The current DATASCOPE WMS Core printing is managed by a built-in Crystal Report-based engine. This process allows for custom Report (RPT) files to be created for the system's specific printing parts. These are then populated using a dataset and spooled to the printers configured within the different modules.

This does allow for a level of customization within the RPT files; however, customers are still hooked on using the Crystal Engine. Some of the limitations of this are speed and stability within the printing engine. Printing thousands and thousands of labels can be quite heavy on Crystal and slow in some cases.

To resolve the above mentioned problem statement the most simple and flexible solution it to introduce a DATASCOPE WMS Plugin for the core printing process in the system. This means that if configured, the system will call this new plugin and it can then manage the printing in whichever way it likes.