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l Additional flexibility. Printer Queues have load balancing options that allow to distribute
the printing load and make the process faster and more efficient. Print jobs may, for
example, be split equally among several printers, or they may be split according to each
printer’s capacity and speed. (See "PReS Workflow printer queues" on the next page.)
l Archiving. If the output file is a PDF, the file can be sent to an Archiving solution before it
is sent to the printer.
l Easier debugging. If the output file is a PDF, for example, you can open it inside Workflow
once it has been sent back to the process (see "Debugging your PReS Workflow
process" on page105).
Using a Printer Queue requires creating the appropriate Printer Queue in the Workflow
Configuration tool first.
In the Output to Printer Queue task, select No document to let the spool file pass through it.
PlanetPress Suite print jobs
In PlanetPress Suite, the printer model and settings are defined in the Design document itself
(see "PlanetPress Design documents" on page43).
Print output is normally generated by an Output task that merges a PlanetPress Design
document with a data file (i.e. the job file). This can be either the "Print using a Windows driver"
on page657 Output task, or the "Printer Queue Output" on page659 Output task.
The latter has to be combined with at least one Printer Queue, and to ensure that the print
output is actually sent to the intended printer, you also have to:
l Create a matching Printer Queue in Workflow (see "PReS Workflow printer queues" on
the next page).
l Associate the document with that Printer Queue (see "Associating PlanetPress Design
documents and PReS printer queues" on page119).
Note that the Printer Queue Output task requires printer licenses, unless you have the
“Optimized Output” add-on in your Connect license, which grants you the equivalent of
PlanetPress Production in Connect Workflow. Even then, doing “printer-centric” output requires
a printer license (see "Activate a printer" on page836).
Printer-centric printing
Alternatively the merging of the document and data can take place inside a printer (if the printer
is suitable for it). In that case, PReS Workflow sends one of two things to a printer: a file that
contains only the data to the selected Printer Queue, along with a trigger that specifies which
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