Which to use Print Format designer or Print Designer in ERPNext 15

Frappe Framework Print Formats
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First thing I want to know is what should I use for creating Print Formats in ERPNext 15? Should I use the default Print Format designer or the newer Print Designer?

On checking the GitHub repository of Print Designer. But the steps shown to setting it up says that it needs to be setup on a separate site.

From what I understand each site is independent of other sites and cannot access data of other sites.

So if we install Print Designer as instructed in the repository how will I be able to access the site in which ERPNext is setup and build print formats for it?

Finally how will the design format created in Print Designer be visible to users when they are trying to print a document?

@maharshivpatel Can you please guide me here.

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@YogiYang you can install it on the same site. instructions are just for having local setup it doesn’t mean you need separate site, Thank you

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So to be clear.

I have installed ERPNext v15 with HRMS on a local server. I access it on my LAN by typing in the ip address of the server.

If I follow the local installation directions on GitHub at GitHub - frappe/print_designer: Visual print designer for Frappe / ERPNext

  1. Install bench and setup a frappe-bench directory by following the Installation Steps

  2. Start the server by running

bench start
  1. In a separate terminal window, create a new site by running
bench new-site print-designer.test
  1. Map your site to localhost with the command
bench --site print-designer.test add-to-hosts
  1. Get the Print Designer app
bench get-app https://github.com/frappe/print_designer
  1. Install the app on the site.
bench --site print-designer.test install-app print_designer
  1. Open http://print-designer.test:8000/ in your browser and go through the setup wizard.
  2. After the setup is complete now open http://print-designer.test:8000/app/print-designer/

I’m assuming because I already have a bench setup of ERPnext I can skip step 1

When I am done do I access Print Designer by entering in the local ip of the server and port 8000 ie 192.168.1.88:8000

Will Print designer be able to access my ERPNext forms?

Or do I skip all the way to step 5 and run these commands in the folder conating my site?

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As already stated before by @maharshivpatel you have to install it in your current site.

So start with Step #5.