Uploading files to our FTP site

Using Internet Explorer

If you are not sure which version of Internet Eexplorer web browser you have, IE 7/8 has tabs, IE6 doesn’t have tabs.

In your web browser address bar type:-
ftp.presstoprint.co.uk

If you have Internet Explorer 7/8 follow this:-

It says ‘Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage’
Go to ‘page’ menu on right and click 'open ftp site in windows explorer' see image
This time it displays an ‘FTP folder error’ dialog box which complains about access permissions.
Click ‘OK’ on that to remove it.
Go to ‘File’/ ‘Login as’ - and use the login details you have been given. see image

If you have Internet Explorer 6 follow this:-

it says can't find website or something similar.
Click OK on that to remove it then -
go to ‘File’/ ‘Login as’ - and use the login details you have been given.
You can then drag and drop files/folders across as you would normally.

Using an FTP Client

There are many free FTP clients available. For windows SmartFTP, Filezilla, WinSCP are simple and reliable, and for MAC, Filezilla, ClassicFTP and Cyberduck.

Using one of these programmes you can store the login details for future use and file transfer is simply drag and drop. The details that you would need to set up an FTP client are:

Host: ftp.presstoprint.co.uk
Username and Password will be provided by our staff
Port: 21

For MAC (OS X) FTP you can use Terminal as described below.

If you're comfortable with unix command line it is possible to send and recieve files via FTP natively using the Terminal.

Launch Terminal application (Applications/Utilities) then:-
Change to the directory that the file you wish to send is in
Eg:  cd /users/username/Desktop see image
then type:-
ftp ftp.presstoprint.co.uk
it says-
Connected to ftp.presstoprint.co.uk.
220 Welcome to the Press To Print FTP service.
Name (ftp.presstoprint.co.uk:presstoprintltd):
Password:
Type in username / password as for PC then at ftp> prompt type
put <filename>        eg the name of the file you want to copy. It should then send the file and give you an ok message
when finished type:
close ftp.presstoprint.co.uk
then quit
Remember: All usernames, passwords, file-paths etc are case-sensitive.