In the billing manager (Fees/Billing) there is an option to set the margins for printing on the CMS 1500 form. The default is set at Left 24, Top 20.
On my printer, I get the best results with Left 22 Top 22, so I enter those numbers. But every time I return to the Billing Manager page, it resets these numbers to Left 24 Top 20. So every time I generate a new CMS 1500 PDF, I have to manually re-enter the correct margins for my printer. My secretary is going to forget to do this every time, and we’ll waste a lot of preprinted CMS-1500 forms.
Since I’m using the same printer every time, I’m wondering how to set the default margins to Left 22 Top 22. Is there a way to have the margin settings remembered, so when you re-open the page, it is set to the numbers you used last time you generated a PDF?
If you are using latest version (4.2.2) then please download attachment from this post, extract and replace with following locations,
interface/billing/billing_report.php
library/globals.inc.php
sql/4_2_1-to-4_2_2_upgrade.sql
After replacing, please run sql_upgrade.php in browser for your openemr. That’s it. Now go to Administration -> Globals -> Pdf. In that screen, you can find two new fields named “cms 1500 left margin” and “cms 1500 top margin”. set your desired values here which will reflect in billing manager screen.
If you are running your openemr at www.example.com/openemr then the sql_upgrade link will be www.example.com/openemr/sql_upgrade.php. Or if you are having your openemr in your local and accessing it like localhost/openemr then the sql_upgrade.php link will be localhost/openemr/sql_upgrade.php.
Whoa. Looks like this feature is included in 5.0.0, but it is included in Globals/Features, rather than in Globals/PDF. I’ll try it out before asking for more help on this one.