Using the Ignore Application Devmode will instruct the Black Ice printer driver to ignore the Black Ice specific setting received from the printing application such as image file format, output directory, start application parameter, etc.
The non Black Ice specific settings such as paper size, DPI and orientation will be applied as passed from the application in order to allow the printing application to correctly format the document for printing.
How to enable the Ignore Application Devmode
Enter the following into the printer driver’s INI file:
[Default Settings]
Ignore Application Devmode=1
If the value is 0 or missing, the driver will use the devmode provided by the printing application. If the value is set to 1, the settings provided by the printing application will be ignored, and the printing user's settings will be used.
The printer configurations must be restored from the configuration INI file in order to use the new value if this setting has been changed. In order to restore the printer configurations from the INI file, go to Control Panel -> Devices and Printers -> Right click on your printer driver -> Select the Printing Preferences -> Click on the Restore defaults button. The Printer Driver will restore the default settings from the .INI file.
When the Ignore Application Devmode=1 is set in the printer driver INI file, the Black Ice specific settings cannot be changed using the BlackIceDEVMODE.DLL or BlackIceDEVMODE.OCX control. The printer settings can be specified at install time, and they also can be changed manually by the user from Control Panel -> Printers -> Printing Preferences.
The changes made manually from inside an application (such as File -> Print Setup) will be ignored.
Developers can use the Real Time Printer Hook or the BIPlugIn DLL to change printer settings for specific print jobs when the Ignore Application Devmode is used.