Printers Selection and Configuration

The Printer options dialog that can be accessed under the Options toolbar allows users to select a log printer that will be used when printing events and to select a report or a badge printer.

Selecting and Setting Up a Log Printer

When you define events (in the Events parameters definition menu), it is possible to determine how and when events will be printed. For example, you can decide to dispatch events to an EntraPass application, a printer, or to activate a relay. Your decision may be based on, for instance, schedules that will send alarms to a remote terminal at a specific moment.

NOTE: You need to assign a “print” schedule to certain events to print them at a specified time.

1 - From Printer options  dialog select the Log printer tab.

2 - Select a printing option in the Printer type section:

•   No log printer— If you select this option, no event will be printed, even if a print schedule is defined for the events.

•   Use Network/Local Windows ® printer (page printer) —If you select this option, all events sent to the printer will be buffered and printed when a full page is ready to be printed. Events will be printed on the network/local printer - not on a specific log printer.

•   Use local dot matrix printer —If you select this option, all events sent to the printer will be printed one-by-one and one under the other, or it will print one event per page, depending on your printer type. Select the printer port that will be used in the “printer” field. Specify if messages and alarms will be printed on this printer.

3 - In the Printer selection section, specify whether you want to print message or alarms.

•   Print messages log —If you select this option, all events that are assigned a “display” schedule in the events parameters menu will be printed.

•   Print alarms logs —If you select this option, all events that are assigned an “alarm” schedule (and need to be acknowledged) in the events parameters menu will be printed.

4 - From the Printer drop-down list, select the specific printer that will be used as a log printer.

•   If you have selected a dot matrix printer , select the Port  on which the printer is connected to communicate with the computer. The Port field appears when a dot matrix printer is selected.

•   If you are using a network/local printer , select the Font  and the Font size . The font and font size influence the number of events that will be printed on one page. Using a smaller font increases the number of events printed on a page.

Selecting and Setting Up a Report Printer

The Report printer will be defined to print reports.

1 - From the Printer options  window, select the Report printer tab.

Selecting and Setting Up a Badge Printer

The Badge printer will be defined to print badges that are created in EntraPass.

1 - From the Printer option window, select the Badge printer tab.

2 - Check the Badge printer  option if a badge printer will be used; as a result, the Print badge and Preview badge button will be displayed in the Card, Visitor, and Day pass windows.

3 - From the Select badge printer drop-down list, select the appropriate badge printer.

4 - If you want the picture on the reverse side of the badge to be inverted, click the Invert Reverse Side box.

5 - Check the Use bar code 39  as font when appropriate, and select the corresponding Font .