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title: "Print Content"
slug: "print-content"
updated: 2024-09-18T12:14:16Z
published: 2024-09-18T12:14:16Z
canonical: "help.mail-and-deploy.com/print-content"
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# Print Content

### General

This type of action can be used to send a previously created report document (using a [Create Report Document Action](/release34/docs/create-report-document)) 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](/release34/docs/introduction-to-mail-and-deploy-expressions) that evaluates to a [String](/release34/docs/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](/release34/docs/introduction-to-mail-and-deploy-expressions) that evaluates to a [String](/release34/docs/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](/release34/docs/introduction-to-mail-and-deploy-expressions) that evaluates to a [Number](/release34/docs/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](/release34/docs/introduction-to-mail-and-deploy-expressions) that evaluates to a [Number](/release34/docs/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](/release34/docs/tasks) using a [Create Report Document Action](/release34/docs/create-report-document) 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](/release34/docs/introduction-to-mail-and-deploy-expressions) that returns a [String](/release34/docs/string) that contains the path to the external file to be printed. This can either be a local or UNC file path. |