How to Configure network printer on HMI

Setting Up a Network Printer on HMI

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• Our architecture is as below:

Instructions: Printing via network

• Call up the control Panel. • Open the “Printer Properties” dialog with the “Printer” icon.

– Select the printer type “PCL Laser” under “Printer Language”.

– Select the interface “PrintServer” under “Port”.

– Enter the network address of the print server under “IP:Port:”.

Note: Many printers have an integrated “print server”. This allows you to specify the address of the printer directly.

Note the correct notation -> “IP address:port number” (colon between the IP address and port number (Link)) Example: 172.16.34.30:9100

– Select the paper size in the “Paper Size” drop-down box.

– Specify the orientation of the printout under “Orientation”: “Portrait” for vertical format “Landscape” for horizontal format

– Select the print quality:

To print in draft quality, select “Draft Mode”.

To print in color, select “Color”.

– Confirm the entries with “OK”.

• make sure the network configuration of the HMI is from DHCP
• Note: if IP is set manually , do not forget to fill in the default gateway address.