Knowledgebase

FrameReady allows you to pre-select some information to appear on new work orders. Defaults may be set for matboard margins & matboard reveals. Options may be defaulted for Mount/Stretch, Hardware, Glazing, & Fitting components. It is important to visit this screen while setting up FrameReady, especially to check and set the defaults.

Go to Main Menu > Work Order Options.

The following dialog box appears.

1. Choose between two styles of printed work orders. It is recommended that you select ‘without vertical lines’ if you are using an ink jet printer. This will increase printing speed.

2. For economy of paper you can also select to have two different work orders printed per page (this option limits the number of components that are printed on the work order and should only be used for high volume, basic framing jobs).

3. Presets the number of copies you want printed each time you click the Print button in the Work Order file or Print Documents side bar button > This Customer's Orders.

4. Pause on Preview > Yes, No or Don't Preview.

5. You can choose to have the Print dialog box show before printing if you desire more control of printing documents, you require more than four copies. Set to No to speed up printing process.

6. An Art Identification Tag will print with each work order if you select the Yes radio button. This tag may be printed later choosing Print Documents side bar button.

The tag can be attached to the artwork for easy identification. It may accompany the work around the shop during production and be used to label the finished product after framing is completed. Information on this tag includes customer name, quantity, artwork description, artist, work order number, barcode, condition, location and due date. You can fit 6 tags per page when printed in bulk.

7. You may select default values for specific fields (Mount/Stretch, Hardware, Glass, Fitting) which will be entered each time a new work order is created. Use the arrows to select the defaults. These defaults are drawn from the Price Codes file. You need to set up your options there first before you can set these defaults. You still have the option of changing or removing these defaults on the work order. If these fields are not defaulted the item will have to be selected using the pop-up list on the work order screen.

8. You may set a default for Matboard Margins. Select a common margin size often used in your shop.

9. The clear button removes whatever you have selected in the mat margins default field.

10. Bottom weight may be defaulted if you regularly cut your mats with weighted bottom margins.

11. A name in the Order Taken By box will appear on every new work order (ideal for a one person shop). Leave this blank to force a name entry for staff filling out the work order. Employee names may be listed on work order pop-up list for easy entry.

12. Select this option if you would like the name of the employee or Sales Rep who took the order to appear on the invoice.

13. Enter a value in this field if you wish to always charge a minimum united inch when calculating frame footage (e.g., if a value of 24 is entered, then a 5x7 or 8x10 frame will be priced at 24 UI instead of 12 or 18). You guarantee yourself a minimum UI when selling any frame using this option.

14. Mark this box if you wish to use the Automatic update of materials inventory for moulding, matboard, glass, etc.

15. Verifies frame is larger than paper size for Limited Edition prints when media margins are entered into the media margin fields on the Work Order or Product files (shown here). This prevents you from having to cut the print to fit the frame if mat margins are too small, for instance.

16. For shop use only, a waste factor can be added to all work orders. Enter the percentage in decimal form, e.g., .05 = 5%. When you print Cost Report For Current Work Orders this value will be used to add a waste cost to the moulding footage.

17. The moulding width multiplier compensates for footage lost when cutting a frame on certain chop saws. The value in this field is multiplied against moulding width (e.g., a 2” moulding times a 1.25 multiplier increases the moulding width to 2 1/2” and the required footage is increased accordingly).

This field must always have a value of at least 1 and not exceed 2.

18. Click Done to exit.

19. Select this option if your locale qualifies for non-taxable labor. The Fitting field on the work order is used for this purpose. Labor will be shown separately on the work order and will post as a separate line on an invoice with both non-taxable fields checked. You can select or deselect this option on individual work orders by clicking on Fitting > Special tab.


20. Select Post Fitting charges (labor) with no discount if you wish to prevent the work order percent discount field from being applied to the Fitting (labor) field. When checked, the fitting charge appears as a separate line on the work order total when a value is entered in the percent discount field. You can select or deselect this option on individual work orders by clicking on the underlined heading for Fitting > Special tab.

21. The Set Default Mat Reveals button takes you to a screen where a default reveals may be entered for each mat layer. Pop-up menus let you select your defaults for up to seven mats.


Note: After you click OK, it will take a few minutes to apply the new settings to all of the matboard records.

As a matboard is entered on the work order the default is auto-filled. As always, you may over-ride the reveal as desired.

This is also where you would set the default for pricing Extra Openings. If using Wizard Mat Designer™ software, use this field to enter price per corner count cut.

These defaults may be set up here or the Price Codes file > Default Mat Reveals & Extra Openings side bar button.

22. Select the interface for your visualization software using these radio buttons. This will activate the VIZ button on the work order screen and allow you to use either Integrated Framer™ by Wizard International or FrameVue™ by Lifesaver Software. A Back to POS or To FrameReady button will return you to your pricing on the work order once you have chosen your design.

23. Select an interface for your computerized mat cutter (CMC) using these radio buttons. This will activate the CMC button on the work order screen and allow you to use a specially designed interface for the selected mat cutter.