May 23rd, 2012· added lot's of walkthru examples in help menu
· added wait for spool queue to clear before printing next file option in general options
· fix for when printing pdf's and pdf is set for internal printing then no need to check Adobe windows
· added debugstart.txt for 5 mins of debugging whilst running, see debug.txt file created.
· added [TRAY] and [PRINTER] to pre-processing (now on v4.01 for that module) for passing into other programs like pdftextstamp
· fix for general options, pdf, don't print if 0 count interface not sticking the setting
May 23rd, 2012· fixed a filename case problem when merging pdf's as one
· fixed a Delete from Monitor list button issue
· improved printing word doc's, rtf files with new Office versions
· cosmetic fix for when clear list is turned off in Monitor mode, now doesn't show previously printed as Ready
· added pdf color split printing to 2 printers, i.e. color pages of the pdf go to Color printer and other pages go to the BW printer
· added load and save to balanced printer settings from file menu.
· added more to printer load balancing for additional printers, now upto 10
· fix for monitor stopping after a previous stop request pressed.
· added shortcut key for monitor setup ALT+M
· fix for when it was downloading http address image file printing.
May 23rd, 2012· directory monitor printer selection when printing fix, todo with profiling in last version 5.02.
March 1st, 2012· changed pop3 email, fixed google email issues.
· fixed a view email log truncate issue
· added internal printing of pdf's for xp, vista, win7, 2003, 2008 upwards
· added set rotation, center, fit to page and scale down to page options for internal printing pdf's in general setup options
· added password pdf printing for internal pdf printing only.
· optimized printing directly option - pdf's, ps, pcl, prn, eps etc.
· added auto continue click to " It has been detected that your printer is not using genuine Epson ink" message.
· fix for potential crash issue when clicking print many times and close progress windows.
· fix for when processing settings for pdf and print raw pdf in general setup is set it now uses print raw.
· added profiling files feature, this is for setting settings per file based on filename text e.g. _blue.pdf can be set to use tray 2
· fix for Quick Jobs sSetup on first start missing last one in menu.
· added profiling to monitor
· added profiling to command line -y parameter e.g. "Batch Print.exe" -y"Profile name" c:\files\*.pdf -p -q
January 3rd, 2012· added check for "Status not Available" window, auto close it!
· added Vista black skin to all program
· added icon on main toolbar
· added check for zero pdf page count, option to not print if is 0 pages count (could be corrupt pdf)
· added quick jobs, added quick jobs setup in file menu and will show quick jobs in system right mouse menu in task tray.
· fix for printer advanced copies issue in windows 7
December 10th, 2011· added .TRG file option in directory monitor for only printing files when .TRG file exists
· added move to folder after print in scheduler
· added rename and overwrite options to the new move to folder option in scheduler
· updated scheduler so when it is been setup it stops the scheduler from running
· the status now shows the number of items active e.g. Scheduler: Active (2), Monitor: Active (1) - also takes into account the new disable profile options in monitor
· added Round Robin option to printer load balancing
· added disable / enable profile options to directory monitor, so you can turn off/on monitoring per folder profile
· fixed a move up and down profiles issue in monitor (wasn't moving all settings)
· added colour to monitor, red = disabled, yellow = email profile, green = ftp profile, white = normal profile
· added countdown to monitor in main interface
· added option to add separator anywhere in the the list from action menu or right mouse on item in list insert
· added print time estimation and prints per minute estimation
· added view printers and total jobs in Action menu
· added check for Fatal Error window from Adobe Reader, auto clicks ok
· added sort and remove duplicate files option to sort menu
added software updater to options menu, auto checks every n days, auto takes you to upgrade page on major update, checks website:
· added print to pdf pro .ppp file support, this is for loading settings on the fly for print to pdf pro 1.02 or greater
· added Append PDF's option if all in list are pdfs, then append and print. (if choosen)
· added Always append pdf's where possible automatic option in General Setup options
· added file load and save monitor settings to monitor file menu
· added re-print option to right mouse menu on main list
· changed / overhauled options, general settings interface
· changed / overhauled Monitor interface
· updated command line -p option to include print as one pdf file options in general setup
· added print pdf as one file to directory monitor
· added n days rotation to scheduler - e.g. every 14 days
· added extra allowance for first file in print, sometimes first startup of e.g. Adobe takes too long
· fixed a spooler check with Adobe pdf files, kept finding Adobe Acrobat Update which was slowing it down a lot
· added more spooler checks for printing + spooling and printing + error
· updated help
· updated registration
· added uninstaller and registration email to setup
· fixed a check for Adobe Reader - was picking up the Adobe Reader Updater
· improved performance for all non pdf's by not checking for Acrobat windows on those
· changed display to show total copies
December 10th, 2011· added [CREATED-DD-MM-YYYY] & [MODIFIED-DD-MM-YYYY] to monitored move to folder for file moving by creation or modified date
September 21st, 2011· added new option in General Setup Options: Don't check file for sharing violation (monitor mode only)
· added set traction software 'PDF To Print Pro' printer driver up with filename, wait for Print to PDF Pro also when batch printing
· update to [BPPCOPIES for processing parameters
· msg addon sort order fix, requires MSG Addon v2.02 or greater update
September 21st, 2011· updated directory monitor to change setups when moving cursor keys up and down on items in list
· updated scheduler to change setups when moving cursor keys up and down on items in list
· update to [BPPCOPIES in filename for setting number of copies set on the printer for that file, now if the addon parameters are set it changes the -c parameter to the value in the [BPPCOPIES filename instead of setting copies on the printer device.
