Skip Manager: Skip Hire & Waste Recycling

Configuration - Printer Settings

In the Skip Manager system, we have 3 different methods of printing tickets when a customer hires a skip.

Windows Templates. Tells the system that we want to use report based templates for the printing of the delivery/collection notes. The templates for this option will have a file extension of RPT
Text Templates. Tells the system that we want to use text based templates generated using the in-built Template Editor, for the printing of the delivery/collection notes. The templates for this option will have a file extension of LYT
Set Text. Tells the system that we want to use a set text based system to print the delivery/collection notes. There is no template for this option, instead we use a pre-prepared executable that creates a text file in a preset/hardcoded format that is then simply outputed to the chosen Printer/Port.

The 3 boxes, titled as the above all relate to the printing of the delivery and collection notes for the hire of a skip. All options are repeated twice, once for the delivery (to the left of the dialog), and once for the collection (to the right of the dialog).

No

The number of copies of each document type you wish to print.

Windows Template

Select this option if you wish to use Windows Templates.

Prn. Select from a list of available printers that you wish to print the document on.
Tmp. The full path and name of the Windows Template you wish to use. Clicking the button to the right of the box will allow you to browse and select the appropriate template.

Text Template

Select this option if you wish to use Text Templates.

Tmp. The full path and name of the Text Template you wish to use. Clicking the button to the right of the box will allow you to browse and select the appropriate template.
File. Full path and name of the file to save the output of the template to.
Cmd. Enter the command required to print the above named file, for example copy c:\temp\del.txt lpt1:.

Set Text

Select this option if you wish to use Set Text.

Port. Select which available Printer Port to print the document on.
TM. Size of the Top Margin, in number of lines.
LM. Size of the Left Margin, in number of characters.
File. Full path and name of the file to save the output of the template to.
Exe. Full path and name of the executable that is used to generate the file specified above.
Cmd. Enter the command required to print the above named file, for example copy c:\temp\del.txt lpt1:.

The following are applicable to both document types, delivery and collection.

Blank Paper. Select this option if your printing on blank paper, the company details will be printed at the top of the ticket. If you are using pre-printed stationary, you will proberly need to disable this option.
Page Eject. Eject the current page after printing the document.
CAPS. All text will be printed using CAPITAL letters.

Tipping

Prn. Select from a list of available printers that you wish to print the document on.
Port. Select which available Printer Port to print the document on.
In. Full path and name of the template for 'Goods In' ticket.
Out. Full path and name of the template for 'Goods Out' ticket.
Inv. Full path and name of the template for printing Tipping Invoices.
File. Full path and name of the file to save the output of the template to.
Cmd. Enter the command required to print the above named file, for example copy c:\temp\del.txt lpt1:.
TM. Size of the Top Margin, in number of lines.
LM. Size of the Left Margin, in number of characters.
No. No of copies of the Tipping Ticket to print.

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