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		<Title xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Device management setup procedure</Title>
		<Keyword ContextSensitive="No"><Level1>Device management</Level1>
			<Level2>setup procedure</Level2>
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	<GeneralSection><SectionTitle>Procedure aim</SectionTitle>
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                              ERP LN ’s 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 do the following:</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>
	</GeneralSection>
	<GeneralSection><SectionTitle>Procedure result and prerequisites</SectionTitle>
		<GeneralSection><SectionTitle>Result</SectionTitle>
			<Paragraph class="Default">This procedure results in a range of devices that you can use to view or print data that ERP LN processes.</Paragraph>
		</GeneralSection>
		<GeneralSection><SectionTitle>Prerequisites</SectionTitle>
			<Paragraph class="Default">Ensure 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>
			<Paragraph class="Default">A printer in an ERP LN environment must have a printer information file or printer device driver, which contains the printer commands, for example, ESC and CTRL. 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 mentioned in the procedure steps, refer to the online session Help.</Paragraph>
		</GeneralSection>
	</GeneralSection>
	<ProcedureSection><SectionTitle>Procedure summary</SectionTitle>
		<ProcIntro><Paragraph class="Default">Before ERP LN can print the processed data, you must complete the following steps to create the devices and the associated data:</Paragraph>
		</ProcIntro>
		<Figure space-and-orientation="indented-estimated"><FigIntro>The following figure illustrates the main steps in the device management procedure:</FigIntro>
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		<Steps><Step><StepTitle>Define paper types</StepTitle>
				<Paragraph class="Default">Define the characteristics of the paper that can be loaded in a physical printer. 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>
				<Paragraph class="Default">Session: <Link href="/baanerp/tt/aad/ttaad3110m000" role="session">Paper Types (ttaad3110m000)</Link>
				</Paragraph>
			</Step>
			<Step><StepTitle>Define the fonts for the paper type</StepTitle>
				<Paragraph class="Default">Define the fonts to use for each paper type. The fonts define the number of characters that can fit on one line and the number of lines that 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>
				<Paragraph class="Default">Session: <Link href="/baanerp/tt/aad/ttaad3111m000" role="session">Fonts by Paper Type (ttaad3111m000)</Link>
				</Paragraph>
			</Step>
			<Step><StepTitle>Create the devices</StepTitle>
				<Paragraph class="Default">You must create the devices to which ERP LN can send processed data. These devices can be physical devices, such as printers or logical printers, or a file.</Paragraph>
				<Paragraph class="Default">Sessions: <Link href="/baanerp/tt/aad/ttaad3500m000" role="session">Device Data (ttaad3500m000)</Link> and <Link href="/baanerp/tt/aad/ttaad3100s000" role="session">Device Data (ttaad3100s000)</Link>
				</Paragraph>
			</Step>
			<Step><StepTitle>Create the logical printers</StepTitle>
				<Paragraph class="Default">You can group printers in close proximity into a logical printer. If a user sends a print request to a logical printer, the printer daemon 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>
				<Paragraph class="Default">Session: <Link href="/baanerp/tt/aad/ttaad3101m000" role="session">Logical Printers (ttaad3101m000)</Link>
				</Paragraph>
			</Step>
		</Steps>
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