CMS or Production Manager Printer Restart - EPICOR JGO
If any of the label printers that run on Production Mgr. software get hung up & stop printing, please see below for a quick fix.
- Troubleshoot first by checking the lights on the front of the printers. All lights should be green. If not, there could be a connectivity issue or it may be out of labels, depending on the warning light.
- Open CMS (Epicor) and sign in. From the main menu, locate the black task bar in upper right corner; click in box to place cursor. In the task bar, type “WRKWTR”
- Page down to find the printer name.
- In the “Status” column, look for the text “Stopped (use Opt 1).” If present, proceed to next step If in Status column is "Message Waiting" proceed to step 5
- Type a “1” in the box next to the printer that is stalled. Hit Enter (use “enter” to proceed through all steps)
- In the “Status” column, look for the text “MSGW - Message Waiting" (use Opt 7).
- Answer the Reply with "G - Begin Processing the Current file after loading the form type."
- You may check what’s available to print by selecting “8” – Display output for printer. You can do this before & after starting the print jobs.
- It may also be necessary to “refresh/F5”the clear the print que from this menu. When finished, hit enter to proceed to main menu (do not click exit or cancel)
- In the event that labels have been lost in the print que, but they do exist in CMS/Prod. Mgr., you can check them by entering “Go LBMN03” in the black task bar from main menu.
- Check label status by selecting opt. 1 – Maintain & Print Labels. Highlight label number & select “Inquiry/F4”.
- Check Date/Time, part number, quantity, status, format etc. to properly identify labels
- Once label numbers or range is known, back out to LBMN03 menu. Select opt. 3 – Re-print Labels.
- Before selecting the label to reprint, click “Outq” to direct labels to correct printer.
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Type correct printer name in text box, select OK or enter to continue.
Click “Select” on label to be re-printed. Label should be at printer.