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Print Printable Document#

🔒 PrintableDocument.Print

Overview#

This operation is used to print (with an optional preview) of a Printable Document.

Setup#

A printer must be setup in the system to allow printing. For more information, see PrinterTypePrintersContext.

Note

The printer must have the same name as it is displayed in the Printers list of the client machine.

Sequence of Steps#

The Print Printable Document operation can be called from the Printable Document page within the Business Data Group.

Step 1: Context#

  1. Choose the Document Data Context, such as the Material, Step, Flow and Flow Path.
  2. Select Next to move to the next page.

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Step 2: Printer#

On the next page, the Printer tab will be opened by default and you can enter the printer name and the number of copies of the document that you wish to print. You can also change tabs and select the Preview tab which will allow you to see the document before printing it.

Select Print to print the document.

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Note

Printers must be filtered as follows:
1) If the Printable Document Layout Content Type is Internal, the list of possible Printers must include only Printers that do not have an associated Printing Integration.
2) If the Printable Document Layout Content Type is External, the list of possible Printers must include only Printers that have an associated Printing Integration.