General
This type of action can be used to send a previously created report document (using a Create Report Document Action) or an external file a printer installed on the server on which Mail & Deploy is installed.
NOTE
This type of action is not available in the SaaS version of Mail & Deploy.
Properties
This type of action has the following properties:
Name |
Description |
|---|---|
| Content Type | The type of content to send to the printer. Read below for more information about individual content types. |
| Printer Name | An Expression that evaluates to a String that contains the name of the printer to print to. |
| Use Custom Paper Source | When enabled, you can specify the Paper Source Name property to define the paper source of the printer to print to. When disabled the default paper source of the printer will be used. |
| Paper Source Name | An Expression that evaluates to a String that contains the name of the paper source to print to. |
| Print Range | All Pages. All pages will be sent to the printer. Page Range. You can specify from and to page numbers to print a range of pages. |
| From Page Number | An Expression that evaluates to a Number that contains the number of the first page to print. This property is only applicable if Print Range is set to Page Range. |
| To Page Number | An Expression that evaluates to a Number that contains the number of the last page to print. This property is only applicable if Print Range is set to Page Range. |
Content Types
Report Document
If you set Content Type to Report Document you can select a report document that has been created previously within the same Task using a Create Report Document Action to be printed. The following additional properties will be available:
Name |
Description |
|---|---|
| Content | The report document to print. |
External File
If you set Content Type to External File you can select an external file to be printed. The following additional properties will be available:
Name |
Description |
|---|---|
| Content Path | An Expression that returns a String that contains the path to the external file to be printed. This can either be a local or UNC file path. |