The PDF Printer interface allows the APM or Lab 50 software to print orders generated from an APM directly to an EQ-9800/9850 printer. The PDF Printer interface inherently works with the EQ 9800/9850, but an additional license update may be purchased in order to use the interface with printers other than the EQ 9800/9850.

Prerequisites

There are several important configuration items that must be configured in order to work properly with the PDF interface:

  1. The printer must be setup properly and configured to use the correct paper sizes and media types. See Chapter 10 for recommended tray configuration settings.
  2. The APM and/or Lab 50 machine needs to be able to see the printer across the local area network (a valid IP address need to be set on the printer) and vice versa.
  3. SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) must be enabled on the printer to allow the Setup Wizard to send queries to the printer.
  4. If Lab 50 is not present in the local installation, then at least one or more fulfillments must be enabled to print to a local printer connected to the APM. This is seen in the screenshot on below, taken from the main options of an enabled fulfillment in the Setup Wizard.

 

 

Print Settings

 

 

Setting up the PDF Printer Interface Using the Setup Wizard

The Setup Wizard is used to configure the APM to print to the PDF Printer Interface.

This process includes the following steps:

  1. Adding the printer interface and editing the general settings.
  2. Product setup from within the interface.
  3. Assigning printable products to the interface.