This article gives instructions specific for Brother label printer setup. Before you can set up your label printer it needs to be installed on the workstation(s) by you or your IT person. If you need help with installing your label printer please refer to the manual supplied with the printer, check the printer manufacturer’s website or call the printer manufacturer’s support desk.
When the printer is installed and the test page prints okay, the next step is to configure it for use with labels. These settings need to be set on each workstation that is going to be used to print labels.
Prerequisites
- Workstation + network if more than one workstation.
- Installed Brother label printer + labels.
Setting up Printer properties
In Printer properties you can configure the (default) settings for the printer to work as a label printer as well as setting up necessary options for Animana.
Go to Start > Devices and Printers and click on the Brother printer icon with the right button of your mouse to get the extra menu and select Printer properties
- Select the TAB [General]
- Add ‘LABEL’ to the printer name. Now Animana knows what printer to use when a label is printed.
- Click Apply.
- Click OK.
To prevent issues with silent printing or printer selection, there should only be 1 printer per type ‘LABEL’ installed on your computer.
Setting up Printing preferences
Go to Start > Devices and Printers and click on the Brother printer icon with the right button of your mouse to get the extra menu and select Printing preferences.
Setting Paper Size and preferred unit
- Select TAB [Basic].
- Select correct Paper size from the dropdown list – the actual label size you are using with the printer.
- Click Apply.
- Select TAB [Other].
- Select preferred Unit.
- Click Apply.
- Click OK.
Testing the printer
Go to Start>Devices and Printers and click on the Brother Printer icon with the right button of your mouse to get the extra menu and select Printer properties.
Click Print Test Page.
if the test page prints okay, click here to continue with further setup for label printing in Animana.
If the Test Page does not print
Go to Start > Devices and Printers and click on the Brother printer icon with the right button of your mouse to get the extra menu and select Troubleshoot; follow the steps suggested.
