My client prints each invoice directly after posting the invoice.

Some of their customers prefer getting an emailed copy, and some prefer a printed copy.

For the ones that prefer a printed copy, the client prints out 4 copies - Customer, File, SalesRep, and Office. For the ones that prefer an emailed copy, the client also needs to print out the last 3 copies - File, SalesRep and Office.

I have designed two invoice specs - a 4-part one and a 3-part one. The default spec under Workstation Options is the 4-part one.

The client is OK with having to go through the motions of printing twice for an email customer - once (using the default) to send the email and then a second time (switching to the 3-part spec) to print the other 3 copies.

My question is - how can my client tell easily which way the customer prefers to receive their invoice so they know what motions to go through? I can flag the Preferred Send Method field in the Invoices tab of Edit Customers, but it's not available anywhere on the invoice printing dialog, and isn't even a field I can drop onto the Invoice grid in OrderEntry.

Unless someone comes up with a better idea, I am going to use the Fax Send Method box - ticking it if they prefer emailing, leaving it unchecked if they prefer printing. It displays on the invoice printing dialog. But this is a pretty ugly workaround.

Any ideas?

And even though they are OK with having to make two passes at printing for email customers, is there a way (without using PrintBoss) to do it in one step?

Thanks

Steve