Setting the File Name

To use a Smart file name:

To set an incrementing file name:

Setting the File Format

To set the file format for the TIFF driver

To set the file format for the Color driver

To set the file format for the PDF driver

Setting Email Application Options

Setting Print Options

Setting Logging Options

Setting Advanced Print Options

Setting the File Name

Use the same filename for an image each time you select an ImagePRINT driver as your printer, or choose from 2 other file naming standards. What you select as the file naming standard remains in effect until you reset it.

• Use the same file name each time you print with ImagePRINT
• Let ImagePRINT create a file name for you based on the name of the file.
• Use a file name with a numeric suffix that increments by one number each time you print with ImagePRINT.

To set the file name:

1. On the Options tab, under Output File Naming, select the Fixed option.
   
2. To chose a different folder to store the file, click the Browse button, select the folder and click OK.

   Format: drive:\path\name.filetype

   Where drive is the drive where the file is to be located, path is the path to the folder, name is the name of the file. Filetype is the extension for file type you select as the file format.

   Example: c:\images\TIFFimage.TIF

   You can set another file prefix for the output file name. For more information, see Setting Output File Options

To use a Smart file name:

1. On the Options tab, under Output File Naming, select the Smart option.
   
2. To chose a different folder to store the file, click the Browse button, select the folder and click OK.

To set an incrementing file name:

1. On the Options tab, under Output File Naming, select the Numerical option.
   
2. To chose a different folder to store the file, click the Browse button, select the folder and click OK.
3. Set the file numbering convention:

   Format: drive:\path\name.filetype

   Where name is the file name to be used as a prefix to the number. This number is incremented by 1 for each file generated. Filetype is the extension for the file type you select as the file format.

   Examples:   c:\documents\image.TIF

   c:\documents\image01.TIF

   c:\documents\image02.TIF

4. To chose a different folder to store the file, click the Browse button, select the folder and click OK.

Setting the File Format

Different file formats are available for each ImagePRINT driver. For more information about choosing the file format that best meets your image requirements, see Choosing a File Format

To set the file format for the TIFF driver

1. On the Options tab, select one of the following file formats from the
   File Format drop-down list.
   

   To chose a different folder to store the file, click the Browse button, select the folder and click OK.

   Choose from the following 1-bit formats:

   • DCX - Run length encoding. multi-page PCX encoded
   • PNG - Flate encoding, single page per file
   • TIFF Group 3 - Modified Huffman encoding (MH), reverse and normal bit ordering
   • TIFF Group 3 (2D) - Modified Read encoding (MR), reverse and normal bit ordering. Slightly better compression than regular Group 3)
   • TIFF Group 4 - Modified Modified Read encoding (MMR), reverse and normal bit ordering
   • BMP - Uncompressed, single page per file
   • PCX - Run length encoding, single page per file
2. If required, select how pages are to be saved. From the Page Format drop-down list, do one of the following:
   • To save each page in your document as image in a separate file, select One Page Per File.
   • To save all page images in a single file, select Multiple Pages Per File.

   Note: The multiple page option is not available for PNG, BMP or PCX file formats.

To set the file format for the Color driver

1. Onthe Options tab, select one of the following file formats from the
   File Format drop-down list.
   

   Choose from 8-bit or 24-bit formats:

   8-bit

   • PNG Grey Scale - Flate encoding, single page per file
   • PNG 8 Bit Color - Flate encoding, single page per file

   24-bit

   • JPEG - Configurable lossiness, single page per file
   • TIFF Pack Bits - Run length encoding
   • BMP - Uncompressed, single page per file
   • PNG - Flate encoding
2. If required, select how pages are to be saved. From the Page Format drop-down list, do one of the following:
   • To save each page in your document as image in a separate file, select One Page Per File.
   • To save all page images in a single file, select Multiple Pages Per File.

   Note: This option is not available for PNG (Grey Scale and 8-Bit Color), JPEG, BMP file formats.

