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Batch Print Pro - Batch Printing Software for printing PDF, Image, Office, Drawings and more.

COMPARISON GUIDE  - Main Features

Batch & Print Pro 2024 gives you all the benefits of Batch & Print Pro 2022, plus it is available as a 64bit version for faster processing, all Addons have also been released as 64bit versions.


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64bit version
v6 version has both 32bit and 64bit versions.

v1 to v5 are 32bit only.


 

 


 

 


 

 


 

 


 

 

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Create a list of files - bulk load, drag and drop and file add to list, save, load & append list .job files.

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Print from list – general list printing + printer settings files.

v3 has the ability to change just the printer trays with a .tra file and change printer with a "<printer name>.printer"  file.
v11 (2018) has a automatic list save option to load later in the event of a pc lockup or printer jam's etc.

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Quick job setup – for printing job lists quickly by task name.

 


 

 


 

 


 

 


 

 

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PDF print appending – appends pdf files together or into groups before printing so it can print as one file. useful for finishing like stapling.

v8.01+ supports converted to pdf files also.
 


 

 


 

 


 

 


 

 

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Conversion to PDF – conversion to pdf support: html, asp, apsx, php, word doc, docx, docm, rtf, jpeg, bmp, png, gif, wmf, emf tiff, dwg, dxf, mht and txt files - which can be optionally appended into one print automatically.
v9 has more options for page sizing and general improvements.
 


 

 


 

 


 

 


 

 


 

 


 

 


 

 

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PDF Print Settings – you can now set specific pdf print settings like shrink to fit, rotation per page per monitored folder and load / save into the main list when printing.
v12 (2019) has remove blank pages before print option.
v12 (2019) has print pages with certain text option e.g. Invoice
v12 (2019) has print with overlay pdf option for background. e.g. header
v14 (2022) added zoom percent for scaling pdf print

 


 

 


 

 


 

 


 

 


 

 


 

 


 

 

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PDF portfolio files – automatically detects pdf portfolio files and automatically extracts the contents to the source folder and prints all the files.


 

 


 

 


 

 


 

 


 

 


 

 

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Web printing - print files and web pages from the web, also has a download option for downloading larger files to the local drive then automatically printing them.
Download and print http internet files e.g. //www.traction-software.co.uk/test1.doc

v7 has been improved so now it supports zip and rar file download and automatic extraction.

v8 now supports page counts for downloaded pdf files.
 

 

 

 

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Cloud - Print files from DropBox and Google Drive, Support for adding a folder of files and Directory Monitor folder(s).

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Snapshot restore - Keeps a log of what's printing and where so if the system reboot's / power fail, on start-up will carry on from where it left off.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Printer load balancing - Spread the printer load to various printers, add limits to spool queues.

v5 has print as round robin option.

 

 

 

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Directory monitor - monitor folders for files and automatically print them.

v2 has trigger monitoring, content matching and print job prioritizing.
v3 has the ability to move failed files to an error directory.
v5,v6 has the ability to disable the profile at any time of day.
v12 (2019) supports move to file with dates etc in the folder or filename.

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Directory monitor with network logging - monitor folders for files and automatically print them. Same as Directory Monitor but in NT Service mode can network log what is happening.  A Client program is provided that can be run on the same network which shows the activity of Batch & Print Pro.
 


 

 


 

 


 

 


 

 

 

 


 

 

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POP3 Email monitor - monitor pop3 email boxes for files and automatically downloads, extracts attachments and prints them.

v6.01 onwards has SSL support.
v9.03 onwards has TLS support.


 

 


 

 


 

 

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IMAP Email monitor - monitor imap email boxes for files and automatically downloads, extracts attachments and prints them.
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FTP monitor - monitor ftp folders for files and automatically downloads and prints them.

v6.02 onwards has passive as well as active FTP support for NAT firewalls.
 


 

 


 

 


 

 

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SFTP monitor - monitor secure ftp folders for files and automatically downloads and prints them. supports ssl certificate files also.
v12 (2019) version supports more encryption types, needed for Amazon's AWS
 


 

 


 

 


 

 


 

 


 

 


 

 

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FTPS monitor - monitor ftp secure direct SSL folders for files and automatically downloads and prints them.
 


