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Integrating Printlane in your Magento store
Integrating Printlane in your Magento store

Learn how you can install and use Printlane in your Magento store (version 2.x).

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Install the extension

Printlane is available as a Magento extension which you can download on the Magento Marketplace:

📥 Download: Magento 2.x extension from the Magento Marketplace

Next, follow these steps to complete the installation:

  1. Unzip the extension,

  2. Move the contents of the zip file to the app/code directory of the Magento 2 installation,

  3. Make sure the file structure looks like this: app/code/Spectrum/Colorlab

  4. Run php bin/magento setup:upgrade to finalize the installation.

Connect to an existing Printlane Account​

If you don't have a Printlane account just yet, get in touch with us using the Printlane website to request a trial account.

If you already have a Printlane account, proceed reading.

Configure the extension

  1. Log in to the Magento store

  2. Navigate to Stores - Configuration:

    Open menu Stores - Configuration

  3. Open the Printlane menu on the left

    Open the Printlane menu on the left

  4. Configure the extension's settings:

    Printlane settings in Magento

    • Enabled: Set to yes to activate the extension.

    • Show thumb in cart: When set to yes the product image in the shopping cart is replaced with an previw image of the design.

    • Store ID: The Printlane Store ID, you can find this on the settings page in Printlane studio.

    • API key: Entering an API key linked to your Printlane Store will allow to display orders containing a design in Printlane Studio. You can configure an API key in Printlane Studio.

    • API Secret: The secret linked to your API key, which you can find in Printlane Studio.

    • Add To Cart Button Class: Enter a CSS-classname for your add to cart button (defaults to button.tocart which the Designer will use to change the add to cart button to a customize button)

    • Add To Cart Button Name: Enter a text for the customize button (defaults to Personalize this product)

    • Change Design Link Name: Enter a text for the design link displayed in the shopping cart (defaults to Change design)

Enable Printlane Designer for a product

  1. Navigate to Catalog → Products.
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    Magento menu Catalog - Products

  2. Edit a product and define which Printlane template to use:

    • Enter a Printlane Template ID. This is the unique ID of the product template in Printlane Studio.

      Enter a Printlane Template ID

    • If you omit the Printlane Template ID, the product SKU will be used to look up a template in Printlane. If you prefer this method, make sure your template ID's in Printlane match the Product SKUs on your website.

      Enter a product SKU

  3. Enable Printlane Designer for this product:

    Enable Printlane Designer for the product

  4. Save the product.

  5. Verify the integration by visiting the product’s detail page in your Magento store’s front end. The Add to Cart button should now display the text defined in the Add to Cart Button Name setting. Click the button to open Printlane Designer, which will load the template based on the configured Template ID.
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    Enable Printlane Designer for the product

Need help?

If the Add to Cart button does not change to a Customize button, please contact Printlane Support for assistance.​

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