8.5
Table Of Contents
- Table of Contents
- Welcome to PlanetPress Workflow 8.5
- System Requirements
- Basics
- Features
- The Nature of PlanetPress Workflow
- About Branches and Conditions
- Configuration Components
- Connect Resources
- About Data
- About Documents
- Debugging and Error Handling
- The Plug-in Bar
- About Printing
- About Processes and Subprocesses
- Using Scripts
- Special Workflow Types
- About Tasks
- Task Properties
- Variable Properties
- Working With Variables
- About Configurations
- About Related Programs and Services
- The Interface
- Copyright Information
- Legal Notices and Acknowledgements
Processing
If the data file is in a valid Emulation and a document is selected, the data file and document are merged to
produce a PostScript output. The output may be an Optimized PostScript Stream or a Printer Centric stream
(data file +trigger).
If the data file is any file and the Pass-through option is selected, the file is sent as-is to the selected printer
queue. Whether the queue will properly output depends on the capabilities of the queue and its target. For
example, sending a JPGfile in pass-through to an FTPor Send to Folder output will simply place the file in
the destination. Sending this same file to an LPRor WinQueue output will produce no output as these
queues expect valid PostScript.
Properties
General tab
l Queues: Select the queues to which you want to send the output.
l Documents: Select None if you want the data to print as is. Select a specific PlanetPress Design
document if you want all the jobs to be printed with that document. To use a document chosen at run-
time for each job, enter a dynamic document name using a combination of text, variables and data
selections. To enable the dynamic document name box, click inside it. To disable it, press Enter. Note
that in the later case, you must be certain that the documents that will be chosen at run-time will in fact
be available locally or at all the selected printer. Note that PlanetPress Workflow will not specify a
given document version number, so the latest version will be used by default. To specify a given
document version number, you can use an Add Document action task instead of a Printer Queue
output, and then use an Add / Remove Text action task to add a version number in the document
trigger (for more information, refer to the Control Versions of a Document section of the PlanetPress
Design User Guide).
Advanced tab
l Copies: Enter the number of copies to be printed outputs. Since this is a variable property box, you
may enter a fixed value or use a data selection. Note that load balancing options have an impact on
how copies are printed as well as on the total number of printed copies.
l Load balancing group (Options from this group are only valid if multiple printer queues were
selected.)