RPM Raw Print Action

What it does

Sends documents consisting of printer to a printer bypassing the print driver. Typically the printer codes are generated by RPM or the computer that sent the print job.

History

RPM has supported raw printing, also called direct printing, since the beginning. In version 5.0 we have added:

• printing to Windows shared printers, using credentials
• interactive printing, using credentials
• print a number of copies; the text print action actually prints repetitively if the number of copies is more than one, rather than trust the Windows driver (since we're not using the driver, of course).

The raw print action also supports page range, using form feeds to delimit pages. 

Setup

• Credentials Optionally, enter the username, password, and domain for an account with sufficient access to the destination printer. An account with full access to the printer will allow RPM to control the filename passed to the Windows spooler.
• Printer Select the printer to which documents will be printed.
• Interact with Desktop Some print drivers or port monitors may require a user to perform some predefined action prior to document output. For example, the FILE: port requires you to specify the filename. If your printer requires user interaction, select this option. Note: When this option is selected, the job will be printed only when the user specified in Credentials is logged on. If Credentials are not specified, this option cannot be selected.
• Copies Each document will be printed the configured number of times.
• Start page Begin printing all incoming documents on the configured page number. This is an estimated position only and is not guaranteed accurate. Use this feature at your own risk.
• End page Do not print any pages beyond the configured number. Specify 0 to print to the actual last page of the document. This is an estimated position only and is not guaranteed accurate. Use this feature at your own risk.