How To

Learn how to install, activate, set up, and use Print Conductor. You can batch print all your PDF, Excel, Word documents, and images most effectively. Besides, here you'll find many other tips on settings and features available in the program: PDF printing, importing and exporting lists, double-sided printing (duplex mode), auto tray selection, and more. These how-to guides will help you improve the printing processes in your office or home environment.

How to Install and Activate Print Conductor

• Trial version and commercial version compared
• Activate Print Conductor license automatically
• Activate Print Conductor license manually
• Legal information
• Uninstallation

How to Deploy Print Conductor in Silent Mode

• Installation and activation via command line
• Install free version in silent mode
• Install commercial version in silent mode
• Install & activate commercial version in silent mode

• Types of print settings available in Print Conductor:
  • Printer Properties
  • Print Conductor Settings
  • Item settings
• Load previously saved Print Conductor Settings from a file
  • Quickly load recently saved Settings file (.ini)
• Start Print Conductor with pre-defined Settings from the command line
• Access Printer Properties in Print Conductor
  • Printer Properties vs. Print Conductor Settings
  • How to print using printer settings only

• Using printer from the last session or default system printer
  • How to use the default system printer on startup
• Discard or keep changes to Printer Properties on program exit
  • How to save changes to Printer Properties on program exit
• Clear or restore the List of Documents on program startup
• Restore the List of Documents from the last session
• Q&A
  • What happens if I print from another application while Print Conductor is working?
  • How to save preferences made for multiple printers?

• Using the context menu:
  • Open file preview
  • Print individual files only
  • Change individual settings for each file
  • Remove files
  • Clear list
  • Reset item statuses
  • Insert pause
  • Show/hide columns
  • Open file location
• Changing file order in the List of Documents:
  • Sort files in the List using column headers
  • Move groups of files up & down manually
  • Reverse the order of files in the List of Documents
  • Export, change file order, import

• Save & load columns' configuration using restore points
• Ensure printing in the correct order
• Change print settings for each file individually
• Add a time delay between printing each document
• Quickly find files in the List of Documents (Ctrl + F)
• View history of actions made to your List of Documents (Ctrl + H)
• Save your List of Documents with current print settings
  • Saving a file list (.FLIST) containing relative file paths
  • Saving List of Documents as TXT

Printing all files as a single print job

How to Print in Single Print Job Mode

• What is Single Print Job mode for?
• Single Print Job + Duplex mode
  • Adding an extra blank page at the end of a document
  • Making sure the cover page is always on the front of the paper
• Changing Single Print Job name
• Using different input printer trays in Single Print Job mode
• Single Print Job mode tips & tricks
  • How to merge files into a PDF using Single Print Job mode & virtual printer
  • Can't use Single Print Job mode? 'Wait until printer queue is empty' – alternative method to maintain a strict printing order

Printing multiple pages per sheet

How to Print in Multiple Pages Per Sheet Mode

• Print several pages on the same sheet
• Print two pages on one sheet
• Draw a rectangular frame around each page
• Add text watermark to pages

How to Use Cover Pages

• Cover page for documents
  • Cover page templates
  • Insert a blank cover page
  • Cover page between each document copy
• Cover pages for folder
  • Folder cover page template
• Cover page Designer
• Change paper size for service pages
• Set paper source for service pages
• How to print cover pages only
• How to print cover page in the same print job with the document
• How to insert cover page on the same sheet of paper as the document

How to Use Print Reports

• Before printing: Print estimation report
  • Adjust the Print estimation report
  • Show the number of color and B/W pages
  • Show the exact number of pages
• After printing: Detailed report
  • Types of Detailed report
  • How to open the Detailed report in the middle of a print session
  • How to automatically save the Detailed report after each print session
• After printing: Report page
  • How to set paper size and paper source for the Report page

