How do I setup a new printer?

Summary

The following article explains how to setup a new print record in Platinum.

More Information

This is useful for when printing to a different printer from certain parts of Platinum.

Creating a new Printer Record

• Press <Alt+P> from anywhere within Platinum to open the "Print Record Override" window.
• Press <Ctrl+F1> to open the "Print Record Search".
• There are two ways of creating a new print record, you may copy an existing record (the easier way) by pressing <F9> or the [Copy] button or you can create an entirely new blank record by pressing <F6> or the [Add] button.
  • If you choose [Copy], Platinum will then prompt you to choose the record to base the new one on. Enter '01' to choose the record of your "default Windows printer" or any other you want to copy from and then press [Choose].
  • The 'Print Record Properties' window will now open with a complete copy of this record.
• Amend the "Record Name" with a relevant description for the new print record.

Setting Which Printer Your PC Prints to

On the 'Device' tab the "Default Print Device" tells Platinum where to default printing to on this record.

• Printing to the default windows printer is done by using a "Default Print Device" of 'WIN:.'.

• Having a selection screen of printers every time you print is done by using a "Default Print Device" of 'WIN:!'.

• If you know the name of a specific Windows printer on the network you may select it by using a "Default Print Device" of 'WIN:'Computer Name'\'Printer Name''.

If you are unsure of the name of a printer on your computer or on the network, press <Ctrl+F1> from "Default Print Device" or press [...] to choose it from a list of windows printers. The "Default Print Device" will then be entered for you.

If you want to specify that a PC prints to a different printer to other machines then click [Add] and select the PC from the list of "Recently used terminals" then select the appropriate printer in the "Device" field and click [OK].

See also

• How do I print and email a PDF?
• How do I setup printing to PDF?
• How do I print to the Windows default printer?
• How do I select different Windows printers?
• How do I add header and/or footer text to documents?
• How do I send a printout to a file?

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