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any other way will fail, as PlanetPress Image requires knowledge of the number of pages
in the document, which is not available in output generated using any other means. Note
however that "Digital Action" on page408 does have the ability, in most cases, to
generate output using third-party PostScript files.
Processing & Output
Multiple things can happen, depending on the options chosen and the type of data this task
receives:
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If the data file and a document are selected, and Printer Centric mode is used, the data
file is sent to the PlanetPress Image host which merges the data and document to
produce output.
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If the data file and a document are selected, and Optimized PostScript Stream mode is
used, the data file is merged with the document and the resulting OPS job is sent to the
PlanetPress Image host to produce output.
l If the data file is a postscript file and either mode is used, the postscript file is sent to the
PlanetPress Image host which generates output (since this is already Optimized
PostScript, it is not regenerated).
Task properties
General Tab
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Host: Select the IP address of the PlanetPress Image host to which you want the request
to be sent.
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Refresh: Click to update the list of IP addresses displayed in the Host drop-down list box.
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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
Digital Action tasks, in a PDF/VT file created with Connect, see the Connect Online
Help: Generating tags for Image output.
Alternatively, select a PlanetPress Design document if you want all the jobs to be
generated with that document. To use a document chosen at run-time for each job, enter a
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