FINDING YOUR WAY AROUND ASYCUDA++
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Printers
ASYCUDA++ printed output can be directed to several different printers, the printer connected to
your client PC or to other printers connected to other client PC's on the same network.
For example, you may wish to print a declaration on the laser printer connected
to your PC, (i.e., your 'local' printer), or to print a list or a report, on a dot matrix
printer, connected to another client. The printer connected to the other client
may be loaded with wide continuous paper, to suit the format of the report.
'Printer' has a sub-menu with three options, for setting up your office printers ASYCUDA++ printed
output. The options are: -
Setup
To add a printer, (by make and model), to your list of available printers.
Note that matching the printer to your expected output, often means sending 'commands' to your
printer. For example, to print the standard SAD form on A4 size paper, you need to set the number
of lines per page to approximately 99 lines and to set the type font (pitch) to condensed (16.67).
The method of giving command varies from one type of printer to another. Some printers have
controls on the front panel others are software controlled, by a Dos or Windows application.
Printers often are controlled through a printer language. Through 'Setup' you
can record printer commands that are then sent to the printer as the first part of
an ASYCUDA++ print instruction. You can 'set' the printer for font, font size, line
spacing, length of page, etc. See the manual provided by the supplier of your
printer for details of the method used by your printer to transfer commands.
Installation
You can select from a list of both Local and Remote printers when directing your ASYCUDA++
output to a printer. The number of printer options available to you depends on the hardware of your
own client PC; (this is the number of printer ports installed, i.e. LPT1, LPT2), and the number of
(remote) printers connected to other client PC's on your network.
REMOTE PRINTERS: Note that the other client PC's, with printers connected,
must be running an ASYCUDA++ module for your PC to recognise them as an
available 'remote'.
To install a 'Local' printer, select from the list of local printers the make and model of printer that is
connected directly to your client PC. Usually you only have one option for connection, that is Line
Printer Port 1 (LPT1). If a local printer was previously installed and is not the same make and model
as the printer currently connected, you must first remove the previously installed local printer by
selecting and pressing the 'Delete' button. Then you can select the correct local printer from the list.
Remote printers can be connected or removed in a similar way. The connections for Remote
Printers are labelled as RPT1, RPT2, RPT3 etc.
You select your default printer (the printer you normally send your prints to) by using the Tools,
Print Manager menu option. See Printer Manager for details on how to set your default printer
and for troubleshooting printer output problems.