# SyteLine Printers: Where to View Them and How They Map to Reports and Background Tasks > Source: https://netray.co/erp-help/syteline-printers-form-view-configure-map-reports-background-tasks > Publisher: Netray (netray.co), AI and integration engineering for ERP and manufacturing systems. > Section: ERP Help ## Short answer SyteLine does not manage printers itself. It uses printers installed on the machine where the print runs, which is your workstation for interactive printing and the utility or application server's service account for background tasks. So the place to view printers is the Windows print queue of that machine, and the place to map them is the report's output options and the background task parameters. ## Kind how-to ## System syteline ## Erp Infor SyteLine (CloudSuite Industrial) ## Module Printing / Background Tasks ## Query infor syteline form to view printers ## Alternate Queries - syteline printer setup - syteline background task printer - syteline report printer not found ## Applies To Infor SyteLine 9.x and CloudSuite Industrial on premises. In multi-tenant CSI, printing is handled by Infor-managed arrangements; ask your administrator or Infor support. ## Steps ### Check and map printers for SyteLine output **Items:** - Decide where the print runs: interactive prints from the client use your machine's printers; background tasks use the server running the Task Manager service. - On the server, log in or run as the same account as the Task Manager service and open Printers and scanners to see which printers that account can use. - Install or share the printer for that account, and confirm a test page prints from the server. - In the report form's output options, select the printer and run once interactively. - For scheduled reports, set the printer in the background task parameters and run the task once on demand before enabling the recurrence. - Set sensible user defaults for printer where your release allows it, so reports do not default to a printer in another building. - If the printer name is not found, compare the exact spelling and server share name with what is saved in the task or report options. ## Sections ### Why there is no single printer form **Body:** People look for a SyteLine form that lists printers, but the list of valid printers comes from the operating system of the machine that performs the print. SyteLine stores the printer name you chose, not the device. This is why one report can print for a user and fail for a scheduled task: the two contexts see different printers. Use the form search for the word printer in your own menu to find any site-specific or release-specific setup form, and treat that as a mapping layer on top of the Windows queue. ### Mapping printers to reports and tasks **Body:** Mapping happens in three places: report options (saved selections that include the printer), background task definitions (printer parameter per task), and user or site defaults. When a department moves printers, update all three, or you will get stale names that fail only at 6 a.m. on a scheduled run. For label and form printing, many sites use a label tool instead of Windows printing. See the related page on label integration. ### Diagnosing printer not found or silent failures **Body:** Check the Background Task History for the exact message, then verify the service account can see the printer, the print spooler is running and the share name has not changed. A reboot of the server often reinstalls drivers differently, so confirm after patching. Duplex, tray and paper-size settings are driver properties for the account, not SyteLine properties. ## Pitfalls - Testing from your session only and never as the service account. - Using a desktop printer name that does not exist on the server. - Renaming a print server share without updating saved task parameters. - Installing drivers per user instead of for the service account. ## Ai Angle An assistant can help triage a print failure by reading the Background Task History for the failing task, extracting the printer parameter and comparing it with the last successful run, which saves the first twenty minutes of diagnosis. ERPray or SyteRay would do this read-only, but it cannot install printers; that stays with your infrastructure team. ## Faq ### Where do I see the list of printers in SyteLine? **Answer:** The valid list comes from the operating system of the machine that runs the print. Check the Windows print queue for your workstation or for the service account on the server. Look in your menu for any site-specific printer setup form. ### Why does a background task say printer not found? **Answer:** The task runs under the Task Manager service account, which may not have that printer installed or may see a different share name. Install the printer for that account and update the task parameter. ### Can I print SyteLine reports to PDF instead? **Answer:** Yes, most reports can output to a file or PDF, which avoids printer dependencies for scheduled documents. Use a UNC share that the service account can write to. ### How do I map a printer to a report? **Answer:** Choose it in the report output options and save the report options, or set it in the background task parameters for scheduled runs. Update both when printers move. ## Search terms syteline printer setup, infor syteline form to view printers, syteline printer not found, syteline background task printer, csi printing configuration, syteline print to pdf, syteline map printer to report --- Talk to an engineer: https://netray.co/contact?intent=erp_ai | Machine catalog: https://netray.co/agent/catalog.json