Printing from CPRS

You can print most reports, notes, and detailed displays from within the CPRS GUI.

To print graphics and charts, you will need to print to a Windows printer. To print text documents, you can print to either a Windows printer or a VistA printer. The printer language used by Windows printers can accommodate graphics, while the language used by VistA printers cannot.

Printing Single Items

You can also print graphics on a Windows printer from the Labs tab and the Vitals screen. You can use File | Print Setup... to set the preferred attributes for the printer. CPRS remembers which printer you used last and will print to that printer again unless you changed it for the duration of the session. You can also configure and save a printer as the default for the user.

The print dialog enables the user to print a single item. A similar dialog, without the Chart copy / Work copy option appears for items on other tabs. Many report boxes now have Print button on them to make it easier for you to print the information you need.

Normally, you do not need to enter a right margin or page length value. These values are measured in characters and normally are already defined by the device.

You will also still have the options to print your regular tasked jobs.

Printing Multiple Notes, Consults, or Discharge Summaries

The ability to print multiple Progress Notes, Consults, and Discharge Summaries has been added to the CPRS GUI. This feature is available from those tabs only.

To print multiple Notes, Consults, or Discharge Summaries, use these steps:

1. Go to the appropriate tab (Notes, Consults, or DC/Summ) by selecting on the tab or using the keyboard commands to locate the tab.

2. Select File | Print Selected Items....

3. Select the documents you want to print.

Note: To select a number of items in a row, click the first item, hold down the Shift key, and click the last item. All items in the range will be selected. To select multiple items that are not in a row, click one, hold down the Control key, and click the other specific notifications.

4. Select OK.