RPM Text Print Action

What it does

Prints documents to any printer using text formatting capabilities and features.

History

RPM has supported text printing, that is, Windows printing of text with fonts, since the beginning.

With RPM version 5.0 we have added:

  • printing to shared printers, using credentials
  • interactive printing, using credentials
  • optional graphic watermark or overlay, for Elite only

Text markup

The text print action uses text markup for input. Typically you would want to use one of these transforms with the text print action:

  • text markup
  • SCS to text markup
  • ASA to text markup
  • optionally: use COR after one of the above

If the text print action detects that its input is not text markup, then it will use a text markup transform to convert the input. The defaults settings for the transform are:

  • Courier New
  • auto-calculate the layout

We do this because having results you can adjust is better than an error message. However, if the defaults are not quite right for you, then you are going to want to add a text markup transform and set it up to best meet your needs.

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. Also, credentials are required to print to shared printers on a Windows network.
  • Printer Click Browse to select the printer to which documents will be printed. By opening the print properties dialog, you can also specify additional printer finishing functions such as 2-sided printing, tray selection, etc.
  • 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.
  • Start page Begin printing all documents on the configured page number.
  • End page Do not print any pages beyond the configured number. Specify 0 to print to the actual last page of the document.
  • Suppress banner page This setting prevents RPM from creating and printing a banner page regardless of whether requested to do so by the print client. Note that during trial, a banner is always printed.

Watermark (Elite only)

  • Image path Click Browse to locate the image to be printed behind the text.
  • Inches from left margin Specifies the distance in inches from the left margin of the page where the image will be placed.
  • Inches from top margin Specified the distance, in inches, from the top margin of the page where the image will be placed.
  • Image scale Allows you to scale the watermark image to be printed.
  • Where to use image Specifies on which pages the watermark will be printed.