If you use Eclipse Forms, you no longer assign a local printer for printing purposes. Instead, when you print a document, the system creates a PDF copy of the document and opens the document on your screen. From there, you can review, save or e-mail the PDF document, or you can print the document to any printer available to your computer. Printing to PDF allows you to print to a local printer without sharing that printer on the network.
Note: To print to a PDF, you must have a PDF reader, such as Adobe Acrobat Reader, installed on your desktop. We recommend checking your settings for the helper programs to ensure documents open correctly.
To enable Print to PDF:
From the System > System Files menu, select Terminal Setup to display the Terminal Setup window.
Find your terminal ID in the list and select the check box in the Print to PDF column.
Note: To find the ID of the terminal, go to File > Preferences to display the Preferences window. The terminal ID displays on the General tab.
Save your settings and exit the window.
Log out and back into Eclipse.
Your selected printer now shows as PDF or Print to PDF. Manual printing within Eclipse now creates PDF documents and are not sent to the printer. This does not affect batch printing or printing defined by location settings such as Pick Tickets.
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