Chapter 4
- Miscellaneous options
The options below
are included in the [Options] section of the PRINTFIL.INI file.
Some of them are automatically managed by Printfil, some others can
also be setup by the Configuration -> Standard Printfil's dialog, tabs: "PDF & E-mail" and "Options".
ArchiveRoot (
archiving path )
By this entry PRINTFIL can
automatically archive a copy of each captured
print job and/or print the same job to multiple printers simultaneously. Please see Chapter 11 for a detailed
explanation.
ArchiveDelDays ( number of days: 0 = no )
When PRINTFIL starts, it can
automatically delete the print jobs archived in ArchiveRoot which are older than the
specified number of days. For example, by setting up
ArchiveDelDays=365, the archiving folder will contain only the print
jobs of the last year. If this option = 0, the archived jobs will never be deleted. Please see Chapter 11 for a detailed
explanation.
RemLastChr ( n =
no. of characters to remove )
Sometimes, legacy
character-mode applications puts some extra
characters at the end of the print jobs (for example
chr(12) + chr(13): EJECT + CR) because otherwise some
laser printers did not eject the last page.
This normally produce an extra page on the print job
containing only the spurious characters (a blank
page).
Despite of this
effect could appair also by sending the ascii stream
directly to some laser printers, sometimes it is
undesired.
The correct solution should be removing the extra
characters, but if you cannot change the source print
job, you can use this entry to remove them
automatically.
For example: by
setting RemLastChr=2 Printfil will remove the last 2
characters on the print job, if they are the
only 2 on the last page.
You can also set
RemLastChr to a larger value. For example, if you set
RemLastChr=5 and the last page has only 2 characters,
they will be removed anyway (but only the last 2). If
RemLastChr is set to 1 and the last page has 2
characters, they will be both printed.
If this entry is
missing, or set to 0 (zero), no characters will be
removed.
| WARNING: Printfil 4.x versions
were accepting also the .T. and .F. values
for the RemLastChr entry. This values are
still supported for compatibility, but they
are now deprecated and will be removed in a
future Printfil version. |
ManCopies ( .T. =
true , .F. = false )
There are some Windows
printer drivers which does not correctly manage the number of copies; neither
by setting it by the standard windows "Choose Printer" dialog, nor by
Printfil directly (either through the Printfil.CFG file or by the Escape sequences embedded into the print jobs)
Should you experience this
problem with your own printer driver, please try to search the
manufacter's website for an updated version of it first. If the updated
printer driver still doesn't solve the problem, then you can setup
ManCopies=.T. to make Printfil managing the copies internally, instead
of through the Windows printer driver.
SecurePDF
This entry controls
the security settings when creating a PDF file via
GhostScript. Please see Chapter 9.
PathPDF
This entry contains
the path which has been last used when creating a PDF
file through the "Printfil" virtual printer
and the integrated preview. It's used to be proposed
at the next PDF creation, and it's automatically
managed by Printfil.
EMailClient (MAPI)
When sending an
e-mail message, Printfil gives an higher priority to
Microsoft Outlook then to others MAPI clients
eventually installed on your machine.
If Microsoft Outlook is installed on your machine,
but you are used to use another MAPI client (like
Outlook Express or Thunderbird), then you can avoid
having Printfil invoking Outlook by setting EMailClient=MAPI
(or by putting a checkmark in the Printfil's configuration
dialog, PDF & E-Mail tab, MAPI
field).
DelayStartup
This parameter allows you delaying Printfil's
startup of some seconds. This might be useful to ensure that other
programs in the "Start -> All Programs -> Startup" folder or
complex logon scripts will complete before Printfil starts.
PFPrinter ( Virtual printer's name. Default = Printfil )
This entry contains the name of the virtual printer used by Printfil to capture DOS/Win LPT ports and/or to create/e-mail a PDF file out of the captured print jobs. Please see Chapter 8: The Printfil Virtual Printer for further info.
The default virtual printer's
name is Printfil, but in some cases you may want to use a different
name; for example if you want to capture multiple LPT ports on the
same machine, simultaneously.
The virtual printer's name must be short (max 8 characters) and cannot include spaces.
