1.8

Connect 1.8 Print Manager Enhancements
and Fixes
Continuous Printing on IPDS Printers
When printing on high volume IPDS printers, it is best if the printer does not pause often. On
continuous feed printers in particular, a pause can lead to malfunctions as well as cause
delays. It's not just the pause itself, but also the additional time spent whilst the printer slows
down and then speeds up again after the pause. The faster the printer, the bigger an issue this
becomes.
The Connect Print Manager itself was increasing the pause time as it had to make sure that the
currently printing job was completed before sending a new job.
To reduce the need for such pauses, support for IPDSoutput incorporating multipage
PDFcontainers was added in Connect 1.8. Most (if not all) modern IPDS printers support
Multipage PDF containers, which can be used in such a way to as remove pauses between
print jobs. This means high-end printers can now be prevented from pausing.
To cater for IPDSoutput with Multipage PDF containers, the Print Manager has been
significantly updated.
For further information about this, please see the Print Manager section in the online Help.
(SHARED-56881)
General Print Manager improvements and fixes
l The entire row is now highlighted when selected in the SNMP printer status view of the
Print Manager. (SHARED-41114)
l Can now drag print jobs back and forth between the Printer Queue and the Job Queue.
l A multitude of small GUI improvements were made, including catering for new continuous
IPDS printing.
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