Workstation Settings

Workstation Information

The Workstation ID field contains the ID associated with your workstation.  

Select your location from the Location list if is not already populated.

Print Settings

First, select your label printer and printing options.

If you are using a 4x6-inch label printer:

1. Select your label printer from the Label Printer menu.
2. Make a selection from the Label Printing Option menu.   You can select JPG, PNG, or UN-PNG (uncompressed PNG) to print image labels using any label printer, or select ZPL to print Zebra Programming Language labels from a  Zebra label printer.

If you are using a document printer to print labels using label templates:

1. Select Document Type Printer from the Label Printer menu.
2. Select Standard Letter Size (LTR) from the Label Printing Option menu.

Next, select the document printer that you will use to print reports from the Report Printer menu.

Click the links provided to generate test labels. Ensure that the labels are aligned properly.

Scale Settings

If you are using a workstation-connected scale, connect it and install any necessary drivers prior to configuring your GSS workstation settings.  You are not required to use a workstation-connected scale to use GSS.

 Select your scale from the Scale Model menu, and its unit of measurement from the Weight Unit menu.

• If your scale uses a serial port connection, configure the Comm Port, Data Bits, Parity, Baud Rate, and Stop Bits settings.
• If your scale uses a USB connection, GSS will automatically detect your scale's configuration.  You do not need to make any changes to these settings.

If GSS does not automatically detect your USB scale Vendor, Product, and Device IDs, or if you want to locate these yourself, follow these steps:

1. Click your computer's Start button.
2. Double-click to open the Control Panel.
3. Double-click to open the Device Manager. (Alternately, double-click System and then click Device Manager.)
4. Click Human Interface Devices and then click USB Input Device Properties.
5. Click the Details tab and then, from the Property menu, select Hardware IDs.
6. In the Values box, locate the value for your printer. This value contains the Vendor ID, Product ID, and Device ID. For example, for the value "USB\VID_xxxx&PID_yyyy&REV_zzzz," "xxxx"is the Vendor ID, "yyyy"; is the Product ID, and "zzzz" is the Device ID.
7. From the Property menu select Bus reported device description to verify the product name of your USB scale.
8. Write down your Vendor ID, Product ID, and Device ID (Step 5) and enter these values on the Workstation Settings page.

Save Your Settings

Click Save when you are finished configuring the settings.  You may modify the workstation settings at any time by clicking the Settings menu link and then clicking Workstation Settings.