2018.2

Digital Action
Digital Action Action tasks generate the same types of documents as generated by
PlanetPress Image output tasks (see "PlanetPress Image" on page422). Since Digital Action
tasks are not Output tasks, the documents they create are typically passed on to the following
task. The image files they generate are always saved, along with their index files (if any), to an
archive folder.
Note
The Digital Action task requires a PlanetPress Image license to be present on the same
IP Subnet as PlanetPress Workflow, either on the same server or a different one with
PlanetPress Image installed and activated.
Differences between Digital Action and Image tasks
l Digital Action is an Action task and cannot be the last task in a branch or process. Image
is an Output task, and has to be placed at the end of a process or branch.
l Digital Action can accept PDF/VT and PostScript (.ps) files as an input, even if they are
not generated by any PlanetPress Workflow tools.
Task properties
General Tab
l
Host: Select the IP address of the PlanetPress Image host to which you want the request
to be sent.
l
Refresh: Click to update the list of IP addresses displayed in the Host drop-down list box.
l
Documents: Select None (Do not use a document (passthrough) in order to generate
an image with a PDF/VT or PostScript file in passthrough mode.
Note
For an explanation of how to generate specific tags and indexes for the Image and
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