Printer Setup FAQs

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Expand/Collapse item How do I set up printers?

To print from modules other than Material Requirements Planning and Work Order or to print graphical forms in other modules, set up printers following the standard Windows printer setup procedure.

For information on printing and printer setup for all other modules, see Printing with the Software.

For information on printing issues specific to the printer brand and model, see Sage Online.  

 

Expand/Collapse item How do I define local and global printers?

Local and global printers can be defined using Device Configurator. You can toggle between local printers and global printers by clicking the Local Printers/Global Printers button in Device Configurator. Local printers are seen only by the current workstation. Global printers are available to all workstations.

Local printers are not required to be physically attached to a workstation. Frequently, a printer's device configuration for one workstation is not correct for another workstation (for example, when setting up Windows printers and Windows Printer Port printers). These device codes should not be set up as global printers.

The software uses a link file scheme for referencing available device codes when a Printer Selection window appears. The link files are stored in the \MAS90\SOA folder. Devices such as LP and PW are stored in Device Configurator and are found as fixed-length ASCII files named LP and PW in the SOA folder. When setting up local printers in Device Configurator, do not use a device code that already exists for a global printer or another workstation's local printer; doing this can cause the device code to overwrite the link file, possibly rendering that device code unusable for the original workstation.