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Printer Queue Output
The Printer Queue Output task dispatches jobs to selected PReS Workflow Printer Queues (see
"PReS Workflow printer queues" on page93). 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41). This requires at least one PlanetPress Design doc-
ument to be associated with a Workflow printer queue (see "Associating PlanetPress Design doc-
uments and PReS printer queues" on page101). 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91.
Input
Any data file.
Processing and output
If the data file is in a valid emulation (see "About data emulation" on page54) 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 place the file in
the destination. Sending this same file to an LPR or Windows queue will produce no output as these
queues expect valid PostScript.
Task properties
General Tab
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Queues: Select the queues to which you want to send the output (see "PReS Workflow printer
queues" on page93).
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Documents: Select None if you want the job file to be printed as is.
Select a specific PlanetPress Design document (see "PlanetPress Design documents" on
page41) if you want all the jobs to be printed with that document. To use a document chosen at
run-time for each job, enter a dynamic document name using a combination of text, variables and
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