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PlanetPress Image
PlanetPress Image Output tasks are used to make requests to PlanetPress Image, which creates
image files which it then archives or emails. For more information about this product, see "About Plan-
etPress Image" on page279.
Since this task is an Output, it is not possible to immediately act on the generated image before con-
tinuing. When necessary to immediately retrieve the generated file, the "Digital Action" on page375
task should be used instead.
In addition to the job-specific PlanetPress Image properties you configure in the task’s Properties dia-
log box, there are configurable options common to all PlanetPress Image outputs processed by a given
computer (see "PlanetPress Image preferences" on page674). Note that those options are specific to
each PlanetPress Image installation and that they are immediately applied.
The following describes the properties specific to PlanetPress Image Output tasks.
Note: In some combinations of Microsoft Outlook and Windows versions, it is not possible for
Outlook to be opened while PlanetPress Workflow is running, so emails are not sent out auto-
matically. To correct this, make sure to log on to Windows on the PlanetPress Workflow server
using the same login that PlanetPress Workflow is using, and open Outlook before starting the
PlanetPress Workflow services. You could also use a startup process to start Outlook before the
rest of the services.
Input
The input file can be:
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Any data file with a valid emulation (see "About data emulation" on page54).
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A PDF/VT file.
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An Optimized PostScript Stream file (.ps) generated by PlanetPress Workflow. The .ps file must
be the result of the merge between a PlanetPress Design document and a data file, and can be
generated either with the use of "Add document" on page595, or a printer queue using a "Send
to Folder printer queue" on page100. Postscript generated using any other way will fail, as Plan-
etPress Image requires knowledge of the number of pages in the document, which is not avail-
able in output generated using any other means. Note however that "Digital Action" on page375
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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