{"id":67054,"date":"2026-11-11T18:07:00","date_gmt":"2026-11-11T18:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/help.pdf24.org\/en\/pdf24-printer-auto-save-placeholders\/"},"modified":"2026-11-11T18:07:00","modified_gmt":"2026-11-11T18:07:00","slug":"pdf24-printer-auto-save-placeholders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/help.pdf24.org\/en\/pdf24-printer-auto-save-placeholders\/","title":{"rendered":"PDF printer: new placeholders and the last used folder for automatic saving"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With automatic saving, the PDF24 printer saves every print job as a file without asking, for example invoices from your merchandise management system straight into a folder. Since version 11.34.0 you can set the file names even more precisely. New placeholders for the field \"Filename\":<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>$fileExt: the extension of the printed document. \"$fileName$fileExt\" gives, for example, \"Report.docx.pdf\", so you can see at once where the PDF comes from.<\/li>\n\n\n<li>$counter: a running number, separately for each printer and user. With ${counter:4} it has at least four digits, for example 0001.<\/li>\n\n\n<li>$ms: the milliseconds. Together with the time, even files from the same second get different names.<\/li>\n\n\n<li>$clipboard: the first line of text on the clipboard, for example an order number you copy before printing. It stays empty when saving with the PDF24 Windows Service.<\/li>\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you prefer to decide where each file goes, turn on \"Use a file name chooser before saving the file\". New is the setting \"Open the file name chooser in the folder used last\": the save dialog then opens in the folder where you last saved with this printer, instead of always in the configured folder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"888\" height=\"642\" src=\"https:\/\/help.pdf24.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/11\/11.34.0-3-auto-save-en.png\" alt=\"PDF24 Settings, page &quot;PDF Printer&quot;: automatic saving with the file name &quot;${counter:4} $fileName$fileExt&quot; and &quot;Open the file name chooser in the folder used last&quot;\" class=\"wp-image-67053\" srcset=\"https:\/\/help.pdf24.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/11\/11.34.0-3-auto-save-en.png 888w, https:\/\/help.pdf24.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/11\/11.34.0-3-auto-save-en-300x217.png 300w, https:\/\/help.pdf24.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/11\/11.34.0-3-auto-save-en-768x555.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 888px) 100vw, 888px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Automatic saving with a running number and the extension of the document; the save dialog opens in the folder used last.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All placeholders and settings are described in the <a href=\"https:\/\/creator.pdf24.org\/manual\/11\/#65-automatic-saving\">manual<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With automatic saving, the PDF24 printer saves every print job as a file without asking, for example invoices from your merchandise management system straight into a folder. Since version 11.34.0 you can set the file names even more precisely. 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