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only supported with PlanetPress Design documents, and requires that this feature be available
on the printer.
OL Connect print jobs
There are two OL Connect tasks designed to create print output based on a Connect Designer
template: the "Create Output" on page561 task, and the "All In One" on page545 task, which
combines 4 different OL Connect tasks, including the Create Output task, within a single one.
Both tasks can produce many different types of files and distribute them to many different
printers, or to a folder.
Print options
The file type, printer model, output type (a folder, LPR queue or Windows printer), and print
options and settings are normally contained in an Output Creation Preset. Output Creation
Presets are created in the Connect Designer and can be used with any Connect template (see
Output Creation Preset and Print Options in Connect's Online Help). For some options, such as
grouping documents and splitting jobs, a Job Creation Preset is required as well (see Job
Creation Preset in the Connect Online Help).
Presets have to be sent to or imported into Workflow before they can be used in a Workflow
process.
Alternatively, the All in One and Create Output tasks can send the spool file back to the
Workflow process, instead of to the destination defined in the Output Creation Preset. (To
achieve this, select the Handle through Workflow option in the task properties.)
Back in the process the output file may be sent to a folder using the Send to Folder task, or to a
Workflow Printer Queue via the Output to Printer Queue task.
Here are a few reasons why you might want to use the Handle through Workflow option:
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106).
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