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by the number of speed units, only applies to the Weaver engine; when creating Email, the limit
applies to the Merge engines only (the Weaver engine is not involved). So, when generating
Print output, multiple Merge engines can be used. The number of Merge engines is only limited
to one when creating Email output.
Each Merge engine and each Weaver engine needs at least one speed unit. However, since
the number of engines is configurable, and since small, medium and large jobs may run
concurrently, the number of engines in use may not match the number of available speed units.
When there are more speed units than there are engines in use, the Connect server distributes
the speed units and the maximum output speed to the engines proportionally.
Connect File Types
This article describes the different File Types that are related to PrintShop Mail Connect and its
different modules. These are files that are generally transferable between machines, can be
sent via email or other means.
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.OL-template: A Designer Template file, including up to 3 contexts. Is linked to a data
mapping configuration by default, but not necessarily.
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.OL-datamodel: A data model file which can be imported or exported into either a data
mapping configuration or a template. Contains a list of fields and their data type (date,
currency, string, etc).
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.OL-jobpreset: A job preset file, used when generating a job (ready for output) from
Designer or through automation (Create Job task). Does sorting, splitting, adding
metadata fields.
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.OL-outputpreset: An output preset file, used to generate the actual print output in the
appropriate format (pcl, afp, pcl, ipds, pdf, etc). Includes print settings such as imposition
(n-up, cut & stack), inserter marks, tray settings, etc.
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.OL-package: A transfer file used to package one or many of the above files (the data
model being part of both the template and the data mapping configuration). Created by
using the File > Package file dialog.
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.OL-script: One or more designer "scripts". Can be imported or exported from the Scripts
pane in Designer when a template is open.
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.OL-printerdef: A Printer Definition File. Used by the Output Preset to determine what
type of output to produce. These are generated by an internal application that is not
currently distributed outside of OL, but the definition files themselves can be provided.
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