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		<Title xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Device Management Procedure</Title>
		<Keyword ContextSensitive="No"><Level1>Device Management</Level1>
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	<GeneralSection ID=""><SectionTitle>Introduction</SectionTitle>
		<Paragraph class="Default">Device management contains the procedures that you can use to create devices and specify the paper types and fonts for the printouts.</Paragraph>
		<List><ListIntro>Additional procedures are included in device management, which you can use to:</ListIntro>
			<ListItem>Create devices.</ListItem>
			<ListItem>Define paper types.</ListItem>
			<ListItem>Define the fonts for the paper types.</ListItem>
			<ListItem>Group devices in a logical printer.</ListItem>
		</List>
		<Tip><SectionTitle>RESULT</SectionTitle>
			<Paragraph class="Default">A range of devices that can be used to view or print data that is processed by ERP LN.</Paragraph>
		</Tip>
		<Tip><SectionTitle>PREREQUISITES</SectionTitle>
			<Paragraph class="Default">Make sure that the physical printers are installed on your operating system. If the printers do not exist on the operating system, refer to the appropriate installation manual for you operating system.</Paragraph>
		</Tip>
		<Paragraph class="Default">A printer in an ERP LN environment must have a printer information file or printer device driver, which will contain the printer commands, for example, &lt;Esc&gt;, and &lt;Ctrl&gt;. The printer information file also contains the sequences for fonts, reverse video, underlining, and bold.</Paragraph>
		<Paragraph class="Default">This section describes only the most important steps in the device management procedures. For detailed instructions on how to enter data in the sessions that are mentioned in the procedure steps, refer to <Link href="/baanerp/tt/onlinemanual/100126#sessions" role="manual">The Device Management sessions</Link>.</Paragraph>
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	<ProcedureSection><SectionTitle>The main steps in the device management procedures</SectionTitle>
		<ProcIntro><Figure space-and-orientation="indented-estimated"><FigIntro>Before ERP LN can print the processed data, you must complete the following steps to create the devices and the associated data:</FigIntro>
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		<Steps><Step><StepTitle>To create paper types</StepTitle>
				<Paragraph class="Default">You must define the characteristics of the paper that can be loaded in a physical printer in the paper type. You can define specific paper types for every type of output. For example, if you want to print paychecks, you must define the characteristics of the preprinted checks that must be loaded in the printer.</Paragraph>
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                                    ERP LN reports can be printed on different types of devices, for example output files and printers. A printer is always linked to a certain paper type. You must define for each paper type the specific fonts that are applicable for the printout.</Paragraph>
				<ProcedureList><ListItem>On the ERP LN Tools menu, select Device Management &gt; Paper Types. The <Link href="/baanerp/tt/aad/ttaad3110m000" role="session">Paper Types (ttaad3110m000)</Link> session appears.</ListItem>
					<ListItem>Click the <GUIRef href="" role="manual">New</GUIRef> button on the tool bar.</ListItem>
					<ListItem>In the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tt/aad/ttaad3110m000#ttaad310.tpap" role="manual">Paper Type</GUIRef> field, select a paper type, e.g. A2, and in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tt/aad/ttaad3110m000#ttaad310.orie" role="manual">Orientat.</GUIRef> field, type or select Portrait or Landscape.</ListItem>
					<ListItem>Click the <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Save</GUIRef> button and then quit the session.</ListItem>
				</ProcedureList>
			</Step>
			<Step><StepTitle>To create the fonts for the paper type</StepTitle>
				<Paragraph class="Default">You must define the fonts to use per paper type. The fonts define how many characters can fit on one line and how many lines can fit on a sheet of paper. You must also define the width and height of the sheet of paper. ERP LN uses these dimensions to check whether the report fits on the selected paper type</Paragraph>
				<ProcedureList><ListItem>On the ERP LN Tools menu, select Device Management &gt; Fonts by Paper Type. The <Link href="/baanerp/tt/aad/ttaad3111m000" role="session">Fonts by Paper Type (ttaad3111m000)</Link> session appears.</ListItem>
					<ListItem>Click the <GUIRef href="" role="manual">New Group</GUIRef> button on the toolbar.</ListItem>
					<ListItem>In the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tt/aad/ttaad3111m000#ttaad311.tpap" role="manual">Paper Type</GUIRef> field, zoom to the <Link href="/baanerp/tt/aad/ttaad3110m000" role="session">Paper Types (ttaad3110m000)</Link> session and select a Format.</ListItem>
					<ListItem>Click the <GUIRef href="" role="manual">New</GUIRef> button on the toolbar. In the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tt/aad/ttaad3111m000#ttaad311.font" role="manual">Font</GUIRef> field, type or select a font type. In the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tt/aad/ttaad3111m000#ttaad311.nchr" role="manual">Paper Width</GUIRef> field, enter the number of characters that must fit on one line. In the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tt/aad/ttaad3111m000#ttaad311.pgln" role="manual">Paper Height</GUIRef> field, enter the number of lines that must fit on one page.</ListItem>
					<ListItem>Click the <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Save</GUIRef> button and then quit the session.</ListItem>
				</ProcedureList>
			</Step>
			<Step><StepTitle>To create devices</StepTitle>
				<Paragraph class="Default">You must create the devices to which ERP LN can send reports. These devices can be physical devices such as printers or logical printers, but a device can also be a file.</Paragraph>
				<ProcedureList><ListItem>On the ERP LN Tools menu, select Device Management &gt; Device Data. The <Link href="/baanerp/tt/aad/ttaad3500m000" role="session">Device Data (ttaad3500m000)</Link> session appears.</ListItem>
					<ListItem>Click the <GUIRef href="" role="manual">New</GUIRef> button on the toolbar. The <Link href="/baanerp/tt/aad/ttaad3100s000" role="session">Device Data (ttaad3100s000)</Link> session appears.</ListItem>
					<ListItem>Enter the device data. The properties that you must enter differ per <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tt/aad/ttaad3100s000#ttaad300.devt" role="manual">Device Type</GUIRef>. Refer to the session's online help for details.</ListItem>
					<ListItem>Click the <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Save</GUIRef> button and then quit the session.</ListItem>
				</ProcedureList>
			</Step>
			<Step><StepTitle>To create logical printers</StepTitle>
				<Paragraph class="Default">You can group printers in close proximity into a logical printer. When a user sends a print request to a logical printer, the <Link href="/baanerp/tt/glossary/glossary#100012" role="glossary">printer daemon</Link> checks the paper type of each printer in the logical printer, and automatically directs the output to the first printer in the logical printer that contains the required paper type.</Paragraph>
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				<ProcedureList><ListItem>Create a device ( <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tt/aad/ttaad3100s000#ttaad300.devt" role="manual">Device Type</GUIRef> = Logical Printer) for the logical printer. Refer to the previous step in this procedure (To create devices) for details.</ListItem>
					<ListItem>On the ERP LN Tools menu, select Device Management &gt; Logical Printers. The <Link href="/baanerp/tt/aad/ttaad3101m000" role="session">Logical Printers (ttaad3101m000)</Link> session appears.</ListItem>
					<ListItem>Click the <GUIRef href="" role="manual">New Group</GUIRef> button and then select the logical printer device.</ListItem>
					<ListItem>Click the <GUIRef href="" role="manual">New</GUIRef> button on the toolbar.</ListItem>
					<ListItem>In the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tt/aad/ttaad3101m000#ttaad301.lpph" role="manual">Physical Printer</GUIRef> field, enter the printer(s) that you want to include in the logical printer.</ListItem>
					<ListItem>Click the <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Save</GUIRef> button and then quit the session.</ListItem>
				</ProcedureList>
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