Question:
Is there some information about TIFFMAKER Control?
Answer:
The TIFFMAKER printer driver contains the printer font "TIFFMAKER Control and the “TIFFMAKER TTControl “ font.
The TIFFMAKER options are not solely dependent on the port settings, but can alternatively be controlled from the application that starts the print Job.
TIFFMAKER analyzes text, which is printed in this type style (TIFFMAKER Control) and transfers this information as index information. Afterwards the text is not part of the printed output.
*Note: Recognition templates cannot be used to extract index words in conjunction with TIFFMAKER Control.
Commands
As an alternative to the settings in the properties window, you now have commands available for controlling TIFFMAKER Options. You can write the commands on the document in your application and at any point.
Form of Commands
The commands must be of the following form to be recognized as control sequences:
- All commands must commence with &
- The font must be "TIFFMAKER Control" or "TIFFMAKER TTControl“
- The type size must be 10 points
- The commands have to be written in the manner, described in the table below
- TrueType fonts are identified by a TT icon in Microsoft Word for example. Conversion to TIFF format changes TrueType fonts into graphics. As a result of this graphical format, index terms can only be read out with the aid of OCR.
- Device fonts are identified by a printer icon in Microsoft Word for example. Conversion to TIFF format means, that text formated with a device font is preserved as text. So a device font can be read out directly.
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Command |
Meaning |
Example |
Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
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&TgtArchive:<path to adf file> |
Determines the file cabinet in DocuWare 4 mode for filing. |
&TgtArchive:c:\test\test.adf |
This command can be executed only once in a document. If this command occurs several times in the same document, the last one will be used. |
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&TgtArchiveID:<file cabinet GUID> |
Specifies the file cabinet in DocuWare 5 mode for filing |
&TgtArchiveID:89feb9f7-414d-49be-8e99-def3230813fd |
This command is evaluated once only per document. If it occurs more than once within a document, only the last one will be acted on. |
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&TgtPath:<path of DocuWare basket> |
Determines the basket for filing. |
&TgtPath:c:\test |
This command can be evaluated once in a document. If there are several commands in the same document, the last one on the first page of the document will be used. |
|
&Field<number |
Determines the database field of the document database through the internal field index and the index entry that is to be written into this database field. You can use dd.mm.yy or dd.mm.yyyy as the date format. |
&Field17:DOCUWARE |
This command can be evaluated numerous times per document page. If there are multiple entries for one database field, the last one will be selected. Index information is always stored in the Header of each page. |
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&Print:<printer name> |
Determines the printer on which the document is to be printed out. |
&Print:HP Laserjet |
This command can be evaluated once in a document. If there are several commands in the same document, the last one will be used. |
|
&Form:<path to form file> |
Determines a DocuWare TIFF that is to be layered on the document. |
&Form:c:\form0001.DWTiff |
This command can be evaluated once on each page of a document. If there are several commands on the same page of a document, the last one will be used. |
|
&NoStoreDlg |
Determines that the filing mask will not be opened when filing. |
&NoStoreDlg |
This command can be evaluated once per document; if specified more often, it has the same effect. |
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&MF |
Determines that the form will be merged with the document before printing. A printer must be determined first by the &Print command. |
This command can be evaluated once on each page of a document. If there are several commands on the same page of a document, the commands are treated like a one-time entry |
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&ND |
Determines that this page is the first page of a new document in the print job. This breaks down a document into several documents. |
This command can be evaluated once on each page of a document. If there are several commands on the same page of a document, the commands are treated like a one-time entry. |
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&TgtFile:<docname> |
Specifies the document name to be used. The name does not contain any file extension and must have the following format: DOCUxxxx, whereby xxxx must be a number between 0001 and 9999. |
This command can be evaluated once on each page of a document the first one is used. If there are several commands on the same page of a document the first one will be used.
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*Note: When the name of a print job begins with the characters &TMCONTROL, then the remaining characters of the print job will be interpreted as Control-commands.
The term print job is not necessarily the equivalent of a document, because you can split a print job into several documents with the &ND command. Then you can determine options for the individual documents.
If multiple commands are to be used on one page, they are lined up consecutively, e.g.,
&TgtArchive:c:\test\test.adf&Field17:DocuWare&Field21:Account
Functions
The following functions are available:
- With the &ND command plus the &TgtPath command you can print a document in different baskets. Until now you could only print in the basket determined by the port setting.
- Printing in several file cabinets is also possible, to several mail recipients, with different form layering.
- The &Field<number> command can be used to set a single database field to a certain value. Previously this was only possible with the aid of RECOGNITION.
- With the &ND command you can start a new document, within a print job, for which you can determine separate options.
You write the commands on the document in your application and at any Point.
The options to be executed are as follows:
- Store the document in the "DokPool" DocuWare 5 file cabinet with the index terms "lying Tom KG" and "Invoice" in the first two Text20 fields and 26.09.2005 as the entry in the first date field.
- Printout on HP Laserjet
- After printout, merging with the layered form/letterhead
&TgtArchiveID: 89feb9f7-414d-49be-8e99-def3230813fd&Field0:Flying Tom KG &Field1:Invoice&Field64:26.05.2005
&Print:HP Laserjet 4Si&Form:\\server\docuware\docu0001.001
- Commercial applications: You can integrate the commands in forms for flexible creation of print for invoices, shipping notes, etc.
- Microsoft Office products: With Microsoft's Office products you have the possibility of importing the index terms to the commands from the text with the aid of macros and deleting the commands once they have been executed.
- Standard letters: Through the commands matched to a document you can now file standard letters under the particular recipient. The print process can slow down, when printing more than 500 pages in one print job. We recommend to perform performance tests for print jobs between 500 and 1000 pages. If the performance is not sufficient with one large print job (e.g., hard disk capacity is not sufficient for temporary file), please separate the print job into smaller ones.
- Software partnerships: With "TIFFMAKER Control" the software producer can control the filing process direct from his/her application.
Advantages
The commands are written straight into the document, so you can select the required options for each document, without first having to determine a special RECOGNITION configuration, a special OCR setting or a special TIFFMAKER configuration.
Previously these special configurations applied to the entire document, but now, with the &ND command, you can split one document into several documents and select the required options for each one of them.
No OCR has to be loaded and executed any longer, so filing is very much faster. Storing is 100% secure because of transfer of the index terms as text (CI = coded information).