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2013-01-30

Output Folders

Output folders are folders used to store static PDF-files, these can be PDF output generated for PrintShop Mail documents or the high resolution file of static PDF documents.

Due to their nature output folders are not connected to a particular company.

The PDF files that are sent to those folders are print jobs that are sent to PDF instead of a printer or spooler, when the job is processed by the operator. See Job Properties.

The administrator can create additional output folders. These user defined output folders can be assigned to a document.

If print jobs are not automatically removed from this folder, the print jobs must be removed manually from this folder by an operator. The number of output folders that can be added is unlimited. An output folder can be set for each document via the Publication Types section.

To add a new output folder:

  1. Click the Add button below the Output Folders overview to show the Add dialog.
  2. Enter a Name for the output folder. The name of the output folder may only contain the following characters: uppercase and lowercase characters, dash and underscore, numbers and whitespace.
  3. Enter a folder path for the output folder. This must be a correctly defined path on the computer (such as C:\Path\To\Output\ ) or a full UNC network path (such as \\server\share\path\to\output\ ).
  4. Click Save to create the new folder.

UNC Paths are subject to security restrictions. PrintShop Mail's security on the network is determined by the credentials given to the Apache2 service. To modify the credentials, go to Control Panel, Administrative Tools, Services. Right-click on Apache2 and click Properties. Go in the Log On tab, and change the username/password for the ones you wish you use. You will need to restart the Apache service from here or from the PrintShop Mail Web Services Manager.

To edit an existing output folder:

  1. Click the name or path of the output folder you wish to modify. The Edit dialog appears.
  2. Edit the Name or New output folder server path to your liking.
  3. If the output folder has changed, use the options in this window to either Copy the content from the previous folder to the new folder and/or Delete the previous folder and its contents.

To delete an output folder:

  1. Put a checkmark on the line for the folder(s) you want to delete.
  2. Click the Delete button.
  3. In the Delete dialog, you will be prompted to choose towards which output folder you want to point any document currently using the output folder. Select a folder from this dropdown, or leave it as the Default output folder.
  4. Click Ok.