Perceptive Content: Color Printing

Steps on how to enable Color Printing in Perceptive Content/ImageNow.
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To setup color printing in Perceptive Content, you will need to do 2 steps.

1. Command Line
   • Pull up CMD or Powershell with Admin Privileges.
   • Enter this command: 
     powershell -Command "(gc 'C:\Program Files (x86)\ImageNow\etc\inowprint.ini') -replace 'Color reduction=BW', 'Color reduction=256Colors' | Out-File 'C:\Program Files (x86)\ImageNow\etc\inowprint.ini'"
   • Then enter this command and make sure it says "Color reduction=256Colors". If it doesn't, you may need to edit the file manually.
     find "Color reduction=" "C:\Program Files (x86)\ImageNow\etc\inowprint.ini"
2. Printer Preferences
   • Go to Settings and click on Printers
   • Go to the ImageNow printer and click Manage
   • Click Printer Properties
   • In new window, click Preferences on the bottom
   • Then in the next new window, click on the "Paper/Quality" tab
   • Select Color, and then click apply for both pages
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After steps are complete, color printing should be enabled. Test print to PerCon and see if it worked.