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
To learn more about Emmet, please see their website: Emmet.io and the Emmet.io
documentation: http://docs.emmet.io/.
Preferences
To change the way Emmet works in the Designer, select Window > Preferences, and in the
Preferences dialog, select Emmet; see "Emmet Preferences" on page314.
Using CSS files with HTML email
Email clients do not read CSS files and some even remove a <style> tag when it is present in
the email's header. Nevertheless, CSS files can be used with the Email context in the
Designer. When generating output from the Email context, the Designer converts all CSS rules
that apply to the content of the email to inline style tags, as if local formatting was applied.
Using images in email campaigns: tips
Host images on a public server
In the Designer you can add images as resource to the template document. When used in
email messages these images are automatically embedded on sending the email. These
embedded images appear instantly when viewing the message in your email client.
There is, however, a downside to this method: embedded images can't be used to track email
open rates. Email services like mandrillapp.com embed a tiny tracer image at the bottom of your
message. Each time a recipient opens the email the tracer image (aka beacon image) is
downloaded and yet another 'open' is registered. On mobile devices this happens when the
user clicks the Display Images button.
So, when tracking open rates in your email campaigns, store your images on a publicly-
accessible server (preferably your own server) or a reputable image hosting service, like
photobucket.com. Don't forget to set the Alternate Text for your images on the Attributes pane.
Do not capture your email in one big image
Most e-mail clients do not automatically download images, so do not capture your email in one
big image. The recipient initially sees a blank message and probably deletes it right away.
Do not resize images in your email
Many mail clients do not support image resizing and will show the image in its original
dimensions. Resize the images before you link to or embed them.
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