Adding printers

Select Printer Management in the Administration menu.

Select Printers > Add on the Printer Management page.

The Add Printer page appears.

Consider the following fields on the Add Printer page.

Printer Name

Enter the name of the printer you are adding.

Hostname

Enter 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 setting up label printers (Step 4).

Company

Select the company you make the printer accessible from.

Company Default

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

Consider the following Label Printer Details fields if you are adding a label printer.

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

Click Add to save the printer information.

The Add Printer confirmation page appears.

Note:

To stop the action without adding a printer, click Cancel.

Click OK to return to the Printer Management page.