Hierarchy of Printer and Print Style Assignments (User, System Administrator, and Flexfields Help)


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Hierarchy of Printer and Print Style Assignments

A printer and a print style can be chosen and their identities can be included in a concurrent program's definition. When a concurrent program is defined to send its output to a specific printer, or is required to generate its output in a specific print style, those values cannot be overridden by users, or by report set default settings, or by user profile default settings.

Often, a default value can be set in more than one way. This leads to a hierarchical relationship among the various default settings, where one default takes precedence over another. Figure 1 - 26 illustrates the order of how printer or print style values are read by the concurrent manager when submitting a report program to run.

Attention: Defining a concurrent program with a default print style, or requiring a concurrent program to output a specific print style, does not make that style available at a printer. You must assign the print style, and its corresponding printer driver, to each printer type you wish to print from.

Figure 1 - 26.

Hierarchy of Printer Assignments

As System Administrator, you can restrict concurrent programs and reports to direct their output to a specific printer. Restricting a program or report's output to a specific printer overrides user profile option settings and prevents report set or user runtime printer choices.

If a printer is not included as part of a concurrent program's definition, then default printer settings may be entered, as indicated in the table below. Users can override any default setting at runtime.

Printer Assignment Hierarchy

Form Explanation

Concurrent Programs System Administrator As System Administrator, you can define a concurrent program to always direct its output to only one specific printer.

This setting cannot be overridden at runtime or when defining a report in a report set.

Request Set System Administrator As System Administrator, you can assign a default printer to a report within a report set.

Request Set Application Users Users can assign a default printer to a report within a report set, when they own the report set.

This default setting can be changed by the System Administrator.

Personal Profile Values Application Users Users can assign a default printer for all their reports using their Personal Profile Values form.

This assignment overrides the default Printer profile option set by the System Administrator.

System Profile Values System Administrator As System Administrator, you can assign a default printer to an installation site, Oracle application, responsibility, or user.

Users can override this setting at runtime.

Table 1 - 25. (Page 1 of 1)

Form	Explanation

Concurrent Programs System Administrator	As System Administrator, you can define a concurrent program to always direct its output to only one specific printer.
	This setting cannot be overridden at runtime or when defining a report in a report set.
Request Set System Administrator	As System Administrator, you can assign a default printer to a report within a report set.
Request Set Application Users	Users can assign a default printer to a report within a report set, when they own the report set.
	This default setting can be changed by the System Administrator.
Personal Profile Values Application Users	Users can assign a default printer for all their reports using their Personal Profile Values form.
	This assignment overrides the default Printer profile option set by the System Administrator.
System Profile Values System Administrator	As System Administrator, you can assign a default printer to an installation site, Oracle application, responsibility, or user.
	Users can override this setting at runtime.
Table 1 - 25. (Page 1 of 1)

Hierarchy of Print Style Assignments

As System Administrator, you can require concurrent programs and reports to generate their output in a specific print style. Requiring a program's or a report's output to be in a specific print style prevents report set or user runtime print style choices.

Requirements for alternate print styles

All concurrent programs whose execution method is "Oracle Reports" require a print style to be selected when the program is defined. When the print style is not designated as a required print style, then other print styles may be selected, either as a default for a report in a report set, or at runtime when submitting the report, if two conditions are satisfied:

The print style complies with the concurrent program's minimum values for columns and rows (entered on the Concurrent Programs form).

The print style has been assigned to the destination printer's printer type (entered on the Printer Types form).

Print Style Assignment Hierarchy

Form Explanation

Concurrent Programs System Administrator As System Administrator, you can require a concurrent program to generate its output in a specific print style.

This setting cannot be overridden at runtime or when defining a report in a report set.

If a Print Style is entered in a program definition, but is not required, it serves as the first default setting to be read.

Request Set System Administrator As System Administrator, you can assign a default print style to a report within a report set.

Request Set Application Users Users can assign a default print style to a report within a report set, when they own the report set.

This default setting can be changed by the System Administrator.

Table 1 - 26. (Page 2 of 2)

Form	Explanation

Concurrent Programs System Administrator	As System Administrator, you can require a concurrent program to generate its output in a specific print style.
	This setting cannot be overridden at runtime or when defining a report in a report set.
	If a Print Style is entered in a program definition, but is not required, it serves as the first default setting to be read.
Request Set System Administrator	As System Administrator, you can assign a default print style to a report within a report set.
Request Set Application Users	Users can assign a default print style to a report within a report set, when they own the report set.
	This default setting can be changed by the System Administrator.
Table 1 - 26. (Page 2 of 2)

System Administrator Printer and Print Style Settings

Program Definitions, Printers and Print Styles

As System Administrator you can restrict programs to send their output files only to a specified printer, for example, a printer in a secure office, using the Concurrent Programs form. You can also require a report to generate its output in a specific print style.

Assigning Default Printers and Print Styles to Reports in a Set

As System Administrator you can identify a default printer for each report within a report set, and assign a default print style for each report, using the Request Set form.

Assigning Default Printers Using Profile Options

As System Administrator you can identify a printer as a default printer for your installation site, a specific Oracle Application, a specific responsibility, or any of your end users, by setting the "Printer" user profile option in the System Profile Values window.

Users can override a default profile option value by:

Setting their own personal "Printer" profile option using their Personal Profile Values form.

Selecting another (available) printer at runtime when submitting a report.

End User Printer and Print Style Settings

End users may:

Set default print styles for reports in their report sets, using their Request Set form.

Identify a default printer of their own by using the Personal Profile Values form.

Users may override the default profile option setting their System Administrator defines.

Choose any available printer and print style when running reports, when using the Run Reports form.

If a default printer or print style displays, users may override the default if other printers or print styles are available.