7.0
Table Of Contents
- Other Documentation
- Understanding PlanetPress Suite Workflow Tools
- Key Concepts
- PlanetPress Suite Workflow Tools
- The Origins of PlanetPress Watch
- The Nature of PlanetPress Suite Workflow Tools
- Configurations and Processes
- More on PlanetPress Suite Workflow Tools and How They Work
- The Configuration and its Processes
- Tasks
- More on PlanetPress Suite Services
- PlanetPress Design and PlanetPress Workflow Tools
- Data
- Data File and Job File
- Job File Names and Output File Names
- Error Handling Tools
- PlanetPress Suite Workflow Tools and Printing
- The PlanetPress Suite Workflow
- Date and Time Format
- Microsoft Outlook, Outlook Express® and MAPI
- Key Concepts
- The PlanetPress Suite Workflow Tools Configuration Program
- Key Concepts
- Detailed Directions
- Start the PlanetPress Suite Workflow Tool Configuration Program
- Choose the Account to be Used by your PlanetPress Suite Workflow Tool
- Control Access to the Locally Installed Services
- Exit the PlanetPress Suite Workflow Tool Configuration Program
- Create a New Configuration
- Open a PlanetPress Suite Configuration File
- Reopen a Configuration File
- Add a PlanetPress Suite Process
- Import Processes from Another Configuration File
- Save a Configuration
- Use Online Help
- Rename Objects in the Configuration Components Area
- Expand and Collapse Categories and Groups in the Configuration Components Area
- Cut, Copy and Paste Objects in the Configuration Components Area
- Reorder Objects in the Configuration Components Area
- Group and Ungroup Objects in the Configuration Components Area
- Delete Objects and Groups from the Configuration Components Area
- Undo a Command
- Redo a Command
- View Document Properties
- Edit Properties in the Object Inspector
- Select a Process
- Resize Rows and Columns of the PlanetPress Suite Process Area
- Zoom In or Out within the PlanetPress Suite Process Area
- Highlight a Task or Branch
- Resize the Program Window Areas
- Show or Hide Areas of the Program Window
- Dock and Undock Areas of the Program Window
- Combine and Attach Areas
- Configurations, Processes and Tasks
- Configuration Management
- Opening and Importing Configurations and Processes
- Users and Configurations
- Anatomy of a Process
- Configurations, Processes and Flowcharts
- Design Versus Debug Mode
- Tasks as Plugins
- Task Properties Dialog Boxes
- Variable Properties
- Standard Variables
- Job Information Elements and Job Info Variables
- Custom Variables
- Selecting Documents in Tasks
- Sending Job Info Variables to Output Devices
- Working with Tasks in the PlanetPress Process Area
- Adding Branches
- Detailed Directions
- Adding Tasks
- Editing Tasks or Branches
- Adding Comments
- Replacing Tasks, Conditions, Branches or Comments
- Removing Tasks and Branches
- Cutting and Pasting, or Copying and Pasting Tasks and Branches
- Moving Tasks, Branches and Comments Using Drag-and-Drop
- Duplicating Tasks, Branches and Comments Using Drag-and-Drop
- Copying and Pasting Properties between Task, Conditions or Comments
- Disabling and Enabling Tasks and Branches
- Data in PlanetPress Watch
- Input Tasks
- Detailed Directions
- Email Input Task Properties
- Folder Listing Input Task Properties
- Folder Capture Input Task Properties
- FTP Input Task Properties
- HTTP Client Input Task Properties
- HTTP Server Input Task Properties
- Create File Input Task Properties
- LPD Input Task Properties
- Serial Input Task Properties
- Telnet Input Task Properties
- WinQueue Input Task Properties
- Detailed Directions
- Output Tasks
- PlanetPress Fax
- PlanetPress Image
- Action Tasks
- Detailed Directions
- Advanced Search and Replace Action Task Properties
- Database Action Task Properties
- PrintForm Action Task Properties
- PrintShop Mail Action Task Properties
- Rename Action Task Property
- Run Script Action Task Properties
- Search and Replace Action Task Properties
- Send Images to Printer Action Task Properties
- Send to Folder Action Task Properties
- Set Variables Action Task Properties
- Standard Filter Action Task Properties
- Translator Action Task Properties
- Windows Print Converter Action Task Properties
- Create Metadata Action Task Properties
