Activate a printer

The Activate a Printer dialog lists the existing activated printers on the system and lets you add new activations.

Note: Activating a printer is required when you have a PlanetPress Suite Printer License, unless you have the “Optimized Output” add-on in your Connect license, which grants you the equivalent of PlanetPress Production in Connect Workflow. Note that even then, “printer-centric” output requires a printer license.

Printer activations are normally given to you by the activations department electronically, including a file that will automatically add all your printers in this dialog.

To display the Activate a Printer dialog, click the Printer Activation button from the Help menu.

The printer list displays the following information

• License Number: Reference number of the activation, linked to your customer account.
• Magic Number: The magic number generated by the printer. If the magic number is incorrect, your jobs will output with a watermark on that printer.
• Activation Code: The activation code generated by your license number and magic number. If the activation code is incorrect, your jobs will output with a watermark on that printer.
• Printer Name (Optional): Name and/or model of the printer.
• Comments (Optional): Comments about the printer.

The following buttons are available in this dialog:

• Add: Brings up the Printer Activation dialog. This dialog lets you enter the information for the printer (see previous section), then click OK to save the new activation.
• Delete: Removes the currently selected activation from the list.
• Web Activation: Click to access the online activation manager on our website.
• OK: Save changes and exit.
• Cancel: Exit without saving changes.

You can also double-click on any existing activation to edit it.