Adding print output Models to the Print Wizard

Connect comes with several pre-prepared print output Models. These include Advanced Function Presentation (AFP), Intelligent Printer Data Stream (IPDS), Printer Control Language (PCL), Portable Document Format (PDF) and PostScript (including the PostScript variants of PPML, VIPP and VPS).

To keep the Print Wizard interface manageable only a limited range of print output Models are available by default. Additional print output Models can be added to the list at any time, though. They can be selected from the range of pre-prepared Models that come bundled with Connect, or from tailored Models prepared for you by Objectif Lune, or from PostScript printer Models that you define yourself, through importation of the PostScript Printer Definition (PPD) file.

The following topic describes how to add new Models to the Print Wizard. These Models will always be available in the Print Wizard thereafter, unless deliberately removed.

How to add print output Models within the Print Wizard

Here is how you can add print output Models to the Print Wizard from within the Print Wizard dialog itself.

1. Select File > Print... from the menu. The Print dialog will be launched.
2. Click on the Advanced button. The Print Wizard will be launched.

3. Click the settings button at the end of the Model selection list box.
   Select from one of the options:

   1. Select Import Definition to add a customized Printer Definition. These are customized files created by Objectif Lune Inc. in conjunction with you. They will have been customized specifically for your printer(s).

   2. Select Create Definition from PPD to add a customizable PostScript Printer Model using the printer manufacturer provided PostScript Printer Definition (PPD) file.
      This launches the PPD Import Wizard. In the Wizard, do the following.

   • Select the printer's PPD file. Once selected details about that specific printer will load in the information box, for confirmation.
     NOTE: The PPD information extraction and processing can take some seconds.

   • If you are satisfied that the printer information is correct, then press the Finish button to complete the importation process.
     This will then launch another dialog to allow setting the new Pinter Model name.

   Once a PPD has been selected, then the Dynamic PPD Options page will be presented at some point in the Print Wizard. When it appears is dependant upon other choices made in the Wizard, This page provides the functionality for assigning printer specific options to the Connect Template.

   See Dynamic PPD Options for more details.

   3. Select Edit available printers to add standard Printer Definitions. These are the standard print outputs installed with Connect.

      • In the Preferences dialog that launches, select the print output model(s) to be added to the Print Wizard, then click OK.

   4. Select Export printer definition from output preset to extract a Printer Definition from a new or modified Printer Model. This launches the Save Printer Definition Dialog.

 

How to add print output models from within the Designer

Here is how to add print output Models from within the main Designer interface itself.

1. Select Window > Preferences... from the menu. Preference dialog is launched.
2. Select Print > Available Printers from the options.
3. In the Available Printers area, select the print output options to be added to the Print Wizard, then click OK.