Printer Profile Updates

Program #: 1559

Module: System Administration

Overview

This chapter provides information on setting up and printing reports in SBN. In order for SBN to print reports correctly you must

Install Report Services
Set a print directory in each terminal
Set up report parameters in four system administration programs:

q Report Default Parameters (program #1561)

q Report Priorities (program #1509)

q Printer Profile Updates (program #1559)

q Report Messages (program #1766)

Define the report parameters in the individual report (See Report Parameters Pane)
Use the Report Queue

Printer Profile Updates

Use Printer Profiles Updates (program #1559) to define printer profiles in SBN. You can create and edit printer profiles, which define the specific printers you may select in Report Default Parameters (program #1561).

A printer profile should contain at least one printer. In Printer Profiles you define selected printers as â€?In Use.â€? Menus of Printer Queues then display those printers defined as "In Useâ€? for that printer profile. See the following examples of printer profiles:

â€?Laser Printersâ€? - could contain all the laser printers on-site
â€?Monitoring Centerâ€? - could contain all the printers in a specific location

Use the Printer Profile Details tab to maintain the list of printers for the Printer Queue menus available in Report Default Parameters (program #1561) and in all report parameter panes. For more information, see Zooming into the Sublevel.

To access this program, select Printer Profiles Updates (program #1559) from the main menu of SBN.

The Printer Profiles Update Window

The following graphic shows Printer Profiles Update as the program opens.

Field/Column Descriptions

The following table describes the fields and columns used in the Printer Profiles.

Field/Column	Description
Profile	ID of the printer profile.
Description	Text description of printer profile.
Name	ID of the printer profile. O SBN automatically formats text in this field in upper-case.
Profile Template	To use an existing printer profile as a template for the new printer profile, select the profile ID of the template profile.

Using Common Functions

See the reference document Common Functions in SBN for more information.

Note: After you create a profile, zoom into the sublevel to add or maintain individual printers for the profile.

Note: Printer numbers 0-99 are reserved for SBN. User-defined printers are from 100-255.

Zooming into the Sublevel

Printer Profiles Updates contains a sublevel tab in which you add individual printers to a selected profile or to maintain printers in the profile.

The Printer Profile Details Tab

The following graphic shows the Printer Profiles Details tab. The tab displays printers previously associated with the selected profile.

Field/Column Descriptions

The following table describes the fields and columns used in the Printer Profiles Details tab.

Field/Column	Description
Printer Name	Name or path of printer. O This field accepts up to 100 characters.
In Use	If this column displays an X, the printer appears in the Printer Queue menu associated with the selected printer profile. O If the In Use column and field are blank, the selected printer does not appear in the Printer Queue menu associated with the selected printer profile.
Description	Text description of printer.
Hold Size	Type the maximum number of pages that print automatically. If the number of report pages exceeds the hold size, SBN l Holds the report in the Report Queue l Does not print the report l Does not migrate the report to the Done Queue O SBN holds a report with a hold size of 0 (zero) in the Report Queue and NEVER prints the report.
Spec Brch	If this box displays a check mark, the selected printer applies to a special branch.

Button Functions

The following table displays the buttons, describes the shortcut keys, actions, and functionality.

Button	Name	Shortcut Key	Action	Description
	Get	ALT+F1	1559/ 1	Get record.
	Change	F2	1559/ 2	Change selected record.
	New	F3	1559/ 3	Create new record.
	Delete	SHIFT+F10	1559/ 4	Delete selected record.
	Zoom	F10	1559/ 999	Zoom in/out of sublevel.
	Tear	F7	1559/ 999	Lists details of selected field.
	Previous	F4	1559/ 999	Select last record.
	Next	F5	1559/ 999	Select next record.