Pasta is an Oracle E-Business Suite utility that converts text report files to PostScript and also enables the printing of custom PostScript reports from Oracle E-Business Suite. The reports can then be directed to any PostScript printer.

Setting up your system to use Pasta is much simpler than the standard Oracle E-Business Suite printer setup procedure. The Printer Type, Printer Driver, and SRW driver files are provided. The only setup required to begin printing is the registration of the printer with Oracle E-Business Suite.

Many printing options can be defined using the Pasta configuration file (pasta.cfg). You no longer need to maintain multiple drivers and styles for each printer.

Pasta is provided as an executable named FNDPSTAX.

You can change the file that is defined as the default configuration file for Pasta by using the -F command line parameter.

For example, suppose you create a PCL print-specific configuration file named pcl.cfg. Set the FNDPSTAX command line option as follows:

-Fpcl.cfg

Pasta will look for pcl_<printer>.cfg first, and if it is not found, Pasta will use pcl.cfg as the default.

These files must be placed under the $FND_TOP/resource directory.

The -F command line parameter can be set in the Arguments field of the Printer Drivers window. See Printer Drivers Window.

If you want to add a new Printer Type, you can also add Pasta to your new printer type.

1. Navigate to the Printer Types window.

2. Enter the Type of printer.

3. In the Style field use the list of values to select the style to which you want to assign a Pasta driver.

4. In the Driver Name field, select the appropriate Pasta driver from the list of values:

5. PASTA_LANDSCAPE

6. PASTA_PORTRAIT

7. PASTA_LANDWIDE

8. PASTA_DYNAMIC

   For more information on the Printer Types window, see Printer Types Window.