Printers per Operator

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Printers per Operator

You use this program to selectively configure printers against each print program in SYSPRO for an operator.

Toolbar and menu

Field	Description
File
Copy operator settings	Copy the printer for program settings between operators.
Edit
Apply current printer
Change printer for program	Indicate a different default printer for the currently highlighted program. This only applies when a default printer is currently defined.
Clear printer for program	Remove the default printer for the currently highlighted program.
Copy	Copy the printer settings for the currently highlighted line to another program
Paste	Paste the printer settings from a previously copied program line to the current program line.
Configure
Current Printer Page Setup	Configure the settings for the current printer's page setup options.
Current Printer Print Setup	Configure the settings for the current printer. See Print Setup (non-Windows).

Copy Operator Printer Settings

This screen is displayed when you select the Copy operator settings option from the File menu.


	The printer settings for the current operator you are maintaining (see Operators) are copied.

Field	Description
Copy selection
Copy to
Operator	Select this to copy the printer settings from the current operator to another operator.
Group	Select this to copy the printer settings from the current operator to an operator group.
List of operators	Select this to copy the printer settings from the current operator to a list of operators.
Define operator to copy to	These options are displayed if you selected to copy the printer settings to an Operator.
Operator	Indicates the operator to whom you want to copy the current operator's printer settings.
Define group to copy to	These options are displayed if you selected to copy the printer settings to a Group.
Group	This indicates the operator group to which you want to copy the current operator's printer settings. The current operator's printer settings are copied to all operators within the selected group.
Include subgroups	Select this if you want to include subgroups in the copy process. If you select this option, then all operators who have the group you entered as subgroups are included in the copy process.
Define list of operators to copy to	These options are displayed if you selected to copy the printer settings to a list of operators.
Operator	Indicate the operator code to add to the list.
Add	Adds the operator you entered in the previous field to the list of operators.
Remove	Removes the highlighted operator from the list of operators.
Clear All	Removes all operators from the operator list.
Operators	This displays the operators to which the current operator's printer settings must be copied.
Clear existing settings before copying	Select this to delete the existing settings against the target operator before copying the settings from the source operator. Select this if you want both operators to have exactly the same printer settings. If you do not select this option before performing the copy, then you can optionally select to overwrite the existing printer settings or retain the existing settings.
Overwrite existing printer settings	Select this overwrite the existing printer/program settings for the target operator and copy any new settings from the source operator.
Retain existing settings	Select this to only copy new settings to the target operator (i.e. only settings where a printer is not currently assigned to a program for the target operator).
Start Copy	Copy the printer settings for the current operator to the operator(s) you indicated.
Close	Return to the previous screen without copying any information.

Page Setup

This screen is displayed when you select the Current Printer Page Setup option from the Configure menu.

Field	Description
Paper size and margins for reports
Printable lines per page	Indicate the number of lines on the page that can be used for printing information.
Left margin (characters)	Indicate the number of characters to skip from the left edge of the page before printing commences on each line.
Top of page margin (lines)	Indicate the number of lines to skip at the top of each page before printing commences.
OK	Accept the information you entered and to return to the previous screen.
Cancel	Ignore the information you entered and to return to the previous screen.

Modules

This treeview lists the modules within SYSPRO.

Details

This displays the print programs for each module in SYSPRO and the printer currently assigned to that program for the operator.

Column	Description
Program	Indicates the description of the program.
Name	Indicates the program code
Printer	Indicates the printer assigned to the program.
Listview footer	The following information is displayed in the listview footer line: printer name default orientation (Portrait or Landscape) for the printer default Font setting for the printer default Point size for the font allocated to the printer

Notes and warnings

Restrictions and limits

Your settings in this program are ignored when a SYSPRO program is run in automated mode (see Automation Design).

Hint and tips

For additional treeview functions, press Ctrl+F1 in the Modules treeview pane.

Copy operator settings

You perform this task to copy the printer/program settings between operators.

The printer for program settings for the operator you are currently maintaining (see Operator Browse) are copied to the operator(s) you select.

From the Printers per Operator program, select the Copy operator settings option from the File menu.
Enter the Copy selections you require.
Select the Start Copy function to copy the current operator's printer settings to the operator(s) you indicated.

Allocate a printer to a program

From the treeview pane of the Printers per Operator program, highlight the module that contains the program to which you want to assign a printer.
From the listview, highlight the print program to which you want to assign a printer.
Select the Apply current printer option from the Edit menu.

From the Apply Current Printer screen, select OK to allocate the default printer currently defined to the highlighted program.


This step is only required if the Confirm Changes command is selected from the Options menu. If the Confirm Changes command is deselected, then the printer is allocated to the program immediately.

This step is only required if the Confirm Changes command is selected from the Options menu.

If the Confirm Changes command is deselected, then the printer is allocated to the program immediately.

Change a printer for a program

From the treeview pane of the Printers per Operator program, highlight the module that contains the program for which you want to change the printer.
From the listview, highlight the print program for which you want to change the printer.
Select the Change printer for program option from the Edit menu.
From the listview of the Print Setup (non-Windows) program, select the printer you want to assign to the program.

The printer you selected is automatically assigned to the highlighted program.

Clear a printer for a program

From the treeview pane of the Printers per Operator program, highlight the module that contains the program from which you want to clear the printer.
From the listview, highlight the print program from which you want to clear the printer.
Select the Clear printer for program option from the Edit menu.

From the Clear Program Printer screen, select OK to clear the printer currently defined against the program.


This step is only required if the Confirm Changes command is selected from the Options menu. If the Confirm Changes command is deselected, then the printer is cleared from the program immediately.

This step is only required if the Confirm Changes command is selected from the Options menu.

If the Confirm Changes command is deselected, then the printer is cleared from the program immediately.

Copy and paste assigned printers

If a printer is already assigned to a program then you can copy those settings to a different program using the Copy and Paste options.

From the treeview pane of the Printers per Operator program, highlight the module that contains the program from which you want to copy the printer settings.
From the listview, highlight the print program from which you want to copy the printer settings.
Select the Copy option from the Edit menu.
From the listview, highlight the print program to which you want to copy the printer settings.
Select the paste option from the Edit menu to copy the printer settings to the highlighted program.

Maintain current printer page setup

From the treeview pane of the Printers per Operator program, highlight the module that contains the program for which you want to maintain the printer.
From the listview, highlight the print program for which you want to maintain the printer.
Select the Current Printer Page Setup option from the Configure menu.
Enter the new page setup details you require.
Select OK to accept the information you entered.

Maintain current printer print setup

From the treeview pane of the Printers per Operator program, highlight the module that contains the program for which you want to maintain the printer.
From the listview, highlight the print program for which you want to maintain the printer.
Select the Current Printer Print Setup option from the Configure menu.
From the listview pane of the Print Setup (non-Windows) program, highlight the printer you want to maintain and select the Change option from the Edit menu.

Alternatively, select the Change icon from the toolbar.
Enter the new details for the selected printer.
Select Save to save the information you entered.
Select Close to return to the listview of the Print Setup (non-Windows) program.
Select the Exit option from the File menu to return to the Printers per Operator program.