Quick Print Layout resets when another user prints

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We've had this issue for a long time but it has never received a fix.

Not sure if it is a bug or deliberate behaviour but (as an example);
when user1 on computer1 clicks 'Quick Print' they have to choose a Layout to print,
then when user2 on computer2 uses 'Quick Print', they have to choose the Layout again.
However, if user2 on computer2 uses 'Quick Print' again before another user does, they do not have to pick the layout, it just uses the last selected layout (which is the desired behaviour).

Is there a way to stop the chosen Layout for Quick Print from being reset upon another user using quick print?

Thanks

  • +1
    verified answer

    Most likely thing is that the path to the chosen layout is not the same across both PC's. For example one PC connects to data via a mapped drive and the other connects via a UNC path.

    When you use the quick print a check is made to see if a default layout has been chosen, and if one has that the specified layout file exists. If either of these things is false then you are prompted to set a new default, and the path to the chosen layout file is stored in the data. The problem I suspect you are encountering is that due to path differences between the two computers and that triggers the 2nd check to return false so you end up ping ponging between the 2 different paths. Note that if you view the settings it will only display the file name and not the full path to the file, but that is actually stored in the data is the full path.

    If this is the problem you are having then the way to correct it is to ensure you are connecting to the data using the same path across both computers. You can see the path you are connecting to on the select company screen that shows on start up by default, or by going to Help -> About.

    Hope that helps.

  • 0 in reply to Darron Cockram

    Fantastic! this has sorted the issue we've been trying to solve for years. Since one of the computers is running as the 'server' of the data it was using a local directory instead of a mapped network drive folder that the others are using.

    We've mapped a network drive to the local folder on the 'server' computer so they all read from Z:\[Sage folder] which has fixed the 'resetting' of the quick print.

    Many Thanks for that