Print preset is a group of printing and processing settings. When you drop files into preset's hot folder, they'll be automatically processed with the preset's settings.

Most of preset's settings duplicate options from the standard Mac OS X Print dialog. These settings are not covered in this user guide.

Presets are saved automatically as you make changes.

BatchOutput PDF's presets are stored in the following folder:

~/Library/Application Support/Zevrix/BatchOutput PDF/Presets


PRESETS MANAGEMENT

• Create new preset / delete current preset

• Rename current preset
Hot folder will be also renamed automatically.

HOT FOLDER

• Create Hot Folder
Automatically create hot folder for the current preset.
Please note that you don't need to create the hot folder manually in the Finder. The hot folder will be created automatically and named with the preset's name. You only need to choose the folder in which the hot folder will be created.

Place PDF files into hot folder to process them with the preset's settings.

The following folders will be created automatically inside the hot folder: Done, Errors and Priority. These folders should not be removed from hot folders - it will lead to errors during processing.

Done and Errors are default folders for successful and skipped files respectively.
The files placed in the Priority folder will be processed prior to the files placed into the hot folder itself.

Note: Hot folders always carry the name of their related print preset. If you rename hot folder in the Finder manually, its connection with the preset will be broken and files won't be processed.

• Remove Hot Folder
Delete the currently assigned hot folder.

POST-PROCESSING
Choose desired options to handle PDF files after printing for both successful cases and errors:

• Move to Done/Errors folder in hot folder
The Done and Errors folders are automatically generated inside hot folders when they're created.

• Move to selected folder
Choose a folder to move successful files and errors after processing.

• Delete
Delete PDF files after printing.

PRINTING CONTROLS

Printing controls of BatchOutput PDF work just like their counterparts in the standard Print dialog. For more info, please refer to Apple's documentation or contact us.

The settings of the standard Print dialog do not affect the settings of BatchOutput PDF.

Auto rotate
BatchOutput PDF currently supports auto rotation only for files where all pages have the same orientation. PDF files with a mix of portrait and landscape pages might not be auto rotated correctly. We plan to address this issue, please contact us for more info.

Advanced paper tray selection based on PDF document text
You can automatically print certain pages from specific tray by specifying a search string to look for in PDF documents.

For the detailed info, please click the Advanced button in the Paper Feed section. With any questions, please contact us.

Pages per Sheet (N-up printing) vs. page range
To bypass the Print dialog, BatchOutput PDF uses the underlying CUPS system, which doesn't handle N-up printing of specific page ranges in a consistent way. The page numbers used by page-ranges refer to the output pages and not the document's page numbers. Options like Pages per Sheet (N-up printing) can make the output page numbering not match the document page numbers.

If you encounter this issue on attempt to print under the above conditions, we recommend to try to assign a different page range by trial and error. With any questions, please contact us.

PRINTER FEATURES

BatchOutput PDF supports most of the printer specific features found in the Print dialog. In particular, BatchOutput PDF lists all features included in the printer's PPD file.

However, some extended and special features of certain printers may not be supported. BatchOutput PDF does not have access to features provided by proprietary Print Dialog Extensions (PDE).

BatchOutput PDF does not recreate the exact UI of the standard print dialog. The app's goal is to list the available printer features in order to select the desired features for automatic printing.

Note:
Some printer drivers may not be supported yet. If you click the Printer Features button and the Printer Features window doesn't open, please contact us with your printer name so we can implement support for the printer.