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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
hundred page job, for example, if two queues were selected, each one will get 50 pages.
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 Watch/Server Printer Queue Options dialog box—see Print Using a Windows Driver Output
Task Properties (Page 138)) 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.
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.
Page delimiter group
These options are enabled when you choose Split job or Queue balancing load balancing options. They are
used to determine how each job is to be split before being sent to the printer queues.
Form feed: Cuts the job file at every form feed character.
Lines per page: Cuts the job file after the specified number of lines.
Keyword: Cuts the job file after each occurrence of the specified keyword (string of characters).
Add job information to the document: Select to prompt PlanetPress Watch to add the available job
information elements in the header of the file that will be sent to the selected printer queues. Note that this
option is only enabled if a document was selected in the General tab.
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.
Related topics:
• 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)
• SOAP Client Task Properties (Page 143)
• Delete Output Task Properties (Page 145)
7.1.2 Print Using a Windows Driver Output Task Properties
Printing Using a Windows Driver output tasks are used to send jobs to a local or network printer without going
through a PlanetPress Suite printer queue (this plugin requires a special license). Note that this option
generates large print files and that it therefore does not provide the same level of speed and performance as
the Optimized PostScript Stream and Printer Centric methods (the latter being the fastest and most efficient).
This type of output task does not support the transparency and duotone features, so you should not use it
with PlanetPress Design documents that use those features.
You add a Print using a Windows driver output task much in the same way as you add any other type of
output task. This printing method differs from the Printer Queue output task method, on the other hand, in
that you do not associate the output task with a PlanetPress Suite printer queue, but rather directly with a
Windows printer queue. Note that this printing method lets you use any PlanetPress Design document present
on the local PlanetPress Suite Workflow Tool workstation.
The following describes those properties that are specific to Print using a Windows driver 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.
Output Tasks - Detailed Directions
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