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 are 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 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 is 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 are buffered and printed when a full page is ready to be printed. Events are 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 are printed one-by-one and one under the other, or it prints one event per page, depending on your printer type. Select the printer port that is used in the “printer” field. Specify if messages and alarms are 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 are 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 are printed.
  4. From the Printer drop-down list, select the specific printer that is 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.