# Printers

The printers tab allows you to specify which printers to use and the style of printing for a number of document types. A default number of copies to be printed for sales documents can also be established.

All of the main reports in Acumen are printed in full graphics and scalable fonts. The best printer to use for this form of output is a Laser or Ink jet printer. If you have one of these present as your default printer then you should select "Graphical" as your default printer style in the Printers tab. This will cause all documents (sale, purchase, stock, etc.) to print in a graphical high presentation format unless specifically set to "Character" by one of the individual entries in the list.

If the station you are configuring is to be a Point Of Sale location and is equipped with a fast Dot Matrix printer then you should select "Character" as your default style. This will cause all documents to print in a fixed font format. For this format you may wish to consider using preprinted stationary. Your Acumen supplier will have details and samples of suitable stationary.

If you have a suitable docket printer which you wish to use for printing cash dockets then you should select this printer against the "Dockets" report type. To turn off docket printing leave this entry blank. Details of printers that are suitable to act as docket printer are available from your Acumen Supplier. They can also assist you in setting the code necessary for various docket printing functions.

If you have a cash drawer directly connected to your computer (or network) and you wish for cash transactions to cause this drawer to open select the appropriate printer against the "Cash Drawer" report type. If there is a cash drawer connected to the docket printer that you select you should leave the "Cash Drawer" report type blank and ensure that a "Drawer" escape code is specified in the Dkt Code field.

You can control the number of copies that are printed for the following documents:

* Invoices
* Delivery Dockets
* Cash dockets
* Customer Orders\ <br>


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