Glossary
Alignment label : A test label with a ruler on its edges. Whatever is missing from the print is the margin to set.
App : The Label Station desktop program for Windows and Mac. It owns the printer and keeps the list of what sold.
Awaiting payment : A closed item whose payment has not been confirmed yet, still inside the time you set.
Box number : A number for each buyer’s box or tray in a show. A full box can stack (5, then 5.1) or move to a new spot.
Bundle box label : One label per buyer that goes on their box, so their items stay together.
Calibration : The Setup card with printer language, gap, tear-off, darkness, speed, direction, orientation and print position.
CSV : A plain spreadsheet file. Export CSV saves a show as one.
Dashboard : The seller page you run your show from. The extension reads it.
Engine : The word the extension’s panel uses for the Label Station app on your computer, as in Waiting for the engine.
Extension : The Label Station Chrome extension. It reads your sales from your dashboard tab and passes them to the app.
Hammer : The moment an auction closes. Labels print from the winning bid then, not after payment.
Held sales : Sales the extension keeps, in order, while the app cannot be reached. They print once it is back.
Kit : The zip you download: the installer, the extension folder and the install guide.
Panel : Chrome’s side panel for the extension: a relay strip over the app.
Printer language : How a printer is told what to print: TSPL, ZPL, or the driver language (Windows driver or Mac driver).
Queue : The printer’s name in your computer’s printer list. You choose it in the Printer card.
Relaying : The extension passing your show’s sales to the app. Starts with Start relaying.
Structure : The shape of an inventory label’s text: a prefix, a padded number and a suffix.
Test build : A build that is not signed yet and never checks for updates. Windows and macOS warn you the first time you open one.
Unpaid : An item that closed and got no payment confirmation within Unpaid after (minutes). It describes what the app recorded.
Where to next
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