Service Menu

HostExplorer Print Services

Service Menu

The following options are available only if Console is connected to Service.

Create New Profile On Service—Lets you enter the name of a new printer profile, and then displays the Printer Session Properties dialog box. When you click OK, the printer profile is automatically saved on disk with a .hep file extension, and with the properties you set in the Printer Session Properties dialog box. The new profile is automatically loaded into service.

Delete Profile On Service—Displays a list of printer profiles. Select one or more profiles you want to delete.

Load Profile Into Service—Displays a list of printer profiles. Select one or more profiles to load into Service. Loading a profile into service establishes a session.

Stop Service—Stops the instance of Service to which you are connected. Disconnects all connected sessions. Reports that depend on Service will not print if Service is not running.

Autostart Profiles—Displays a list of printer profiles. The list shows which profiles have been selected to load automatically whenever Service starts. Select the profiles that you want to load automatically in the future, and clear the profiles that you no longer want to load automatically.

Note:

Service starts automatically whenever a machine on which it is installed starts Windows.To view or change the startup options, open Administrative Tools on the Control Panel, and then open Services. Right-click Hummingbird HostExplorer Print Services and select Properties. Select an option from the Startup Type box.

Properties—Opens the Service Properties dialog box, which lets you do the following:

Enable and specify a trace file.
Configure how Service attempts to automatically reconnect with the host if the connection is broken.