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Selected Printers: Lists the available Printer Definition Files in the system. Note that
these are not installed Windows printers or printer queues, but PlanetPress Connect
Printer Definition Files.
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Printer checkbox: This checkbox selects/deselects all printers in the list. Click to check
all, click again to uncheck all.
General Print preferences
The General Print Preferences are used to set communication settings with the PlanetPress
Connect Server module that does the actual generation of print output. The Server module can
be located on the same computer (hostname: localhost) or on a different machine. Multiple
Designer modules can use a single Server module to generate Print output, as long as the
appropriate hostname, username and password are provided. In essence, this can be used to
create a single Print Server.
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Print Server Settings group:
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Protocol: Use the drop-down to select whether to use the HTTP or the secure
HTTPS protocol to connect to the Print Server.
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Hostname: Enter the IP, machine name or URL of the Print Server.
Default is localhost.
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Port: Enter the port through which to communicate with the Print Server.
Default is 9340.
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Username: Enter the username to authenticate to the Print Server.
Default is ol-admin. This is set on the server's "Security Settings" on page141.
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Password: Enter the password to authenticate to the Print Server.
Default is secret.
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Confirm Password: Re-enter the password above.
Print Measurements preferences
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Units: Use the drop-down to specify the default measurements system used for
dimensions of the template and boxes. In addition it defines the coordinates/position of
box elements.
The default unit will be added automatically when geometry values are entered without a
unit in the Attributes pane or in the Box Properties dialog.
l Flip insert guide axis: Check this option to flip the axis on which guides are inserted.
Normally, dragging a guide from a horizontal ruler inserts a horizontal guide (see
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