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Running Multiple Printfil Copies On Same PC With Different Configurations
The Printfil's Setup program places a shortcut to Printfil.exe in the commonstartup Windows folder (Start -> All Programs -> AutoStart) so that Printfil is automatically executed each time an user login the machine.
This makes Printfil starting automatically on Client Windows OS's, at the PC bootup, while on Terminal Server environments a different Printfil instance is run for each remote user logging in the server; each one with the user's specific configuration, automatically managed by Printfil.
In some cases however, you may want to run multiple Printfil instances yourself, even on Client OS's. For example, if you want to capture multiple LPT ports simultaneously, or if you want to print the same job to different printers in once.
In order to run different Printfil instances on the same machine with different configurations (Printfil.ini), you'll have to replace the shortcut to Printfil.exe in the commonstartup folder with a batch file, like follows:
| C:\>EDIT START.BAT
START.BAT
@echo off
c:
cd \folder1
start "\program files\printfil\Printfil.exe"
cd \folder2
start "\program files\printfil\Printfil.exe"
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Either c:\folder1 or c:\folder2 must contain a different PRINTFIL.INI file, which will be used to store the specific Printfil instance's configuration. By entering (cd) the directory before starting Printfil, you'll instruct Printfil to use the specific configuration stored there.
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