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Virual Printer - Entry point

Posted: Mon Nov 30, 2020 12:13 pm
by DamienB
Hello,
it seemed to me that you could use a virtual printer as an entry point into Switch… is that no longer the case?

I have PDFs to generate in my ERP which are intended for Switch… I would have liked to have created them directly via a virtual printer.

Re: Virual Printer - Entry point

Posted: Mon Nov 30, 2020 5:23 pm
by laurentd
This is possible with Connect You / Connect ALL icw Switch.

First add a submit point to your flow (Switch client module or Switch web services required).
Then create a connector with Connect You / Connect ALL, enable PDF creation (virtual printer), and select Enfocus Switch 2017+ as delivery method. Configure it (Switch log in), and select the right submit point.
Generate your connector and launch it, your virtual printer will be available.

If you defined metadata for your submit point, you will be asked to enter the required metadata when producing the pdf (printing). This metadata can then be used in your Switch flow.

When using Connect ALL you can distribute your connectors to several computers, including your customers.
Connect You / Connect ALL will also preflight your document locally before sending it to the delivery.

Re: Virual Printer - Entry point

Posted: Thu Dec 03, 2020 8:36 am
by DamienB
Thank you very much for those explanations.

is this the only method because the purchase is quite expensive for Connect All ?

Re: Virual Printer - Entry point

Posted: Thu Dec 03, 2020 8:49 am
by DamienB
I'm sorry, I hadn't seen the price of Connect You… I thought the product was no longer sold… I was interested in it at one time.

Re: Virual Printer - Entry point

Posted: Thu Dec 03, 2020 9:12 am
by jan_suhr
There are a bunch of virtual printers that save to PDF. Such a printer could save the PDF's to a Switch folder.