Ultimate™ Label Approval
Label Approval is a new Ultimate™ module that provides a structured electronic methodology for approving label designs. It can eliminate the problems that occur in manual systems such as lengthy time delays for approval and the printing of unapproved labels. By linking the label approval process into the Ultimate™ Security System, the overall system becomes more secure and less prone to errors.
The Ultimate™ Label Approval process comprises of the following stages:
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Unapproved: Label design or data entry. At this point, it is impossible for the label or data to be printed as a label. At this point, arbitrary changes may be made. When the label designer has created the label design, the label or data moves to the next phase.
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Pre-approval: The label design is manually checked, and (assuming no errors) it is marked as approved. At this point, it is printable for proofing purposes, but only by someone qualified to do so. A watermark will be printed on top of the pre-approved label. It may not be edited at this stage -- if changes are required, it must be returned to the unapproved stage.
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Approved: The label design has now been released, and may be printed as desired by print operators. It must be possible for it to be unapproved, which would return it to the initial stage. An approved label cannot be edited.