To set the file format for the PDF driver

1. On the Options tab, select one of the following file formats from the
   File Format drop-down list.

   Choose from:

   • PDF (1 bit black and white) - Modified Modified Read encoding (MMR)
   • PDF (8 bit grey scale) - Flate encoding
   • PDF (8 bit color) - Flate encoding
   • PDF (24 bit color) - configurable lossiness
2. If required, select how pages are to be saved. From the Page Format drop-down list, do one of the following:
   • To save each page in your document as image in a separate file, select One Page Per File.
   • To save all page images in a single file, select Multiple Pages Per File.

Setting Email Application Options

1. On the Launch tab, select a Launch Application After Printing is Complete option to launch an email client
   
2. SMTP Mailer: To launch the POP3 mail client application in your network and attach the document. Click the Browse button and locate the EXE file for the SMTP mail application.
3. Microsoft Outlook: To launch Microsoft Outlook and attach the document.
4. Custom Application: To launch ImagePRINT's own email client SendMail.exe. Alternatively, you can specify the location of an EXE file for another application you want to launch.

Setting Print Options

When you print an image file, there are several options you can select at the time of printing. These include file format, page layout, email and logging options. These options are NOT saved when you exit the application.

To ensure consistent results when printing from applications, you should set the defaults for the ImageMAKER Print Driver in your Windows Control Panel. See Setting Default Resolution and Dithering Options

To set print options:

1. Onthe Options tab, specify the file location. Use the Browse button to change the location.
2. Click a button to decide how to name your file. For more information, see Setting the File Name
   • To type your own file name, click the Fixed button. Type a file name prefix before the file extension.
   • To have ImagePRINT name the file using the document title, click the Smart button.
   • To have ImagePRINT sequentially number files, click the Numerical button.
3. From the File Format list, select an option. See Setting the File Format
4. From the Page Layout list, select an option: either One Page Per File to print each page as a single file, or Multiple Pages Per File to print multiple pages in a single file (not available for PNG, BMP or PCX formats).
5. To launch the Image Viewer immediately and view the output, leave the Launch Viewer When Done checkbox selected; clear it otherwise.
6. To remove the display of the Options dialog the next time you use ImagePRINT, click the Don't Show This Dialog Next Time checkbox.
7. When you hide the dialog, ImagePRINT only shows the progress window when printing. To redisplay the dialog, click the Show Full Dialog Next Time checkbox in the Progress window and click OK.

Setting Logging Options

ImagePRINT can keep a log of your image printing activities. The log is a text file that you can view in Notepad.

To set logging options:

1. On the Log tab, click the Log to File checkbox to log the results of image printing activities to a text file.
   
2. To view the log in a Notepad window, click the View Log button.
3. To specify when to clear the log, select an option from the drop-down list, as follows.
   • Never: Keep adding to the log until you clear it manually.
   • Before Each Job: clear the log before each new document is printed.
   • Each Day: Clear the log once a day.
   • Each Week: Clear the log once a week.
   • Each Month: Clear the log once a month.
4. To clear the log manually, click the Clear Now button.

   You can also save the contents of the log to a file that you can send to our technical support department. For contact information, see Contacting Technical Support

Setting Advanced Print Options

Advanced settings you can specify at printing time include whether or not to keep temporary intermediate files, whether to notify when printing is complete, hide the progress dialog, and whether to use the Control Panel Device Settings as the default file location, name and file format.

To set advanced options:

1. Click the Advanced tab.
   
2. Select one of the following options to control the creation of temporary internet files on a network file share. These settings do not apply to files you print to a local drive.
   • Do Not Force: No temporary files are created.
   • Force Creation: Always create temporary files.
   • Force NO Creation: Never create temporary files.
3. To send notification when the image has printed, click the Send Notification Message Upon Completion checkbox. Specify a Window Handle number and a Message Number. Alternatively, edit the Registry key shown in the Registry Key box.
4. Under Other options, click the Hide Progress Dialog checkbox if you don't want ImagePRINT to display the file creation progress meter.
5. Under Other options, click the Use Command-Line File Name as Default if you want ImagePRINT to generate the file using the default output file settings for the file type, path, output file and number of pages per output file.

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