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OL Connect Send Job Information Plug-In
Overview
Creating an interactive process for incoming print jobs using OLCS requires that the relevant
information about the respective job is available and can be used in Workflow.
Job Information retrieval is made easy with the OLCS Job Info plug-in. It is installed along with
the OLCS plug-in and appears besides it in the Plug-In Bar area of Workflow under
Uncategorized.
Typically, it is used in the interaction process just after the initial HTTP Server Input plug-in. The
Job Info plug-in gets all relevant information for the dedicated print job using the Unique Job ID.
Unique Job ID: Whenever an OLCS Printer Driver is sending a print job to the OLCS plug-in, it
creates a unique ID string composed from 10 upper- and lowercase letters and digits e.g.
“ri0zZdluLp”. This Job ID is used in any communication between the Printer Driver and the plug-in
and is the leading identification element for this particular job. All job related information is
stored in the underlying database and linked together by this Job ID.
Note:
The OLCS Job-Info plug-in gets data from the OLCS database which means it only works
when Connect is in LICENSED mode.