Print Locations let a multi-station shop send each print to the right printer. In Templified you set which location a computer prints to; in GFITpro's Auto Print tab each station is tied to a main event and a location. When the two match, a print from that computer lands on that station's printer — and nowhere else. Print Locations is available to any GFITpro-connected organization.
The problem it solves
Without Print Locations, every station working the same event shares one print stream: a print sent from the photo table can surface on the sample printer at the sales tent, because to GFITpro they're both just "this event's prints." In a single-location studio that's fine. Across multiple stations it's a headache. Print Locations gives each station its own lane.
How it works: match Templified to GFITpro
Two settings have to agree — the location name in Templified and the location set for that station in GFITpro:
- In GFITpro → Auto Print, each station's Templified card has a Main Event and a Location (for example, MPL3). That's the printer the station drives.
- In Templified, you set the same location on the computer doing the sending.
When a Templified send carries the location MPL3, only the GFITpro station set to MPL3 for that event picks it up. Match the names and prints route themselves; mismatch them and the print won't land where you expect.
If no location is set: prints go to the main event
Setting a location is optional. If a Templified computer has no location selected, its sends aren't pinned to a station — GFITpro prints them to the design's main event, exactly the way it did before Print Locations existed. Nothing breaks; the print just isn't narrowed to one station.
Set the location in Templified
Locations are created and managed under Settings → Print Locations (owners and admins). The same page has a This computer section at the top where you choose which location this browser prints to.
The choice lives in the browser, not your login — so the same computer always prints to the same station no matter who signs in, and two computers in the same organization can point at different stations. Pick your location from the list and it sticks until you change it. Once a location is set, the Send-To bar shows a Prints at: <Location> indicator so you can confirm where a batch will route before you send.
Which stations should have a location — and which shouldn't
The recommendation splits by who's printing:
- Local graphics stations at the event → set a location. A computer parked at one station driving one printer should print by location, so its jobs land on its own printer and it never grabs another station's prints.
- Remote graphics people → leave the location unset. Someone editing off-site often works several main events at once and needs to fire off sample prints without being tied to a single station. With no location set, their sends fall back to each design's main event, so they can move between events freely and print samples without constantly switching a location setting.
Who can use it
Print Locations is available to any organization with a GFITpro connection. Settings → Print Locations appears in the sidebar for those organizations, and owners and admins create and manage locations there.
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