Assign default printers by branch

You can set default printers for different tasks in the system. For example, you may want your invoices and your labels to print on different printers. Configure those printers on a per branch basis.

Before you can assign a default printer, you must add the printer to your company. See Add printers.

1. Go to File > Company > Branch.
2. In the Branch box, click and choose the Branch for which you want to assign default printers.
3. Click Edit.
4. Click the Printers tab.
5. Assign printers to the following print tasks:

   • Branch Printers By Queue #, the default printer for this branch. If a document type isn't assigned to a different printer, it will print here.
   • S/O Printers By Queue number. the default printer(s) for Sales Orders entered for this branch.
   • S/O Pick Up Printers By Queue #, the default printer(s) for Sales Orders entered for this branch.
   • S/O Worksheet Printers By Queue #, the default printer for worksheets printed from this branch.
   • POS Printers By Queue #, the default printer for point of sale orders entered from this branch.
   • P/O Printers By Queue #, the default printer for purchase orders entered for this branch.
   • Invoice Printers By Queue #, the default printer for invoices printed from this branch.
   • Check Printers By Queue #, the default printer for checks printed from this branch.
   • Ship Confirmation Printers By Queue #, the default printer for shipment confirmations for this branch.
   • S/O Staging Printers By Queue #, the default printer for staged sales orders entered from this branch.
   • B/O Release Printer By Queue #, the default printer for backorder release tickets for this branch. You must specify this printer if you are using Automatic Backorder Release.
   • B/O Release Report Printer By Queue #, the default printer for the backorder release report that will print when Automatic Backorder Release is run for this branch.
   • Shipping Label Printer By Queue #, the default printer used to print shipping labels. This just be a label printer.
   • Warehouse Pick Printer The name of the default printer for warehouse pick tickets for sales orders entered for this branch.
   • Delivery Warehouse Pick Printer The name of the default printer for delivery warehouse pick tickets related to sales orders entered from this branch.
   • Stock Transfer Printer By Queue #, the printer that you want to print your stock transfer information.
   • Service Tag Label Printer The name of the printer used to print service tags. This must be a label printers.
   • Serial Label Printers The name of the printer used to print serial labels. This must be a label printers.
   • Put Away Label Printers The Queue # of the printer that will be used to print put away labels. This must be a label printer.
   • LPN Label Printers The name of the printer used to create license plate number labels.
6. Choose Printer Options.

   • # of Invoice Copies The default number of collated invoice copies that will print. This can also be set by customer in the Customer Master > General tab > # of Invoice Copies.
   • # of S/O Copies By Queue #, the default number of sales order copies that will print.
   • # of POS Copies The default number of point of sale order copies that will print.
   • # of S/C Copies The default number of shipment confirmation copies that will print.
   • Collated Collates multiple copies of the printed document, which keeps entire copies together, rather than printing all page 1s, then all page 2s, etc.
7. Click Save.