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l PrintShop Mail Web Capture service: Monitors print requests from a PrintShop Web server.
l Serial Input service: Monitors a single serial port for incoming data. Note that all Serial input tasks
use the same serial port (set in the user options of the PlanetPress Workflow Configuration program).
l Telnet Input service: Monitors multiple telnet ports for incoming data. Note that each Telnet input task
has its own telnet port number (set in each task).
l HTTP/SOAP Server service: Monitors web pages and web sites as well as SOAP servers.
Available Output Services
Output services are used to output jobs. The output services used by PlanetPress Workflow are:
l FTP Output service: Places output jobs on a server via the FTP protocol.
l LPR (Line Printer Requester) Output service: Sends jobs to an LPD server or LPD compatible
printers. The LPD/LPR printing protocol is a common way to send print jobs that, in turn, use the
TCP/IP protocol to communicate through the network.
l PlanetPress Image: Outputs jobs as PDF files or in a variety of image formats. You can also use
PlanetPress Image to archive and/or email the files it creates. You can use PlanetPress Search to
search the PDF files PlanetPress Image creates. You can install multiple instances of the PlanetPress
Image service on your network, and have PlanetPress Workflowsend jobs to one or more of these
instances. Each instance of PlanetPress Image can generate PDFs or images and dispatch them from
the host on which it runs. See About Image.
l PlanetPress Fax: Outputs jobs as faxes. You use PlanetPress Fax as an interface to WinFax PRO or
Windows Fax, to send faxes you create from documents. You can install multiple instances of the
PlanetPress Fax service on your network, and have PlanetPress Workflowsend jobs to one or more of
these instances. Each instance of PlanetPress Fax can generate faxes and dispatch them from the
host on which it runs, using a local faxing program, such as WinFax PRO, Captaris RightFax or
Windows Fax. See About Fax.
l PrintShop Mail:Used to generate documents using PrintShop Mail databases and documents.
Communicate with it through the PrintShop Mail and PrintShop Mail 7 Connector Tasks. See
PrintShop Mail.
l Laserfiche:Used as a repository for electronic documents. Communicate with it through the
Laserfiche Repository Output Task. See "Laserfiche Repository Output" on page 333.
l PlanetPress Capture:Used to generate and process files using Anoto patterns. Communicate with it
through the PlanetPress Capture tasks such as the Anoto Ink Processor and the Anoto Pattern
plugins.
Services must use an account to be granted the permission to use the system’s resources and objects. This
information is included in the service's configuration and most services use the Local System Account,
which is granted access to all the system’s resources. All input and output services used by PlanetPress