Command Line Software for Automatic Printing

Running Commands from CMD, PowerShell, or another CLI

To run 2Printer commands, you can use any command line interface (CLI) that you prefer. For instance, you can use Windows PowerShell, including PowerShell 5, 6, and 7 or the good old CMD (Command Prompt) – 2Printer works well from any interface.

Only One Command Line for All Print Parameters

2Printer command line syntax allows you to add as many print parameters as needed to the command line at once. Set up automatic printing just as needed – within a single command line.

Plus, you can add as many switches as you want (-switch parameter:value) – and they don’t need strict order.

Printing to Multiple Printers at Once

Using the -cmdlines switch, 2Printer can execute multiple commands consecutively. To utilize this feature, create a TXT file containing the desired commands. For instance, you can print to multiple printers using just one command with the necessary print settings.

Using Various Sources of Files

You can use various sources of files (see examples):

• Path to a single file
• Folder path
• List of files (TXT or Excel file)
• Web address (URL)

If you select a folder path as a source, it is possible to scan subfolders and print files from there, too.

Print all files listed in a plain text file or Excel spreadsheet

You can print all documents from a list (file paths listed in a TXT or Excel file). Use the @ symbol at the beginning of the path when entering a command. Indicate a list of files like this: -src "@C:\List\files.txt"

Set multiple sources of files

You can use multiple sources at once to print files from at the same time! Example: -src "C:\In\*.*" "E:\Files\*.pdf" "@C:\Lists\list.txt"

Printing Multiple Pages or Documents on a Single Sheet

With 2Printer's Multiple pages per sheet mode, you can arrange several pages of a multi-page document (or several different documents) on the same sheet of paper before printing. Printing several documents/pages on a single sheet of paper can help you save paper or, for example, print many small images or pages in a compact way.

Booklet printing mode
In the Multiple pages per sheet mode, there is a Booklet printing option that allows you to print booklets. Two pages per sheet are printed on both sides and arranged in a specific sequence. Thus, after printing, folding and stapling the sheets, you will have a booklet.

This mode can be enabled either from the command line or from 2Printer Settings.

Printing in Strictly Defined Order with Single Print Job Mode

Enable Single print job mode (-props spjob:yes) to:

• Print files in 100% correct order (and not mixed by spooler) so there will be no need to collate the printouts manually;
• Prevent getting the printouts mixed up when documents come from different users to the same printer in the office.

Separate Printouts by Adding Cover Page

2Printer allows you to add a cover page – a special sheet of paper for separating printed documents (also known as a "slip sheet"). 2Printer has several types of cover pages:

• Blank sheet of paper (Blank)
• Ending cover page (Print ending cover page)
• Folder cover page (Print folder cover page)
• Custom cover page (created via Cover page Designer)

To configure any type of cover page, you can choose a blank sheet of paper or a built-in template. Cover pages can be printed in the same print job with the documents.

Create a custom cover page

With Cover Page Designer, you can create your own cover page template using custom text and/or images. It allows you to create, save, and load your *.cover files. Both Add text and Add image settings have a variety of parameters to configure such as alignment, offset, position, rotation, opacity, and more.

Operations: Resize, Crop, or Rotate Files before Printing

Set image resizing, cropping and rotation in advance! With operations -oper resize, -oper crop, and -oper rotate, you can adjust your images or document pages beforehand to print them the best way possible.

Post-print Actions: Move, Copy, or Delete Files after Printing

There's an optional feature to automatically delete, copy, or move files to another user-specified location after batch printing is complete.

This feature can be configured for both failed and successfully printed files.

Watermarking Images and Documents

2Printer allows you to add an image, text, or barcode watermark automatically before printing. It can be any text or an image / PDF / HTML file. There are many options available like font, size, style, position on page, rotation, z-order (background or foreground position).

Inserting a watermark is possible either from the command line or from 2Printer Settings.

Add pagination and more

You can add page numbers automatically – by using the {srcfilepageno} macro. Besides, you can take advantage of other built-in macros that can add file or folder name, source file data, date, time, and more.

Configure Default Settings with GUI Controls

in the 2Printer Settings control panel, you can easily change the default settings of the program. Various advanced and common print settings as well as print engine selection are available here. You can set up page range, number of copies, page collation, and much more. This settings panel will let you set up specific configuration only once, with no need to specify these parameters in the command line using 2Printer Syntax each time.