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"Other" Tab
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Job Information group
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Information elements: Indicates what Job Info variables are automatically created by the
input task.
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Add lines before first data page: Using the arrows keys you can add any job information
directly at the beginning of your data file.
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Backup input files: Check this to save a copy of each data file that is captured by your input.
These files are saved in the PReS Workflow Tools working folders under the "Backup" folder.
To navigate quickly to the Workflow working folders, press the keyboard shortcut
CTRL+ALT+Shift+F4 from within the Workflow configuration tool.
The number of days to keep backups of jobs processed by input tasks is set per process; see
"Process properties" on page721.
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Backup filename: Enter the file name that you wish the input data file backup to be saved under.
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Delete Existing Metadata: Check to remove any Metadata from memory. This option is disabled
on initial input tasks, and is checked by default on secondary input tasks.
Job Information definitions
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%1 - User name: Contains the user name of the user who sent the job to the printer, or the user
for which a software sending the job was logged in under.
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%2 - Host computer: Contains the name of the computer from which the job was sent.
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%3 - Job name: Contains the name of the job as specified by the software that sent the job.
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%4 - Source file name: Contains the name of the job file as specified by the software that sent
the job.
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%5 - Sender's IP address: Contains the IP address from which the job was sent.
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%6 - 6 Queue name: The name of the queue from which the job was captured. It will be empty if
the queue name was empty.
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 Pro-
cess area.
Merge PDF Files
The Merge PDF Files Input task (formerly named "Concatenate PDF Files") captures all PDF files in a
given folder and merges them into a single PDF file.
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