ECMS - Configuring the ImageNow Printer

Use the following steps to configure a color ImageNow Printer without adding an additional printer:

1. In Windows File Explorer, enter %ProgramFiles(x86)%\ImageNow\etc in the address bar, and then open the inowprint.ini file in a text editor (Right-click and select Open With and select a text editor program such as Textpad or Notepad++. Do not use Microsoft Word).
   
   Note: If the etc folder or the inowprint.ini file does not exist, it is likely that ImageNow Printer was not installed during the Perceptive Content installation, or the installation was not performed as an administrator.
   
   
2. Adjust the following settings as follows:
   • Section [TIFF File Format]
     • BW compression = Group4
     • Color compression = Medium quality JPEG
     • Indexed compression = Packbits
     • Greyscale compression = Medium quality JPEG
   • Section [Save]
     • Color reduction = Optimal
       
       
3. Test the ImageNow Printer.
   
   If it still does not print in color, remove the asterisk (*) from the beginning of the *[Devmode settings] line in the Graphics settings section at the top of inowprint.ini

Why are these changes necessary?

• TIFF files with LZW compression cannot be annotated in the Perceptive Content client.
  Color and Grayscale compression should be set to Medium quality JPEG instead of LZW to allow for annotations.
• Updating the Indexed compression setting allows thumbnails to be created properly when printing certain file types (e.g. JPEGs).
• Updating the Color reduction setting allows for color printing.