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Task properties
General Tab
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Printer queue: Select the queues to which you want to send the output. Note that this is a
variable property box, so you can use various schemes to use printer queue names that
change with each job at run-time.
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Properties: Click to change the current printer queue properties. Note that PReS
Workflow generates the job file and hands it over with the available print options to the
Windows print driver, which takes the relay for the actual printing part, so there is no way
for your PReS Workflow Tool to ensure that all the settings you make will be applied to
the printed document.
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Job name: Enter the job’s file name. By default, the variable %f (Job File Name) is used.
You may use a different variable, but you may not use a data selection. This information
may be used for the printer’s banner page.
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Job owner name: Enter the job owner name. You may use a PReS Workflow variable.
Note
This option is not functional when natively printing PDFs (without a PlanetPress
Design document).
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Documents: Select a specific PlanetPress Design document if you want all the jobs to be
printed with that document.
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Natively print PDF file: This special option can be used if your job file is a PDF.
The job will .
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Add job information to the document: Select to prompt your PReS Workflow to add the
available job information elements in the header of the file that will be sent to the selected
printer queues.
Metadata
If no metadata file is found, the from / to page settings from the job and the printer's properties
from the task configuration are used, with the job's settings overriding those of the printer where
applicable. If a Metadata file is found, it is used to indicate which pages are printed and in
which order. Any other Metadata is ignored.
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