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# Set up the HW Connector report printing module

> You can use the Hardware Connector Report Printer Setup page to inject the printers into the standard Business Central Printer Selections administrative section.

After this is done, you can use **Printer Selections** to choose which printer is going to be used for printing reports.

1. Search for **Hardware Connector Report Printer Setup**, and open the related link.\
   The administrative section containing the list of all printers connected to the current environment is displayed.

2. Create a **New** printer.

3. Populate the necessary fields:

   | Field Name                                       | Description                                                                                                                                                                          |
   | ------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
   | **Printer Name**                                 | The name you provide here needs to match the name of the printer connected to your PC. You can learn the printer name in the **Printers & scanners** Windows administrative section. |
   | **Paper Size**                                   | Specifies the size of the object that will be printed. If you need to print a non-standard paper size (e.g. card), you should select **Custom**.                                     |
   | **Printer Paper Height**/**Printer Paper Width** | Specifies the dimensions of the printed content. These options are only available if the **Custom** paper size is selected.                                                          |
   | **Printer Paper Unit**                           | Specifies the unit of measure in which the paper dimensions will be expressed.                                                                                                       |
   | **Paper Source**                                 | If the printer has multiple printing trays, you can specify which one to use.                                                                                                        |
   | **Landscape**                                    | Specifies whether the printed content will be displayed in a landscape layout.                                                                                                       |

   Once you populate the necessary fields, the printer will be created and ready to be selected in the **Printer Selections** administrative section.

4. Search for **Printer Selections**, and open the related link.\
   Here, you can choose one of the available reports, and modify it. Reports are used for ordering information from a database (e.g. invoices) in a structured and summarized way, thus preparing it to be printed.

5. Create **New**.

6. Select the previously created printer in the **Printer Name** field, and populate other fields.

> **Note:** The printer name will receive the prefix after it's been created. For Hardware Connector this prefix is **NPR_HWC\_**, and it is followed by the printer ID from the **Hardware Connector Report Printer Setup**.

7. (Optional) Specify the **User ID** if you wish only a specific user to have access to it.\
   If no user ID is specified, the printer selection is applicable to all users.
8. (Optional) Specify the **Report ID** if you wish only a specific report to be applied to it.\
   If no report ID is specified, the printer selection is applicable to all reports.

> **Note:** If neither **User ID** nor **Report ID** are specified the printer selection is applicable for all users and reports that aren't defined.

9. Open the [<ins>Hardware Connector Software</ins>](/product/retail-gettingstarted-hw-connector) before you start printing.\
   It needs to be running in the background.

## Example setup - A5 printer

To set up the A5 printer in **Hardware Connector Report Printer Setup**, follow the provided steps:

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.

## Troubleshooting

[<ins>Printer troubleshooting</ins>](/product/troubleshooting-printer)

#### See also

* [<ins>Printer troubleshooting</ins>](/product/troubleshooting-printer)
* [<ins>Printing overview</ins>](/product/retail-printing-intro)
* [<ins>Print properties</ins>](/product/retail-printing-print-properties)