Option 1: Use Existing Barcode Labels

If you already have barcode labels, you can continue to use them in LASSO. The only requirement is that the barcode values are entered as the serial codes on your assets in LASSO. This way, scanning your existing labels will tie directly to the correct assets.

Option 2: Pre-Printed Barcode Labels

You can purchase pre-printed barcode labels from My Asset Tag. This provider offers customizable options to meet your inventory tracking needs.

Option 3: Printing Your Own Labels

If you prefer to print your own labels directly from LASSO, we recommend the Zebra ZD421 Printer:

Recommended Barcode Scanners

Regardless of which label option you choose, you’ll need a barcode scanner. Our customers have had great success with these models:

Both are reliable, easy to set up, and work well with LASSO.

LASSO provides the ability to print barcodes for your serialized assets from your inventory database to make it easier as you purchase new equipment or need to replace existing barcodes for your inventory.

Setting up your barcode printer and templates is a straightforward process of provisioning your barcode printer and establishing your label templates.

Currently LASSO supports printers that meet the following requirements:

We have built our barcode printing solution using Zebra printers and recommend them for printing from LASSO.

Printer Requirements

To ensure compatibility, please confirm the following:

Setup:

Follow the instructions that come with your printer to load the label stock, align the print heads, and connect the printer to the network. Follow the manufacturer’s documentation for information about securely configuring your printer. It is recommended that you isolate your barcode printers on their own VLAN/subnet within your network. This VLAN/subnet should only be used for your barcode printers.

Assign your barcode printer a static IP address. Refer to your router’s documentation on how to assign a device a static IP address or reserve the DHCP address assigned to your barcode printer. Be sure to note the IP address of your barcode printer.

Now that you have assigned a static IP address to your printer, you will need to access your organization’s network to set up port forwards. You will need to reference to your router’s manual for instructions on how to do this. This setting is typically called Routing or Port Forwarding. If this is the first printer, the port to forward is 9100. Additional printers added should have this number incremented (Printer #2 is on port 9101, etc.) If your router has the option if the port is for TCP, UDP, or Both, select Both.

Note: The reasoning for the public IP address is so the LASSO application servers can send data to the printer(s). To provide more security, we listed in the set up docs the LASSO IP addresses that will be sending the print commands/data to the printer(s). This allows the client to set up their firewall to only allow the LASSO application servers to send data to that printer port configured on that public IP.

After port forwarding is setup, you can use a port checking website such as “you get signal” (https://www.yougetsignal.com/tools/open-ports/) or “Port Checker” (https://portchecker.co/). On these sites you will enter your public IP address, and the port number assigned to the printer.
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For added security we recommend limiting access to these port(s) to only the following IP addresses. These are the IP addresses that LASSO will use to communicate with your Zebra printer.

CIDRS:

Note, those with more complex network setups, managed infrastructure, or using multiple networking device such as firewalls, multiple routers, etc., consult with your ISP (Internet Service Provider) or an IT professional regarding the configuration process. Due to numerous network configurations, LASSO cannot advise on or troubleshoot your internal network.

You can always contact [email protected] with questions regarding technical issues. For hardware issues specifically relating to the printer or your networking hardware, you should reach out directly with the manufacturer or vendor of your printer or consult an IT specialist.

All your printer settings can be found under “Company Inventory Settings” within the main navigation’s “Administration” section. Go to the “Printers” tab to add printers to your LASSO configuration. At the top you’ll see a list of your current printers. You have the option to have multiple printers (whether in different locations or supporting different size/types of labels).

To add your printer, select the + on the upper right of the Printers section. This will open a modal to enter in your printer details.

The printer detail modal (used for adding and editing printers) allows you to define:

The next step is adding your ZPL barcode templates. Just as with printers, you can have any number of templates for the various sizes of barcode labels, the information you want to share on them, etc. The easiest way to create these templates is using a visual layout tool like ZebraDesigner or labelary.com to get your barcodes to look as you want them to.

As another option, you can purchase pre-printed barcode labels from My Asset Tag. This provider offers customizable options to meet your inventory tracking needs.

To add a new template, select the + on the upper right of the Printers section. You’ll see a new modal that will allow you to specify the template details:

There are several “merge tags” that you can include in your templates as well. These will be replaced with asset information when printing your barcodes. These optional tags include:

Barcode Merge Tags

Example of using optional merge tags in a ZPL template

^XA

^CF0,30

^PR12

^LRY

^MD30

^PW600

^LL300

^PON

^FO19,14^XGR:IMG1,1,1^FS^FO233,19^FDWarehouse Street Address

^FS^FO236,51^FDCity, St. Zip Code

^FS^FO50,110^BCN,130,Y,N,N,A^FD{{ BARCODE_VALUE }}

^CF0,30

^FS^FO0,285^FB600,1,0,C^FD{{ PRODUCT_NAME }}\&

^FS^FO0,335^FB600,1,0,C^FD{{ DEPARTMENT_NAME }}\&

^XZ

You can also create a standardized serial number scheme for your barcodes so that when you’re adding new assets to your system, you’ll always be creating a unique barcode number for your assets. To create this serial number format, you’ll go to the “Financial” tab under the “Company Inventory Settings”.

In the “Automatically Generated Document Numbers” section, you’ll see the following relevant values:

You manage these formats as you do your Quote, Invoice, and PO numbers.

That’s the final step in setting up barcode printing for your LASSO Inventory system. Now, let’s explore printing the labels themselves.

LASSO Inventory allows you to print barcodes at two different key points when managing your assets.

To get started, go into your Inventory database by going to “Assets” page under “Inventory” in the main navigation.

Select a product that you want to manage and load its details. Then go to the “Inventory” tab where all the serialized & unserialized assets are managed.

If you’re adding new assets for a product and want to print barcodes for these assets, follow these steps:

The “adding new serialized assets” will look like the following when printing while adding your new assets.

You can also print labels for existing assets. For example, you may need to replace labels that have been worn down or aren’t scannable. To do this, you remain in the Inventory tab for the product details you’re working with. In the Serialized Inventory section, you’ll see something similar to:

On the right side of each row under “Actions”, you will now see a

icon which you can use to create new barcode labels for your existing assets. This will open a modal where you select the printer, label, and print quantity as you did when creating new assets.

Users can now create labels for containers that have been packed to an order along with access to a public link of a list of the items that have been packed into the container. This list can be printed, saved as a PDF, or can be viewed on mobile devices with a QR code, which can be printed on the container label.

Label templates are created with the Zebra printing language, and a variety of merge fields are available in order to print a variety of information about the container and the order that it’s been packed to, including:

Container Label Merge Tags

Packing a Container:

Print Labels:

Access Container Contents:

That’s how you currently print your barcodes and Container Labels in LASSO Inventory!