The AfterPrintProgram setting is a hook into the printing process. In the current version you can change the Title, the Creator and the Author settings. When the external program has terminated the printing process will continue based on the changed settings in the settings file. The modified settings should be saved to the same settings file and the program must terminate after that. The program can read these settings and modify them. This file contains the current settings for the PDF document. The program will receive a file name as parameter. Using this setting you can specify an external program which will be launched by the printer before the PDF document is generated. This setting allows you to hook into the printing process and change some of the settings used to generate the PDF document. This setting can have the following values: yes, no, ask. Specifies if the resulting PDF file should be shown after generation. When using the macro names in the settings.ini file the output parameter could look something like this: is substituted with the logged in user name. This macro allows you to query the values of the environment variables. If the document name is a file name then the resulting value is the file name without an extension. This macro gives you the part of document name up to the last dot. The current date in the format yyyy-mm-dd.īase part of the document name.
If the output folder does not exist then the PDFīeginning with version 2.0.0.22 the output setting allows macro names as part of the file name.
Including the full path for a PDF document. When setting the output it must specify a valid file name When this setting is set the printer will not ask the user forĪ destination file name. The output setting allows you to direct the output of the PDF printer You can change the settings listed in the table below. Using the CONFIG command line utility you can change some of the settings that control the behavior of the printer. This can be done using the CONFIG utility or writing the values directly to the If you use this printer from a program it is possible to change the settings directly from within your program. Please see the network distribution section.
If you are distributing the printer driver in a network environment A wizard will guide you through the installation. Whether or not the printer should ask if you want to see the document after the PDF generation is complete.īefore you are able to run the program you need the Without having to use a "Save As" dialog each time you print to PDF.
Unlike many other freeware PDF printers this printer will allow you to control the file name of the PDF document When you print to this printer it will generate a PDF document instead of producing output on paper.
This program will install itself as a printer on your computer. Today there are a lot of ways to produce PDF documents.
The documentation is a changing document and your input is appreciated. This documentation will try to describe the installation and usage of the PDF Printer driver.