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ThereisanumberofsettingsinthePrintcontextandPrintsectionsthathaveanimpactonhowthe
Printcontextisprinted;see"PrintsettingsinthePrintcontextandsections"onpage123.
TosplitthePrintoutputintoseveralfiles,see"Splittingprintingintomorethanonefile"onpage869.
Email output
TheEmailcontextoutputsHTMLemailwithembeddedformattingtoanemailclientthroughtheuseof
anemailserver.TheHTMLgeneratedbythiscontextismeanttobecompatiblewithasmanyclients
andasmanydevicesaspossible.
AlthoughtheEmailcontextcancontainmultipleEmailtemplates,onlyoneofthemcanbemergedwith
eachrecord.Whichoneisused,dependsonasetting;see"EmailoutputsettingsintheEmailcontext
andsections"onpage878.
Emailissentinasinglebatchforthewholerecordset.
Totestatemplate,youcantestthescripts(see"Testingscripts"onpage376)andsendatestemail
first(see"Send(Test)Email"onpage486),beforeactuallysendingtheemail(see"GeneratingEmail
output"onpage876).
Attachments
Output,generatedfromanEmailtemplate,canhavethefollowingattachments:
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ThecontentsofthePrintcontext,intheformofasinglePDFattachment.(Compressionoptions
forPDFattachmentscanbespecifiedintheEmailcontext'sproperties;see"CompressingPDF
attachments"onpage158.)
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Otherfiles,animageoraPDFleafletforexample.
AttachingthePrintcontextisoneoftheoptionsinthe"Send(Test)Email"onpage486dialog.
Tolearnhowtoattachotherfiles,see"Emailattachments"onpage167.
Generating Print output
Connectsupportsanumberofdifferenttypesofprintoutputs.Theseinclude:
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AFP
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IPDS(spoolfilecreatedbyConnect,withprintercontrolavailablethroughthe"PrintManager"on
page886)
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PCL
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PDF
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PostScript(includingthePPML,VIPPandVPSvariants)
Note: Themaximumnumberofpagesis9999perrecordforeachPrintsection.
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