Emerson Process Management D5092 manual Page/Line printers, Printer Spooling, Windows NT Spooling

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Reference Guide

D5092

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Alarm Printer View

1)Setting dip switches as stated in the printer's manual.

2)Selecting appropriate buttons or menus on the front display panel of the printer.

3)Using software (printer driver).

You must configure your printer to emulate an EPSON printer. This will enable the Alarm Printer View to send colour codes to the printer correctly, thus enabling the printer to interpret the codes and print the alarm(s) in colour.

Refer to the printer's technical manual for information on setting up the Epson emulation

1.2.5.1Page/Line printers

The Alarm Printer View has the ability to print to a page or a line printer. When printing to a page printer (eg a laser printer), all alarms are put into a buffer until one page is complete; then the entire page of alarms is printed. When printing to a line printer (eg a dot matrix printer), alarms are printed as they occur.

The "Fit to Page" option in the Printers Property page must be checked or unchecked accordingly. When printing to a Page Printer the "Fit to Page" option should be checked and when printing to a line printer this option should be unchecked.

1.2.5.2Printer Spooling

For the Alarm Printer View to be able to work efficiently, printing should be done in the background, by setting up the Print Spooling option. This option exists in the standard Windows Printer Properties for the active printer.

1.2.5.3Windows NT Spooling

If the "Fit to Page" flag is set then the Windows Printer Properties page must be set up as shown below.

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Contents Reference Guide Bristol OpenEnterprise Reference GuideContents 3.1.6 6.1 Accessing the Property Pages Desktop Mode menuContext menu Ctrl + M Using the Alarm Printer View as an Event Log Associating Signals with a PrinterEnabling Printer Filtering Setting up Printer Hardware Configuring the Active Alarm PrinterEnabling Printer Filtering Page/Line printers Printer SpoolingWindows NT Spooling Color Support Configuring Printed ColorsGeneral Property PagesDont Cache All Alarms Features Background ColorDisable Properties at Runtime Number of Alarms to CacheDatabases Log to FileAdd Database Dialog Features Selected Databases ListPrinters Features Selected Printers ListRemove Button Add Printers DialogRemove Printer Button AttributesActive Printer Fit toFilter General Sub Use Filter Check BoxUsing Wildcards Features NameDescription Event TypePriority Sub Features All PrioritiesSelection Select Priorities DialogConditions Sub Range of PrioritiesFilter Conditions List State SubUnacknowledged Filter Suppressed FilterUncleared Filter Features Access AreaPlant Area Callout AreaAlarm Text Features Current Workstation OnlyWorkstation Wilcard Use ExplanationFeatures Adjust Time Zone Time ZoneTime Zone List Features Index Printed Colors Unacknowledged Filter Emerson Process Management Remote Automation Solutions
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