Introduction
This guide explains how to print labels for the dishes on a menu in one go, using a label template you choose. The dishes do not need a label designed for them first.
Assumptions
You can use the Label Maker, and at least one label template has been created in it. See Label Maker.
The menu has dishes on it.
Where to find this
Head Office > Recipe Manager > Menu Hub, then open a menu and click Print labels.
Step-by-Step guide
Choosing the dishes
The Print labels screen lists every dish on the menu once, even if it is on the menu on more than one day. Tick the dishes you want labels for, or tick the box at the top of the list to choose them all.
To find dishes more easily, use the day tabs and the category list above the dishes. Dishes you have ticked stay ticked when you change the filter.
Choosing the template and how many labels
Under Print settings, choose a Label template. The same template is used for every dish. If there are no templates yet, the screen says "There are no label templates yet. Templates are created in the Label Maker."
Under Labels per dish, enter how many labels each dish needs. This sets the number for every dish, and you can then change the number for any one dish in the list. Enter a whole number: if it is not valid the screen tells you the range it accepts.
Along the bottom of the screen you can see how many dishes you have ticked and how many labels that makes, for example "4 dishes selected · 8 labels". Check it before you print. Click Show selected dishes to see which dishes are included. If you ask for more labels than can be printed at once, the screen tells you, and asks you to untick some dishes or lower their quantities.
Printing
Click Print.
If any ticked dish is missing information the template would show, such as supplier ingredients, allergen information, nutrition information or a weight, the screen first lists Some dishes are missing information. Those labels print without the missing information, as they would in the Label Maker. You can close the list and fix the dishes first, or click Print anyway.
IndiCater then prepares the labels. While it does, it shows how far it has got, for example "Drawing label 3 of 8", and you can click Cancel to stop. When the labels are ready it says Labels ready and opens your browser's print window.
In your browser's print settings, set the margins to None or Minimum so the labels print at their size. If you close the print window, click Print again.
If something goes wrong
If labels could not be made for some dishes, the screen says "Labels couldn't be generated for" that number of dishes and tells you why for each one, for example that its recipe information couldn't be read, or that it is no longer on the menu. The other labels are still ready to print.
Good to know
Each label looks as it would in the Label Maker with the same template. The Use By and today's date are worked out on the day you print.
Printing from a menu does not change any dish's saved label, the template or the menu.