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Transfer a Tropy Research Sample with the Archive Plugin

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Tropy's Archive plugin can package selected research items with photos, metadata, and notes. Use a small receipt test before exporting a large family archive. The useful check is whether another computer can open the supplied material, not merely whether the ZIP file exists.

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Prepare a representative export selection

Choose a small set with the structures that matter to your project: a single print, a front-and-back item, a region note, and any unusual source format. Confirm that you are allowed to share the photos and notes together. Keep a pre-export inventory of the item IDs and expected files. Review descriptions for private contact information or speculative identities that should not leave the working project. Make a source-preserving copy before experimenting with unfamiliar packaging options.

Configure the documented plugin workflow

Use the official Tropy plugin instructions appropriate to your installation. The Archive plugin documentation describes the output ZIP, a root folder, image-folder options, and save-location behavior. Choose names that identify this transfer and its revision rather than relying on a generic export filename. Keep the package outside the source-image folder. Do not assume that another Tropy export choice has the same contents: the plugin's purpose and configuration determine what the recipient actually receives.

Validate the handoff as a recipient

Extract the completed archive to a separate location and compare its contents with your expected sample. Open the photographs at useful detail, inspect notes, and follow the supported import or reading procedure on the destination setup. Check that a selected detail can be traced to its full source. Record any path or format dependencies before scaling the export. Retain the original project and photographs after the transfer succeeds. If the package includes ImgHeal restoration outputs, label them as edited viewing derivatives and include the corresponding untouched source when sharing permission allows it.

Check this workflow

  • Inventory the selected sample before export.
  • Name the transfer and its revision.
  • Extract and inspect the received package independently.

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Questions about this restoration task

Is creating the ZIP sufficient verification?

No. Extract a separate copy, examine representative photos and notes, and test the recipient's actual reading or import route.

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