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Task Properties
General tab
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Host: Select the IP address of the PlanetPress Image host to which you want the request
to be sent.
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Refresh: Click to update the list of IP addresses displayed in the Host drop-down list box.
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Documents: Select a specific PlanetPress Design document if you want all the jobs to be
generated 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 the selected host.
Note
While the Do not use a document (passthrough)is visible in this list, it is not
compatible with the PlanetPress Image output if the PostScript was not generated
by merging a design document with data in PlanetPress Workflow. In order to
generate an image in passthrough mode with external PostScript, please use the
Digital Action task.
l List only documents using VDXcompilation:Check to ensure that only documents
that are compatible with the VDXcompilation method are shown in the list, if producing
VDXoutput.
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Run mode group
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Printer centric: Select to send the document along with the trigger and data to
PlanetPress Image.
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Optimized PostScript Stream: Select to merge the selected document with the
data received by this task before sending it to PlanetPress Image. Note that some
features, such as the Time and Date require that this option be selected.
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Add job information to the document: Select to add the available job info variables in
the “header” of the generated output file.
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