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| ===== Printing Preferences (setup)===== | {{indexmenu_n>80}} |
| | ====== 10.08. Label printing preferences ====== |
| | In mSupply the settings for label printer are set in the "Choose label printing preferences window", which you open via the mSupply menu bar: Special > Printing preferences\\ \\ |
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| | This window will show you **ALL** mSupply printers that have been set up for your whole organisation.\\ Your mSupply printer descriptions must include your site name and make sure that you **do not delete printers for other sites!!!** |
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| {{entry>45.Dispensing/4.Printing Preferences|*}} | ==== Changing your mSupply default printer ==== |
| | To change the mSupply default printer in the "Choose label printing preferences window" simply click the checkbox in the right-hand **Default Printer** column for the printer you wish to use. |
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| For setting up a printer for the first time, see [[admin:tables_fields:foreign_keys|Printer Installation]] | Note this is different from your Windows default printer. You are setting the default printer for mSupply to use (the default printer you have set for Windows can be another printer altogether). |
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| Choosing this item from the //Special// menu shows the printing Preferences window. | The mSupply printing preferences are stored for the **computer** you're setting it from (not the mSupply user or the mSupply site you're logged in to). |
| | When you change the mSupply default printer you are changing it for everyone who uses the computer. |
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| {{ :dispensing:print_prefs_list.png |}} | ==== Editing a printer ==== |
| | In the "Choose label printing preferences" window double-click the printer entry in the list. This will open the "Add label printing preferences" window - see below for info on each setting. |
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| ==== Changing your default printer ==== | ==== Adding a printer ==== |
| <WRAP center round important 60%> | If you are setting up up your label printer hardware for the first time, you will first need to follow the instructions here: **[[admin:printer_installation]]**.\\ |
| The default printer is stored for each **client computer** - so each computer can be set to print to a different default printer. When you alter this setting, you are only altering it for the computer you are working at | When your printer hardware is connected and ready to be set up in mSupply open the "Choose label printing preferences" window and click the **New Printer** button. This will open the "Add label printing preferences" window - see below for info on each setting. |
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| To change the default printer, simply click the checkbox in the right-hand **Default Printer** column on the row of the printer you wish to use. | ===== The printer preference settings ===== |
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| | **Description**\\ |
| | Since the mSupply printing preferences window lists **ALL** the mSupply printers for your organisation it is vital that the Description includes the site name to avoid confusion. \\ e.g. __//Busby Pharmacy GK420t//__ |
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| ==== Adding a Printer ==== | **Connection Type**\\ |
| * click the **New Printer** button | If printer connected with a network cable (recommended) choose **network**\\ |
| | If printer connected with USB choose **USB**\\ |
| | If printer connected with a serial cable choose **serial**\\ |
| | See [[#printer_connection_settings|below]] for the printer connection settings for each type of connection |
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| ==== Editing a Printer ==== | **Label Type** \\ |
| * Double-click the printer in the list. | One-Part\\ |
| | Three-Part |
| | See [[#printer_label_settings|below]] for the printer connection settings for each type of connection |
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| ==== Settings for a particular printer ==== | **Make this printer default** \\ Checking this box means that mSupply on this computer will always print to this printer. Refer to the [[#changing_your_msupply_default_printer| Changing your mSupply default printer]] section above to find out what setting a default mSupply printer does. |
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| {{ :dispensing:print_settings_one.png |}} | **Reset printer** \\ You can use this button to send a command to the printer to reset it. Occasionally a printer may misbehave if it's memory is corrupted by an electricity spike or the like, and this button may help. If your printer is not behaving we recommend you contact Sustainable Solutions [[support@msupply.org.nz]] rather than charging ahead on your own. |
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| | ==== Printer connection settings ==== |
| | |**__Network__** \\ {{:dispensing:pasted:20200311-081803.png }} **Port number** \\ For network connections this will usually be 9100 \\ \\ **Address** \\ The IP address of the printer\\ e.g. 10.1.1.253\\ For info on creating a static IP address for the printer refer to [[admin:printer_installation#label_printer_hardware_setup]]| |
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| * **Description** Here you give the printer a name | |**__USB__** \\ {{:dispensing:pasted:20200311-041620.png }} **Address** \\ Enter the Windows name of the printer. It must be entered **exactly**. There is no need for the Windows printer name to match the mSupply printer description.\\ To confirm the Windows printer name go to the Windows Control Panel > Printers and Scanners. \\ Right click on the printer and select properties.\\ The Windows printer name is recorded on the General tab. {{ :dispensing:pasted:20200311-042206.png?400}}| |
| * **Connection type** | |
| * If you are connection with a network cable (recommended) choose **network** | |
| * If you are connecting with a serial cable choose **serial** | |
| * Note we do not support direct USB connections as we are not using the computer's printer driver- we are sending instructions direct from mSupply to the printer. | |
| * **Port number** For network connections this will usually be 9100 | |
| * **IP Address**- the address of the printer e.g. 10.1.1.253 | |
| * **Label dimensions** Enter width, height and margins in m.m. | |
| * **Make this printer default** - Checking this box means that the computer you are using will always print to this printer. | |
| * Important: this setting is "per computer" - you need to set each computer to have a default printer. | |
| * **Reset printer** You can use this button to send a command to the printer to reset it. Occasionally a printer may misbehave if it's memory is corrupted by an electricity spike or the like, and this button may help. If your printer is not behaving we recommend you contact Sustainable Solutions rather than charging ahead on your own. | |
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| // Previous: [[dispensing:abbreviations|Abbreviations]] Next: [[dispensing:warnings|Warnings]] // | |**__Serial__** \\ {{:dispensing:pasted:20200311-091958.png }} **Port number** \\ Enter the Windows serial port number for the printer. \\ To confirm the port number go to the Windows Control Panel > Printers and Scanners. \\ Right click on the printer and select properties.\\ The Windows port number is recorded on the Ports tab.| |
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| | ==== Printer label settings ==== |
| | |**__One-Part label__** \\ {{:dispensing:pasted:20210325-202726.png?200 }} **Label width:** the physical width of the full label\\ **Label height:** the physical height of the full label\\ \\ **Label top:** the height of margin wanted from the top of the label\\ **Label left margin:** the width of margin wanted from the left of the label\\ \\ | |
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| | |**__Three-Part label__** \\ {{:dispensing:pasted:20211005-225812.png?200. }} **Label width:** the physical width of the full label\\ **Label height:** the physical height of the full label\\ \\ **Label top:** the height of margin wanted from the top of the label\\ **Label left margin:** the width of margin wanted from the left of the label\\ \\ **Label bottom margin:** the margin between the top label and lower labels. \\ **Bottom left label width:** the width of the bottom left label.{{ :dispensing:pasted:20200311-124455.png?250}}| |
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| | ===== Other settings ===== |
| | There are other general preferences that can affect the way your labels are printed. See the [[preferences:general#label_printing_section|15.01. General preferences]] page for details. |
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