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    Printing to a non-default printer (device)

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    • Article Type: General
    • Product: Aleph
    • Product Version: 21, 22, 23

     

    Description

    Printing to the default printer is not working
     

    Resolution:

    Print to a different network printer
    1. Define the relevant print devices in .\alephcom\tab\alephcom.ini, section [PrinterDeviceList]

    [PrinterDeviceList]
    Device01=QC-LJ2100PCL6
    Device02=Digital DEClaser 3500
    Device03=HP LaserJet 2100 Series PCL 6
    Device04=Q-SUPPORT
    Device05=LaserJet 4M Plus


    2. Define the device for every printout in Col 6.x of file .<module>\tab\print.ini

    Additional Information

    Example .\circ\tab\print.ini (extract)


     

    !--------------------------------------------------------------------
    !
    ! 1 - function name
    ! 2 - version ID (00-99)
    ! 3 - display Print Setup window (Y/N)
    ! 4 - mail default (M-Email/P-Print/B-Both)
    ! 5 - local filename
    ! 6.1-6.10 - print ID (off-line printing/printer dispatching) - optional
    !
    !       1                                2  3 4      5            6.1        6.2      6.3        6.4        6.5         6.6        6.7       6.8        6.9       6.10
    !---------------------------------------+--+-+-+------------+----------+----------+----------+----------+----------+----------+----------+----------+----------+----------+

    LoanReceipt                              00 N P loanrcpt.prn DEVICE-04
    PhotoWait                                00 N P photowt.prn
    PhotoSlip                                00 N P photoslp.prn
    PhotoLetter                              00 N P photoltr.prn
    ReturnReceipt                            00 N P retrcpt.prn  DEVICE-05
    AutoReturnLetter                         00 N M autoret.prn

    [...]

     


    Note
    - the different spelling (DEVICE-XX in print.ini file, as opposed to DeviceXX in alephcom.ini)
     

     

     


    • Article last edited: 07-July-2016
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