This page refers to PrintShop Mail Mac Edition only. For Windows users, you can automate PrintShop Mail using PlanetPress Workflow.
This feature allows more than one user to "drop" their database files and/or documents into the "HotFolder", causing a print job to start without further interaction (and without even needing access to the PrintShop Mail program from their computers).
You can transfer your database into the HotFolder using an AppleScript or other third-party automation tools. For example, if you receive your database via Email you can use an AppleScript to retrieve the attachment from the inbox and place it in the HotFolder.
From the PrintShop Mail menu, select Preferences and click on the HotFolder icon.
Click on Browse to select the folder containing the desire documents to monitor.
Click Apply.
From the File menu, select Monitor HotFolder.
To stop monitoring and automatic printing of the document, click on the Cancel button.
Create a PrintShop Mail document and store it in the HotFolder.
Since there will not be any user interaction with the program when the document is automatically printed, users should verify the document before saving it.
Drop the document or/and the database file into the HotFolder.
Within 30 seconds, PrintShop Mail combines the database with the available PrintShop Mail document and starts the print job.
After PrintShop Mail has printed the document, the database file is moved to a folder "PSMPrinted", in the HotFolder. The PrintShop Mail document remains in the same location and can be used again.
PrintShop Mail writes a log of its actions into a log file. Since the timestamp of the log file is automatically adjusted every time when PrintShop Mail becomes active, this timestamp can be used to check whether PrintShop Mail is still running or not. If no PrintShop Mail document and/or database file was found, the log file is still updated. The log file is located in the folder /Users/user name/Library/Logs/PSM.log.