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Inputlicense.
CallingLincPDFCviaanexternalprogram
Tosetadvancedconversionparameters,thePCLinputfilehastopassthroughanadditionalWorkflow
processbeforeenteringtheprocessinwhichthedatamappingtakesplace.TheextraWorkflowpro-
cessshouldcalltheLincPDFcommandlinemoduleLincPDFCviatheExternal Programpluginwith
thedesiredadvancedconversionparameters.TocreatesuchaWorkflowprocess:
1. AddalocalvariabletoyourprocessandnameitlincPDFOptions.
2. AddanotherlocalvariablenamedworkingDirandgiveitadefaultWindowspath(forexample:
C:\PCL2PDF\).
3. AddaplugintocapturethePCLFile.YoumayuseanyinputpluginthatimportsthePCLfileinto
theprocess,suchasFolderCapture,LPDInput,etc.
4. UsingtheChangeEmulationplugin,changetheEmulationtoASCII.Thistypeofemulation
allowstosetthenumberoflinesperpage,removeoraddlinesorevenremovesomeHPPCL
escapesequencesifnecessary.
5. AsthenumberofoptionsyoupasstoLincPDFCmaybehigh,itisrecommendedtoassignallthe
desiredoptionstothelocalvariablelincPDFOptions.TodothatyoucanuseeithertheSet Job
Infos and VariablespluginoraRun ScriptActionplugin,forexamplewiththefollowing
JavaScript:
Watch.SetVariable("lincPDFOptions","-z:1 -*e -*f -u3 -s -pXOff:-0.155 -pYOff:0.15 -dAuthor:\"OL Connect\" -dTitle:\"" + Watch.Ex-
pandString("%O") + "\"");
Thisexamplesetsthefollowingoptionsorparameters:
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