Adding printers
Use this procedure to add a printer to your system.
To add a printer
- Select Printer Management in the Administration menu.
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Select Printers > Add on the Printer Management page.
The Add Printer page appears.
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Consider the following fields on the Add Printer page.
- Printer Name
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Enter the name of the printer you are adding.
- Hostname
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Enter the network address or IP address for the printer.
- Type
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Select the type of printer that you want to add.
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Report – A printer that prints documents on the standard 8.5 x 11 inch paper stock.
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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).
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- Company
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Select the company you make the printer accessible from.
- Company Default
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Select this check box to make the printer you are adding the default printer for the selected company.
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Consider the following Label Printer Details fields
if you are adding a label printer.
- Make
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Enter the brand name of the label printer.
- Model
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Enter the model number of the label printer.
- Port
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Enter the port that the label printer is connected to.
- Protocol
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Select the printing protocol your system uses for label printers.
- LPR Server
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Enter the server your laser printer is connected to.
- Language
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Select the name of the proprietary language the label printer uses to determine the layout of text on the label.
- User Name
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Enter your user name.
- Password
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Enter your password.
- Confirm Password
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Re-enter your password.
- Max Retries
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Enter the number of times that you want the label printer to retry printing if there is an error.
- Retry Timeout
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Enter the number of seconds that you want the label printer to wait before trying to print after an error.
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Click Add to save the printer information.
The Add Printer confirmation page appears.
- Click OK to return to the Printer Management page.