Labtricity connects you with your lab. You can
send orders for printing to your selected Labtricity lab through
PhotoReflect Publisher. First, you must set up an account with a
Labtricity lab of your choice. Then, in PhotoReflect Publisher,
you can either electronically send your orders to the lab, or
print them to CD for sending to the lab. The first time you send
an order electronically to the lab, you are asked to enter your
credit card information. Subsequent orders are charged to the card
automatically.
Note: If you are currently using EZ Prints, we attempt to convert
your existing package items to similar offerings on the Labtricity
network; however, there may be certain products that are not available.
If this is the case, you will receive a message, and you can update
the packages by selecting similar items.
Before fulfilling orders with Labtricity, you must select a Labtricity
lab. You can do so when you are creating package groups by clicking
“choose labtricity lab” on the toolbar. You can also search for labs on
the Labtricity website, which you can access from the Websites area on
the Setup workspace. When selecting a lab, you can view the lab’s offerings
and prices by clicking the website link. We recommend you send sample orders
to labs you are interested in to check the quality of the product you will
be providing your customers. Some labs offer color test prints you can use
to evaluate prints of your photos. You can always select a different lab to
print to when you receive orders, but it is much quicker to have your
packages set up with the lab you plan to use.
When creating package groups for Labtricity fulfillment, add lab print items
to the packages. If you want every item printed at the lab, your packages
should consist of all lab print items.
Note: You cannot print items locally through PhotoReflect Publisher. If you
want to print items locally, click “add local print items” on the toolbar to
add locally printed items to packages. If you print locally, you must mark
orders as shipped after you fulfill the order rather than printing the order
through PhotoReflect Publisher. Express Digital has numerous other software
packages that allow you to print locally, as well as perform many other tasks
relevant to your photography business. Visit www.expressdigital.com for more
information on other Express Digital products.
Be sure your shipping charges cover the lab shipping costs if you have the
lab drop-ship the prints to your customer. Your shipping table set up in
the Setup workspace is used for shipping charges rather than the lab’s
shipping charge. Note that some labs will not drop-ship to your customers; they
only ship orders back to you.
After adding lab items to packages, orders created using those packages
are sent electronically to the lab when you print the order. Alternatively,
you can print the order to CD to send to the lab by mail. If you have an
order containing both local print items and lab print items, the lab will
receive only the lab print items. Before printing the order, you can
select “edit & proof” on the toolbar to correct errors in the photo.
When you print an order, a receipt appears indicating your lab costs.
You have the option to cancel the order at that time.
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