Deferred Process Printing for POP Order

[robh245]

Is there a way to print out Production Orders using the Deferred Reports Processing function? We're on Progression 7.6.200.

We are able to print out standard Reports using this, but haven't been able to print out POP orders.

We are trying to find a way we can tie specific POP orders together and send them to separate printers in different departments within our company.

Is there a way to point spooled reports to a specific folder on the fly?

 

[dgillz]

Yes, POP order printing - provided that you arenot using the ICR - is available for deferred processing. What kinds of problemshave you had with this?

There is no way to point spooled reports to a specific folder on the fly in standard Progression, or to send to different printers. However Reform can handle this quite nicely.

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[MacolaHelp]

In addition to Reform, if you release the WO in the trx/manual entry screen and cancel printing, the allocations or issues will occur. You can then go into processes\print work orders and set the deferred jobs up to go to specific printers. However, this would be a putzier solution than using Reform as Don suggests. He has a number of clients using it, I believe, and the initial look I had at it seemed like it was pretty straightforward, not overly expensive, and the people seemed quite knowledgeable and eager to help.

Don, I'd be interested to know if it also works w/ES. I assume it does since it uses the virtual printer idea...

 

[dgillz]

Yes Reform works with ES. It is a great product, if you need conditional rerouting to different printers , plain paper printing, .pdf archiving, emailing or faxing of forms then Reform is the best solution I have seen.

The cost ranges from $700 to $3,500 depending on what features you need.

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[abaldwin]

+ 1 on the REFORM solution. I was going to say this mayself but Don beat me to it.



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[tpllc]

You can use deferred processing to print POP orders but what do you mean by tieing them together. Macola has a "PULL" function that will tie cascading POP orders together but I doubt that this is what you are asking for. If you have designer from macola you can unhide a user defined field on the order entry screen and use this to group together POP orders in virtually any way you desire. Then you could use the ICR integrated Crystal Report to print them, you would have to modify the selection criterion to select on the grouping. Once you have selected the the ones that you want to print you can direct them to any network printer that you desire as long as the printer is installed the workstation that you execute the job from. You coulod also create your own Crystal report grouped on the selection criterion that you choose and direct them to any printer you desire.
The deferred reports functionality will probably not work for you as it doesn't allow for any selection criterion that will group these together for you.

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