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Replace with: Enter the string of data to use as a replacement. Since this is also a variable property box, the
same as above applies.
10.1.8 Send Images to Printer Action Task Properties
Send Images to Printer action tasks are used to warn printers that the files that will be sent to them are to be
stored rather than printed. They are comparable to Download to Printer action tasks (see Download to Printer
Action Task Properties (Page 207)), but they include image specific options. Furthermore, they can be used to
send images not only to printers, but also to the virtual drive of other computers running PlanetPress Suite
applications.
Note that images sent to a printer are stored in the root folder of the printer’s hard disk, while images sent to
the virtual drive of another computer are stored in a subfolder of the PlanetPress Watch/Server folder.
Send Images to Printer action task properties are as follows:
General tab
Scan orientation: Select Side to side for images that will be printed in their original orientation on a portrait
oriented page, or in a rotated orientation on a landscape page. Select Top to bottom for images that will be
printed in a rotated orientation on a portrait oriented page, or in a rotated orientation on a portrait oriented
page. Note that images that are meant to be printed in various ways can be stored twice on the printer as two
identical copies of the same file that bear different names (Image_Original.tif and Image_Rotated.tif, for
example). The first copy can be processed using a Send Images to Printer action task with the scan
orientation set to Side to side, the second one with a different Send Images to Printer action task with the
scan orientation set to Top to bottom, each one typically being included on two different branches of the same
process.
Color conversion: Select As is to keep the color information included in the images. Select Grayscale to
convert color images to grayscale.
Naming convention: Select ’File name, original’ to store the file under its original file name. Select ’File
name, no extension’ to store the file without its original file name extension. Note that all characters are
converted to uppercase and that extended characters (diacreased characters, such as é, for example) are not
recommended in image file names.
Image quality: Select the same image quality chosen in the PlanetPress Design documents that reference
the image files you are sending. In PlanetPress Design, this setting is included in the document’s resource
options.
Image compression level: Select the level at which you want images to be compressed. Values can range
from 1 (compress up to 1% of the image’s original size) to 100 (do not compress). For example if you set this
box to 75, the Image Downloader compresses all images by 75% when it converts those image to PostScript.
The default compression level is 70%.
Resolutions group
Color (DPI): Set the dot per inch (DPI) resolution for color images.
Grayscale (DPI): Set the dot per inch (DPI) resolution for grayscale images.
Monochrome (DPI): Set the dot per inch (DPI) resolution for monochrome images.
Send to Virtual Drive of: Select the computers and/or printers to which the images are to be sent.
Refresh: Click to prompt PlanetPress Watch/Server to look again for available printers and computers.
Hard disk name and path: You may enter the name and path of the hard disk to which you want to send
the images. Needless to say that this option is used if the device to which you are sending the images has
multiple hard drives.
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