Automatically Print a Packing Slip or Invoice for Combined Orders

ShipWorks gives you the ability to combine two or more orders into a single combined order, making it easy to ship multiple orders to the same address. This article will guide you through the process of configuring ShipWorks to automatically print an invoice or packing slip automatically for a newly combined order.

Having a new packing slip or invoice print automatically for any newly combined orders is helpful when:

Before you can start combining orders in ShipWorks, there are a few things that you need to have in place:

Let's set up and action so that when a newly combined order enters the Combined Orders filter a Single Scan Packing slip is automatically printed. The process will look like this:

1. The first step is to create the Combined Orders filter. If you have not yet done so, please follow the steps in the Filtering Combined Orders article. Then, continue to step 2 below.

2. Click on the Manage tab and then on the Actions button.

3. Click on the New Action button.

4. Name the action. For this example, we will name our action Print Combined Packing Slip.

5. Click the When the following occurs: drop-down menu and select When a filter's content changes from the list of options.

6. Click on the When an Order Enters drop-down menu and select the Combined Orders filter.

7. Click on the Add Task button and select Print from the list of available options.

8. Click on the With Template: drop-down menu and select the Packing Slips Single Scan template. (or whatever packing slip or invoice template you wish to have printed)

9. Click the OK button.

If you have not yet selected a printer for the packing slip or invoice template you selected, you will be prompted to do so.

10. Click Close.

That's it. When you combine orders in ShipWorks, the newly combined order will be displayed in the Combined Orders filter and the packing slip or invoice will print automatically for you.

Combining Orders in ShipWorks

Filtering Combined Orders