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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228 and "Working with Metadata" on
page69).
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368.
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, but keep in mind that the resulting
PDF may be much larger than it should be and may even be too large for PlanetPress
Workflow to handle.
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Reset Metadata according to new PDF: The Metadata is updated to include only the
selected nodes from the current Metadata, and sequential indexes are re-created.
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