print crystal invoice on multiple copies
print crystal invoice on multiple copies
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Macola ES 9.5.700
I want to give up printing multi-part forms on our dot matrix printer. The problem, we have a White copy, Blue copy and a Pink copy of the Pick Ticket. How do I now use the Crystal Report Pick Ticket form in Macola to print (3) copies of the Pick Ticket (to make up the 3-part form) and have a different Form Name print on each copy. I mean the first copy is "Customer Copy", the second copy would be "Internal copy" and the 3rd copy would be "Copy"????
I have the Form all made up just not sure how or where to add the "Copy Names".
I want to give up printing multi-part forms on our dot matrix printer. The problem, we have a White copy, Blue copy and a Pink copy of the Pick Ticket. How do I now use the Crystal Report Pick Ticket form in Macola to print (3) copies of the Pick Ticket (to make up the 3-part form) and have a different Form Name print on each copy. I mean the first copy is "Customer Copy", the second copy would be "Internal copy" and the 3rd copy would be "Copy"????
I have the Form all made up just not sure how or where to add the "Copy Names".
RE: print crystal invoice on multiple copies
I did something like this using Flexibility and Visual CUT (Millet Software) but it was pick tickets. We printed the pick tickets to file, which updates the status to 4 - pick ticket printed. On the post_save() event, Flexibility called Visual CUT, which then ran multiple copies of the picket ticket from multiple trays. This can even be done to different printers or can fire off an email pdf of the forms.
In theory, this is possible with straight Flexibility without using Visual CUT, but we found this cumbersome.
I'm 100% sure this can be done with invoices as well.
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RE: print crystal invoice on multiple copies
We do have Flexibility, I will have to give that a try.
RE: print crystal invoice on multiple copies
RE: print crystal invoice on multiple copies
That approach will produce multiple copies of the Pick Ticket (or conceivably, any form) however it won't be able to have different text at the top ("Customer Copy", "Shipping Copy") or draw from different printer trays to get a blue copy, pink copy, etc.
If you know a way to do this without 3rd party intervention I am all ears.
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RE: print crystal invoice on multiple copies
RE: print crystal invoice on multiple copies
Basic steps - assuming the printer you are setting up is for invoices, and you are printing one copy to tray one and one to tray two;
1). Download and install the Print-Multi software from the web.
2). Create a new printer called ‘Invoices’. This printer should be a ‘local’ printer, printing to a local port, with output going to a temp file on the PC.
3). Go back into the newly created 'Invoices' printer and change print processer to ‘PrintMulti’ and RAW.
4). Install a new printer called ‘Invoices – Tray 1’ using the existing printer drivers and configure the printer to Tray 1.
5). Install a new printer called ‘Invoices – Tray 2’ using the existing printer drivers and configure the printer to Tray 2.
6). Edit the printmulti ini file to 're-direct' anything printed to the 'Invoices' printer to the "Invoices - Tray 1' and 'Invoices - Tray 2' printers.
How it works is you print your Macola invoice to 'Invoices' and behind the scenes printmulti hands it off to the two other printers. No changes are needed to your Macola forms or Crystal reports.
Peter Shirley
Macola Consultant, PA and surrounding states.
http://www.erpessentials.com
RE: print crystal invoice on multiple copies
RE: print crystal invoice on multiple copies
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RE: print crystal invoice on multiple copies
Provided you have your printers setup correctly - using the general steps above, then the problem most likely lies in how your pintmulti.ini file is setup. Here's a sample that prints two copies of anything printed to the 'Invoices' printer. One copy is printed to the printer 'Invoice - Tray 2' and the other copy goes to printer 'Invoice - Tray 3'. Both of these printers use the same driver, and point to the same printer. The only difference between them is that they are configured to print on different trays;
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If you want each copy to print from the same printer and tray, but have a different report tile for each copy, or different watermark etc. then I would go the direction that NEmacGuy indicated. That is, create a SQL table that you can link your Crystal report to that will force the report to generate multiple copies. I usually do this based on the order type, so that I can configure how many copies occur for each type of order (if needed). Here's some sample SQL code to create the table;
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You would then need to populate the table based on the number of copies you need e.g.
O, 1, Office Copy
O, 2, File Copy
O, 3, Shipping Copy
Peter Shirley
Macola Consultant, PA and surrounding states.
http://www.erpessentials.com