- Create PDF Action Task Properties
- In-Stream Splitter Action Task Properties
- Load External File Action Properties
- PDF Splitter Action Task Properties
- Send to Process Action Task Properties
- Emulated Data Splitter Action Task Properties
- XML Splitter Action Task Properties
- Database Splitter Action Task Properties
- Generic Splitter Action Task Properties
- Add Document Action Properties
- Add/Remove Text Action Properties
- Change Emulation Action Task Properties
- Create VDX Action Task Properties
- Decompress Action Task Properties
- Digital Imaging Action Task Properties
- Digital Signature Action Task Properties
- Download to Printer Action Task Properties
- External Program Action Task Properties
- Loop Action Task Properties
- Open XSLT Action Task Properties
- Detailed Directions
- Using Conditions
- Using Scripts
- Printer Queues and Documents
- Detailed Directions
- LPR Output Printer Queue Properties
- Windows Output Printer Queue Properties
- FTP Output Printer Queue Properties
- Send to Folder Printer Queue Properties
- Printer Queue Advanced Properties
- Import Documents
- Import PrintShop Mail Documents
- Add Resident Documents in the Configuration Components Area
- Associate Documents and PlanetPress Watch Printer Queues
- Print a Test Page
- Manually Update Documents
- Detailed Directions
- Scheduling PlanetPress Watch Processes
- Advanced Configurations and Options
- Key Concepts
- Service Options Versus Properties
- Languages
- Detailed Directions
- Delete Images From Your Virtual Drive
- Editor Options
- LPR Output User Options
- Network Ports Settings
- Change Languages
- Change your User Options
- Change your Script Editor or XSLT Editor User Options
- General User Options
- Object Inspector User Options
- Configuration Components Area User Options
- Default Configuration User Options
- Notification Messages User Options
- Sample Data User Options
- Logging User Options
- Network User Options
- HTTP Server Input User Options
- LPD Input User Options
- Serial Input Service User Options
- Telnet Input User Options
- FTP Output Service User Options
- Error Handling
- Debugging PlanetPress Watch Processes
- Sending and Running a Configuration
7.1 Detailed Directions
This section contains detailed information on the properties of the available output tasks. It contains the
following topics:
• Printer Queue Output Task Properties (Page 137)
• Print Using a Windows Driver Output Task Properties (Page 138)
• FTP Output Task Properties (Page 139)
• Send Email Output Task Properties (Page 140)
• Send to Folder Output Task Properties (Page 142)
• Delete Output Task Properties (Page 145)
7.1.1 Printer Queue Output Task Properties
Printer Queue output tasks dispatch jobs to selected printer queues. Note that you must have created at least
one printer queue before you can add your first Printer Queue output task. Furthermore, to print the data file
with a PlanetPress Design document, you must have associated at least one document with a printer queue.
You can select multiple queues in a Printer Queue output tasks and choose exactly how your jobs will be
dispatched to the selected printers.
The following describes those properties that are specific to Printer Queue output tasks. For information on
those properties shared by various types of tasks, such as Other and On error properties, refer to
Configurations, Processes and Tasks.
Printer Queue output task properties are as follows:
General tab
Queues: Select the queues to which you want to send the output.
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 Watch/Server 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
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.
Load balancing group
Options from this group are only valid if multiple printer queues were selected. They determine how
documents are to be sent to the selected queues. Note that if you choose the No balancing option, the
number of copies will be multiplied by the number of selected printers. If you selected two printer queues and
asked for two copies, four copies will be printed in all.
No balancing: No load balancing means that all the selected printer queues get everything.
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