Black Ice Printer Drivers have a built-in feature to upload converted files to the designated SharePoint servers instantly. This feature is available from version 12.00 (2010.03.19) in every Printer Driver. The non-OEM versions of the Black Ice Printer Drivers have a Printer Manager application to provide easier configuration, even for SharePoint.
The SharePoint settings can be specified both on the SharePoint Settings tab of the Printer Manager or on the Filename Generation tab of the Printing Preferences.
On the Filename Generation tab, enable the Upload to SharePoint® option and specify the SharePoint server settings by pressing the Edit SharePoint® settings.
SharePoint Settings
The following values need to be specified in order to connect to the SharePoint server:
Server name:
User account information:
Username:
Password:
Upload directory
Server name: The complete URL of the server has to be specified here, without http:// or https://. For example: http://sharepoint.mydomain.com.
User Account Information: Make sure the user account has the Add Items/List Permission or a Contributor Permission level to the given library or directory, otherwise, the files cannot be uploaded.
Determining the Upload Directory
The upload directory needs to be determined correctly before uploading files.
The basic structure of the SharePoint Site is as follows:
http://servername/sitename/libraryname/foldername/filename.doc
The Upload directory is the sitename/libraryname/foldername part of the above shown structure. It cannot start with a forward slash (/).
For example, the Upload directory can be Sales/Invoices/September.
Most SharePoint sites have a Shared Documents library by default.
The Upload directory can be determined with a previously manually uploaded document.
1. Login to the SharePoint page and locate the file.
2. Right click on the file name or the file icon and press Copy Shortcut.
3. Paste the path to the Output directory.
4. Delete the unnecessary parts of the path, such as server name and filename.
5. It is recommended to test file uploads after setting or changing the Upload directory.
Enable silent uploading - If this option is selected, the printer driver uploads all the files to the SharePoint server in the background. The upload window and the error message windows do not appear, however, the error messages are still recorded in the log file.
Use https:// connection (SSL) - SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) is a protocol that provides communication security over the Internet. Selecting this option, the printer driver will use secure https protocol to upload all the files to the SharePoint server.
Delete files after uploading - If this option is checked, the driver automatically deletes the files when uploading is finished.
Log file - If the user specifies a log file, all the SharePoint-related messages are recorded there. Select a place for the logs where all printer driver users have permission to write.
Limitations:
· The Disable output file option must be disabled on the File Formats tab to use the Upload document to SharePoint feature. To upload the document without saving the file on the computer, please make sure the Delete files after uploading option is enabled in the SharePoint Settings.
· The Upload document to SharePoint feature requires .NET Framework version 4.0 or higher.