Printing Appointment Reminder Labels

You can print appointment reminder labels for patients scheduled during a specified period. The labels include the patient's name and mailing address. You can also define the number of lines to print per label.

Sample Label

To print appointment reminder labels:

  1. Select Reports > Recall/Appt > Labels/Postcards/Dir > Appt Remind Labels. The Output Options window is displayed.

  2. Select from the following:

  3. To print individual labels on a label printer, select Printer.

  4. To print labels on a laser printer, select Laser Label File.

Click OK. The Patient Reminder Labels Setup window is displayed.

  1. In the Dates section, do the following:

  2. Click the drop-down arrows to select the Start and Stop dates from a calendar.

  3. To print labels for appointments made a specified number of days before the current date, type the number in the field, or leave as 0.

  1. In the Patient User Codes section, type the user codes you want to include or exclude from printing.

  2. In the Appointments section, deselect an option to limit the types of appointments for which labels are printed.

  3. In the Lines Per Label section, type the number of lines to print on each label.

  4. In the Dentist IDs section, click the drop-down arrows in the Start and Stop fields to select a range of doctors, or leave 999 to include all doctors.

  5. In the Options section, select from the following:

  6. Deselect the Exclude if no Address option if you want to print a label for patients with no address.

  7. Select the Include Inactive Patients option to print labels for inactive patients.

  1. In the Code Ranges section, click the drop-down arrows to select up to five code ranges for which labels are printed.

  2. To specify a single code, type the code in the left column and leave the right column 0.

  1. Click OK.

  1. If you selected the Printer option, the Printer Selection window is displayed. Verify the selected printer and click OK.

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If you selected the Laser Label File option, select Reports > Print Laser Labels. The Laser Labels window is displayed. The number of labels to be printed is displayed in the Count column.

Select Appointment Reminder Labels, and click Print Selected on the Options section of the Express bar or Options menu. A confirmation message is displayed. Click Yes.

The Print window is displayed. Verify the selected printer and click OK. A message is displayed, asking if the labels should be cleared. Verify that the labels have printed correctly and click Yes.