Under Review
Automatic printing of Packing Slips for new orders
Because this original request I made for this was closed when an unrelated feature was introduced, I'm creating a new one.
I would very much like to be able to have the automation in ShipStation be able to print. This would allow me to have it automatically print all new orders that have downloaded, so that warehouse personnel know an order has come in when the printer starts spitting out packing slips. This is something we're used to having in a different product we switched from to ShipStation and it's the main thing we miss. With printing being done through ShipStation Connect now, this should be entirely possible too.
The other thing that would have be added is another feature that ShipStation really does need anyway: an indication of some kind that an order has already been printed. This would allow automation to "print all unprinted orders" as well as greatly reduce the possibility of orders being double-packed when more than 1 person is working shipping. We've had this happen multiple times simply because there's no good way to tell when an order has already been printed right now.
Thank you!!
Does anyone know if there is Auto Print for packing slips when an order comes in? Looking to see if it has been added.
Any updates on this? It would be EXTREMELY HELPFUL! Also, any way to auto refresh the marketplaces for orders so I don't have to do it a hundred times a day? It's kind of archaic
Add two automation rule actions, one to "Print Packing Slip" and one to "Print Label". Each of these actions would have a drop-down menu allowing selection of the target printer. The list of possible printers would include all of the printers configured and shared via ShipStation Connect.
Using automation rule actions has a lot of benefits, such as allowing packing slips and labels to be printed to specific printers. For example, priority orders could be printed to a dedicated printer for priority processing.
Ideally, the automation rule actions would print packing slips and labels automatically whenever the automation rule is triggered, not just when the order is first imported into ShipStation.
We're fine with orders printing in the middle of the night or over the weekend. It works better in fact, because the printer doesn't overheat when printing out orders on Monday morning. And the warehouse team has something to do when they arrive each morning, without having to manually print everything before getting started.
I would vote that there is a config setting added to:
1) Automatically print the picking list when the order loads to ShipStation
2) Automatically prints the packing list when you mark the order as shipped.
We're moving over from Shipworks and it does this. Our packers are already complaining because Shipstation will not. I would think this would be a super easy automation?
We would love this, it would really help our flow, to be able to automatically print packing slips whenever it Shipstation updates from the store.
Wow, people have been asking for this for 7 years now and it is still not available? Serious question, will this ever be implemented? I may stay with Shipworks because of this single issue.
I was really surprised when I started using ShipStation that the packing slips did not print automatically when an order arrived. This seems like a "no brainer" to me. This and the fact that ShipStation does not automatically download the orders very often from our channels. I do like the software, but these two missing features is a let down for me. :-(
how is this still not a thing
Would love to have this feature. For the packing slips, we currently refresh, then create a manual order for "PRINT HERE" and use that as our marker of where to print. Sometimes orders slip through if we don't refresh and click back on orders. Or if a payment processes late and the order slips behind our manual marker. Would be nice to either autoprint all the time, or be able to print everything not printed.
Whenever an order comes in, it prints a packing slip. This however, will only work if shipstation auto imports orders.
I wish I could vote a billion times for this.
I see this thread is almost 4 years old. Is this something ShipStation is planning to work on?
It would be ideal if when I print the shipping label that automatically printed the packing slip at the same time.
Any updates? This request was originally made in 2012. Shipstation responded in 2016, 4 years later. Well, another 4 years has come and gone. Don't you think it may be time to respond again? 385 votes as I am writing this.
Jeff
This would be a nice feature. If the item is in stock and the time is before your cutoff then it will auto print the packing slip.
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