Create Custom Page Sizes for Meridian Enterprise

The default Microsoft page sizes may not include the page sizes that your users need. In that scenario, you will need to set up custom page sizes on the Enterprise Server and Publisher machines.

The process for setting up custom page sizes depends on which Windows features have been installed on the Servers. Our experts recommend using a tool such as Print Management, which is available as an optional feature for Windows.

Enable Print Management Console

Create Custom Page Sizes

To create custom page sizes:

Open the Print Management Console.
Expand Print Servers and expand the name of the server you want to configure.

You will need to do this process for your Enterprise Server and Publisher machines.
Right-click Forms and select Manage Forms from the menu that opens.

The Printer Server Properties window opens.
Select Create a new form.

The fields in the window become editable.
Enter the name of the page size you want to create in Form name.

Important!
The Meridian Enterprise Configurator is case-sensitive, so you will need to enter the name of the page size in Configurator exactly as how it is written in the Form name field.
Enter the dimensions of your custom page size.
Click Save Form.
Click Close.

Your page size appears in the Forms section of the Print Management Console. To view the full list of page sizes, click Forms in the menu.

Add Custom Page Sizes to Configurator

You may want to remove unnecessary page sizes so that your users do not select one that is incorrect.

To add the custom page sizes you created to the Configurator:

In Configurator, expand Lookup Lists in the configuration tree to display the existing lookup lists.
Select the Rendition Page Size lookup list.

This lookup list is automatically created when the Publisher module is enabled for the vault. The values are populated automatically the first time you connect the vault to a rendition job.
Click Edit.
Click the Entries tab.

The existing page sizes are shown.
Choose between two options:
- To add a custom page size:
  1. Click Add Entry.
    
    The Add lookup list entry dialog opens.
  2. Enter the name of the page size.
    
    The Configurator is case-sensitive, so you will need to enter the name of the page size exactly as how it was entered in the Create Custom Page Sizes procedures above.
  3. Click OK.
- To remove a custom page size, click Remove Entry.
  
  The entry is removed.
Click Apply.

Your changes are saved.