Note: The remainder of the settings included in the Network part of the setup will 'auto-fill' when all necessary connections have been made.
Connecting a Device to the Printer
In order for a user to be able to print using the mobile printer, a connection between a device and the printer must be created. The link between the two devices will use Bluetooth.
1. On the front of the printer there are two buttons; a power and a feed button. Press and Hold the 'Feed' button for 5 seconds until you see a small Bluetooth symbol appear-this symbol will appear in the top-left of the screen and will flash.
2. Next, on your device, enter the Bluetooth settings. All devices are different and so finding the device settings will be different. Generally speaking the settings menu will appear as a 'Cog' type icon-should be very easy to find. Enter the Bluetooth section of the settings ensuring that Bluetooth is turned on.
3. From here you should see an option to pair a new device; similar to below:
4. Click on Pair new device, and you should be shown a list of available devices:
Click on the correct device and you should be shown a 'Pair' message; asking you if you want to connect with that device. Click 'Pair'.
5. You should also see a 'Pair' message appear on the printer at the same time that you see one appear on your device. Click Pair on the printer as well to enable the connection:
Accept using the top-left button.
6. You should see a message stating that Pairing has been successful.
Using the Printer to Print labels from the device
1. Once the pairing is complete the only thing left to do is print any labels you need.
2. Open the TransVirtual app; log in.
3. In the Deliveries section, click on the delivery or pickup you wish to print labels for. Proceed with the delivery as per normal until you arrive at the Signature/Signing for page. Here, click on the Delivery Issues Icon:
4. Entering this screen you will see an option to print the labels. Click on this to do so. You can then either complete the job as per normal by tapping the pen icon and signing for; or you can back out of this delivery/pickup until you are back to the home screen.
Note: You can also print labels using the search section of the app. Search for a consignment number and follow the same steps as above to print the labels from the Delivery Issues page.
The only way to print labels via the mobile printer is to have a connected device feed the jobs to the printer. It is NOT currently possible to send jobs directly to the printer without a connected device.
If you need to have the driver print a label for a consignment that they do not currently have; what would need to happen is that you would have to assign the job to them using the web portal (history tab of consignment-under manual assignments). From here they will see the job appear on their device and can then print the labels as per the above steps.