Working on Bartender labels. I have a label that we print at one print station, I also want to print that same label at a different print station. If I select the report to print the label from my new print station (client printer), it prints it at the original print station. I have a feeling this has to do with the Bartender Integration builder where the printer is selected. I have it set to look at a certain file for new print jobs, and it prints to the label printer selected on that integration.
How can I use the label to print at multiple locations? Do I need different integrations for each print station with their own file location? That would mean multiple report styles with separate output locations with separate integrations looking at that new output location (printer/print station specific).
Also does anyone know how to print preview a bartender label before printing? Even if you select print preview in the epicor print window, it just prints anyway. Also due to the integration builder I imagine.
Since the Traveler does not have any Bartender Integration logic, I would assume that this is being caused by Bartender specifically. Have you checked how many printers you are attempting to use vs how many licenses you have? Bartender will fail over a printer if needed.
The Traveler does not output a BT file for Commander/Integration to read and pick up. This means we can’t do anything in Epicor to affect that aside from telling the system which printer to use. However, what is the output type of the report that you are using? Bartender likely isn’t doing anything unless you have some fancy stuff setup in the integration.
I have it set up to spit out a BT file and the Bartender Integration Builder picks it up and will print it, but ONLY to the printer specified in the Integration. It ignores the client printer selected when running the report.
Ah. Now I see. If the output file does not contain the printer you need, then you can try copying the style and change something like the output location to signify the “other” printer (just a wild idea).
Yeah… Not proud of that solution, but I don’t think the user’s selection of a printer passes through the file. I haven’t played with Bartender in the newer versions yet.
It does pass but the Server doesn’t know unless you give it a SSRS (UNC Path) Printer. I am not sure if the BarTender type accepts an SSRS. Doesnt look like Epicor lets you.
Yep they dont allow Server Printers when its not type SQL Report. But If you installed your Label Printer from a Network (A Shared) it should use the UNC Path then.
Is the Data Max directly Installed to your PC? Install a Shared Printer.
Guessing here, but there must be a printer set up in Epicor under the name of “Datamax-O’Neil M-4210 Mark II” in printer maintenance. Then each client must have the same printer installed with the same exact name. Only then it will print at the correct location?
Epicor was kind of built to work with WorkStation / Printer and BarTender. It wasn’t built to support a Client just printing to a Printer.
If they just made the SSRS Printers available, the CSV Output is there.
Epicor does trigger a BPM when it Submits it with the Client Details to the Agent, you could always intercept and populate the Workstation Assigned Printer and have the same Logic that Auto-Print Widget has.
Ice.SysTask.Update PRE-Processing should allow you to do something like.
Please Note this is really high-level, one should perhaps look-up to make sure the ReportStyle is BarTender, and only look for Certain Styles in order not to interfere with other reports
What that gives me is:
You would just need to do alot more code to find the context workstation, lookup a Printer etc…
One thing we did in the past is if I recall made a BPMForm that has a dropdown with SSRS Printers and lets you select one and it passes it thru to the BPM.
