The Modify Hot Folders dialog is where you specify the printers that are associated with a hot folder, and the behaviour of these printers when they print from this hot folder.
Hot Folder Name
Here you should specify a name relevant to the settings for this hot folder. This name will be used in other parts of the program for you to identify this hot folder – EG Print 4x6
Hot Folder Path
This path is where you choose which folder will be the hot folder. Any .jpg files that are placed in this folder while Chiizu Photo Printer is running will be printed according to the settings you specify. Press the 'Select Path' button to choose the folder.
Once Photos Are Printed Options
Once the photo is printed it can either be renamed by adding ".printed" to the filename or moved to another folder.
If you choose to move it, you can select the folder it will be placed in by clocking "Select Path..."
Print to
You can associate more than one printer with a hot folder. If you have more than one printer associated with the hot folder, you need to select the way in which they are used.
| 1. | All Listed Printers: If you select this option, a copy of each .jpg in the hot folder will be printed on each printer. |
| 2. | Rotate through the listed printers: If you select this option, Chiizu Photo Printer will only print to one of the printers, rotating through the listed printers for each new print job. If you wish to share the printing load between several printers, this is the setting that will achieve load sharing. |
Printers Attached To This Hot Folder
This is where you assign the printers that will print the .jpg files from the hot folder. Click 'Add' to insert a new printer, or select an existing printer from the list and click either 'Edit' or 'Delete'. If you Add or Edit a printer, the Print Setup dialog window will be displayed. For help on this Print Setup window, see the section on Printer Setup. Once you have completed the Printer Setup dialog window, if you were adding a printer, the printer will now appear in the 'Printers Attached To This Hot Folder' list.
In some cases you may need to go to the Windows Printer driver and set the Defaults to your requirements for this Hotfolder. To do this: click on Start, Settings, Printers & Faxes, Select your printer, then right click to open a box where you can select “Properties”. Click on the “Advanced” tab at the top of the new window, then in the new window click on “Printing Defaults” at the bottom left. Click on “Advanced” to open a window where you can set your choices for paper size etc. Click OK, OK, OK to set them.
Once your printer is showing in the main window of the “Modify Hot Folders” – with the correct print size – select it by clicking on it.
Enable Printer
If your printer is not operational you can disable it by clicking on this checkbox. You can also enable and disable printers using the Enable/Disable function.
Auto Rotate Images To Best Fit Paper
Images and paper can be either one of two orientations.
| 1. | Portrait: The image or paper is taller than it is wide. |
| 2. | Landscape: The image or paper is wider than it is tall. |
An image will print best if its orientation is the same as the paper it is being printed on. If you select 'Auto Rotate Images To Best Fit Paper', any images that are not the same orientation as the paper, will be rotated 90 degrees so that the orientations match and the best print is achieved.
Copies
Here you can choose the number of copies of each image that will be sent to the printer.
Photo Fit Setting
You can select one of 3 ways that photos are fit onto the paper.
Fit entire photo will center the photo on the page expanded to the maximum size to fit within the page margins. This may leave white space if the photo is not the same aspect ratio as the paper or if the paper prints with margins.
Stretch photo will change the aspect ratio of the photo if needed to fill to all margins. This can distort the photo. Be sure your photo and paper aspect ratios match if you use this setting.
Crop edges will enlarge the photo to cover the entire print area and possibly crop the top/bottom or sides if the aspect ratio of the photo and paper don't match. This is a common setting for printing photographs as 100% of the paper is covered and the photo is not distorted.
Printed Images
Note – when the image in the Hotfolder has been printed it is renamed with an extra extension ".printed". These files need to be deleted or moved to avoid filling up the hard drive. This can be done automatically using Chiizu File Workflow – or manually.