How can I capture the printed documents and send them to someone by email or store them to a server?

Hi, can your software capture printing and send it to someone? In our case if someone prints a invoice we want a copy of the printout to be sent to our boss via email or for it to be stored somewhere on a server.

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Thanks for your message, yes, this is possible with VeryPDF's software, we have several software which can be used for this purpose, please find our solutions at below.

Solution 1:

You can use VeryPDF HookPrinter SDK software to capture all print jobs to SPL files and store them to your disk, VeryPDF HookPrinter SDK software can be downloaded from this web page,

https://www.verypdf.com/app/hookprinter/index.html

After you get the SPL files, you can use VeryPDF SPL to PDF Converter Command Line to convert these SPL files to PDF, PS, EPS, JPG, PNG, TIFF or other formats, then you can email or reuse these files easily,

https://www.verypdf.com/app/hookprinter/spool-spl-to-pdf-converter.html

Solution 2:

You can use "HookPrinter" function in docPrint Pro v8.0 software.

VeryPDF docPrint Pro v8.0 contains two virtual printers and a HookPrinter (Printer Capturer) module, after you install docPrint Pro v8.0 software, you will see two virtual printers appear in the Printer & Fax folder in your Windows system, you can run following command line with administrator privilege to install or uninstall HookPrinter (Printer Capturer) module,

"C:\Program Files (x86)\docPrint Pro v8.0\artprint.exe" -hookprinter

after you enable HookPrinter (Printer Capturer) Module, you can print a document to any of your Windows printers (except for docPrint, because docPrint is used for an intermediate printer).

HookPrinter (Printer Capturer) works by following steps,

1. You are enable HookPrinter (Printer Capturer) Module first, print a document to "HP LaserJet Professional P1108" or other printers,
2. HookPrinter (Printer Capturer) Module captures this print job, redirect it to docPrint virtual printer,
3. HookPrinter (Printer Capturer) Module also convert this print job to PDF, EMF, WMF, TIFF, PNG, JPG formats and save to predefined folder according to configuration parameters,
4. docPrint virtual printer receives this print job, it does convert this print job to PDF, PS, EPS, TIF, JPG, PNG, BMP, GIF, etc. formats first, and then forward this print job to original printer ("HP LaserJet Professional P1108" or other printers) continue,
5. OK, the original printing process does continue and without any interruption, but the print job be converted to PDF, PS, EPS, TIF, JPG, PNG, BMP, GIF, etc. formats and save to predefined folder,

You can download docPrint Pro v8.0 with HookPrinter (Printer Capturer) from this web page for evaluation,

https://www.verypdf.com/artprint/docprint_pro_setup.exe

Please by following steps to test "-hookprinter" option,

1. Download and install docPrint Pro v8.0 version,

2. Run following application to set Printer Capturer options,

"C:\Program Files (x86)\docPrint Pro v8.0\artprint.exe" -hookprinter

* You need set "Output folder" to save captured documents.
* You need click "Install HookPrinter" button to install Printer Capturer.
* You need click "Save&Close" button to close this dialog, and print a document to an arbitrary Windows Printer, you will get captured documents appear in predefined folder automatically.

3. OK.

You may find more articles about HoookPrinter function in VeryPDF Knowledge Base,

https://www.verypdf.com/wordpress/?s=hookprinter

Solution 3:

You can use "RedirectPrinter" or "ForwardPrinter" function in docPrint Pro v8.0 software.

With "RedirectPrinter" or "ForwardPrinter" function in docPrint Pro v8.0 software, you can print a document to docPrint virtual printer first, docPrint will save the print job to PDF, JPG, TIFF, PNG or other formats first, and then forward the print job to another printer continue.

After you install docPrint Pro v8.0 software, you can use "-forwardprinter" option to setup printing forwarding options, for example,

"C:\Program Files (x86)\docPrint Pro v8.0\artprint.exe" -forwardprinter

After you set the forwarding options, click "Save&Close" button to close the setting dialog, when an user print a document to docPrint, docPrint will process the print job first, and then redirect the print job to predefined printer (or associated printer) automatically.

"-hookprinter" and "-forwardprinter" are two total different printer capture and forwarding methods, you can choose either one according to your requirements.

You may find more articles about "RedirectPrinter" or "ForwardPrinter" function in VeryPDF Knowledge Base,

https://www.verypdf.com/wordpress/?s=forwardprinter
https://www.verypdf.com/wordpress/?s=redirectprinter

VeryPDF

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