Add Cover Page to documents
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Add a Cover Page to converted PDF/TIFF documents if needed with a single click, or add a Cover Page to every printed document.

  1. Select the "Add Cover Page to the document" option on the "Save As" window
  2. How to configure the "Add Cover Page" option in the Printer Manger
  3. The default built-in cover pages and how to add cover pages
  4. Cover Page Filler options for PDF and Tiff Documents


Select the "Add Cover Page" to the document option on the "Save As" window

If the "Enable Save As" option is checked on the Printer Manager > General tab, the Save As dialog is displayed every time when printing a document to the Black Ice Printer Driver. To add a cover page, enable the Add Cover Page to the document option and click on the Save button.

Select a cover page on the Select Cover Page window to be added as the first page of the document, and click OK.

After the printing has finished, the PDF/TIFF document will be opened in the default form filler application.
(For example: Adobe Reader or TIFF Viewer Pro as shown on the example below.)



How to configure the "Add Cover Page" option in the Printer Manger

To configure the Add Cover Page option, please open the Printer Manager, and navigate to the Add Cover Page tab.

To enable the Add Cover Page option please select one of the following options:

  • The user selects the Cover Page during printing – If enabled, users can select a cover page to be printed from the cover page list on the Select Cover Page window during printing. By closing the Select Cover Page window, no cover page will be added to the printed document.

  • Add the selected Cover Page to every printed document – If enabled, users can select a default cover page to be added as the first page of the printed document. The Printer Driver will not prompt the user to select a cover page during printing. The selected cover page can be seen under the Cover Page Settings section of the Add Cover Page tab.

    To select the default cover page, please click on the Edit List button. On the Select the Default Cover Page window, please select the desired cover page and click on the "Save Selected As Default" button to save the selected cover page as default.



Cover Page Filler Settings

Under the Cover Page Filler Settings section, users can configure whether or not and when to launch the cover page filler application when printing a document.

  • Attach the selected Cover Page – If selected, the Printer Driver will attach the selected cover page as the first page of the document, but no cover page filler application will be launched.

  • Start the Cover Page filler after printing – If selected, the user default cover page filler application will be launched after printing the document. The user default cover page filler application can be seen under the Cover Page Settings section of the Add Cover Page tab.

    After the printing has finished, the PDF/TIFF document will be opened in the default form filler application.

  • Start the Cover Page filler before printing – If selected, the built-in Cover Page Filler window appears before printing the document. The "Start the Cover Page filler before Printing" option is not available for PDF file format. To read more about Black Ice Software’s built-in Cover Page Filler, please refer to our Online Manual.



The default built-in cover pages and how to add cover pages

Under the Cover Page Settings section of the Add Cover Page tab, information can be seen on the currently selected cover page, the user's default cover page filler application, and the user can select a default cover page and edit the list of the cover pages available.



Select the default Cover Page

If the "Add selected cover page to every printed document" option is checked, users can add a cover page that will be added as the first page of the printed document without prompting the user to select a cover page during printing.

To change the selected cover page, please click on the "Edit List" button, select a cover page from the list and click on the Save Selected As Default button.



How to edit the Cover Page list

On the Select the Default Cover Page window, users can add or remove cover pages.

The following options are available:

  • Add Cover Page – One can browse and add new cover pages to the list. Cover Pages added by a user is marked (Private) and it can be removed by the User without Administrator privileges.

  • Remove Cover Page – To remove a cover page from the list, please select a cover page and click on the Remove Cover Page button. A Domain User or System User can not remove "Private" cover pages. "Common" cover pages can only be removed by the Administrator.

  • Add CP for All Users – Administrators can browse and add "Common" cover pages to the list. Common Cover Pages added by an Administrator will be available for every user. This function is only available for Administrators.



Cover Page Filler options for PDF and Tiff Documents

Many applications can be used for filling cover pages. The table below shows some examples of cover filler applications for different file formats.

PDF file formatTIFF file format
TIFF Viewer ProTIFF Viewer Pro
Adobe ReaderTIFF Viewer
Foxit ReaderBuilt-in Cover Page Filler
Google Chrome
Microsoft Edge




The "Add Cover Page" feature of the Printer Driver is available in the following products:

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