When you set up the link set the print options for  traveler image type L and P for parent
don't use C or it will print all kinds of stuff you don't want.
 
And if I have a thumbnail  link I use T and B
 
Thumbnails are bitmaps I use PNG  I find that 300 x 300 is the largest that will reliably print on long boms.
 
WMF vector files work well too for some things. I use a few, not too many.
 
what kind of file are you scanning it to ?
it should print the file with the windows associated application for the file extension
so a pdf will print with whatever opens pdf's ect
 
in some cases you may have to set up a file association to get it to print with the right program
 
I put just about everything in a word doc and print those so I don't have to deal with too many file types and it also can print header info with page numbers and part number / file name on each page of my document package.
 
if the guys need a large print they can blow up the word file on the plotter and they print clean for even complex drawings
 
I also have a thumb for most of my items that comes out on everything I can get it on.
 
just looked.
11,000 word docs and 9000 thumbs
 
 
Most of my files were generated from cad and cam programs with a script using wintask to get it all in word. Once I got over the initial major hurdle I either make the .doc's one at a time or if I have a lot I use a script.
 
Initially I generated the bulk links using word and did an import for the main chunk.
 
I use F and O to generate my sales orders for my machines.
It's amazing to generate 50 or 100 work orders and have everything print at once.
Ive done jobs where I burned thru two reams of paper in under an hour.
 
longest part of entering an order and getting it to the shop is now matching up the traveler prints and pick slips and stapling them together.
 
 
 
 

Make sure your printer is set to automatically select paper size.  Also, you cannot preview.  It has to go straight to the printer.

You are not printing to screen first are you?

how did you set the file associations ?
 
I don't have many pdf's  but I looked at a few and they are set to I
 
you may have to use O and associate the app you want to print the pdf with.
 
also may have to add the path to the application to your search path in windows environment settings
 
http://geekswithblogs.net/renso/archive/2009/10/21/how-to-set-the-windows-path-i n-windows-7.aspx