40.14 Printers
40.14.1 Overview ¶
In the Printers area you manage the printer definitions used in the tasks Print attachments (see Chapter 10) and Print email (see Chapter 12). A printer definition combines a Windows system printer with a user-friendly display name - so that profiles refer to logical names like “Accounting B/W” instead of the technical printer path.
40.14.2 Toolbar ¶
| Button |
Effect |
| Add… |
Opens the editor to create a new printer definition |
| Edit |
Opens the selected definition for editing |
| Remove |
Removes the selected definition after a confirmation prompt |
A double-click on an entry opens the editor.
40.14.3 List Columns ¶
| Column |
Description |
| Display name |
User-assigned logical name (e.g. “Accounting B/W”, “Shipping color”, “PDF archive”) |
| System printer |
Name of the Windows printer that the definition points to |
40.14.4 Create or Edit a Printer Definition ¶
The following fields can be maintained in the editor:
| Field |
Description |
| Display name |
Unique logical name |
| System printer |
Selection from the printers installed under Windows |
A link Use as display name copies the name of the selected system printer into the Display name field - handy when a custom logical name is not needed.
40.14.5 PDF Printer ¶
If the system printer is a PDF printer (e.g. “Microsoft Print to PDF” or an installed third-party tool such as PDFCreator), no physical printing takes place. Instead, each print task creates a PDF file whose location is configured in the profile task.
40.14.6 Tip ¶
- For network printers, make sure that the program process has access to the printer share - in service mode this requires a service account, not “Local System”