The general settings define the properties and the availability of each printer. Click [Printer settings] - [Printers] and select an available printer.
You can change the printer image:
Click the printer image.
Select a printer image from the pre-defined list of images or upload your own image.
Images of type GIF, JPG, and PNG are supported.
Click OK.
[Available for printing]
Enable this option to make the printer available in the application.
[Enable the driver settings button in the print dialogue]
The printer driver can offer options that are not available in the [Print] dialogue. For example, the printer driver of a colour printer can offer colour settings which are not supported by PRISMAdirect.
Enable this option to add the driver settings button to the [Print] dialogue. You can find this button next to the printer driver in the [Print] dialogue.
If the [Print] dialogue offers all driver settings, then the driver settings button is not added to the [Print] dialogue.
NOTE
The printer output can be ruined if the printer driver dialogue contains settings that conflict with page programme settings. Options like [Same-up], [Booklet], page programming in the driver and 'Number of copies' are potentially dangerous. Rasterise and finishing settings are usually save.
[Enable accounting]
When this option is enabled, the tab [Accounting] becomes available in the [Print] dialogue.
[Maximum number of sheets per job for variable data documents]
A print job for variable data documents can be very large. You can set a maximum number of sheets per job to limit the size of a print job. Now, the application will cut the large print job into a number of smaller print jobs. Every smaller print job will not contain more than the specified maximum number of sheets.
The minimum value for this setting is 400 sheets.
For example, a print job contains 4000 variable data documents. Each variable data document contains 10 pages that are printed on 5 sheets. You set a maximum of 400 sheets. The application now sends 50 smaller print jobs to the printer instead of one large print job.
[Far East fonts:]
Select this option if you want to include Far East fonts.
[PostScript level:]
Select the PostScript level of the printer. Available options are [Level 2] or [Level 3].
[Emit fonts:]
Select option [All fonts] to add all used fonts to the print file. This will lead to a larger print file.
Select option [Embedded fonts] to add only the embedded fonts to the print file. For fonts that are not embedded, the printer will check if the font is installed on the printer. If not, the font will be replaced by a font that is installed on the printer.
You can add one or more URLs to the text field. The URLs become available in the context menu of the printer in the [Order processing].
Right-click a printer in the [Order processing] to open the context menu of the printer. You can select the website(s) in the context menu.
NOTE
This option is available in PRISMAdirect only.