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      How to ACARS Printing

      A guide on how to print from the MCDU

      Getting Started


      To access the printing settings, go to the EFB > Settings app

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      Printer: Select your printer (or pushover) from the list. In this case, it's POS80 Printer.

      Font: Select between Arial and Consolas

       Consolas:                                                                  Arial:
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      Font Size: Adjust the size of the print output. Above is the default size of 10.

      For 58mm printers, a text size of 7 is recommended to prevent clipping.

      Top/Left Margin: Adjusts the indentation amount. Above is the default of 0. Some printers have a margin baked in by default so when you print it's already indented left or down a bit, but others don't so if the text is too close to the edge then you can tweak the values until it's where you want the text to be.

      Auto-Print: Your printer can automatically print whenever you receive either a TELEX or ACARS message or both if you wish. Turn this off if you wish to save some paper.

      When auto-printing is enabled, COMPANY MSG will not appear on the ECAM 
      as it will come through via. the physical printer (or Pushover) and the crew will be 
      alerted that way. This will automatically mark the message as “viewedˮ in the 
      MCDU. You can still reprint the messages via the MCDU if needed.

      Manually Print: Find the message in the AOC RCVD MSGS section of the MCDU and click Print*.
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      Pushover Guide

      Pushover allows you to have ACARS messages sent to your mobile device instead of a physical printer. Pushover is a paid service with a 30 day free trial - a one 
      time payment of $5. Up to 10,000 messages can be sent to your devices per 
      month for free - this should be more than enough. Treat all “tokensˮ and “keysˮ as 
      passwords and donʼt share them with other people.

      1. Select the ‘Pushover’ printer in the EFB settings
      2. Create an account on https://pushover.net
      3. Find your user key and paste it into the Pushover User Key input box

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      4.  Create a new application in Pushover
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      5.  Take your Pushover application “API Token/Key” and paste it into the “Pushover API Token” input box in the EFB

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      Auto-print EFB options are optional. If enabled, each time you receive an ACARS message you will get an alert on your mobile device. If disabled, the message will be sent when you press “PRINT” on the ACARS message yourself.

        6.   Install Pushover on your mobile device and follow the login instructions

        7.   Test it out! Make an ACARS weather request and within a few moments, it will arrive on your mobile device.

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