> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.luxima.io/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Activate and assign labels

> Make a label printable, set your company default, and choose which stations print which design.

A design you are still working on is not printed anywhere. To get it to your print stations you activate a version, then decide which stations use it.

## Statuses

| Status | Meaning |
| - | - |
| **Draft** | Being edited. Not printable. |
| **Ready** | Saved as a version, not active yet. |
| **Active** | The version stations print. |
| **Company default** | The active design that every station prints, unless a station has its own. |
| **Archived** | An earlier version that was replaced. |

## Versions

Each design has numbered versions: v1, v2, v3 and so on.

* You edit a **draft** freely.
* Click **Save version** in the designer to save the label as the next version. You can add a note about what changed.
* An active version never changes. If you edit it, LUXIMA starts a new draft for you, so the label on your stations stays as it is until you activate the new one.

## Activate a version

**1. Activate**

In the designer, click **Activate** with the version number. Or click **Activate** on the design's card on the Label design page.

**2. Confirm**

In the designer, LUXIMA asks you to confirm. On the card, it activates straight away.

Stations that use this design print the new version from their next sync. The version that was active before becomes **Archived**.

> [!TIP]
>
> To get a new version onto a station at once, sync the station: **Sync now** in the Windows app's settings, or pull down on the home screen in the mobile app.

### Go back to an earlier version

On the design's card, expand the other versions, click **Restore** on the one you want, then **Activate** it.

## Set the company default

The company default is the label every station prints unless it has been given its own design.

On a design with an active version, click **Set as company default**. The design that was the default before stays active, but only stations linked to it keep printing it.

If you have not set one, the Label design page reminds you: "No company default yet".

## Give a station its own design

Use this when different stations print different labels, for example sew-in tags on the sewing line and carton labels in packing.

**From the design:** on its card, click the **Print stations** line. Tick the stations that should print this design and click **Save**. Unticked stations print the company default.

**From the station:** on the **Print stations** page, choose a design in the station's **Label design** dropdown.

A design needs a ready version before you can link it to a station.

## Operators can still choose

When your company has more than one active label, operators at a station can switch with **Change template** for a single job. The station goes back to its own label afterwards.

## Messages you might see

| Message | What to do |
| - | - |
| "Activate a version of this design before making it the company default." | Activate a version first. |
| "The company default cannot be deleted. Set another design as default first." | Make another design the default, then delete. |
| "A design keeps at least one version. Delete the design instead." | Delete the whole design if you no longer need it. |
| "This design has no ready version yet." | Click **Save version** in the designer, then link it to stations. |


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