Modifying printers

Select Printer Management in the Administration menu.

Select Printers > Modify/Delete on the Printer Management page. The Search for a Printer to Modify or Delete page is displayed.

Specify this information:

Note:

Click Show All to show all printers in the Par and Cycle system.

Company: Select the company of the printer that you want to modify.
Printer Name: Specify the name of the printer that you want to modify.
Printer Hostname: Specify the hostname of the printer that you want to modify.
Printer Type: Select either Report or Label depending on what type of printer that you want to modify.

Click Search to display the printers that fit your search criteria.The Select Printer to Modify or Delete page is displayed.

For information about navigating search results see Navigating search results

Click Specify in the row of the printer that you want to modify. The Modify Printer page is displayed.

On the Modify Printer page, specify this information:

Printer Name

Specify the name of the printer you are adding.

Hostname

Specify the network address or IP address for the printer.

Type

Select the type of printer that you want to add.

Report – A printer that prints documents on the standard 8.5 x 11 inch paper stock.
Label – A specialized printer for labels that uses a language to describe the layout of information on a label.

Note:
See below for information for modifying label printers (Step 7).

Company

Select the company you make the printer accessible from.

Company Default

Select this check box to make the printer you are modifying the default printer for the selected company.

Specify this information:

Make: Specify the brand name of the label printer.
Port: Specify the port that the label printer is connected to.
Model: Specify the model number of the label printer.
Protocol: Select the printing protocol your system uses for label printers.
LPR Server: Specify the server your laser printer is connected to.
Language: Specify the name of the proprietary language the label printer uses to determine the layout of text on the label.
User Name: Specify your user name.
Password: Specify your password.
Confirm Password: Re-specify your password.
Max Retries: Specify the number of times that you want the label printer to retry printing if there is an error.
Retry Timeout: Specify the number of seconds that you want the label printer to wait before trying to print after an error.

Click Done to save the printer information.

On the Modify Printer confirmation page, click OK to return to the Printer Management page.