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Upgrading your "Automech Print Manager" from Version 10? to 274

If you have already installed a copy of "Automech Print Manager" then download the UPGRADE from the "Download Here" section above download/apmupgrade274.exe

The upgrade package is a much smaller and therefore a faster download. You must however have previously installed an earlier version of "Automech Print Manager" for it to work.

Upgrading your Automech network

  • Download the upgrade to each machine or alternatively download the upgrade to your server and then copy this across to each machine.

 

What changes are in this version? Click here to find out

What is it?

The Automech Print Manager is a software module written by AutoMech (Aust) Pty Ltd that provides Automech (DOS) with all the printing functionality of a windows program, it does this by acting as a print driver for the DOS based Automech program.  By using the Automech Print Manager any printer on your system with an installed windows driver is now supported by Automech.

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What does it do?

As well as providing printer independence, the Automech Print Manager also provides a WYSIWYG ("What you see is what you get") invoice designer that allows you to easily modify existing (and create new) invoice layouts using your mouse.

Additional features

Landscape The Automech Print Manager now contains a default Landscape invoice you can use instead of the standard style invoice, find out how to activate it.

Faxing The Automech Print Manager now allows you to FAX quotes directly from Automech, find out how.

Emailing The Automech Print Manager is also a self contained emailing system that allows you send your Automech documents e.g.: Invoices, Quotes, Lists, Statements across the internet via email.

Where can I get it?

The Automech Print Manager is available as an optional /download/APM274.exe download for existing Ruling Software customers.

How do I install it?

Installing is easy, follow these steps:

  1. /download/APM274.exe Download it (see the "Download Here" section at the top of this page) to the desktop.
  2. Double click the APM274.exe icon on your desktop.
  3. Follow the prompts.

All Computers in your Network need to be upgraded. You can do this by either downloading the installation on each machine or downloading it to one machine and then copying it across the network.

 

How do I use it?

The Automech Print Manager comes with a complete context sensitive windows help system that will help you with any problems / queries you may have about using this software module.

Once installed one option in the Automech software program will turn the Automech Print Manager on and off.
Turning it on!

  1. Start up Automech
  2. Navigate to the "Options Menu"
  3. Select "P - Program Options"
  4. Select "2 - General Options 2"
  5. Select "6 - Options 14"
  6. Scroll down using your down arrow key to: "Enable Windows printing engine" and type "Y"
  7. Escape out making sure you save your changes.

Once you have enabled the engine, your Automech menu's will now have extra options, these menu's will be affected:
  1. Invoice - File Maintenance
    • (7) - Invoice designer. (design / alter your invoice templates here)
    • (8) - Windows printer setup. (specify the printer / fax modem details to use here)

  2. Invoice - Quotation (final menu)
    • F - Fax this quote (use this to fax quotes directly from Automech)

     


    Activating Landscape Invoice Printing
    1. Start up Automech
    2. Navigate to the "Options Menu"
    3. Select "P - Program Options"
    4. Select "2 - General Options 2"
    5. Select "7 - Options 15"
    6. Scroll down using your down arrow key to: "Enable Design Selection in Invoice printing" and type "Y"
    7. Escape out making sure you save your changes.

    8. The next time you create an invoice you will be presented with a menu that allows you to choose the desired invoice template.

    Recommended Requirements:

    • Automech Version 4.094 or better
    • Pentium 200 with 32megs of RAM or better
    • Windows 95/98/NT4/2000.
    • Internet Explorer 5 or better
    • Automech 4094 or better (Dos) installed on a fixed hard drive.
    • 30 Meg hard drive space available on your C Drive (for temp and install files).
    • Any printer attached to your machine (networked or locally) with an installed windows printer driver.

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