Modifying printers
- Select Printer Management in the Administration menu.
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Select Printers > Modify/Delete on the Printer Management
page.
The Search for a Printer to Modify or Delete page is displayed.
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Specify this information:
Note:
Click Show All to show all printers in the Receiving and Delivery system.
- Company
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Select the company of the printer that you want to modify.
- Printer Name
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Specify the name of the printer that you want to modify.
- Printer Hostname
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Specify the hostname of the printer that you want to modify.
- Printer Type
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Select either Report or Label depending on what type of printer that you want to modify.
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Click Search to display the printers that fit your
search criteria.
Click Search Again to perform a new search or click Cancel to discard the changes.
The Select Printer to Modify or Delete page is displayed.
For information about navigating search results, see Navigating search results.
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Click Edit in the row of the printer that you want
to modify.
The Modify Printer page is displayed.
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On the Modify Printer page, specify this information.
- Printer Name
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Specify the name of the printer you are adding.
- Hostname
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Specify 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 modifying label printers (Step 7).
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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 modifying the default printer for the selected company.
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Specify this information
if the printer you are modifying is a label printer.
- Make
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Specify the brand name of the label printer.
- Model
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Specify the model number of the label printer.
- Port
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Specify 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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Specify the server your laser printer is connected to.
- Language
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Specify 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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Specify your user name.
- Password
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Specify your password.
- Confirm Password
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Specify your password.
- Max Retries
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Specify the number of times that you want the label printer to retry printing if there is an error.
- Retry Timeout
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Specify the number of seconds that you want the label printer to wait before trying to print after an error.
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Click Save to save the printer information.
Note:
To stop the action without modifying the printer, click Cancel.
- On the Modify Printer confirmation page, click OK to return to the Printer Management page.