Configure the Send to Printer component

Use the Send to Printer component to route images to printers that are located anywhere on the network. This component provides remote copying capabilities.

Send to Printer Configuration dialog box

Each page (tab) in the Send to Printer component represents a set of printer settings configured for the specific file association. The file association represents a file mask and is set using File Pattern dialog box.

The General tab defines the "catch-all" printer.

Option	Description
Add	Click this button to add a new printer association to the component. This button opens the File Pattern dialog box; in the opened dialog box, enter the file association for the newly added printer tab. The file association represents the mask for the file names that will be printed using this printer settings. You can use wildcard characters in the file mask: * : any value of any length ? : any single character When you click the OK button, a new printer tab for defined file association is added. All files that match the specified file association are routed to the printer defined on this tab, rather than to the printers defined on General tab. To edit a file association of the printer page, double click the tab name. In this case, the File Pattern dialog box will be shown. The following information provides you with sample references about file masks: .tif: all TIFF image files will be routed to this printer .????: all documents whose extension is four character long will be routed to this printer
Remove	Click this button to delete the currently selected tab. You can delete any tab except for the General tab.
Activate	Activate the component according to a condition. If the component stays inactive, it won't perform any actions with documents in the workflow at run time. See more information on using conditions in Conditional fields. This option is only present in the eConnector component.
Pass through	Select this check box if you want the document to be passed to the subsequent components in the workflow. If this check box is not selected, the component will remove the input file from the workflow after sending it to the printer. This option is only present in the eConnector component.
Printer name	Select the printer name from the drop-down list of printers configured on the workflow server host machine.
Paper	This group of options allows you to specify paper properties of the printer. For the exact definitions of the paper sizes and sources available for your printer, consult the printer documentation or contact the manufacturer.
Size	Enter the paper size. The values that appear in the drop-down list depend on the model of the selected printer.
Source	Indicates the paper source based on available paper sources on the printer driver. If you click the Auto Select option, the printer uses the paper tray that supports the paper size you have selected. If you choose a paper source other than Automatically Select, make sure that the correct form (paper size) is assigned to the paper source.
Orientation	This group of options allows the user to specify what page orientation will be used for document printing. The following two orientations are available: Portrait: select this option to orient the document vertically Landscape: select this option to orient the document horizontally The picture in this group demonstrates the currently selected page orientation.
Copies	This group allows the user to specify how many copies of the file will be actually printed.
Number of copies	Enter the number of copies you want to print.
Collate	Select this check box if you want to print a complete copy of the document before the first page of the next copy. When this check box is not selected, the component prints all copies of teh first page, then prints all copies of the second page and so on.
Zoom	In the Pages per sheet list box, select the number of pages that will printed on each page.