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Send Images to Printer
Note: This plug-in has been moved to the Legacy group.
The Send Images to Printer Action task is used to send images to a printer so they can be used as
resources by PlanetPress Suite (Design) documents run on the printer. It is comparable to the Down-
load to Printer Action task (see "Download to Printer" on page596), but includes image specific
options. Furthermore, this task can be used to send images not only to printers, but also to the virtual
drive of other computers running PlanetPress Workflow applications. Note that each Sent Images to
Printer Action task must be followed by a Printer Queue Output task set to 'pass-through' (No doc-
ument), in order for the images to be actually sent to that printer.
Note: Images sent to a printer are stored in the root folder of the printer’s hard disk, while images
sent to the virtual drive of another computer are stored in a sub-folder of the PlanetPress Work-
flow folder.
Input
Any image file that you wish to upload to the printer.
Processing
The currently active image data file converted to PostScript. The image's resolution, scan orientation,
and quality can be modified, depending on the selected option. All files are converted into PostScript
format for storage on the printer. If a virtual drive, the file is automatically sent to it.
Output
A PostScript file containing the necessary code to save the data file on the hard drive.
Task properties
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Scan orientation: Select Side to side for images that will be printed in their original orientation
on a portrait oriented page, or in a rotated orientation on a landscape page. Select Top to bottom
for images that will be printed in a rotated orientation on a portrait oriented page, or in a rotated
orientation on a portrait oriented page. Note that images that are meant to be printed in various
ways can be stored twice on the printer as two identical copies of the same file that bear different
names (Image_Original.tif and Image_Rotated.tif, for example). The first copy can be processed
using a Send Images to Printer action task with the scan orientation set to Side to side, the
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