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Processing
A PostScript file can be converted straight into PDF.
A regular data file needs to be merged with a PlanetPress Design document first, except for a
PDF file, which may or may not be merged with a PlanetPress Design document.
When a PDF file is used as-is, the Create PDF task will apply the active Metadata to the PDF
data file (for more information on this see "PDF Workflow" on page287 and "Working with
Metadata" on page78).
Output
The output of this task is always, exclusively, a PDF file, optionally optimized and optionally
with fresh Metadata.
For the PDF values for files generated with this plugin, see "PDF Values" on page400.
Task properties
General tab
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Documents: Select None to use the job file as-is. Alternatively, select a specific
PlanetPress Design document if you want all the jobs to be generated with that
document.
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Run mode group (only with a PlanetPress Design document):
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Printer centric: Select to send the document along with the trigger and data to the
PDF RIP.
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Optimized PostScript Stream: Select to merge the selected document with the
data received by this task before sending it to the PDF RIP. Note that some features,
such as the Time and Date require that this option be selected.
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Options group
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Add job information to the document: Select to add the available Job Info
variables in the “header” of the generated output file.
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Optimize resulting PDF: Select to specify whether the resulting PDF should be
optimized. Optimization can lead to a significant reduction in the size of the PDF,
but it may also add a certain amount of time to the process. This option should only
be unchecked if the timing of the process is critical and it needs to be done quickly,
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