From the Hold file, you can print all or part of a report. You can also change the routing and format of a print job. Spooler authorizations control access to upload, download, and process reports. You must be assigned different authorizations to perform different tasks in Hold Entry. The PHANTOM.EDIT authorization key has four levels of authorization depending on whether you want users to be able to manage just their own jobs or other's jobs as well.
The system uses a printer location hierarchy to determine what printer to use.
From the System > Printers menu, select Your Hold Entries to display the Spooler Control screen.
Note: You can press Shift-F2 from any system program access the Spooler screen.
Position the cursor on the report that you want to print and use the Print hot key to display the Print Options screen.
The Print Options screen displays the following information:
Field |
Description |
Title |
Title of the print job. |
Location |
Location of the printer to which the report will print. |
Printer |
Default printer. Press F10 to select another printer. |
Total Pages |
Total number of pages for the report. You cannot edit the number in this field, but you can manipulate the number by entering different Page Widths and Page Lengths. |
In the Start Page and End Page fields, define the range of pages to print. The default is always 1 in both of these fields.
In the Copies field, enter the number of to print.
In the Form field, enter the form on which to print. The default is PLAIN.
In the Orientation field, indicate if you want the document printed in Portrait or Landscape mode. The default entry depends on the length of the document.
In the Page Width and Page Length fields, enter the following:
Number of characters (Width) you want to print across the page. Based on the selected Page Width the system calculates the page length. For example, changing width to 132 will result in length of 80.
Number of lines (Length) you want to print on each page, within printer, indicated orientation, and paper size range.
In the Duplexing field, enter Y to print the report on both sides of the page. The default is N.
In the Tray/Path field, enter the tray or path that contains the paper you want to use.
In the Purge After Print field, enter Y to delete the document from the Hold File after printing. The default is N.
In the Suppress Form Feed field, enter Y to print the item without any form feeds. The default is N.
Press Esc to print the document to the selected printer.
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