Windows printer devices (OP)

You can define devices of type Drukarka Windows and Drukarka Windows Server.

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.

Uwaga

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 Dane urządzeń (ttaad3500m000) session.
  2. Add a device. In the Typ urządzenia field, select Drukarka Windows.
  3. Specify the remaining device properties. See the online help of the Dane urządzeń (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.

Windows Server Printers can print in multiple ways:

  • Through the Serwer raportowy Infor ES
  • Through the Cloud Printing Service
  • To a local printer
Defining Windows Server Printers that print through the Serwer raportowy Infor ES

In an on-premises installation on a Unix platform, Windows Server Printers can print through the Serwer raportowy Infor ES. The Serwer raportowy Infor ES must be installed on a separate Windows printer server.

To define a Windows Server Printer that prints through the Serwer raportowy Infor ES:

  1. Configure the printer server.

    Install the Serwer raportowy Infor ES on the printer server. During the installation, you must assign a port number to the Serwer raportowy Infor ES. See the Infor LN – podręcznik instalacji.

  2. Define the printer server as a remote system.
    1. Start the Systemy (ttaad0550m000) session.
    2. Add a record that represents the printer server. In the Typ serwisu field, select Serwer raportowy Infor ES. See the online help of the Systemy (ttaad0150s000) session.
  3. Define a Windows Server Printer.
    1. Start the Dane urządzeń (ttaad3500m000) session.
    2. Add a Windows Server Printer. Points of attention:
      • In the Typ urządzenia field, select Drukarka Windows Server.

      • In the Argument programu konwersji field, specify this text:

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

        For example: server=cnl10050 port=7688

See the online help of the Dane urządzeń (ttaad3100s000) session.

Defining Windows Server Printers that print through the Cloud Printing Service

Windows Server Printers can print through the Cloud Printing Service in these installation types:

  • On-premises installation on a Unix or Windows platform
  • Cloud installation

The Cloud Printing Service can print to a printer or to a fileshare.

On-premises installation on a Unix or Windows platform

To define a Windows Server Printer that prints through the Cloud Printing Service:

  1. Install the Cloud Printing Service on the printer server. See the Infor Cloud Printing Service Administration Guide.
  2. Start the Dane urządzeń (ttaad3500m000) session.
  3. Add a Windows Server Printer. Points of attention:
    • In the Typ urządzenia field, select Drukarka Windows Server.

    • In the Argument programu konwersji field, specify this text:

      -cloudPrinting

    • In the Kolejka urządzenia field, specify the appropriate printer queue or fileshare:
      • For a printer queue, specify the UNC path in this format: \\servername\printername
      • For a fileshare, specify the UNC path in this format: \\servername\...\folder.
  4. Add the printer or fileshare in the Cloud Printing Service. See the Infor Cloud Printing Service Administration Guide.

Cloud installation

To define a Windows Server Printer that prints through the Cloud Printing Service:

  1. Install the Cloud Printing Service on the printer server. See the Infor Cloud Printing Service Administration Guide.
  2. Start the Dane urządzeń (ttaad3500m000) session.
  3. Add a Windows Server Printer. Points of attention:
    • In the Typ urządzenia field, select Drukarka Windows Server.
    • In the Kolejka urządzenia field, specify the appropriate printer queue or fileshare:
      • For a printer queue, specify the UNC path in this format: \\servername\printername
      • For a fileshare, specify the UNC path in this format: \\servername\...\folder.
  4. Add the printer or fileshare in the Cloud Printing Service. See the Infor Cloud Printing Service Administration Guide.

See the online help of the Dane urządzeń (ttaad3100s000) session.

Defining Windows Server Printers that print to a local printer

In an on-premises installation on a Windows platform, Windows Server Printers can print to a local printer, that is for example connected to a TCP/IP port.

To define a Windows Server Printer that prints to a local printer:

  1. Start the Dane urządzeń (ttaad3500m000) session.
  2. Add a Windows Server Printer. Points of attention:
    • In the Typ urządzenia field, select Drukarka Windows Server.

    • In the Kolejka urządzenia 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 Dane urządzeń (ttaad3100s000) session.