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Print File Naming Conventions Hot Folder Print User Guide
Note
While it is possible to add images to any existing print size folder, if do not have that printer media
size installed in the connected printer, those images do not print. The images remain in the print
folder until that printer media size is loaded or the images are deleted manually from the folder.
Print File Naming Conventions
File Naming Schema: ?_KIDX_PX_POX_OIDX.? where KIDX_PX_POX_OIDX is the duplex block of the file name.
Example File Name: Print_KID1000_P1_PO10_OID1.png
For the duplex block of the file name, only numeric values (whole numbers) 0 through 9 are accepted.
 ? – Front portion of the file name. Can have any text that does not include the keys _KID, _P,_PO, or _OID.
 _KID – Kiosk ID. Must be a numeric value. Legal characters are whole numbers 0 through 9.
 _P – Page number. Must be a numeric value.
 _PO – Page off. This is a numeric value that show the total number of pages in the current print job.
 _OID – Order ID. Must be a numeric number and unique for each print job.
The block _KIDX_PX_POX_OIDX must be sequential. The block also must be the last segment before the beginning of the
file extension.
As a duplex job is processed, each file has a .dp extension added to the end of the file name by the Hot Folder Print
application. (For example, the file name used above is changed to Print_KID1000_P1_PO10_OID1.png.dp once that
file is processed.) The .dp extension (duplex prints) stops the software from continuously processing the same files. Once
all pages in the order have been processed, the job is put into a ready state and then the job is printed when the DS80-DX
printer becomes available. When the job is complete, it is archived if that option is turned ON in settings and the .dp
extension is stripped from the files as they are moved into the archive directory.