Watermarking

How to Add Watermarks: Text, Image or Barcode Watermark

• Text watermark: 
  • Set Text watermark parameters
  • Add page numbers
  • Place custom watermark on page center
  • Add filename to header or footer
  • Set colored background for watermark
  • Use item's index number as a text watermark
  • Insert multi-line text watermark
  • Add sequence numbers to PDF pages
  • Add number of document's copies to each printed page
  • Description of all Text watermark macros
• Image watermark: 
  • Set Image watermark parameters
• Barcode watermark

Use cases involving watermarks

How to Add Text or Image as Watermarks to Relevant Documents, Matching them Together in Excel for Further Batch Printing

• Add text watermarks and match them with relevant documents listed in Excel
• Add background image and text to documents listed in Excel
• Add text, image, and a QR-code as watermarks to documents listed in Excel

How to Print Numbered Copies by Adding {copy} and Total {copies} on Each Page

• Watermark examples
• How to add number of each copy to every printed page – step-by-step instruction

How to Automatically Move, Copy or Delete Files after Printing

• Set up post processing actions: copy, move, delete 
• Automatically move source files to the original location after printing

How to Set up Printing at a Specific Time with 2Printer

How to Batch Convert PDF to JPEG with Print Conductor and a Virtual Printer

How to Convert Multiple Files to PDF with Print Conductor and a Virtual Printer

How to Batch Print Excel Spreadsheets

• Print all, default or specific worksheets only
• Set scale mode
• Print in landscape or portrait orientation
• Print Excel sheet on one page
• Print gridlines in Excel
• Print row and column headings (titles) on every page
• Print comments in Excel
• Print a defined print area only
• Split Excel files into worksheets when printing
• Batch print spreadsheets without Microsoft Excel
• Batch print Excel files from the command line
• Other features

How to Batch Print Email Message Files

• Quick steps how to print Outlook emails with Print Conductor
• What email message files can be printed with Print Conductor
  • Printing EMLX email message files
  • Printing P7M (SMIME.ps7)
• Print emails from Outlook in Print Conductor
• How to print attachments before or after the document
• Print a cover page between email message body and attachments
• Sort attachments before printing
• How to handle attachments of unknown type
• Ensure that a file and its attachment are printed in one job
• Use include/exclude mask to filter attachments
• Change page size when printing email message files
• Sort files by email delivery time before printing
• Print multiple emails to a single PDF file (virtual printing)

How to Batch Print CAD Files

• Batch print CAD drawings step-by-step
• Advanced print settings for CAD drawings
• Supported formats and printing devices
• How to print only active sheet of DWG files
• How to disable printing "Not to Plot" layers
• Publishing multiple drawing sheets to a single multi-page PDF
• How to print DWG, DXF and other CAD formats without AutoCAD

Where to Find Print Conductor Log Files

How to Find Your Print Conductor Serial Number and Version Number

Common Printing Issues and Ways to Solve Them

1. Printing doesn't work even after "X documents printed successfully" dialog
2. Keep Printer Properties intact after using Print Conductor
3. Disable "Save to..." prompts when printing to PDF
4. The printouts of my HTML files don't look as expected
5. Set printing based on page size if document pages are different
6. "Configuration Parser Error" (0x80070005)
7. Adding files doesn't work after installation of Print Conductor
8. Images look distorted when printing to TIFF
9. "Access violation, WINSPOOL.DRV error" (0xc0000005)
10. PC crashes with BSOD after printing (KB5000802 update)
11. Keep the original order of files when adding them to Print Conductor
12. Batch print HWP (Hanword Document) files
13. Get more details about any printing error
14. Avoid entering ID or password for every file in the print session
15. Printing of files is slow / interface is working slowly

16. Print PDF pages 'As is' (in original size), without shrinking
17. "Unsupported file type" error
18. "Empty range" error
19. Text on CAD drawings is difficult to read after printing them
20. Not all printers are available when running 2Printer through a Windows service
21. "Unsupported files" error when importing files
22. Avoid out-of-order printing with no way to use Single print job mode
23. How to print XML and HTML as source code
24. Use stapling or other printer finishing options
25. Virtual printing (Print to File) doesn't work
26. Disable checking for updates
27. Some characters are missing or look distorted after printing

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