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
PlanetPress Workflow are run as service applications. PlanetPress Workflow can thus use them as required
without the need for any user interaction.
Although you can manually start and stop any service running on your computer, most of the basic services
used by the system are started and stopped automatically. In the case of PlanetPress Workflow and their
related services, you typically use a command included in your PlanetPress Workflow Configuration
program to start and stop most services. Opening and closing your PlanetPress Workflow Configuration
program has no effect on these services.
Available Input Services
Input services are used to pull in data files. The input services used by PlanetPress Workflow are:
l LPD (Line Printer Daemon) Input service: Inputs data sent from an LPR client. 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 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.
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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