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By using conditional printing you can specify the conditions under which a specific object, layer, template, or background on your document will be printed. Consider the following example:

You are running the pro shops for two separate sports teams, Team A and Team B, using the same basic framework. The shipping labels are identical except for the logo. By using conditional printing and by monitoring the value of a named data source on your template, you can use the same template for both shipping labels. When you print Team A's shipping label, the Team A logo appears on the label, and when you print Team B's shipping labels, the Team B logo appears.

Conditional printing is enabled by creating conditional statements or more complex conditional expressions by using the When to Print dialog. All conditional statements in BarTender contain a data source that is followed by an operator and an optional value. Conditional expressions contain one or more conditional statements that are combined to create a more complex condition.

In This Section

• Building Conditional Expressions

  Learn now to create a simple conditional statement and more complex conditional expressions that can evaluate for specific criteria that determine whether or not an action is performed, such as printing a template or an object on a template.

• When to Print Dialog

  Use the When to Print dialog to specify the conditions that determine whether a specific object, layer, template, or background will be printed.