Printer Considerations for Multiple Employees

There are some considerations for using InventoryLab with multiple employees using the same printer or multiple printers

Using Sub Accounts (Employees)

The easiest way to use multiple printers, especially if you only have a couple of employees, is to use the 2 Sub Accounts included with your InventoryLab subscription. To access this, click on your name in the upper right corner of the InventoryLab screen and in the drop down select My Account:

On the My Account page, scroll down to the bottom section that is labeled Employees. 

If you have not entered two employees yet, you will have the option to add one by clicking on the blue Add Employee button on the right side of the Employees section (of you can click on the Add Your First button if you have not added any, as shown in the image below):

If you are using both spots, just click on the pencil icon to the far right of the employee to edit their permissions. In either case, you will be able to select the permissions in this screen: 

 

When creating or editing your Employee, make sure to allow the account access to Settings when choosing your access levels. This will allow them to be able to set up a printer for their account that is separate from the main account.

Using this option, you can have up to 3 total people (including the main account) with 3 completely different label printers, including different manufacturers, and not have to continue to re-run print setup.

Using a Single Account Login 

If you have multiple employees/computers on the same InventoryLab account (including multiple ones using the same Sub Account) but utilizing multiple printers you must make some configuration changes or you will have to run print setup each time a printer change is made.

Go into each computer's printer settings and locate the DYMO printer. Enter the same printer name for each computer regardless of the printer model.

Examples:

Computer A is using a Brother QL570, the default printer name is "Brother QL570". If computer B is using a Brother QL500, the default name is "Brother QL500". Editing the names so that both are "Brother5" will allow use of each printer concurrently without requiring printer setup.

Computer A is using a DYMO 450 Labelwriter, the default printer name is "DYMO 450 Labelwriter". If computer B is using a DYMO 450 Turbo, the default name is "DYMO 450 Turbo". Editing the names so that both are "DYMO 450" will allow use of each printer concurrently without requiring printer setup.

 

Due to the different drivers needed, if you have 2 different printer manufacturers (ie: DYMO and Brother), on the same account login, the print setup will have to be run each time the other printer needs to be used.