8.5

Differences between Digital Action and Image tasks:
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Digital Action is an action task and cannot be the last task in a branch or process. Image is an output
task, and has to be placed at the end of a process or branch.
l In PReS Workflow 7.2.4 and older, Digital Action does not update the PReS Search Database, even if
a PDIis generated and even if the option is checked in the preferences. This behavior was changed
starting in PReS Workflow 7.3.
l Digital Action can accept PostScript (.ps)files as an input, even if they are not generated by any PReS
Workflow tools.
Task Properties
General tab
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Host: Select the IP address of the PReS Image host to which you want the request to be sent.
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Refresh: Click to update the list of IP addresses displayed in the Host drop-down list box.
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Documents: Select a specific PlanetPress Design 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.
l List only documents using VDXcompilation:Check to ensure that only documents that are
compatible with the VDXcompilation method are shown in the list, if producing VDXoutput.