---
tags:
- printing integration
alias: administration-createprintingintegration
description: "This documentation outlines creating a printing integration for third-party label printing"
---

# Create Printing Integration

:lock: PrintingIntegration.**Create**

## Overview

This operation is used to create a **Printing Integration**.

The **Printing Integration** entity, in the **Administration** menu, contains all the necessary information for third-party label printing integration.

## Setup

No specific setup is required other than to meet the preconditions of the transaction.

## Preconditions

* The **Advanced Layout and Printing** module is properly licensed in the system.
* The **Printing Integration** does not currently exist in the system.

## Sequence of Steps

Step 1: General Data

1. Provide a unique name for the **Printing Integration**.
2. Provide a description for the **Printing Integration**.
3. Specify the [[printingsystem-lt]] lookup table, which is pre-populated with **BarTender** and **NiceLabel**.
4. If the **Integration Method** is **File**, you must take the following into account:
      * File Format: CSV or XML.
      * CSV Delimiter - if File Format is CVS.
      * CSV Text Qualifier - if File Format is CVS.
      * URL - must be well formed.
      * SSL Verify (defaults to `False`).
      * Username.
      * Password.
5. If the **Integration Method** is **Web Service**, you must take the following into account:
      * Web Service Call Mode - Synchronous or Asynchronous.
      * Web Service Request Timeout (defaults to 3000 milliseconds) - if Web Service Call Mode is Synchronous.
      * Authentication Method - None or Basic Authentication.
      * HTTP Method - GET or POST.
      * Web Service Content Type - if HTTP Method is POST.
      * URL - must be well formed.
      * Username - if Authentication Method is different from `None`.
      * Password - if Authentication Method is different from `None`.
6. Specify the Input Formatter Rule - the Scope of the Rule must be Printing Integration, and it must be Active and Non-Template.
7. Specify the Output Formatter Rule - the Scope of the Rule must be Printing Integration, and it must be Active and Non-Template.
8. Select **Create** to complete the operation.

![Screenshot showing a UI with options for creating printing integration.](images/create_printing_integration.png)