2018.1
Table Of Contents
- Table of Contents
- Welcome to PrintShop Mail Connect 2018.1
- Setup And Configuration
- System and Hardware Considerations
- Installation and Activation
- Where to obtain the installers
- Installation - important information
- Installation - How to guides
- Activation
- Installation prerequisites
- User accounts and security
- Installing PrintShop Mail Connect on Machines without Internet Access
- Installation Wizard
- Running connect installer in Silent Mode
- Activating a License
- Migrating to a new workstation
- Preferences
- Connect: a peek under the hood
- Known Issues
- Business Graphics: Backward Compatibility Issues
- Minor differences in PCL, AFPDS and IPDS output introduced in 2018.1
- Windows Server 2016 issue
- No switch for case sensitivity in Dynamic Printer Rules editor
- Limit of 100MB of image files within a single job
- Print Output: Booklet Impositioning changes introduced in 2018.1
- Installation Paths with Multi-Byte Characters
- Switching Languages
- GoDaddy Certificates
- MySQL Compatibility
- Available Printer Models
- Colour Model in Stylesheets
- Image Preview in Designer
- VIPP Output
- Uninstalling
- Connect: a peek under the hood
- Connect File Types
- The Designer
- Codabar Settings
- Code 128 Settings
- Code 39 Settings
- Data Matrix Settings
- EAN-128 Settings
- EAN-13 Settings
- EAN-8 Settings
- Interleaved 2 of 5 Settings
- PDF417 Settings
- QR Code Settings
- UPC-A Settings
- UPC-E Settings
- Designer Script API
- Designer Script API
- Examples
- Examples
- Examples
- Examples
- Examples
- Examples
- Examples
- Examples
- Examples
- Examples
- Examples
- Examples
- Examples
- Example
- Example
- Example
- Example
- Example
- Examples
- Creating a table of contents
- Example
- Examples
- Examples
- Examples
- Examples
- Replace elements with a snippet
- Replace elements with a set of snippets
- Example
- Example
- Creating a Date object from a string
- Control Script API
- Examples
- Designer Script API
- Generating output
- Print output
- Email output
- Optimizing a template
- Generating Print output
- Saving Printing options in Print Presets
- Connect Printing options that cannot be changed from within the Printer Wizard
- Print Using Standard Print Output Settings
- Print Using Advanced Printer Wizard
- Adding print output models to the Print Wizard
- Splitting printing into more than one file
- Print output variables
- Generating Email output
- Print Manager
- Print Manager Introduction Video
- Print Manager usage
- Print Manager Interface
- Overview
- Connect 2018.1.6 Enhancements/Fixes
- Connect 2018.1.5 Enhancements/Fixes
- Connect 2018.1.4 Enhancements/Fixes
- Connect 2018.1.3 Enhancements/Fixes
- Connect 2018.1.2 Enhancements/Fixes
- Connect 2018.1.1 Enhancements/Fixes
- Connect 2018.1 General Enhancements
- Connect 2018.1 Designer Enhancements/Fixes
- Connect 2018.1 Output Enhancements/Fixes
- Connect 1.8 Print Manager Enhancements/Fixes
- Known Issues
- Overview
- Connect 2018.1.4 Enhancements/Fixes
- Connect 2018.1.3 Enhancements/Fixes
- Connect 2018.1.2 Enhancements/Fixes
- Connect 2018.1.1 Enhancements/Fixes
- Connect 2018.1 General Enhancements
- Connect 2018.1 Designer Enhancements/Fixes
- Connect 2018.1 Output Enhancements/Fixes
- Connect 1.8 Print Manager Enhancements/Fixes
- Known Issues
- Overview
- Connect 2018.1.4 Enhancements/Fixes
- Connect 2018.1.3 Enhancements/Fixes
- Connect 2018.1.2 Enhancements/Fixes
- Connect 2018.1.1 Enhancements/Fixes
- Connect 2018.1 General Enhancements
- Connect 2018.1 Designer Enhancements/Fixes
- Connect 2018.1 Output Enhancements/Fixes
- Connect 1.8 Print Manager Enhancements/Fixes
- Known Issues
- Overview
- Connect 2018.1.3 Enhancements/Fixes
- Connect 2018.1.2 Enhancements/Fixes
- Connect 2018.1.1 Enhancements/Fixes
- Connect 2018.1 General Enhancements
- Connect 2018.1 Designer Enhancements/Fixes
