Printing Patient Labels

Follow the instructions below to print individual mailing labels and file folder labels for patients in OfficeMate.

Before you print mailing labels and file folder labels, ensure that you have set up your printer and defined your label preferences. To set up your printer, see Setting Up the Printer. To define your label preferences, see To set up label printer preferences.

This section tells you how

  • You can use the DYMO LabelWriter 450/450 Turbo or LabelWriter 550/550 Turbo only to print mailing labels and file folder labels as instructed in this section. You cannot use the DYMO LabelWriter 450/450 Turbo or LabelWriter 550/550 Turbo to print any other labels in OfficeMate (like recall or internal marketing labels).
  • You can purchase DYMO LabelWriter 450/450 Turbo or LabelWriter 550/550 Turbo labels from DYMO.

  • For information on required DYMO software, see OfficeMate/ExamWRITER System Requirements.

  1. Click Label on the right side of the Patient Demographic window to open the Print Labels window, and go to the label Printer Set Up specifications.

    If you have OfficeMate Administration access, do the following to automatically print a mailing or file folder label:

    1. Right-click the Patient Demographic, Eyewear Order, Soft Lens Order, Hard Lens Order, Fee Slip, Patient Ledger, or Receipts & Adjustments window title bar or a patient in the Quick List window.

    2. Select Label.

    3. Select Mailing Label or File Folder Label.

  2. Select the Mailing Label and/or File Folder Label check box.
  3. Enter the number of labels to print in the # of Mailing Labels and/or # of File Folder Labels field.
  4. Click one of the following buttons:
    • Test Print to print a sample label.
    • Print to print all the selected labels.

      File folder labels print the information set up in your OfficeMate preferences only if that information is available in the patient record.

Print labels using Avery 5260 compatible white mailing labels, which you can purchase from Avery.

You can use a LaserJet printer to print mailing labels for recalls and internal marketing communications. For more information, see To print labels for patients that you want to recall and Creating and Printing Internal Marketing Reports.