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      How do you send badge print jobs to the Veonics® Print Queue Manager for printing?

      Once a card record's status is Approved, it can be sent to a Print Queue. Once Enqueue, print jobs are released to associated printers using the vPQM desktop application.

      Sending Card Records to the Print Queue

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      • Requires user rights to send or print for the queue
        • When viewing an approved card
        • When managing cards in a group
          • Only approved cards may be sent to a queue
          • The user may filter  by “Enqueued” status or by the specific queue cards assigned to
      • The user must choose which queue to send the cards to
        • Typically, a dropdown
        • If the number of available queues is large, then an autocomplete control is used
          • Type a few characters to retrieve a list of matching queues
      • If the card is already in a queue, it gets reassigned to the specified queue
      • A user may also remove a card that is already enqueued
        • Returns to “approved” state
      • Or put the card “on hold”
        • Remains in the queue but won’t print in vPQM

      Printing Cards from the vPQM

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      • Upon opening the vPQM™ the user must authenticate with username, password, and name of the assigned station
      • After successfully authenticating, the user may choose the printer and queue to connect to
        • Here, the user may also configure the printer settings to obtain better results
      • vPQM™ displays the list of cards waiting to be printed in the queue
        • The user may select the desired cards and click “Print”
          • Note: all cards are selected by default

      Printer Configuration

      • Each printer may produce slightly different results
      • The “Settings” screen permits adjustments to printer properties to obtain the best possible results and are saved for future executions
      • Current settings include
        • X/Y (horizontal/vertical) offset in pts (1/72th of an inch, default 0)
        • X/Y zoom factor (default, 100%)
      • One common reason for adjusting printer properties is achieving full-bleed in printers that support it
      • The “Test” button prints a sample grid pattern to help in the adjustment of these parameters

      “Automatic” Printing

      • Enable automatic printing to release print jobs from the queue without user intervention
        • It is also possible to run in automatic mode by specifying “-a” as a command-line argument
      • When printing automatically, vPQM™ periodically polls the server to see if new cards have been sent to the queue, and if so, selects them and starts to print them
        • This enables the vPQM to run in the background
        • It is recommended that the operator periodically check the status of the printer and vPQM™ regarding hardware or connectivity issues that require human intervention and prevent operation