- Connect 2018.1 Output Enhancements/Fixes
- Connect 1.8 Print Manager Enhancements/Fixes
- Known Issues
- Overview
- Connect 2018.1.2 Enhancements/Fixes
- Connect 2018.1.1 Enhancements/Fixes
- Connect 2018.1 General Enhancements
- Connect 2018.1 Designer Enhancements/Fixes
- Connect 2018.1 Output Enhancements/Fixes
- Connect 1.8 Print Manager Enhancements/Fixes
- Known Issues
- Overview
- Connect 2018.1.1 Enhancements/Fixes
- Connect 2018.1 General Enhancements
- Connect 2018.1 Designer Enhancements/Fixes
- Connect 2018.1 Output Enhancements/Fixes
- Connect 1.8 Print Manager Enhancements/Fixes
- Known Issues
- Overview
- Connect 2018.1 General Enhancements
- Connect 2018.1 Designer Enhancements/Fixes
- Connect 2018.1 Output Enhancements/Fixes
- Connect 1.8 Print Manager Enhancements/Fixes
- Known Issues
- Previous Releases
- Overview
- Connect 1.8 General Enhancements and Fixes
- Connect 1.8 Performance Related Enhancements and Fixes
- Connect 1.8 Designer Enhancements and Fixes
- Connect 1.8 Output Enhancements and Fixes
- Connect 1.8 Print Manager Enhancements and Fixes
- Known Issues
- Overview
- Connect 1.7.1 General Enhancements and Fixes
- Connect 1.7.1 Designer Enhancements and Fixes
- Connect 1.7.1 Output Enhancements and Fixes
- Known Issues
- Overview
- Connect 1.6.1 General Enhancements and Fixes
- Connect 1.6.1 Designer Enhancements and Fixes
- Connect 1.6.1 Output Enhancements and Fixes
- Known Issues
- Overview
- Connect 1.5 Designer Enhancements and Fixes
- Connect 1.5 Output Enhancements and Fixes
- Connect 1.5 General Enhancements and Fixes
- Known Issues
- Overview
- Connect 1.4.2 Enhancements and Fixes
- Connect 1.4.1 New Features and Enhancements
- Connect 1.4.1 Designer Enhancements and Fixes
- Connect 1.4.1 Output Enhancements and Fixes
- Known Issues
- Legal Notices and Acknowledgements
l Conditional content and dynamic tables, when used in a Print section, may or may not
leave an empty space at the bottom of the last page. To fill that space, if there is any, an
image or advert can be used as a whitespace element; see "Whitespace elements:
using optional space at the end of the last page" on the next page.
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Detail tables can be used in all contexts, but transport lines are only useful in a Print
context; see Detail Table.
Positioning and aligning elements
Sometimes, in a Print template, you don't want content to move up or down with the text flow.
To prevent that, put that content in a Positioned Box. See "Content elements" on page162.
When it comes to positioning elements on a page, Guides can be useful, as well as Tables.
See "How to position elements" on page254.
Page settings: size, margins and bleed
On paper, whether it is real or virtual, content is naturally limited by the page size and margins.
These, as well as the bleed, are set per Print section, as follows:
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On the Resources pane, right-click a section in the Print context and click Properties.
For the page size, click the drop-down to select a page size from a list of common paper sizes.
Changing the width or height automatically sets the page size to Custom.
Margins define where your text flow will go. Static elements can go everywhere on a page, that
is to say, within the printable space on a page that depends on the printer.
The bleed is the printable space around a page. It can be used on some printers to ensure that
no unprinted edges occur in the final trimmed document. Note: Printers that can’t print a bleed,
will misinterpret this setting. Set the bleed to zero to avoid this.
Tip
By default, measurements settings are in inches (in). You could also type measures in
centimeters (add 'cm' to the measurement, for example: 20cm) or in millimeters (for
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