Copies To Print Form

The Copies to Print form is opened via the "Print" button located on the main Deacom toolbar and via various other buttons located throughout the system. It is the main form use to print documents within Deacom.

The table below details all the fields and options available to this form. Report Variables on Report Layouts and Part Forms have been enhanced to allow users to specify values prior to printing documents. If this feature is utilized, then the Report Parameters form will be displayed, allowing users to confirm default values, or if necessary enter new ones. Users can also specify if parameter entries are required.

Field/Flag

Description

Report

Displays the sales document that will be printed. Should indicate "Invoice".

Copies

Field used in conjunction with the Page 1-5 fields to dictate the number of document copies that will be printed.

Page 1-5

Displays the name of the documents that will be printed based on the number entered in the "Copies" field.

Selection

Pick list used to dictate how invoices will be printed. This is useful if one Sales Order requires many separate shipments but the customer requires one invoice for all shipments. Options are:

  • All - All orders on the Print Invoices form, including any backorders, will get separate invoices printed.
  • Combined - One invoice will print for each Sales Order on the Print Invoices form. Invoices for any backorders will not print separately, but instead be rolled up into the invoice for the main Sales Order.

Print To

Pick list used to determine how the invoice will be printed or sent. Options are:

  • Email - Generates an email with the invoice(s) attached as PDF file(s). As indicated previously, if there are multiple invoices for the same Bill-to Company, they are all attached to the same PDF and the email subject will list all the invoice numbers.
  • PDF - Generates PDF. Always use this option when printing PDFs from Deacom.
  • Printer
  • Screen
  • Variable Display

Printer

Select the printer where the invoice will be printed to.

  • Only available when choosing a Print to option of "Printer".
  • The "Microsoft Print to PDF" option in this field should not be used for printing PDFs, instead use the PDF option in the "Print To" field above to generate PDFs from Deacom.

Notes:

  1. Beginning in version 17.01.126, the system will generate a single PDF containing all document pages in situations where users first view a document on screen prior to printing to PDF.
  2. Beginning in version 17.02, and when printing to PDF, the system will select the PDF printer based on the below list, ordered by priority, with #1 being the top priority. Note that the names need to match exactly as indicated below as the application will look for the printer by name.
  • Microsoft Print to PDF
  • Deacom PDF Convertor 4
  • Deacom PDF Converter
  • Acrobat PDFWriter
  • Adobe PDF

Email To

Option to select where the invoice will be emailed. Only available when the "Print To" field is set to "Email". Options are: 

  • Bill-to Company - Sends the document(s) to the email address listed in the Bill-to Company record.
  • Contact - Sends the document(s) to the default Contact on the Bill-to Company record.
  • Manual - Allows the user to manually enter an email address in the Microsoft Outlook generated email.
  • Ship-to Company - Sends the document(s) to the email address listed in the Ship-to Company record.

Note: Beginning in version 17.03.008, when printing sales documents to email and selecting “Email To” as “Bill-To Company”, the user selected email destination will supersede any cached 'Email To' address from previous printing transactions

Contact

Search field used to select the Contact to whom the email will be sent.

  • Only available when the "Print To" field is set to "Email".

Print Attached Documents

If checked, the documents attached to the Sales Order(s) selected (via the "View Docs" button on the Sales Order) will be printed when the invoice is printed.

Group Emails

Available in web versions only. Used for printing sales reports to email. See the "Group Email" print properties option section for complete information.

Report Parameters form

This form will be displayed if Report Variables on the Report Layout or Part Form has been configured to accept values prior to printing. The form will list the Report Variables that have been configured for the specific Part Form or Report Layout. Users may confirm the values, or if necessary, change them prior to printing. Additional information on this feature is available via the Using the Variables feature help section.

The five disabled fields below (beginning in version 17.00.073) will display above the parameter input fields. These fields allow the user to see what part/part form they are entering values for.

  • Part Number
  • Description
  • Label For
  • Lot
  • Part Form