You add and manage printers through the Printer menu item in the Heros Printer Manager window.
Application
Related topics
- Using the FN 16: F-PRINT function for printing
Outputting text formatted with FN 16: F-PRINT
Requirement
- PostScript-capable printer
The control can communicate only with printers that understand PostScript emulation such as KPDL3. Some printers enable setting the PostScript emulation in the printer menu.
Description of function
The Printer menu item opens the Heros Printer Manager window. The menu item can be found in the Network/Remote Access group of the Settings application.
- You can print the following files:
- Text files
- Graphic files
- PDF files
Once you have added a printer, the control shows the PRINTER: drive in the file management. The drive contains one folder for each defined printer.
- There are various methods to start printing:
- Copying the file to be printed to the PRINTER drive
- Using the FN 16: F-PRINT function
The file to be printed is automatically forwarded to the default printer and deleted from the directory after the print job has been executed.
You may also copy the file into the printer sub-directory if you wish to use a printer other than the default printer.
Buttons
The Heros Printer Manager window contains the following buttons:
Button | Meaning |
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Create | Creates a printer |
CHANGE | Adapts the properties of the selected printer |
COPY | Creates a copy of the selected printer setting At first the copy has the same properties as the copied setting. This can be useful if printing both portrait and landscape formats on the same printer |
DELETE | Deletes the selected printer |
UP | Selects a printer |
DOWN | |
STATUS | Displays the status information of the selected printer |
PRINT A TEST PAGE | Prints a test page on the selected printer |
Change the printer window

For each printer, the following properties can be set:
Setting | Meaning |
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Name of the printer | Customizes the printer name |
Connection |
Port for the network printer (default: 9001) |
Timeout | Delays the printing process The control delays the printing process by the pre-set number of seconds after the last change has been made to the file to be printed in PRINTER:. Use this setting if the file to be printed is populated with FN functions (e.g., when probing). |
Standard printer | Selects the default printer The control automatically assigns this setting to the first printer added. |
Settings for printing of text |
|
Orientation | Portrait or landscape for all printable files |
Expert options | Available only to authorized specialists |
Creating a printer
- To create a new printer:
- Enter the printer name in the name dialog
- Select Create
- The control creates a new printer.
- Press CHANGE
- The control opens the Change the printer window.
- Define the properties
- Select Save
- The control applies the settings and displays the defined printer in the list.
Note
If your printer does not permit PostScript emulation, change the printer settings if possible.