Printer Sharing Limitations
When sharing Black Ice printers over a network, there are some restrictions that must be taken into consideration.
- When the Print2email is shared out from the Host to a Client, only the silent email sending option is available.
- Shared printers only can be added on operating systems with the same architecture as the host operating system. (32-bit/64-bit). For example, if the printer was shared on 64-bit operating system, it can be added only on 64-bit operating systems.
- Avoid of using Environment Variables on shared printers. The environment variables will be substituted on the Host (where the printer was originally shared) where the values may differ from the client’s values.
- While a shared Black Ice Print2Email is added on a client, the same Black Ice Print2Email cannot be installed. For example, if the Print2Email for Desktop is added on a Windows 7 64-bit client, then the Print2Email for Desktop cannot be installed on the client
- The printed output document will be generated on the host computer.
- The shared printer on the client computer will be added only to the current user. If one is logged into the client as a standard user, but mounting the shared printer as an Administrator, the printer will be added to the Administrator’s printer list.
For the complete list of which Print2Email features must be configured on the Client or Host, please see to the table below:
| Print2Email Feature | Needs to be configured on the Host or Client |
| Device settings tab | |
| Paper size (including Custom Paper Sizes) | Client |
| Fax resolution | Client |
| Orientation | Client |
| Graphic Resolution | Client |
| File formats tab | |
| File format | Client |
| File format options (For example: PDF settings) | Host* |
| Color Depth | Client |
| Save each page as separate file | Client |
| Generate output in memory | Client |
| Flip | Client |
| Invert | Client |
| Unicode/Eastern char. support | Client |
| Disable output file | Client |
| Photo Quality | Client |
| Filename Generation tab | |
| Save As Option | Not Available |
| Filename Generation Methods | |
| Use this prefix and extension | Client |
| Prefix and extension from the registry | Client, but the registry value will be read on host. |
| Prefix and extension from the INI File | Client, but the INI file value will be read on host. |
| Exact filename | Client |
| Exact filename from the registry | Client, but the registry value will be read on host. |
| Exact filename from the INI File | Client, but the INI file value will be read on host. |
| Use the document name | Client |
| Custom file naming | Client, but variables will be substituted on the host. |
| Combine/Merge | Client |
| Output Directory | Client, but variables will be substituted on the host and directory cannot be validated on client. |
| Group File Options | Client |
| FTP, SharePoint | Host* |
| Email Sending | Host*, but only silent email sending is available on shared printers. |
| Troubleshooting | Host* |
| Annotation-Header-Footer tab | |
| Annotation | Client, but variables will be substituted on the host. |
| Header | Host* |
| Footer | Host* |
| Text Output Tab | |
| Every setting on the tab | Host* |
| Watermark Tab | |
| Every setting on the tab | Host* |
| Redirect Printing Tab | |
| Every setting on the tab | Host*. Print redirection is only available if the printing is redirected to a local printer (the printer is directly connected to the computer) and if the given destination printer saves the printed/output document silently without Save As window. |
*The Host printer must be configured on the Host computer, in the Control Panel > right click on the host Printer > Print Properties > Advanced Tab > Printing Defaults.