How to setup printer in oracle apps R12.2.4


A) Prerequisites:-

Printers should be first defined at Linux OS level by customers.
Please check the status of printer at Linux level by using the following command
lpstat -a

B) Configure Printer in Oracle Applications

The following is the order of Printer setup in Oracle Applications:
Define Driver
Define Style
Define Printer Type
Register the Printer

1) Define the printer driver, Install > Printer > Driver

Login to application using System Administrator or Application Administrator resp

Define the printer driver, Install > Printer > Driver



Please provide the below values (depending upon your configuration) to set up.

 Enter the Driver Name :Canon
 Enter the User Driver Name: Canon for Printer HPLJ2
 Description: Give some desc appropriate
 SRW Driver: HP

SRW drivers are read by Oracle reports when a report is run and insert control characters which tell the destination printer on where to insert the page breaks and font to be used etc.. SRW driver is used when output file is sent to the printer

SRW driver files on linux are located in $FND_TOP/reports. In the above example, file name would be HP.prt

 Platform: Not required
 Arguments: Printer Driver pass the following arguments to program
 Name of the destination printer
 Number of Copies to print
 Banner of the title page
 Filename
 Initialization and Reset strings: Instructs printer on printing characteristics are needed for the document to be printed. Printer vendor provides these details

2) Define the printer style , Install > Printer > Style

Login to application using System Administrator or Application Administrator resp

Define the printer style , Install > Printer > Style

Please provide the below values (depending upon your configuration) to set up.

 Style Name : HP
 Seq: Enter unique sequence number
 User Style: Canon -HPLJ2
 SRW Driver: HPW , this should match with driver define page
 Layout: Columns,Rows and Orientation: Columns and Rows inserted here override the height and width defined in SRW driver file

3) Define the printer type, Install > Printer > Type

Login to application using System Administrator or Application Administrator resp

Define the printer type, Install > Printer > Type

Please provide the below values (depending upon your configuration) to set up.

 Type: HPLJ2
 Style: Style name
 Driver Name: Driver name

4)Register a new printer , Navigation Path is Install > Printer > Register

Login to application using System Administrator or Application Administrator resp

Define the printer type, Install > Printer > Type



Please provide the below values (depending upon your configuration) to set up.

 Printer : Printer Name
 Type: Type defined earlier
 Description : Useful description


Some important tables related with printing are:
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FND_PRINTER
FND_PRINTER_INFORMATION
FND_PRINTER_STYLES
FND_PRINTER_DRIVERS


NOTE: Please note any changes to Printer Type, Style and Driver needs bouncing of concurrent manager for the changes to take effect.

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