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Read in binary mode: Select this option to force the printer to read the incoming data in binary

mode. Use this option with the ASCII emulation to fix problems related to line spacing caused by

LFCR character pairs found within the data. Use it with the ASCII emulation and with the Tab on

carriage return option to fix problems related to data formatting caused by isolated CR characters

found within the data. This option can only be used with the ASCII emulation.

Note for PlanetPress Suite users: You cannot select this option if the Design document is to be

installed on a printer that cannot run in binary mode.

Data encoding: Select the appropriate encoding for the sample data file. You may look at the

data in the Data Pane (non-English characters especially, if any) to see how the your selection

affects the data.

XML Emulation

XML data emulations allow you to capture data emanating from web databases, e-mail fulfillment, e-

commerce, and general XML database engines. In XML emulation, the data elements in markup lan-

guage format are organized in a folder view with a root node and sub-level nodes.

Note: Characters referenced using the ϧ syntax are limited to values ranging from 000

() to 256 (Ā).

When XML data is merged with PlanetPress Design documents on a printer DOCTYPE and

ENTITY tags are ignored.

XML emulation options

Cache XML data: When this option is selected, PReS Workflow Server only reloads the data if

the size or modified date of the XML file changes. When this option is not selected, the XML data

will be reloaded into memory every time that a plugin works on the data file. Caching the XML

data will make subsequent tasks run faster (as loading an XML file can take a long time) but will

also use up more memory since that memory isn't released in between tasks. For single runs the

performance gain is less noticeable than in loops (either through a splitter, a Loop task or a

Metadata filter) where the XML file would be loaded repeatedly.

For information about XML emulation options in PlanetPress Design documents, see the PlanetPress

Design user guide.

Sample Data

This topic covers issues relating to the sample data used in your PReS Workflow configuration.

A sample data file makes it possible to:

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