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PReS Workflow provides you with three main printing scenarios:
l Send output data to be printed as is: PReS Workflow sends a file containing only the
data to the selected queue.
l Send output data to be merged with a document on the printer: PReS Workflow
sends one of two things:
l A file that contains only the data to the selected printer queue. The document with
which the data must be merged must be present on the printer’s hard disk,
otherwise printing will fail.
l A file that contains the data and the document to the selected printer queue. Since
the data and the document with which it must be merged are both sent to the printer,
printing should never fail.
l In both cases, the document+data merging process takes place inside the printer.
l Send output data already merged with a document:PReS Workflow sends a file that
contains the document already merged with the data to the selected printer queue. The
document+data merging process therefore never takes place inside the printer.
Technical
In PReS Workflow Configuration, you may associate a single Printer Queue output task
with multiple Printer Queues. If you do so, you have the option of using load balancing or
not (See "Load Balancing" on page77).
PReS Workflow Printer Queues
The printer queues displayed in the Configuration Components pane of the PReS Workflow
Configuration program are not to be confused with Windows printer queues. When you start
building a PReS Workflow configuration it contains no printer queues so you have to create
queues and set each one’s properties.
The PReS Workflow Configuration program lets you create four types of printer queues:
l Windows Output printer queues are used to send print jobs to local or network printers.
See "Windows Output Printer Queue" on page71.
l LPR Output printer queues are used to send print jobs to printers via the LPR/LPD
protocol. See "LPR Output Printer Queue" on page72.
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