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
LPD Input Plug-In Preferences
LPD input plug-in preferences control certain functions of the PReS Workflow LPD Server service, which in
turn has an impact on LDP input tasks performed by PReS Workflow on a given computer. The LPD Server
service receives jobs using TCP/IP from LPD servers.
For information on the preferences set in individual LDP input tasks, refer to LPD Input Task Properties.
Preferences
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Protocol options group
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Log all Winsock and network messages: Select to have PReS Workflow keep a log of all
Winsock and other network messages that occur through the LPD service. These are messages
related to jobs being sent from other systems through LPR, and being received by PReS
Workflow via LPD. Since these messages can accumulate, you have the option of not logging
them. Log files are kept in the Log folder, which is located in the PReS Workflow installation
folder. They are named lpddate.log, where date is the current date in the yyyymmdd numerical
format. Note that changing this option also affects the log displayed in the PReS Workflow
Service Console.
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No source port range restriction: Select to remove any restrictions on the port of the LPR client
computer that PReS Workflow accepts data files from. Clear to have PReS Workflow only accept
data files sent from ports ranging between 721 and 731 on the LPR client computer.
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Strict RFC 1179 control file: Select to disable control file extensions the LPD service
implements for some flavors of UNIX and LPR. This enforces the basic Line Printer Daemon
protocol.
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Enable BSD compatibility mode: Select to have the LPD service emulate a BSD UNIX server.
Although RFC 1179 is supposed to describe the BSD LPD/LPR protocol, and the LPD input in
PReS Workflow is RFC1179-compliant, there are some incompatibilities between the RFC and
the BSD implementation. This option compensates for some of these incompatibilities. If you are
not sure about the source of your output, clear this option.
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LDP settings group
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Time-out (sec): Set the time in seconds the process waits for the transfer of bytes in the data file
before ending the transfer of this file. The default value for the Time-out property is 7200 seconds
(2 hours). On a time-out, partially received data files are not passed to the rest of the process; the
LPD input resets and is ready to receive further data files. Log messages include the time-out
duration.