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Chapter4 Development Guide for a Cooperative Application
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Development Guide for a Cooperative Applicat ion
This chapter describes necessary information on how to create a cooperative application.
Functions of a Cooperative Application
Incorporate the following functions to the cooperative application.
Functions Description
Creating a JDF file/Copying to
the Monitoring Folder
Used to print/write to discs. These are necessary functions.
Monitoring a JDF file (Changing
extensions)
You can monitor the job status.
This is not a necessary item since the same information is
obtained from STF files.
Monitoring an STF file/Handling
errors
You can acquire information on such as job status/error code/
the remaining of disc/ink level from STF files. Create and display
necessary messages using the information above.
Creating a JCF file/Copying to
the Monitoring Folder/Monitoring
when cancelling a job
Used when cancelling a job in the middle. The status of
cancelling can be judged with the file’s extension.
These are recommended functions.
It is selectable whether to incorporate your cooperative application in your system side
computer or the computer connected to PP-100/PP-100N. In each case, make sure to
include all required functions in the cooperative application to ensure proper operation.