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Please follow these steps to set up a printer definition in Munis for a new or existing printer:

The printer will need to be installed on the Munis application server and set up as a shared printer. Please keep the share name of the printer as short as possible. Using the universal PCL drivers tend to work best for Munis printing.

Printer Install

Install the printer on either the Munis application server, local workstation, or print server
1. NOTE: Universal PCL drivers tend to work best for Munis printing
If installed on an end user-user workstation or print server, you will need to share the printer on the network.
1. Open Control Panel > Devices and Printers
2. Right-click on the printer that will be used in Munis and select Printer Properties
3. Select the Sharing tab, check off Share this printer, and specify a share name
4. NOTE: In total, the HostName of the computer plus the ShareName of the printer cannot exceed 25 characters in total length.
Navigate to the Munis Application Server to ensure the shared printer is accessible
1. In the Windows search bar, type Run and hit enter
2. Enter the the following command, updating the values with the name of the PC the printer is installed on and the share name
  1. \\hostname\sharename
3. If communication is successful, the printer dialogue window will launch
4. If communication is unsuccessful an error will display: Windows cannot access \\PCHostname\PrinterShareName
  1. This communication issue is most commonly caused by a windows or network firewall blocking communication
Once you have the printer installed with the instructions from step 1, please verify that you can send a Windows test print sends successfully.After you are able to print from Windows successfully it is time to set up the Munis printer definition. Please open the Munis application as a user with Munis administrator privileges:Navigate to: System Administration -

Munis Printer Definition

Log into Munis with an account that has system administration permissions
Navigate to System Administration > Printer/Device Administration - > Printer Definitions
Click “Add” to add a new definitionClick Add

Set the following

items:

variables

Field	Value
Printer ID

: Unique Identifier

	Unique identifier for the printer. This box can accept up to four alphanumeric characters.
Printer name

: Identifying

	Identifying name of printer. This box can be up to 15 alphanumeric characters.
Printer type

: This box is the print command Munis will use to initiate a print job on the printer and is set to command/script for Munis (non TylerForms) printing.When defining the “Print / forms command” box the script is defined as follows: ntp

Select Command / Script

Print / forms command

Shared printer: ntp -d \\Hostname\ShareName -@ ls.ntp

Printer installed on server: ntp -d PrinterName -@ ls.ntp

Update PrinterName or \\Hostname\ShareName and output format (ls, pm, nr, etc.)

Once complete, click Accept
Test printer by selecting Output from the ribbon
Next to printer name, click the ellipses
ntp: Select the new printer and click Accept
Click OK

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Print / forms Command	Explanation	Required Value
ntp	This is the operator indicating the use of NTP.exe

- required value:

	ntp
-d

:

This is the first command flag. -d indicates that an output destination will be defined following the flag

.

-

required value: -

d

\\Hostname\ShareName

:

This is the full share location of the printer.

It should always start with \\ and include the Hostname then another \ and finally the ShareName

Note: If the printer is installed locally on the App server, you will not need \\Hostname\, only the name of the printer.

- required value

\\

hostname (the server name) \sharename (share name of the printer)

Hostname\ShareName

or

PrinterName

-@

: This

This command flag indicates that the output will use an options file to define the output format

. required value:

	-@
ls.ntp

: This command flag indicates that the output will use an options file to define the output format. required value: ls

This is where the output format is defined. Available formats are included in the %musys%\pdefs folder on the Munis application server.

Basic outputs include:

ls.ntp - Landscape

, pm

pm.ntp – Portrait Mode

, nrA printer definition set up with a server name of "Server1", a share name of "printer1", and printing in landscape mode would look like:

nr.ntp – Narrow Report

Click “Accept” to save new printer definition

ls.ntp
pm.ntp
nr.ntp
etc.

A unique printer definition will need to be setup for each output type needed. As such, it is not uncommon for up to three unique printer definitions to exist for each printer added to Munis. This ensures end users can print in whatever format works best for the situation.

When naming printers, it is helpful to define a standardized naming schema, such as: {UserInitials}_Local_{OutputType}

For example, consider the following scenario:

User: John Smith

Workstation Hostname: JSOffice

Printer ShareName: LocalPrint

Recommended Printer Definition:

Printer Name	Print/Forms Command	Output Result
js_local_pm	ntp -d \\

Server1

JSOffice\

printer1

LocalPrint -@

ls

pm.ntp

Have a user test this printer by selecting this printer within Munis

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Portrait print job to John's local printer
js_local_ls	ntp -d \\JSOffice\LocalPrint -@ ls.ntp	Landscape print job to John's local printer

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