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This document is intended as an overview of
the process by which print jobs may be batched together. Several separate
print jobs are aggregated into one, which is then sent to the printer.
This feature can be especially useful in scenarios where accounting software
is being used to monitor and control the flow of material being sent to
printers. Without the BigPrintJob setting, using the "Print Summaries'
Images" menu item will result in the user being prompted to enter
the necessary client/matter numbers once for every record that has an image.
Turn the BigPrintJob on and the user will instead be prompted only once.
The interface to BigPrintJob is
entirely through scripting entry points (AKA intrinsics), one of which
turns the setting on/off (and writes to one of three .ini files) and then
two others that can be used to check on the state of the setting. The .ini
files that are modified depending on level are:
User in this case <casedir>Profiles\<username>Imgprint.Ini
Case level <casedir>\SwCase.Ini
Admin level <progdir>\Profiles\all users\swsettings.ini
The key name within the specified .ini is "BigPrintJob" and it is set
to 1 if images will be printed in batches and 0 if not. The "BigPrintJob" key
name will not exist at all until some action is done to turn it on or off, at
which point an entry like
[Settings]
BigPrintJob=1
will be written to the appropriate .ini, under the [Settings] section.
You will need to be in the Scripting window in order to use the scripting entry
points. Locate the Script menu of Summation and select Scripting. Type in the
desired script (see examples below, in blue) and
go to File, Run on the Scripting
window in order to execute.
IMG.WritePrintJobSetting
The first example will set BigPrintJob=1 (True) on the case level and not
change how it works on the user and Admin level. The second example will
set BigPrintJob=0 (False) on the user level, BigPrintJob=1 on the case
level and not change the current setting (whatever that is) on the Admin
level. See ReadPrintJobSetting and PrintJobSetting in the IMG object
for example on checking status of whether or not images will be printed
in batches for the active user/case.
img.WritePrintJobSetting -2,True,-2
OR
img.WritePrintJobSetting False,True,-2
IMG.ReadPrintJobSetting
The first line will change the current settings (User = True, Case =
False, Admin is unchanged). Second will return a -1, indicating batch
print is turned on.
Final line shows a message that explains what and why the setting is in place.
img.WritePrintJobSetting
True, False, -2
msg img.ReadPrintJobSetting
msg img.PrintJobSetting
IMG.PrintJobSetting
The first line will change the current settings (User = True, Case =
False, Admin is unchanged). Second will return a -1, indicating batch
print is turned
on.
Final line shows a message that explains what and why the setting is
in place.
img.WritePrintJobSetting True, False,
-2
msg img.ReadPrintJobSetting
msg img.PrintJobSetting
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