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LabelRules handbook

Choose the right labels, review their content, print through PrintStation and control changes to production.

Review edition · 25 October 2026

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LabelRules

Your role

Start here: Operator

Find the right job, review the label and quantity, and follow the print outcome.

Operator
Your role

Start here: Supervisor

Import work, oversee label runs, authorise exact reprints and investigate exceptions.

Supervisor
Your role

Start here: Author

Prepare layouts, rules, forms and data mappings, then freeze saved work for review.

Author
Your role

Start here: Reviewer

Check frozen changes and evidence before publication, and review a rollback when needed.

Reviewer
Your role

Start here: Owner

Set up the site, people and printing, and manage recovery, exports and closure.

Owner
Your role

Start here: Viewer

Find jobs, follow run history and interpret the evidence without changing production.

Viewer
Quick reference

Who can do what in LabelRules

Find the role for a task, then check site access, release controls and printing conditions.

Owner · Author · Reviewer · Supervisor · Operator · Viewer
Reference

Enter job references, form answers and reprint evidence

Check exact number/date formats and distinguish general form values from stricter correction fields.

Owner · Author · Reviewer · Supervisor · Operator · Viewer
Everyday work

Print labels for a production job

Check a work-order revision, prepare its label and follow the accepted run.

Operator · Supervisor
Exceptions

Authorise an exact reprint

Choose the retained copies, explain the reason and account for possible duplicates.

Supervisor
Exceptions

Handle uncertain PrintStation output

Investigate a lost printer answer without creating uncontrolled duplicate labels.

Operator · Supervisor
Authoring

Create and check a label layout

Edit saved layout geometry and inspect the renderer proof before release review.

Author
Authoring

Draft a rule in plain English

Save the intended condition, review a proposal and prove the expected behaviour.

Author
Authoring and approval

Verify examples and publish a release

Keep intended outcomes, frozen candidates, verification and publication distinct.

Author · Reviewer
Exceptions

Review and activate a rollback

Check a retained release against current conditions before making it live again.

Reviewer
Everyday work

Complete a reviewed operator form

Supply the required answers and reason for a selected job line before label preparation.

Operator · Supervisor
Authoring

Prepare forms, reference data and source mappings

Check the inputs production uses as carefully as the label layout.

Author · Reviewer
Everyday work

Import production jobs or stores locations

Choose the supported file type, check the import result and preserve exact source values.

Supervisor
Everyday work

Check and print a label list

Review held rows before accepting a CSV for controlled delivery to a routed printer.

Supervisor
Site administration

Set up and qualify LabelRules printing

Connect the correct PrintStation route and check this product’s label on the real printer.

Owner · Supervisor
Records and evidence

Read history and export retained records

Distinguish label content, printing evidence, selected history exports and complete site exports.

Supervisor · Viewer · Owner
Site administration

Review recovery holds and close a site

Restore confidence in work before resuming, and preserve records before closure.

Owner · Supervisor
Worked example

Worked handover: the label may already have printed

Keep a print uncertainty separate from content changes and exact reprint approval.

Operator · Supervisor · Owner
Specialist tasks and administration

Review and expire retained label history

Separate policy adoption, private export and irreversible expiry.

Owner · Supervisor
Specialist tasks and administration

Prepare a reviewed defect report for manual handover

Inspect the exact saved content and download it without changing production.

Owner · Author · Reviewer · Supervisor · Operator · Viewer
Specialist tasks and administration

Retain and inspect private monochrome artwork

Understand accepted PNG inputs and the current image-placement boundary.

Author · Reviewer
Specialist tasks and administration

Verify a form from raw source through to the label

Keep transient trials, independent form examples and whole-workflow proof separate.

Author · Reviewer
Specialist tasks and administration

Review portable workflow evidence at the receiving site

Inspect signed and local proofs without confusing review with signing or activation.

Reviewer
Specialist tasks and administration

Manage local access and publication controls

Restrict central grants and apply the site’s optional additional release checks.

Owner · Reviewer
Specialist tasks and administration

Understand virtual and direct QZ printer workflows

Use only the offered qualified local workflow and preserve the PrintStation boundary.

Owner · Author · Reviewer · Operator · Supervisor
Site administration

Interpret workspace usage and capacity

Separate retained limits, rolling budgets, plan allowances and original requests.

Owner · Supervisor · Viewer