A) Prerequisites:-
Printers should be first defined at Linux OS level by customers.
Please check the status of printer at Linux level by using the following command
lpstat -a
B) Configure Printer in Oracle Applications
The following is the order of Printer setup in Oracle Applications:
Define Driver
Define Style
Define Printer Type
Register the Printer
1) Define the printer driver, Install > Printer > Driver
Login to application using System Administrator or Application Administrator resp
Define the printer driver, Install > Printer > Driver
Please provide the below values (depending upon your configuration) to set up.
Enter the Driver Name :Canon
Enter the User Driver Name: Canon for Printer HPLJ2
Description: Give some desc appropriate
SRW Driver: HP
SRW drivers are read by Oracle reports when a report is run and insert control characters which tell the destination printer on where to insert the page breaks and font to be used etc.. SRW driver is used when output file is sent to the printer
SRW driver files on linux are located in $FND_TOP/reports. In the above example, file name would be HP.prt
Platform: Not required
Arguments: Printer Driver pass the following arguments to program
Name of the destination printer
Number of Copies to print
Banner of the title page
Filename
Initialization and Reset strings: Instructs printer on printing characteristics are needed for the document to be printed. Printer vendor provides these details
2) Define the printer style , Install > Printer > Style
Login to application using System Administrator or Application Administrator resp
Define the printer style , Install > Printer > Style
Please provide the below values (depending upon your configuration) to set up.
Style Name : HP
Seq: Enter unique sequence number
User Style: Canon -HPLJ2
SRW Driver: HPW , this should match with driver define page
Layout: Columns,Rows and Orientation: Columns and Rows inserted here override the height and width defined in SRW driver file
3) Define the printer type, Install > Printer > Type
Login to application using System Administrator or Application Administrator resp
Define the printer type, Install > Printer > Type
Please provide the below values (depending upon your configuration) to set up.
Type: HPLJ2
Style: Style name
Driver Name: Driver name
4)Register a new printer , Navigation Path is Install > Printer > Register
Login to application using System Administrator or Application Administrator resp
Define the printer type, Install > Printer > Type
Please provide the below values (depending upon your configuration) to set up.
Printer : Printer Name
Type: Type defined earlier
Description : Useful description
Some important tables related with printing are:
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FND_PRINTER
FND_PRINTER_INFORMATION
FND_PRINTER_STYLES
FND_PRINTER_DRIVERS
NOTE: Please note any changes to Printer Type, Style and Driver needs bouncing of concurrent manager for the changes to take effect.
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