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PlanetPress Fax can generate faxes and dispatch them from the host on which it runs, using a local faxing program,
such as WinFax PRO, Captaris RightFax or Windows Fax. See About PlanetPress Fax.
l PrintShop Mail:Used to generate documents using PrintShop Mail databases and documents. Communicate with it
through the PrintShop Mail and PrintShop Mail 7 Connector Tasks. See PrintShop Mail.
l Laserfiche:Used as a repository for electronic documents. Communicate with it through the Laserfiche Repository
Output Task. See Laserfiche Repository Output.
l PlanetPress Capture:Used to generate and process files using Anoto patterns. Communicate with it through the
PlanetPress Capture tasks such as the Anoto Ink Processor and the Anoto Pattern plugins.
Services must use an account to be granted the permission to use the system’s resources and objects. This information is
included in the service's configuration and most services use the Local System Account, which is granted access to all the
system’s resources. All input and output services used by PlanetPress Suite Workflow Tools run under the same account. For
more information on services and system permissions, refer to Windows documentation. For more information on how to con-
figure the account used by the services, see PlanetPress Suite Workflow Tools Service Logon.
The PlanetPress Suite Service Console, included in the PlanetPress Suite Workflow Tools Configuration program, can be used
to monitor, start and stop PlanetPress Suite Workflow Tools services (see About Processes, "Users and Configurations" (page
n) and "PlanetPress Suite Service Console" (page n)).
About Documents
A Document is a file sent to the PlanetPress Workflow Tools by PlanetPress Design and is used to produce an output when
merged with data. ADocument can be an invoice, a report, a receipt or anything else, but by itself it is empty and without any
variable data.
Document are typically selected in Output Tasks, but can also appear in other tasks that produce formatted data such as the
Digital Action task and the Add Document task.
Documents contain static data such as logos, addresses and graphic formatting, as well as placeholders for data. Documents
can also contain conditions and programming logic. For more information about PlanetPress Design documents, please see the
PlanetPress Design User Guide.
About Printing
To print a document using the PlanetPress Suite Workflow Tools, you can either use the Print using a Windows Driver output
task, or use a combination of a printer queue and a Printer Queue output task. These tasks are created and defined using Plan-
etPress Suite Workflow Tool Configuration program.
The following types of printer outputs are available in the PlanetPress Suite Workflow Tools Configuration program:
l Local printing:
l Windows output queues let you send jobs to a local printer. See Windows Output Printer Queue.
l Send to Folder output queues let you save jobs to a local or network folder from which they can be picked up
and printed. See Send to Folder Printer Queue.
l Remote printing:
l FTP output queues let you upload jobs to an FTP site from which they can be picked up and printed. See FTP Out-
put Printer Queue.
Understanding PlanetPress Suite Workflow Tools