LPT_Timeout( Slow DOS jobs )
If
you've a DOS program which doesn't spool the print jobs until elapses a
long time or it gets closed, then you can modify this parameter on the
configuration of your Windows machine to speed it up.
Please
find more info about this Windows parameter in the article: How
to make DOS
programs printing faster in Windows
Modifying
this parameter simply in the Printfil.ini file does not change the
Windows configuration. You must
click the LPT_Timeout button in the Configuration -> Standard
-> Options Printfil's dialog so that Printfil modifies the related Windows registry entries.
This
parameter should be modified only by Windows users who are members of
the "Administrators" group.
DefOemCP ( Default OEM Code Page )
This
entry contains the name of the default OEM Code Page Windows will use
when performing the conversion of legacy (OEM) characters to their
Windows (Ansi) equivalents (please see AnsiConv in
the previous chapter)
Printfil
automatically finds and store the default value in this entry. You
should never modify it manually with a text editor. This value is used by Printfil to show you which is the default codepage when/if you'll change it (please see NewOemCP below).
NewOemCP ( New OEM Code Page )
This
entry contains the name of the OEM Code Page you want
Windows will use to convert legacy (OEM) characters to their
Windows (Ansi) equivalents instead of the default one. You may want to
change the Windows OEM Codepage only in case your own legacy program
is setup to use a different codepage than the Windows default OEM one
(please see DefOemCp above) making accented letters and other national characters not correctly printed.
Modifying this parameter simply in the Printfil.ini file does not change the Windows configuration. You must click the OEM Code Page: xxx button in the Configuration -> Standard Printfil's dialog (where xxx is the codepage actually selected) so that Printfil modifies the related Windows registry entries.
This
parameter should be modified only by Windows users who are members of
the "Administrators" group.
If you'll setup Windows with a wrong OEM codepage, you can always restore the default value, by reselecting the DefOemCp.
ShowManX.X
( .T. = true , .F. = false - X.X stands for the Printfil's version)
If
this entry is .T. or it is missing, and Printfil is run in evaluation mode, at next Printfil startup this
manual and the guided configuration will be automatically opened, then
ShowManX.X will be put = .F.
This is the standard setting when Printfil is run for the
first time or when running a newer version in evaluation mode.
ShowPop ( .T. =
true , .F. = false )
When used in
evaluation mode, Printfil periodically show a popup
message remainding to register the software. By
Setting this entry to .F., the messages will no more
be shown during the first 20 days of evaluation.
The entry is
automatically managed by Printfil itself, which,
after showing you the popup message, will ask you if
you want to show it again or not.
SupportEmail (
.F. = false )
By default, if
PRINTFIL execution terminates abnormally, at next
startup it shows an automatically generated e-mail to
be sent to the Support Team.
The e-mail DOES NOT
CONTAIN ANY PERSONAL DATA, but an Error Report and
the Printfil configuration on the PC.
The user can always
choose whether to send the e-mail or to close the
window.
Setting this entry
to .F., this Auto Notification Error feature can be
disabled, as well as the "E-mail Support"
menu entry.
If you want to
re-enable it later, do not set this entry to .T., but
remove the entire line from PRINTFIL.INI instead.
AutoUpdate ( .F.
= false )
PRINTFIL can
automatically connect to our web site to see if an
update is available.
By default, the
check is done only once at each PRINTFIL startup,
after the user connects to the internet. Printfil
will NOT start an internet connection itself to do
the check.
If the installed
Printfil version is not the latest one, the user can
be informed, either by a message box or by an
internet web page automatically opened to ask the
user to download the update.
Setting this entry
to .F., the Auto Update check will be disabled.
In this case, the
only way to check if an update is available is by
clicking the "Search for updates" entry in
the Printfil menu.
If you want to
re-enable it later, do not set this entry to .T., but
remove the entire line from PRINTFIL.INI instead.
LogFile ( .T. =
true , .F. = false )
Normally disabled
(.F.), if you set it = .T. , a PRINTFIL.LOG file will
be created in the Printfil installation directory.
This file contains the data exchanged between
Printfil and our web server by the AutoUpdate
procedure.
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