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--- dispensing:printer_setup [2020/03/12 00:17] – [The printer preference settings] lou
+++ dispensing:printer_setup [2021/10/05 22:59] (current) – [Printer label settings] Dhanya
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-======  9.06. Label printing preferences ======
+======  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!!!**
 ==== Changing your mSupply default printer ====
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 See [[#printer_label_settings|below]] for the printer connection settings for each type of connection
-**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.
+**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.
 **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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 |**__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]]|
-|**__USB__** \\ {{:dispensing:pasted:20200311-041620.png  }} **Address** \\ Enter the Windows name of the printer. It must be entered **exactly**.\\ 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}}|
+|**__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}}|
 |**__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.|
 ==== Printer label settings ====
-|**__One-Part label__** \\ {{:dispensing:pasted:20200311-123857.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\\ \\ |
+|**__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\\ \\ |
+|**__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}}|
-|**__Three-Part label__** \\ {{:dispensing:pasted:20200311-123938.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}}|
+===== 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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-|  //  Previous:  **[[dispensing:abbreviations|9.05. Abbreviations for dispensing]]** | | Next: **[[dispensing:warnings|9.07. Warnings]]** //  |
+|  //  Previous:  **[[dispensing:diagnoses|10.07. Diagnoses]]** | | Next: **[[dispensing:warnings|10.09. Warnings]]** //  |
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