A physical printer in a UNIX environment. The report is sent to
a temporary file on the LN server and queued for printing to the physical printer. The LN printer daemon is used to control the print request.
Logical printer
A group of physical Unix printers. The report is sent to a
printer in this group.
Append to file
A file on the LN server in which a report is stored. If the file does not exist,
the file is automatically created. An existing file is extended.
Rewrite file
A file on the LN server in which a report is stored. If the file does not exist,
the file is automatically created. An existing file is overwritten.
Direct
A physical printer in a UNIX environment. The report is directly
sent to the printer. The print request is not controlled by the LN printer
daemon.
Screen
The report is sent to the computer screen to show a preview of
the report.
Windows Printer
A physical printer that is supported by Microsoft Windows. The
report is sent to the users PC. The LN Windows print tool BWPrint is
activated and directs the report to the selected printer.
Mail API
This option is only available on a Windows platform. It is not
maintained anymore and will be deprecated in the future.
Windows Server Printer
A physical printer that Microsoft Windows supports. The
printing is handled by a separate Windows printer server with the Infor ES Reporting Service installed. Users do not need the BWPrint software
on their client PCs. You must specify the printer server name and the port
number for the ES Reporting Service in the Argument field. For details, refer to Windows printer devices.
Infor Enterprise Report Printer
A device to print Infor Enterprise reports from LN.
Data is sent through a URL to the report renderer on the Infor Reporting Services
server. The URL is specified in the Path of the device.
External Reporting Services
A device to print LN reports by means of a report design that is stored on an external
Report Server. This Report Server will render the report. The destination of
the report depends on the arguments filled in the Argument field.