Set up printers in NP Retail

This tutorial describes the process of setting up printers for printing reports and templates and using this printer for wildcard reports.

Prerequisites #

• Have the printers installed locally and connected to the computer.
• Have at least one print template created.

Set up the A5 printer in Hardware Connector Report Printer Setup #

1. Navigate to the Hardware Connector Report Printer Setup page in Business Central.
2. Click Edit List to be able to change the current entries.
3. Insert A5 as Printer ID and Printer Name in a new line.
   A5 is the name of the printer installed locally.
4. Change the Paper Size to A5 paper (148mm by 210mm).
   As a result, this printer name becomes available in the Printer Selection so that anyone with a locally installed printer called A5 can use it.

Set up A5 printer to print any report for any use #

1. Navigate to the Printer Selections page in Business Central.
2. Click Edit List to be able to change the current entries.
3. On the line with blank User ID and the Report ID set to 0, change the Printer Name to NPR_HWC_A5.
   If the Report ID is set to 0, any report that hasn’t been linked to either a blank user or a specific user will be printed by a locally installed printer A5.

Set up print template Z420T_PRICE_BIGRECT to print with a locally connected printer Label Zebra ZD420 #

1. Navigate to the Print Template Output Setup page in Business Central.
2. On a new line, insert Z420T_PRICE_BIGRECT in the Print Template field.
3. Insert Label Zebra ZD420 in the Output Path field.
   As a result, all printing with this template will be performed by a locally installed printer Label Zebra ZD420.

Set up print of Price Labels to use Z420T_PRICE_BIGRECT for all registers #

1. Navigate to the Report Selection – Retail page in Business Central.
2. Select Price Label in the Report Type dropdown menu.
3. Insert Z420T_PRICE_BIGRECT in the Print Template field.
4. (Optional) Insert 6014547 in the Codeunit ID field.

Set up a new POS Payment Bin 04 to open a Cash register drawer using a template #

Prerequisite #

• Have a cash drawer which is connected to an Epson receipt printer.
• Have the EPSON_CASH_DRAWER print template set up.
• Have the Print Template Output configured so that a specified POS Unit prints this template with the local Epson printer.
• Have the POS Payment Bin created and attached to the POS Unit.

Procedure #

1. Navigate to the POS Payment Bins page in Business Central.
2. Select the line with the POS Payment Bin 04 and expand the options in the Eject Method column.
   A pop-up window is displayed.
3. Select TEMPLATE from the list.
4. With the same line still selected, click Eject Method Parameters in the ribbon.
   A POS Payment Bin Eject Parameters pop-up window is displayed.
5. Expand the options in the Value column.
   A Print Template List pop-up window is displayed.
6. Select EPSON_CASH_DRAWER.