· fix for Save to PDF in windows 7 (FULL fix)
· fix for items count left over clear in monitor mode
· fix for save button not working when saving parameters / csv files etc - was to do with internal memory stack size
· added right mouse open file to main list
September 21st, 2011· released web logging / db logging feature compatibility
· update for possible crash when pressing print button multiple times.
· fixed a .bat, .vbs script wait update screen issue
· updated monitor only process over a certain size to also do opposite if negative e.g. -300 would only process files below that size in kb.
· moved payment to shareit
February 23rd, 2011· added change print priority to general setup, can be used to get set's of prints together
· added decrease print priority above for everytime you click print button to get set's together
· added change print priority to right mouse and actions menu
· added change print priority to all files in list in Actions menu
· added [DATETIME: to separator template, for more advanced date and time functions, see help separator template section for more info
· added up and down arrows in column header to main list view
· added print message option when scanning pop3
· fix for startup minimized
· changed scheduler to use dynamic memory
· increased internal memory size
· improved custom addon, added custom sort
· added custom addon sort to sort menu
· added wait for .bat,.exe,.vbs script to finish before moving onto the next file
· added optional pipe separator to monitor type match so you can match on multiple types e.g. .pdf|.txt|.doc
· added to monitor if filename contains -DNPOM- in the filename then don't process
· added file modified, created, accessed to separator sheet e.g. [FILECREATED%A, %B %d, %Y] will print Friday, March 19, 1999
· added start in monitor mode automatically when running in service mode. -FS
September 16th, 2010· fix for clear ftp logs on startup not sticking when set
· added popup warning/message detection for new office
· fix for xml addon, run's smoother now.
· changed threshold on number of prints to include release on number of prints if negative e.g. -10 only prints if more than or equal to 10 files ready to print.
· added MSG Addon v2 support, can now process attachments in MSG files
· fix for MSG Addon v2 setting working directory to another place for MAPI, NOTE: pre v4.01 will keep setting to another then all ini settings are also stored there.
· added unrar support
· fix for file load job file with filepath set in scheduler
· added multiple match conditions in Content Match e.g. Test|123456 would look for Test and 123456 in the file before adding the file as a match.
· fix crash on check window for print
· fixed a pop3 issue with "; size nnn" in the filename name
June 17th, 2010· added zip file support, drag and drop or monitor/scheduler for .zip files, can handle zip files with folders too. see option menu-->Zip files options...
· added sort filetitle alphabetical only
· added sort filetitle on alpha/numeric
· added InDesign .indd addon support
· added [FOLDERNAME] to seperator for top folder e.g. c:\test\pdfs\test.pdf pdfs would be the foldername
· added -O9 for setting paper orientation back to previous setting before start of program e.g. "Batch And Print" -d -O1 c:\test.pdf -p -O9 -q
· added .orientation file type, e.g. portrait.paperorientation, landscape.paperorientation, save.paperorientation & restore.paperorientation
· added .vbs support, so can put .vbs scripts in the command line
· fix for number of files printing including .printer, .tra, .paperorientation, .pro
· changed pause after print to not include .bat, orientation, .tra, .vbs
· added countdown to pausing afer print
· fix for printing html, taking too long when checking for print window
· added no quit when press ESC key in main dialog window
· fixed issue with export print log whilst monitoring
· added counting of .ps file pages
· added bw.papercolor & color.papercolor for changing color on the fly by using these filenames.
· added .papersize for changing the paper size on the fly
· added .papercopies for changing the number of paper copies on the fly
· added simplex.paperduplex / horizontal.paperduplex / vertical.paperduplex
· added pop3 email monitor support, auto extracts attachments in email to monitored folder for printing. (threaded)
· added only process files over KB size in monitor option, with exception to rounding if KB is 0 and if file is 1 byte and less than 1024 bytes then file will be classed as 1KB so >0 works.
· added threshold option to pop3 email processing
· added colours to main interface, white - ready, yellow - no file / empty file, blue - printer settings file, red/pink - error
· fixed a refresh page counts Ready error when file is non empty or empty
· added pause before each file option in General Setup Options
· added FTP support in directory monitor
· updated BPPNTService.exe so takes exe and working directory from registry as default, solves issue with various other paths in other countries and 64 bit/32 bit versions of windows
· added .jobx support to Load Batch File... in File menu
· added Email & FTP (JobX file setup) to Actions menu
· added jobX support to Scheduler
· now doesn't include thumbs.db in list when scanning folders
· added Add ftp file to list... in File menu, add's e.g. DL;ftp://192.168.2.6/test.pdf so ftp files can now be in .job files and lists.
