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Printer Licensing
FormTrap Server is licensed to a given number of printers.
The list of printers is copied from printer servers known to
FormTrap Server and must include one local or networked laser
printer with (Version 8) PCLXL (PCL 6) or PostScript and note that
obsolete PCL5 is no longer supported under Version 8, or (Version 7)
PCL5, PCLXL (PCL 6) or PostScript.
You may tick and print to other printers/drivers using the "Print to
ANY Windows Printer" option from files output as PCLXL using a
filter (inefficient, use for occasional low volume only). GUI
drivers such as PDF drivers DO NOT WORK and time out. GhostScript
PDF conversion from PostScript is provided.
Note: FormTrap produces print-ready files for laser printers and requires just the physical address, hence you may choose just the one driver for a given printer (say the PostScript driver) and print in PCL5 or PCLXL or PostScript to it. Some older/deficient printers may not operate with Unicode, test files are available within the Knowledge Base (keyword "Printer Test"). This DOES NOT apply to the "Print to ANY Windows Printer" option which relies on the driver. Observations on specific printers that fail are available form the KB (keyword "Print").
HP LaserJet Pro M4xx dn printers have an issue in PCL6 only trying to upload Arial font, circumvented in release 8.15 for FTForm Plus forms only. This error was acknowledged by HP Melbourne Australia in January 2018 as being due to a "shift in their code base" and declined for repair by HP. See KB under keyword HP.
More information on Print to ANY Windows Printer
More information on Printer Servers
To configure printer licensing:
- Check the printers in the list that you wish FormTrap Server to print to, up to the maximum number of licensed printers.
- Click the Save button.
