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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.
On Error Tab
The On Error Tab is common to all tasks. Details can be found on Task Properties Dialog.
If storing the message or ID, if they are store in a jobinfo they will be available in any error handling process where errors are
being forwarded. In all cases, if your process continues after the error, the contents of the variables selected in this window
will be available for the rest of your process, or whenever they are overwritten.
Send Email
Send Email output tasks send the data files they receive via email.
In some combinations of Microsoft Outlook and Windows versions, it is not possible for Outlook to be opened while
PlanetPress Workflow is running, so emails are not sent out automatically. To correct this, make sure to logon to Win-
dows on the PlanetPress server using the same login that PlanetPress is using, and open Outlook before starting the
PlanetPress services. You could also use a startup process to start Outlook before the rest of the services.
Input
Any data file.
Processing
While an email is always sent by this task (or at least attempted to be sent), the contents of the file and presence of attach-
ments depends on the selected option. Refer to the properties' descriptions below to know what each option does.
Once the contents of the file and attachments is determined, the email (and attachments)is either sent directly to the selected
SMTPserver, or is deposited in the "Outbox"folder of the local Microsoft Outlook account.
Task Properties
Recipients tab
l To: Enter the email address(es) of the recipient(s). Remember this is a variable property box and you can therefore
use various schemes to use email addresses that change with each job at runtime.
l Cc: Specify addresses to which copies of the generated emails are to be sent.
l Bcc: Specify discreet addresses (other recipients will not be able to see these addresses) to which copies of the gen-
erated emails are to be sent.