Hotfolder Prints

Printers allow one to access and disseminate information quickly across multiple systems. They can be employed in household or corporate environments and through certain digital tools, the performance of these devices can be significantly improved. Hotfolder Prints is one such program that allows users to monitor a given folder continuously for new JPG items to print.

Watch folders for photos to print

It should be said from the start that the program only processes JPEG pictures. Given the multiple numbers of widely employed digital containers, this is somewhat of a letdown. This being said, once properly configured, the application watches a given directory and automatically prints valid pictures. All non-supported formats are discarded from the queue, so one does not need to waste time 'cleansing' source paths.
Several settings adjustments can be performed, including the option to print more than one photo per page. Given that this is an automated process, users are well-advised to check the preferences thoroughly, to ensure adequate results.

Create templates to customize results

Upon going through these options, one finds a valuable function in the 'layout editor' module. With this tool, one can modify the basic template applied to source JPGs; up to ten placeholder forms can be defined, which will contain source pictures. More-so, users are free to add customized QR codes, as the program comes with a built-in editor for such elements.
Color management profiles can also be loaded and emails can be sent with the output images. This is possible because users can also opt to generate modified JPGs from source images. Adjustments include crop and rotate effects, as well as adding sharpen modifiers.

As a whole, the application comes across as an adequate, albeit somewhat expensive application for batch printing jobs

To sum up, the tool can be valuable for users who regularly print JPG images. The ability to monitor folders makes it a particularly good program when integrated with other automated tasks, for industrial processing operations.