Printer Setup

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Select the Setup option on the form header, and then select Printer setup.

Every system must have at least one printer setup. You must set up the Greentree printers on the computer that are doing the processing. The printer must be defined in the Windows printers folder on the computer that are running the print queue. If you want to run the print queue on the server, the server must have a Windows printer driver for the printer you want to use. This also means that you must run Greentree and complete the setup on the computer the queue will be running on.

If you want to view the details for a printer that is already set up, you can select it in the Printer name dropdown list, or by using the arrow buttons at the top of the form.

Printer name

Enter a name for the printer, for example, Greentree server printer. This is the name users will see when they print a report and select a printer to use.

Workstation

This is the computer that uses the print queue. If you want to define a printer for a particular workstation, you must be running the setup form on that workstation. You cannot change the workstation's name. The name defaults to the name of the computer you are working on.

If you indicate that the printer is a Windows printer, select:

Windows driver

Select the Windows driver from the dropdown list. This list displays only the printers defined on the current computer.

Paper source

Select the paper source from the dropdown list.

Duplex

Select the duplex setting from the dropdown list. This will only be applicable if the printer you have selected supports duplex printing. Select None to print on one side only, Vertical to flip the pages in portrait, and Horizontal to flip the pages in landscape.

If you are setting up a dot matrix printer, you should also select the This is a dot matrix printer option. If selected, two additional fields displays on the setup form:

Paper Size

Select the size of paper the printer prints to.

Printed Copies

This value is used in the dialog when adding print jobs to a queue, and is also referenced when reports are hot-printed to the printer.

If you indicate that the printer is a dot matrix printer, select:

Printer path

Enter the path of the printer. You should use a port (for example, LPT1) or a UNC path for the printer (for example, \\computerName\printerName). If you are using a port, it should not have a colon at the end.

Printer type

A printer type defines what special control characters get sent to a printer when a job starts and finishes. You don't have to select one, and the setting up of these is in the next section.

When printing to a dot-matrix printer, graphic components of a report are ignored. Fonts, sizes, and formats are also ignored.

On an NT machine you can map an LPT port using the net use command. For example:

Net use lpt1: \\computerName\printerName

If you have a standard capture in your login script for one machine and you want to end the capture and use a local printer, you use the command:

net use lpt1: /delete

On a Novell network you can use these commands:

capture l=1 q=queueName nb nff nt ti=30 (this will capture the print queue specified)

capture /endcap l=1 (to remove a capture and return to local mode)

You can also affect capturing under Windows/Start/Settings/Printers. Select the printer and right click, then choose Properties. On the Ports tab you can assign or remove an LPT port for the printer.

• Paper Sizes

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