All of the printers configured on the system are listed on
the Printer Management screen. The menus at the top of the Printer
Management screen contain all of the options necessary for managing
the printers, including the following tasks:
Accessing Printer Management |
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You must be in system administrator mode to perform Printer Management
tasks.
Move the cursor to Printer Management on the Main menu.
Press either F3, Return key, or Spacebar.
The Printer Management screen provides information
about all the print devices on the system, including the following:
Status of the printer (enabled or disabled)
Current Outfence set for the printer
Figure 3-4 “Printer Management” illustrates the Printer Management
screen.
Figure 3-4 Printer Management
Printer Status |
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Check the status of printers on the system on the Printer
Management screen.
The status of a printer can be any one of the following:
- Status
Means
- ENABLED
The system administrator has enabled the printer.
It is available for printing.
- DISABLED
The system administrator has disabled the printer.
If you route your print files to this printer, they will not print
until the printer is enabled.
- UNKNOWN
This status indicates a problem with the printer
or printing program. Contact your system administrator for assistance.
If you are the system administrator, you can enable a printer.
This task activates a printer and makes it available for printing.
Select one or more printers from the Printer Management
screen.
Select F2 A to open the Actions menu.
Press E for Enable.
If you are the system administrator, you can disable a printer.
This task stops a printer and makes it unavailable for printing.
Select one or more printers from the Printer Management
screen.
Select F2 A to open the Actions menu.
Press D for Disable.
Setting Printer Outfence |
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The system administrator can set the printer outfence.
By increasing the outfence, you can prevent files from printing.
The outfence can be any value from 1 to 14. If the outfence is set
at 5, for example, then only those print files with a priority of
6 or high can printed.
Select one or more printers from the
Printer Management screen.
Press F2 A to open the Actions menu.
Press O for Set Outfence.
A dialog box prompts you to enter the new outfence.
Enter the outfence number.
Press F5 OK to set the outfence.
Setting HP Easytime/XL Printer |
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You can specify a printer for all printing initiated in HP
Easytime/XL, for example, print files, listings of system errors,
or backup reports. Unless saved by the system administrator, this
setting is valid until you exit HP Easytime/XL.
Press
F2 O to open the Options menu.
Press P for Set Printer.
A dialog box prompts you to select a printer.
Select a printer from the list.
If you are the system administrator, you can press
F6 Save to save this setting permanently.
Or, press F5 OK to set the printer for this session only.
