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Automation

What is automation? 29

Automation configuration screen 29

The tray icon 31

Command Line Options 31

What is automation?

PlanetPress EnvelopeNOW can be set to run in automated mode which provides with the ability to automatically process your

jobs as they come in, without user intervention.

Note: the automated mode requires you to logon to Windows and will run as an application, not as a service. If you

want PlanetPress EnvelopeNOW to run in automated mode when the computer starts, you will need to set an auto-

matic logon to Windows and set PlanetPress EnvelopeNOW to start with Windows in automated mode through the

options window.

While in automation mode, PlanetPress EnvelopeNOW will read an incoming source for jobs coming in, will associate the job

with a defined project, and output to a specified destination.

To set PlanetPress EnvelopeNOW to run in automated mode, click on the Preferences icon ( ) from the Home Screen, click

on the General tab and put a checkmark in the

Launch on system startup

option.

When automation captures a job from a printer queue or a PDFfrom a folder, the job or PDFwill be deleted. This ensures that

jobs will run only once.

All incoming jobs are processed in parallel (aka "multi-threading"). The number of parallel threads that are used

depends on the number of processors present on the computer (one thread per processor).

Automation configuration screen

To access the automation configuration screen:

From PlanetPress EnvelopeNOW:Click on the Preferences button ( ), then click the Scheduler button.

l From the automation tray icon (when running):Right-click on the tray icon and click on Set Automation Processes.

To start and stop automation:

From the automation configuration screen, use the Start/Stop slider to start and stop automation processing.

When you stop automation from the automation configuration screen or the automation tray icon, all automated jobs

will stop processing. If there are any automated jobs currently being processed, a warning window appears indi-

cating that they will be cancelled. Click Yes to stop theses jobs, Cancel to let the jobs continue and automation mode

Automation