Ink Retailers

Ink retailers are the shops, suppliers, or distributors your organization bought an ink from.

You manage them in:

• Extensions → Ink Registration → Retailers

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What A Retailer Record Contains

Each retailer record stores:

• Retailer name
• Address

Both fields are required when creating a retailer.

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Create A Retailer

1. Go to Extensions → Ink Registration → Retailers
2. Click New Retailer
3. Enter the retailer name and address
4. Save

Retailers are organization-managed records, so you can reuse the same retailer across multiple ink records.

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Link A Retailer To An Ink

When creating or editing an ink record, you can optionally choose a retailer.

1. Go to Extensions → Ink Registration
2. Create a new ink or edit an existing one
3. Use the Retailer field
4. Select one of the retailers you already created

This links the ink bottle/batch to the retailer it came from.

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Active Vs Inactive Retailers

Retailers can be enabled or disabled.

• Active retailers can be selected on ink records
• Inactive retailers stay in your records but are not offered as new selections

This is useful when a supplier is no longer used but you still want to preserve historical traceability.

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How Retailers Fit Into Ink Registration

Think of the flow like this:

1. Create retailer records for the suppliers your studio buys from
2. Create ink inventory records
3. Optionally link each ink to a retailer
4. Register those inks on bookings when they are used

This helps keep a clearer chain from:

• Supplier/retailer
• Ink bottle or batch
• Booking where the ink was used