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Chapter Three: FSMS Shipping Labels
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If you use multi-ply Form 306 with preprinted tracking numbers, you are also required to pass this tracking
number in your shipping transaction using field 1222 (Pre-assigned Tracking Number). If you do not
include the Form 306 tracking number in your ship transaction, FSMS assigns another tracking number
for the package. Since the FSMS-assigned tracking number is uploaded with your shipping transaction,
you cannot track the package using the tracking number printed on Form 306.
For more information regarding the printer transaction fields, see the FSMS TCR Version 7.6. More
information regarding pre-assigning tracking numbers is provided in “Pre-Assigning Tracking Number
Request/Reply (004/104)” in Chapter Two: FSMS Transaction Coding in this User Guide.
Before you print multi-ply air waybills, you must configure the printer in the FSMS Configuration Utility.
Follow these steps:
1. Set up IBM
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2380 Printer.
2. Create a FedEx Form for the IBM 2380 Plus printer driver.
3. Configure the document properties for the IBM 2380 Plus printer driver.
Printing Labels to a File
FSMS allows you to have the label file for FedEx Express, FedEx Ground and FedEx International
multiple-piece shipments returned to a specific file instead of in the transaction Reply. This feature allows
the customer to control label printing and eliminates the need for printing labels on a network.
NOTE:
The Print-to-File label feature applies to Thermal Air Waybills (TAWB) only.
• Fields 1311 (Number of Shipper Label Copies), 1312 (Number of Customs Label Copies), and 1313
(Number of Manifest Copies) request additional label copies (for example, if these labels are needed
for International shipping compliance).
• Field 1282 (Printer Type Indicator) requests that the shipping label print to a file.
• You must use field 537 (Thermal Label Printer ID) to designate the directory to which the label will be
saved. The file name for the label is the master air waybill tracking number. All labels associated with
a master air waybill are written to the same file name. For example, if you have a master shipment
with 20 associated packages, all labels for this multiple-piece shipment are written to the same file.