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Before you can begin you must already have an Endicia Dazzle Premium or Professional account and the software downloaded/installed. If you have not already signed up for an account, please visit you can do so at: http://www.endicia.com to signup. After you have signed up for your account you will need to that you can download the software and install it.
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Field | Recommended Value | Description |
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Abort on Error | No | When this option is set to Yes Endicia will stop printing the rest of the file if an error is encountered. |
Auto print customs forms | Yes | This will print the customs forms for international shipments. Be careful and thoroughly test your international shipping configuration. |
Delivery Confirmation | Yes | Setting this to yes will provide tracking numbers for your shipments. |
Signature Confirmation | No | Setting this to yes will require someone to sign for the package. If you have a large problem with chargebacks charge backs you may want to set this to yes. |
Insured Mail | ENDICIA | This will ensure your packages with Endicia which is less expensive than the USPS |
Insured Mail Threshold | 0 | Determines the threshold when insurance should be used. Some merchants only want to insure expensive shipments over say $100 |
Layout | C:\Users\Public\Documents\Endicia\DAZzle\Zebra Label.lyt | Most merchants will print 4x6 Zebra labels. |
Output File | c:\endica\ultracart-import-output.XML | This is where Endicia will kick back the XML file with tracking information that can be imported into UltraCart |
Parcel Select | No | Set to yes to use the USPS Parcel Select system. |
Prompt | No | Set this to yes to prompt the user whenever there are errors with addresses, etc. |
Return Address | Your ship from address | The address from which you are shipping packages from. |
Start | PRINTING | Starts the printing of the labels automatically if the XML file is specified as a command line arguments of the Dazzle executable. This is an advanced option. |
Stealth Postage | TRUE | This will keep Endicia from printing the exact postage amount on the label. |
Test | NO | Set this to NO when printing live postage. |
CCEmail | Leave blank | Provides a copy of the email sent to the customer. UltraCart will send out notices to the customers so we do not recommend using this feature. |
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You will need to create a temporary folder at c:\endicia on your machine. We will assume that you have not worked on the command line and will create the folder using the Windows Explorer. First click on the Start button located in the lower left corner of your computer and then select Computer as shown below.
Now click on the Local Disk (C:) as shown below.
Next click on the "New Folder" button at the top. When the text field appears type in "endicia" and hit Enter.
Your screen should look like the screen shot below.
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Now on the left hand side of the screen click the "Export to Endicia Dazzle" button as shown below.
When you click the button a file save dialog will appear on your browser like the screen shot below. In the filename field change it from "ultracart-output.xml" to "c:\endicia\ultracart-output.xml". Now click the save button.
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At this point we have successfully download downloaded the XML file with the shipment information. If you were to open this file in Notepad it would look like the screen shot below.
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Endicia is smart enough to automatically open the folder that contains the layout files. Scroll down to the appropriate layout for your printing. In this tutorial we are working with Zebra Layout.lyt since we are printing 4x6 thermal labels (the most common shipping label). The screen shot below shows us selecting and opening Zebra Layout.lyt and opening it.
Next click File -> Printer Setup on the menu as shown below.
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UltraCart will apply the tracking numbers, mark the orders as shipped and then remove from the shipping department listing.
Importing Tracking Information from the Endicia Postage Log
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