2018.2
Table Of Contents
- Table of Contents
- Welcome to PrintShop Mail Connect 2018.2
- 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
- Job Creation Presets: External Sorting
- Business Graphics: Backward Compatibility Issues
- Known Font issues
- Minor differences in PCL, AFPDS and IPDS output introduced in 2018.1
- Windows Server 2016 issue
- 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
- Color Model in Style Sheets
- Image Preview in Designer
- VIPP Output
- Magic Number changes when installing Docker
- Uninstalling
- Connect: a peek under the hood
- Connect File Types
- The Designer
- Australia Post 4 State Settings
- Codabar Settings
- Code 128 Settings
- Code 39 Settings
- Datamatrix Settings
- EAN-128 Settings
- EAN-13 Settings
- EAN-8 Settings
- Interleaved 2 of 5 Settings
- KIX Code (Dutch Post) Settings
- PDF417 Settings
- QR Code Settings
- Royal Mail 4 State Settings
- Royal Mail 2D Settings
- UPC-A Settings
- UPC-E Settings
- US Postal Service IMB Settings
- US Postal Service IMPB Settings
- Designer Script API
- Standard Script API
- Examples
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- Creating a table of contents
- Example
- Examples
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- 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
- Post Pagination Script API
- Designer Script API
- Generating output
- Print Manager
- Print Manager Introduction Video
- Print Manager usage
- Print Manager Interface
- Overview
- Connect 2018.2 Enhancements
- Connect 2018.2 Designer Updates
- JSON support added to the Data Model Panel
- Minimum Pages option added to Print Sections
- Color Output option added to Print Contexts
- Breadcrumb Improvements
- Paste as Plain Text option added
- Scripting Improvements
- Post Pagination Improvements
- Barcode Improvements
- Business Graphics Improvements
- General Designer Improvements
- Connect 2018.2 Output updates
- Print Wizard and Preset Wizard Improvements
- Connect 2018.2 Print Manager updates
- Known Issues
- Overview
- Connect 2018.2.1 Enhancements/Fixes
- Connect 2018.2 Enhancements
- Connect 2018.2 Designer Updates
- JSON support added to the Data Model Panel
- Minimum Pages option added to Print Sections
- Color Output option added to Print Contexts
- Breadcrumb Improvements
- Paste as Plain Text option added
- Scripting Improvements
- Post Pagination Improvements
- Barcode Improvements
- Business Graphics Improvements
- General Designer Improvements
- Connect 2018.2 Output updates
- Print Wizard and Preset Wizard Improvements
- Connect 2018.2 Print Manager updates
- Known Issues
- Previous Releases
- 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 2018.1 Print Manager Enhancements/Fixes
- Known Issues
- 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
Alternatively you could set this property on the Source tab in the HTML (for example: <ul
style="page-break-inside: avoid;">), or add a rule to the style sheet; see "Styling your
templates with CSS files" on page257.
Adding blank pages to a section
How to add a blank page to a section is described in a how-to: Create blank page on field
value.
Master Pages
In Print sections, there are often elements that need to be repeated across pages, like headers,
footers and logos. In addition, some elements should appear only on specific pages, such as
only the first page, or the last page, or only on pages in-between. Examples are a different
header on the first page, and a tear-off slip that shows up on the last page.
This is what Master Pages are used for. Master Pages can only be used in the Print context
(see "Print context" on page114).
Master Pages resemble Print sections, and they are edited in much the same way (see "Editing
a Master Page" on the next page) but they contain a single page and do not have any text flow.
Only one Master Page can be applied per page in printed output. Then a Print template is
created, one master page is added to it automatically. You can add more Master Pages; see
"Adding a Master Page" below. Initially, the original Master Page will be applied to all pages,
but different Master Pages can be applied to different pages; see "Applying a Master Page to a
page in a Print section" on page138.
Examples
There are a few How-tos that demonstrate the use of Master Pages:
l Showing a Terms and Conditions on the back of the first page only.
l A tear-off section on the first page of an invoice.
l Tips and tricks for Media and Master Pages.
Adding a Master Page
When a Print template is created, one master page is added to it automatically. Adding more
Master Pages can be done as follows:
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