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Processors

Print processors allow manipulation of a print job and its output.  The processors are a plugin system so they can be enabled and modified for each printer instance.

Print processors are executed in the run order specified.

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LineReportToCSV

Take a line report and generate CSV from it. The processor will attempt to detect if the data is in a vertical or horizontal format.

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Enabled Yes or No The processor will be skipped if not enabled
Run order Numeric value The order the processor will be executed
Vertical fieldname column width For vertical reports the width of the column. -1 to auto detect.

If a report is in a vertical format.

eg

 

Header

Field1     : Data
Field2     : Data

Field1     : Data
Field2     : Data

 The width is the space between Field1 and :

Field multivalue separator Default is | If CSV data is detected in the field the separator is modified
Autofill index position The index value of the report. 

 

Header

Field 1          Field 2
================ =======
Record 1         Data 1
                 Data 2
Record 2         Data 1
Record 3         Data 1

Line 5 in this example Record 1 is assumed.

 

Default autofill value for fields Fields that are detected as blank because they would contain the index field are automatically filled in
Output filename The filename generated default %sourcefilefolder%%title%_%date%_%time%_%profilename%.csv CSV filename generated
Change output filename The filename passed to the next processor is the CSV file

Redirect

The redirect processor allows the print job to be sent to a printer

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Enabled Yes or No The processor will be skipped if not enabled
Run order Numeric value The order the processor will be executed
Printer name Windows printer name The name of the printer to redirect the data
Printer type Send the job and text or raw

PDF

PDF will create a PDF from the text data. This could be the original text or modified data from a processor like LineReportToCSV

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Enabled Yes or No The processor will be skipped if not enabled
Run order Numeric value The order the processor will be executed
Change output filename Yes or No (Default No) The filename that is passed to the next processor will be the PDF and not the original text file
Page orientation  Landscape or Portrait
Lines per page New page at specific line count. Use 0 to check for form feeds in the data
Skip empty pages Don't create a PDF page for empty pages
Font size Font size used in PDF
Font Font used in PDF
Skip pages Option to exclude certain pages from PDF generation
Output filename The PDF filename generated

SMTP

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Send email with custom email addresses, subject, body and files. 

Enabled Yes or No The processor will be skipped if not enabled
Run order Numeric value The order the processor will be executed
Server SMTP server hostname
Port SMTP server port
From name Name email is sent from
From address Email address email is sent from
Recipients Email recipients See metadata
Subject Email subject See metadata
Authentication type SMTP authentication type (None, Default or SASL)
Username SMTP username
Password SMTP password
Body Email body See metadata
Attachments A list of files to attach Default is %inputfilename%. This could also include direct file system files if required. eg C:\Users\Public\Documents\TermsAndConditions.pdf. See metadata
Reply to name The name used if recipient select reply
Reply to address The email address uses if a recipient selects reply
HTML body The body content contains HTML
Read reciept Request a read receipt
SSL version 1.2 is generally required
TLS None, Implicit, Required, Explicit

Sharepoint

Upload files to a sharepoint site

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An Entra App registration is required

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Ensure application permission Sites.Manage.All is granted

 

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Enabled Yes or No The processor will be skipped if not enabled
Run order Numeric value The order the processor will be executed
Client id  Entra client id
Tenant id Entra tenant id
Client secret Entra client secret
Site Select sharepoint site
Drive Select sharepoint drive
Folder path Optional folder path
Files List of files to upload.  See metadata