Print Server

The Print Server is the application used to connect an APM to a local printer. When the Print Server is used, orders are routed to the local printer for immediate printing. The Print Server software runs minimized on the APM, and it requires a printer to be connected to the APM directly or through a local network.

For the Print Server to work and send the orders to the printing device:

1. Load and properly configure the appropriate driver for each printing device that will be connected to the system (refer to the user’s manual for the printer).
2. When the driver is loaded and configured to print the appropriate size, make a note of the printer name, or rename the printer to a name you’ll remember (for example, "Mitsubishi.")
3. Configure the Print Server to send the images to the appropriate interface using the Setup Wizard. Please refer to the appropriate interface Appendix for each interface used.
4. Set the Print Server to run in the background (preferably minimized) at all times. See the Hardware Attendant
   instructions for adding or editing an application.

Once these requirements are met, the Print Server will be able to process orders placed at the APM.

The Print Server automatically prints any orders that appear in the scanned folder. Since the orders are automatically printed to whatever interface is setup, there is no way to manage or control the order in which they are printed. If orders must be managed, then the Lab 50 software will need to be installed on another computer and configured to process the orders.

Stopping the Print Server

To stop the Print Server application, you will need to close it. There are two ways to do this:

1. From the Windows desktop, double-click the APM Hardware Attendant. Highlight the Print Server application, and then click the Stop button. Or,
2. Maximize the Print Server application by double-clicking on its icon in the system taskbar (in the lower, right corner of the screen). Click the Quit button to close the Print Server.

Reprinting an Order (Local Printing on an APM)

Orders printed by the Print Server are saved on the APM for 7 days. During this time, they may be reprinted.

Reprinting an order using the Print Server:

1. Navigate to the Admin screen by pressing the bottom, left corner of the screen.
2. Enter the passcode.
3. Select the Reprint Order button
4. Select the order to be reprinted
5. Press the Reprint Selected Order button