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Miscellaneous Tab
The Miscellaneous tab is common to all tasks.
Check the option Use as step description to display the text next to the icon of the plugin in
the Process area.
Printer Queue Output
The Printer Queue Output task dispatches jobs to selected PReS Workflow Printer Queues
(see "PReS Workflow printer queues" on page111). Note that you must have created at least
one Printer Queue in PReS Workflow before you can add your first Printer Queue Output task.
You can select multiple Printer Queues in a Printer Queue Output task and choose exactly how
your jobs will be dispatched to the selected printers.
The task can create print output as well, by merging the data file with a PlanetPress Design
document (see "PlanetPress Design documents" on page44). This requires at least one
PlanetPress Design document to be associated with a Workflow printer queue (see
"Associating PlanetPress Design documents and PReS printer queues" on page120). This
also 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, “printer-centric” output requires a printer license.)
For more information about printing see "About printing" on page109.
Input
Any data file.
Processing and output
If the data file is in a valid emulation (see "About data emulation" on page60) and a
PlanetPress Design 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 no document was selected, the job 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 JPG job file to an FTP or Send to Folder printer queue will simply
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