Printer Support - Allen-Bradley PanelView Plus 6 User Manual

Printer Support

The terminals supports selected USB printers such as Canon, Epson, Hewlett-
Packard, and Brother. Automatic printer installation that uses plug-and-play
capabilities is supported as well as manual installation if a suitable printer driver is
available. You can connect a printer to a USB port on the terminal.
For more information on supported printers, go to the knowledgebase at
www.rockwellautomation.com/support/
Answers box.
Printers are configured and managed from Printers in the desktop control panel.
A wizard is supported for each printer type.
Table 57 - Support for Printers
Printer Type Description
Local USB You can connect a JETCET supported printer to a USB host port.
The printer attached to the USB host port can be shared by a remote terminal when
configured as a network printer on the remote terminal.
Network The terminal supports a remote printer connected to the network via the Ethernet port.
The printer can be addressed by its device name or IP address.
RDP /ICA A local printer can be made available to a Windows server application that is running in
an RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol) session on the terminal.
(1) Applies only to PanelView Plus 6 terminals with extended features.
After configuring a printer, you can access it from desktop applications or from
FactoryTalk View ME Station Configuration mode by pressing Terminal
Settings>Print Setup. Applications can also select and share printers.
Automatic Printer Installation
Follow these steps to install a plug-and-play printer from the Windows desktop.
For manual printer installation, refer to
The procedure illustrates automatic plug-and-play installation for the Hewlett
TIP
Packard HP deskjet 5650 printer.
1. Connect the printer to a USB host port on the terminal.
2. Plug the power cord of the printer into an outlet and turn the printer on.
Windows detects your plug-and-play printer and, in many cases, installs it
without requiring you to make any selections.
The printer is ready to print.
IMPORTANT
Rockwell Automation Publication 2711P-UM006E-EN-P - January 2017
and search for ID 111636 in the Search
page 115.
If automatic plug-and-play installation is not supported for a printer,
this error is logged to the System Event log in the Hardware Monitor.
'JETCET PRINT was unable to auto-configure printer. To manually
configure printer, go to the Printers folder from the Control Panel.'
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