MANAGE SYSTEM PRINTERS

Use this screen during initialization to set up one, some, or all of the system printers available for printing reports in Costpoint.

Set up this screen before you use the printing features in Costpoint. Also, you must first establish users and/or user groups in either the Manage Users or Manage User Groups screen.

You must first install the printer(s) on the Costpoint application server using your Costpoint Service account. Confirm that the printers work and then restart Costpoint service on the Costpoint application server. You can them log into Costpoint and use the table window in this block to establish a catalog of printers that will be available for selection when printing reports from Costpoint.

Location

System Printers Table Window

Use this table window to establish a catalog of printers that will be available for selection when printing reports from Costpoint.

Click to add a new entry to the table window.

Printer ID

Enter, or click to select, a printer ID for use in Costpoint.

The Lookup, , displays other printer attributes such as the following:

Printer Name

Use this field to enter a descriptive name for this Printer ID.

Print in Postscript Mode Only

Select this check box to use postscript mode only for this printer when printing reports.

Verify Printers

Select a printer from the table window and click this button to verify the availability of that printer.

Subtasks

Subtask

Description

Assigned Users / User Groups

Click this link to open the Assigned Users/User Groups subtask and optionally link specific users and/or user groups to one or more printers in the primary table window.

Assigned Report Categories

Click this link to open the Assigned Report Categories subtask and optionally link specific report categories to one or more printers in the primary table window and assign Allow or Deny rights to the report category/printer combination.