7.5

Processing
If the data file is in a valid Emulation and a document is selected, the data file and document are merged to produce a Post-
Script output. The output may be an Optimized PostScript Stream or a Printer Centric stream (data file +trigger).
If the data file is any file and the Passthrough option is selected, the file is sent as-is to the selected printer queue. Whether the
queue will properly output depends on the capabilities of the queue and its target. For example, sending a JPGfile in pass-
through to an FTPor Send to Folder output will simply place the file in the destination. Sending this same file to an LPRor Win-
Queue output will produce no output as these queues expect valid PostScript.
Task Properties
General tab
l Queues: Select the queues to which you want to send the output.
l Documents: Select None if you want the data to print as is. Select a specific PlanetPress Design document if you
want all the jobs to be printed with that document. To use a document chosen at runtime for each job, enter a dynamic
document name using a combination of text, variables and data selections. To enable the dynamic document name
box, click inside it. To disable it, press Enter. Note that in the later case, you must be certain that the documents that
will be chosen at runtime will in fact be available locally or at all the selected printer. Note that PlanetPressSuite Work-
flow Tools will not specify a given document version number, so the latest version will be used by default. To specify a
given document version number, you can use an Add Document action task instead of a Printer Queue output, and then
use an Add/Remove Text action task to add a version number in the document trigger (for more information, refer to
the Control Versions of a Document section of the PlanetPress Design User Guide).
Advanced tab
l Copies: Enter the number of copies to be printed outputs. Since this is a variable property box, you may enter a fixed
value or use a data selection. Note that load balancing options have an impact on how copies are printed as well as on
the total number of printed copies.
l Load balancing group (Options from this group are only valid if multiple printer queues were selected.)
l No balancing: No load balancing means that all the selected printer queues get everything.
l Split job: Split job means that jobs will be split according to the criteria set in the Page delimiter group (see
below) and that an equal share of the job file will be sent to each one of the selected printer queues. For a hun-
dred page job, for example, if two queues were selected, each one will get 50 pages.
l Queue balancing: Queue balancing means that jobs will be split according to the criteria set in the Page
delimiter group (see below) and that a share of the job file corresponding to each printer’s capacity (as set in
the PlanetPressSuite Workflow Tools Printer Queue Options dialog box—see Print Using a Windows Driver) will
be sent to each one of the selected printer queues. If two queues were selected, the first one sending jobs to a
printer that prints 500 pages a minute, and the second one sending jobs to a smaller printer printing 50 pages a
minute, the first queue will receive roughly ten times more pages than the second one.
l Round robin: Round robin means that complete jobs will be sent in turn to each one of the selected printer
queues. For example, Queue_1 will get the first job, Queue_2 will get the second job, and so forth.
l Page delimiter group:These options are enabled when you choose Split job or Queue balancing load bal-
ancing options. They are used to determine how each job is to be split before being sent to the printer queues.
l Form feed: Cuts the job file at every form feed character.
l Lines per page: Cuts the job file after the specified number of lines.
l Keyword: Cuts the job file after each occurrence of the specified keyword (string of characters).
l Custom Trigger: Enter the code of the trigger that will be sent with the data to the selected printer queues. Note that
this box is only enabled if None was selected in the General tab.
l Add job information to the document:Includes the current JobInfos to the job output. This option is only avail-
able if a document was selected in the General tab.