| # Windows printer devices You can define devices of type Windows Printer and Windows Server Printer. Both device types use the Windows printing services and drivers. This offers various advantages: The Windows printing services have a common set of API's for a very wide range of printer devices. A Windows printer driver is available for almost every printer type. Infor does not have to deliver printer specific driver/configuration files with the LN software. Barcode printing from LN is widely supported for Windows printers. You can use Windows printers to print characters from various character sets on the same report (Unicode printing). The Windows API is fully BIDI (bi-directional) enabled. Any printer supported by Windows can print BIDI reports. Windows takes care of mirroring and conversion from logical to display order. Windows fonts can be used to render Hebrew and Arabic characters. Windows Printer This device type is used for local printing via both, Web UI and Worktop. To print to a "Windows Printer" device, users need the BWPrint software on their client PCs. Important! To install BWPrint, the users must install the ERP Enterprise windows interface (BW) on their PCs. BWPrint is installed automatically during this installation. To define a Windows printer To create a "Windows Printer" device: Start the Device Data (ttaad3500m000) session. Add a device. In the Device Type field, select "Windows Printer" from the list. Enter the remaining device properties. For details refer to the online help of the Device Data (ttaad3100s000) session. Windows Server Printer The Windows Server Printer provides the possibility to print reports via a Windows driver. This enables you to reroute printing of reports from Unix based LN environments to a Windows system. This is particularly of interest for reports related to batch processes. It reduces the need for LN related Unix device drivers. This device type requires a separate Windows printer server with the Infor ES Reporting Service installed. Users do not need the BWPrint software on their client PCs. To define a Windows Server Printer Step 1. Configure the printer server Install the Infor ES Reporting Service on the printer server. During the installation, you must assign a port number to the Infor ES Reporting Service. For details, refer to the Infor LN Installation Guide (U9498 US). Step 2. Define the printer server as a remote system Take the following steps: Start the Systems (ttaad0550m000) session. Add a record that represents the printer server. In the Service Type field, you must select " Infor ES Reporting Server". For details, refer to the online help of the Systems (ttaad0150s000) session. Step 3. Define a Windows Server Printer Take the following steps: Start the Device Data (ttaad3500m000) session. Add a Windows Server Printer. Points of attention: In the Device Type field, select "Windows Server Printer". In the Argument field, you must enter the following text: `server=[the name of the printer server, as defined in the Systems (ttaad0150s000) session] port=[the port number that is assigned to the Infor ES Reporting Service]` For example: `server=cnl10050 port=7688` For details, refer to the online help of the Device Data (ttaad3100s000) session. |