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and print it).
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 vari-
able 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 gen-
erates 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 avail-
able 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.
Known issue: If a data file with Metadata is resubmitted to such a process, the from/to page values
set by the user in the Resubmit interface are ignored.
Miscellaneous Tab
The Miscellaneous tab is common to all tasks.
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