Electronic Ink - Creators of Xtras for Adobe Director

Welcome to Electronic Ink

Electronic Ink is a software studio devoted to creating finely crafted small software products. The company is among the foremost developers of Xtras for Adobe Director, and has been a part of the Director development community as creators of XObjects, Xtras, and complete CD-ROM productions since 1990.

You can view our list of Xtras for download and purchase on our products page:

PrintOMatic 1.8
Posted December 15, 2011

The current release version of PrintOMatic and PrintOMatic Lite is 1.8.

This version is compatible with Director 11 and 11.5, and supports as Mac OS X "Lion" as well as Windows 7.

If you own version 1.7.x of PrintOMatic or PrintOMatic Lite, you will need an upgraded serial number to work with the latest version of the Xtras.

New users, and users of versions older than 1.7 will need a new serial number for these Xtras.

For more information, and to download unregistered versions of the software that you can try out before you buy, visit our products page.

PrintOMatic 1.8 Beta 5 for Mac and Windows
Posted June 2, 2008

The latest builds of PrintOMatic and PrintOMatic Lite include a complete UTF16 Unicode text engine on both Mac and Windows. This should enable the Xtras to print characters from any language, including Asian scripts, with a minimum of fuss.

Earlier betas of the Mac version were still based on MBCS, and had issues with non-Roman scripts, which should all be resolved now. As a bonus, Unicode support on Mac has resulted in a much better looking print preview, with more faithful, accurate, and anti-aliased text rendering.

We hope this will be the last beta release before we call the 1.8 builds "final" and package the complete release bundles, as well as creating Shockwave packages. Because of this, please report any bugs you find promptly.

Like the other version 1.8 betas, you will need an upgraded serial number or a newly purchased serial number to work with this release.

Download PrintOMatic MX 1.8b5 for Windows
Download PrintOMatic MX 1.8b5 for Mac OS X

Download PrintOMatic Lite MX 1.8b5 for Windows
Download PrintOMatic Lite MX 1.8b5 for Mac OS X

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LS wrote:

10/13/2009 12:19 PM

Cross Platform Mac/PC Projector with Director 11.5 and 11

Since I don't think I'm alone, I thought I'd share.

I'm finally successful at creating cross platform complies with printomatic in 11.5 and 11.

On the mac (to get a pc version) you have to add the printomatic file as a dependent file.

On the pc (to get a mac version) you need to manually create the Xtras folder with printomatic inside the projector (actually a folder).

Neither of these are necessary to create a projector on the native platform (e.g. pc on pc).

husam saoudi wrote:

5/13/2009 11:47 AM

The upgrade page does not take my 1.7 serial. Could you explain what is your cut off date or version to qualify for an upgrade. If it's time based then I won't buy a new serial until I really need the xtra to save up on time for the next upgrade.

Aougu wrote:

4/23/2009 12:09 AM

Can printomatic mx 1.8b5 support Director 11.5

amith wrote:

4/21/2009 7:35 PM

Does PrintOMatic 1.8 can support Direcot 11.5?

Web Site: http://www.aougu.com

Juan C. wrote:

3/10/2009 12:55 PM

I can not upgrade my printomatic because your upgrade page does not work. Please give me a solution, if I need to buy again the licence please let me know.

uno wrote:

3/10/2009 11:37 AM

I can't upgrade my printomatic

Veronique wrote:

3/9/2009 3:12 PM

Hello,

I am trying to do the upgrade to Printomatic lite 1.8 but when I enter my printomatic lite version 1.7.5, to generate the upgraded license key, it gives me an error message. It is rgent and important for me to solve this problem. Please help.

Thank you,
Veronique

Asif wrote:

2/2/2009 8:42 PM

Any progress on 1.8? when the final will be released?

ks32 wrote:

1/27/2009 1:18 AM

any release date for final PrintoMatic 1.8 for Director 11?

Prothero wrote:

1/15/2009 10:08 AM

I don't see a way to use the POM beta in a shockwave package. Is there a package that I can try?

Lon Koenig wrote:

9/11/2008 12:21 PM

Any chance that the shockwave packages are going to be soon? June was a long time ago.

If you're accepting money for the upgrade, you really can't call it beta. I got into a bad situation today, where I got a D11 conversion all finished. Went to test the Shockwave versions and no printing...

Leslie Beaumont wrote:

6/13/2008 3:14 AM

Hi, I have go the new srial number but when I try and use printomatic I get the script error "set doc = new (xtra "PrintOMatic") This also happens with the demo movie. I don't get the alert "The PrintOMatic Xtra is not installed. Printing is disabled." Any ideas?

Web Site: http://leslie@bee2.com

The Only Printing Xtras for Director 11?
Posted May 21, 2008

Ok, sure, PrintOMatic and PrintOMatic Lite for Director 11 are still in beta form, not final releases yet. But the fact is, you can download, use, and even publish with them right now using Director 11.

So as far as we know, that makes PrintOMatic the only cross-platform printing solution that's currently available for -- and built for -- Director 11. Sure, that's going to change soon: other folks are working on updating their Xtras too.

But if you need to print from Director 11 right away, go ahead and download our betas and use them. From all reports we've heard the betas are pretty solid and reliable.

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Angry Customer wrote:

11/6/2009 1:32 PM

why does nobody answer or return phone calls or Emails reguarding upgrading printomatic..or if upgrading printomatic will fix problems with the NEW windows 7 system? we have a product that has relied on printomatic for years and now of course we are having printing problems with Winblows system 7, Saying not enough memory when I know 6gb of ram should not have any problem printing. we want to know if upgrading printomatic will fix this problem, we would love to pay you for the upgrade but no one SADLY will return our emails or phone calls.. Please get it together or at least tell your users that Printomatic is an unreliable product, but considering your lack of customer support....I guess that is exactly what you are telling your customers..

