Windows printer devices

You can define devices of type Windows 打印机 and Windows Server 打印机.

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.

重要事项！

To install BWPrint, the users must install the LN windows interface (BW) on their PCs. BWPrint is installed automatically during this installation.

Defining a Windows printer

To create a "Windows Printer" device:

  1. Start the 设备数据 (ttaad3500m000) session.
  2. Add a device. In the 设备类型 field, select Windows 打印机.
  3. Specify the remaining device properties. See the online help of the 设备数据 (ttaad3100s000) session.
Windows Server Printer

This device type 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.

Application server operating system

You can define devices of type Windows Server 打印机 on Unix-based and Windows-based LN application servers:

  • On Unix-based LN application servers, this device type requires a separate Windows printer server with the Infor ES Reporting Service installed.
  • On Windows-based LN application servers, this is not required. Here you can directly use a local OS printer, that is for example connected to a TCP/IP port.
Defining a Windows Server Printer on a Unix-based LN application server
步骤 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. See the Infor LN Installation Guide (U9498 US).

步骤 2. Define the printer server as a remote system

Complete these steps:

  1. Start the 系统 (ttaad0550m000) session.
  2. Add a record that represents the printer server. In the 服务类型 field, select Infor ES Reporting 服务器. See the online help of the 系统 (ttaad0150s000) session.
步骤 3. Define a Windows Server Printer

Complete these steps:

  1. Start the 设备数据 (ttaad3500m000) session.
  2. Add a Windows Server Printer. Points of attention:
    • In the 设备类型 field, select Windows Server 打印机.

    • In the 转换程序的变量 field, you must specify this text:

      server=[the name of the printer server, as defined in the 系统 (ttaad0150s000) session] port=[the port number that is assigned to the Infor ES Reporting Service]

      For example: server=cnl10050 port=7688

See the online help of the 设备数据 (ttaad3100s000) session.

Defining a Windows Server Printer on a Windows-based LN application server

To define a Windows Server Printer:

  1. Start the 设备数据 (ttaad3500m000) session.
  2. Add a Windows Server Printer. Points of attention:
    • In the 设备类型 field, select Windows Server 打印机.

    • In the 设备队列 field, specify a printer that is accessible for all users.

      For example, specify a local OS printer that is connected using a Standard TCP/IP port and that is available on the network.

      Note: Do not specify a "network printer" because a "network printer" is not accessible for all users. A "network printer" is only visible in the Windows user profile of the user that defined the "network printer".

See the online help of the 设备数据 (ttaad3100s000) session.