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Attach Packaging Features to Orders
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Trouble Shooting Printer and Scale Server
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Setting up Printer Resources for the Server
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EasyPost
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ShipStream Releases
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All Categories > Shipping > Packaging Features
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ShipStream uses Packaging Features as items that can be added to a shipment during packing to help ensure that orders are packed in a specific way, using specific supplies, or to collect data and mor…
Updated 1 month ago by Cory M.
Summary. Packaging Features can be attached to an Order during Order creation which allows much more advanced logic to be applied than the broader configuration settings. Some exmples of when you wou…
Updated 1 month ago by Kevin
Containers are a generic term for anything that is used to "contain" the items of a shipment when it is shipped. Typically this would be a rigid box or an envelope but may also be a "virtual" item to…
Updated 1 month ago by Colin Mollenhour
ShipStream's Packing Solutions providers use "Infill" to account for the space you may want to leave inside a container to protect the contents, such as air pillows, packing peanuts, crumpled paper,…
