Upload to FTP with a Single Printing with Agent Printers

 

One can convert and upload documents to specific FTP servers with a single print by using the Printer Manager and Agent Printers. For more information on agent printers, check the Agent Printers section of this manual.

Create an Agent Printer and configure the FTP uploading.

1.    If the Agent Printers are created, go to the FTP tab of the Printer Manager. Select one of the Agent Printers from the dropdown list, enable the Upload to FTP checkbox, and click on the New connection button to configure the FTP.

 

 

Upload through memory – If this option is enabled, the FTP Uploader will upload the document to the FTP Server through memory, without writing the file to the local disk.

 

New connection

 

To add a new FTP connection, click on the New connection button. The following window appears where one can configure the FTP connection.

 

 

 

Connection Settings

 

The Connection Settings tab contains the general settings of the FTP connection, including the followings:

 

Connection Name: The name of the new FTP connection. This name will be displayed in the Connection List.

 

URL of the FTP Server or IP Address: The URL or IP Address of the FTP Server. For example: 216.55.55.55 or ftp.yourdomain.com

 

Security mode: Select the security mode of the FTP Server from the following options:

·         Unsecure

·         FTP with explicit SSL/TLS encryption (FTPES)

·         FTP with implicit SSL/TLS encryption (FTPS)

·         SFTP

 

If not sure which security mode should be used, please contact the System Administrator.

 

TCP/IP Port: The port of the FTP Server. Usually, it’s 21.

Login Name: A valid username on the FTP Server.

Password: The password for the entered Login Name on the FTP Server.

Destination Directory on the Server: In this field users can configure the destination folder on the FTP Server of the uploaded files.

 

For example, with the default settings (/) the files will be uploaded to the root directory of the FTP Server. If entered /printed_documents then the Printer Driver uploads the printed documents into the printed_documents folder on the FTP Server. Please be aware that the configured directory must exists!

 

Passive Mode: Use Passive Mode.

Accept Untrusted Certificate: For secure connections accept untrusted certificates.

 

 

Proxy Settings

 

The Proxy Settings tab contains the optional proxy server configuration for the FTP connection.

 

 

Proxy Type: Select the type of the proxy server. To not use Proxy settings, select None. The available Proxy Types are the followings:

·         Socks4

·         Socks4A

·         Socks5

·         HttpConnect

 

URL of the Proxy Server or IP Address: The URL or IP Address of the Proxy Server. For example: 216.55.55.55 or ftp.yourdomain.com

TCP/IP Port: The port of the Proxy Server.

Login Name: A valid username on the Proxy Server.

Password: The password for the entered Login Name on the Proxy Server.

Domain: Configure the domain of the proxy server. This option is necessary if the Proxy Type is HtmlConnect and the Method is Ntlm.

 

 

Upload Settings

 

The Upload Settings tab contains configurations related to the documents to be uploaded and documents already existing on the FTP Server.

 

 

Upload Settings:

·         Upload printed document: Enables uploading the generated document to the FTP Server. When this option is enabled, the Upload to FTP feature will upload the generated document to the FTP Server.

·         Upload OCR file: Enables uploading OCR (Optical Character Recognition) text to the FTP Server. When this option is enabled, the Printer Driver generates the OCR text during printing, and the Upload to FTP feature will upload the text to the FTP Server.

·         Upload Text file: Enables uploading text output to the FTP Server. When this option is enabled, the Printer Driver generates the text output during printing, and the Upload to FTP feature will upload the extracted text to the FTP Server.

·         The Delete files after uploading option will delete the generated output document from the local computer.

 

Action on Existing files:

·         Overwrite All option overwrites already existing files on the FTP Server.

·         Overwrite Different Size option overwrites the already existing files on the FTP Server, if the file size is different than the new file.

·         Rename option will append a number to the existing file name. For example: filename1.PDF

·         Skip All option skip uploading the file if it’s already existing on the FTP Server.

 

 

Advanced

 

The Advanced tab contains advanced configurations such as deleting files after uploading, overwriting files or Logging.

 

 

The Logging option created a detailed log file with the connection settings, uploaded documents and occurring issues to the path and filename specified in the Log file name.

 

Display “Document uploaded successfully” message option driver will show a message box after each successful upload. The message box is only shown if the print job is not printed from a service.

 

Display FTP upload error message option will show a message box with the error message if the FTP upload was unsuccessful. The message box is only shown if the print job is not printed from a service.

 

 

When finished configuring the FTP Connection, click on the Test FTP connection button to check if the configured connection works properly, and click on the Save button.

 

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The new connection appears in the Connection List. Select the connection by clicking on it, and click on OK button to use this connection for uploading documents to FTP. Every time when printing a document to the Black Ice Printer Driver, it will upload the output document to the selected FTP connection automatically.

 

Click on the Edit... button to change the settings of the selected FTP connection.

Click on the Delete button to remove the selected FTP connection.

 

Common FTP connection problems

The following table includes the most common problems when configuring Upload to FTP feature and the recommended solution:

Error message from the Upload to FTP feature:

Source of the problem:

Solution:

A socket operation was attempted to an unreachable network.

No internet connection on the computer or the Network card is disabled.

Please make sure you have active internet connection on the computer, and the network card is enabled. Also, please make sure that the FTP connection is allowed through the firewall.

A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or established connection failed because connected host has failed to respond.

Wrong FTP Server address or FTP Server port configuration.

Please make sure the FTP server and the port number is configured properly.

Error code: 530: Not logged in. Username/password incorrect, user disabled, or user logged in too many times (530).

Wrong FTP Server user name or password configuration.

Please make sure the FTP username and password is configured properly.

         

Once the Agent Printer is configured, simply print to the Agent Printer, and the printed documents will be uploaded to the configured FTP server automatically.

 

Limitations:

 

·         The Disable output file option must be disabled on the File Formats tab to use the Upload document to FTP 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 Upload to FTP Settings.

 

·         The Upload document to FTP feature requires .NET Framework version 4.0 or higher.

 

·         Please make sure the Upload document to FTP option is enabled during installation, otherwise, the option will be grayed out and cannot be used. In this case, alternatively, the user can configure the uploading in the Printer Manager, or try uninstalling the printer driver, restarting the system, and reinstalling the Printer Driver.