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Options > Printers Selection and Configuration
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Printers Selection and Configuration
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The
dialog
that can be accessed under the 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 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
dialog
select the
tab.
2 -
Select
a printing option in the
section:
•
If
you select this option, no event will be printed, even if a print schedule
is defined for the events.
•
®
—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.
•
—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
section, specify whether you want to print message or alarms.
•
—If
you select this option, all events that are assigned a “display” schedule
in the events parameters menu will be printed.
•
—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
drop-down list, select the specific printer that will be used as a log
printer.
•
If you
have selected a
,
select the
on
which the printer is connected to communicate with the computer. The
field appears when a dot matrix printer is selected.
•
If you
are using a
,
select the
and
the
.
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
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
tab.
2 -
Check
the
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
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
box.
5 -
Check
the
as
font when appropriate, and select the corresponding
.