8.4

About Printing
To print a document using PlanetPress Workflow, you can either use the Print using a Windows
Driver output task, or use a combination of a printer queue and a Printer Queue output task.
These tasks are created and defined using PlanetPress Workflow Configuration program.
The following types of printer outputs are available in PlanetPress Workflow Configuration
program:
l Local printing:
l Windows output queues let you send jobs to a local printer. See "Windows Output
Printer Queue" on page 59.
l Send to Folder output queues let you save jobs to a local or network folder from
which they can be picked up and printed. See "Send to Folder Printer Queue" on
page 63.
l Remote printing:
l FTP output queues let you upload jobs to an FTP site from which they can be
picked up and printed. See "FTP Output Printer Queue" on page 62.
l LPR output queues let you send print jobs to remote printers via TCP/IP using the
LPR/LPD protocol. See "LPR Output Printer Queue" on page 60.
l Windows Driver Printing:
l The Print using a Windows Driver output task lets you send a job to any printer
installed on the computer, using its own drivers. In this particular case, the printer
does not need to be a PostScript printer. See "Print Using a Windows Driver" on
page 456.
PlanetPress Workflow provides you with three main printing scenarios:
l Send output data to be printed as is: PlanetPress Workflow sends a file containing only
the data to the selected queue.
l Send output data to be merged with a document on the printer: PlanetPress
Workflow sends one of two things:
l A file that contains only the data to the selected printer queue. The document with
which the data must be merged must be present on the printer’s hard disk,
otherwise printing will fail.
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