FINDING YOUR WAY AROUND ASYCUDA++
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(Tools and Options) Menu
This menu option, the first on the top status line, contains useful tools, including a calendar and
calculator. Printer controls, server connection setting, and screen appearance options are among
the facilities under 'Tools and Options'.
Tools
Printer Manager
Allows users to control the jobs on their local printer This option may also be accessed directly by
using <CtrI> <P>. Controlling remote printers is also possible when logged in to the server.
Local means a print generated from the users computer and sent to a
printer either connected directly to the users computer or to another client
computer on the ASYCUDA++ local network
Remote means a print job resulting from a users request to the server.
These server prints are either printed on a printer directly connected to the
server, or, more usually, received back at the users computer as a message.
The user saves this reply or message from the server as a text file, and after
saving, can print the server reply as a local print.
Local
The Local option lists the printers available to the user. The Printer List names the printer, the
address of the printer, and the current status. It the user has a printer directly attached to their
computer the list will describe this printer as Local.
The printer status may be Idle, Printing, or if there are printing problems, error messages such as
Paused or Out of paper may appear. Option buttons on the Print Manager screen allow the listing
of current print jobs on that printer and the choice of pausing or resuming printing.
The Job List shows all print jobs assigned to that printer and queued for printing. Options on that
screen allow for deleting of print jobs and for refreshing the list.
The Local Print Manager also shows any remote printers available to the user.
Remote in this context means a printer not directly connected to the users computer but to the
computer of another user on the ASYCUDA++ network.
Remote printers, i.e. printers connected to another users computer, are
connected using the Options, Printers, and Installation menu options. See
the section on Printers on the installation of remote printers.
If the Print Manager screen lists more than one printer as available, for example a LPT1 Local
Printer and a RPT1 Remote Printer, the user may select either the local or the remote as the
default printer. The user prints will then be directed to the default printer.
Note: For a print to be directed to another users computer (i.e. to a
remote printer) the other computer must be switched on and running
an ASYCUDA++ Module. The printer connected to that computer must
also be switched on and loaded with paper.