Skip to content

Printing an order

Reference — Print output of an order: choose a print template, use the print preview and use the QR code for the mobile order view.

What you use this area for

The printout takes the order to the shop floor: as a production accompanying sheet ("machine sheet") at the braiding machine or as a worksheet for the winding department. You print directly from the braiding order editor or the winding order editor via the Print button (top right).

The printing workflow

flowchart LR
  A[Print in the editor] --> B{Several matching<br>templates?}
  B -->|yes| C[Choose print template]
  B -->|no| D[Print preview]
  C --> D
  D --> E[Printer or PDF]

Choose print template

If there are several matching print templates, the Choose print template dialog appears first with a selection list. Herzog CAB only shows templates that suit the situation and preselects the matching standard template:

Situation Preselected standard template
Braiding order with design up to 48 carriers Standard order template (order data + one design page).
Braiding order with design from 49 carriers Large order template (order data + two-page design view with large overview).
Winding order Standard winding order template (including target values and color breakdown).

Your own templates from the print template editor always appear in the list in addition. If there is only one matching template, the dialog is skipped and the print preview opens directly.

The “Choose print template” dialog with the template list open

No templates available

If there are no print templates at all, Herzog CAB offers to use the simple default print.

Print preview

Print preview of an order with order, customer, machine and production data.

In the preview you see the finished printout page by page. Using the toolbar you can

  • page through the pages,
  • adjust the zoom level and choose the page view (single, side by side, overview),
  • set up the paper format
  • and start printing via the printer icon — there you can also choose a PDF printer to output the order as a PDF file.

The standard printout of a braiding order contains Order data, Customer data, Machine data and Production data as well as — with a linked design — the design page with preview and carrier table. The color designations follow the Display setting (color name, identifier, hex value or Pantone) from the Design tab.

Your own print templates

You define the appearance and content of the printout via Print templates: there you design, for example, a production accompanying sheet, material list or labels with logo, tables and placeholders and define paper format and orientation.

→ See Print templates.

QR code for the machine

Herzog CAB comes with a built-in web server through which order and machine data can be retrieved on a smartphone or tablet — ideal directly at the braiding machine. Access is established via a QR code: once scanned with the phone camera, the mobile view opens in the browser.

This is how it works:

  1. The web server is activated in the Settings > Web server and QR code and given a Password. The QR code is also shown there.
  2. The operator scans the QR code with the smartphone and logs in with the web server password.
  3. The mobile view opens with machine and order information (setup, loading, documents, machine data).

Prerequisite: web server active

The mobile view only works if the web server is running, a web server password is set and the smartphone and PC are in the same network. Without a password, the web interface can only be reached on the computer itself. Activation, IP selection and password are described under Web server and QR code.

QR code on paper

Add the QR code to a print template so that every printed production accompanying sheet leads directly to the mobile order view.

Related pages