· added print to XPS feature and options like with print to pdf
· added retry to print pdf on association error in options menu, if association is broke then will try and print without association
· added copies to pdf to ps conversion, note: sends file for print n times.
· added remove all done status to actions menu
· fixed a print to file:, pdf, xps problem when printing to file: with PDF Addon/PDF Addon Plus installed
· added printer set to in status when startup and load settings.
· improved waiting for previous status when don't check spooler queue is set, speeds up printing.
· fix for Adobe Reader 9 Updater trying to close on exit, esp. on Win 7x64.
· fixed a drag and drop issue in Windows Vista, 7 & 2008 or greater
January 29th, 2010· changed -P option so when you hit cancel it cancels the print completely.
· fixed a double slash issue in rename file
· fixed a move on rename error not retrying
· fixed a close problem with PDF Addon
· fixed a postscript open shared error
· fix for [DIRECTORY] in seperator
October 3rd, 2009· added sort on file extension to sort menu.
· fixed a wild card loading issue in .job file putting character in move to and balanced printers field.
· fix for don't check spooler queue for print option, was checking once at end.
· added bppdelete+job to -M parameter on command line for removing job file
· added -n option for popup done message when printing complete
· added -j for use job file path as directory path for filenames
· fix for total count in print report when finished
· added [FILETITLENOEXT] to separator
· added commands in filename detection, e.g. example[BPPCOPIES10].txt prints 10 copies of the file.
· updated trail mode .aob, .job file load.
· fixed a file crash error, file date issue
· fix for pdf's acrobat 9 page count issue
April 10th, 2009· fix for double slash in move on error
· fix for a move on bad file error
· fixed a running with Acrobat 9 issue, spooling status extended
· added XP styles to interface
February 19th, 2009· fix for .job in middle of filename
· fix for bppdelete issue in directory monitor
· added extra options in directory moitor for no separator (optional) per directory.
· updated for citrix compatibility
· fix miss report output file error when moving file
· fix copy processing parameters in processing parameters setup
· added example so can copy and paste in processing parameters
· added close 'Internet Explorer Script Error' window
· fixed an issue with TIFF addon parameters beyond 255 in lenth in v1.12 addon
· added option to close Adobe Reader/Acrobat after every print
· added wildcard warning message to filetype box
February 19th, 2009· fix for using .printer filenames in a .job file
· added DWG TrueView addon support
· added command line for extension in downloading http file. -v option e.g. -v_print.html
· added filename filter to download http
· fix for separator and return line feeds when using .txt files
· fix for .job file load when in directory mode not adding addon or processing parameters
· updated pdf to ps conversion to fix an crash error
· added .pro for changing the default processing settings on the fly in the file list, when added to the list.
· fix for processing settings so it only adds them for pdf files and not other file types
· fix for 'use source path' always saving as checked when not checked.
· improved PPD file options in PDF to Postscript processing so can insert custom PPD code in to postscript output file
December 13th, 2007· Added save last directory bulk loaded to misc.ini
· Added report font height and width to misc.ini
· In print to pdf added support for source path
· Added non case sensitive regular expressions to monitor file type (must be contained in {})
· e.g. {200706([0-9a-z] ).([0-9]*).pdf} e.g. {([a-z0-9]*).pdf}
· Upped max monitor to 10,000 limit
· Fix for html addon taking too long
· Added action for word perfect prompt
· Enabled reporting & emails in monitor mode
· Fixed an issue when adding http addresses set to 'No'
· Fix for no file added, blank entry when double space in command line
· Added support for stacking files from windows shell in application with -f option.
· Fix for log reporting error when removing files from log
· Added sort on filetitle numerically to directory monitor
· Added save column positions, activated in startup options
· Added save column sizes, activated in startup options
· Added -o parameter sorting to -f switch when stacking
· Added column for file tile only
· Added [MACHINE] for machine name and [USERNAME] for login username to dynamic separator
· Fixed a close issue when clicking the close button twice or more.
· Added global print log check options for directory monitor
· Added TIFF addon page count
· Fixed a logging issue with too many
(return feeds) in logs, causing issues when clearing files from logs.
· Corrected a log export file error when try first time before entering view log
May 4th, 2007· added postscript tray printing with PPD files
· added corel check window for font substitution
· added log viewer searching
· added log clearing features in log viewer
· added .tra file support, in file menu and in list
· added set tray on command line with -t option, e.g. -t"Tray 1"
· added change font size to log viewer
· added fit to size in log viewer
· added change font size to error log viewer
· added fit to size in error log viewer
· added error log viewer searching
· added error log clearing features in log viewer
· added export to csv file in error log viewer
· added loading of archived logs in log viewer
· added log options in Options menu.
· added support for .printer file to change printer e.g. HP4000 LASER.printer
· added reprinting options from log files (print and error log)
· added printer name to error log
· added move to folder on error in directory monitor
· added 0 byte file check
· changed memory usage for monitor, so now can have up to 1000 entries
· fix for windows vista with photo's, gif's, jpg's, bmp's etc
· fix for Acrobat Tray crashing on exit first time
· improved error notification
· added move up, move down action in directory monitor list, ALT A / ALT Z
· added toggle sort ordering when click on header in directory monitor list
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