NOTE: This documentation relates to an earlier version of the APM / Lab 50 software.

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The Generic Hot Folder interface allows the APMor Lab 50 software to convert orders generated from an APM into a format that can be manually queued in any printer. The Generic Hot Folder interface is one of the few interfaces that work with both JPEG and PDF files.

Prerequisites

  1. The APM and/or Lab 50 machine needs to be able access the Hot Folder drop location, whether it be locally on the machine or across the network.
  2. If Lab 50 is not present in the local installation, then at least one or more fulfillments must be enabled to print to a local printer connected to the APM. This is seen in the screenshot on below, taken from the main options of an enabled fulfillment in the Setup Wizard.

Print Settings

Setting Up a Hot Folder Using the Setup Wizard

The Setup Wizard is used to configure the APM to print to a Generic Hot folder.

This process includes the following steps:

  1. Adding the printer interface and editing the general settings.
  2. Product setup from within the interface.
  3. Assigning printable products to the interface.