Harry 0 Posted November 2, 2020 Share Posted November 2, 2020 (edited) Hello Board. I may be searching the incorrect terms; but I can't find an answer to my problem. I have built a system, it's running on FMS18 and multiple client users access it throughout the day. One part of the system is a quality check screen at a physical bench/station - items are scanned and labels are printed out as required, records are created and used elsewhere. There are three label formats. Each station has three label printers - Citizen 631's. They are networked printers. I would like to have more than two bench/stations operating this process in the future. Can someone point me in the direction of information that would help me to ensure that the scripts run by Operator 1 send the print jobs to their printers, and the same scripts run by Operator 2 are sent to that operators printers? Bench 1 Operator 1 Printer_1 - Citizen 631 - 90x25mm Label - IP(example) 192.168.2.100 Printer_2 - Citizen 631 - 50x50mm Label - IP(example) 192.168.2.101 Printer_3 - Citizen 631 - 40x25mm Label - IP(example) 192.168.2.102 Bench 2 Operator 2 Printer_1 - Citizen 631 - 90x25mm Label - IP(example) 192.168.2.103 Printer_2 - Citizen 631 - 50x50mm Label - IP(example) 192.168.2.104 Printer_3 - Citizen 631 - 40x25mm Label - IP(example) 192.168.2.105 I can't make two operators work. The only way I can make this work is if I connect the three printers via USB locally to each PC and name them the same as the ones connected to Operator 2's PC (Printer_1, Printer_2, Printer_3), so they can be found by the scripts. It feels as though I'm looking at this solution incorrectly or missing some information. What strategy can I use to make the networked printers operate? My IT support lean heavily towards IP printers, because they can be centrally monitored and controlled. If it's not possible, I can go USB, with a powered hub or other. Thank you! Edited November 2, 2020 by Harry Link to post Share on other sites
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