Set Up Cloud Print

Cloud Print sends a label from BarcodeMan straight to your printer — no PDF download, no browser print dialog. To do that, one small application has to run on the computer your printer is attached to. This guide installs it and links it to your store.

Before you start

• A Cloud Print plan. Cloud Print is a paid tier of the BarcodeMan app for Wix. The client installs without it, but it will never receive a job.
• The right computer. Install on the machine your label printer is attached to — the counter PC, the Mac behind the till — not on the laptop you happen to be reading this on.
• A printer that already works. If that computer can print an operating system test page to it, Cloud Print can reach it.

Step 1 — Install the client

Download the installer on the computer your printer is attached to.

Windows. Run the downloaded .exe and follow the installer. If Windows asks whether to allow the app to make changes to your device, choose Yes.

macOS. Open the downloaded .dmg and drag the app into your Applications folder. The first time you open it, macOS may ask you to confirm — open Applications, right-click the app, and choose Open.

Step 2 — Link it to your store

The client asks you to sign in. You do not have a separate password for it — you link it with a pairing code generated inside BarcodeMan.

1. In BarcodeMan, open Cloud Print settings and choose Connect a printer. A pairing code appears.
2. In the client, enter your store’s email address in the email field.
3. Paste the pairing code into the password field and sign in.

The code is valid for 15 minutes. If it expires before you finish, generate a new one — there is no limit on how many you can create.

Step 3 — Choose your printer

Once the client is linked, it reports the printers on that computer back to BarcodeMan.

1. Return to Cloud Print settings in BarcodeMan. Your printers now appear in the list.
2. Pick the one you print labels on and save it as the default.
3. Print a test label to confirm the whole path works end to end.

If the printer you expect is missing, print an operating system test page to it first. Cloud Print can only see printers the computer itself can see.

Keep it printing

• The computer must be awake and online. Cloud Print jobs are delivered to the client, so a sleeping or shut-down computer means nothing prints. On a machine dedicated to printing, turn sleep off.
• Leave the client running. It installs to start automatically with the computer. If you quit it, printing stops until you open it again.
• One computer, many printers. A single installation covers every printer attached to that computer. Install the client again only when you add a second computer with its own printers.

What leaves your store

Cloud Print is the one BarcodeMan feature where something travels out of your store, through a delivery service, and back to a computer in your shop. Here is exactly what that is.

What goes out:

• The label file you are printing — so the PDF that reaches your printer contains whatever your template shows. That may include product titles, SKUs, prices, and barcodes or, for address and order labels, customer names, addresses, order numbers, and other order details you choose to render.
• The names of the printers on that computer — so you can pick one in BarcodeMan.
• A store identifier. The printing account we create for you is labelled with an internal store ID and a placeholder address that receives no mail. Your name, your email, and your store’s login are not part of it.

What does not: your Shopify or Wix credentials, customer and order records as separate structured data, or unrelated files and application data on that computer. Customer or order information is sent only when your template renders it into the label file. The client prints what BarcodeMan sends it and reads only the printer information needed for Cloud Print.

Delivery is handled by our sub-processor PrintNode Ltd, listed in the privacy policy. Turn Cloud Print off and nothing is sent at all.

Troubleshooting

“Invalid or expired pairing code” when signing in. The code lasts 15 minutes. Generate a fresh one in Cloud Print settings and paste it again. See Cloud Print sign-in and pairing codes.

The client is signed in but BarcodeMan shows no printers. The client reports printers from the computer it runs on. Confirm that computer can print a test page, then reopen the client.

Nothing comes out, but the job looks sent. Check the computer is awake, the client is running, and the printer is online and loaded. A job sent while the computer is asleep waits until the client is back.

You replaced the computer. Install the client on the new machine and link it with a fresh pairing code, then set the new printer as your default in Cloud Print settings.

Removing the client

Uninstall it like any other application — Add or remove programs on Windows, or drag it from Applications to the Trash on macOS. You can also disconnect a computer from Cloud Print settings inside BarcodeMan, which stops jobs reaching it immediately.