Re: MilSerials printing

[Bob Rasmussen <ras@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 20 Dec 2001, Brian D. Moore wrote:

> Sorry to open the whole printing can of worms so close to the holidays but...
>
> Is anyone printing labels, binding and pull slips all from the same
> MiSerials session? Here's our basic setup: LPT1 - dot matrix printer (e.g.,
> Okidata 320), LPT2-laser printer. The only way I can get labels to print
> correctly to the dot matrix is to have Direct Text Printing (DTP) enabled.
> However, with DTP on, both binding and pull slips print to the dot matrix
> regardless of what is chosen in MiSerials' all-too-numerous printer
> selection windows. It seems as if the label printer with DTP on is
> hardcoded to select LPT1. I can't fathom why binding and pull slips would
> be printed to the label printer in the first place (this in itself seems
> like an error) but that's the way the software appears to work. Has anyone
> come up with any solutions? It's too much an interruption of our workflow
> to have to run separate sessions with different printer settings and I'm
> not sure I want to give everyone access to Manager-controlled settings.

I'll venture in here, where angels fear to tread, and brainstorm a bit...

The Millennium modules can print a) locally, b) to a system-defined printer
connected to the server, c) a system-defined printer on the network,
or d) to a "workstation JetDirect" printer. Does Mil let you specify different
printers for different tasks?

Note that d) essentially requires our Print Wizard to be running on the PC in
question. Also, c) can in fact be Print Wizard emulating a JetDirect printer.
So you could have two instances of Print Wizard running on one PC, each routed
to a different printer. Each PW session can be separately configured to do any
of the clever things that PW can do, such as making the labels print properly,
auto-fitting reports to the page, paginating properly, doing forms overlays,
etc.

Regards,
....Bob Rasmussen,   President,   Rasmussen Software, Inc.

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