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Accounting / Reporting	Turn easy Reporting and accounting on Collect Serial numbers and store them in a database file Printing a Job X times and personalize it with a continuous counter
Search and Delete, Replace etc.	Correct bar code selection sequences Search methods
Archiving Solutions	MyPrintArchive - Collect4Printing, Archive all jobs and send them to the printer/MFP in one shot Split a file into an archive with a file counter Split mail-merge print files in their single documents Postal optimization and OMR marking Archiving to professional storage system using Index files Collection small single jobs and print them together to eliminate the printer job setup time Collect 2 different jobs, print then into an order and staple them together Turn a Windows stream into a searchable PDF Add Logo/Letterhead only in archive
Security solutions Authentication	Insert private PIN to store the job on the printer's hard disk (database sample) Insert private PIN/Mailbox to store the job on the printers hard disk Watermarks: Username, Document name, page numbers etc, automatically on the page Watermarks: Username in light grey all across the page Safe Monitored Printing Enter the authentication information for FollowMe printing Get a PIN out of an ELP database to secure jobs See also accounting and reporting
Counter Job Counter Variables	Printing a job X times and personalize it with a continuous counter Copy counter Watermarks Use a Counter and perform tasks based upon counter value (e.g. Collect X Jobs) Send automatically printed copies to a user list. Perform ELP action only for dynamic list of users Page counter and watermark on back side of page Page counter vertical on the left side of page Print date and time on the page-footer Perform some actions like paper tray settings on the last [or on a specific] page Insert an additional (colored) sheet every # jobs, using the Job Counter Insert an additional (colored) sheet every # page, using the Job Counter Insert after X copies of a document a separation page Insert a Job counter on each document Print the last page in simplex, when the duplex-ed job has got an odd amount of pages. Workload Job Rotation (Job Counter) Split a file into an archive with a file counter
Distributed Printing	Forward jobs based upon their size or content Extract the SAP user name from job title and reroute the job to another printer myprintarchive - Collect4Printing Workload Job Rotation (Job Counter) Send automatically printed copies to a user list. See also Job Splitting
Forms & Printer Management Watermarks	Booklet Printing Printing solutions for duplexing Print on the first page a full letter head and only the logo on the following pages. Adding FormFeeds and insert pages. Send job to different mailbox out-trays, depending upon the amount of printed pages Overlay a form with every print job Insert Terms & Conditions on page 1 or at the end on last page Dedicate a form / ELP_Command to a physical queue Cover / Footer pages or documents, including Watermarks Generate your own forms Triggering invoices / delivery notes etc. forms for different companies T&C on all back pages; Extended: front page with a letter head, remaining pages with just the logo Depending upon the paper tray used, print specific forms on every page Dynamically add description / tax / data sheet pages Using print queue specific forms, but with data stream specific copy factors A lot ELP_Command examples Watermarks: Username, Document name, page numbers etc, automatically on the page Print job duplex, add on all back pages the terms & conditions, on first page the letter head, on remaining front pages the logo Prints on all pages except the last one, the full letter head, the last page is printed out of the paper tray preprinted Printing 2 A4/A4 pages on one A3/A4 page Printing every page of an A5 job twice on A4 to gain printing speed. even duplexing is possible. Printing a copy of the same page on the same page, all reduced by 50% Printing colored forms and watermarks underneath black text Don't print in color when printing from Outlook or any other application Automatic download of special fonts Printing signatures and watermarks securely from USB sticks Insert an additional (colored) sheet every # page Print Job Duplex, but beginning with a specific page change to simplex Print simplex and duplex jobs on preprinted/prepunched paper Print one or two configurable rectangles on top of the page Tray changing based on key word in data stream with display message Merging on the fly of PDF documents into a PCL datastream
Stapling	Stapling a duplicated job Always staple X pages of the data stream together. X maybe even copies of the same page. Stapling/punching a mail merge document? Split every 50th page and staple Staple first N pages of the job Sort pages in document and staple each sorted part
General	How ELP defines and executes rules Triggering rules with hierarchy Allowing/blocking printing from dedicated applications
Job splitting	Split a huge job into x parts Split a big job into 50 pages pieces, as this is maximum amount of pages being stapled Split a job to different out-trays and perform rules upon used input trays Split an ASCII file by detecting the page number 01 on each first page How to split mail merge documents into their single documents (Stapling / Punching) How to split mail merge documents into their single documents (General) Split a file into an archive with a file counter Send automatically printed copies to a user list.
Miscellaneous	Print only one copy instead of 2 coming from my application Initialize ASCII data streams, insert FormFeeds and more Insert Form Feeds into ASCII alike data streams Get Username or other Variables from streams coming from hosts Start time [and date] triggered processes Delete the Job name in PJL section due to security reasons How can I install ELP, when I have a second application also using the Print processoer method for printing? Printing OMR marks for envelope inserter machines Postal optimization and OMR marking Job Ticketing with printing eMail, Archiving and copies on user request Rotate paper trays for each job TrayMap (Change easily the input/output papertray) Report Line Generator Delete [next] graphic in data stream Remove unneeded download fonts form windows generated data stream to get small tiny streams Collection small single jobs and print them together to eliminate the printer job setup time
Rules	Selecting a form or process always for every job printed Dedicating a function to a queue Use the job name for selecting what to do How to setup new rules Finally all examples above describe quite a lot of examples how to trigger and what to do.
Database	Using the ELP build-in database Get a PIN out of an ELP database to secure jobs Perform ELP action only for dynamic list of users Search in the ELP database and store the fields into ELP usable variables (Pin printing)
OMR marks	Dynamically add description / tax / data sheet pages and OMR marks

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