Note: For Email and Fax support you must make sure that the printer used in Autoline has the Compatibility mode of F (electroforms) in the Printer Details.
Settings Per Document Grid:
Select the options per document type.
Note: It is not possible to activate fax, email or preview functions if the corresponding function on general level is not selected.
Document: Displays the documents concerned in Point of Sale.
Fax settings: Select to send this document type by fax or not.
0 - Disable: The fax option is not available when you want to print the document.
1 - Enable: The fax option is available when you want to print the document.
2 - Force printing: The fax option is available when you want to print the document, but it is not possible to send a fax without printing a document.
Email settings: Select to send this document type by mail or not.
0 - Disable: The email option is not available when you want to print the document.
1 - Enable: The email option is available when you want to print the document.
2 - Force printing: The email option is available when you want to print the document, but it is not possible to send a email without printing a document.
Address source: Select the email address source to be used as default.
0 - CRM only: Select to use the email address from the CRM customer record. This will be the default setting as this is the current functionality. If not available the email address will be blank.
1 - Sales Ledger only: Select to use the email address from the Sales Ledger record. If not available the email address will be blank.
2 - CRM default: Select to allow the user the option to choose the email address to be used, either the CRM or Sales Ledger email address can be selected, but the CRM email address will be by default selected. If the CRM email address is not available the field is left blank but the user is able to select the Sales Ledger email address.
3 - Sales Ledger default: Select to allow the user the option to choose the email address to be used, either the CRM or Sales Ledger email address can be selected, but the Sales Ledger email address will be by default selected. If the Sales Ledger email address is not available the field is left blank but the user is able to select the CRM email address.
Preview settings: Select if a document is available for previewing.
0 - Disable: The preview option is not available when you want to preview the document.
1 - Enable: The preview option is available when you want to preview the document.
Multiple invoicing:
Allow discount change at MI screen: Select to enable discount change at the MI screen.
Multiple invoices seperation indicator: Select to set the multiple invoicing lines default to be seperate invoices.
Accounts For Multiple Invoicing Grid:
Defines the SL accounts that WIP items within a warranty/payment are multiple invoiced.
Franchise: Enter the franchise required.
Payment code: Enter the warranty or payment code.
SL-account: Enter the sales ledger account.
Name: Displays the name of the sales ledger account entered.
Invoices to Print Grid Shortcut Menu:
Insert: Creates a new account mapping item.
Delete: Removes the selected gridline.
The RTS Text lines of the format stationary’s body are used to print the Flexible Service Invoice Messages. The number of characters on the format should match this parameter.
Fields:
RTS text line length: Enter the RTS-text-line length (number of characters, between 0 and 100). This parameter must match the number of characters that can be printed on the format. By default the length is set to 50 characters.
Note: Changing the length set-up in the RTS text line length parameter, while having Service invoice message records created, may cause printing problems.
This form is displayed when you click Manufacturer systems (Module) and MB. Mercedes-Benz (Company) > Menu - Utilities > Mercedes-Benz parameters and you browse to Service > + POS Printing Parameters > [no. Company name] > Printing Parameters Tab and click the Print Format Examples Exchange Parts button.
Print format:
1 Standard DC: Displays that the printed invoices and estimates are to include details of the exchange part costs.
2 Alternative style: Displays that the printed invoices and estimates are not to include details of the exchange part costs.
Grid:
Partnumber: Displays the part number.
Description: Displays the description of the part.
Quantity: Displays the quantity ordered.
Price: Displays the unit price of the part, exchange price for the part, or the unit price of the part minus exchange price for the part.
CS: Displays the customer payment share.
Disc: Displays the part discount percentage.
Total: Displays the total price of part minus exchange price for the part.