Understanding Individual Order Printing

You can print orders individually so you can review them before sending them to the appropriate suppliers. If you have set the processing options in Order Entry for the system to store purchase order information for Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), you can send the orders to the suppliers using the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Electronic Data Interchange system.

You can have the system print three types of messages on an order:

• Print messages

• Attachments

• Global messages

You create print messages using the Purchase Orders program (P4310). After you create a print message, you can assign it to an order or detail line during order entry.

You use processing options in Order Entry to specify whether attachments print. You can assign an attachment to an order or to detail lines during order entry.

You also use processing options to specify whether global messages print. Global messages always print at the top of orders.

Printing orders is usually a step in the sequence of processing orders. You set up these steps in Order Activity Rules. Once you print an order, you can have the system move the order to the next step in the process, or you can leave the order where it is so that you can print it again. You use processing options in Order Entry to specify whether the system updates status codes for orders after they print.

You might want to print orders twice, once to review the orders and again to update status codes. You can access these two versions of the print program through the processing options for Order Entry:

• Print Purchase Orders

• Reprint Purchase Orders

You might want to use one version to review orders and the other to update status codes for orders.

If you print an order that is on hold, the system prints a blank page.