Oracle Apps - PDF Printer Configuration Using Pasta

Overview

This document describes the steps to configure PDF Printer for ERP applications (11i/R12). This will enable to print PDF directly from ERP applications.

Pre-Requisite

• Configure Printer in Server (not required for existing configured printers) and printer should be a Postscript ready printer.
• Install Pasta (Pasta will be installed by default)
• Install third party software to convert the PDF file to another graphical format
• Here we are considering Acrobat Reader. So Acrobat Reader should be installed on Application Server.
• Other third party software can be used like pdftops, pdf2ps

Configuration Setup

1.    Define PDF Custom Printer Driver

·         Navigate to System Administrator à Install à Printer à Driver

·         Define new custom drivers as information provided below

Landscpe
Driver Name	PDF_CUSTOM_L
User Driver	PDF_CUSTOM_L
Description	PDF Custom Landscape
Driver Method	Select <Program>
Driver Method Parameters	Select <Spool File>
Program Name	FNDPSTAX
Arguments	-pn$PROFILES$.PRINTER -f$PROFILES$.FILENAME -c$PROFILES$.CONC_COPIES -Fpasta_pdf_land.cfg

Portrait
Driver Name	PDF_CUSTOM_P
User Driver	PDF_CUSTOM_P
Description	PDF Custom Portrait
Driver Method	Select <Program>
Driver Method Parameters	Select <Spool File>
Program Name	FNDPSTAX
Arguments	-pn$PROFILES$.PRINTER -f$PROFILES$.FILENAME -c$PROFILES$.CONC_COPIES -Fpasta_pdf_port.cfg

2.    Define PDF Custom Style

·         Navigate to System Administrator à Install à Printer à Style

·         Define new custom drivers as information provided below

Landscpe
Style Name	PDF_CUSTOM_L
Seq	7766 <or Any Number which is not used>
User Style	PDF Custom Landscape
SRW Driver	L
Description	PDF Custom Landscape
Layout
Columns	132
Rows	65
Orientation	Landscape

Portrait
Style Name	PDF_CUSTOM_P
Seq	8877 <or Any Number which is not used>
User Style	PDF Custom Portrait
SRW Driver	P
Description	PDF Custom Portrait
Layout
Columns	80
Rows	66
Orientation	Portrait

3.    Attach Printer Style & Driver to existing Printer Type

·         Navigate to System Administrator à Install à Printer à Type

·         Select Printer Type which is attached to the Printer which will be used for PDF printing.

Eg : In this example we use “PRINTER_BLDG1” printer and Printer type assigned to this printer is “HPLJ4”

·         So Add newly defined Style and Driver to type “HPLJ4”

4.    Concurrent Program Definition Update

·         Update all the Custom concurrent program definition which will use PDF printing to reflect new Style.

·         Query any existing Concurrent Program which uses PDF and update Style to “PDF_CUSTOM_P” (if output is Portrait) or “PDF_CUSTOM_L” (if output is landscape) depends on the output.

5.    Pasta configuration file update

·         Create pasta_pdf_land.cfg and pasta_pdf_port.cfg files under $FND_TOP/resource by copying the existing pasta_pdf.cfg

Eg : cp $FND_TOP/resource/pasta_pdf.cfg $FND_TOP/resource/pasta_pdf_land.cfg

                   cp $FND_TOP/resource/pasta_pdf.cfg $FND_TOP/resource/pasta_pdf_port.cfg

·         Edit pasta_pdf_land.cfg

Comment all the lines except the one you are using for converting PDF to

POSTSCRIPT

            % Preprocess for PDF output

             % This is an example for PDF output to print.

            ; Xpdf

            ; preprocess=pdftops {infile} {outfile}

            ; Ghost Script

            ; preprocess=pdf2ps {infile} {outfile}

            ; Acrobat

            preprocess=acroread -toPostScript -shrink -landscape -pairs {infile} {outfile}

·         Edit pasta_pdf_port.cfg

Comment all the lines except the one you are using for converting PDF to

POSTSCRIPT

        % Preprocess for PDF output

        % This is an example for PDF output to print.

        ; Xpdf

        ; preprocess=pdftops {infile} {outfile}

        ; Ghost Script

        ; preprocess=pdf2ps {infile} {outfile}

        ; Acrobat

         preprocess=acroread -toPostScript -shrink -pairs {infile} {outfile}

Use –shrink if needed to shrink the layout to the paper

6.    Bounce Concurrent Manager

Reference :

How To Print XML Publisher PDF Reports Via The Concurrent Manager [ID 338990.1]

11i : Pasta Pasta Printing Setup Test [ID 264118.1])

How To Set The PASTA Debug Option [ID 267026.1]

Notes:

In order to check program from Unix Command line, execute below,

FNDPSTAX -pn$<PRINTER NAME> -f$<PDF File Name with full path> -c1 -Fpasta_pdf_land.cfg

Eg :

FNDPSTAX -pnPR3505CM1BR08 -f$APPLCSF/out/TEST_16338527_1.PDF -c1 -Fpasta_pdf.cfg