Understanding Designated Printers

The system administrator defines the default printer to be used with all batch processes. The printer is associated with a user ID, user role or with *PUBLIC, a default value that includes all users. The printer also can be associated with a specific JD Edwards EnterpriseOne environment. The printer is associated with a batch application, a batch version, or *ALL (a default value that includes all batch applications or all batch versions for a specific batch application.)

A printer associated with a user ID overrides a printer associated with a specific user role. A printer associated with a specific user role overrides a printer associated with *PUBLIC and a specific batch process. You can override these printer associations by selecting a printer using Print Setup on the File menu in RDA. The printer that you select in RDA is stored in the print specifications, causing the report to always print to the printer that you defined unless overridden at runtime.

When defining a printer in RDA, consider the hierarchy that the system uses to determine the printer that is used at runtime. Assuming there is no user-defined override at runtime, the system looks for the printer defined in RDA, if no printer is defined, the system uses the default printer defined in the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Printer Application (P98616.)