Donna wrote:

7/22/2009 10:10 AM

we have a number of interactives that were developed with Director MX2004 -- they successfully used the printomatic lite xtra for years -- but now these same programs are getting a FILE NOT FOUND error. The old url the legacy version been removed from your server? Had the location path changed?

For some reason,the printing function seems to still work for PC users, but the mac users get file not found after an unsuccessful download attempt. We really would like to fix this ...I understand why you don't want to release the 'new' version prematurely, but surely there's a way to not break the old, installed versions while we wait.

Should we remove printomatic and just assume you are no longer providing legacy support ? I'd hate to eliminate the PC print function just because the mac link is not working properly.

Is there a way to fix this ? Please advise...

Randy wrote:

5/19/2009 11:27 AM

Are you guys still around...I've been sending emails for a while, and nobody has responded yet?

Juan C. wrote:

3/10/2009 12:53 PM

I can not upgrade my printomatic because your upgrade page does not work. Please give me a solution, if I need to buy again the licence please let me know.

Electronic Ink Support wrote:

6/1/2008 1:58 PM

No auto-downloading Shockwave packages for the new version just yet. I don't want the general public unknowingly downloading and using beta versions until we've thoroughly tested them.

John B wrote:

5/31/2008 3:59 PM

When you say publish with them right now, does that mean the plug-in can be automatically downloaded when used in Shockwave? I understood this was not yet possible with the beta.

PrintOMatic 1.8 Beta 2 for Mac OS X
Posted April 23, 2008

Beta 2 of PrintOMatic MX and PrintOMatic Lite MX 1.8 for Macintosh are now available. These builds are universal binary, and should work on both Intel and PowerPC based Macs. They require Director 11.

As we have no PowerPC Macs to test with, it would be nice if someone can confirm that the PPC build works as expected. Also, we have no idea how these Xtras will work with foreign languages (especially the really crazy ones like Japanese), so any test feedback you have with these languages would be appreciated.

These builds also require a serial number upgrade, available now from our web site. If you use an old serial number with these versions, you will get "invalid serial number" error messages.

Download PrintOMatic MX 1.8b2 for Mac OS X
Download PrintOMatic Lite MX 1.8b2 for Mac OS X

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lutz wrote:

5/2/2008 6:53 PM

I am working with DirectorMX2004 on WindowsXP, so what can i do to make the shockwavePlayer11 download the shockwave-safe version on intelMacs?

Eldon Benz wrote:

5/2/2008 1:10 PM

Beta MX 1.8b2 does not print Chinese characters.
Substitutes ? for each character English text in same document prints fine. Haven't tried Japanese yet.
Mac OSX 10.5.2 D11 on Intel iMac

Version 1.7.3 with Director MX 2004 from same machine prints both Chinese and Japanese with no problems.

No changes were made to the printing code.

John wrote:

4/26/2008 11:48 AM

What do I need to do to get the new universal Xtra working with existing Shockwave apps when running on an Intel Mac with the new SW Xtra? They still tell me that the POM Xtra can't be found.

Electronic Ink Support wrote:

4/24/2008 7:52 AM

PrintStage should work great, Unicode or not, because it prints the Stage as a bitmap. I'm wondering about how the Xtra handles actual Strings passed via append() or drawText(). But thanks for testing what you have already.

Mark wrote:

4/24/2008 3:41 AM

Just installed Lite on iMac 2.8GHz Intel Core 2 Duo with OSX 10.5.2 and Director 11. Using simple printstage command to print a screen containing Azerbaijani unicode text - seems fine, except no serial number yet. Well done guys, you've made my day.. Thanks

PS - logging into beta bulletin board fails though...

PrintOMatic MX 1.8 Beta 1
Posted April 21, 2008

Beta release 1 of the PrintOMatic MX Xtra for Director 11 on MacIntel is now available for download and testing. For now, only the full version of the Xtra is available, and it is only available for the MacIntel release of Director 11.

We hope to follow up later this week with a more comprehensive beta release that includes the Lite version of the Xtra, as well as a Windows build.

Note that you can use version 1.7.5 of the Xtra in Director 11 for Windows. However, you will experience problems with any extended characters you use, since they are passed to the Xtra in Unicode format instead of with the native character set.

If you are an existing user, this release will require a serial number upgrade if you want register and distribute it. Any "invalid serial number" warnings you encounter in your testing are normal.

The Xtra is in .zip format, simply expand it and place in your Director 11 Xtras folder.

Please discuss any issues you encounter on our Beta Bulletin Board.

Click here to download via HTTP.
Click here to download via FTP.

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Welcome to Electronic Ink

PrintOMatic 1.8Posted December 15, 2011

PrintOMatic 1.8 Beta 5 for Mac and WindowsPosted June 2, 2008

The Only Printing Xtras for Director 11?Posted May 21, 2008

PrintOMatic 1.8 Beta 2 for Mac OS XPosted April 23, 2008

PrintOMatic MX 1.8 Beta 1Posted April 21, 2008

PrintOMatic 1.8
Posted December 15, 2011

PrintOMatic 1.8 Beta 5 for Mac and Windows
Posted June 2, 2008

The Only Printing Xtras for Director 11?
Posted May 21, 2008

PrintOMatic 1.8 Beta 2 for Mac OS X
Posted April 23, 2008

PrintOMatic MX 1.8 Beta 1
Posted April 21, 2008