How do I configure a logical printer?

Overview

A logical printer is a named collection of printer settings for a physical printer used to trigger creation and/or distribution of electronic documents. You can define more than one logical printer for the same physical printer. A physical printer can be an actual (hardware) printer, a file, or a follow-up process for further processing.

Logical printers contain specific attributes and configurations determining the printing properties and formats of documents intended for physical printers. They also allow defining logical printer trays that can be associated with specific rules used to route documents to the appropriate tray. Of course, these logical trays can also be linked to physical document output trays.

Steps

Configure a logical printer

1. Open “Logical Printer” (Ger.: Logischer Drucker) from the menu.
2. Create a new entry.
3. Give the Printer a name.
4. Pick a Printer Type, e.g., General, Label, Fax.

Add logical printer trays (optional)

1. Go to the record tab “Tray” (Ger.: Schacht) at the bottom of the page and click . An overlay window opens up.
2. Give the tray a Name.
3. Click “Done” to close the overlay window and add the logical tray to the list.

   Note: You can add any number of trays this way.

Define criteria for document routing to a logical tray (optional)

Documents for printing will be routed to their respective printer tray based on the settings combinations (rules/logic) defined here.

1. Go to the record tab “Allocation/Mapping” (Ger.: Zuordnung) at the bottom of the page and click . An overlay window opens up.
2. Choose a combination of document attributes, e.g., Document Type, Process, Role, User/Contact, Table, etc.
3. Optional: In the field Page Range (Ger.: Seiten-Kriterium / Seitenbereich) you can choose Pages from-to or Last pages.
   • Pages from-to: Enter the number of the From page and the To page.
   • Last pages: Enter the number of the Last pages.
4. Pick a Logical Tray (Ger.: Logischer Schacht) for the document output.
5. Click “Done” to close the overlay window and add the tray mapping entry to the list.

   Note: You can add any number of tray mappings this way.

Next Steps

1. Configure a PDF/physical printer.
2. Allocate logical and physical printers.
3. Allocate logical and physical printer trays, if any.
4. Test the printer configurations with a test print.