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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.

Screenshot showing a printer settings dialog with options for printing a document.

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.

Screenshot showing a printer setup with a highlighted "Print" button.

Note

Printers must be filtered as follows:

  • 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.
  • If the Printable Document Layout Content Type is External, the list of possible Printers must include only Printers that have an associated Printing Integration.

Printing Multiple Labels#

When printing labels, page usage is determined by the structure of the layout and the type of Data Band configured. For more information, see Printable Document Layout.

If the layout contains a single page with a single Data Band of type Copies, the system calculates the minimum number of pages required and distributes the label copies accordingly. When space permits, multiple copies are positioned on the same page to maximize usage of the printable area.

In all other configurations - that is, when the layout contains more than one page, includes multiple Data Bands, or the Data Band is not of type Copies - the system prints each copy on a separate page. In these cases, the complete page layout is duplicated for every copy, and any remaining space on the page is not reused.