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Paste images into ArtDrop

Pasting outside editable fields starts the ordinary browser upload. Transient or retry-safe unsaved failures can receive up to three total attempts. Server admission still allows only TIF, TIFF, PNG, JPG, and JPEG.

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What this does

Pasting outside editable fields starts the ordinary browser upload. Transient or retry-safe unsaved failures can receive up to three total attempts. Server admission still allows only TIF, TIFF, PNG, JPG, and JPEG.

Before you begin

  • Verify the active store, line, fan-out set, and release schedule before pasting. Upload begins immediately.
  • Keep the original print file. Clipboard pixels can be resized, flattened, color-converted, or renamed by the source app.

What changes outside ArtDrop

The browser gives each clipboard image a timestamped name and calls the same upload function used by drag, drop, or file selection. That function can make up to three total attempts for transient network or server failures and contract-proven unsaved outcomes, reusing the same upload token. It does not blindly replay an explicit cancel, permanent error, or ambiguous saved result.

Steps

  1. Prepare routing before paste

    Set the intended destination first. There is no staging dialog between the paste event and the upload request.

  2. Paste outside editable fields

    Use the platform paste command while focus is not in an input, textarea, or editable element. You do not need to focus the Drop Zone.

  3. Wait for admission

    The browser uploads all clipboard items whose MIME type begins image/. An item such as WebP can enter the request but the server rejects it because its generated extension is unsupported.

  4. Let bounded upload retries finish

    Each browser attempt has a 10-minute timeout. A transient failure or a response that proves nothing was saved can receive up to three total attempts. After a final or ambiguous result, check the queue and external services before starting a new manual upload.

Expected result

A supported pasted image receives an accepted response and follows the routing that existed when paste started.

// Immediate upload
Set the route before you paste.
Paste has no staging dialog. Keep the original file for print resolution and exact color.

Good to know

  • Paste starts upload immediately and exposes no pre-admission remove or abort control in the current UI.
  • The browser accepts any image MIME item, but server admission allows only TIF, TIFF, PNG, JPG, and JPEG artwork extensions.
  • Browser upload makes at most three total attempts and only retries transient or contract-proven unsaved outcomes. Explicit cancel, permanent failures, and ambiguous persisted outcomes are not blindly replayed.
  • On Windows and Linux, press Control and V outside editable fields. Keep the original master because clipboard pixels can be changed.

Troubleshooting

  • Nothing happened? Move focus out of every editable field and paste again once.
  • Unsupported type? Upload the original as TIF, TIFF, PNG, JPG, or JPEG.
  • Network error or timeout after the bounded attempts? Check the queue, storage, provider, and storefront for persistence before a manual retry.

How to undo or clean up

The current paste UI has no pre-admission removal step. After admission, reconcile the queue and remove any external result in the service that owns it.