Selecting a Print Destination

You can print Sage 300 ERP reports to a printer, to the screen, to a file, or as an attachment to an e-mail message.

Note: You must be assigned to a security group that has authorization to change the print destination, or the only destination available will be a physical printer.

To set the Sage 300 ERP print destination to Printer:

Note: These instructions assume that you have set up printers in Microsoft Windows.

1. On the Sage 300 ERP Desktop menu, click File > Print Destination.
2. Select Printer, and then click OK.

When you next print from Sage 300 ERP, the report will be sent to the Windows default printer.

Tip: If you want to confirm the destination printer, page size, and orientation each time you print a report, on the Desktop, click View > Preferences, and then select Confirm on print.

To print to the screen (display reports on your monitor):

1. On the Sage 300 ERP Desktop menu, click File > Print Destination.
2. Click Preview.

Note: For Web-based clients, the Preview screen appears first when you click the Print button.

Tip: You can print a report displayed in the Preview window by clicking the Print Report  button.

To print to a file:

1. On the Sage 300 ERP Desktop menu, click File > Print Destination.
2. Click File, then enter the drive, directory, and file name, or use the Browse button to scroll through the list of directories and files to select the file you want to use.

Note: You can enter the name of a non-existent file or directory to be created by the system when you print. When you print to a file, the report is assigned a unique name, for example, CS1000.TXT.

To print reports as attachments to e-mail messages:

1. On the Sage 300 ERP Desktop menu, click File > Print Destination.
2. Select E-mail to create a file that can be attached to an e-mail.
3. Select either Adobe Acrobat (PDF) or Rich Text Format (RTF) as the file format for the e-mail attachment. More...

   You can open PDF files with Adobe Acrobat Reader (available as a free download from the Adobe Software website).

   You can open RTF files with most Windows and Linux word processing programs.

4. Click OK.

When you print using an e-mail destination Sage 300 ERP creates a PDF or RTF version of the report, opens your default e-mail program, and attaches the report file to a new e-mail message. More...

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