 

 


 

 


 

 


 

 


 

 


 

 


 

 


 

 


 

 


 

 

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Scheduler - print a file list at a specified time.

v2 has been greatly improved for update & adding new schedules.
v5 has move after print options.
v5 has print every n days option.
v12 (2019) has ability to save and load settings.
 

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Separator option - print a header sheet with information before each print.

v4 & v5 has extra separator options in monitor.
v11 (2018) has support for background colour and conversion to pdf at any size.
v12 (2019) has support for multiple template separators for e.g. tabbed stationary.

v14 (2022) can now save and load settings from file menu.

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Email options - email when a list is printed or scheduled or an error occurs, email sent on each file printed in directory monitor.

v2 has been improved to attach list of files printed
v6.01 has SSL support
v9.03 has TLS support
v11 (2018) has support for email notifications per monitored folder per file processed.
 

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Command line support – run batch & print from the command line for automation.

v3 has an extra option for printer trays.

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Addon support - extra plug-in addons for additional options when printing certain types of documents.

v2 supports more addons like FAX Addon.
v4 supports more addons like InDesign Addon.
v6 supports 64bit addons.
v7 supports internal pdf page range settings.
v8.02 supports PST Addon

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Logging - creates logs of files printed and an error log.

v2 has improved logging features, e.g. adding files to log for directory monitor. (without printing).
v3 has been revamped with searching, re-printing, exporting, importing, removing & change font size.
v4 has email and ftp monitor logging.
v8 now has move file logging also.

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Log archiving - Automatic log file maintenance, can optionally remove and archive all log files that no longer exists periodically or remove files older than n print time every n days.


 

 


 

 

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Reporting - create a report of files printed, total pages & date/time print started & finished.


 

 

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Replication – repeat certain print tasks when setting up a print list.

v6.03 has been improved so now you can save replication settings to a file to load later and now you can apply replication in the directory monitor.


 

 

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Pre-processing - processing tasks on ps, prn & PDF files before printing, e.g. converting PDF to Postscript so Acrobat isn't required to print the file.

v3 has been improved so now you can insert a PPD file for changing printer trays.


 

 

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Re-path - change the pathname of a file for moving onto other workstations without having to map the same drive names.

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NT service – run Batch & Print Pro as a windows service using our tailor made NT service wrapper.
v4 has been improved so now the Batch & Print Pro paths are taken from the registry as default.
v6 can now be started / stopped in the interface.
v7 can now be configured in the interface and switch. between network logging.


 

 

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DOS scripts – add DOS scripts within a print list.
v6 can
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Internal RAW printing - print PCL, PS, TXT, TIFF, SPL, PDF & PRN internally without 3rd party associated applications directly to the printer.

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Internal PDF printing - print PDF with options like fit to size without the need for Adobe Reader.
v7 has been improved so now you set the page range of the pdf to print individually and is saved in the addon settings.
v8 now supports multiple pdf passwords to use, optional pdf rotation per page.

 


 

 


 

 


 

 


 

 

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Internal Word Doc, Excel & Powerpoint Printing - print these file types without Microsoft Office Installed, this is automatically used when Office ins't installed.
v14 (2022) - New in this version
 


 

 


 

 


 

 


 

 


 

 


 

 


 

 


 

 


 

 

 

 


 

 


 

 


 

 

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Color Counts in the Print log for reporting color counts of pdf's
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Print to file – print to a FILE: printer, e.g. PDF, PS, PCL, PRN, XPS file types.
v4 has been improved so now
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ZIP/7Zip/RAR file support – auto extracts contents from zip or rar files to print.
v7 has been improved so now you can set the temp folder & now supports .7z .7zip file format.


 

 


 

 


 

 

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Updater – auto checks for updates when not in monitor / scheduler / service mode.
 


 

 


 

 


 

 


 

 

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Backup & Restore – Backup and restore settings option, ideal for migrating to other machines, backup and sorting out issues.
 


 

 


 

 


 

 


 

 


 

 


 

 

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Security settings – Now you can password secure settings in Batch & Print Pro, ideal to stop users changing settings accidentally.
 


 

 


 

 


 

 


 

 


 

 


 

 

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