8.4
Table Of Contents
- Table of Contents
- Welcome to PReS Workflow 8.4.1
- Basics
- Features
- The Nature of PReS Workflow
- About Branches and Conditions
- Configuration Components
- Connect Resources
- About Data
- About Documents
- Debugging and Error Handling
- The Plug-in Bar
- About Printing
- About Processes and Subprocesses
- Using Scripts
- Special Workflow Types
- About Tasks
- Task Properties
- Working With Variables
- About Configurations
- About Related Programs and Services
- The Interface
- Copyright Information
- Legal Notices and Acknowledgements
The .ps file must be the result of the merge between a PReS Connect document and a data file, and can be
generated either with the use of "Add Document" on page 202, or a printer queue using a "Send to Folder
Printer Queue" on page 62. Postscript generated using any other way will fail, as PReS Image requires
knowledge of the number of pages in the document, which is not available in output generated using any
other means. Note however that "Digital Action" on page 231 does have the ability, in most cases, to
generate output using third-party postscript files.
Processing &Output
Multiple things can happen, depending on the options chosen and the type of data this task receives:
l If the data file and a document are selected, and "Printer Centric"mode is used, the data file is sent to
the PReS Image host which merges the data and document to produce output.
l If the data file and a document are selected, and "Optimized PostScript Stream"mode is used, the data
file is merged with the document and the resulting OPSjob is sent to the PReS Image host to produce
output.
l If the data file is a postscript file and either mode is used, the postscript file is sent to the PReS Image
host which generates output (since this is already Optimized PostScript, it is not regenerated).
Properties
General tab
l Host: Select the IP address of the PReS Image host to which you want the request to be sent.
l Refresh: Click to update the list of IP addresses displayed in the Host drop-down list box.
l Documents: Select a specific PReS Connect document if you want all the jobs to be generated 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 data selections. To enable the dynamic document name
box, click inside it. To disable it, press Enter. Note that in the later case, you must be certain that the
documents that will be chosen at run-time will in fact be available locally or at the selected host.
Note
While the Do not use a document (passthrough)is visible in this list, it is not compatible with the
PReS Image output if the PostScript was not generated by merging a design document with data
in PReS Workflow. In order to generate an image in passthrough mode with external PostScript,
please use the Digital Action task.