Licensed Printers

Licensed Printers tab displays printers which have been used with Loftware.

Note

Printer usage logging is available with multi-seat license. Details about printer licensing is available in section Printer Licensing Mode.

Printer usage information group displays how many of the permitted printer ports are used by printing on multiple printers.

Number of printers allowed by license: number of permitted printers to be used with the current Desktop Designer license.
Number of used printers in the last 7 days: number of printers that have been used with Desktop Designer during the last 7 days.

Note

If the used printer count exceeds the permitted number of used printers, Loftware activates the grace period. The software grants the end-user a 30-day time extension during which the number of licensed printers is doubled. If the doubled number is also exceeded, printing becomes disabled on the additional printers.

Printing statuses are visible in multiple columns:

Printer: name or model of the printer that was selected for the print job.

Note

If the connected printer is shared, only printer model is displayed.

Location: name of the computer from which the print job has been sent.
Port: port used by the printer.
Last Used: time passed since the last print job.
Reserved: prevents the printer from being removed after being idle for more that 7 days.

Note

If a printer remains unused for more then 7 days, it is removed automatically unless the Reserved option is enabled.

Permissions group allows you to lock printer usage on local workstation.

Note

Before activating this option, make sure at least one printer is reserved. With no printers reserved, an error is reported if you try to edit a label. Printing is disabled as well.

This workstation can only use reserved printers: with this option enabled, only reserved printers are allowed for label editing and printing in Loftware.

Tip

Use this option to avoid exceeding the number of available licensed printer seats by printing on unwanted printers or print-to-file applications. Reserve dedicated thermal or laser labeling printers and limit printing only to them to ensure continuous printing of labels with a multi-user licence.

This option can also be enabled using the product.config file:
1. Navigate to the System folder.
  
  Example:
  
  %PROGRAMDATA%\Loftware\Loftware
2. Make a backup copy of the product.config file.
3. Open product.config in a text editor. The file has an XML structure.
4. Add the following lines:
```
<Configuration>
  <Activation>
    <ReservePrinters>Example Printer</ReservePrinters>
  </Activation>
  <Common>
    <General>
      <ShowOnlyReservedPrinters>True</ShowOnlyReservedPrinters>
    </General>
  </Common>
</Configuration>
```
5. Save the file. The Example Printer is reserved.