What's new in 2Printer 9.0
Nov 10, 2023
- New and improved components for printing HTML, DWG, DXF, PST, and OST files;
- Printing to multiple printers at the same time thanks to the new ability to run multiple command lines in one 2Printer session using the -cmdlines switch
- Barcode watermark: adding customizable barcodes (including QR-codes) before printing
- Ability to add multiple watermarks at the same time (Text watermark, Image watermark, Barcode watermark)
- Ability to define the number of pages to print for each new print job (Print every N page(s) as a new print job)
- Ability to skip detection of installed printers for faster performance
- Ability to select paper source for cover pages before all attachments or those before each attachment
- New script_params switch to add parameters for the script that may be optionally added before printing each document
- Ability to create a report indicating the number of printed pages as a simple XML file (which can be easily parsed) using the -stat switch
- Ability to set page collation to As in printer in 2Printer Settings
- Ability to show a list of all available local or network printers with the new showprnlist2 parameter
- New actions for "unknown" attachments available in 2Printer Settings: Ignore, Replace with placeholder, and Try to process
New in 2Printer 8.0 (Jul 8, 2022)
- New supported formats: HEIC/HEIF, VCF, EPUB, PRN, EMLX;
- Printing Word, Excel, and Outlook files without Microsoft Office;
- Printing any web page by using URL as a source;
- Ability to disable printing blank pages;
- Skipping repeated pages of documents;
- Running a script before printing each document;
- Running 2Printer from a batch file;
- Ability to change log files location;
- Changing Color/Grayscale mode by page range;
- Multiple pages per sheet mode can now work from the command line;
- Deleting unused empty subfolders from the source;
- Printing an email message and its attachments in the same print job;
- New Cover Page Designer;
- Adding a cover page in the end of the document;
- Printing a document and cover page in the same print job;
- Printing cover page directly from the command line;
- Adding an image watermark before printing;
- Inserting watermark behind document's contents (Z-Order);
- New macro for text watermark: {containername};
- Other improvements and fixes.
New in 2Printer 7.1 (Feb 15, 2021)
- New supported format: KOMPAS-3D;
- New scaling mode: zoom level;
- Ability to rotate files before printing;
- Printing headings of Excel spreadsheets;
- Printing comments in Excel files;
- Printing TXT files in "direct" mode;
- Batch printing files without extension;
- Setting color background for text watermark;
- Ability to change temporary files location (TEMP folder);
- Keeping source files editable when they are being printed;
- Other improvements and fixes.
New in 2Printer 7.0 (Aug 9, 2020)
- New 2Printer Settings control panel;
- New smart file processing core;
- New HTML files processing engine;
- Updated command line syntax;
- New formats supported: iCalendar files, Adobe InDesign files, obsolete Microsoft DOC and Excel XLS;
- Ability to copy, move or delete processed files;
- Ability to set multiple sources for documents;
- Ability to add page numbers and file names via text watermark;
- Ability to set page alignment and offset;
- Ability to log files that were not printed;
- Ability to set pages' print order to direct or reverse;
- Validation of printer status for each newly printed file;
- Reduced number of data requests to printer per each printed file;
- Fixed issue in finding software used for print automation;
- 2x faster processing of Word files;
- Improved quality and faster printing of DWG and DXF files;
- Improved processing algorithm for PDF Portfolio files;
- Logfile format changed from HTML to XML;
- Fixed the ability to print multiple files in single print job mode;
- Fixed issue with printing documents from an uncompressed ZIP file;
- Fixed and improved printing of XPS and OXPS files;
- Other improvements and fixes.
New in 2Printer 5.5 (May 22, 2017)
- New format supported: Microsoft Project MPP
- Ability to print RTF and TXT files without Microsoft Word
- Ability to print a list of documents in a particular order
- Ability to set page orientation: printer default, landscape or portrait
- Ability to set any paper size format supported by your printer
- Fixed printing of PPT and PPTX (Microsoft PowerPoint) files starting with slide number "0"
- Fixed AutoCAD DWG and DXF autorotation component
New in 2Printer 5.4 (Apr 13, 2017)
- New format supported: Microsoft Project MPP
- Ability to print RTF and TXT files without Microsoft Word
- Ability to print a list of documents in a particular order
- Ability to set page orientation: printer default, landscape or portrait
- Ability to set any paper size format supported by your printer
- Fixed printing of PPT and PPTX (Microsoft PowerPoint) files starting with slide number "0"
- Fixed AutoCAD DWG and DXF autorotation component
New in 2Printer 5.3 (Feb 1, 2017)
- New formats supported: SWF (swf), HPGL (hp, hpg, hpgl), PLT (plt)
- Ability to print very large files (700+ Mb)
- Ability to add the filename of a printed document in its header or footer
- Compatibility with eDrawings Viewer (2017 version)
- Increased print speed for PDF, PSD, TIFF, JPEG, PNG, Bitmap and GIF files
- Ability to autofit every page of a PDF document according to paper sheet size
- Ability to print plain TXT files without Microsoft Word
- Options for Microsoft Word files: Show or Hide Changes and comments (Show Markup) and Enable or Disable Macros
- Fixed autorotation component for AutoCAD DWG and DXF files
- Ability to print labels, industrial barcodes or QR-codes created via Zebra ZPL programming code
New in 2Printer 5.2 (Dec 5, 2016)
- New PDF printing engine
- New component for Microsoft Outlook MSG and EML files printing automation
- Improved component for printing DWG and DXF drawings
- Improved component for DOC, DOCX, RTF, MHT and TXT files printing automation
New in 2Printer 5.1 (Oct 10, 2016)
- 2Printer now can be called from Windows service
- Added ability to change between color and grayscale printing mode on the fly
- Added ability to change between duplex and simplex printing mode on the fly
- Added ability to print Outlook Express EML files with attachments from command line.
New in 2Printer 5.0 (Apr 4, 2016)
- Added:
- Ability to change printer tray
- Option to create a report file with list of processed documents
- Ability to print files with a file path length more than 260 characters
- New INI-file option - New feature allowing to to print image files and photos in "Fit in frame" mode
- New compatibility - 2Printer now works with Free eDrawings viewer 2016, 2015 and 2014
- New compatibility - 2Printer now works with Free Autodesk Inventor Viewer 2016
- 2Printer now can batch print files in the following formats:
- CorelDraw CDR and CGM files
- PDF portfolio files
- Password protected PDF, DOC and DOCX files
- CSV files
- PDF files without annotations
- Updated:
- RTF, XLS and Outlook MSG files detection algorithms.
New in 2Printer 4.9 (Sep 14, 2015)
- Added support for WordPerfect file format
- Added component for printing Microsoft Outlook MSG
- Improved module for printing PDF files
- Fixed issue that appeared during printing uncollated documents
- Fixed issue that appeared during printing locked documents.
New in 2Printer 4.8 (Jun 5, 2015)
- New components for printing PostScript PS, EPS, Autodesk Design Review and EML message files.
New in 2Printer 4.7 (Apr 9, 2015)
- New components for printing Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint files.
New in 2Printer 4.5 (Nov 29, 2014)
- Added ability to batch print Microsoft PowerPoint PPS, PPSX and Java files
New in 2Printer 4.4 (Nov 4, 2014)
- Added ability to print XML, Excel XLSM, and SolidWorks documents