Set up print management for a transaction
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Applies To: Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R3, Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R2, Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 Feature Pack, Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012
Use this procedure to set up print management original or copy records and conditional settings for a transaction, such as a sales order or a purchase order. You might do this if you must use a different printer for a specific transaction.
If you will be emailing the documents to a group of email addresses that have the same business purpose or worker title, you must set up the purposes or titles, first. For more information, see Address purpose (form). You set up purposes in the Address and contact information purpose form. Click Organization administration > Setup > Global address book > Address and contact information purpose. You assign purposes in the Customers or Vendors form, on the Contact information FastTab, in the Purpose field. You assign worker titles in the Worker form, in the Title field. Click Human resources > Setup > Workers > Titles.
Click Sales and marketing > Common > Sales orders > All sales orders.
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Click Sales and marketing > Common > Sales quotations > All quotations.
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Click Accounts receivable > Common > Free text invoices > All free text invoices.
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Click Procurement and sourcing > Common > Purchase orders > All purchase orders.
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Click Procurement and sourcing > Common > Requests for quotations > All requests for quotations.
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Click Procurement and sourcing > Common > Requests for quotations > Request for quotation replies.
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Click Project management and accounting > Common > Projects > Project contracts.
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Click Sales and marketing > Common > Sales quotations > All quotations.
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Click Project management and accounting > Common > Item tasks > Item requirements.
Select a transaction.
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If you opened the Request for quotation details form, select a vendor.
On the Action Pane, click the General tab. In the Setup group, click Print management.
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On the All free text invoices list page, the Print management button is in the Print management group. On the Project contracts list page, the Print management button is on the Project contract tab. In the Item requirements form, the Print management button is in the Setup menu.
In the left pane, expand the list for a document that is listed under the transaction that you are working with. Any original or copy records are displayed.
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An icon with a blue arrow indicates that the original or copy record is inherited from the module level or account level of the hierarchy. This is the print management information that is used for the customer or vendor, unless you make changes at the account or transaction level.
Review the original or copy record information. If changes are needed, you can override an inherited record, copy an inherited record, create a new record, or create a new conditional setting.
To override, right-click an original or copy record and select Override. The icon changes to display a red X to indicate that the record is now an override record.
To copy, right-click an original or copy record and select Copy. A copy is displayed in the list. You must give the copy a new name.
To create a new original or copy record, right-click a document in the list and select New. A new record is displayed in the list.
To create a new conditional setting, right-click an original or copy record and select New. A new conditional setting is displayed in the list. You must give the conditional setting a description and select query information.
By default, the document will be sent to the default printer. To change the printer destination, click Destination lookup button > Printer setup and select a destination. When you have finished making changes, click OK to return to the Print management setup form.
If you want to email the documents, complete the following steps:
In the Print destination settings form, select E-mail as the print destination.
Click the Edit button.
This control is not available in versions of Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 prior to cumulative update 7 for AX 2012 R2.
In the Assign email addresses form, in the %1 purpose field, you can select a business purpose to send the report to a group of email addresses that have the same assigned purpose.
Select the %1 primary contact check box to send the report to the primary contact assigned to the customer or vendor.
In the Worker title field, you can select a title to send the report to a group of workers who have the same assigned title.
In the Additional email addresses, separated by ";" field, you can enter additional email addresses to send the document to.
Select a report format.
The report format must be created by a developer and be added to the Application Object Tree (AOT) before it is available for selection in the Print management setup form. Report formats can be specific to a country/region.
Enter the number of identical copies to print.
Enter the footer text to include at the bottom of the document. To print footer text in other languages, depending on the language of the document, click the Footer text lookup button and set up footer text for the additional languages.
Repeat steps 4 through 10 for the remaining documents in the list.
See also
Set up print management for a module