Adding a printer to a connection

  1. Define a Windows Server Printer device on the LN server.
    1. In LN, start the Device Data (ttaad3500m000) session.
    2. Add a device.
      Points of attention:
      Device Type
      Select Windows Server Printer.
      Argument for Conversion Program
      In an on-premises LN installation on a Unix or Windows platform, specify -cloudPrinting
      In a cloud installation, leave blank.
      Device Queue
      Specify the appropriate printer queue.
      • For a network printer, specify the UNC path in this format: \\servername\printername .
      • For a local printer, i.e. a printer that is available under “Printers and scanners” on the Windows machine where the transfer service is running, use the local name to specify the printer. This name must match the name of the local printer.
      See the online help of the Device Data (ttaad3100s000) session.
  2. Add the printer in the LN Transfer Service.
    1. In the configuration console, select the connection node in the tree and click Add Printer.
    2. Specify this information:
      UNC Path for a network printer
      Specify the UNC path in this format: \\servername\printername . If the path does not have this format, the OK button is unavailable.
      The UNC path must exactly match the value of the Device Queue field of the corresponding Windows Server Printer device in the Device Data (ttaad3100s000) session on the LN server.
      If the service is running, select the UNC path from the drop-down list. The running service contacts the LN server and retrieves a list of printers that has been configured there. The drop-down list is not filled immediately when opening the Add Printer dialog box. It may take a few seconds to start a Bshell on the LN server and perform a query to obtain the requested data.
      If the service is not running, type the required printer path.
      For details about Windows Server Printer devices, see the Infor Enterprise Server Administration Guide and the online help.
      Name for a local printer
      To specify a local printer, open the list of printers and select a printer. If the transfer service is running under a local account, for example the network service rather than the system account, printing will use the Printing Defaults set in the Advanced tab of the printer properties. These defaults apply to all users on the machine, including the network service account.

      To set multiple defaults for the same printer, you can add the printer multiple times under "Printers and scanners" in Windows. Assign different names to each instance of the printer to reflect different settings. By naming the printers according to their settings, users can easily understand the print configuration when selecting a printer for printing in LN.

      Examples:

      • Canon second floor 2-sided printing: Default settings for double-sided printing.
      • Canon second floor 1-sided printing: Default settings for single-sided printing.
    3. click OK.
After a printer is added, it is displayed in the tree as a child node of the connection. Select this printer node to open the Printer view.

The printer node in the tree does not have any actions, except the standard MMC actions.