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AllofPrintShopMailConnect'sprintjobandprinteroptionsarealsoavailableintheAdvancedPrinter
Wizard,whichappearswhenyouselectFile > PrintorProof Printinthemenuandthenclickthe
Advancedbutton,butthewizardcannotsaveyoursettings.
SelectFile > Print PresetstocreateormodifyaPrintPreset.
Print Preset types
TherearetwotypesofPrintPresets:"JobCreationPresets"onthenextpageand"OutputCreationPre-
sets"onpage864.Thesettingsineachareusedinadifferentphaseoftheprintprocess.
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AJob Creation PresetisusedbytheConnectServerafteratemplateanddatahavebeen
merged.BasedonthesettingsinaJobCreationPresettheservercanfilter,sort,andgroupthe
printcontentitems,addmetadataandmakefinishingsettings.
TheresultingprintjobisthenhandedtotheWeaverengineforoutputcreation(seealso:"Con-
nect:apeekunderthehood"onpage90).Thisenginegeneratesthefinalprintoutputfile,or
files.
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ThesettingsinanOutput Creation Presetdefinethedestinationandalltheappropriateprint
optionsandprintersettings.
How to use Print Presets
PrintPresetsarenotboundtoaparticulartemplate.TheycanbeusedwithdifferentPrinttemplates,as
longasthedatacontainstherequiredinformation.
JobCreationPresetsandOutputCreationPresetscanalsobeusedindifferentcombinations,although
notrandomly:
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Groupsofdocuments,suchasinvoicesforaspecificcustomer,canbeprintedseparately.This
requiresthatthedocumentsaregroupedinadvance.Inotherwords,theSeparationsettingsin
theOutputCreationPresetandtheGroupingsettingsintheJobCreationPresetmustmatch.
(Seealso:"Splittingprintingintomorethanonefile"onpage869.)
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ConditionsandoutputfilenamesinanOutputCreationPresetcanonlymakeuseofthosemeta
datatagsthathaveactuallybeenaddedtotheprintjobviatheIncludemetadatasettinginthe
JobCreationPreset.
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ThefinishingoptionsselectedintheJobCreationPresetshouldmatchthecapabilitiesofthe
printerselectedintheOutputCreationPreset.
ToapplyPrintPresetsintheDesigner,selectFile > PrintorProof PrintandthenselectanOutput
CreationPresetand(optional)JobCreationPresetfromthedrop-downlistsinthePrintdialog.Itwillbe
indicatedifthecurrentdatadoesn'tcontainthefieldsrequiredbytheselectedJobCreationPreset.
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