¶ Designer account settings
When you first start with Print Science, you should receive an e-mail with the details for logging into the control panel. After login, you can you view the information for your account by clicking the "Account" link.
| Username | Username of your account. You will need this Username entered into your ecommerce solution. If you are a Printers Website customer, you will enter this Username in the Personalization API section under the Design Online dropdown within your admin dashboard. |
| Key | API Key for your account. You will need this Key entered into your ecommerce solution. If you are a Printers Website customer, you will enter this Key in the Personalization API section under the Design Online dropdown within your admin dashboard. |
| XML-RCP Api URL |
API URL. This cannot be edited. |
| Image Upload URL |
Image upload URL. This cannot be edited. |
| Email address associated with the account. |
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| Minimum DPI | DPI threshold for 'Image Quality' warning message. Once user makes an image drop below this specified DPI, user will see, "Print quality problem. Image DPI: 165." |
| Enable Backup to Amazon S3 |
Checked: Uses Amazon S3 for backup. To use this, you must have an Amazon S3 (AWS) account. Unchecked: Does not use Amazon S3 for backup. |
| Access Key ID | Key ID supplied by AWS. |
| Secret Access Key | Secret access key supplied by AWS. |
| Bucket Name | Your AWS bucket name for your files. |
| Save | Click to save your changes. |
| Test link to Amazon S3 |
Click to test your Amazon S3 credentials. |
| Change Password | Click to change your password. Type in your current password and your new password (twice) and press Save to change. |
| Done | Click to return to the Designer Admin home screen. |
¶ API settings
These are the API data that should be configured in your shopping cart system as shown below:
¶ Minimum DPI level
For an image in an image block, when the customer uses the "Zoom" tool, our server continuously calculates the effective DPI of the image in the block.
When the effective DPI falls below a certain threshold, then the Designer displays a warning to the user indicating that the DPI is too low to yield quality results on press.
You can choose the DPI threshold controlling the display of the warning.
This video illustrates using how the DPI warning appears to your customers:
¶ Amazon S3 backup settings
By default, the Designer will place the final PDF files it creates onto servers owned by Print Science. For security reason, you may prefer to have these files placed into storage you control. The Designer offers configuration options that allow you to store the final PDF files in an AWS S3 bucket in your own account.
In the Account page, you will find the following settings:
| Field | Description |
| Enable backup to Amazon S3 | When checked, files are stored in your bucket. When unchecked, files are stored on Print Science servers |
| Backup immediately | Recommended value: Checked |
| Cloud URL returned to shopping cart | Recommended value: Checked |
| Access Key | Access Key for the IAM user with access to the bucket |
| Secret Access Key | Secret Access Key for the IAM user with access to the bucket |
| Bucket name | The name of your bucket. This field can also include a path or sub-folder. |
¶ Mobile version settings
There are 2 different versions of the Print Science Designer application loaded into your customer's browser:
- Desktop version
- Mobile version
For those customers using a touch-based device, you can control which version of the Designer your customer sees. Your options are:
- Phone and Tablet users see desktop version
- Phone users see mobile version but Tablet users see desktop version
- Phone and Tablet users see mobile version
¶ Image upload sources
The Designer contains an image upload widget that allows your customers to upload files from a wide list of local and cloud sources:
- File on customer's computer
- Camera
- Url
- Google drive
- Dropbox
- Evernote
- Flickr
- Skydrive
- Box
- Pixabay photo library
In order to enable the image upload sources that will be available to your customers, simply check the boxes for the source as shown below:
Your customers will see the set of available image upload methods at the left of the image upload widget:
¶ Link Designer account to Google Docs account
When using Database lookups via Google Sheets , you will need to tell Google to grant the Designer server access to Google Sheets on your Google Doc accounts.
You can grant this access by visiting the Account page and then clicking the link with label "Link Google Account".
Clicking this link will bring up a Google Authorization page. You must enter your credentials for the Google account containing your Google Docs account.